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Seven takeaways from the elections in Wisconsin and Florida
Liberals will win majority of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, CNN projects
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Several federal agencies give employees another chance to resign with little time to decide
Cory Booker makes history with longest Senate floor speech in protest of Trump agenda
Republicans to hold two seats in Florida congressional races, CNN projects, shoring up narrow House majority
Trump announces deal with law firm that employs Doug Emhoff
Speaker Johnson suffers defeat as GOP rebels tank effort to block remote voting for new parents

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Elon Musk gives a check to an audience member during a rally in support of a conservative state Supreme Court candidate of an April 1 election in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on March 30, 2025.
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Musk keeps giving select voters $1 million checks. How is this legal?
Trump has the world on edge as he mulls fateful tariffs decades in the making
Democrats have image problems. That may not matter much in 2026
Trump sounds dead serious about a third term, no matter what’s in the Constitution
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