Democrats continue to add to their blue tsunami as President Donald Trump — correctly — pointed the finger at them for a stock market plunge.
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Trump → continue → plunge
“The Stock Market suffered one of the Worst Days in History based on the results of the Election.
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Market → suffer → Election
Such a sad thing to watch!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
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Trump → watch → Social
Several Democrats were projected to win House races, including Luz Rivas in California, Sam Forstag in Montana and Shannon Taylor in Virginia.
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Democrats → project → Virginia
These wins bring the total number of Democrats projected to win House seats to 247, compared with 147 Republicans.
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wins → bring → Republicans
Democrats will control both chambers when the new Congress convenes in January.
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Congress → control → January
The results come as a civil war is brewing inside the Trump administration, with insiders scrambling to assign blame.
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insiders → come → blame
Trump has reportedly called advisors asking whether Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth should be axed.
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Hegseth → call → advisors
Other key players caught in the turmoil include Vice President JD Vance and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.
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players → catch → Staff
Meanwhile, Secretary of State Marco Rubio is on “resignation watch,” following the GOP’s disastrous midterm performance, sources familiar with the matter told The Independent.
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sources → follow → Independent
The White House denied the report.
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House → deny → report
Abdul El-Sayed claps back at Trump's metal detector insult
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Sayed → clap → insult
Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed has clapped back at President Donald Trump's demand that the Michigan Democrat go through metal detectors at the U.S. Capitol building.
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Democrat → clap → building
“I'll do a metal detector all day because I've got nothing to hide.
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I → do → nothing
But Donald, if you're watching — lie detector’s is still on the table,” El-Sayed said during an appearance on The View.
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Sayed → watch → View
Watch: Will Rubio be first to jump off Trump train as he eyes 2028 presidential run?
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he → watch → run
Abdul El-Sayed has already found something he wants to work with Trump on
Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed has already found something he wants to work with President Donald Trump on — cutting aid to Israel.
The Michigan Democrat — who has been an outspoken critic of Israeli leadership during the war in Gaza, which he calls a genocide — backed Trump’s idea to cut $4 billion in aid to Israel by the end of the year, saying that he would “love to work with him on doing that.”
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he → find → that
“I don’t think we should be continuing to subsidize a foreign military that has done the worst things with our money,” El-Sayed told the hosts of MS NOW’s Morning Joe Thursday.
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Sayed → think → Joe
“In fact, I don’t know that we should be continuing to sell weapons to a country that is, again, using our weapons to do awful things.”
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that → know → things
Senior Trump official calls Hegseth firing rumors 'delusional thinking'
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official → call → rumors
There are rumors swirling that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth may get the axe after the unpopular Iran war hurt Republicans in the midterms.
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war → be → midterms
“Anyone looking to point fingers should start looking for another scapegoat.
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Anyone → look → scapegoat
The Pentagon and the White House made their positions crystal clear tonight.
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positions → make → ?
They are coming out swinging in support of Hegseth and that should tell you everything you need to know,” a senior administration official told NewsNation’s Kellie Meyer.
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official → come → Meyer
“Suggesting he’s looking for an exit or preparing to step aside is delusional thinking and misreading the situation.
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he → suggest → situation
He’s not going anywhere.
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He → go → ?
He’s going to remain focused on his mission, he won’t be distracted by the noise, and he’s not going to let the pressure dictate his future.
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pressure → go → future
“The idea that the Left and no name sources can manufacture enough controversy to force him out is wishful thinking.
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Left → manufacture → him
He’s been through way tougher fights and this fight has only begun.
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fight → begin → fights
Never bet against Pete,” the official added.
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official → bet → Pete
Chuck Schumer speaks with John Thune after election victory
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer spoke with Senate Majority Leader John Thune after it became clear that the Democrats would take control of Congress.
Trump holds the line with petty CNN ban
The White House responded to Kaitlan Collins’ post with a link to its own livestream of the event.
DOJ on hunt for Supreme Court abortion ruling leak
The feds have not given up trying to find the identity of the person who leaked a 2022 draft of the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade.
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that → speak → Wade
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, headed by Trump appointee Jeanine Pirro, is managing the investigation.
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Office → head → investigation
Pirro, working with career prosecutors, assigned senior prosecutor Carlton Davis to the matter.
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Pirro → work → matter
Davis previously handled local fraud and violence prosecutions, as well as an unsuccessful effort to indict six Democratic lawmakers who had advised military personnel about refusing unlawful orders.
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who → handle → orders
The Justice Department has accelerated its inquiry in recent weeks, The New York Times reported.
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Times → accelerate → weeks
Prosecutors have issued grand jury subpoenas for testimony and requested information from people employed by the high court when the draft opinion was disclosed.
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opinion → issue → court
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Trump continues to shift blame for election losses: 'I JUST WASN’T ON THE BALLOT'
President Donald Trump has continued to shift the blame for a crushing electoral defeat off himself.
”I JUST WASN’T ON THE BALLOT.
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I → read → BALLOT
IF I WERE, WE WOULD HAVE WON IN A LANDSLIDE!” Trump wrote on Truth Social Thursday night.
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Trump → win → Social
But the president had campaigned hard for Republicans by telling his supporters to pretend he was on the ballot.
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he → campaign → ballot
The post is essentially the same as the one he wrote on election night.
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he → write → night
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