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Markey projected to win reelection, defeat Deaton in Senate race
The 80-year-old Democrat is set to serve another six years after first assuming the role in 2013. The post Markey projected to win reelection, defeat Deaton in Senate race appeared first on Boston.com.
Democrats win US Senate, ending Republican dominance by harnessing voters' frustration with Trump
Democrats have retaken control of the U.S. Senate, delivering a decisive rebuke of Republican control of governance in Washington and ushering in a new era of congressional resistance to President Donald Trump.
Gov. Maura Healey wins reelection bid, AP projects
Healey is projected to defeat Republican Mike Minogue in a race the Associated Press called one minute after polls closed. The post Gov. Maura Healey wins reelection bid, AP projects appeared first on Boston.com.
Republicans' Georgia dream dies as Ossoff cruises to reelection
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) won an easy re-election victory on Tuesday evening, according to Decision Desk and NBC News, notching a win in Democrats' efforts to fight for control of the U.S. Senate.Georgia's Senate race pitted Ossoff against Republican Rep. Mike Collins in a state that has become one of the country's most closely watched battlegrounds. Ossoff was the Democrats' lone incumbent in a state Republicans had hoped to flip, and Collins sought to unseat him. A Daily Beast chart of Senate races listed the contest as a toss-up, and Democrats needed a net gain of four seats nationally to take control of the chamber.Both parties invested heavily early in the cycle. The GOP-aligned Senate Leadership Fund spent $35 million on TV ads in Georgia and North Carolina before pulling out to shore up incumbents in Kansas, South Carolina and Mississippi, according to reporting on the parties' spending decisions. Democrats also wound down their spending there, since each side tracks the other's.Election administration drew attention throughout the fall. Democracy Docket reported that early voting began under intense scrutiny from the White House and Republicans.The Justice Department's election monitors were reportedly headed to Bibb, Chatham, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett counties. A lawsuit filed Oct. 27 alleged nearly 2,900 voters in Cobb County had not received requested absentee ballots and blamed a New York-based vendor, Fort Orange Press, which also served Gwinnett and DeKalb. Those claims are the plaintiff's allegations, and Democracy Docket disclosed that the plaintiff's law firm was founded by its own founder.Turnout was a focus in the final days. Nate Silver said early voting data showed Democratic enthusiasm in Texas and Georgia, with Democrats slightly ahead among infrequent voters, according to the Daily Beast's account. CNN's forecast called for dry weather in Georgia on Election Day, with highs in the 70s and low 80s.Ossoff's reelection kept a closely watched seat in Democratic hands and helped Democrats in their bid for Senate control.
Democrat Mark Warner wins reelection to U.S. Senate from Virginia
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democratic incumbent Mark Warner won election Tuesday to the U.S. Senate representing Virginia, defeating Republican Bert Mizusawa. Warner won a fourth term to the Senate, where he serves as vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Mizusawa is a retired Army major general and Afghanistan war veteran. Warner's victory comes in...
Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff wins reelection, defeating Rep. Mike Collins to hold a key Democratic seat
Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff was reelected Tuesday to a second term, holding a key seat for Democrats by defeating Republican Rep. Mike Collins in a race that catapulted the Senate's youngest member to the forefront of his party's national stars as it looks to stymie President Donald Trump in his final White House years.
Trump's handpicked RNC chief crushed in North Carolina as Dems flip key Senate seat
Democrat Roy Cooper won North Carolina's Senate race Tuesday, defeating former Republican National Committee chair Michael Whatley, NBC News and Decision Desk HQ projected.The former governor's win flips a seat vacated by retiring Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), who in his final year was increasingly critical of President Donald Trump. North Carolina is a perennial battleground where Republicans had won every presidential and Senate race after 2008, and both parties invested heavily early in the cycle.The seat was vacated by retiring Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), who in his final year was increasingly critical of President Donald Trump. North Carolina is a perennial battleground where Republicans had won every presidential and Senate race since 2008, and both parties invested heavily early in the cycle.Cooper led in polls for most of the fall. By November, he held a double-digit lead in FiftyPlusOne's polling average, and Republican strategists described Whatley as struggling to gain traction at the top of the ticket.Spending followed the polls. The GOP-aligned Senate Leadership Fund pledged $71 million in April to back Whatley but paused its spending in early October after spending more than $30 million, shifting money to races including Kansas.Trump campaigned for Whatley in Gastonia and Greenville. In Gastonia, he suggested he might withhold remaining Hurricane Helene relief funds if Whatley lost, then said he was joking. In Greenville, he tied Camp Lejeune water contamination payouts for military veterans to Republican wins, saying "if we don't win, there's no money."Voting took place under new Republican-backed absentee ballot rules, including a requirement to seal an inner envelope, which a federal judge declined to block before the election. Democrats also wound down spending in the state at this point.Cooper's win flipped a Republican-held seat and gave Democrats a key pickup in their effort to take control of the Senate.
Democratic midterm win unlikely to help Canada - CityNews Winnipeg
Democratic midterm win unlikely to help Canada CityNews Winnipeg
Democrats poised to flip House in midterm elections after two turbulent years of Trump
Victory for party comes despite unusual and aggressive efforts by Republicans to redraw congressional districtsUS midterm elections – live updatesTrack live results from all 50 statesDemocrats are winning competitive House races as well as ones in solid Republican districts and are expected to flip the US House of Representatives after two tumultuous years of Donald Trump's second presidency. A change in House control would give Democrats a perch to conduct robust oversight of the administration for its final two years.Republicans currently hold 218 seats in the House and Democrats have 214. (There is one vacancy in a Republican seat and one vacancy in a Democratic seat, and one Republican member switched his party affiliation to independent.) Democrats need to flip just three seats to gain control of the House. Continue reading...
Jesse Watters breaks bad news to Fox viewers: 'I don't think we're going to get our $5K'
Fox News host Jesse Watters was pained Tuesday night as he watched the early results of the midterm elections roll in, some of which showed ominous signs for Republicans. "I've been looking at the numbers, Martha," Watters said to his co-host, Martha MacCallum. "It's not a red wave. I don't think we're going to get our $5,000 checks."Republicans entered the midterms with public polling showing the party trailing Democrats in a host of key races, spanning predominantly red states from Maine to Iowa. President Donald Trump had gone on a 30-day rally tour ahead of the elections, hoping to increase support for Republican candidates, even though his approval rating is at a near-historic low. One of the promises Trump made on the campaign trail was to pay every American adult $5,000 if the Republicans maintain their majority in the House and Senate. Trump said he wouldn't pay the money if Democrats flipped either chamber. Watters pointed out several issues working against the president and Republicans on Tuesday. "The Democrats handed Donald Trump three major problems: the economy, illegal immigration, and crime," Watters said. "And if you look at these exit polls, crime and illegal immigration don't even show up. So, he solved two out of the three. He didn't solve the big one, the economy, the big kahuna, and that's what they wanted."Watters also noted that Trump took some "big gambles" ahead of the midterms, such as launching a trade war with Canada and attacking Iran, both of which raised prices for American consumers. "These were big gambles, big risks, and it remains to be seen how that's going to play out," Watters said.
On TV
NOVA — 53x16: "Evolution: The Mating Game" (PBS)
Abbott Elementary — 6x5: "Courtney" (ABC)
Gregory and Melissa come together to address an issue with a teacher, while Janine spends time with Courtney.
New Music

