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Suspicious letters sent to elections offices in at least five states

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 11/09/2023 - 10:42pm
Medical experts have said simply touching fentanyl is not enough to trigger an overdose, but that the drug can still be deadly if it gets into a person’s system.
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‘Speaking as a man’: Gendered insults at Republican debate highlight a risky strategy

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 11/09/2023 - 10:11pm
The 2024 Republican field has engaged in a round robin of gendered attacks that could backfire with suburban women and independent swing voters in a general election, strategists say.
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The winners and losers of the third Republican debate

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 11/09/2023 - 9:13pm
An absent Trump was the big winner again, and the alternatives struggled to distinguish themselves. One was particularly desperate for attention.
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Senate Democrat Joe Manchin says he will not seek reelection

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 11/09/2023 - 7:40pm
Manchin, 76, said he would instead be traveling the country to gauge “creating a movement to mobilize the middle and bring Americans together.”
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Ex-Baltimore prosecutor Marilyn Mosby guilty in federal perjury trial

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 11/09/2023 - 5:42pm
Ex-Baltimore prosecutor Marilyn Mosby was convicted after U.S. prosecutors accused her of falsely claiming financial hardships from the pandemic.
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Joe Manchin and the decline of the split-ticket Senate

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 11/09/2023 - 5:41pm
Manchin wasn’t only a red-state Democrat. He was, at one time, a popular one.
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The political perils of taking James Comer’s word for it

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 11/09/2023 - 5:30pm
There are certain media outlets where you can make whatever claims you want about Hunter Biden without consequence. CNN isn’t one of them.
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Navy contractor sentenced for bribery after U.S. drops $50M fraud claim

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 11/09/2023 - 5:10pm
Frank Rafaraci, 70, the chief executive of Multinational Logistics Services, a major U.S. Navy contractor, was sentenced for bribery to one year and one day in prison.
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Greene files motion to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 11/09/2023 - 5:00pm
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says Alejandro Mayorkas violated a 2006 law by failing to secure the border. The House has to move on it within 48 business hours.
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Abortion rights have long been ballot winners — but post-Roe, even more so

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 11/09/2023 - 4:38pm
Voters mostly sided with abortion rights even before Roe v. Wade was overturned. But there have been some notable shifts since then.
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Our Republican debate poll finds Nikki Haley won

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 11/09/2023 - 3:00pm
Fifty-three percent of Republican debate watchers are now considering voting for the former U.N. ambassador, up from 45 percent before the debate.
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Senate Dems postpone vote to subpoena allies of Justices Thomas, Alito

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 11/09/2023 - 2:41pm
Senate Judiciary postponed a vote to subpoena close associates of Supreme Court justices after Republicans used amendments to delay the ethics inquiry.
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It’s time to update your talking points about oil production

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 11/09/2023 - 2:38pm
Oil production was at an all-time high in August and the United States continues to be a net exporter of oil and petroleum products.
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RNC shifts away from establishment media for fourth GOP debate

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 11/09/2023 - 2:04pm
NewsNation anchor Elizabeth Vargas, talk show host Megyn Kelly and Washington Free Beacon Editor in chief Eliana Johnson will moderate the Dec. 6 debate in Tuscaloosa, Ala., the RNC said.
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Jill Stein launches 2024 presidential race, seeking Green Party nomination

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 11/09/2023 - 2:01pm
Stein is reviving a role she played in a 2016 campaign that some Democrats say cost Hillary Clinton the presidency.
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The GOP should consider that its opponents aren’t simply brainwashed

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 11/09/2023 - 12:28pm
Over and over — and especially this week — prominent voices on the right argue that their problem is solely that the other side can’t think for itself.
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The most memorable lines from the third Republican presidential debate

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 11/09/2023 - 11:57am
High heels as “ammunition,” calling a candidate “scum,” the Republicans in the third debate got personal and these are the lines that are likely to be remembered.
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Tim Scott appears with girlfriend at GOP debate, ending mystery over her identity

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 11/09/2023 - 11:10am
Amid speculation about Tim Scott’s relationship status, he brought his girlfriend Mindy Noce onstage for photos after the third Republican presidential debate.
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NBC hosts a GOP debate — and its right-wing misinformation

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 11/09/2023 - 10:22am
Five Republicans who almost certainly won’t be their party’s 2024 presidential nominee used network airtime to spread false claims lifted from right-wing media.
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Former senator from Arizona says she was sexually assaulted while on a run

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 11/09/2023 - 10:15am
Republican Martha McSally said she was sexually assaulted during a run alongside the Missouri River, near the border of Iowa and Nebraska.
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