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Can a French Milei beat out the far Right and far Left in presidential elections?

David Lisnard, the mayor of Cannes, has become the surprise story of France’s 2027 presidential race. Called the “French Milei,” he left the center-right Republicans to run under his own liberal banner, New Energy. His popularity has grown rapidly, with Harris Interactive now measuring him at 9% support in the polls, ahead of his former […]

Washington Examiner · 11h ago
Markets Surge as Nvidia Slides on Jensen Huang Scrutiny

The Close brings you the latest news and analysis leading up to the final minutes and seconds before and after the closing bell on Wall Street. Today's guests are Citi Wealth Head of Portfolio Construction & Analytics Olaolu Aganga, Former Federal Reserve Governor Betsy Duke, Citigroup Managing Director Jason Bazinet, CVS Heath CEO & Chairman David Joyner, Morgan Stanley Head of Wealth Management Jed Finn, Bokeh Capital Partners Founder & CIO Kim Forrest, Seaport Research Partners Senior Analyst David Joyce, Gerber Kawasaki Wealth & Investment Management President & CEO Ross Gerber, Yale School of Management Lecturer of Management Practice Gautam Mukunda, & Dutch Bros CEO Christine Barone. (Source: Bloomberg)

Bloomberg · 23h ago
Trump announces special envoy for manufacturing

President Trump on Monday announced a special envoy for manufacturing in a post to Truth Social. “I am proud to announce that David MacNeil, the GREAT American entrepreneur and founder of WeatherTech, will be the Special Envoy for Manufacturing!” Trump said in his Monday afternoon post. “David has built an incredible American company that makes…

The Hill · Nov 9
Miller Pick Tests Prospects for Cooperation

On Bloomberg This Weekend, Bloomberg Opinion columnist Gautam Mukunda says Stephen Miller’s appointment as White House chief of staff signals that President Donald Trump is unlikely to seek significant cooperation with Democrats after their midterm victories. Speaking with hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini, Mukunda explains why the election results could sharpen partisan divisions while putting new pressure on Republicans to decide how closely to align with Trump. (Source: Bloomberg)

Bloomberg · Nov 8
Affordability Fuels Populist Politics

On Bloomberg This Weekend, Bloomberg senior economics writer Shawn Donnan explains why President Donald Trump’s midterm rebuke does not mean the end of economic populism and argues that Democrats successfully recast the message around affordability and taking on powerful economic interests. Speaking with hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini, Donnan discusses how populism is evolving across both parties and why economic issues could remain central to American politics beyond the midterms. (Source: Bloomberg)

Bloomberg · Nov 8
Congress Returns to a New Political Reality

On Bloomberg This Weekend, former Republican strategist Leslie Shedd and former Democratic strategist John McCarthy discuss how both parties are recalibrating after Democrats’ sweeping midterm victories and what Congress could accomplish before power shifts in January. Speaking with hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini, they examine the coming congressional leadership fights, the pressure to address affordability and how Democrats and Republicans could position themselves for the next two years. (Source: Bloomberg)

Bloomberg · Nov 8
New House Democrats Set Their Priorities

On Bloomberg This Weekend, Democratic Reps.-elect Paul Barringer of North Carolina and Shannon Taylor of Virginia say voters sent them to Washington with a mandate to address affordability, health care and government accountability. Speaking with hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini, they discuss working across the aisle, restoring congressional authority and responding to concerns about tariffs, data centers and the cost of living. (Source: Bloomberg)

Bloomberg · Nov 8
Texas and Georgia Enter a New Political Era

On Bloomberg This Weekend, New York Times Texas political correspondent Lauren McGaughy and Atlanta Journal-Constitution Washington Bureau Chief Tia Mitchell examine Democratic gains that transformed the political landscape in Texas and Georgia, including Keisha Lance Bottoms' historic election as the nation's first Black woman governor. McGaughy and Mitchell tell hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini that Democrats now face the challenge of governing after decades of Republican dominance while navigating divided legislatures and voters who crossed party lines. (Source: Bloomberg)

Bloomberg · Nov 7
Miller Elevation Sets Up Clash With Democrats

On Bloomberg This Weekend, Balance of Power's Joe Mathieu discusses President Donald Trump's elevation of Stephen Miller and what it signals about the White House's approach to a newly Democratic Congress. Mathieu tells hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini that Democrats are preparing for aggressive oversight while party leaders remain wary of overreach and want to show voters they can deliver ahead of 2028. (Source: Bloomberg)

