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Congress Gets a Foreign Policy Whistle, but the President Keeps the Ball

A new Democratic majority weighs its leverage abroad as Vance and Trump assess the political cost of the Iran war.

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Congress Can Call a Hearing, but It Cannot Run the Embassy

Democrats will control Congress, giving them tools to challenge President Trump's foreign policy without putting them in charge of it. NPR's Leila Fadel spoke with historian and journalist Anne Applebaum about how much a Democratic Congress can steer the administration's approach abroad. The president directs diplomacy and commands the military, while Congress controls spending and can conduct oversight. A majority can call hearings, seek information and try to attach conditions to legislation. It can also make the administration answer questions it would rather leave for another day. What it cannot do on its own is conduct negotiations or guarantee that its preferred policy becomes law. That makes the new majority something like a referee with a whistle but no authority to draw up the next play. The whistle can interrupt the action, and the crowd may pay attention. It cannot make the quarterback hand over the ball. The practical effect will depend on what lawmakers agree to pursue and how the White House responds. Foreign governments will have to consider both the president's decisions and the possibility of resistance on Capitol Hill. Washington calls this checks and balances, a reassuring phrase for a system in which the two sides can spend months debating whether anyone has actually written the check.

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Vance Blames the War, and Trump Agrees With an Asterisk

Vice President JD Vance blamed Republican midterm losses on the war in Iran, offering a blunt assessment of the party's defeat. President Trump said he agreed, while maintaining that he could not allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon. The exchange puts the political cost of the conflict alongside the administration's stated reason for pursuing it. Vance's assessment was unusually direct for a vice president discussing a major policy of the president he serves. Trump accepted the electoral point but defended the underlying decision, leaving the two men agreeing on the price without necessarily agreeing that the purchase was a mistake. For Republicans, the argument adds another dimension to the task of explaining a broad defeat. A party can debate candidates, campaign messages and turnout, but a war is not something a new slogan can quietly replace. Voters who connect the conflict to their choices at the polls may expect more than a change of advertising. Vice presidents are often expected to stand beside the president and applaud on cue. Vance instead offered the audience a cost assessment while Trump supplied the justification. It is a delicate division of labor: one man presents the bill, the other explains why the order had to be placed, and the party must decide what to put on the menu next time.

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Democrats Win the Calendar, and Billionaires Debate the Price of Losing It

The party takes both chambers as wealthy political donors face criticism from members of their own economic class.

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A Majority Discovers That the Agenda Comes With a To-Do List

Democrats won control of both the House and Senate in the midterm elections, giving the party control of the congressional agenda for the next session. CBS News' Arden Farhi examined what the result could mean for Washington as Democrats prepare to work with President Trump in the White House. A majority can choose committee leaders, schedule hearings and bring its priorities to the floor. It also gains responsibility for deciding which promises deserve scarce time and which must wait. Winning both chambers does not, however, give Democrats the president's signature on bills they pass. That distinction turns the celebration into a management exercise. Party leaders must assemble votes among their own members, negotiate with Republicans where necessary and decide how to respond when the White House objects. Oversight and spending decisions offer opportunities for a majority to exert pressure, but neither makes disagreement disappear. Opposition is an unusually comfortable job when every unfinished project belongs to someone else. Now Democrats have the keys to the congressional calendar and a public ready to ask why the appointment it wanted is not available until next year. Republicans, meanwhile, get to rediscover the pleasures of pointing at the calendar and insisting the other party has scheduled everything incorrectly. The gavel is a fine souvenir, but it comes attached to a very large inbox.