No new drops today. Go rediscover something in your old playlists.

In theaters
Ghost Soldier (90 minutes)
Henry “Fitz” Fitzgerald has spent years living quietly off the grid, hiding from a past few people know anything about. But when a powerful foreign corporation moves into his hometown to seize his neighbors’ land for a massive payday, Fitz is forced to reveal who he really is: a former Special Forces soldier and advanced weapons developer. Armed with experimental technology, lethal combat skills, and an unwavering code of justice, Fitz wages a one-man war against an enemy that never saw him coming.
The Cat in the Hat (108 minutes)
Assigned his toughest mission yet, the Cat must cheer up siblings Gabby and Sebastian as they adjust to life in a new town. Known for pushing boundaries, this agent of chaos must prove himself or risk losing his magical hat forever.
Club Kid (126 minutes)
A hard-partying New York City club promoter sees his whirlwind lifestyle upended by the arrival of the 10-year-old son he never knew he had.
Launching today
Mir | Demo Flight — Agency for Defense Development (05:00 UTC)
Note: Launch vehicle name is provisional. First orbital full version launch of the South Korean military small satellite launch vehicle, after 2 sub-orbital tests of individual stages on 30 March and 30 December 2022, and 1 orbital test flight without the 2nd stage on 4 December 2023. Details TBD.
Useless Fact

Los Angeles` full name `El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula` is reduced to 3.63% of its size in the abbreviation `L.A.`.

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Today In History
2008 — Barack Obama Elected First African American U.S. President
Democratic politician Barack Obama became the first African American to be elected president of the United States
2001 — Premiere of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
The first film adaptation of J.K. Rowling's best-selling Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, premiered in London
1995 — Yitzhak Rabin assassinated
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, co-recipient with Shimon Peres and Yāsir ʿArafāt of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1994, was assassinated this day in 1995 by a Jewish extremist while attending a peace rally
1980 — Ronald Reagan Elected 40th U.S. President
Conservative Republican Ronald Reagan was elected the 40th president of the United States in 1980.
1979 — Iranian Militants Seize U.S. Embassy in Tehran
In 1979, Iranian militants seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran, an event sanctioned by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, leading to a hostage crisis that lasted over a year.
1946 — UNESCO founded to promote global collaboration
UNESCO was officially established as its constitution entered into force; this specialized agency of the UN called for the promotion of international collaboration in education, science, and culture
1924 — Nellie Tayloe Ross Elected First Woman Governor of Wyoming
American politician Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first woman to be elected governor of a U.S. state (Wyoming)
1922 — Howard Carter Discovers Tomb of Tutankhamen in 1922
British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen
1908 — Joseph Rotblat Born - Nobel Peace Prize Winner
British scientist Joseph Rotblat, a leading critic of nuclear weapons who jointly (with the Pugwash Conferences) won the 1995 Nobel Prize for Peace, was born. How much do you know about the Nobel Prize? Richard Mildenhall/Shutterstock.com
1842 — Abraham Lincoln's Marriage to Mary Todd
Future U.S. president Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd in 1842.
1791 — St. Clair's Defeat by the Northwest Indian Confederation
In what became known as St. Clair's Defeat, U.S. General Arthur St. Clair's army was decisively defeated by the British-supported Native American Northwest Indian Confederation

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