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TRENDING TOPICS, MOST CREDIBLE STORIES | | #1 in U.S. News • 217 articles Who are the winners of gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey? |  | |
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Youngkin inches ahead in tight Virginia governor's race.
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Republican Glenn Youngkin's lead reflected gains throughout the state compared to recent Virginia elections. Not only did Youngkin build further on blowout Republican margins in smaller, rural counties, he also cut into the edge Democrats built in Virginia's diverse and heavily populated suburbs. President Biden carried Virginia by 10 points [in 2020].
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That's despite the state's overall blue tint — but in line with decades of political history, in which the party that wins the White House in the preceding election almost always loses the next year's gubernatorial race. Though it is an election to state office, the race is seen as a key bellwether halfway between Biden's 2020 victory, and the crucial midterm elections next November.
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Democrats are also fighting to maintain control of the lower chamber of the state legislature. Also on the ballot Tuesday is New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, whose bid for reelection is considered safer than Democrats' hold on the governor's office in Virginia.
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Virginia's governor race is an education policy wake-up call that Democrats (and the media) won't heed.
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| | #2 in U.S. News • 21 articles How are voters weighing in on city elections where crime is a key issue? | 
If the ballot question had received majority support, the mayor and City Council would have been directed to replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a new Departm...
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| | TODAY'S POLL Should some police department funds be reallocated to community services? All votes are anonymous. This poll closes at: 9:00 PDT
| | | 401 votes, 58 comments Context: Elon Musk challenges calls for him to donate $6 billion to UN food program. HIGHLIGHTED COMMENTS " No - You can throw all the money in the world at a problem's symptoms, and not solve the root cause. Unfortunately, most programs supporting the poor have lots of management layers, employees that suck their middle-class subsistence from that stream of funding for the poor, and then the cash/aid/goods ends up in the hands of a kleptocracy at the far end, further diverting the aid from the poor (their own governments compound the problems of poverty)." " Unsure - This is a poorly worded question. Would funding help feed hungry people? Obviously. Was everyone once not..." " Yes - How else could world hunger be solved? It can only be with tho..." | | | #1 in World News • 17 articles Why is Ethiopia declaring a state of emergency? |
The government Tuesday declared a six-month state of emergency and local officials in Addis Ababa urged the capital's 5 million residents to register their weapons...
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| | #1 in Business News • 47 articles Why is Facebook ending its facial recognition system? |
Facebook introduced facial recognition in 2010, allowing users to automatically tag people in photos. It also added a user's name automatically to an image's alt text, which describes the content...
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| | #1 in Health News • 96 articles How many parents will choose to vaccinate their children against Covid-19? |
The recommendation, which passed by a 14-0 vote, was approved a couple of hours later by CDC Director Rochelle Walensky. The Pfizer vaccine for children 5...
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