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As Trump and the Republicans try to take stock of their midterm losses, Hakeem Jeffries is asking House Democrats to elect him speaker. His proposed first 100 days include reversing the Medicaid cuts, restoring food-assistance funding, extending the Affordable Care Act tax credits, ending Trump’s tariffs, stopping the Iran war and banning members of Congress from trading stoc...

(This episode is the final chunk of a four-hour election night livestream.)

This is a blue tsunami — an absolute wipeout of Republican power in the House and Senate. When Talarico is winning Texas by 20 points, Democrats are leading in Kansas and South Carolina is competitive, there’s nobody safe outside of maybe Tennessee and Kentucky. Democrats have a real sh...

I defy anybody to feel like they have an accurate read on the vibes going into these midterms.

The polls look electric for Democrats, even if there’s a general belief that they’re overrepresenting Democratic support. Republicans seem depressed as they realize that Trump beat the party into submission, and that the coalition that won in 2024 could only be unlocked by tyi...

I’ve talked to a lot of really intelligent, analytical people, left, right and center, and nobody believes Republicans will keep both the House and the Senate. It’s a silly scenario. Dismissed. That leaves two possibilities: “win in name only,” with Democrats gaining 15 House seats and taking control but falling short in the Senate, or “my blue heaven,” with Democrats gaining...

Two-thirds of Israeli voters had cast ballots four hours before polls closed Tuesday, the highest turnout at that stage since 1973, according to Axios. Election officials ordered polling stations to accelerate voting after reports of long lines, saying anyone arriving by 10 p.m. local time would be allowed to cast a ballot. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeks another term...