Sen. Raphael Warnock's (D-Ga.) win Tuesday night padded Democrats' Senate majority, which could help President Biden, who is headed into the last two years of his first term with a divided government. While Republicans will hold a narrow majority in the House, Warnock's victory will give Biden and Democrats a small but critical added margin in the Senate, where they will hold a 51-49 majority. Having 51 seats rather than a 50-50 split with Republicans will allow Democrats to take control of Senate committees, and when it comes to full Senate votes the party could theoretically afford to lose one or two votes and still approve a nomination. Read the full breakdown of what it means for Biden here. |
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Welcome to The Hill's Evening Report, catching you up on news from the afternoon and looking at the big stories likely to impact tomorrow. |
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📝 Items with classified markings found in Trump storage unit: reports
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Former President Trump's legal team has found at least two documents with classified markings at a storage unit in West Palm Beach, Fla., in the wake of the FBI's August search of Mar-a-Lago, according to new reports. |
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🏛️ 'Main Street' House GOP caucus urges support for McCarthy
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Members of the Main Street Caucus, a group of House Republicans in favor of pragmatic governance, are urging colleagues to support House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) for Speaker as he faces opposition from a handful of hard-line conservatives that threatens to thwart his chances. |
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👨⚖️ Supreme Court signals interest in middle path in major election case
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The Supreme Court appears to be looking for a middle path in an election law clash with weighty stakes for American democracy involving a bid by North Carolina GOP lawmakers to reinstate a Republican-drawn voting map. |
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🗳️ Scott defends 'good, quality' Senate candidates after Georgia loss
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Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) is defending the GOP's crop of midterm Senate nominees and pushing back on accusations that candidate quality was the reason for their downfall. |
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💉 White House: Would be 'mistake' to repeal troop vaccine mandate
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The White House says it would be a "mistake" to repeal the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for military service members through the annual defense policy bill, but officials stopped short of saying President Biden would veto the legislation. |
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🧳 Women allege AirTags made it easier for them to be stalked
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Two women have filed a class-action lawsuit against Apple, claiming that its AirTags made it easier for them to be stalked and harassed. |
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📄 DOJ watchdog finds series of 'failures' before Whitey Bulger death
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The Justice Department's inspector general identified a series of "management and performance failures" among Bureau of Prison employees that preceded the 2018 death of infamous mobster James "Whitey" Bulger in a West Virginia prison. |
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🚢 US, UK ink deal aimed at bolstering gas cooperation
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The U.S. and United Kingdom have inked an energy deal aimed in part at bolstering American natural gas exports to the British. |
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⚡ Energy Department rule would cut government building emissions
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A new proposed rule from the Biden administration would cut emissions from new federal buildings 90 percent from 2003 levels in the next two years. |
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🌈 Historic gay bar designated as New York City landmark
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'Did Herschel Walker just end Trump's presidential hopes?'
| "Herschel Walker was the one who lost on the ballot, but it was Donald Trump whose political career went down in Georgia," writes Keith Naughton of Silent Majority Strategies. |
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