Week in Review: *Midterm Elections* November 7-13, 2022

Episode Format:

1. Midterm Elections Recap (1:32)

2. Midterm Mini-Stories (9:36)

   1. Maxwell Frost Becomes First Gen Z Congressman (9:54)

   2. Most Expensive Midterms in History (11:19)

   3. Four States Ban Slavery in State Constitutions (12:32)

   4. Four States Approved Abortion Protections (15:00)

   5. Rep. Kevin McCarthy Announces Bid for House Speaker (15:51)

3. Texas Judge Blocks Biden's Loan Forgiveness Program (17:04)

4. Vogue Sues Drake and 21 Savage for Using Fake Vogue Cover to Promote New Album (22:01)

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Midterm Elections Recap

CNBC: We may not know who controls the US Senate until December; House could be decided much sooner

CNN: Live election Senate results

NPR: Sen. Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker are going to a runoff in Georgia

NPR: LIVE: Control of the Senate is up for grabs as Republicans inch toward a House majority

NPR: With Democrats’ win in Arizona, control of the Senate may come down to Nevada

Midterm Mini-Stories

NPR: LIVE: Control of the Senate is up for grabs as Republicans inch toward a House majority

Archives.Gov: Thirteenth Amendment

NPR: Rep. Kevin McCarthy has announced his bid for House Speaker

Texas Judge Blocks Biden’s Loan Forgiveness Program

NPR: A Texas judge blocks Biden’s student loan-forgiveness plan

CNN: What student loan borrowers need to know after a federal court struck down Biden’s forgiveness program

CNBC: Biden administration stops taking applications for student loan forgiveness

Reuters: US stops taking student debt forgiveness applications after ruling

Studentaid.gov Debt Relief Application

Vogue Sues Rappers, Drake and 21 Savage, for Using Fake Vogue Cover to Promote New Album

NPR: ‘Vogue’ sues rappers Drake and 21 Savage over fake magazine cover promoting new album

Complaint: Advance Magazine Publishers, Inc. d/b/a Conde Nast vs. Aubrey Drake Graham p/k/a Drake, Sheyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph p/k/a 21 Savage, and Hiltzik Strategies, LLC