Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin defeated Republican challenger Mike Rogers Wednesday in the race to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow. Slotkin secured her electoral victory by 48.6%, while Rogers pulled in 48.3%, according to Politico. Although Democrats have held onto the contested Michigan Senate seat, Republicans have managed to flip seats in Montana, West Virginia, and Ohio, securing the GOP's majority. Democrats have dominated the Michigan Senate seats for decades, but Rogers was able to narrow Slotkin's nearly six-point polling advantage from August to just a 0.3 point margin on Election Day.The Michigan Senate seat was one of four races rated "toss-ups" by Cook Political Report going into Election Day, alongside Pennsylvania, Ohio and Wisconsin. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Republican operative Scott Jennings gets it.After Donald Trump won the presidency, Jennings told a CNN panel that Trump's decisive victory is not only a mandate for the "Make America Great Again" agenda, but it's a stinging indictment of the legacy media and "political information complex."'I'm interpreting the results tonight as the revenge of just the regular old working-class American.'"We've been sitting around here for the last couple of weeks, and the story that was portrayed was not true," Jennings observed."We were told Puerto Rico was going to change the election. Liz Cheney, Nikki Haley voters, women lying to their husbands. Before that it was Tim Walz and the camo hats," he continued. "Night after night after night, we were told all these things and gimmicks were going to somehow push Harris over the line. And we were just ignoring the fundamentals: inflation, people feeling like they were barely able to tread water at best. That was the fundamentals of the election."The prescription for a broken media ecosystem, Jennings suggested, is humble pie."For all of us who ... do this on a day-to-day basis, we have to figure out how to understand, talk to, and listen to the half of the country that rose up tonight and said, 'We've had enough,'" Jennings explained. — (@) Importantly, Jennings tried to help his fellow CNN panelists, who sat in silence, understand why Trump won and Kamala Harris lost."I'm interpreting the results tonight as the revenge of just the regular old working-class American, the anonymous American who has been crushed, insulted, condescended to," he said."They're not garbage. They're not Nazis," he explained. "They're just regular people who get up and go to work every day and are trying to make a better life for their kids, and they feel like they have been told to just shut up when they have complained about the things that are hurting them in their own lives."Unfortunately, Jennings' colleagues were not listening.Despite his pleas for them to understand, Van Jones and David Axelrod responded to him by arguing there is legitimacy to claims that Trump is an authoritarian and a fascist. Clearly, a plurality of Americans disagree.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Last night was undoubtedly one of the most incredible nights in United States history. As Kamala Harris’ so-called “blue wall” collapsed, and Donald Trump gained the lead in several key battleground states, Americans across the country sat glued to their televisions and refreshing their X feeds to see if we’d have endless war or affordable groceries. Glenn Beck believes the outcome is nothing short of a miracle. “We are truly living something that is going to be read about for a very, very long time,” Glenn tells the BlazeTV panel. “We’re sitting here, witnessing something, I think a miracle, is something that most Americans have never seen before.” “Most Americans have not lived through a candidate being persecuted like Donald Trump has been, and then shot, and called Hitler for six years, and then wins an election,” he adds. While Kamala has yet to concede, some Democrats who were extremely vocal against Donald Trump have congratulated him on the presidency, including Mark Cuban — who Trump had recently called a loser and a bad golfer. “Congrats @realDonaldTrump. You won fair and square. Congrats to @elonmusk as well. #Godspeed,” Cuban wrote in a post on X after Pennsylvania was called for the former president. “Mark Cuban, who just five minutes ago was telling us that all women who supported Trump or surrounded Trump were, you know, weak and stupid,” Sara Gonzales comments. However, one of the most exciting social media posts belonged to Elon Musk, who moments after Trump’s victory posted, “You are the media now.” “It’s true,” Glenn says in response. “They’ve eviscerated themselves.” Want more from Glenn Beck?To enjoy more of Glenn’s masterful storytelling, thought-provoking analysis, and uncanny ability to make sense of the chaos, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

