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1:30 PM ET, November 12, 2022

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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
How the 2022 Midterms Became a Squeaker  —  Interviews with more than 70 current and former officials show the outside forces — and miscalculations and infighting — that led to an improbable, still-undecided election.  —  Late one mid-September evening, the leaders of the House Democratic campaign arm …
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Wall Street Journal:
Why Independent Voters Broke for Democrats in the Midterms  —  GOP candidates closely aligned with Trump turned off some centrists and in-play Republicans  —  Lisa Ghelfi, a 58-year-old registered Republican in Arizona, voted for Donald Trump for president two years ago but has grown tired of his election-fraud claims.
Discussion: Herald
Washington Post:
Congressional Republicans panic as they watch their lead dwindle  —  Private consternation reached a public boiling point Friday as lawmakers in both chambers confronted the fallout from Tuesday's elections  —  With control of the House and Senate still undecided, angry Republicans mounted public challenges …
Wall Street Journal:
The Republican Wipeout in Michigan  —  Bad GOP candidates and mishandling abortion give Democrats total control of the government in Lansing.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  WSJ Opinion: The Midterms Highlight the GOP's Trump Liability for 2024  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE  —  Created with sketchtool.
Discussion: New York Times, MLive.com and The 19th
NBC News:
Trump and Biden are circling each other, but governors wait in the 2024 wings  —  PITTSBURGH — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are at the moment their parties' leading candidates for 2024.  —  Should that change, count on a governor to be waiting in the wings.
Liz Goodwin / Washington Post:
A red wave of criticism crashes into Donald Trump after midterm losses  —  The former president has faced and survived Republican blowback before.  Is this time different?  —  As Republicans grapple with their lackluster performance in Tuesday's midterm elections, one man has begun …
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Election denier Mark Finchem loses secretary of state race in Arizona  —  Republican Mark Finchem, a prominent election denier, has lost to Democrat Adrian Fontes in the race for Arizona secretary of state race, NBC News projects.  —  Fontes, a former top elections official for Maricopa County …
John Cassidy / New Yorker:
An Important Victory for U.S. Democracy—and a Warning
Discussion: The Hill and Reason
Taylor Orth / YouGov:
How Americans feel about the prospect of a divided Congress
Discussion: Opinion Today
Brian Klaas / The Garden of Forking Paths:
Will Republicans Defy Trump's Authoritarian Cult of Personality?
Discussion: Washington Examiner
CNN:
Trump mounts anti-McConnell campaign as conservatives seek delay in leadership elections
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Mark Kelly's (Likely) Win Is an Indictment of Sinema's Politics
Discussion: Just The News and Washington Post
Angus Berwick / Reuters:
Exclusive: At least $1 billion of client funds missing at FTX  —  At least $1 billion of customer funds have vanished from collapsed crypto exchange FTX, according to two people familiar with the matter.  —  The exchange's founder Sam Bankman-Fried secretly transferred $10 billion …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Mail Ballots Around Las Vegas Are Likely to Put Democrats Ahead  —  Senator Catherine Cortez Masto is within 1,000 votes of overtaking her Republican opponent, Adam Laxalt, and the ballots remaining in Clark County are expected to favor her.  —  Democrats appeared on the cusp of securing control …
Discussion: Associated Press and Fox News
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Republican Joe Lombardo has won the race for governor in Nevada, defeating Democratic incumbent Steve Sisolak
Politico:
Trump sues to block subpoena from House Jan. 6 committee  —  Former President Donald Trump is suing to block a subpoena the House Jan. 6 Committee issued seeking to force him to testify next week.  —  The lawsuit, filed in federal court in West Palm Beach, Fla., Friday evening …
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NBC News:
Jan. 6 committee staffers told preliminary plan for final report would focus largely on Trump, not on law enforcement failures, sources say
Discussion: Mediaite
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
'I'm out': Dilbert cartoonist says he's finally done with Trump  —  Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams has stuck by Donald Trump through countless scandals throughout the years, from getting caught on camera boasting about sexually assaulting women to getting impeached for trying to shake …
New York Times:
Internal Documents Show How Close the F.B.I. Came to Deploying Spyware  —  Christopher Wray, the F.B.I.'s director, told Congress last December that the bureau purchased the phone hacking tool Pegasus for research purposes.  —  WASHINGTON — During a closed-door session with lawmakers last December …
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Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
How Virginia's Abigail Spanberger pulled off another thriller victory  —  Call it a nail-biter, but Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) wasn't nervous.  —  In fact, “this was my calmest election,” Spanberger said, a bit over 36 hours removed from what, at least on the outside …
Discussion: NPR
Jeff John Roberts / Fortune:
SBF's disgrace could make things awkward for Gary Gensler and the Democrats  —  TOM WILLIAMS—CQ-ROLL CALL, INC./GETTY IMAGES  —  Gary Gensler blew it again.  After his agency failed to warn investors about Terra and Celsius—whose collapses this spring sparked a trillion-dollar investor wipeout …
Victor Nava / New York Post:
Walker allies believe DeSantis would be ‘better fit’ than Trump on the campaign trail  —  Supporters of Republican Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker are floating the idea of having popular Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis join him on the runoff race campaign trail.
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Kate Cimini / Naples Daily News:
Collier school board's Jerry Rutherford says he wants to bring back corporal punishment
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Politico:
Burying the hatchet.  Or not.  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook …
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Justices cheered at conservative group's anniversary dinner
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Customs and Border Protection chief Chris Magnus asked to resign or face firing
Matt Shuham / HuffPost:
New Video Shows Capitol Rioter Throwing Fire Extinguisher At Cops, Getting Hit With Police Munition
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion

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