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we'll do it live -- The Blue Wave Undertow Continues: Live Updates -- Intelligencer Staff -- Here's are the latest post-midterm developments, controversies, and aftershocks.

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2026 midterms -- The 13 Biggest Losers of the 2026 Midterms, Ranked -- Ed Kilgore -- Let's hear it for the failures (including a few Democrats).

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tremendous content -- Trump Tests Out Gentler, Bipartisan Rebrand on Truth Social -- Margaret Hartmann -- @realDonaldTrump has morphed into a sweet old guy who just wants to fix up D.C. and pass bipartisan bills. But he's having trouble keeping up the act.

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The Family of Nolan Wells Still Wants Justice -- Albert Samaha

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just asking questions -- The Return of Anything-Can-Happen Elections -- Benjamin Hart -- Venerable political analyst Amy Walter digests the results of a shocking evening.

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white house -- J.D. Vance Is Just Going to Pretend He Didn't Sell His Soul for Trump -- Bess Levin -- The vice-president's response to the GOP's midterms meltdown was to distance himself from the administration's unpopular war with Iran.

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2026 midterms -- Kathy Hochul Is Sort of Crushing It -- Nia Prater -- The governor won big this year, and not just thanks to the blue wave.

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2026 midterms -- The Right's Cruelty Has Consequences -- Sarah Jones -- Republicans' vulgar midterms ads were a reflection of their politics. Americans are sick of both.

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2026 midterms -- The Astonishing Return of the Southern Democrats -- Ed Kilgore -- Two years ago, Democrats were on the ropes in the South. Now they're back as a diverse, progressive, and even aggressive party on the rise.

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2026 midterms -- How One Black Congressman Broke a Republican Gerrymander -- Zak Cheney-Rice -- Representative Shomari Figures fought off a map designed to unseat him. "A big takeaway is that redistricting has a risk of backfiring," he said.

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2026 midterms -- This Midterm Wave Was One for the History Books -- Ed Kilgore -- For Democrats, it was in most ways comparable to the 2010 Republican landslide and in some ways even better.

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tremendous content -- 'Watch the Beam Go Up': Trump Goes Full George W. Bush -- Margaret Hartmann -- Now watch this ... ballroom beam installation.

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2026 midterms -- Talarico, Ossoff, El-Sayed: Watch Every Big Democratic Victory Speech -- Margaret Hartmann -- Here's an Election Night speech roundup so you can get to know America's new leaders — or just bask in the unfamiliar feeling of Democratic victory.

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2026 midterms -- The Many Ways Republicans Completely Screwed Up the Midterms -- Bess Levin -- GOP infighting is well underway.

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the body politic -- Susan Collins Was Doomed by Her Moderation -- Rebecca Traister -- She could have left office a respected figure in Maine. Instead, she's going down with Trump.

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2026 midterms -- Kalshi Also Won the Midterms -- Matt Stieb -- The prediction market cemented its place in political coverage on Tuesday night — and, like it or not, for future elections to come.

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2026 midterms -- Abdul El-Sayed Called His Shot -- Chris Smith -- How the brash Michigan Democrat sailed to a drama-filled victory.

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2026 midterms -- Talarico's Demolition of Paxton Is the Crown Jewel of the Democrats' Win -- Ed Kilgore -- Against every weapon the GOP and Elon Musk could muster, the young seminarian won in a landslide that transformed Texas politically.

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2026 midterms -- Republicans Are Calling It the Worst Campaign of All Time -- Jake Lahut -- "Trump has truly hired the dumbest people."

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we'll do it live -- The House, Senate, and Texas All Turn Blue: As It Happened -- Intelligencer Staff -- Here's our running account of Democrats' stunning collection of midterm victories on Election Night (and how Trump reacted).

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2026 midterms -- How Democrats Unleashed a Blue-nami -- David Freedlander -- Winning the Senate was deemed a near impossibility. Now the map is blue.

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white house -- Trump Ponders Pardoning Elon Musk and Many, Many Others -- Bess Levin -- With Democrats poised to take power in Congress, the president vows to "protect" those who have worked for him.

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tremendous content -- Trump Says We're 'Not Fighting a War' As He Bombs Iran Again -- Margaret Hartmann -- On Hannity, Trump told voters this is merely a "soft war" since there "hasn't been shooting for months." (Yesterday's strikes don't count.)

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politics -- Haley Stevens Doesn't Want You to Blame Her Fiancé -- Olivia Craighead -- She's an independent woman who blew up her career all on her own, okay?

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tremendous content -- The Big Strong Man Who Likes Big Strong Men -- Paul McAdory -- Trump's admiring comments about various Republican men are not signs of "gay dementia," as some have half-joked. He is as straight as ever.

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2026 midterms -- A Midterms Election Day Reading List -- Intelligencer Staff -- Here's some of our best coverage of the contests, characters, and controversies in the run-up to the 2026 midterms.

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