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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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The Atlantic, The Wrap and The Red Letter
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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 …
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New Jersey Online, Bloomberg, New York Times, Washington Examiner, Associated Press, New Republic, Salon, The Guardian, CBS News, New Hope Free Press and Newsweek
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 …
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New York Times, Axios, Washington Examiner, Bloomberg, NBC News, The Hill, NPR, New Jersey Online, The Independent, The Japan Times, IJR, NewsMax.com, Mediaite, Associated Press, The American Saga, WHAS-TV and Deadline
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 …
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New York Times, New York Daily News, Daily Caller News Foundation and Townhall
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 …
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The Hill, Axios, CBS News, The Hollywood Reporter, The Guardian, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller, RedState, IJR, WHAS-TV, The Daily Signal and Los Angeles Times
Stephanie Perry / NBC News:
NBC News Exit Poll: Voters disapprove of Trump in New Jersey, Virginia and other key races
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Washington Post, Reuters, Pluribus News, CNN, Breitbart, Bloomberg, Mother Jones, ABC News, CNBC, Townhall and Raw Story
Ryan King / New York Post:
Mikie Sherrill wins NJ gov race after making campaign all about Trump
Mikie Sherrill wins NJ gov race after making campaign all about Trump
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The Washington Free Beacon, MSNBC, The Guardian, France 24, The Forward and WTTG-TV
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Sherrill wins New Jersey governor's race
Sherrill wins New Jersey governor's race
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New Jersey Online, Reason, The Daily Signal, Gothamist and NewsMax.com
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Democrat Abigail Spanberger wins Virginia governor's race
Democrat Abigail Spanberger wins Virginia governor's race
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New York Post, Associated Press, New York Magazine, The Daily Signal, New Jersey Globe, CNN, CBS News, RedState, WTTG-TV, Townhall and Newsweek
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 …
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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Democrats win key Georgia special elections seen as midterm bellwethers
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Breitbart and NewsMax.com
Jennifer Calfas / Wall Street Journal:
California Voters Approve Redistricting, Giving Democrats a Chance to Flip Seats
California Voters Approve Redistricting, Giving Democrats a Chance to Flip Seats
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Fox News, MSNBC, Democracy Docket, CBS News, Politico, Breitbart, The Guardian, Associated Press and Punchbowl News
Jen Rice / Democracy Docket:
Maryland Governor Pushes For Redistricting to Counter Trump Gerrymanders: ‘Come Next November, We Will Have Fair Maps’
Maryland Governor Pushes For Redistricting to Counter Trump Gerrymanders: ‘Come Next November, We Will Have Fair Maps’
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Office of Governor Wes Moore, NBC News, Roll Call and New York Times
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
California voters approve Democratic-drawn congressional map as national redistricting battle spreads
California voters approve Democratic-drawn congressional map as national redistricting battle spreads
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NPR, CBS News, Washington Post, New York Times, Scripps News, Axios, KNSD-TV, Roll Call, Mother Jones, Townhall, The Federalist, American Prospect and Mediaite
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 …
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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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Washington Post, Scripps News, The Washington Free Beacon, NOTUS, New York Post, NBC News, Slate, WTTG-TV, Blaze Media, Daily Mail, The Federalist, Roll Call, The Virginian-Pilot, Newsweek, IJR, Townhall, Washington Blade, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, The Post Millennial and The Daily Signal
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Spanberger wins Virginia governor's race
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Axios, Scripps News, CBS News, Townhall, twitchy.com and IJR
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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WHAS-TV, New York Times, Al Jazeera, Fox Business, The Hill, About UPS-US, France 24, Breitbart, UPI, CBS News, Raw Story, WTTG-TV and New York Post
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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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Variety, The American Conservative and NewsMax.com
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MSNBC:
As Mamdani nears victory, Democrats worry about national fallout
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Politico, CBS News, The Guardian, Roll Call, New Jersey Online, The Daily Signal, Truthout, France 24, The Independent, City & State New York, WHAS-TV and The Japan Times
Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:
America's Dumbest Billionaires Fail to Stop Zohran Mamdani
America's Dumbest Billionaires Fail to Stop Zohran Mamdani
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Business Insider, The Nation, Jacobin and Forbes
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 …
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Axios:
Scoop: Trump readying “living hell” for GOP senators over nuking filibuster
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Politico, New York Times, The Hill, The Mahablog and Raw Story
Jennifer Scholtes / Politico:
Senate votes down GOP-led stopgap for 14th time
Senate votes down GOP-led stopgap for 14th time
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USA Today, The Hill, Townhall, The Daily Caller, The Guardian, Truthout and RedState
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 …
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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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Politico, Associated Press, Reuters and NewsMax.com
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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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Vox, New York Times, Law Dork, Slack Tide, CNN, Daily Kos, The Guardian, Associated Press, Bloomberg, HotAir, Politico, Wall Street Journal, Breitbart, Reason, The Intercept, Washington Post and Mother Jones
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
There Was One Dick Cheney All Along
There Was One Dick Cheney All Along
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Washington Post, Agence France-Presse, New York Times, USA Today, TMZ.com and The Guardian
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.
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The Statehouse News Bureau
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.
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The Virginia Public …, New York Times, The Daily Caller and New Republic
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.
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Washington Post, Associated Press, CBS News, CNN, New York Post, UPI, NewsMax.com and Daily Caller News Foundation
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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Talking Points Memo, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Associated Press, Gothamist, Cardinal News and Bangor Daily News
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Mia Hollie / The City:
Voter Turnout Highest in Half Century as Mamdani Phenomenon Galvanizes Electorate
Voter Turnout Highest in Half Century as Mamdani Phenomenon Galvanizes Electorate
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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 …
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Washington Post, Axios, Politico, The Hill and NewsMax.com
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.
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Bloomberg, Atlantic Council, France 24 and The War Zone
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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The Virginia Public … and The Federalist

