The Midterms . . . So Far
On Tuesday, November 8, Americans finished casting their ballots in the midterm elections. Given that the president\u2019s party typically performs poorly in the midterms, Democrats were poised for major losses and Republicans were ready to celebrate a \u201cred wave\u201d handing them control of both the House and Senate. But instead, Democrats saw a striking overperformance\u2014and as of Wednesday afternoon, control of both the House and Senate remains up for grabs.
Lawfare senior editor Quinta Jurecic sat down with fellow senior editors Scott Anderson and Molly Reynolds to talk through what they know and don\u2019t know about the results. Was this a stay of execution for American democracy? If the GOP does take the House by a narrow margin, how hard is it going to be for the messy Republican caucus to stick together? And what do questions over control of Congress mean for the Jan. 6 investigation and key foreign policy issues, like aid to Ukraine?
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