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House Republicans claimed a mandate for their 2025 agenda and celebrated keeping their majority Thursday, even as they remain shy of the seats needed to officially secure continued control of the chamber in January. Why it matters: The jubilant tone of Republicans' first conference-wide call since Tuesday's elections underscores how confident Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and other GOP leaders are that the battle for the House will break their way — an outcome that seemed unlikely just days ago. Votes are still being counted in 27 uncalled House races, but even Democrats admit that Republicans are on track to keep...

The current White House administration is awkwardly going out of its way to broadcast the presence of “fair elections” and that the election system just proved that it’s working just fine.

The head of the discredited Fox News decision desk has warned that the presidential election result will likely take around five days. In another complete break from presidential election norms, Fox News pollster Arnon Mishkin has said that he is expecting the race to be called by the Saturday after election day, some five days after the polls have closed. Mishkin, who is a registered New York Democrat and was responsible for the infamous Fox News call in Arizona back in 2020, said in an interview with Politico. The report states: The man who may call the winner of the...