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1:35 PM ET, November 5, 2025

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Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority: ‘We Are a Battleground State’  —  After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.  Voters elected Democrats to two seats previously held by Republicans …
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Trump Is an Albatross  —  As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump is a phenomenally effective vote-winner, capable of turning out millions of otherwise infrequent voters to deliver the White House and Congress to the Republican Party.  But as president, Trump has been an albatross around the neck of his party.
Megan Messerly / Politico:
‘There Should Be Flashing Red Lights’: Steve Bannon on Mamdani's Win … More than a few Republicans are celebrating Zohran Mamdani's victory, seeing the 34-year-old democratic socialist as a political gift and an albatross for the Democratic Party.  Steve Bannon is not among them.
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Inside Trump's “uncomfortable” breakfast with Republican senators  —  The room was “eerily silent” and “uncomfortable” Wednesday morning as President Trump cajoled Republican senators to end the filibuster, multiple attendees told Axios. … - “If you don't terminate the filibuster …
Matt Cannon / Newsweek:
Eight California Counties Won by Donald Trump Vote ‘Yes’ on Prop 50  —  Voters in eight California counties carried by Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election backed Proposition 50, the Democrat-backed ballot measure in a state-by-state redistricting battle helping determine who controls …
Politico:
Trump blames shutdown for GOP election losses … Trump used his candid autopsy of the election results to urge Republicans to kill the Senate filibuster to quickly reopen the government and then enact their agenda, including a national voter ID requirement.
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Dems warned of “hell to pay” if they cut “weak” post-election shutdown deal  —  Democrats' sweeping victory in Tuesday's elections has the party's House members and activists warning Senate Democrats that the price of caving on the government shutdown just went way up.
Discussion: Washington Post
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Vive La Résistance  —  With Republican candidates going down in flames all around him, Donald Trump spent last night flaming out on Truth Social.  “REPUBLICANS, TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER!  GET BACK TO PASSING LEGISLATION AND VOTER REFORM!” he wrote, adding that the time had come to …
Discussion: Politico, New York Times, NPR, Wired and NBC News
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
November 4, 2025 (Tuesday)  —  So much for obeying a court order, even if begrudgingly and with manufactured delay.  At 8:00 this morning, President Donald Trump announced that “SNAP BENEFITS...will be given only when the Radical Left Democrats open up government, which they can easily do, and not before!”
Discussion: New York Times
Politico:
Democrats didn't just rebound. They dominated.
Paul Krugman:   Which Party Is in Trouble, Again?
Laurel Rosenhall / New York Times:
Republicans Swiftly File Lawsuit in Bid to Block California's New House Maps
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
‘Trump is on the ballot in 2026,’ Johnson says after GOP drubbing
Discussion: The Hill
Axios:
A big blue wave for Democrats, and two paths forward
Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
Democrat Johnny DuPree Flips Republican-Held Mississippi Senate District in Pine Belt
Axios:
Election results' message: Americans want things cheaper
Discussion: Fox News
Associated Press:
Tuesday's races were a quiet rebuke of Trump for many voters, AP Voter Poll finds
Norman Ornstein / The Contrarian:
Democrats have the momentum. They can't stop now.
Discussion: Scripps News and The Hill
Daniel Orton / Newsweek:
Democrats Flip Two Seats in Deep Red Mississippi, Break GOP Supermajority
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
How Zohran Mamdani Beat Back New York's Elite and Was Elected Mayor  —  The 34-year-old assemblyman won the Democratic primary by defying the city's all-powerful establishment.  He secured the mayoralty by delicately disarming it.  —  Zohran Mamdani was still asleep early in the morning …
Discussion: The Atlantic, Mediaite and The Wrap
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Emily Ngo / Politico:
Fresh off of a historic election victory, Mamdani names his transition team … Together, they have backgrounds in social services, finance, city budgeting and housing development.  Their roles on the transition team — meant to smooth a mayor-elect's path from election in early November …
New York Times:   Mamdani's Victory Is Less Significant Than You Think
Freddie deBoer / The Times:
Yes, Zohran Mamdani can govern as a sensible socialist
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
‘Highly unusual’: New warning signs for DOJ's Trump-ordered case against Comey … Halligan, who was seated at the Justice Department's table Wednesday, personally secured the indictment against Comey several days later.  —  Halligan's unusual role — singlehandedly presenting to the grand jury …
Chabeli Carrazana / The 19th:
‘I have papers’: Child care worker detained by ICE officers inside a Chicago day care  —  Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.  —  “I have papers,” a child care worker shouted in Spanish …
Discussion: CBS News
Tony Romm / New York Times:
Some SNAP Recipients May Not Receive Food Stamps Under White House Policy  —  Anti-hunger groups and state officials have warned that the administration's plans to make partial payments are onerous and could still result in severe harm.  —  Millions of low-income Americans will see staggering cuts …
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Kevin T. Dugan / Wall Street Journal:
Wall Street Couldn't Stop Mayor Mamdani. Now It Has to Work With Him.
Discussion: The Hill, HotAir and New York Times
Tom Latchem / The Daily Beast:
Trump Pal Makes Up New FIFA Peace Prize After President's Nobel Snub  —  PEACE OFFERING  —  The FIFA boss has unveiled a “Peace Prize” to be handed out at the World Cup draw, weeks after Trump's Nobel humiliation.  —  One of President Donald Trump's buddies has invented soccer's version …
NBC News:
IE 11 is not supported.  For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.  —  New York City Mayor Results 2025  —  Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who ran as a third-party candidate, after also defeating Cuomo in a June primary.
Jon Seidel / Chicago Sun Times:
Crucial hearing over feds' use of force against protesters in Operation Midway Blitz is underway  —  Following a month-long court battle that featured appearances by top federal officials and an appeals court's rebuke, a high-stakes hearing is underway over the treatment of protesters …
Discussion: Wonkette
 
 
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Robert Draper / New York Times:
In the Trump Era, Cheney's Brand of Conservatism Became Obsolete
Alice Speri / The Guardian:
Surge in antisemitism investigations at US universities after October 7 attacks, data shows
New York Post:
Swastikas found painted on Brooklyn yeshiva hours after Zohran Mamdani elected NYC mayor
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Jake Pearson / ProPublica:
Tech Billionaire Marc Andreessen Bet Big on Trump. It's Paying Off for Silicon Valley.
Discussion: Greenlight
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Yong-Yu Huang / The Daily Northwestern:
Illinois lawmakers hit back at ICE with constitutional rights and protections bill
Discussion: Grist
Cyril Mychalejko / Bucks County Beacon:
Bucks County's ICE-Loving, MAGA Sheriff Fred Harran Got What He Deserved: A Pink Slip From Voters on Election Night
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Scoop: Trump's $2 billion fundraising binge
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Salon
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Virginia's Ghazala Hashmi becomes the first Muslim woman elected statewide in the U.S.
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Pennsylvania voters retain three state Supreme Court justices, preserving Democrats' 5-2 majority
 

 
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Will Sommer / @willsommer:
The Blaze retracts its article accusing a former Capitol Police officer of being the January 6 pipe bomber after the FBI arrested a different person
 
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