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Salena Zito / New York Post:
Trump voters are ‘done’ with ex-president: ‘He needs to disappear’ — The chickens have come home to roost for Donald Trump in Pennsylvania. After he stuck his nose in the state's Republican primary process last May against the guidance of his most loyal advisors, many of his once-devoted followers …
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
The path to 218: Why Democrats aren't out of the race for the House yet — Republicans still have a wider path to the House majority than Democrats — but it's narrowed a lot over the past 24 hours. — As the vote count continues, particularly in mail-heavy Western states …
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Krystal Ball / The Lever:
The REAL Reason For Dems' Rust Belt Revival — Michigan Representative Elissa Slotkin was supposed to be one of the House's most embattled incumbents. A Democrat representing a district that Biden narrowly won, Republicans flooded her district with millions, making it the most expensive house race …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The incredible shrinking GOP majority — Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — MORE RACES CALLED — Democrat TINA KOTEK was elected governor of Oregon, defeating Republican CHRISTINE DRAZAN and Democrat-turned-independent BETSY JOHNSON. ...
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Why Some States Went in Different Directions in Midterms
Why Some States Went in Different Directions in Midterms
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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Maybe Republicans Will Finally Learn
Maybe Republicans Will Finally Learn
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Darragh Roche / Newsweek:
Democrats' Chances of a Senate Majority Just Got Brighter
Democrats' Chances of a Senate Majority Just Got Brighter
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Sean Golonka / The Nevada Independent:
Nevada's three vulnerable House Democrats survive re-election challenges
Nevada's three vulnerable House Democrats survive re-election challenges
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Conrad Swanson / Denver Post:
What if there's a recount in Lauren Boebert and Adam Frisch's House race?
What if there's a recount in Lauren Boebert and Adam Frisch's House race?
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Chandelis Duster / CNN:
Boebert expresses optimism but casts blame on her party with her reelection bid still too close to call
Boebert expresses optimism but casts blame on her party with her reelection bid still too close to call
Axios:
Democrats make quiet history with state-level gains
Democrats make quiet history with state-level gains
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NBC News:
Days after midterm elections, control of Congress still in limbo
Days after midterm elections, control of Congress still in limbo
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Blake Hounshell / New York Times:
Democratic Hopes Rise on Senate Control as Two States Count Votes
Democratic Hopes Rise on Senate Control as Two States Count Votes
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The GOP Revolt Against Trump Is More Serious Than You Think … I've been telling people for most of the year that I consider Ron DeSantis to be the odds-on favorite — not a guarantee, not a prohibitive favorite, but the favorite — to win the Republican presidential nomination.
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Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Trump Is ‘Ready for War’ With 2024 Presidential Announcement — His advisers may be questioning his decision, but Trump seems dead set on announcing his candidacy Tuesday. And prospective GOP candidates may want to tune in... Despite a worse-than-expected Election Day, a Georgia runoff …
Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
Donald Trump Says He ‘Sent in the FBI’ To Stop Ron DeSantis Losing Election — Donald Trump has claimed that he stopped Ron DeSantis from losing his 2018 gubernatorial election by sending in federal agents to prevent the race being rigged by voter fraud. — The latest unsubstantiated claims …
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Rift in Trump's inner circle over 2024 presidential campaign announcement — With the ex-president facing heat for the GOP's midterm washout, there is conflict on if he should hold off next week's event — Donald Trump's top political staffers at Mar-a-Lago are pressing him to move forward …
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Casey Newton / Platformer:
Inside the Twitter meltdown — Elon is speaking. VPs are resigning. Is bankruptcy next? — and Zoë Schiffer — Everything went from bad to worse at Twitter on Thursday. Today let's talk about a truly chaotic 24 hours at the company, and the mounting fears over what it means …
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New York Times:
Two Weeks of Chaos: Inside Elon Musk's Takeover of Twitter — Mr. Musk ordered immediate layoffs, fired executives by email, laid down product deadlines and has transformed the company. — SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk had a demand. — On Oct. 28, hours after completing his $44 billion buyout …
Bloomberg:
Musk Warns Twitter Bankruptcy Possible as Senior Executives Exit — Elon Musk, in his first address to Twitter Inc. employees since purchasing the company for $44 billion, said that bankruptcy was a possibility if it doesn't start generating more cash, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Bloomberg:
Bankman-Fried's Assets Plummet From $16 Billion to Zero in Days — The entire $16 billion fortune of former FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been wiped out, one of history's greatest-ever destructions of wealth. — The downfall of his crypto empire — which filed for bankruptcy …
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Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Inside the Justice Department's decision on whether to charge Trump in Mar-a-Lago case — In February, a week before the National Archives warned the Justice Department that former President Donald Trump had kept Top Secret documents at his Florida compound, Asia Janay Lavarello was sentenced to three months in prison.
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New York Times:
Ukrainian Troops Enter Kherson as Russia Says Its Withdrawal There Is Complete … Ukrainian forces enter Kherson City as Russia says its retreat is complete. — BLAHODATNE, Ukraine — Ukraine's troops entered the key city of Kherson on Friday, its military said, as jubilant residents waved Ukrainian flags …
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The New York Times Company:
Jonathan Swan Joins The New York Times — The political reporter is joining the Politics team at The Times. Read more in this note from Politics Editor David Halbfinger and Washington Bureau Chief Elisabeth Bumiller. — Our insightful, authoritative and addictive coverage of the election …
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Kate Bennett / CNN:
Tiffany Trump's wedding assembles a family divided over its patriarch's political future — Watch: Why Trump's possible 2024 election bid is causing division in the family Would Kari Lake accept a loss? Reporter who tracked her campaign answers GOP governor who won in blue state has a message …
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Rick Scott Was Prepared to Take On McConnell — Until Tuesday — For nearly two years, former President Donald Trump has demanded Senate Republicans dump Mitch McConnell as their leader but has never offered an alternative. — This week, one was set to emerge: the man in charge …
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Mary Ellen Klas / Miami Herald:
Florida legislative leaders say they will discuss further restrictions on abortions — Supercharged by a super-majority in the House and Senate, Florida legislative leaders broke their silence Wednesday and confirmed they are prepared to discuss further abortion restrictions in Florida in the next year.
Paul Egan / Detroit Free Press:
Michigan GOP memo delivers scathing election post-mortem on Trump-backed candidates — LANSING — The Michigan Republican Party suffered historic losses on Tuesday because of poor candidates with close ties to former President Donald Trump, who turned off major donors, the party's chief …
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CNN:
Kevin McCarthy faces rocky road to speakership as hardliners emboldened by GOP's election showing — Members of the pro-Trump House Freedom Caucus are withholding their support for House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy's speakership bid and have begun to lay out their list of demands …
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