U.S. stocks surge, and the Dow soars 1,500 points as Brent oil's price drops below $95 per barrel
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- PBS NewsHour reports: “U.S. stocks are soaring Wednesday after President Donald Trump's party lost its sole control of Washington in the midterm elections.”
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