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Florida Democrat Maxwell Frost takes a selfie with current and incoming Congressional Progressive Caucus members in Washington.

A new US Congress begins. Here are five things that make it different

The newly divided Congress has the youngest and most diverse make-up. It also has an apparent liar in its ranks.

  • Farrah Tomazin

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Skewed red-wave surveys fed home-team boosterism among right-wing news outlets and benefited from cheerleading by former President Donald J. Trump.

‘Red wave’ washout: How skewed polls fed a false midterm election narrative

The virtual “bazaar of polls” was kept humming by right-leaning US pollsters, in some cases financially supported by hyperpartisan groups. They even included surveys conducted by high schoolers.

  • Jim Rutenberg, Ken Bensinger and Steve Eder
Donald Trump looms over the Republican Party.

After Georgia loss, anti-Trump Republicans grow louder: ‘He’s less relevant all the time’

In increasingly biting terms, Republicans slammed him for promoting flawed candidates, dividing his party and turning many swing voters against the GOP.

  • Jonathan Weisman and Maya King
Herschel Walker and Democrat senator Raphael Warnock.

Warnock wins last battle of US midterms, hands Senate control to Democrats

The Georgia race was also the last test of Donald Trump’s clout with voters as he seeks the Republican nomination to challenge Joe Biden in 2024.

  • Jeff Amy and Bil Barrow
US Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

‘Most consequential Speaker’: Nancy Pelosi won’t seek leadership role, plans to stay in Congress

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced that she will not seek a leadership position in the new US Congress.

  • Farrah Tomazin
US President Joe Biden at the G20 in Bali this week.

Newly divided Congress presents fresh battles for birthday Biden

The US president turns 80 this weekend. He’s had an early present with control of the US Senate, but chaos awaits him.

  • Farrah Tomazin
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The House select committee investigating the events of Jan. 6 cites testimony it has obtained that indicates Ivanka Trump was in the Oval Office when Donald Trump called his vice president, Mike Pence, and urged him to essentially overturn the election.

Mega donors, daughter Ivanka abandon Trump at the starting blocks

Donald Trump’s presidential run relaunch got off to a bumpy start, plus he will face new restrictions on how he can spend the millions of dollars already raised.

  • Farrah Tomazin
Republican Kevin McCarthy of California.

Republicans win slim House majority, complicating Biden agenda

More than a week after Election Day, Republicans secured the 218th seat needed to flip the House from Democratic control.

  • Will Weissert and Sara Burnett
Gine Rinehart

Gina Rinehart shows up at Donald Trump’s campaign launch

The mining magnate and Australia’s richest person, who has yet to publicly state she was at the event, was a cameo in a selfie posted by Eric Trump with his wife Lara.

  • Najma Sambul
Donald Trump announces he is running for US president for the third time.

History shows you’ll need time, money and a bare-knuckled brawler to stop Trump

With his 2024 White House bid now official, if there’s one general rule we know about Donald Trump, it’s that he rarely goes down without a fight.

  • Farrah Tomazin

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