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Democrat Wins Senate Runoff in Georgia, Giving Dems Clear Majority

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Democrat Raphael Warnock won re-election to the U.S. Senate in a hard-fought Georgia runoff on Tuesday, strengthening his party’s razor-thin majority as he fought off a challenge by Republican former football star Herschel Walker. Warnock’s projected victory was narrow. With 99% of the estimated vote counted, he led Walker by 50.8% to 49.2%, according to Edison Research. […]

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Senate candidates make last pitch in Georgia midterm election runoff

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CUMMING, Ga. – With Republican influence in the U.S. Senate on the line, two dozen party faithful gathered in an Atlanta suburb on Sunday for the final stretch of a get-out-the-vote effort aimed at electing former football star Herschel Walker. Conservative activist Scott Presler told the group to make sure the targets of their door-knocking

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U.S. House Speaker Pelosi wraps up long and historic leadership career

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WASHINGTON – Nancy Pelosi is wrapping up a long career of congressional leadership in which she became the only woman to serve in the powerful post of U.S. House of Representatives speaker, showed an ability to pass major legislation, united fractious fellow Democrats and challenged some of the world’s most powerful men. Pelosi, an 82-year-old

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This small midterm race in Arizona could have big consequences for U.S. democracy

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The fight to become Arizona’s next attorney general in November’s midterm elections smashed fundraising records this week. One major reason: the normally backwater contest has potentially big implications for U.S. democracy, election experts said. Arizona is a kingmaker state in U.S. presidential elections, and under Arizona law the attorney general must witness the certification of

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The BIG fight that’s looming, right after the midterms…

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – If Republicans win control of the U.S. House of Representatives in November’s midterm elections, they expect to use a powerful and potentially dangerous tool as leverage in their dealings with Democratic President Joe Biden: The federal debt ceiling. The U.S. Treasury is expected to reach its mandated $31.4 trillion borrowing limit in

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