Robert Davi didn’t just bring Leonid Brezhnev to life in “Reagan,” this year’s eagerly awaited biopic of the 40th U.S. president. The veteran actor brought volumes of research to both the role and the set. Davi, beloved for work in classics like “Die Hard,” “The Goonies,” and “Licence to Kill,” spent time in Russia speaking to citizens about the late Soviet Union leader. In a business that routinely punishes conservative stars, the film's producers bucked groupthink, casting not only Davi but talented actors such as Nick Searcy, Pat Boone, and Kevin Sorbo. He dug deep into Brezhnev’s complicated legacy, learning of his bond with President Richard Nixon and affinity for fast cars. Command performance For Davi, “Reagan” deserved nothing less than his full commitment. It explains why he has endured as an actor whose career stretches back to 1977’s “Contract on Cherry Street” with Frank Sinatra. “Reagan,” now available via digital on demand, finds Davi and co-stars fleshing out “The Gipper’s” remarkable life and political career. Some viewers, familiar with iconic Reagan moments like his “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall” speech, may not know how Reagan battled communism behind the scenes in Hollywood. For Davi, the biggest takeaway may be how little has changed in America since the Reagan Revolution. Back to the future He said pop culture and the press loathed Reagan, much as they do President Donald Trump. In fact, the moment Trump descended the Trump Tower escalator to announce his candidacy, the actor connected the mogul’s populist message to that of vintage Reagan. Davi also notes that both Reagan and Trump were badly underestimated by their opponents — until it was too late. The actor wishes the film could have included even more of Reagan’s life and legacy. Notably, he would have loved to see Nancy Reagan (Penelope Ann Miller in the film) reacting to new President George H.W. Bush’s vow to build a “kinder, gentler nation” — a not-so-subtle dig at his former boss of eight years. An 'eye-opening' biopic Still, the movie packs plenty into the running time, including how Reagan reached across the aisle to get legislation done. His scenes with Congressmen Tip O’Neill (Dan Lauria) epitomize that attitude. It also explains the dawn of the Reagan Democrat. That, and so much more featured in the film, will prove “eye-opening” to younger viewers, Davi predicted. “The new generation needs to watch that to understand the difference between the extreme left and the conservative movement,” he said. Davi’s “Reagan” contributions didn’t end with his Brezhnev performance. The versatile star also sings two tracks on the film: “This Town” and “Nancy (with the Laughing Face).” He studied music extensively earlier in his career and, in recent years, has brought the Sinatra catalog to vibrant life via “Davi Sings Sinatra.” He also directed the charming 2007 film “The Dukes” along with the 2022 biopic “My Son Hunter,” which cast Laurence Fox as the embattled first son. The film stands in sharp contrast to how Hollywood either ignored or lionized Hunter Biden throughout his various scandals. Davi’s conservative bona fides are no Hollywood secret. He continues to work, although often in independent features like this year’s “Bardejov.” That film recalled the true-life heroism of Rafuel Lowy, who saved hundreds of Jewish lives during the Holocaust. Hollywood rebels It’s no accident that Davi is not the only openly right-of-center actor in the “Reagan” cast. In a business that routinely punishes conservative stars, the film's producers bucked groupthink, casting not only Davi but talented actors such as Nick Searcy, Pat Boone, and Kevin Sorbo. Sorbo has said his unofficial Hollywood blacklisting began roughly a decade ago when his agent left him over his conservative beliefs. Oscar nominee James Woods hasn’t had a sizeable film role since his supporting turn in 2014’s “Jamesy Boy.” Davi confirms the new blacklist is “worse than it was during the McCarthy era,” adding that communists did infiltrate the Hollywood community during the 1950s. For his part, Davi won't be cowed. He contributes thoughtful op-eds to Breitbart News and keeps creating art on his terms. He promises a new album to drop in 2025 in addition to a European tour. He’s close to starting work on a new film called “The Ministry” about a group tied to vigilante justice. The ultimate irony? Hollywood continues to make movies about the blacklist era while stars are penalized for their political beliefs in 2024, he said. George Clooney will bring his “Goodnight, and Good Luck” film, recalling journalist Edward R. Murrow’s scraps with Sen. Joseph McCarthy, to Broadway starting in March. “They want DEI except for thought. … People wanna talk about the ‘fascists’ in the MAGA movement,” Davi said with a laugh. “The fascists in the liberal left will denigrate you, dispel you.”

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A fascinating new find from Morocco is set to change how we view ancient medicinal practices and the history of human medicine. Proof of medicinal herb usage has been gleaned from the Grotte des Pigeons Cave in Tafoughalt, going back 15,000 years! Subject of a new study, the researchers indicate that ancient inhabitants in the area likely used plants and herbs like Ephedra, used popularly in traditional Chinese medicine for asthma, bronchitis, hay fever, and colds. Medicinal Mint Decoded: Scientists Learn Ancient Secrets of Chinese Skullcap Mint Ancient Medicinal Knowledge of Amazon Tribes to Be Recorded in Writing for First Time in History Ephedra: The Magic Cure for Traditional Medicine The findings, published in the journal Scientific Reports, analyzed exceptionally preserved macrofossils found in this northeast Moroccan cave in archaeological layers from the Late Pleistocene (roughly 130,000 years ago – 11,700 years ago). Incidentally, this site, discovered for the first time in 1908, is North Africa’s oldest cemetery, home to at least 34 Iberomaurusian skeletons from the later Stone Age. Read moreSection: NewsHistory & ArchaeologyHistoryAncient TraditionsRead Later 

U.S. stocks rallied sharply to close at record highs Wednesday after Republican Donald Trump won the 2024 U.S. presidential election in a stunning comeback four years after being voted out of the White House.

A raft of celebrities from Taylor Swift and Beyonce to George Clooney and Harrison Ford proved unable to prevent Kamala Harris's crushing defeat in the U.S. election, underlining the limited impact of sweeping star endorsements on voters.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said on Wednesday that "the filibuster is very secure" after Republicans won a majority in the Senate on Election Day.