Tag: midterm_elections
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Media Monitor: Poynter Reports Trump Questions Midterm Results, Douthat Draws Praise for '60 Minutes' Interview
Poynter reports President Trump questioned the legitimacy of the midterm elections on Truth Social, while Ross Douthat's tough '60 Minutes' interview drew praise and Joe Biden's new memoir excerpt surfaced.
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Rice Breaks Ground on $75 Million Arc Research Building in Midtown Houston's Ion District
The seven-story, 200,000-square-foot facility aims to bring academic and private industry researchers together under one roof, with Rice to occupy 40% of the building.
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Media Monitor: L.A. Times Columnist Says Midterm Voters "Flipped Off" Trump; Faults Newsom on Death Penalty
L.A. Times columnist George Skelton says midterm voters rejected President Trump over the war, tariffs and conduct, and criticizes Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan to commute 548 death sentences.
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Media Monitor: Poynter Recaps Democratic Midterm Wave, Trump's '60 Minutes' Interview and a Surprise Press Secretary Offer
Poynter reports on CNN's John King calling the Democratic midterm sweep historic, Trump's post-midterm '60 Minutes' interview, and his offer of the press secretary job to UFC's Dana White.
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Media Monitor: TIME Reports Midterm History-Makers, GOP Redistricting Setback and Europe's Far-Right Drift
TIME reports on barrier-breaking midterm winners, why Republican redistricting fell short amid Trump's low approval, and European far-right leaders distancing themselves from the president.
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Media Monitor: WSJ Opinion Urges Action in Lame-Duck Congress, Weighs Midterm Fallout
The Wall Street Journal's editorial board says Republicans may have their last chance in years to pass priorities, while its columnists assess midterm spending, a Supreme Court case and Susie Wiles' dismissal.
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Media Monitor: NPR Recaps Melania Trump's Russia-Ukraine Meeting, Newsom's Death Row Commutations and Russell Brand Conviction
NPR's morning newsletter reports first lady Melania Trump hosted a rare meeting between Russian and Ukrainian officials, Gavin Newsom moved to commute 548 death sentences and Russell Brand was convicted of rape.
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Trump Blames Democrats for 401(k) Losses After Tech-Led Wall Street Rout
The Nasdaq fell 5.52 percent and nearly $3 trillion was erased from S&P 500 companies' value, as Thomas Markle was arrested in Florida on a child pornography possession charge.
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House Poised to Vote on Impeaching Hegseth as Soon as Nov. 11
Rep. Thomas Massie's eight articles of impeachment over the Iran war force a vote within two legislative days, with three Republicans needed to join all Democrats for a simple majority.
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Media Monitor: PolitiFact Outlines Democratic Congress's Oversight Options, Veto Limits After Midterm Wins
PolitiFact reports on what a Democratic Congress can do against Trump, the limits of veto overrides, $3 billion in Senate ads, voter ID ballot results and Election Day fact-checks.
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Media Monitor: USA TODAY Recaps Midterm Fallout, Trump Moves and a Gymnast's Comeback
USA TODAY's Daily Briefing reports on new congressional maps shaping the midterms, a judge halting Trump's proposed DC arch, and gymnast Alice Kinsella's return after childbirth.
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Media Monitor: NPR Reports on Midterm Fallout, Court Block of Trump's Arch, and School Enrollment Decline
NPR's Up First newsletter reports rising prices and stagnant wages drove midterm frustration, a judge temporarily blocked Trump's 250-foot arch, and school enrollment is set to plunge by 2 million by 2030.
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Media Monitor: WSJ Opinion Examines Market Selloff, Midterm Fallout and Hong Kong Sentencing
The Wall Street Journal's editorial board says a tech correction could push Washington to focus on the economy, and weighs midterm surprises, Speaker Mike Johnson's tenure and Joshua Wong's 10-year sentence.
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Harmeet Dhillon Resigns From DOJ Civil Rights Division After Democrats' Midterm Sweep
Attorney General Todd Blanche confirmed the departure, first reported by Fox News, making it the first major resignation from the Trump administration since Tuesday's Republican losses.
