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Republicans won big in the Senate. A warning lurks in the purple states.
Republicans’ primary intervention strategy propelled them to a majority, but they failed to flip four battlegrounds that Donald Trump carried.Politics - Politico - 2 days ago -
Three Republicans vie for top Senate spot as GOP looks to elect new majority leader
GOP senators will elect a new leader to succeed Sen. Mitch McConnell after he announced earlier this year that he would step down from leadership. There's an intense three-way battle to replace him ...Top stories - CBS News - Yesterday -
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Can Democrats still win in rural states? Montana’s Senate race offers high-stakes litmus test
Jon Tester is fighting to keep his Senate seat amid the prospect that Democrats like him are now facing political extinction in the state. He was a young and little-known underdog. So Max Baucus, ...World - The Guardian - October 21 -
David Olusoga: ‘My loyalty is to history’
The historian on reimagining the Black British experience, being shot at from both sides in the culture wars and how to ‘de-weaponise the past’Business - Financial Times - October 18 -
GOP officials in 3 states move to block DOJ observers from entering polling places
GOP officials in three states have tried to block the Justice Department from engaging in its decades-long practice of sending observers into polling places.Politics - NBC News - November 5 -
Morning Report — Harris appeals to GOP critics of Trump; Trump courts Latinos
In today’s issue: Vice President Harris and former President Trump are racing toward the Election Day finish line, stacking their schedules as they work the airwaves — and the voters. Both ...Politics - The Hill - October 17 -
Sanders tussles with Senate challenger over Trump
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and the Republican rival for his Senate seat, Gerald Malloy, got into a back-and-forth over former President Trump during a Wednesday debate. “Mr. Malloy, Donald Trump ...Politics - The Hill - October 24 -
Democratic senator: Trump is having a 'thermonuclear meltdown'
Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz (D) declared Sunday that former President Trump is having a “thermonuclear meltdown” in the final days of the campaign, citing what he called “violent talk, paranoid ...Politics - The Hill - November 4 -
Morning Report — Trump wins; Republicans capture Senate
In today’s issue: Trump wins; Republicans capture Senate Former President Trump is projected to capture Pennsylvania and other battleground states, the prizes he needed to return to the White House ...Politics - The Hill - November 6 -
An Emboldened G.O.P. Senate Majority Is Ready to Empower Trump
With a decisive margin in the Senate, Republicans, who have shown their willingness to accommodate the president-elect, will have the numbers to overcome divisions over his personnel and policies.Top stories - The New York Times - November 7 -
Trump’s Department for ‘Drastic Change,’ and the Race for Senate Leadership
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Trump reportedly tells Putin to not escalate war in Ukraine; Rick Scott emerges as front-runner for Senate leader role – live
Trump told Russian president to not escalate war with Ukraine, Washington Post reports; multiple conservatives endorse the Florida senator as the next leader. Sweep of swing states rubs salt in ...World - The Guardian - 3 days ago -
Elon Musk Plots His Final Moves for Trump
With less than two weeks until Election Day, the richest person in the world is throwing himself into the effort to elect the former president.Top stories - The New York Times - October 24 -
On election eve, Trump proxy stock ‘DJT’ is on the move
Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. were surging 11.4% Monday, on the eve of the presidential election.Business - MarketWatch - November 4 -
Trump whirlwind lands in Washington with stunning moves
A Trump tornado hit the nation’s capital Wednesday. President-elect Trump shook up the political world with nominations for key posts that shocked even some Republicans. He had earlier savored the ...Politics - The Hill - 10 hours ago -
Trump vs. Media Moves Back to the White House
The president-elect has threatened broadcast licenses and filed lawsuits against some networks. Executives are bracing for possible deal drama.Business - The Wall Street Journal - 11 hours ago -
GOP megadonors open their wallets for Trump: From the Politics Desk