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Billionaires Find Another Billionaire's Political Spending Excessive

Billionaire political spending drew criticism from other billionaires after Democrats' midterm sweep, CNBC reported. The reaction exposes a familiar puzzle in campaign finance: wealthy people can finance enormous efforts to influence elections while reserving the right to object when someone else does the same. A large political donation can buy advertising and help a campaign reach voters. It cannot guarantee that those voters will respond as the donor hoped, or that the winning party will share the donor's priorities. The election has provided a fresh occasion for wealthy observers to debate what all that spending accomplished. The argument is especially entertaining because the critics know the neighborhood. Complaining about excessive political influence is a different exercise when the person making the complaint could also afford a considerable amount of it. One billionaire's public participation can look remarkably like another billionaire's attempt to dominate the conversation. The result also reminds campaigns that money and votes are different entries on the ledger. Expensive ads can fill the airwaves, but the final count belongs to people who may have muted them. Donors can reassess their strategy after a loss; candidates must live with the result. The political marketplace offers many premium packages, but none includes a receipt guaranteeing control of Congress.

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Mapmakers Promised Safe Seats, but Voters Declined the Warranty

Democrats flipped more than two dozen House districts as Republican redistricting efforts faced a difficult electoral test.

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Safe Districts Discover That Voters Read Different Maps

Democrats won the House by flipping more than two dozen Republican-held seats, including longtime swing districts and seats once considered deep red. The range of districts changing hands shows how widely the party's gains reached across the congressional map. Some of those seats had a history of close contests. Others had been treated as more reliable territory for Republicans. Together they gave Democrats the numbers needed to take control of the chamber and set its agenda. A district label is useful shorthand, but it is not a deed. Candidates still have to persuade people who live within the lines, and a district's past voting habits cannot promise the next result. The new map gives both parties plenty to study as they prepare for future campaigns. For Democrats, the challenge is holding seats that may not vote the same way in every election. For Republicans, it is understanding why districts they held moved away from them. Neither task can be completed by simply repainting a graphic on election night. Campaign professionals love the phrase safe seat because it makes a messy electorate sound as dependable as a reserved parking space. This election supplied a reminder that the people doing the parking get a vote too. More than two dozen signs have changed color, and the old map will need a rather awkward update.

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The Clever Map Meets an Electorate That Refuses to Stay Put

Republicans undertook a historic mid-decade effort to redraw congressional districts in several states in an attempt to maintain control of the House. Democrats nevertheless won the chamber, raising the question of whether the strategy became what political observers call a dummymander. The term describes a plan that tries to distribute a party's voters efficiently but can leave seats vulnerable when the political climate shifts. Drawing lines is an attempt to shape the electoral playing field, not a guarantee that the people inside those lines will vote as expected. The House result gives both parties reason to examine how the maps performed. It does not establish that every altered district backfired, or that redistricting alone explains the outcome. Candidates, local conditions and national politics all compete for space on the same ballot. The irony is attractive precisely because the project was meant to produce more control. Mapmakers can move borders on paper, but they cannot move public opinion with the same pencil. A plan optimized for one political moment may look considerably less comfortable in another. There is no shortage of confidence in a room where officials are drawing districts for their own party. The difficult part arrives later, when voters enter a different room and make their own marks. The map has the last line; it does not necessarily have the last word.

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NASA Builds a Plane to Change Its Mind, While Markets Sell Certainty Early

An experimental aircraft promises adaptable controls, and prediction markets promote their early election forecasts.

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NASA Unveils a Plane Designed to Keep Rearranging the Controls

NASA unveiled its X-70 Fractal experimental aircraft at the UP.Summit at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crewed research platform is designed to accelerate development and testing of advanced aviation technologies, with flight controls that can be rapidly reconfigured. The idea is to give researchers a highly adaptable aircraft for exploring new approaches to flight. Instead of treating one control setup as the final word, the project puts flexibility into the research platform itself. NASA describes the X-70 as high-performance as well as adaptable. That makes the aircraft a workplace for testing ideas, not a promise that any particular technology is ready for commercial service. The agency's announcement concerns a research platform and its intended uses. What emerges from that work will depend on the experiments that follow. Most travelers are accustomed to the reassuring notion that the people up front know exactly where every control belongs. NASA's research version takes a different approach: make the controls easier to change so engineers can learn more about what works. The X-70 gives aviation research an unusually fitting piece of equipment, a plane built to accommodate new ideas rather than simply admire old ones. Its flexibility may prove valuable precisely because the next useful configuration is not necessarily the one on display at the unveiling. For now, the experimental aircraft has a name and a mission, and the engineers have permission to keep rearranging the office.

