Flipping Tables

Sources:
On This Day: History.com — Berlin Wall opens | NPR — The man who opened the gate

Election doubts: NBC — Trump casts doubt on results | CNBC — Revives voting-machine conspiracy | The Hill — “How could the polls be so wrong?” | Forbes — Questions honesty of results

DOJ pushback: Axios — Blanche won’t rule out prosecuting Democrats | Washington Post — DOJ braces for scrutiny | Fox News — Trump orders DOJ probe | KCRA — Trump, DOJ push back

Hegseth: NPR — Massie files articles | CBS — Vote this week | CNBC — Articles introduced | CNN — Trump vows to stand with Hegseth

Huang: PBS/AP — FBI looking into affair | NBC — FBI investigating relationship | CNN — Huang denied knowledge

Big Bend: ABC — Court lifts pause | The Hill — Siding with Trump | Al Jazeera — Wall to proceed | NPR 2017 — Bipartisan consensus: no wall

Climate disclosure: Reuters via US News — Court blocks California | National Law Review — Ninth Circuit ruling

Brand: CNN — More than 10 years | Deadline — Sentenced | NBC — British jail

Kirk trial: CNN — Summer 2028 | CBS — June 2028 | The Hill — Erika Kirk: “disappointing”

Clancy: CNN — Motion denied | AP via Fox 8 — Charges stand

Boebert: CNN — Boebert will lose | Gazette — Laubacher maintains lead

Legislatures / Mississippi: ABC — Democrats flip statehouses | NCSL — Results | US News — Sweeping gains | WLBT — Colom leads by 2,500 | Democracy Docket — Cure process

Iraq / Iran: New Arab — US asks Iraq to shut crossings | Arab News/Reuters — Iraqi FM | Fox News live — “Highly unlikely”

Ohio State: AP via KSL — Fraternity suspended | HuffPost — Video

Tesla: Bloomberg — Return deposits to “a lot of people” | Reuters via AOL — Refund deposits

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The best-selling Christian book that taught about sex did not once mention that sex was designed for women, too. Rather, it framed it as a male need, telling their female readers, “If your husband is typical, he has a need you don’t have.” WOMEN DON'T HAVE SEXUAL NEEDS?
She was so rattled at what she read in this book that she set out with two other women (her daughter and psychology graduate Rebecca Gregoire Lindenbach and epidemiologist and statistician Joanna Sawatsky) to conduct the largest study ever done on evangelical women’s marital and sexual satisfaction. Which led to her authoring "The Great Sex Rescue"
The good... the bad... and what do we do about it? Marriage and Sex edition.

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Sources:
On This Day: Rutgers — The first game, 1869 | History.com — First college football game

Arch: CBS — Judge blocks construction for now | WJLA — Blocked hours after final approval | ABC7 — Judge blocks Trump arch

Newsom: SF Chronicle — Commutes all 548 | KQED — Moves to empty death row | CalMatters — Clemency details | DPIC — Largest mass commutation in U.S. history

Iran talks: AP via WHEC — Talks with Iran on deporting Iranians | Arab News — Court documents

Mississippi: Democracy Docket — How curing works | Democracy Docket — Heads toward ballot fight | ABC — Recount rules | CBS — Still a toss-up | DeSoto County News — Hyde-Smith preservation demand

House: CNN — Over 250 seats | CNN — Majority trending historic | 19th News — 100 Democratic women | Detroit News — Republican women lose ground

Trifectas: NBC — Full control of five state governments | NCSL — Results and what they mean | Stateline — Flipped legislatures, won trifectas | New Republic — Blue wave in red America

Trans sports: AP via ABC — Washington, Colorado join conservative states | 19th News — Results | Stateline — Approval in four states | Colorado Sun — Prop 134

Markets: NPR — $2 trillion rout | DPA via Yahoo — Tech stocks plunge | Fox Business — Experts break down sell-off

Hammack: inkl/Reuters — Favors gradual rate-hike path | Fox Business — Multiple hikes needed | CNBC — “Now is the time to act”

Measles: NBC — Wisconsin’s first death in decades | WBAY — Infant dies | CIDRAP — Third U.S. death this week

Gemini: The Hill — Lawsuit over school Chromebook | Gizmodo — “Life-threatening obsession”

Apple: Reuters via MarketScreener — Predictive text restrictions | Reuters via Investing.com — Researcher finds

Good news: BirdGuides — Gannets and puffins rebound on Alderney | NatureScot via Down to Earth — Bird flu and seabird populations

