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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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Punchbowl News:
11/05/25 ☀️ AM: … One year after President Donald Trump and Republicans won the White House, Congress and every battleground state, Democrats struck back by painting Virginia and New Jersey blue Tuesday night, shifting the map leftward in county after county.
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: NOTUS, Raw Story and Politico
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 …
Jim Saksa / Democracy Docket:
Democrat Spanberger Wins Governor Race As Virginians Reproach Trump  —  In a rebuke to President Donald Trump, Democrat Abigail Spanberger won Virginia's gubernatorial race Tuesday.  Her support for constitutional amendments on redistricting and voting rights restoration could make it easier to pass both pro-democracy measures.
Politico:
Democrats didn't just rebound.  They dominated. … Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill cruised to double-digit victories in Virginia and New Jersey.  Two Georgia Democrats flipped seats on the state's Public Service Commission, the first non-federal statewide wins for a Democrat in nearly two decades.
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 …
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Virginia's Ghazala Hashmi becomes the first Muslim woman elected statewide in the U.S.  —  NBC News projects that state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi has won the race to become Virginia's next lieutenant governor.  —  Virginia state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi on Tuesday became the first Muslim American woman elected …
Stephanie Perry / NBC News:
NBC News Exit Poll: Voters disapprove of Trump in New Jersey, Virginia and other key races  —  Neither political party gets strong marks from voters, and they are concerned about the economy, according to the early exit poll results.  —  In the first major elections of President Donald Trump's second term …
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
California voters approve Democratic-drawn congressional map as national redistricting battle spreads
Peter Sullivan / Axios:   Democrats face possible ACA letdown
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Democrat Abigail Spanberger wins Virginia governor's race
Jennifer Calfas / Wall Street Journal:
California Voters Approve Redistricting, Giving Democrats a Chance to Flip Seats
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Democrats win key Georgia special elections seen as midterm bellwethers
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Breitbart
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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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Jay Jones wins Virginia attorney general's race amid texting scandal
Erin Reed / Erin In The Morning:
“A Stunning Rebuke Of Anti-Trans Politics”—Dems Win Elections Nationwide Despite Anti-Trans Ads
Discussion: CNN and Advocate
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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Elizabeth Dias / New York Times:
Would New York City Elect a Muslim Mayor? An Emphatic Yes.
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 and New Republic
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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 …
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.
Discussion: Newsweek
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Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:   Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
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
Colin Demarest / Axios:
America's military might bears down on Venezuela  —  Incredible amounts of U.S. firepower are coalescing in the Caribbean as President Trump plays geopolitical chicken with Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro. … - The Ford and its escorts bring with them offensive and defensive punch …
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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 …
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.
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.
Jordan Ruimy / World of Reel:
Paramount Has Blacklist for Stars Deemed “Overtly Antisemitic”  —  It sure looks like the likes of Javier Bardem, Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, and Mark Ruffalo won't be making movies for Paramount in the foreseeable future.  —  Under the newly appointed head honcho David Ellison …
Discussion: Variety and Daily Mail
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 …
New Jersey Office of Attorney General:
Statement of Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin Regarding Today's Election Statement of Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin Regarding Today's Election  —  “Early this morning, law enforcement responded to threats that were received by email involving certain polling places in Bergen, Essex …
 
 
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Robert Davis / Raw Story:
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