Moderate Democrats in New Jersey and Virginia who campaigned on bread-and-butter issues outperformed their polling in Tuesday’s victories.

Some in Republican leadership saw a silver lining in an otherwise difficult night on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON — Ahead of Tuesday’s election, when Americans weighed in at the ballot box for the first time since President Trump returned to office, a vicious fight emerged among the president’s most prominent supporters.

The head of the most influential conservative think tank in Washington found himself embroiled in controversy over his defense of Nick Fuentes, an avowed racist and antisemite, whose rising profile and embrace on the right has become a phenomenon few in politics can ignore.

Fierce acrimony between Fuentes’ critics and acolytes dominate

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