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CNN:
Republicans quickly turn against Pete Hegseth after midterms rout  —  Pete Hegseth Donald Trump The Middle East US military  —  President Donald Trump may have made the decision to launch the war that tanked voters' support for the GOP and dealt them a midterm shellacking.
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Axios:
Why Pete Hegseth could fall through “thin ice”  —  It's a de facto motto in the Trump White House: “Somebody's gotta take the fall.”  Lately, that person looks like Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. … - “Hegseth is definitely on thin ice,” a Trump adviser told Axios.
Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:
Justice Alito Will Not Retire Immediately, Despite Election Outcome  —  The conservative justice has told friends he does not plan to step down before the end of the court's term, even as Democrats are set to seize the Senate in January.  —  Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. has told people close …
Fox News:
Republicans turn on Trump after devastating midterm losses hand Democrats control of Congress  —  Donor Dan Eberhart called it ‘a Trump loss’ as Democrats flipped seven Senate seats and 27 House seats on Election Night  —  Seismic political change is coming to Washington, D.C. …
Discussion: Semafor
Politico:
Democrats' slow Bern  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco and Irie Sentner  —  Good Thursday morning.  We're hoping you've had a chance to catch up on sleep after a too-late election night.  Get in touch.  —  In today's Playbook ...  — Why Bernie Sanders' political imprint could outlast Donald Trump.
Discussion: The Washington Sun
New York Times:
On the Democrats' Agenda: Investigations of Trump and His Family  —  When a new Congress is sworn in, it will have the power to hold hearings and issue subpoenas, prompting one representative to advise White House officials and others to “lawyer up.”  —  A $1.4 billion cryptocurrency windfall.
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Trump: Sen. Sullivan should get votes cast for Alaska's other Sullivan  —  President Trump wrote Thursday that incumbent Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan (R) should receive the vote totals for Dan J. Sullivan, a Senate candidate in Alaska's tumultuous race who has the same name as the incumbent lawmaker.
Axios:
Vance takes a step toward 2028 in MAGA power play  —  Vice President Vance stepped out of President Trump's shadow Wednesday, seizing on the GOP's midterm catastrophe to begin the explosive task of claiming MAGA as his own.  — “The reason we lost is the war,” Vance wrote …
Michelle Cottle / New York Times:
Don't Be Fooled.  This Is What Trump Wanted.  —  Talk about a thumping.  After months of struggling to overcome brutal political fundamentals, most Republicans awoke Wednesday to the fresh pain of getting kicked to the curb by the American people, along with a fat dollop of dread about what comes next.
Miranda Devine / New York Post:   Look in the mirror, President Trump, after Republicans' midterm rout
Wall Street Journal:
How Trump Lost the Midterms
Associated Press:
After taking control of Congress, Democrats vow major probes into Trump's ‘tentacles of corruption’
Discussion: ABC News and Alpha News MN
CBS News:
Vance blames Iran war for midterm losses, Trump agrees but says Iran couldn't have nuke
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Whose fault is the GOP's cataclysmic defeat? 3 theories are gaining steam on the right.
Wall Street Journal:
After Two Years of Unchecked Power, Trump Faces a Tough New Reality
Discussion: The Free Press
Merrill Goozner / Washington Monthly:   Health Care: Don't Just Fix What They Broke
Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
Liveblog: Mississippi's 2026 U.S. Senate Election Results  —  Mississippi election workers are counting ballots amid a tight race between Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democratic challenger Scott Colom.  Follow this liveblog for the latest updates.  See results in other races here.
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Natalie Hausmann / Democracy Docket:
Mississippi made thousands of valid voters inactive ahead of critical Senate race
Discussion: Magnolia Tribune
New York Times:
How Colom Changed a Long Shot in Mississippi Into a Race Too Close to Call
NBC News:
Mississippi Senate race heads to an extended vote count and possible ballot battle
Casey He / Politico:
Latest called races extend Democrats' deluge  —  Winners have been called in several remaining races as the historic blue wave continues to help Democrats make gains across the country.  In Michigan's 4th District, Democratic state Sen. Sean McCann succeeded in his challenge to Republican Rep. Bill Huizenga.
