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- Jim Jordan elected to lead House Republicans in the minority
The Ohio conservative defeated Steve Scalise 106-73, promising that Republicans will play offense against the new Democratic majority.
- US brokers first Russia-Ukraine peace talks since February in Abu Dhabi
Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner lead the American push to end the nearly five-year war, with security guarantees at the top of the agenda.
- Gas prices fall below $4 a gallon for first time since July
Drivers are getting some relief at the pump, but they are still paying about 91 cents a gallon more than they did a year ago.
- Small-business optimism holds just below average as owners wait out uncertainty
Main Street owners report weak earnings and tough credit, but more of them say now is a good time to expand.
- Consumer prices rise 0.4% in October, more than expected
Grocery and restaurant prices jumped in the first inflation report since the midterm elections, raising the odds of another Fed rate hike.
- Voter ID wins in three states even as Democrats sweep midterms
Nevada, North Carolina and Ohio wrote ID requirements into their constitutions, while California, Colorado and Arizona voters said no.
- California voters reject billionaire wealth tax
Proposition 40 would have imposed a one-time 5% tax on the net worth of about 200 of the state's richest residents.
- Hegseth urges GOP to pass ‘generational’ defense funding before Democrats take over
At the Naval War College, the defense secretary sidestepped Vice President JD Vance's claim that the Iran war cost Republicans Congress.
- Data centers go 0-for-21 as Ohio voters back local bans and limits
Nationwide, voters sided against data center development in 40 of 41 local ballot measures, reflecting anger over power bills, water use and tax breaks.
- Trump names Stephen Miller White House chief of staff, replacing Susie Wiles
The longtime adviser and architect of the administration's immigration policies takes over Monday as the president prepares for a Democratic Congress.
- Colorado voters ban gender transition surgery for minors despite Democratic wave
Proposition 135 passed with 52% of the vote, one of several measures on sex and gender that succeeded even as Democrats swept races nationwide.
- Hegseth defends Iran war as Trump weighs his future after midterm losses
The defense secretary called the war 'courageous and historic' as Vice President JD Vance blamed it for the GOP defeat and Democrats called for his removal.
- Speaker Johnson won’t seek GOP leader post after party loses House
His decision sets up a fight between Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan to lead a smaller Republican conference into the minority.
