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New York Times:
Trump Says in Interview That He Will Accept Election Results  —  In an interview with two Times reporters, President Trump blamed the G.O.P.'s losses on the fact that he was not on the ballot, and said he was willing to work with Democrats.  — 1.1k  —  阅读.体中 …
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The Economist:
The Democrats' extraordinary triumph, explained  —  Six charts show how they came out on top  —  US House elections, vote margin, % points  —  051015 195019601970198019902000201020202026 D+13*  —  Sources:  — Brookings  — New York Times - The Economist
Vox:
A massive blue wave just hit America.  Here's what it could bring next.  —  Voters just ushered the United States into the post-Trump era.  —  The ballots are still being counted, and key races are still being called, but here's the short version of the midterm election: It's a blue tsunami.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Angry Voters Usher in Beginning of the End to the Trump Era  —  The electoral backlash extended even into deep red states and indicated that President Trump has lost his hold over the coalition that lifted him to the White House twice.  —  President Trump implored voters over the course …
Politico:
Republicans start to point fingers at Trump after severe midterms loss  —  President Donald Trump's allies on Wednesday tiptoed their way toward once unthinkable territory: blaming the president.  —  The unusual candor followed sweeping GOP defeats across the country, a repudiation …
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
How a Blue Wave Became a Red Wipeout  —  Republicans lost control of the House and Senate as voters offered a stinging rebuke to President Trump's agenda.  —  NEWS ANALYSIS  —  Republicans lost control of the House and Senate as voters offered a stinging rebuke to President Trump's agenda.
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Don't Read The Mandate Down  —  Winning parties typically overstate their mandates.  That's what Donald Trump and his loyalists did in 2024, when they won the presidency with less than 50 percent of the vote and one of the smallest House majorities in history.  —  The idea is simple: Winning is fun, but governing is the point.
New York Times:
America Punishes Trump's Party: 8 Takeaways From a Democratic Landslide
Allan Smith / NBC News:
The lawmaker who led Republican efforts to keep the House loses his re-election bid
Ariana Baio / The Guardian:
Top Democrat tells Trump and Republicans to ‘lawyer up’ after US midterm defeats
Politico:
How Trump's New York involvement backfired on Republicans
New York Times:
Live Forecast: Senate and House
Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
Say Goodnight, New Democrats. It's the Era of the New New Democrats.
Discussion: The Washington Sun and NBC News
Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
Trump blames losses on GOP candidates, oil prices and his absence from ballot
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Trump's Whole Theory of Power Is in Ruins
Discussion: Public Reason
Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
North Carolina Democrat Ojeda defeats NRCC Chair Richard Hudson in House race
Discussion: Washington Post and Politico
Allison Pecorin / ABC News:
These key Senate races will determine which party controls the body next year
Discussion: Politico and Wall Street Journal
Associated Press:
A referendum on Trump, election monitors and a Democratic shift: What to watch on Election Day
Associated Press:
How Trump and Republicans lost the 2026 midterm elections, according to The AP Voter Poll
Discussion: Newsweek, The Independent and France 24
Jennifer Jacobs / CBS News:
Trump asking advisers if Hegseth should go, sources say  —  Washington — President Trump has been asking advisers around him and on the phone whether Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth should stay in his job, following Republicans' catastrophic losses Tuesday night, multiple sources familiar with the matter tell CBS News.
Discussion: Bloomberg and The Washington Sun
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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Navy admiral fired by Hegseth flips Mace's South Carolina seat  —  Democrat Nancy Lacore, a former Navy Admiral who was fired by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, is projected to win in the traditionally red House district in South Carolina against Republican Jenny Costa Honeycutt, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ).
Josh Dawsey / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Acknowledges Iran War Is Partly to Blame for Republican Losses  —  ‘Iran was a piece of it,’ the president says in a WSJ interview  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump said on Tuesday night that the war in Iran was partially to blame for widespread Republican losses in the midterm elections.
Courtney Subramanian / Bloomberg:
Vance Blames War in Iran, Israel Ties for GOP Midterm Loss
Calder Mchugh / Politico:
Elon Musk suffers major blow in US midterms  —  Plans for buildout of data centers across Texas in doubt after Democrats won a surprise sweep.  —  WASHINGTON — Tech billionaire and Republican megadonor Elon Musk was among the biggest losers of election night, after spending hundreds …
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Politico:
‘AI earthquake’: Democrats eye a Silicon Valley reckoning  —  Democrats' sweep of Congress in Tuesday's midterms puts Silicon Valley squarely in the new majority's sights as they prepare to haul in tech executives for high-profile hearings and set rules for artificial intelligence.
Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post:
Musk threw his fortune at the midterms. Voters handed him a stunning defeat.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Washington Post:
Voters reject data centers across the country as the AI backlash grows
Nick Judin / Mississippi Free Press:
Democrat Scott Colom Leads Mississippi US Senate Race by 43 Votes Against Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith  — Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email  —  Mississippi's U.S. Senate election between Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democratic challenger Scott Colom …
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Lauren Fedor / Politico:
Mississippi, Alaska Senate races could take days or weeks to determine
Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:   Alaska Senate race unresolved as candidates expect weekslong ballot-counting process
NBC News:
House Speaker Mike Johnson will not stay on as Republican leader after GOP losses  —  The Louisiana Republican told staff on a call Wednesday morning that he will not run to lead his party as House minority leader in the next Congress.
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Politico:
Mike Johnson will step aside as House GOP leader
Paul Krugman:
It Wasn't (Just) the Economy, Stupid  —  2024 was a blip.  This was America.  —  What happened last night was no ordinary election.  It was a mass affirmation that most Americans still believe in our nation's basic values, and a mass rejection of a movement that wants to destroy everything our nation stands for.
Associated Press:
Billionaire Rick Jackson faces former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms for Georgia governor  —  A former Atlanta mayor, Keisha Lance Bottoms won Tuesday despite a staggering campaign spending deficit driven by the billionaire Republican businessman Rick Jackson tapping more than $200 million of his own fortune.
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Alex Burness / Bolts:
Voters Oust Notorious Pro-ICE Sheriff in Maryland  —  Chuck Jenkins, the notoriously anti-immigrant Maryland sheriff who boasts of having helped deport 2,000 people, was wiped out in Tuesday's blue wave.  —  Voters in Frederick County, a fast-growing and increasingly liberal area north of Washington …
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Our Democracy Was Hanging by a Thread.  Here's the Real Reason It Held.  —  America's First Muslim Senator.  The Senate's First Openly Gay Man.  All the Ways Dems Just Made History.  —  DEMOCRATS IN CHARGE  —  Corruption, Autocracy, Murder: The List of Potential Trump Impeachment Charges Is Long
Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker rolls out a Day One road map for Congress  —  Putting down a marker ahead of a potential presidential bid, Pritzker says the new Democratic Congress must swiftly advance an aggressive legislative agenda. … To help them along, he is out with a road map for what Congress …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
 
 
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Finya Swai / The Hill:
El-Sayed tells Sky News reporter he wants ‘zero’ votes in UK
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Politico:
President Trump calls into POLITICO Elections Live, talks blue wave with Dasha Burns
Discussion: The Post Millennial
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