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Democrats are bracing for a possible red wave as the national mood has shifted and surveys increasingly show voters seeing economy and inflation as the top issues heading into the election. But for all the doom and gloom that political watchers are forecasting for the party, Democrats could also benefit from some surprise wins in unexpected places. |
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BY ALEX GANGITANO AND AMIE PARNES |
The White House is raising eyebrows with its midterm strategy, which has President Biden largely staying out of key battleground states in favor of safer spots. |
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President Biden on Saturday said people holding signs calling him a socialist were idiots, while warning that Republicans want to cut health care benefits for Americans three days before Election Day. |
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President Biden on Saturday rallied with Democrats in Philadelphia and compared Senate candidate John Fetterman (D) to Senate candidate Mehmet Oz (R) on top issues like abortion rights, gun control and health care benefits. |
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Former President Obama campaigned for Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D) in his Senate race at a rally on Saturday, emphasizing Fetterman's abilities to serve in the Senate despite his stroke months ago. |
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Former President Obama on Saturday said that the makeup of the Supreme Court would be very different if Democrats had held onto the Senate in the 2014 midterms, laying out the importance of this midterm cycle, particularly on the future of reproductive rights. |
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Former President Trump took aim at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) at a campaign rally on Saturday night, coining the nickname "Ron DeSanctimonious" for the politician who is widely viewed as Trump's greatest competition for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024. |
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Time is running out for the House to pass legislation that would make daylight saving time permanent in the U.S., after the Senate shocked the nation earlier this year and unanimously approved the measure. |
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Despite high inflation, rising interest rates, slowing economic growth and deepening anxiety about a recession in 2023, the resilient U.S. labor market delivered another month of strong job gains.
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Twitter founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey apologized on Saturday to Twitter staff being laid off amid Elon Musk's acquisition of the company, saying that he is responsible for the current situation. |
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OPINION | Americans can agree that misinformation is bad. Stopping it, however, is not so easily accomplished. There are no simple fixes to the spread of misinformation in a free society in which expression is constitutionally protected. |
BY ALEX STAPLETON AND ALEXANDRA HACKBARTH |
OPINION | The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) recently concluded the 20th Party Congress, where Xi Jinping secured an unprecedented third term as general secretary of the CCP. During the gathering, Xi appointed foreign minister Wang Yi to the Politburo and current Chinese ambassador to the U.S., Qin Gang, to the CCP Central Committee. Both are known in international circles for their sharp-elbowed style of engagement, and their nominations would seem to signal that China's "wolf warrior" diplomacy is here to stay. While this approach isn't winning any hearts and minds in the U.S., their diplomatic efforts in the developing world are — and that is a concern to the Biden administration. |
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BY DAN BALZ, SCOTT CLEMENT AND EMILY GUSKIN |
Republicans need to win a net of five seats to take control of the House. Democrats face overwhelming odds to prevent that from happening. |
BY ANNIE KARNI, MALIKA KHURANA AND STUART A. THOMPSON |
Within hours of the brutal attack last week on Paul Pelosi, Republican officials and media figures began circulating groundless claims — nearly all of them sinister, and many homophobic — about what had happened. |
BY LINDA SO, PETER EISLER AND JASON SZEP |
Election workers in Arizona's most fiercely contested county faced more than 100 violent threats and intimidating communications in the run-up to Tuesday's midterms, most of them based on election conspiracy theories promoted by former President Donald Trump and his allies. |
In first week, the billionaire fired top leaders, conducted sweeping layoffs, mocked internal training and floated new product ideas. |
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