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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
Kevin D. Williamson / New York Times:
Why Trump Could Win Again
Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Rick Scott announces plan to unseat Mitch McConnell as the top Republican in the Senate  —  Sen. Rick Scott announced he is running against Mitch McConnell for Senate Republican leader  —  Democrats retain control of Senate after Nevada win  —  Sen. Rick Scott is running …
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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.
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.
Philip Wallach / Washington Post:
We can now quantify Trump's sabotage of the GOP's House dreams
Discussion: The Daily Caller and KTAR.com
Victor Shi / Chicago Tribune:
Young voters showed up and helped prevent major losses for Democrats
Discussion: Media Matters for America and NPR
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.
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Haris Alic / Fox News:
McCarthy wins GOP nomination for House speaker
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Cuellar describes GOP pressure to flip parties: ‘Name your price’  —  Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar (Texas) on Tuesday revealed more details about the GOP effort to have him jump parties, saying a handful of Republicans — including a sitting member of Congress — were part of the pressure campaign …
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Joan Walsh / The Nation:   New York State Cost Democrats Control of Congress. Will Anyone Be Held Accountable?
CNN:
CNN Exclusive: US intelligence suggests Russia put off announcing Kherson retreat until after midterm elections  —  The US has intelligence that Russia may have delayed announcing its withdrawal from the Ukrainian city of Kherson in part to avoid giving the Biden administration a political win ahead …
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.
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: The Daily Caller and Newsbusters
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 …
Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:
RSV, covid and flu are keeping kids out of school — and parents out of work  —  Workplace absences for child-care reasons rose to an all-time high in October, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics  —  This fall has been a blur of runny noses, body aches and lost paychecks for Jacob Terry.
Discussion: The Root
Jeff Mordock / Washington Times:
Biden huddles with Erdogan, rallies opposition to Russia as G-20 winds down  —  He took an unexplained pass on Tuesday's final festivities at the G-20 summit, but President Biden still had a very busy day diplomatically as the Group of 20 summit of the world's leading developed and developing nations wound down in Bali, Indonesia.
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 …
Ben Samuels / Haaretz:
FBI's Shireen Abu Akleh Probe Is a Watershed Moment in U.S.-Israel Ties  —  Regardless of the outcome of the investigation, the move is a harbinger of things to come concerning the Democratic Party's evolving relationship with Israel - particularly as it watches Netanyahu begin to form an unprecedentedly right-wing coalition
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.”
 
 
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
McConnell-aligned Senate GOP group shelling out $14 million to boost Herschel Walker in Georgia runoff
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Ex-Wife Asks Court To Bring Warnock in for Questioning in Child Custody Battle
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Politico:
Gregory Meeks is calling on Democrats to examine what went wrong in New York during the 2022 midterm elections.
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Democracy was on the ballot. And attempts to end it were met with universal scorn.
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‘Kanye was rite’: Jewish cemetery vandalized with swastikas in suburban Chicago
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