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Politico:
Playbook: The ‘deep state’ prepares to get Trumped — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — CALLED OVERNIGHT — DONALD TRUMP wins Nevada. Sen. JACKY ROSEN (D-Nev.) wins reelection, as do Reps. DON BACON (R-Neb.) and ANDREA SALINAS (D-Ore.).
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Ken Bensinger / New York Times:
Trump Holds Up Transition Process Over Ethics Code — President-elect Donald J. Trump has not submitted a required ethics plan stating he will avoid conflicts of interest. — President-elect Donald J. Trump has not yet submitted a legally required ethics pledge stating that he will avoid conflicts …
Oliver Hall / The Guardian:
I spent hours trying to persuade US voters to choose Harris not Trump. I know why she lost — As a phone bank volunteer, I hoped to counter the Republican attacks and half-truths, but people really believed them — It has been an extraordinary week for US politics …
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Raw Story
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Amanda Seitz / Associated Press:
Anti-abortion advocates press Trump for more restrictions as abortion pill sales spike — Anti-abortion advocates say there is still work to be done to further restrict access to abortion when Republican Donald Trump returns to the White House next year. They point to the federal guidance …
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Democrats' election reckoning pits liberals against centrists — The Democrats' shellacking at the polls this week has triggered a feisty battle between the ideological wings of the party about what went wrong — and who bears the blame. — Some liberals say the party didn't tack far enough to the left to animate the base.
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New York Times and The Guardian
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Thomas Frank / New York Times:
The Elites Had It Coming — Everyone has a moment when they first realized that Donald Trump might well return, and here is mine.
The Elites Had It Coming — Everyone has a moment when they first realized that Donald Trump might well return, and here is mine.
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Michael A. Cohen / MSNBC:
Kamala Harris' campaign didn't ignore working class voters
Kamala Harris' campaign didn't ignore working class voters
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Off Message, Raw Story, The Hill, Mark It Down! and New Jersey Online
Associated Press:
Democratic US Sen. Jacky Rosen is reelected in Nevada, securing battleground seat — Nevada Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen won reelection, beating Republican Sam Brown in a tight but unusually quiet race for the battleground state. Rosen, a first-term senator, campaigned on abortion rights …
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The Guardian, USA Today, Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, Washington Examiner, NOTUS, Nevada Current, Fox News and HuffPost
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen wins re-election in Nevada
Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen wins re-election in Nevada
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New York Times, Associated Press and Washington Post
Leif Le Mahieu / The Daily Wire:
EXCLUSIVE: FEMA Official Ordered Relief Workers To Skip Houses With Trump Signs — Whistleblower: 'It's almost unbelievable to think that somebody in the federal government would think that's okay' — A federal disaster relief official ordered workers to bypass the homes of Donald Trump's supporters …
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
November 8, 2024 — Social media has been flooded today with stories of Trump voters who are shocked to learn that tariffs will raise consumer prices as reporters are covering that information. Daniel Laguna of LevelUp warned that Trump's proposed 60% tariff on Chinese imports could raise …
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Justice Dept. to focus on ‘most egregious’ Jan. 6 cases until Trump is inaugurated — President-elect Donald Trump has said he would “absolutely” consider pardoning every Capitol rioter and has called them political prisoners and “hostages.” — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department plans …
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Juliann Ventura / The Hill:
Cuban implies Trump's tariff threat having negative impact ‘right now’ — Billionaire and former Harris campaign surrogate Mark Cuban warned of the negative impact of President-elect Trump's tariff plans, which include a general tariff on imported goods and an additional tariff specific …
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Mediaite, CNBC, Fox News, CBS News, NBC News, Associated Press, The National Pulse and Daily Mail
Sarah Varney / NPR:
They split the ticket. Meet the abortion rights voters who also went for Trump — Voters in three states — Arizona, Missouri, and Nevada — chose on Tuesday to advance protections for abortion rights in their state constitutions. Donald Trump, meanwhile, is likely to win all three states in his victorious bid for the White House.
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Slate
Andrew Mills / Reuters:
Qatar to pull out of Gaza ceasefire mediation, source says — Qatar will stop trying to mediate a Gaza ceasefire deal until Hamas and Israel show a “sincere willingness” to return to the negotiating table, an official briefed on the matter told Reuters on Saturday, in the biggest setback to efforts to reach a truce since the war began.
CNN:
Pentagon officials discussing how to respond if Trump issues controversial orders — Pentagon officials are holding informal discussions about how the Department of Defense would respond if Donald Trump issues orders to deploy active-duty troops domestically and fire large swaths of apolitical staffers, defense officials told CNN.
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Townhall, The Guardian, RedState, Raw Story, Foreign Policy and The Keystone Newsroom
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Brian Bennett / Time:
Trump, Who Was Charged with Mishandling Secrets, Will Get Classified Briefings Again — Two years ago, the FBI raided Donald Trump's home to retrieve government records he had refused to return, including hundreds containing classified information. The indictment that followed alleged …
Carolyn Barber / Fortune:
Bird flu begins its human spread, as health officials scramble to safeguard people and livestock — GETTY — Almost from the beginning of the spread of H5N1 bird flu among farms and ranches in the U.S. earlier this year, experts and researchers warned that a critical lag in the blood testing …
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Punchbowl News:
📝 The Readback: It's now Trump's Washington — THIS IS A PREVIEW! … Welcome to The Readback, our weekend digest featuring the best of Punchbowl News this week - a quick roundup of all our scoops, analysis and Capitol Hill insight you won't find anywhere else.
New York Times:
Should Alito and Thomas Be Pushed to Retire? Conservatives Are Divided. — Coaxing aging Supreme Court justices to give up their power and status during a window of political opportunity can be a delicate endeavor. — With Republicans set to regain control of the White House and the Senate …
New York Times:
Smile, Flatter and Barter: How the World Is Prepping for Trump Part II — Foreign leaders have rushed to ingratiate themselves with Donald J. Trump in recent days, nervously recalling the clashes, insults and feuds of his first presidency. — When Prime Minister Keir Starmer met Donald J …
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Raw Story
Emily Wagster Pettus / Associated Press:
Mississippi Senate paid Black attorney less than white ones, US Justice Department says — The Mississippi Senate discriminated against a Black attorney by paying her about half of what her white colleagues were paid for doing the same job, the U.S. Justice Department says in a lawsuit it filed Friday.
Alexandra Hutzler / ABC News:
Trump's political comeback is complete. What it says about American voters — “He's an angry man and they think, 'He's angry like I am,'” one observer said. — Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center …
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USA Today
Fola Akinnibi / Bloomberg:
Arizona Elections Signal Robust Immigration Enforcement Under Trump — Along with a state ballot initiative to empower local officials on immigration, voters in the largest county elected a sheriff following in the footsteps of the notorious Joe Arpaio.
New York Times:
Elon Musk Uses X to Promote Trump's Incoming Administration — Since the election, Mr. Musk has used his social media company to talk up how bright the future will be under the president-elect. — Since Donald J. Trump won the presidential election, Elon Musk has gone all in on X to promote the incoming administration.
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The Guardian, RedState, Bloomberg, The Wrap and PolitiFact