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Show moreQuick Glance: "My sins here are embellishing my resume": Rep.-elect George Santos admits to lying about his academic and employment experiences.
- Santos told the New York Post that "My sins here are embellishing my resume."
- The New York Times expressed concerns last week about Santos's life story, which he portrayed during his campaign.
- "I never claimed to be Jewish," Santos said, according to the Post.
- Because I discovered my maternal family was Jewish, I referred to myself as "Jew-ish."
Quick Glance: 5 Takeaways From Georgia's Senate Election
- Senator Raphael Warnock's defeat of Herschel Walker demonstrated that bad candidates cannot always rely on partisan affiliations to lift them.
- Herschel Walker, left, was defeated in his bid to Senator Raphael Warnock, whose victory for Democrats showed that Georgia will continue to be a key battleground state in 2024 and beyond.
- "If Georgia Republicans want to keep laying in the mud with Donald Trump," Lt. Gov.
- Republicans won every statewide post except senator, including Mr. Kemp's, by an average of approximately seven points on Nov. 8.
Quick Glance: Analysis on Raphael Warnock's Victory Over Herschel Walker
- Many saw Warnock's most effective ads as just footage of Walker's perplexing campaign remarks.
- "We didn't do that," claimed Warnock's campaign manager, Quentin Fulks.
- While Warnock's team spent weeks preparing for the next round and recruiting up personnel, some Walker staffers were frightened of competing without Kemp and other Republicans on the ballot.
- "It was the best decision the Warnock campaign ever made," a Republican campaign official said.
Quick Glance: Analysis: A Very Bad Three Weeks for Trump Following Losses and Legal Setbacks
- During a rally in Miami in early November, former President Donald Trump was greeted with applause.
- Mr. Trump was adamant that Mr. Walker would win, just as he had survived his own scandals.
- "There is a big part of the Republican Party that is ready to move on," she stated.
- "People see what's been happening, and will interpret that as weakness and as an opportunity to challenge President Trump," said Michael Barnett, the Republican chairman in Palm Beach County, Fla.
Quick Glance: Democratic Sen. Warnock defeats Walker in Georgia runoff
- Raphael Warnock defeated Republican candidate Herschel Walker in a Georgia runoff election Tuesday, securing Democrats an absolute Senate majority for the remainder of President Joe Biden's current term and concluding a dismal midterm campaign for the GOP in the year's final big vote.
- Meanwhile, Walker attempted to depict Warnock as a Biden acolyte.
- After the election, Biden swore to assist Warnock in any way he could, even if it meant avoiding Georgia.
- Warnock decided to campaign with former President Barack Obama in the days before the runoff election, bypassing the president.
In Georgia, the stage is set for the final Senate battle of the midterm election as voters head back to the polls on Tuesday for the runoff election between ... Show more
Quick Glance: Walker and Warnock Compete for 'Exhausted' Georgia Voters in Senate Runoff
- All of the elements of Georgia's contentious, months-long Senate campaign between Republican Herschel Walker and Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock have returned in the four weeks running up to Tuesday's runoff.
- Warnock led Walker by 37,675 votes when Georgia counted all of the general election ballots last month, falling just short of winning the contest outright.
- Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal's appearance is perhaps the most significant change since the general election.
- He stated that Georgia voters are ready to move on.
Quick Glance: Christian Walker Speaks Out Following Dad Herschel's Senate Loss
- MIAMI — Christian Walker couldn't stop himself.
- "We all already knew all of the scandals," Christian explained.
- Herschel wrote to Christian in his 2008 memoir, "To my son, Christian Walker, I love you."
- "Please do not do this to us and please don't do this yourself," Christian pleaded his father.
Quick Glance: Obama blasts Walker for pondering whether he'd rather be a vampire or a werewolf.
- "This is a debate that I must confess I once had myself when I was seven," Obama deadpanned Walker's prior strange remark during a rally.
- "Like whether it's better to be a vampire or a werewolf," Obama joked at a rally to promote Democratic Sen.
- "This would be funny if he wasn't running for Senate," Obama remarked.
- "Obama wanted to make sure that people knew Walker ultimately decided that he would be a werewolf."
Herschel Walker, the Republican who was defeated by Senator Raphael Warnock in Georgia on Tuesday, did worse in the runoff election than he did in ... Show more
Quick Glance: Georgia Senate runoff election: This Democrat hands Donald Trump his next setback
- Raphael Gamaliel Warnock, 53, is the first African American to serve in the United States Senate for a full term from Georgia's southern state.
- Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock talks at an election party.
- In actuality, Warnock won Georgia's southern state with a large coalition of votes.
- Moderate Republicans voted for Governor Brian Kemp in November but did not support Donald Trump's choice, football great Herschel Walker.
Quick Glance: Keke Palmer Announces Pregnancy in Opening Monologue of "SNL"
- On December 3, Keke Palmer hosted Saturday Night Live for the first time, and she wasted no time in making her hosting debut memorable.
- The actress addressed online speculations about her pregnancy and confirmed that she is actually pregnant.
- Palmer's representative confirmed the news to The Hollywood Reporter.
Quick Glance: Raphael Warnock is an exception.
- This new Warnock arrived months after Giuliani, whose NYPD had arrested him in 1999 for protesting the assassination of Amadou Diallo, deemed he was too dangerous a target.
- With the exception of Walker, Georgia Republicans cruised to victory, from Kemp to Brad Raffensperger and all the way down the ballot.
- It appeared to be a state where the right-wing ruling party's sway was so strong that both candidates sought proximity to it — Walker by getting Kemp to pitch for him, Warnock by running commercials portraying ticket-splitting Kemp backers who also supported him.
- With the exception of Warnock, votes swung overwhelmingly to the right.
What are you looking for in the runoff election between Sen. Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker? Find out what happens on Tuesday ... Show more
Quick Glance: Sunny Balwani: Everything You Need to Know
- Here's everything you need to know about his relationship with Holmes and his role with Theranos.
- Holmes and Balwani maintained their relationship a secret from employees and investors, the majority of whom seemed to believe Holmes was unmarried (others have suggested it was an open secret).
- During her trial, Holmes' defense depicted her as a gullible businesswoman who was duped into scamming her investors.
- That version of events blamed Balwani, whom Holmes alleged duped her into lying about her technology.
- Neither Holmes nor Balwani appeared in court.
Walker told the crowd that there are no excuses in life and that they should keep believing in America.
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Quick Glance: Trump saddled Republicans with Herschel Walker, then abandoned him in the runoff.
- WASHINGTON — Donald Trump saddled Republicans with a clearly defective Herschel Walker as their Senate contender in Georgia, but in the last weeks before the runoff election, the ex-president has not spent a single cent to aid Walker — despite sitting on nearly $100 million in donor money.
- Former President Donald Trump and Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker pose for a photo.
- Trump's informal advisors, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Trump was likely aware of polling data indicating that a visit to Georgia would damage Walker more than assist him because so many Democrats and independent voters dislike Trump.