Repubicans megadonors are opening their wallets for super PACs backing Donald Trump, while Democrats maintain their House and Senate fundraising advantage.Top stories - NBC News - October 16 -
Andy Kim's GOP challenger denounces 'hateful' post from Trump delegate
New Jersey GOP Senate nominee Curtis Bashaw is condemning an attack on his opponent, Rep. Andy Kim (D-N.J.), that questioned if the lawmaker had ties to North Korea. “As someone who has been ...Politics - The Hill - October 16 -
GOP cringes over Trump’s vow to wield military against opponents
Former President Trump’s incendiary comments about deploying the military and using other powers of the executive branch to pursue his political enemies, including a sitting member of Congress, is ...Politics - The Hill - October 17 -
GOP Gov. Sununu: 'I don't like' Trump's rhetoric, but it's 'nothing new'
GOP Gov. Chris Sununu, a Donald Trump supporter, said he isn't a fan of the former president's rhetoric but that his language is already baked in as an issue for voters.Top stories - ABC News - October 20 -
Tulsi Gabbard says she's joining the GOP at Trump rally in North Carolina
Former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii) announced on Tuesday that she is joining the Republican Party, cementing her separation from the party she sought to represent just four years earlier. ...Politics - The Hill - October 23 -
GOP conservatives want Trump to play role in picking McConnell successor
Some Republican senators want former President Trump to play an influential role in electing the next Senate Republican leader, hoping for a dramatic change in leadership style after Sen. Mitch ...Politics - The Hill - October 23 -
GOP maps out agenda for Trump’s first 100 days
Senate and House Republicans are setting the table for what they hope — and increasingly expect — will be unified GOP control of the White House and Congress after the election. Republican leaders ...Politics - The Hill - October 24 -
Tapper mocks GOP leaders with clips of Trump calling Harris 'fascist'
CNN host Jake Tapper mocked the two Republican leaders in Congress with clips of former President Trump calling his opponent, Vice President Harris, a “fascist.” Tapper made fun of Speaker Mike ...Politics - The Hill - October 25 -
GOP voices frustration, disgust over Trump MSG rally
Republicans are expressing frustration about controversial remarks made at former President Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally, worrying it could complicate the party’s outreach to Hispanic, ...Politics - The Hill - October 28 -
2024 election updates: Biden angers GOP associating 'garbage' with Trump supporters
Biden is under fire for turning a comment about "garbage," first used to disparage Puerto Ricans at a Trump rally Sunday, back toward his supporters.Top stories - ABC News - October 30 -
Biden remark about Trump "garbage" rally angers GOP
Biden was responding to a joke made at a Trump rally by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, in which Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico a "floating island of garbage."Top stories - CBS News - October 29 -
How infrequent voters, GOP defectors could tip the battlegrounds for Trump, Harris
CBS News director of elections and surveys Anthony Salvanto joins "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" to discuss the latest 2024 Battleground Tracker, which shows how voter turnout and ...Top stories - CBS News - November 3 -
Chuck Todd: 'Greatest fear' is Trump win turns GOP into kleptocracy
Former "Meet the Press" host Chuck Todd said that his “greatest fear” is the Republican Party will be turned into a kleptocracy if former President Trump wins reelection. “I fear the ...Politics - The Hill - November 4 -
What a second Trump administration could mean for America with a GOP-led Congress
With Republicans projected to control the Senate and potentially the House, Robert Costa and Ed O'Keefe break down what a Trump agenda might look like in a united GOP government.Top stories - CBS News - November 6 -
The Atlantic's David Frum leaves GOP after Trump victory
Conservative author David Frum announced Wednesday that he has left the Republican Party following President-elect Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election. “De-registered as a Republican ...Politics - The Hill - November 6 -
Kinzinger: Zero percent chance GOP House would buck Trump
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said on Wednesday he was concerned about the potential lack of checks and balances across government branches, especially if Republicans keep control of the ...Politics - The Hill - November 7
