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GOP Gaining Support Among Black and Latino Voters, WSJ Poll Finds — Republicans appear to be in a better position with both groups heading into the midterms than they were in 2020 or 2018. — A Seismic Shift: Why Latino Voters Could Decide Key Races in 2022 — YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
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How a GOP Congress Could Roll Back Freedoms Nationwide — If Republicans win control of one or both congressional chambers this week, they will likely begin a project that could reshape the nation's political and legal landscape: imposing on blue states the rollback of civil rights and liberties …
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The GOP needs a counterradicalization strategy
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Biden tries to shore up support for Hochul in the homestretch. — Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times — Here's what's happening on the campaign trail. — The final Sunday of the midterm elections won't bring much respite for candidates and their legions of supporters …
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Biden closes the election with a big roll of the dice
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Biden promises ‘no more drilling’ two days before crucial midterm elections

Almost half want ‘great deal’ of change in how Biden has been leading US: survey
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POLITICO's final Election Forecast: Senate up for grabs, GOP on brink of House majority — Republicans have a grip on the House majority. But the Senate is firmly up for grabs. — That's the topline of the final updates before Tuesday's vote to POLITICO's Election Forecast …
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Confidence, Anxiety and a Scramble for Votes Two Days Before the Midterms — As candidates made their closing arguments on Sunday, Democrats braced for potential losses even in traditionally blue corners of the country while Republicans predicted a red wave.
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Scoop: Top Dems warn party is seen as extreme … - “Despite a roster of GOP candidates who are extreme by any standard, voters see Democrats as just as extreme, as well as far less concerned about the issues that most worry them.” … In a brutal bill of particulars, the Third Way memo …
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Democrats look to centrists in final hours while GOP amps up its base — Some Republicans have turned to rhetoric stoking cultural divisions and at times are pushing racial discord — As Republican candidates make their final appeal in key states, they're tapping some of the most polarizing figures …

Democrats Develop Elon Musk Derangement Syndrome
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Russia's Prigozhin admits interfering in U.S. elections — Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Monday he had interfered in U.S. elections and would continue doing so in future, the first such admission from a figure who has been formally implicated by Washington in efforts to influence American politics.
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Trump-DeSantis Rift Grows, With Dueling Rallies in Florida — The Republican Party's top two stars are campaigning, separately, in the midterms' last days. — SUN CITY CENTER, Fla. — Former President Donald J. Trump hasn't endorsed Gov. Ron DeSantis this year because, as he has explained, his fellow Floridian never asked.
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Republicans sue to disqualify thousands of mail ballots in swing states — The lawsuits coincide with a systemic effort by GOP leaders to persuade voters to cast ballots in person, not absentee — Republican officials and candidates in at least three battleground states are pushing …
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Twitter Now Asks Some Fired Workers to Please Come Back — Twitter Inc., after laying off roughly half the company on Friday following Elon Musk's $44 billion acquisition, is now reaching out to dozens of employees who lost their jobs and asking them to return.
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6 election security threats to watch for on Election Day — The midterms face a bevy of digital threats, from stolen Twitter accounts to hacked election websites, that could spark chaos, confusion and unrest that last long after the polls close. — The 2020 presidential election was rife …
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TechCrunch, New York Times and The Register


Trump speeches use dozens of lies, exaggerations to draw contrast with Biden — The former president's rally script centers on juxtaposing conditions two years ago with now, relying on misrepresentations of both — Even in a midterm marked by misinformation, conspiracy theories and false …
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Expected Trump indictment looms over midterm election — The expected indictment of Donald Trump is looming over the midterm elections as both parties are preparing for a major battle after Election Day if Attorney General Merrick Garland moves forward with an unprecedented prosecution of a former president.
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Trump May Pose a Test No Special Counsel Can Pass
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Kevin McCarthy outlines GOP House majority agenda — House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy is vowing to secure the border, cut back on government spending and launch rigorous investigations into the Biden administration if Republicans win the House on Tuesday, reflecting a mix of priorities …
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Senior White House Official Involved in Undisclosed Talks With Top Putin Aides — Jake Sullivan has had confidential discussions with Russian counterparts amid concerns over escalation and nuclear threats — WASHINGTON—President Biden's top national-security adviser has engaged …
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‘The Left Edge of the Possible’ — How The American Prospect became the magazine of the moment — At the end of the eighties, the left wing of the Democratic Party was in bad shape. Democrats had lost five of the six previous presidential elections. Four of those, including the three most recent …


Ex-Gov. Pataki says Zeldin on cusp of upset like his own 1994 victory — New York's last Republican governor is ready to party like it's 1994. — George Pataki told The Post gubernatorial GOP candidate Lee Zeldin has a real shot to replicate his own stunning upset over three-term incumbent Democrat Mario Cuomo that year.
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New York Red Wave is coming ashore
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