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Miami HeraldOrlando Congressman-elect Maxwell Frost, 25, knows tough road ahead in GOP-led House
Incoming U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost has suddenly become one of the most prominent members of his generation. But like many other 25-year-olds, he’s still looking for a place to crash.
HuffPostElon Musk Says He'd Back Trump Rival Ron DeSantis If He Runs For President
The billionaire was asked about the Florida governor after tweeting that he wants someone "sensible and centrist" in 2024.
PoliticoThe overlooked constituency both parties are now targeting in the Georgia runoff
Asian American voter turnout doubled last cycle in Georgia — and Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker see the voting bloc as potentially decisive in a close race.
Yahoo NewsTrump faces backlash for hosting dinner with white supremacist Nick Fuentes: ‘Unacceptable conduct’
Former President Donald Trump hosted the rapper Ye and the Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes for dinner at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday.
The New York TimesMeet the House Republicans Who Will Wield Power in the New Congress
WASHINGTON — Republicans may have won control of the House by only the slimmest of margins, but in a chamber that operates purely by majority rule, their razor-thin edge has given them all the tools they need to plunge the Biden administration into a morass of investigations. Wielding gavels and subpoena power, the Republicans set to lead influential House committees have pledged to bedevil President Joe Biden on a litany of issues, including the foreign business dealings of his son Hunter, secu
NBC NewsKevin McCarthy could face a floor fight for speaker. That hasn’t happened in a century.
Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is struggling to secure the 218 votes he needs to be elected speaker of the House in January. It may lead to a floor fight.
PoliticoNewsom Told the White House He Won’t Challenge Biden
The would-be pursuer of Trump and DeSantis is "all in" for president’s re-election and willing to wait his turn.
USA TODAYEarly voting begins in some parts of Georgia ahead of crucial Senate runoff
Early voting is underway in Georgia's crucial Senate runoff election that will determine if Democrats can expand their narrow majority in the Senate.
INSIDERTrump advisors called his dinner with Ye and white supremacist Nick Fuentes a 'nightmare' as Trump tries to correct ideas about the dinner on Truth Social
Trump claimed on Truth Social that Ye came to Mar-a-Lago unexpectedly with people that he did not know.
The Daily BeastDemocrats Are Ready for GOP to Make Hunter Biden the New Benghazi
Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via GettyIt’s not Hunter Biden’s scalp they want. Rather, the House GOP caucus is poised to launch a two-year crusade to tarnish President Joe Biden’s character—and lower his poll numbers—just like they did with Hillary Clinton and the Benghazi hearings prior to her 2016 candidacy.But things are different this time around—Democrats aren’t going to assume that voters can see through the partisan bluster, and are mounting a war room operation outside the White
The GuardianWhat can Democrats push through Congress in the lame-duck session?
Legislation on the debt ceiling, civil liberties and elections is still possible before Republican House majority kicks in
The HillDefeated Arizona hopeful Kari Lake sues Maricopa County election officials
Defeated Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s campaign has sued Maricopa County and its election officials, demanding they respond to the campaign’s public records requests about malfunctions on Election Day before the county certifies its vote canvass on Monday. Maricopa County, which spans the Phoenix area and comprises about 60 percent of Arizona’s population, has…
The HillTrump met with white supremacist Nick Fuentes alongside Ye at Mar-a-Lago
Former President Trump had dinner with white nationalist Nick Fuentes this week at his Mar-a-Lago property in Florida, Axios first reported on Friday. The dinner happened on Tuesday night alongside rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, who had said Trump was “basically screaming at me at the table” when he asked the former president…
The HillDeSantis faces hurdles despite 2024 momentum
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is gaining steam on former President Trump in a would-be match-up for the Republican presidential nomination. But even Republicans who want DeSantis to topple a Trump run have privately expressed some doubts about a potential run during the primary and — if he makes it — in the general election. Here…
LA TimesA new foreign policy headache for Biden as Israel forms its most right-wing government ever
Israel's new Netanyahu-led government, including figures known for extreme anti-Arab views, will pose major challenges for Biden administration.
