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Exit poll data from tens of thousands of voters allow analysts to investigate narratives surrounding the 2026 election with empirical data. For example, was the Republican collapse due in part to a loss of support from evangelicals? The answer is both no and yes. On one hand, evangelicals supported Republicans at a rate similar to previous elections. According to the 2026 exit polls, 82% of voters who self-identified as “white evangelical or born-again Christian” voted Republican. That compares to 82% in 2024, 83% in 2022, 76% in 2020, 75% in 2018, and 81% in 2016. Even before that, 78% of...

A Massachusetts law allowing abortion at any point in pregnancy is in effect as of Sunday, November 8, after an emergency filing by Democrat Governor Maura Healey prevented the law from being suspended as more than 113,000 residents called for its repeal, well over twice the number needed to put repeal on the ballot in 2028. The law allows elective abortion through all nine months for any reason based on the “professional judgment” of an abortionist and forbids any external medical review from overriding it, making the Bay State the latest of a dozen U.S. states to legalize abortion on...

President Donald Trump went to bat for Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Monday, despite the latter’s affair with an alleged Chinese spy. When asked about the allegations during a White House press briefing, Trump said that he will not bring up the case with President Xi Jinping when the two meet next week. He added, “I just know Jensen very well. I think he is a very honorable man. He built a great company. American company. I think he’s a very honorable guy. I feel very confident that he will be in good shape.” Trump was later asked to put a...

Colorado voters have defeated Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, removing from Congress one of its most relentless antagonists of LGBTQ+ people. Boebert had turned opposition to equality into a national political brand. Democrat Eileen Laubacher, a retired Navy rear admiral, will defeat Boebert in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District, according to CNN’s projection Monday afternoon. Laubacher led 48.77 percent to 47.92 percent.

Bone fragments attributed to Saint Nicolas were stolen from a church in France, then allegedly burned and crushed. Priests at Saint Nicolas de Port, one of France's few sanctuaries to hold a relic of the saint, reported the theft of a reliquary containing a fragment of the saint's body on November 2. Police later arrested the suspect, who reportedly admitted acting spontaneously out of a 'desire to destroy' the relic because he viewed devotion to the bones as a form of idol worship. Saint Nicolas, the inspiration behind Santa Claus, lived between 270 and 343 AD and is famous for...

For the first time, a majority of the justices elected to the Texas Supreme Court will be women. That's after four Democratic challengers unseated the Republican incumbents up for reelection in Tuesday's midterm election. Seven of the nine justices on the court will be women. The four Democrats join three Republican women on the bench. The court's clerk, Blake Hawthorne, confirmed to KERA it will be the first majority female court outside of a specially appointed "All-Woman Supreme Court" that was created in 1925. "They were not permanent members of the court," Hawthorne said. "They just heard the one case."...

Scholars have developed ways of thinking about the differences in how learners engage with a subject. The ICAP framework categorizes student learning as interactive, constructive, active, or passive. Research indicates the strongest learning—in terms of both content recall and conceptual understanding—comes from the interactive and constructive types, in which learners must generate their own ideas and make complex and multilevel connections. For example, a project for which a student is required to do research—finding and reading sources then determining an argument based on them—is both interactive (with the sources) and constructive (developing and communicating an argument).1Studies examining how students employ...

An Ohio State University fraternity is being investigated after video of two young men seemingly on fire circulated online over the weekend. The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity was placed on “interim suspension” pending a full investigation, according to a statement Sunday from OSU. The administration described it as an “extremely concerning incident” and noted that it referred the matter to law enforcement. “Ohio State is committed to a safe and healthy environment and expects students and student organizations to uphold that commitment and the university’s values,” the statement said. OSU suspends, investigates frat after disturbing video 00:00 00:00 The video...

On Monday, President Donald Trump stated the FBI is investigating Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang regarding an alleged affair with a Chinese government agent, calling Huang a "very honorable man" at a White House briefing.Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Guo Jiakun denied the allegations on Monday, calling them a "smear campaign against Beijing," while the state-owned Global Times claimed the report aims to disrupt improving China-US relations.Nvidia shares dropped roughly 5% in pre-market trading early Monday as Huang previously lobbied Washington to permit sales of advanced H200 and H20 chips to China, winning approval from Trump this year.Huang told Trump he...

A rather unusual stray is looking for a new home in Southern California after being found wandering the streets. The Inland Valley Humane Society & S.P.C.A. in Pomona is hoping to find a loving home for a large, black pig that was rescued by humane officers after being spotted roaming a neighborhood. “Not every rescue involves paws and wagging tails,” the organization wrote in an Instagram post Sunday. “Sometimes, it involves hooves and a curly tail!” Photos shared by the shelter show the hefty pig strolling along a sidewalk and grazing in a grassy area as officers responded to the...