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Vandenberg Coalition Marks Midterms With Call for Conviction-Driven Foreign Policy
The Vandenberg Coalition reflects on bipartisanship after the midterms, warns of Chinese infiltration of US farmland and highlights commentary on Israel, Taiwan and Iran.
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Democrats Take Congress as Republicans Confront Midterm Wipeout
Trump fired chief of staff Susie Wiles and named Stephen Miller in her place as his party lost the House, Senate, governorships and state legislatures.
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Democrats Sweep Texas Statewide Races as Talarico and Hinojosa Win
The victories end a three-decade Republican streak in Texas and put the state's fast-growing AI data center market in question, with Democrats also taking the Texas House for the first time in 24 years.
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Study Warns U.S. Fire Damage Could More Than Triple by 2060
A new Nature Communications study estimates fire-damaged buildings in the U.S. could more than triple by 2060 without action on climate change and building in fire-prone regions.
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Rice Researchers Build Simulated Polling Place to Study How Voters Behave
Rice Center for Voting turns a 1,000-square-foot space in Sewall Hall into a simulated polling place with 20 ballot-marking devices, letting researchers study how small details shape the voting experience.
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CAIR Exit Survey Finds Gaza, Iran War and Economy Shaped Muslim Vote
The weighted survey of 522 Muslim voters found most backed Democrats, while CAIR says at least seven American Muslims have been elected to the next Congress, including the first Muslim U.S. senator.
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Democrats Win House and Senate in Midterm Wave, Notching Historic Firsts
Democrats took both chambers for the last two years of Trump's presidency, flipped Senate seats in Texas, Kansas, South Carolina and Maine, and elected the first Muslim senator and the first Black woman governor.
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NPR Reports Sweeping Democratic Election Night Victories, Offers Six Takeaways
The outlet described the depth and breadth of the wins as jaw-dropping, saying the scale exceeded expectations.
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Democrats Win Control of Congress in Historic Midterm Wave
Democrats took the House and Senate in the biggest Republican loss in half a century, with Senate results in Alaska and Mississippi still pending and the party's majority possibly reaching 54 to 56 seats.
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Sierra Club Warns of Arctic Drilling and Methane Rollbacks as Voters Head to Polls
The group's election-day newsletter says 23 million acres of Alaska's Western Arctic face fast-tracked drilling and urges supporters to keep pressing the Bureau of Land Management and the EPA.
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White House Tells Voters in Line at Poll Close They Can Still Vote as Midterms End
The message, sent as polls closed Tuesday, Nov. 3, also directs mail-ballot holders to official drop boxes and points voters to 2-1-1 for rides and assistance.
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Polls Close in Midterm Elections as Control of Congress Hangs on Handful of Races
Democrats need a net gain of three House seats and four Senate seats, with early attention on Indiana's 5th and Kentucky's 6th districts and a delayed North Carolina count.
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MIT Technology Review Reports "Reverse Game Theory" Push to Keep AI Agents in Check
The outlet also reports President Trump's end-of-September order to rebrand AI as "Super Intelligence" is spreading slowly through government and becoming a political loyalty test.
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Media Monitor: TIME Previews Midterms as Trump Makes Closing Appeal, Top Democrat Backs Impeachment
TIME reports Trump's closing midterm appeal, a senior House Democrat's shift toward impeachment, and a $2.4 million fundraising haul for El-Sayed's Michigan Senate campaign.
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Supreme Court Denies Trump Bid to Set Aside 20,000 California Mail-In Ballots as Midterms Underway
Forecasters point to a strong Democratic result, with Trump warning he would "veto everything" if Democrats win Congress.
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Media Monitor: MIT Technology Review Reports Trump's "Super Intelligence" Rebrand Meets Uneven Adoption
MIT Technology Review reports that President Trump's executive order renaming artificial intelligence "Super Intelligence" has been unevenly adopted across government, media and tech, raising concerns about a political loyalty test.
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