Friday's Headlines: Democrats fear midterm drubbing as party leaders rush to defend blue seats

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Sign up for this newsletter Read online The morning's most important stories, curated by Post editors. Presented by Hachette Book Group     (Anna Watts for The Post) ELECTIONS Democrats fear midterm drubbing as party leaders rush to defend blue seats Vice President Harris, Hillary Clinton and other prominent Democrats are scrambling to bolster candidates in places President Biden won comfortably in 2020. By Toluse Olorunnipa ●  Read more »   Politicians assumed most Latinos were antiabortion. They were wrong. By Silvia Foster-Frau and Marianna Sotomayor ●  Read more »   Democrat Mark Kelly's ability to stand apart from party's woes is put to test in Arizona By Hannah Knowles ●  Read more »   Elon Musk begins mass layoffs at Twitter By Faiz Siddiqui ●  Read more »   By The Way What does 'first class' even mean anymore? By Hannah Sampson ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Content from Hachette Book Group It could have been so much worse David Rothkopf chronicles the inside story of how a handful of Washington officials staged a resistance to an unprecedented presidency and prevented chaos overwhelming the government and the nation.     Opinions World's richest man decides to set $44 billion on fire Opinion by Catherine Rampell ●  Read more »   Biden fears for democracy. It might not matter in the midterms. Opinion by Eugene Robinson ●  Read more »   A battle over a mail-in ballot technicality could roil the midterms Opinion by the Editorial Board ●  Read more »   A tense world hopes for cool heads at the G-20 summit in Bali Opinion by David Ignatius ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Want to help the Iran protests? Let its soccer team play in the World Cup. Opinion by Bill Saporito ●  Read more »   McConnell's PACs put money where Trump's mouth is Opinion by Marc A. Thiessen ●  Read more »     More News Trump loyalist Kash Patel questioned before Mar-a-Lago grand jury By Carol D. Leonnig, Devlin Barrett and Josh Dawsey ●  Read more »   Judge rules in favor of assigning monitor to oversee Trump Organization By Shayna Jacobs ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Kyrie Irving apologizes after Nets suspend him for refusing to disavow antisemitism By Ben Golliver ●  Read more »   LIVE BRIEFING: WAR IN UKRAINE Battle to win back Russian-controlled Kherson imminent By Washington Post Staff ●  Read more »   Astros hold off Phillies in Game 5, move a win from World Series title By Chelsea Janes ●  Read more »   Paul Pelosi released from hospital six days after hammer attack By Paul Kane, Holly Bailey and Ben Brasch ●  Read more »   How Iran's universities have become the center of a national uprising By Miriam Berger ●  Read more »     Try our new daily mini meta crossword It's a week-long adventure that connects a daily 5x5 mini puzzle with a special reveal on Saturdays. Play game   We think you'll like this newsletter Check out The 5-Minute Fix for a weekday afternoon cheat sheet on the biggest story in politics — that can be read in 5 minutes or less. Sign up »

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