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The House, Senate, and Texas All Turn Blue: As It Happened

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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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Even Republicans Want Ken Paxton to Lose -- Christopher Hooks

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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 is not a sign 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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encounter -- Guess Who's Coming to Washington -- Nia Prater -- New York's Claire Valdez is poised to join a bloc of democratic socialists who are making Republicans — and moderate Democrats — very nervous.

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fool's gold -- The Democratic Spam Trap -- Alex Bronzini-Vender -- Operatives know their apocalyptic emails are a self-defeating mess. But they can't stop sending them.

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reckonings -- The Family of Nolan Wells Still Wants Justice -- Albert Samaha -- Four months after the Black teen's unexplained death, his family and friends refuse to move on.

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2026 midterms -- What Do New York City's Ballot Proposals Mean? -- Matthew Sedacca -- A brief guide to the infrastructure and streetscape questions on the slate.

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early and often -- Trump's Closing Argument: Get a Load of the Reflecting Pool! -- Benjamin Hart -- Ahead of a probable midterm drubbing, the president is laser-focused on Washington renovations.

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michigan senate saga -- The Wildest Details From the Haley Stevens Train Wreck -- Bess Levin -- The floodgates have opened since the Democratic congresswoman became a party pariah after endorsing a Trump-backed Republican in Michigan.

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tremendous content -- Caviar and Caged Zebra: Inside Trump's Halloween Bash For 'Rich Friends' -- Margaret Hartmann -- From the live animals to the tacky costumes to the presence of Mike Johnson, Trump's pre-midterms Mar-a-Lago bacchanal was truly wild.

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2026 midterms -- How High Will the Blue Wave Hit in Congress? -- Ed Kilgore -- Barring a major polling error, Democrats are in great position to flip the House and a good position to grab the Senate. Here's a final overview.

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poll position -- Final Midterms Polls Show Even Bigger Leads for Democrats -- Ed Kilgore -- A new battery of polls from Times-Siena and others shows Democrats in position to take the Senate and a number of red-state governorships.

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tremendous content -- Trump's Most Bizarre and Baffling Midterms Rally Rants -- Margaret Hartmann -- From misgendering Melania to simulating puking to relentlessly praising Jon Husted's butt, his closing message to 2026 voters is stranger than ever.

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the power issue -- Charles Porch Is OpenAI's Hollywood Whisperer -- Charlotte Klein -- He is rich, super-connected, and tasked with getting celebrities to like AI.

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the power issue -- The Democrat Shaping the Party's AI Debate -- David Freedlander -- The defeated lawmaker has $30 million to keep presidential contenders focused on safety.

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the power issue -- The Future of AI Will Be Shaped by an Astonishingly Small Number of People -- The Editors -- These engineers, founders, thinkers, and brokers aren't particularly well known. But they have an enormous sway in where technology goes.

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2026 midterms -- Haley Stevens's Sabotage Mission -- Daniel Strauss -- The Democrat's 11th-hour endorsement in Michigan's Senate race could throw the seat to the GOP.

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11/1/2026 - announcements - November's Subscriber-Only Perk: A Free Jar of Sauce and Rigatoni From Misipasta - Red sauce and rigatoni to keep or gift as the holiday season begins.

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2026 midterms -- It's Not Just the Billionaire Tax: Midterms Ballot Initiatives -- Ed Kilgore -- From pro- and anti-tax measures to abortion and trans rights, voters have a lot of policy issues to weigh in on this year.

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the law -- Alito's Refusal to Retire May Haunt Republicans -- Elie Honig -- Democrats are likely to exact payback if they take the Senate.

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2026 midterms -- The 13 Governor's Races Worth Watching on Election Night -- Ed Kilgore -- There may be some downballot blues for the GOP in multiple red states. Here's a helpful guide the most competitive and interesting contests.

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