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As Democrats prepare to take control of Congress, Delaware Sen. Chris Coons is poised to become chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
A staunch supporter of Ukraine and a critic of President Donald Trump’s war with Iran, Coons comes to the role at a consequential moment for American foreign policy.
@GeoffRBennett spoke with Coons.
After Democratic sweep, Texas looms as “big kahuna” in the 2028 presidential race texastribune.org/2026/11/11/…
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A soldier guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier issued a verbal reprimand to a group of advisers and staffers with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. As the group broke from taking photos, a loud laugh could be heard, and the soldier guarding the tomb shouted: “All visitors will maintain an atmosphere of silence and respect at all times.”
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BREAKING: Guard reprimands Pete Hegseth and guests for talking and laughing at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider after a photo op. nbcnews.com/politics/trump-a…
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The defeated Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Republican senators are meeting behind closed doors to strip powers from Vikki Goodwin, whom voters picked as the next lieutenant governor. houstonchronicle.com/opinion…
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Breaking News: The White House threatened congressional Democrats, saying aggressive oversight of the Trump administration could be a crime, a threat that experts called legally dubious. nyti.ms/4iBTcHy
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NEW: In a major electoral upset, Democrat Scott Colom will become Mississippi’s first Black U.S. senator since the post-Civil War Reconstruction era, The Associated Press reports in a race call.
With Colom’s win, Democrats will hold at least 55 seats in the Senate. to.pbs.org/4kNm153
Masked wrestler elected to Japan city council gets OK to wear mask in chamber - The Mainichi mainichi.jp/english/articles…
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It’s patently absurd to suggest that there’s a criminal predicate here. But even if there were…why exactly would the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas be the one to prosecute it?
After the election, @SenBlumenthal & his allies think they can intimidate Americans for their constitutionally protected associations w/ President Trump.
Congress is not a weapon to be wielded against the American people.
I'm taking the first step to stop this abuse of power.
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The Woman in the Middle of Nvidia’s Spy Scandal
Alice Huang, who U.S. intelligence determined is a Chinese asset, emerged from the high-flying world of Shanghai finance to work with tech titans and obtain essential A.I. chips.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confronted Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick last week about why the administration had not put restrictions on advanced chip sales to Megaspeed nytimes.com/2026/11/11/busin…
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Leo Terrell, a senior Justice Department official, said last year that Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader, should “Lawyer Up!”
@AGToddBlanche do you plan to criminally investigate @LeoTerrellDOJ?
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AG Todd Blanche suggested that he’ll criminally investigate Congressional Democrats for “threatening” Republicans by telling them to “lawyer up.”
So will @AGToddBlanche also investigate Republican members of Congress and federal officials who’ve said the exact same thing?
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Trump Official Who Wants Data Centers on Public Lands Has Tens of Millions Invested in AI Industry propublica.org/article/burgu…
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.@CNN , @MSNOWNews , & @politico move for preliminary injunction barring exclusion from Air Force 1 and Oval Office, Trump's "preferred for for interacting with the press." (He's held 259 press events in AF1 or the Oval so far this term.)
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Vance says “The reason we lost is the war.” Yeh. But also tariffs, driving up prices well before the war. Unleashing ICE & CBP in a cruel assault on immigrants who aren’t “the worst of the worst.” There’s the unprecedented corruption. Trump added $2.2 billion to his net worth & surrounded himself with billionaires. There’s disruption of the social safety net, with cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and ACA subsides. And Trump’s complete cluelessness - his ballroom, the reflecting pool, adding his name to the Kennedy Center. And finally his obsession with John Husted’s butt.
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Kushner and Witkoff and Trump are all real estate developers who are preoccupied with making money, not solving for peace, writes columnist @stephenwalt. foreignpolicy.com/2026/11/03…
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Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), who is a member of the House Armed Services Committee, said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth “needs to go.”
“He’s incompetent,” Crow said. “Every day that he’s in the Pentagon, Major, is a day that our service members, our men and women, our sons and daughters, brothers and sisters are at greater risk.”