‘Skip the TED Talk’: Iran trolls Vance over his analysis of midterm defeat – POLITICO
“1) End the war. 2) Focus on the cost of living and inflation. 3) Put America first. 4) Change our relationship with Israel,” Vance argued, in a missive he personally penned and which marked his first post-election attempt to distance himself…
Musk bet big on keeping Texas red. What happens now to his business empire?
Elon Musk invested nearly half a billion dollars in the midterms to support Republican candidates, most of it to help Ken Paxton defeat Democrat James Talarico in the Texas Senate race. Talarico won. But it’s the other Democratic upheavals in the…
GOP losses will increase pressure on conservative Supreme Court justices to retire – The Washington Post
GOP losses will increase pressure on conservative Supreme Court justices to retire The Washington Post Midterms and SCOTUS SCOTUS Blog Samuel Alito issues surprising Supreme Court ruling after Democrats win Senate Cleveland.com Bonus 261: Midterms and…
New Mexico’s Deb Haaland talks about making history as the first Native American woman elected governor
Geoff Bennett: As has been reported, yesterday’s elections brought a number of historic firsts. In New Hampshire, Chris Pappas became the first openly gay man elected to the U.S. Senate. In Colorado, Melat Kiros became the first Gen Z woman elected…
Fleeing killer drank beer, made garlic bread and issued a written apology before being captured
Authorities Wednesday were still trying to figure out how an escaped Tennessee prisoner convicted of murder evaded capture for more than a week before being found hundreds of miles away in Missouri. Jacob Morley, who was serving a life sentence for…
Why California’s Billionaires Tax Didn’t Get the Support Many Expected
Despite a nationwide blue wave during the midterm elections, California’s highly controversial billionaire tax did not receive the support many expected in one of the country’s most liberal states. Since the Golden State’s powerful…
Keisha Lance Bottoms surprised by lopsided victory in Georgia gubernatorial race: ‘I thought it could be a lot closer’
When Keisha Lance Bottoms takes charge of the Georgia governor’s office in January, she will be the first black woman in the United States to hold this position. But you may have discovered it earlier than her. Bottoms told “CBS…
Florida voters overwhelmingly supported local conservation in midterm elections – Tampa Bay Times
Florida voters overwhelmingly supported local conservation in midterm elections Tampa Bay Times Sarasota County extends environmentally sensitive lands and parks programs through 2049 ABC7 WWSB Amendment 3, school operating expenses and parks bond…
Democrats see new momentum for plans to tax the wealthy
The rich are back on the menu in Washington. After Democrats’ resounding victory in Tuesday’s midterm elections, proposals for a federal wealth tax and other big tax increases on the wealthy are coming back to life on Capitol Hill after years…
Air bomb alerts in Europe: several planes hijacked and airports disrupted
LONDON — A wave of bomb threats against airliners caused chaos in Europe’s skies and airports on Thursday, the latest such incident this week that prompted emergency landings and runway safety checks. No explosives have been found so far, and it is…