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• California city legally allows polyamorous throuples and foursomes to register as partners

  04-11-2026 23:54 via The Washington Times stories: News
  Three's company, and four's a crowd, but to some, four might be exactly what they're looking for.
  
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• Democrats' agenda: Reverse Trump policies, lower costs and fight corruption

  04-11-2026 23:40 via The Washington Times stories: News
  When they take control of Congress in January, Democrats plan to quickly hold votes to reverse GOP healthcare cuts, end President Trump's war in Iran and repeal his tariffs.
  
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• Obama gets his revenge as voters deliver stinging rebuke to Trump

  04-11-2026 23:32 via The Washington Times stories: News
  Former President Barack Obama got the last laugh Tuesday night, as voters delivered a devastating rebuke to President Trump and handed Democrats sweeping victories that threaten to derail the final two years of his presidency.
  
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• Inside the Ring: Democrat Congress likely to target Trump defense plans

  04-11-2026 23:31 via The Washington Times stories: News
  Among the most immediate impacts of the midterm elections that will return control of Congress to Democrats next year are expected major cutbacks and cancellations of Trump administration defense policies and programs.
  
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• False claims of rigged elections are limited as midterm vote heavily favors Democrats

  04-11-2026 23:31 via The Washington Times stories: News
  After President Donald Trump said he would accept the results of his party's midterm rout, many of his loyalists followed suit even though they, too, are always a hair trigger away from branding a losing election rigged.
  
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• Democrat Congress likely to target Trump defense plans

  04-11-2026 23:31 via The Washington Times stories: News
  Among the most immediate impacts of the midterm elections that will return control of Congress to Democrats are expected major cutbacks and cancellations of Trump administration defense policies and programs.
  
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• Mother and daughter killed in suspected grizzly bear attack in British Columbia, Canada

  04-11-2026 23:16 via The Washington Times stories: News
  Wildlife officials in British Columbia believe that one or more grizzly bears were involved in an attack that left a mother and daughter dead.
  
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• Hakeem Jeffries declares bid for House speaker and lists priorities

  04-11-2026 23:04 via The Washington Times stories: News
  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has officially declared his bid for the speaker's gavel after Democrats gained a large majority in the chamber in the midterm elections.
  
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• End of MAGA? Midterm 'meteor strike' leaves Trump coalition in shambles

  04-11-2026 23:04 via The Washington Times stories: News
  Republicans woke up Wednesday to the brutal reality of a complete wipeout in the midterms that has forced a reckoning within the party about the future -- or the end -- of President Trump's MAGA movement.
  
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• The Lone Star State hasn't been blue since '94: Here's what happened that year

  04-11-2026 23:02 via The Washington Times stories: News
  Here's what was happening in the country and around the world the last time Texas had a Democratic governor.
  
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• Treasury Department sanctions couple accused of helping Iran evade oil blockade

  04-11-2026 22:56 via The Washington Times stories: News
  The Treasury Department has sanctioned an Indian couple accused of helping Iran evade international restrictions on its oil trade by providing Tehran with bogus registrations for its shadow fleet of tankers.
  
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• D.C. joins growing parade of socialist-led American cities with Janeese Lewis George win

  04-11-2026 22:34 via The Washington Times stories: News
  D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Wednesday congratulated her successor, Council member Janeese Lewis George, one day after the 38-year-old easily won an election that will make her the latest self-described socialist to take over the reins of a major American city.
  
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• Diner posts Denver restaurant receipt, slams added 'admin fee' attached to bill

  04-11-2026 22:29 via The Washington Times stories: News
  An angry diner took to Reddit to post the receipt they got after eating at the Denver, Colorado, location of Earls, an upscale dining chain in the U.S. and Canada.
  
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• Midterm massacre delivers brutal rebuke to Republican Party's priorities under Trump

  04-11-2026 22:21 via The Washington Times stories: News
  This week's election wipeout saw GOP voters stay home even as Democrats and independents rushed the polls and mailed back the ballots to deliver a historic drubbing.
  
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• Mamdani praises El-Sayed's victory in Michigan, says win 'means so much to so many'

  04-11-2026 22:17 via The Washington Times stories: News
  New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is reveling in Democrat Abdul El-Sayed's decisive victory in Michigan for a U.S. Senate seat.
  
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• Bettors vs. ballots: Prediction markets correctly bet on Democratic sweep

  04-11-2026 22:15 via The Washington Times stories: News
  Prediction market users successfully bet on a blue wave -- with a reported 98% success rate.
  
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• 3M agrees to pay more than $7 billion to settle 'forever chemical' groundwater contamination claims

  04-11-2026 22:06 via The Washington Times stories: News
  Chemical manufacturer 3M will pay up to $7.35 billion to settle lawsuits by people who say they were sickened by groundwater contamination from compounds used in firefighting foam and other consumer products.
  