Bloomberg · Nov 7
Democrats Could Reshape Trump's Foreign Policy

On Bloomberg This Weekend, Bloomberg Economics' Chris Kennedy examines how the Democratic takeover of Congress could constrain parts of President Donald Trump's foreign policy, including through spending decisions, Ukraine aid, Russia sanctions and congressional oversight. Kennedy tells hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini that Trump retains significant unilateral authority over tariffs and the use of military force, setting up potential clashes with Democrats as they seek to challenge his agenda. (Source: Bloomberg)

Bloomberg · Nov 7
Sold a Lie: Why Young Men Punished Trump

On this episode of Stress Test, David Corn and Garrison Hayes process the thumping received by Donald Trump and the GOP and the road ahead for Democrats. How the party balances investigating Trump and his cronies with delivering everyday economic relief will define the opening chapter of the new session. “I think it’s a great […]

Mother Jones · Nov 6
Democrats start plotting as civil war breaks out among Republicans | Politics Weekly America

Jonathan Freedland hosts a live panel to look at what happens next – for Donald Trump, the Republicans who might want to succeed him, and for Democrats looking ahead to 2028. He is joined by the Guardian’s Washington bureau chief, David Smith; Tara Setmayer, a co-founder and CEO of the Seneca project; the Guardian’s global editor, Devika Bhat; Adam Smith, a professor of US politics and political history at the University of Oxford; and the clinical psychologist, author and political commentator Mary Trump Continue reading...

The Guardian · Nov 6
KraneShares's Frederick Chu On the Midterm Selloff

Frederick Chu, Asia Director at ETF issuer KraneShares, discusses the Democratic sweep in Congress and how it has made Chinese tech stocks more attractive. He speaks with David Ingles and Yvonne Man on ETF IQ Asia. (Source: Bloomberg)

Bloomberg · Nov 6
Shah flips Arizona’s 1st Congressional District seat blue

Democrat Amish Shah defeated Republican Jay Feely in the race to replace Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ) in Arizona’s competitive 1st Congressional District. Shah, a physician and former state representative, won 52.5% of the vote compared to Feely, a former Arizona Cardinals kicker, who garnered 45.5% of the vote, according to the Associated Press, which called […]

Washington Examiner · Nov 5
Democrats promised to end corruption. Here’s how they can do that | David Sirota

Overturning Citizens United is not enough. Campaigns must be funded with public money rather than private donations Having devoted most of my adult life to reporting on, campaigning against, and exposing the corrosive influence of money in politics, I’m gratified that this cause was – finally – front of mind in a national election. That’s right: in the midterms, corruption topped the list of Americans’ concerns, and candidates won by waging campaigns promising to reject corporate Pac money and linking Washington’s pay-to-play culture to the affordability crisis. Continue reading...

The Guardian · Nov 5
The Last Days of MAGA and the Scramble to Dump Trump

The country is only hours into a stunning new reality: Democrats will now control both houses of Congress after voters staged a nationwide rout of the Republican Party. We’re still digging into the ramifications of the earthquake that hit last night—a change that David Corn calls “a political revolution… done through the ballot box.” On […]

Mother Jones · Nov 5
None of the House Rs who voted to impeach Trump will be in Congress after this year

None of the House Republicans who voted to impeach President Trump over the Jan. 6 insurrection will be in Congress after this year following Tuesday’s election. The last Republican still in the House was outgoing Rep. David Valadao (R-Calif.) who was defeated by Democrat Randy Villegas.  Valadao was among the 10 House Republicans who crossed…

The Hill · Nov 5
OKC's Republican mayor says election wipeout is 'rejection of Trumpism'

President Trump has sought to deflect blame for the sweeping Republican losses. But within the party, some are beginning to ask whether they have been too deferential to the president — and whether the GOP needs to rethink its identity. Amna Nawaz discussed what comes next with David Holt, the Republican mayor of Oklahoma City.

PBS NewsHour · Nov 4
Scandal-Plagued Nevada Republican David Flippo Loses Nevada House Race

Since being established in 1982, Nevada’s 2nd Congressional District has never sent a Democrat to Washington. When Republican Rep. Mark Amodei announced earlier this year that he was retiring after representing the northern Nevada district since 2011, there was little reason to believe that would change. Yet on Tuesday, Teresa Benitez-Thompson, a social worker and […]

Mother Jones · Nov 4
California progressive Randy Villegas wins redrawn House seat for Democrats

Community college professor unseats incumbent Republican David Valdao in seat redrawn under Prop 50 Democrat Randy Villegas, a community college professor with major progressive endorsements, has won the race for California’s 22nd congressional district. He unseats the six-term, incumbent Republican congressman, David Valadao, in a district that was considered the only true toss-up across the state of California after being redrawn under Proposition 50. Valadao and Villegas are both Central Valley natives from immigrant families with working class or agricultural ties, roots that reflect many of the constituents in California’s 22nd district, which stretches from Bakersfield to just west of Fresno. Continue reading...

