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Trump’s act is ‘old and tired’, says his own former national security adviser

John Bolton is latest ex-White House official to condemn former boss and says Republicans are ready for a ‘fresh face’

The Guardian - US · Nov 26, 2022

The 6 bills North Carolina Gov. Cooper blocked in 2022 — and why things could be different in 2023

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto stamp won’t be as heavy in the 2023 legislative session.

Tribune News Service · Nov 26, 2022

‘We’ve lost the common sense’: Maryland Republicans vent about election routs, heated leadership dispute

BALTIMORE — Republican state Sen. Chris West spent much of a dispiriting election night driving to various GOP candidate celebrations that turned out to be anything but.

Tribune News Service · Nov 26, 2022

Murkowski withstands another conservative GOP challenger

Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has again withstood challenges from a conservative faction within her party to win reelection

The Independent UK · Nov 25, 2022

Warnock more than doubles Walker fundraising in pre-runoff period

ATLANTA — U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock raised $52.2 million from Oct. 20 through Nov. 16, a period representing the final days of the general election campaign and roughly the first week of the runoff.

Tribune News Service · Nov 25, 2022

Georgia's runoff election: why the result is so important to Biden and Trump

The outcome of the November 2022 US midterms is now clear. Republicans will narrowly take control of the House of Representatives. The Democrats managed to hold the Senate with a razor-thin majority of 50 to 49. There is one Senate seat still to be decided: Georgia.

The Conversation · Nov 25, 2022

How Republicans and Democrats are missing the mark with Latino voters

Strategists, pollsters and advocacy groups say both parties continue to treat Latino voters like a monolithic group

The Guardian - US · Nov 25, 2022

Jackie Calmes: Clarence Thomas' Jan. 6 conflicts of interest are showing again

Amid all the attention recently to "Trumpty Dumpty's" do-over presidential candidacy, the midterm elections and Speaker Nancy Pelosi's semi-farewell, one bit of Washington news was overshadowed but shouldn't be. As with Donald Trump, we must not become inured to this other newsmaker's travesties.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 25, 2022

Congressman-elect Maxwell Frost knows tough road lies ahead in GOP-led House

ORLANDO, Fla. — 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.

Orlando Sentinel · Nov 25, 2022

What we know (and don't know) about how abortion affected the midterms

What can polls tell us? (Not a lot.) Why did ballot measures favor abortion rights while abortion rights opponents won handily? (It's complicated.) And more lessons from the midterms.

WEKU · Nov 25, 2022