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• Epic midterm win energizes expanding bench of 2028 Democratic hopefuls

  04-11-2026 22:01 via The Washington Times stories: News
  The blue-wave election gave a burgeoning crop of 2028 Democratic presidential hopefuls plenty to brag about as they try to convince voters, donors and power players that they are the face of the Democratic Party's future.
  
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• Black Friday 2026: Running list of major retailers' sales plans

  04-11-2026 21:54 via The Washington Times stories: News
  Black Friday 2026 falls on Nov. 27, but the nation's biggest retailers are not waiting for the day after Thanksgiving to start their Black Friday sales.
  
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• Rep. Tom Barrett loses swing seat to far-left Democrat in costly Michigan race

  04-11-2026 21:52 via The Washington Times stories: News
  Michigan Republican Rep. Tom Barrett lost his reelection bid to a hard-left challenger on Tuesday in what was the most expensive House race of the cycle.
  
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• 16-year-old boy facing charges for Manassas crash that left two dead and his passenger injured

  04-11-2026 21:48 via The Washington Times stories: News
  A 16-year-old boy faces charges for a crash in Manassas that killed two people and injured his passenger, a 14-year-old girl.
  
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• D.C. voters bid adieu to foie gras, but crackdown on delicacy faces challenge

  04-11-2026 21:47 via The Washington Times stories: News
  District residents strongly supported a ban on foie gras during Tuesday's election, meaning the days are numbered for the duck and goose liver delicacy on D.C. menus -- that is, as long as the city can enforce it.
  
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• Democrats retake Congress in blue wave that reaches deep into GOP territory

  04-11-2026 21:38 via The Washington Times stories: News
  Washington Times national politics reporters Susan Ferrechio and Seth McLaughlin join George Gerbo to discuss what drove the results, why the wave could recede, and how Trump and congressional Republicans respond.
  
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• Texas man indicted for murder of mother, also faces child sex abuse, bestiality charges

  04-11-2026 21:22 via The Washington Times stories: News
  A Texas grand jury has indicted a man for the murder of a mother of three who was killed in May.
  
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• 'Socialism can win in the U.S.': DSA boasts 50-plus election wins

  04-11-2026 20:53 via The Washington Times stories: News
  The Democratic Socialists of America is celebrating widespread wins across the U.S. after its candidates racked up more than 50 election victories.
  
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• N.C. Rep. Hudson congratulates winning Democratic challenger Richard Ojeda

  04-11-2026 20:47 via The Washington Times stories: News
  Rep. Richard Hudson conceded his reelection bid Wednesday, a day after losing to Democratic challenger Richard Ojeda in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District.
  
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• Nikki Haley rips into Republicans after major losses in midterms

  04-11-2026 20:44 via The Washington Times stories: News
  Former South Carolina governor and U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley told Savannah Guthrie and Craig Melvin on the "TODAY" show that Republicans should not spend the day after the midterms "whining, complaining or pointing fingers."
  
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• Suicidal driver dead after driving car into bar in building near the University of Georgia campus

  04-11-2026 20:31 via The Washington Times stories: News
  A driver is dead after committing suicide by driving their car Wednesday into a building near the University of Georgia.
  
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• Israel's president takes first steps on building new government after accepting election results

  04-11-2026 20:19 via The Washington Times stories: News
  Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday accepted the certified results of last week's parliamentary elections as legally binding and began consultations with party representatives on forming a new government.
  
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• Trump says he's not worried about impeachment after Democratic victories

  04-11-2026 20:11 via The Washington Times stories: News
  President Trump said Wednesday that he's "not even a little bit" worried about the potential for a Democratic-controlled Congress impeaching him once again.
  
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• Luigi Mangione's cousin wins Baltimore election

  04-11-2026 20:08 via The Washington Times stories: News
  Nino Mangione, the cousin of Luigi Mangione, won an election in Baltimore County on Tuesday.
  
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• Defense companies pour hundreds of millions of dollars into missile production in Camden, Arkansas

  04-11-2026 20:03 via The Washington Times stories: News
  Top U.S. defense company Lockheed Martin said this week it's pouring $420 million into a facility in Camden, Arkansas, just 13 days after defense firm L3Harris announced the opening of its own 60,000-square-foot facility next door.
  
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• Father, 2 children found dead outside Pa. parking garage in murder-suicide, say police

  04-11-2026 20:00 via The Washington Times stories: News
  A father in the Pittsburgh area threw his two children off a municipal parking garage before jumping to his death in a murder-suicide, local police said.
  
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• OAN's Dan Ball rails against podcasters, Bush family amid Texas blue wave

  04-11-2026 19:58 via The Washington Times stories: News
  One America News host Dan Ball blamed Republican losses in Texas on big-name podcasters and a flow of what he described as an invasion by New Yorkers and Californians the past several years.
  