The Guardian · Nov 4
Final Republican who voted to impeach Trump loses reelection bid

Political newcomer and progressive Democrat Randy Villegas defeated Rep. David Valadao (R-CA) on Wednesday afternoon, successfully taking advantage of California’s redistricting push, which saw the incumbent’s district redrawn in favor of Democrats. Villegas won with 66% of the vote compared to Valadao’s 34%, as of 1:17 p.m. on Wednesday. Just 57% of the vote was […]

Washington Examiner · Nov 4
Democrats clinch open Amodei House seat in Nevada

Democrats are projected to flip retiring Rep. Mark Amodei’s (R) seat in northern Nevada, per Decision Desk HQ. Democrat Teresa Benitez-Thompson, a social worker and former majority leader of the state House, defeated Republican David Flippo, an Air Force veteran, to clinch the district that encompasses Reno and the entire upper half of the Silver…

The Hill · Nov 4
Byron Donalds: Florida Will Be a State for Everyone

In one of the few bright spots for Republicans on election night, Byron Donalds won the governor's race to replace Ron DeSantis. The congressman was handpicked by President Donald Trump to run. He squeaked by Democrat David Jolly to become Florida’s first Black governor. (Source: Bloomberg)

Bloomberg · Nov 4
Democrats Win Control of Congress in Election Landslide

Democrats won control of both chambers of the US Congress in a midterm election landslide that amounted to a rejection of President Donald Trump following widespread voter discontent with the economy and the war in Iran. Bloomberg's David Gura has the details. (Source: Bloomberg)

Bloomberg · Nov 4
America to Trump: You’re a Loser

Tonight was a massive repudiation of Trump, his rampant corruption, and his politics of fear, bigotry, and division. Across the map, Democrats defeated Republicans in race after race, gaining control of both the House and Senate. As they recorded this special election night episode, Stress Test cohosts David Corn and Garrison Hayes analyzed this historic […]

Mother Jones · Nov 4
Valadao ousted in battleground California House contest

Progressive challenger Randy Villegas (D) has defeated Rep. David Valadeo (R-Calif.) in the race for California’s 22nd Congressional District, Decision Desk HQ has projected. Villegas’s defeat of Valadeo knocks out an incumbent that has served in the House on and off from 2013 on, representing both the 22nd District and 21st District. The Democratic representative-elect…

The Hill · Nov 4
Marsha Blackburn wins Tennessee gubernatorial race

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) triumphed over Democratic City Councilor Jerri Green and conservative independent David Hatley in Tennessee’s gubernatorial election. Blackburn 45.4% of the vote, compared to Green’s 43.1% and Hatley’s 9.3%. Polling consistently showed Blackburn leading by double digits, though some final polls had her leading by just 9%. The results were hardly surprising […]

Washington Examiner · Nov 4
Chris Christie: 'The Trump Era Is Over'

Tuesday on ABC New’s midterm election coverage, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said “the Trump era is over.” Anchor David Muir saud, “Out of the Lone Star State tonight, Gina Hinojosa winning in the race for governor, the Democrat, The post Chris Christie: ‘The Trump Era Is Over’ appeared first on Breitbart .

Breitbart · Nov 4
David Crowley wins Wisconsin governor’s race, keeping seat in Democratic hands

Democrat David Crowley defeated Republican Tom Tiffany in Wisconsin’s gubernatorial contest Tuesday, keeping the battleground executive office in Democratic hands and becoming its first black governor. The Associated Press called the race for Crowley at 11:28 p.m. He garnered 53.6% against Tiffany’s 46.4%. The race to replace retiring Gov. Tony Evers (D-WI) became one of […]

Washington Examiner · Nov 4
Oregon Sen. Merkley wins reelection bid

Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley (D) is projected to win reelection after a smooth race, according to The Hill’s partner Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). Merkley was leading Republican David Brock Smith by 21 percentage points — 59 percent to 38 percent — with 51 percent of the vote reported by DDHQ as of 11 p.m. EST.…

The Hill · Nov 4