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Associated Press:
Election Night Live updates: Democrats notch wins for governors, mayor over Trump's picks  —  EDITED BY NELL CLARK, CURTIS YEE, BERNARD MCGHEE, MICHELLE L. PRICE, LUENA RODRIGUEZ-FEO VILEIRA, ASHLEY THOMAS, KIANA DOYLE AND TIA GOLDENBERG  —  Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source …
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Bridget Bowman / NBC News:
Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill wins New Jersey governor's race  —  Sherrill defeated Republican Jack Ciattarelli in the competitive race to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy, NBC News projects.  —  Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill won the New Jersey governor's race …
Amelia Benavides-Colón / NOTUS:
Trump Blames the Shutdown for Republican Election Losses  —  President Donald Trump quickly found a culprit for a number of major Republican losses in Tuesday's slate of elections: the ongoing government shutdown.  —  “'TRUMP WASN'T ON THE BALLOT, AND SHUTDOWN, WERE THE TWO REASONS …
Ariel Edwards-Levy / CNN:
CNN exit polls find voters in key races dissatisfied with Trump, concerned with economy  —  Last November, Donald Trump won a return to the White House amid broad national dissatisfaction with the state of the country.  A year later, preliminary CNN exit polling finds, the first major electoral tests …
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race  —  Mamdani will be the youngest New York mayor in a century, NBC News projects, after a rapid rise past Andrew Cuomo and other opponents.  —  Zohran Mamdani has won New York City's mayoral race, NBC News projects, after the 34-year-old …
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Democrat Abigail Spanberger wins Virginia governor's race
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Virginia's Ghazala Hashmi becomes the first Muslim woman elected statewide in the U.S.
John Hanna / Associated Press:
Kansas Republicans drop push to enter nation's widening redistricting battle  —  Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  Kansas' Republican House leader on Tuesday dropped efforts to force a redraw of U.S. House districts …
Discussion: Politico, Raw Story and IJR
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Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
California voters approve Democratic-drawn congressional map as national redistricting battle spreads
Dana Sauchelli / New York Post:
Newsom's Prop 50 vanity project overwhelmingly passes, with Dems looking to flip 5 congressional seats in 2026 midterms
Wired:
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves  —  In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE's image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.  —  Criminals posing as US immigration officers …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Francesca D'Annunzio / The Texas Observer:
Texas Turns Its Sprawling State Police Force Into Immigration Agents for Trump … Between mid-October and early November, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) and federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) signed a pair of agreements that will authorize some state police within …
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Jay Jones wins Virginia attorney general's race amid texting scandal  —  Former Virginia Del. Jay Jones (D) was projected to oust incumbent Attorney General Jason Miyares (R) in the race for the state's top law enforcement spot on Tuesday, staving off a texting controversy that dogged his candidacy in the campaign's final month.
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Jim Saksa / Democracy Docket:
Democrat Spanberger Wins Governor Race As Virginians Reproach Trump
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Pennsylvania voters retain three state Supreme Court justices, preserving Democrats' 5-2 majority  —  NBC News projects the incumbents survived an up-or-down vote to keep their seats on the battleground state's high court.  —  Pennsylvania voters approved the retention of three state Supreme Court justices …
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WLKY-TV:
UPS plane crashes at Louisville's airport, injuries reported  —  IMPORTANT: There is a shelter-in-place issued within a 5-mile radius of the airport and all the way north to the Ohio River.  —  A UPS plane has crashed at Louisville's international airport, causing an explosion, giant plumes of smoke and fire spreading nearly a mile.
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Associated Press:
UPS cargo plane with 3 aboard explodes on takeoff at Louisville airport, igniting huge fire
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Live Updates: Mamdani Wins N.Y.C. Mayor's Race After Highest Turnout in Decades  —  Zohran Mamdani, whose triumphant campaign was built on progressive ideas and a relentless focus on affordability, will become the city's youngest mayor in more than a century.  —  Here's the latest.