Sources:
On This Day: National Archives — Susan B. Anthony voting arrest | Library of Congress — Anthony trial
Iran blame: Fox News — Vance’s Iran war postmortem | Arab News/AFP — “Largely true” | Al Jazeera — Allies distance themselves from Iran war | CBC — Day-after reactions
Talarico: Rev — Victory speech transcript | Il Foglio — David defeated Goliath | Houston Public Media — 32-year streak
Johnson: NPR — Johnson steps aside | Bloomberg — Won’t stay on as GOP leader | Washington Post — Won’t seek minority leader | Newsweek — Scalise vs. Jordan
Mississippi / Alaska: Mississippi Free Press — Liveblog, 1,138 votes | ABC — Recount rules in Mississippi | NBC — Mississippi live results | The Hill — Peltola narrowly leads | Alaska Public — Tight Senate race
Legislatures / Huffines: Texas Tribune — Democrats flip Texas House | PBS — Full control of more state governments | NCSL — 2026 state legislative results | KERA — Eckhardt unseats Huffines | Fox 4 — Huffines and the Epstein ranch
Klobuchar: CBS Minnesota — First woman governor | NBC — Klobuchar wins
Afghans: NBC — Judge blocks Afghan deportations | AP via Yahoo — Temporary block
Hush money: ABC — Judges to hear appeal | CBS — Lawyers argue for conviction to be overturned | AP via WRAL — Appeals court
Musk: NPR — Musk will face scrutiny | Reuters via Yahoo — Little to show for record spending | Fortune — $474 million poorer | CBC — Possible investigations to come
Hegseth: Roll Call — Massie vows week-one vote | MS NOW — A vote is coming | The Hill — Lame-duck impeachment dilemma | Epoch Times — Trump not considering replacing Hegseth
Investigations: NPR — Long list of Trump investigations | ABC — What Democrats plan to investigate | The Hill — Trump officials lawyer up | CBS — Democrats aim to derail agenda
WHO: WHO — One in four adolescents reported no active days | Euronews — Problem barely changed in 15 years | Health Policy Watch — Less than one hour a week
Melania: WAFB — $5M endowment | Yahoo Sports — First Lady to attend
Good news: Time News — Five Micronesian survivors rescued

OH MY GOD!!!
Sources:
On This Day: NPR — Obama elected, Nov. 4, 2008 | History.com — Obama elected first Black president
The night: NBC News — Democrats capture full control of Congress | CBS — Senate results | CBS — House results | CNN live — Democrats take control of Congress | 19th News — How Democrats flipped the House | NPR — Jeffries celebrates | OPB/NPR — Democrats win full control
Texas: Houston Public Media — Talarico ends 32-year streak | Texas Tribune — Talarico defeats Paxton | Dallas Morning News — “A mandate the size of Texas” | Click2Houston — Paxton concedes | Texas Tribune — Hinojosa defeats Abbott | NBC — Hinojosa takes down Abbott | KUT — Ending decades of Republican control
Georgia: ABC — Bottoms first Black woman elected governor | Fox 5 Atlanta — Bottoms wins after Jackson concedes | WSB Radio — Jackson concedes | IBTimes — Billionaire spent over $200 million | Yahoo — “Shoulders made of steel”
Michigan: Bridge Michigan — “Michigan, we did it” | The Hill — El-Sayed wins | CBS Detroit — El-Sayed, Benson win
Iowa: NBC — Turek flips Iowa | Iowa Public Radio — Turek defeats Hinson | NBC — Sand wins governor
Kansas: NPR — First Democratic senator from Kansas in nearly a century | Washington Post — Hamilton wins | Wikipedia — 2026 Kansas Senate election | Religion News — Kansas last sent a Democrat in 1932 | Kansas Reflector — Governor’s race deadlocked | KWCH — Holscher narrow lead | NBC — Kansas governor live results
Ohio: Statehouse News Bureau — Acton, Brown win on historic night | PBS — Brown wins Senate race
North Carolina: WRAL — First NC Democrat to win Senate seat since 2008 | Axios — Cooper defeats Whatley
South Carolina: Time — Andrews defeats Graham | NPR — Andrews defeats Graham | CBS — Andrews flips seat
Nevada: NBC — Ford unseats Lombardo | NPR — Ford beats GOP incumbent | Fox 5 Vegas — First Black governor
Maine / Mississippi / Alaska: NPR — Jackson wins over Collins | Maine Public — Collins concedes | Mississippi Free Press — Colom leads by 28 votes | WLOX — Neck-and-neck | The Hill — Mississippi too close to call | Mississippi Independent — Colom pulls ahead | Newsweek — Why Alaska still matters | Anchorage Daily News — Tight Senate race
Firsts: Stateline — Historic night for governors | NBC — Historic first for Black governors | NPR — Nine governor candidates made history | Newsweek — Historic firsts | NBC — Governor results
Tennessee: WBIR — Goldberg projected to win HD18 | WATE — Democrat flips Knoxville seat
Garcia / Trump / GOP: Yahoo/HuffPost — “Lawyer up” | Crooks and Liars — New Oversight chair to Trump admin | IBTimes — Truth Social fury: Fox, Abbott, VETO hat | Newsweek — Trump refuses blame | Forbes — Congratulates Democrats, posts VETO hat | France 24 — Says Iran war played role | Dawn/AFP — Politicians react | WHEC — Party leaders share reaction