They Got the Gavels. But He Has the Power of the Pen.

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The hat said one word. Late Tuesday night, with the returns coming in and the map turning a color Republicans hadn’t braced for, President Trump posted a picture of a red cap to Truth Social. Not “Make America Great Again.” Just “VETO.” That’s the message. That’s also the plan. Democrats took the House and the Senate on Tuesday, flipping at least seven Republican Senate seats and more than two dozen House districts. It was a rough night for the GOP, and the president didn’t pretend otherwise. “I’m a little bit surprised,” he said. “I thought they’d do better.” But he

He Isn’t Running. He’d Like You to Vote Like He Is.

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Donald Trump’s name won’t appear on a single ballot today, and he knows what that usually means. Midterms are when a president’s voters relax. They won the big one two years ago. They figure the rest will take care of itself. So on Monday night, a few hours before the polls opened, he went on Hannity and asked them for something a little unusual. “I’m just asking everybody to pretend that I’m on the ballot.” When you think about it, that’s a modest request. He didn’t say “save the country” or “vote the party line.” He said: imagine I’m there.

When the Party Shows You the Door For Doing What’s Right.

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Election Day in Michigan is Tuesday. On Sunday morning, Haley Stevens was supposed to be sitting next to Abdul El-Sayed. That was the plan Democrats had worked all week to arrange. The two were going to attend a Souls to the Polls event at a church in Detroit. The moderate congresswoman and the progressive who beat her in August would appear side by side. They would look united, or close enough. Instead, Stevens went to Perfecting Church, Pastor Marvin Winans’s congregation, and spent the morning worshipping with Mike Rogers, his wife, and her own fiancé, attorney Jason Turkish. Rogers is

Mr. Obama, Meet Mr. Obama’s FBI.

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Former presidents have one big advantage over the rest of us. When they speak, people assume they’ve done the homework. So when Barack Obama broke his long, comfortable silence this month to defend Rep. Ilhan Omar, it landed. He called the Trump administration’s investigation into her “so appalling.” He said the full weight of the federal government was crashing down on a law-abiding congresswoman because she’d dared to criticize the president. He told Americans they should be outraged. Strong words, delivered with the cool authority of a man defending a principle. Then came Thursday. The New York Times reported that

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