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MSNBC:
As Mamdani nears victory, Democrats worry about national fallout
Noah Robertson / Washington Post:
GOP senators assail Trump Pentagon pick in rare show of disunity  —  A contentious episode on Capitol Hill spotlighted the growing frustration among Republicans who say they have been cut out of important national security decisions.  —  Just now  —  Republican senators …
Discussion: Raw Story, Roll Call and The Hill
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
White House scrambles to limit fallout of Trump threats to withhold SNAP food aid benefits  —  The White House just sent a raft of shutdown talking points to Hill Republicans, as the GOP scrambles to limit the fallout of President Donald Trump's threats earlier Tuesday to withhold SNAP food aid benefits …
Discussion: Fox News, NOTUS and Bloomberg
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Politico:
Americans will still get partial SNAP benefits despite Trump post, White House says
NBC News:
FBI fires, unfires, refires agents linked to Jack Smith probe  —  The firings focus on personnel with connections to former special counsel Jack Smith's probe of Trump and an earlier FBI investigation known as “Arctic Frost.”  —  WASHINGTON — At least two FBI employees involved …
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Ben Penn / Bloomberg Law:
FBI Conducts Whiplash Firings, Rehirings Linked to Trump Probe
Discussion: Axios and Raw Story
Spencer Ackerman / The Nation:
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies  —  As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.  —  Pocket  —  The week before Dick Cheney died …
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Washington Post:
Administration hints furloughed workers may not be paid after shutdown  —  Agencies are sending messages indicating that workers who are on the job will be paid when the government reopens — with no mention of those on furlough, despite a 2019 law protecting their wages.
NBC News:
Virginia Governor Election 2025 Live Results: Abigail Spanberger Wins, NBC News Projects  —  See live results from the 2025 Virginia governor election.  Track vote counts and updates as polls close on Election Day.
Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
Democrat Johnny DuPree Flips Republican-Held Mississippi Senate District in Pine Belt  — Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email  —  Johnny DuPree, a Democrat who served as the mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for 16 years, has won a Republican-held Mississippi Senate seat.
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
CBP agent hit by sandwich in DC testifies: ‘Could smell onions and the mustard’  —  The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent struck by a sandwich in Washington, D.C., this summer testified Tuesday during resident Sean Dunn's federal misdemeanor trial.
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Maine Rejects Anti-Voting Ballot Measure, Reaffirms Voting Access  —  Maine voters rejected a Republican-backed ballot initiative Tuesday that would have imposed new photo ID rules and severely limited mail-in voting — a decisive win for voting rights advocates who said the measure threatened …
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Mia Hollie / The City:
Voter Turnout Highest in Half Century as Mamdani Phenomenon Galvanizes Electorate
Discussion: NOTUS and Associated Press
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Negotiating Deal With Ozempic Maker to Sell Some Weight-Loss Drugs for $149  —  Novo Nordisk, as well as Eli Lilly, would gain Medicare and Medicaid coverage for their blockbuster weight-loss drugs  —  The Trump administration is negotiating a deal with weight-loss drugmakers Eli Lilly …
New York Times:
Trump Weighs Options, and Risks, for Attacks on Venezuela … The Trump administration has developed a range of options for military action in Venezuela, including direct attacks on military units that protect President Nicolás Maduro and moves to seize control of the country's oil fields, according to multiple U.S. officials.
IJR:
School District Infamous For Trans Bathroom Scandal Elects Independent Vowing To Protect Girls  —  Conservative school board candidate Amy Riccardi beat incumbent Arben Istrefi in Loudoun County on Tuesday in a race defined by the district's stance on gender identity.
 
 
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge orders White House to restore sign language interpreters at briefings by Trump, Leavitt
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Politico:
Ayanna Pressley is considering a Senate run in Massachusetts
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Asa Fitch / Wall Street Journal:
Michael Burry Returns With Two Big Shorts: Palantir and Nvidia
Discussion: Bloomberg and Breitbart
Washington Post:
From groceries to gas, Americans say they're spending more under Trump
Discussion: Axios
Kate Santaliz / Axios:
Exclusive: House Freedom Caucus pushes for year-long stopgap funding
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Politico:
Despite recent turmoil at FDA, White House praises the agency's leader
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Facing difficult questions about his use of an FBI jet, Kash Patel pitches weak defense
Ayesha Ali / ABC News:
Department of Transportation might be forced to shut down some airspace next week: Duffy
Charlie Lankston / Yahoo News:
Dave Portnoy Threatens To Move Barstool Sports Out of New York City If Zohran Mamdani Becomes Mayor: ‘I Hate This Guy So Much’
Camryn Sanchez / KJZZ:
Arizona teachers' costumes weren't about Charlie Kirk. They're facing death threats anyway
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Bomb threats force closures at some New Jersey polling places
 

 
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