Discussion: Breitbart, Bridge Michigan and NBC News
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The Atlantic:
Republicans Redistricted Themselves Out of Congress
Andrew Howard / Politico:
The blue wave swamped Trump's redistricting wall
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The Texas Tribune:
Attorney General-elect Nathan Johnson says he won't sue out-of-state doctors who mail abortion pills to Texas
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Bloomberg:
Democrats Projected to Win Control of US House  —  Democrats are projected to take control of the House from Republicans in Tuesday's midterm elections, according to Decision Desk HQ.  Rep. Hakeem Jeffries is expected to become the next House Speaker.  He would be the first African American to ever have the post.
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Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
The only thing Democrats have to fear is fear itself
Discussion: The Atlantic
Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Progressive Senator Demands ‘Bold Agenda’ Before Backing Schumer  —  Key Senate progressive Chris Van Hollen said Wednesday that Democrats should demand a “bold agenda” targeting entrenched corporate interests in Washington before agreeing to back Chuck Schumer or any other aspiring Senate majority leader.
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Riley Rogerson / Politico:
Democrats prepare for something new in the House: Teamwork
Discussion: Axios and Roll Call
Reese Gorman / The Washington Sun:
House Republicans Have No Clue Who Will Lead Them  —  After Tuesday's election massacre, the House Republican Conference is in chaos and it's now an open question of who will lead it in the next Congress.  —  Next Tuesday, House Republicans will decide who will take the reins in the top two leadership spots.
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ABC News:   Tom Emmer faces challenge for minority whip
Andrew Pantazi / Axios:
Democrats poised to break GOP's 16-year grip on statehouses  —  Democrats are on track to take control of a majority of legislative chambers, ending 16 years of Republican dominance over America's statehouses.  — If current leads hold, 75% of Americans will live in a state with a Democratic governor …
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Deutsche Welle:
Bavarian politician Hubert Aiwanger found dead in Berlin hotel  —  Aiwanger was Bavaria's Economy Minister and the chairman of the right-wing populist Free Voters party.  The circumstances surrounding his death are still unclear. … Bavarian politician Hubert Aiwanger was found dead …
Jeff Stein / The Washington Sun:
Democrats Are Reviewing a Plan to Investigate Corporate America  —  Party lawmakers have reviewed ideas for subpoenas, hearings and oversight next year.  — Copy  —  Senior congressional Democrats have been studying a 181-page dossier that identifies hundreds of executives and companies …
ProPublica:
Trump's State Department Is Giving $1 Million to Controversial Group to Study Crimes Against White South Africans  —  The new award, the administration's latest show of support for the Afrikaner cause, comes after it cut human rights funding to nations in crisis.  One former diplomat called the move “offensive.”
Ethan Barton / The Washington Free Beacon:
‘We Need To Stop Giving Birth to Them’: Maryland Special Ed Teacher Called To Abort Boys, Overthrow US Government  —  A special education teacher at a Montgomery County, Maryland, elementary school urged women to “stop giving birth” to boys because America's “patriarchal hell” means they're all …
Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
Trump Emerges After the Midterms: ‘Did You Guys See the Helipad?’  —  His party just suffered a drubbing unseen in decades.  But the president, leading a tour of his ballroom project, was placid and eager to wax on about construction instead.  —  “Now envision chandeliers all over.”
 
 
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CJ Womack / New York Post:
MS NOW host claims Byron Donalds isn't true ‘kinfolk’ after historic Florida gubernatorial win
Discussion: RedState and Newsbusters
Neal Rothschild / Axios:
Polls missed bigger on the midterms than in 2016
Discussion: The Guardian, The Hill and The Atlantic
 

 
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