America’s trade deficit narrowed unexpectedly in September, and the gap through the first nine months of the year was 12.2 percent smaller than a year earlier.
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Republican former Gov. Paul LePage has declared victory in Maine's 2nd Congressional District, though the race's official winner has yet to be called.
LePage claimed victory over state auditor Matt Dunlap, who has been at the helm during a period of unprecedented home health care fraud tied to the Somali community. The former governor claimed victory at Sea Dog Brewing Company in Bangor on Wednesday afternoon.
'I believe you follow the money, you recover the funds, and you prosecute the fraudsters.'
Dunlap has not conceded.
With 10% of the vote outstanding, it's possible the outcome changes. However, given the projected margins, it appears unlikely that Dunlap can eke out a win.
Maine's 2nd District covers most of Maine north of Augusta and went for President Donald Trump in 2016, 2020, and 2024.
LePage didn't shy away from Trump on the campaign trail.
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"I was Donald Trump before Donald Trump became popular," LePage said in 2016.
Both Vice President JD Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) campaigned for LePage as well.
LePage is confident that his unique personality and political pedigree have led him to victory in the Pine Tree State.
“The public numbers have us up about 4,000, and the team has been calling all the towns that haven’t come in yet, and there’s no path to victory for my opponent,” LePage said, according to the Maine Wire.
LePage honed in on his opponent's entanglement in Maine's migrant-driven fraud crisis.
"Matt Dunlap and his boss, [Gov.] Janet Mills, are purposefully not taking fraud seriously in the state of Maine," LePage said in Lewiston on Oct. 27, according to WGME.
"I believe you follow the money, you recover the funds, and you prosecute the fraudsters," LePage said.
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A politician who lost his campaign for comptroller in Texas lambasted the Republican leadership in a fiery speech to his supporters on election night.
Don Huffines excoriated Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, who both lost their re-election contests to Democrats.
'They never cared about you. I served with them. They laugh and make fun of you.'
"It's gonna be almost impossible to win this state back," said Huffines in video posted to social media early Wednesday.
"I blame it on our leadership; I just do. I blame this on Greg Abbott. I blame it on Dan Patrick. I blame it on all the mushy middle people that want to think they're in the middle. 'We want to make everybody happy.' Well, you sure did a good job of this mess!" he added.
Huffines said that Texans had gotten tired of Abbott and Patrick after they sought a fourth term in office.
"I hope they're happy. Because now we're all gonna suffer. I blame it all on our leadership," he continued.
"People are tired of the Republicans being in office. They couldn't campaign on a policy issue. If they campaigned on lowering your property tax, guess what: All that did was remind everybody why you didn’t do it 12 years ago," Huffines said. "And that's a fact!"
Then he got personal.
"They didn't do it 12 years ago because they don't care about you. They never cared about you. I served with them. They laugh and make fun of you and the grassroots. They never cared about our party platform! And they still don't. They don't care. They don't care at all," he said.
"I don't know if they care they lost tonight. But I know there's a lot of people that care. There's a lot of great patriots. What are we gonna do?" Huffines asked rhetorically.
"Who are you gonna call?" he concluded. "There's no one left."
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Don Huffines is fired up: “I blame this on Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick. Thinking they’re going to go four terms as Governor and Lt. Governor. Seriously?! If they campaigned on lowering your property taxes all that did was remind everybody why you didn’t do it 12 years ago.” https://t.co/vV9rRNsjrlTexas Republicans lost the governorship, the lieutenant governor's race, and one of the state's seats in the U.S. Senate. The astounding losses helped propel Democrats to easily take over the U.S. House of Representatives as well as the Senate.
Huffines lost his campaign for comptroller to Sarah Eckhardt, who will become the first Democrat to win the comptroller's office since the last millennium.
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Wednesday, during an appearance on ABC’s “The View,” Senator-elect James Talarico (D-TX) said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a “secret police force” hurting our neighbors. Talarico said, “Everywhere I went across the state of Texas, I heard from Latino voters, from Hispanic
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A six-year-old autistic boy who wandered from his family home in Kentucky was found alive Tuesday with his small dog by volunteers on horseback, the child surviving three days and two nights in the wild mountainous terrain.
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