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President Donald Trump’s allies on Wednesday tiptoed their way toward once unthinkable territory: blaming the president.The unusual candor followed sweeping GOP defeats across the country, a repudi...
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Democrats’ decisive midterms victory marked a warning shot to politicians who choose to align with the artificial intelligence industry and its growing unpopularity: rein in the powerful technology...
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House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said his party had retaken control of Congress as election results favored them across the US.Here’s what to knowDemocrats won the House and Senate, includin...
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While the leadership of the House and Senate is changing, the fundamentals of American politics have not. In all the finger pointing that will ensue over the coming weeks, some things should alread...
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Foreign governments battered by President Donald Trump’s global bullying are hoping for at least some relief now that Democrats seized back control of Congress in what appears to be a massive repud...
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The American people delivered an absolute rout against Donald Trump and the GOP last night. Here are five takeaways from the midterm results:1. Trump Owns This DefeatEverything about this defeat po...
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Abdul El-Sayed’s election is a watershed moment in American politics. The victory of a devout Muslim, particularly in a fairly white, moderate state like Michigan, is another step towards America b...
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Aaron Zitner, reporting for the Rupert Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal: Rarely in American politics has a president traded away so much political support so quickly. The losses that Re...
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Here’s what to knowPolls have closed in Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia, as well as most of North Carolina and parts of Florida and New Hampsh...
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President Donald Trump’s top trade adviser has been privately urging him to resolve a sweeping tariff fight with Canada, as both sides inch back to the negotiating table.   U.S. Trade Representativ...
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Here’s what to knowPolls have closed in Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia, as well as most of North Carolina and parts of Florida and New Hampsh...
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Here’s what to knowPolls have closed in Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire...
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U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas defeated former U.S. Sen. John E. Sununu in New Hampshire on Tuesday, becoming the first openly gay man elected to the U.S. Senate.Here’s what to knowPolls have closed nation...
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Korybko: Washington's Claims Of Canadian Meddling Are Interesting & Ironic Authored by Andrew Korybko via Korybko (Substack),They're interesting because few could have predicted ...
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When Jon Ossoff was first elected, in January 2021, he felt a little like an accidental senator. He was 33 years old and had won by just 55,000 votes, defeating the unpopular Republican incumbent, ...
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Democrats captured a governorship in a premier presidential swing state in Tuesday’s midterm elections, winning Georgia’s governor’s office for the first time since 1998.Here’s what to knowPolls ha...
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The Democratic Senate victories in Texas and Kansas on Tuesday night were about more than just turning two red states blue — which, to be sure, is historic enough. They also signa...
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U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas defeated former U.S. Sen. John E. Sununu in New Hampshire on Tuesday, becoming the first openly gay man elected to the U.S. Senate.Here’s what to knowPolls have closed nation...
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Voters have forcefully rejected President Donald Trump and Republicans, electing Democrats in GOP strongholds nationwide for the first time in decades and turning the GOP’s deepest fears into reali...
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The new Senate is likely to be led by Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, who will regain his title of Senate Majority Leader from Republican Senator John Thune of South Dakota. While some Democrats...
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AUSTIN — Democrats’ vision of a blue Texas is finally here.James Talarico has been elected a U.S. senator and Gina Hinojosa as governor, the first Democrats to win either office in more than a gene...