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📉 79% this morning. 63% now. Traders on PredictIt have cooled on Pete Hegseth being impeached this year, after Speaker Mike Johnson said Republicans “have the votes” to table Massie’s articles. On Monday, it was 89%. Will the House move forward?
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth takes questions at the Pentagon today, his first briefing in six months and a day after Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) filed articles of impeachment against him. Traders have Hegseth impeached this year at 79%, down from 89% Monday morning.
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📉 Anna Kelly just dropped 78 points. Next White House press secretary, per traders on PredictIt: Anna Kelly: 11% Elizabeth Pipko: 9% Scott Jennings: 6% Danielle Alvarez: 6% Kelly was near 90% over the weekend. Now no one is above 11%, and the White House has been without a press secretary for 75 days
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AOC: President or Senate? Traders are almost split. Which office will she announce a run for by the end of 2027, per traders on PredictIt: President: 54% Senate: 48% (▲ from 43% a week ago) New York’s Senate seat up in 2028 belongs to Chuck Schumer.
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Mary Peltola just jumped 26 points. Traders now give her a 94% chance of clearing 50% of first-choice votes in Alaska’s Senate race. That would mean no ranked-choice count on Nov. 18. The race has not been called.
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Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) keeps his job as House GOP whip, CBS News reports, making him Jordan’s No. 2 in the minority.
🚨NEW: Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) will lead House Republicans in the minority. He beat Steve Scalise 106-73 in a secret ballot, Politico reports. It was his third try at leading Republicans on Capitol Hill. Traders had Jordan as the favorite all day, at 68% this morning. Who called it in the replies? 👇
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🚨NEW: Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) will lead House Republicans in the minority. He beat Steve Scalise 106-73 in a secret ballot, Politico reports. It was his third try at leading Republicans on Capitol Hill. Traders had Jordan as the favorite all day, at 68% this morning. Who called it in the replies? 👇
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🚨 The House could vote on Pete Hegseth’s impeachment today. Republicans plan a motion to table it, which would set the articles aside. Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), who was undecided, now says he opposes impeachment. Traders still give an 89% chance the House passes articles of impeachment before 2027
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Mississippi’s last mail ballots are due today, and so is the count of affidavit ballots. Scott Colom (D) led Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) by 2,574 votes Monday morning with 97% counted, per the AP. Traders have Colom at 99%. Counties certify Friday. This a done deal, right?
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Who’s the next Cabinet member out? Traders still say Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, at 67%, up from 60% Monday. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is at 20% and Secretary of State Marco Rubio at 20%. Rubio hit 69% last Thursday after a Bloomberg report.
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House Republicans pick their leader for the next Congress by secret ballot this afternoon: 🔴 Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (OH) 🔴Majority Leader Steve Scalise (LA) Scalise won the closed-door vote for Speaker by 14 votes in 2023 but never got the gavel. What's your prediction?
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Will Pete Hegseth make it to New Year’s? Traders have him leaving office this year at 47%. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) told CNN there’s “a high probability” he won’t make it to Dec. 31. The Pentagon says Hegseth is “100% committed” to staying through the end of Trump’s term.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth takes questions at the Pentagon today, his first briefing in six months and a day after Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) filed articles of impeachment against him. Traders have Hegseth impeached this year at 79%, down from 89% Monday morning.
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Which Senate race was the closest of 2026? A day ago, traders on PredictIt said Alaska. Now they say Iowa: Iowa: 57% Alaska: 41% (▼22) Alaska is still counting, with a ranked-choice tabulation set for Nov. 18 if no one clears 50%. 👇
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Blending in with the press at the Capitol today. 
Saw a lot of familiar faces.
 Last week, they were market prices. Today, they’re senators.
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🚨Steve Scalise just dropped 29 points. Next House minority leader, per traders on PredictIt: Jim Jordan (R-Ohio): 78% Steve Scalise (R-La.): 20% House Republicans vote Tuesday. In 2023, Scalise beat Jordan in the secret ballot for speaker. Traders don’t expect a repeat. 👇
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The new Senate class is in the building. How many seats will Democrats control? On PredictIt, traders give a 97% chance it’s 56 or more. On Election Day, they favored 55. Getting to 56 means winning both Mississippi and Alaska, still being counted. 👇 📸 Bex Connor
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NEW: Pope Leo drew an estimated 2.5 million people in Buenos Aires today, the biggest crowd of his papacy, on the first papal visit to Argentina since 1987. Will he meet President Trump before the year ends? Traders on PredictIt say 13%, up 11 points today.
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🚨Netanyahu went from favorite to 5% in two weeks. Who will be Israel’s next PM, per traders on PredictIt: Eisenkot: 84% Lieberman: 6% Netanyahu: 5% On Election Day, traders had Netanyahu at about 68%. Now Gadi Eisenkot has the mandate to form a government, with a Dec. 6 deadline. 👇
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The road to 56 runs through Friday. Traders give Democrats a 94% chance of 56 or more Senate seats, which takes both races still counting: Mississippi: Scott Colom (D) 99%, up 2,574 votes Alaska: Mary Peltola (D) 96%, up a couple hundred Mississippi counties certify Friday.
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