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• Trump says he has no regrets about Iran war, despite midterm rout

  04-11-2026 19:53 via The Washington Times stories: News
  President Trump said Wednesday he doesn't regret getting involved in the Iran war even though he acknowledged it contributed to the GOP's devastating defeat in the midterms.
  
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• As U.S. polling stations close, North Korea does North Korea

  04-11-2026 19:48 via The Washington Times stories: News
  North Korea fired a barrage of missiles into the Sea of Japan at roughly the same time midterm polling stations were closing across America, then hammered home its message with an angry statement from a regime VIP.
  
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• Vance tries to distance himself from Iran war after GOP's deep losses in midterm elections

  04-11-2026 19:12 via The Washington Times stories: News
  J.D. Vance publicly broke from President Donald Trump's defense of the Iran war Wednesday after the Republican Party's deep losses in the midterm elections, attempting to distance himself from voters' clear rebuke of the president as the vice president faces questions about his own political ambitions.
  
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• Crews respond to early morning explosion at a Mississippi chemical plant

  04-11-2026 19:10 via The Washington Times stories: News
  Emergency crews responded Wednesday to an explosion at a Mississippi chemical plant that sent a large plume of black smoke into the air.
  
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• 70 things to do in (and around) Washington, D.C. this weekend: November 6-8

  04-11-2026 19:00 via The Washington Times stories: News
  Your Washington weekend could start with Punch Brothers, end with Frida Kahlo and leave room for fireworks in between.j
  
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• Britain's government tasks regulators to scrutinize proposed tie-up between Sky and ITV

  04-11-2026 18:58 via The Washington Times stories: News
  British Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy asked regulators Wednesday to scrutinize the proposed $2.3 billion takeover of ITV's media and entertainment arm by Sky, the U.K.-based TV, internet and mobile phone provider owned by U.S. company Comcast.
  
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• Which Senate, governors races are still uncalled by The Associated Press

  04-11-2026 18:41 via The Washington Times stories: News
  Just a handful of races for Senate and governor have not yet been called by The Associated Press as of noon Eastern time on Wednesday.
  
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• Russian attacks disrupt power in Kyiv, while the death toll in a stricken village rises to 40

  04-11-2026 18:15 via The Washington Times stories: News
  Russian attacks triggered power and water outages for hours Wednesday across Kyiv and surrounding regions while President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the death toll in a stricken village in southern Ukraine rose to 40 in one of the deadliest strikes there in nearly five years of war.
  
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• Never-Trumpers celebrate GOP's collapse

  04-11-2026 18:14 via The Washington Times stories: News
  Prominent figures in the never-Trump movement were close to giddy in the wake of Tuesday's election drubbing for the GOP, pronouncing it a long-awaited comeuppance for a party that leashed itself to President Trump.
  
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• What's next in the investigation of the Learjet crash in Florida that killed 9?

  04-11-2026 18:06 via The Washington Times stories: News
  Investigators are just beginning the lengthy process of determining why a business jet plummeted from the sky in Florida after encountering a thunderstorm and slammed into the ground with such force that it created a crater and shattered the plane.
  
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• Israeli politicians react to Democratic sweep in the U.S. midterm elections

  04-11-2026 17:56 via The Washington Times stories: News
  Some of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political foes said the results of Tuesday's U.S. midterm elections reveal how toxic he is to American politicians -- Democrats and Republicans alike.
  
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• Voters reject proposed taxes tied to planned new arena for NHL's Dallas Stars

  04-11-2026 17:52 via The Washington Times stories: News
  Voters in a Dallas suburb have rejected a proposition that would have authorized new taxes related to a planned new arena for the NHL's Stars.
  
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• Trump is ducking blame for Republican losses. It's a familiar pattern for him

  04-11-2026 17:51 via The Washington Times stories: News
  After a flurry of rallies where he implored supporters to pretend that he was on the ballot, President Donald Trump led his Republican Party to a stunningly complete wipeout in the midterm elections.
  
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• Cyberattack hits French blood bank site but no blood products are compromised

  04-11-2026 17:41 via The Washington Times stories: News
  A cyberattack on several blood banks tried to raise temperatures to extremely high levels but was thwarted before it could do any damage to blood products or samples, French authorities said.
  
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• World leaders who sparred with Trump express relief mixed with caution at Republican election rout

  04-11-2026 17:40 via The Washington Times stories: News
  World leaders who have sparred with the "America first" President Donald Trump greeted the rout of his Republican Party in the U.S. midterm elections with a measure of relief on Wednesday, allowing themselves to hope for a less combative U.S. foreign policy.
  
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• The political map is anyone's guess after a Democratic wave in the midterm elections

  04-11-2026 17:38 via The Washington Times stories: News
  Voters took a wrecking ball to the traditional map of political battlegrounds, electing Democrats in states that were long considered reliably Republican.
  
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