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3:25 PM ET, November 15, 2022

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Axios:
Scoop: Christie applauded after bashing Trump at GOP governor meeting  —  Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie received huge applause at an annual meeting of Republican governors Tuesday morning after blaming former President Trump for GOP failures in the last three elections …
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Politico:
Republicans cringe as Trump 2024 approaches  —  Donald Trump's iron grip on the GOP is beginning to crack.  And some Republicans aren't even sure he's in command at all anymore.  —  “The question is: who is the current leader of the Republican Party?  Oh, I know who it is: Ron DeSantis …
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Murdoch tells Trump he will not back fresh White House bid - report  —  Media mogul turns to ‘DeFuture’ Ron DeSantis after ex-president's poor showing in midterm elections  —  Rupert Murdoch has reportedly warned Donald Trump his media empire will not back any attempt to return to the White House …
Politico:
It's still Trump's party and he'll run if he wants to ... run if he wants to, run if he wants to  —  PALM BEACH, Fla. — Donald Trump's iron grip over his party may be weakening following Republicans' lackluster showings in the midterm elections.  —  But as Trump prepares to plunge …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Inside Trump's dicey 2024 campaign announcement  —  Former President Trump put himself in a box when he declared on election eve that he would make a “very big announcement” on Nov. 15. … But because of his pre-midterms promise, Trump felt compelled to barrel ahead with declaring his 2024 presidential campaign on the promised date.
Philip Wallach / Washington Post:
Look at the data to see how Trump weighed down Republican candidates  —  Philip Wallach is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.  —  Heading into this midterm election cycle, most forecasters expected House Republicans to gain 20 or 30 seats, giving them a comfortable majority.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Posterity PAC:
Exclusive: 2024 Presidential Republican Primary Poll for Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada  —  Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida is the indisputable favorite to become the Republican nominee for President in 2024.  Across the first three Republican caucus and primary states (Iowa, New Hampshire …
Kevin Johnson / USA Today:
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp appears before Atlanta grand jury in election probe
Discussion: The Hill, Bloomberg, HotAir and Raw Story
Kevin D. Williamson / New York Times:
Why Trump Could Win Again
Discussion: National Review
Alex Leary / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Set to Announce 2024 Presidential Bid
Discussion: Political Wire
Michael R. Blood / Associated Press:
California wins leave GOP poised to seize US House control  —  Two threatened U.S. House Republicans in California triumphed over Democratic challengers Monday, helping move the GOP within a seat of seizing control of the chamber while a string of congressional races in the state remained in play.
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Will Weissert / Associated Press:
GOP on cusp of retaking House control with slim majority  —  Republicans were on the cusp of retaking control of the House late Monday, just one victory shy of the 218 seats the party needs to secure a majority, narrowing the path for Democrats to keep the chamber and raising the prospect of a divided government in Washington.
Washington Post:
McCarthy survives leadership challenge but short of votes for speaker
John Leicester / Associated Press:
Russia unleashes darkness on Ukraine with power grid attack  —  Russia pounded Ukraine's energy facilities Tuesday with its biggest barrage of missiles yet, striking targets across the country and causing widespread blackouts, and a U.S. official said missiles crossed into NATO member Poland, where two people were killed.
Politico:
'The weirdest election I've ever been a part of': How the GOP almost blew the House  —  Seven weeks before an Election Day that many expected to be a GOP blowout, House Republicans got unsettling news: Their own internal statistical modeling was warning for the first time that they might suffer a shocking loss.
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Joan Walsh / The Nation:
New York State Cost Democrats Control of Congress. Will Anyone Be Held Accountable?
Discussion: New York Post and New York Times
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Four Stark Lessons From a Democratic Upset
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell faces leadership challenge from Rick Scott as conservatives steam  —  Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) announced a challenge to Mitch McConnell in a closed-door party lunch on Tuesday afternoon, the first such opposition that the Senate GOP leader is facing in 15 years at the helm.
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Sarah Emily Baum / VICE:
Trans People Are Seeking Nonbinary Bottom Surgeries  —  Across the gender spectrum, some patients are looking for mixed sets of genitals, or none at all.  Actually receiving this affirming care isn't easy.  —  “How do you describe to someone else the process of becoming real?” asked Hyde Goltz …
Discussion: Newsbusters and The Daily Caller
Marjorie Hernandez / New York Post:
Gov. Gavin Newsom's wife breaks down describing Harvey Weinstein's ‘fish-like’ penis in court  —  MORE ON:  —  Jennifer Siebel Newsom — wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom — sobbed as she described Harvey Weinstein's “distorted” and “fish-like” genitals during her bombshell testimony …
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
‘Did not end well’: New Pence book details split with Trump  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence blames Donald Trump for endangering his family “and all those serving at the Capitol” on Jan. 6 in a new memoir released Tuesday.  In “So Help Me God,” Pence recounts, for the first time in his own words …
Washington Post:
Judge overturns Georgia's six-week abortion ban  —  A Fulton County judge has overturned Georgia's six-week abortion ban, ruling that two key parts of the law “were plainly unconstitutional when drafted, voted upon, and enacted” and writing that the law cannot be enforced.
Bryan Metzger / Insider:
Dianne Feinstein could be third in line to the presidency as Senate president pro tempore.  She appears unaware that she's already declined the job.  — Dianne Feinstein's office has said the 89-year-old doesn't want to be president pro tempore of the Senate.
David Schaper / NPR:
U.S. fines airlines $7.5 million and they must refund customers for canceled flights  —  The Department of Transportation is cracking down on airlines that refuse to give customers refunds for canceled flights.  —  Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg Monday announced that the department …
Patrick Hauf / Fox News:
Joe Manchin gets a GOP challenger for his West Virginia Senate seat  —  Manchin has faced criticism within his party as a swing vote in the 50-50 Senate during Joe Biden's presidency  —  Biden says he'll change ‘nothing’ ahead of 2024  —  Rep. Alex Mooney, R, W.Va., announced Tuesday …
Jeff Mordock / Washington Times:
Biden unexpectedly skips gala dinner at G-20 summit, retires to hotel  —  President Biden unexpectedly skipped Tuesday's gala dinner at the G-20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, and returned to his hotel room for the evening.  —  It is unclear why Mr. Biden decided on the last-minute change to his schedule …
Janelle Griffith / NBC News:
Texas teacher fired after telling Black students his race is ‘superior’  —  Texas parents express outrage over teacher's comments about race  —  A middle school teacher in Texas has been fired after a video posted on social media showed him telling students his race is “superior.”
Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:
NBC News Suspends Reporter for Retracted Paul Pelosi Story … This reporting appears as one of several scoops featured in this week's edition of Confider, the newsletter pulling back the curtain on the media.  Subscribe here and send your questions, tips, and complaints here.
 
 
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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:
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