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CNN:
Republicans quickly turn against Pete Hegseth after midterms rout — Pete Hegseth Donald Trump The Middle East US military — President Donald Trump may have made the decision to launch the war that tanked voters' support for the GOP and dealt them a midterm shellacking.
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Ben Blanchet / HuffPost:
Tucker Carlson Marks The ‘End Of The Trump Era’ In Devastating Midterms Postmortem — The ex-MAGA loyalist declared that there's “kind of no coming back” from the red wipeout “for a generation.” — Tucker Carlson — who joined Donald Trump on the final stretch of the campaign trail two years ago …
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New York Times:
‘I Have Seen the Enemy, and It Is Us’: Inside Team Trump's Historic Collapse — How an unpopular president and an unpopular war provided an opening for Democrats to make sweeping gains in the midterms. — President Trump at a campaign rally in Kalispell, Mont., last month.Doug Mills/The New York Times
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Axios:
Vance takes a step toward 2028 in MAGA power play — Vice President Vance stepped out of President Trump's shadow Wednesday, seizing on the GOP's midterm catastrophe to begin the explosive task of claiming MAGA as his own. — “The reason we lost is the war,” Vance wrote …
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Axios:
Why Pete Hegseth could fall through “thin ice” — It's a de facto motto in the Trump White House: “Somebody's gotta take the fall.” Lately, that person looks like Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. … - “Hegseth is definitely on thin ice,” a Trump adviser told Axios.
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Paul Krugman:
What Democrats Can Do — Yes, Trump has veto power. Force him to use it. … The American people have just delivered a stunning rebuke to Donald Trump. If we had a parliamentary system, the moving trucks would already be at the White House. As it is, however, an increasingly deranged …
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Fox News:
Republicans turn on Trump after devastating midterm losses hand Democrats control of Congress — Donor Dan Eberhart called it ‘a Trump loss’ as Democrats flipped seven Senate seats and 27 House seats on Election Night — Seismic political change is coming to Washington, D.C. …
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Michelle Cottle / New York Times:
Don't Be Fooled. This Is What Trump Wanted.
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Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
Ron DeSantis Pins Blame For GOP's Midterm Flop On Surprising Factors
Ron DeSantis Pins Blame For GOP's Midterm Flop On Surprising Factors
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Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:
Justice Alito Will Not Retire Immediately, Despite Election Outcome
Justice Alito Will Not Retire Immediately, Despite Election Outcome
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Associated Press:
After midterm loss, Trump is left to weigh his next move in Iran war that contributed to GOP debacleNEW!
After midterm loss, Trump is left to weigh his next move in Iran war that contributed to GOP debacleNEW!
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Wall Street Journal:
How Trump Lost the Midterms
How Trump Lost the Midterms
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Victoria Bisset / Washington Post:
‘JD, habibi ... swear me in’: What El-Sayed's quip to Vance means
‘JD, habibi ... swear me in’: What El-Sayed's quip to Vance means
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Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Look in the mirror, President Trump, after Republicans' midterm rout
Matt Ford / New Republic:
Voters Just Changed the Trajectory of the Supreme Court
Voters Just Changed the Trajectory of the Supreme Court
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Trump's MAGA Makeover Of The Courts Is Over
Trump's MAGA Makeover Of The Courts Is Over
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Washington Examiner
Jackie Llanos / The Washington Sun:
Could a Democratic Wave Revive Immigration Reform?
Could a Democratic Wave Revive Immigration Reform?
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New York Times, Newsweek, Washington Post, City Journal and The Daily Caller
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
The only thing Democrats have to fear is fear itself
The only thing Democrats have to fear is fear itself
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The Atlantic
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
There's No Modern Precedent for This Democratic Tsunami
There's No Modern Precedent for This Democratic Tsunami
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Politico:
House GOP's old guard is in for a fight
House GOP's old guard is in for a fight
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Andrew Howard / Politico:
The blue wave swamped Trump's redistricting wall
The blue wave swamped Trump's redistricting wall
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Andrew Pantazi / Axios:
Democrats poised to break GOP's 16-year grip on statehouses — Democrats are on track to take control of a majority of legislative chambers, ending 16 years of Republican dominance over America's statehouses. — If current leads hold, 75% of Americans will live in a state with a Democratic governor …
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NBC News:
Anger over GOP education agenda helped fuel Democratic sweeps in Texas, advocates say — Before they flipped Texas blue, Gina Hinojosa and James Talarico made names for themselves fighting book bans, private school vouchers and restrictions on classroom instruction.
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Bloomberg Law:NEW!
Dhillon Plans DOJ Civil Rights Exit After Democrats' Sweep — Harmeet Dhillon plans to step down from her role leading the Justice Department's civil rights unit, marking the first senior DOJ official to resign following Democrats' massive midterm wins. — Dhillon, who has vastly transformed …
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Joe Berkowitz / Fast Company:
Bluesky was right all along and will accept your apology any time — Bluesky is a niche Twitter-clone frequently accused of being an echo chamber for progressives. After the blue tsunami of this week's midterms, however, its inhabitants don't seem to be echoing themselves so much as the vast majority of American voters.
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TechCrunch, Gizmodo and The Hollywood Reporter
Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
Liveblog: Mississippi's 2026 U.S. Senate Election Results — Mississippi election workers are counting ballots amid a tight race between Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democratic challenger Scott Colom. Follow this liveblog for the latest updates. See results in other races here.
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The Independent:
Marco Rubio ‘on resignation watch’ from Trump administration after midterms disaster — Exclusive: The US secretary of state is thought to be preparing for a presidential run in 2028 and will likely want to distance himself from Trump, The Independent can reveal. — Become an Independent member to bookmark this article
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The Independent:
Marco Rubio expected to step down and launch bid to be next US president25 minutes ago
Marco Rubio expected to step down and launch bid to be next US president25 minutes ago
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Political.org
Aoife Walsh / Washington Post:
Midterm results ‘a Watergate-level repudiation,’ Cruz says — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) described the Republicans' historic losses in the midterm elections Tuesday as “an ass-kicking.” — “2026 was not simply a blue wave. It was a blue tsunami,” Cruz on his podcast.
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Jeff Stein / The Washington Sun:
Democrats Are Reviewing a Plan to Investigate Corporate America — Party lawmakers have reviewed ideas for subpoenas, hearings and oversight next year. — Copy — Senior congressional Democrats have been studying a 181-page dossier that identifies hundreds of executives and companies …
Bloomberg:
Democrats Projected to Win Control of US House — Democrats are projected to take control of the House from Republicans in Tuesday's midterm elections, according to Decision Desk HQ. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries is expected to become the next House Speaker. He would be the first African American to ever have the post.
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Will Neal / The Daily Beast:NEW!
Trump's Putin Claim Crumbles as Secret Deal Revealed … Donald Trump's claims that Vladimir Putin is doing “very little, if anything” to help Iran have been blown apart by fresh details of Moscow's support for Tehran's war machine. … The export order was for the very same systems used by Russian forces …
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CNBC:
Nasdaq plummets into correction territory, Dow plunges 800 points as traders dump tech stocks: Live updates — The Nasdaq Composite plummeted on Thursday, erasing the sharp gains from the previous session, as investors continued to rotate away from technology stocks and into more defensive areas of the market.
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Deutsche Welle:
Bavarian politician Hubert Aiwanger found dead in Berlin hotel — Aiwanger was Bavaria's Economy Minister and the chairman of the right-wing populist Free Voters party. The circumstances surrounding his death are still unclear. … Bavarian politician Hubert Aiwanger was found dead …
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