AUSTIN, TX — The state of Texas announced an update to its famous "Lone Star" flag, adding five more stars in order to represent all six genders. Newly elected Senator James Talarico led the campaign to make the change, stating that the flag "should represent all Texans, whether male, female, or cloud-fairy." "Goodbye, Lone Star. Hello, inclusion," said Talarico, unveiling the new flag design. "It's a proud day for Texas to finally retire an old symbol of bigotry and raise up the flag of gender fluidity. As I said on the campaign, there is nothing that Jesus wants more than...

Jewels Jones ®@JewelsJonesLive·3hPete Hegseth handed America's war colleges 33 DIRECTIVES this morning. By Wednesday the House has to take a floor vote on impeaching him.He announced them to the students of the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. On the war colleges' own mission statements: "The word 'win' is entirely absent. The word 'defeat' does not appear."So the 80-page thesis is out. Competitive war games and exams are in. New civilian faculty get three-year contracts, not lifetime tenure. Colonels fresh off an operational command get a Warfighter Chair at every senior college. The war games and the chairs are...

46% chance This market will resolve to "Yes" if, by November 6, 2028, 11:59 PM ET, the states and the District of Columbia that have enacted the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact into law collectively hold a majority of the electoral votes. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No".

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Monday's Morning Joe continued their gushy ride on the Talarico train, insisting Talarico could be a charistmatic Caucasian version of Obama. After playing the clip of Talarico's SNL cold open appearance on Saturday, Joe Scarborough raved: "I just want to comment on James Talarico coming in and getting that uproarious applause. It really is almost Obama-esque as far as the level of intensity and the support for him. I’ve got to say James Talarico, if you just take one person, he really has emerged. As far as just pure star power, it’s really hard to beat what James Talarico has...

The White House wouldn't rule out working with Democrats despite Trump's '60 Minutes' interview drawing conservative backlash The White House on Monday morning wouldn't rule out the administration working with Democrats on a "deal" for illegal immigrants who have been living in the U.S. for more than a decade as Republicans prepare to lose control of Congress in January President Donald Trump, in his first sit-down interview since sweeping GOP midterm losses, opened the door to the possibility of considering amnesty. "The President never said the word amnesty," a White House official insisted to Fox News Digital. "We want Democrats...

... Looking at the political facts on the ground looks hopeless and exhausting. If you are feeling despondent at witnessing blow after blow to pro-life candidates and causes, it might be good to remember that politics isn’t everything. Don’t get me wrong — politics is extremely important. Catholics need to be deeply involved in politics, fighting for the justice. But Catholics can’t make the fundamental error those Emmaus disciples made. They hoped Jesus would come and solve this world’s problems here and now. Instead, they got the cross. Christ didn’t become the political ruler of Israel. Instead, he invited his...

Pope Leo’s message of compassion for the poor clashes with Javier Milei’s radical economic overhaul, symbolized by his trademark chain saw BUENOS AIRES—Pope Leo XIV is a soft-spoken missionary who rode horseback to minister to the poor in remote corners. President Javier Milei is a chain saw-brandishing populist who slashes government spending, champions unfettered capitalism and calls social welfare “an aberration” akin to robbery.The two men came face-to-face Sunday as the pontiff, born in Chicago but with 20 years of experience ministering in Peru, arrived for a four-day visit in a country where the Catholic Church and the libertarian president...

A Gaza-born member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) has launched a primary challenge against Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., setting up a race against one of the Senate's most vocal supporters of Israel. In a post on X, Palestinian-American writer and businessman Ahmed Moor, 42, announced his campaign to unseat Fetterman in Pennsylvania's Democratic primary. "I’m running to end the war in Iran and to promote the dignity agenda: free healthcare, free childcare, and affordable housing," Moor wrote. "I’m calling for accountability for genocide, for ICE and for corruption. And finally, for the protection of our civil liberties in...

The midterm elections delivered a devastating generational defeat to the Republican Party as Democrats swept races coast to coast last week, regaining both houses of Congress, flipping six governors' offices and seizing hundreds of seats in state legislatures. Evangelical voter turnout saw a marked decline this year compared to previous elections, leaving some Christians reeling from the overwhelming victory of the Democratic Party, which some discern has grown overtly hostile to biblical Christianity as it cozies up to far-left socialism, LGBT ideology and Islam. "It is heartbreaking that the Evangelical vote did not show up this year. The sad result...