Associated PressEmboldened Biden, Dems push ban on so-called assault weapons
When President Joe Biden speaks about the “scourge” of gun violence, his go-to answer is to zero in on so-called assault weapons. America has heard it hundreds of times, including this week after shootings in Colorado and Virginia: The president wants to sign into law a ban on high-powered guns that have the capacity to kill many people very quickly. “I’m going to try to get rid of assault weapons.”
Washington PostFormer surgeon general faces his wife's cancer - and the 'Trump Effect'
Former surgeon general Jerome Adams and his wife, Lacey, often find themselves talking about what they have named the "Trump Effect." It followed them from Washington to their home in the Indianapolis suburbs. They felt it when he was exploring jobs in academia, where he would receive polite rejections from university officials who worried that someone who served in the administration of the former president would be badly received by their left-leaning student bodies. They felt it when corporat
The New York TimesIn Georgia Runoff, a Campaign Cliché Rules: It All Comes Down to Turnout
ATLANTA — One month before the Nov. 8 midterm elections, several of Georgia’s grassroots organizing groups huddled to plan for what they saw as an inevitable outcome: another Senate runoff. This plan, formulated by the same organizers who helped elect Democratic Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, included budgeting for an added month of canvassing and door knocking, increasing staff outside of the Atlanta area and recording robocalls that could start reaching voters the day after Election Day
Washington PostYoungkin warns of recession but vows to pursue tax cuts - cautiously
RICHMOND - Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) said he plans to seek tax cuts in his budget proposal for next year despite acknowledging that a possible economic recession could weaken the state's finances. But Youngkin added that he will approach the issue of tax cuts cautiously - a change in tone since floating the idea of eliminating the state income tax during his campaign for office last year.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post.
The GuardianEarly voting begins in Georgia Senate runoff after state supreme court ruling
Court allows early voting on a Saturday as polling shows Democrat Raphael Warnock with a lead over Herschel Walker
The New York TimesAt Protests, Guns Are Doing the Talking
Across the country, openly carrying a gun in public is no longer just an exercise in self-defense — increasingly it is a soapbox for elevating one’s voice and, just as often, quieting someone else’s. This month, armed protesters appeared outside an elections center in Phoenix, hurling baseless accusations that the election for governor had been stolen from the Republican, Kari Lake. In October, Proud Boys with guns joined a rally in Nashville, Tennessee, where conservative lawmakers spoke agains
HuffPostEric Trump Boasts That His Dad 'Fought For This Country.' Critics Say: What Now?!
Donald Trump's son received some blunt reminders about the former president on Twitter.
Business InsiderElon Musk says Twitter banning Donald Trump was a 'grave mistake.' The tech billionaire is 'fine' with Trump not tweeting, too.
Musk last week reinstated Donald Trump. The former US president was banned from the platform in 2020 for inciting an attack on the US Capitol.
ReutersPeru's president reshuffles cabinet again amid political crisis
LIMA (Reuters) -Peruvian President Pedro Castillo announced an updated cabinet on Friday, including leadership changes to six ministries, as his embattled administration engages in wide-ranging conflicts with its political opposition. The shakeup follows Castillo's decision earlier on Friday to name Betssy Chavez, a close ally, as his new prime minister in an escalating political drama over the makeup of his cabinet and a possible no confidence vote. Peruvian opposition lawmakers have said that President Castillo's appointment of a new prime minister was part of a maneuver to dissolve the legislature, after he suggested Congress had fired his previous prime minister even though a vote was never held on a dismissal.
USA TODAYPeltola and Murkowski win in Alaska, defeat Trump-backed candidates
Alaskan voters issued a rebuke of Trump-backed candidates, reelecting Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola and Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski.
“Democrats succeeded again in making the former President a central campaign issue, and Mr. Trump helped them do it.”
“If you work…to install a Supreme Court that will eliminate constitutional rights, prepare to live with the electoral consequences.”
“Trump pretty reliably put his thumb on the scale for the riskiest and most flawed candidates.”
“The Republicans should have done much better on inflation and the economy. They lacked an effective and transparent message.”
“Where does Trump end and the far-right begin?”