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Prediction Markets Win the Race to Be Early, Then Wait for the Count

Prediction markets projected the Democratic congressional sweep before many media outlets made their election calls. The platforms are seeking to present themselves as fast, reliable sources of information, CNBC reported. Their appeal is a continuously updated price on an uncertain outcome. People following a close contest can watch the numbers move rather than wait for a formal call. News organizations, meanwhile, make their own decisions about when the available vote information is sufficient to declare a result. The difference matters to the business of attracting attention. A platform that is early and correct has a compelling advertisement for its service. But a forecast remains a forecast: the price reflects expectations, while election officials count the votes that determine the outcome. That makes the celebration a little like a weather app claiming credit for the rain. Getting the forecast right is useful, particularly to people who had decisions to make. It does not mean the app filled the clouds or can dispense with the actual weather. Election night rewards speed, especially when audiences are refreshing screens by the second. Verification rewards patience, which is harder to package as a dazzling live feature. This time the markets had an early result to boast about, and the ballots eventually supplied the result everyone needed. Even a successful prediction has to wait for reality to finish its paperwork.

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Republicans Search for Answers While Alaska Keeps Its Calculator On

Party strategists assess the Democratic sweep, and the Senate race between Dan Sullivan and Mary Peltola remains undecided.

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Republicans Begin the Contest to Explain Who Lost

Republicans are looking for answers after Democrats recorded sweeping midterm wins. CBS News' Zak Hudak reported on the fallout, while strategists Cameron French and Keith Sheridan discussed the party's defeat on The Daily Report. A large electoral loss invites competing explanations, from individual races to national issues and the party's broader message. Each explanation points toward a different response. A campaign problem might call for different candidates or tactics; a wider disagreement with voters could require a more substantial change in priorities. Those choices are not especially comfortable for a party with multiple constituencies and leaders. The people who favored one approach may be eager to point at another. Meanwhile, voters have already delivered the result, leaving strategists to decide what can be learned from it. The first post-election meeting is therefore a remarkable workplace exercise. Everyone arrives to discuss accountability, but the seating plan has an invisible chair labeled somebody else. The discussion can still produce useful conclusions, provided the participants eventually stop moving that chair around the room. The Republican response will matter for future campaigns as well as for the party's dealings with the new Democratic majority. For now, the immediate task is to turn a disappointing set of results into an assessment specific enough to guide a decision. A fresh slogan is easier to print, but it cannot answer every question on its own.

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Alaska's Close Race Gives the Refresh Button a Long Winter

Alaska's Senate race between incumbent Republican Dan Sullivan and Democrat Mary Peltola remained undecided as votes continued to be counted. The candidates were separated by a slim margin, CBS News reported. A close contest leaves both campaigns watching each update while election workers complete their count. Until enough votes are reported to establish the result, the candidates and their supporters have to wait. The remaining uncertainty in Alaska also shows that a national picture can come into focus before every individual race has been settled. For a campaign, a narrow margin can make months of organizing feel concentrated into a few numbers on a screen. Volunteers, donors and voters all have reason to follow the updates, but refreshing the page cannot make ballots arrive or be processed any faster. The television format is less comfortable with that reality. An unfinished count leaves space for maps, panels and increasingly elaborate ways to say that the count is unfinished. Election workers have the less glamorous job: continue counting rather than manufacture a conclusion to fill the time. Alaska's result will be known when the reported votes support it. Until then, both sides can keep their calendars flexible and their victory speeches in draft form. The refresh button is available for moral support, but it has no official role in tabulating ballots.

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An Arch Awaits a Panel, and Minnesota's New Majority Awaits the Paperwork

Federal approval and a possible court intervention loom over Trump's arch, while Minnesota's unofficial results give Democrats a trifecta.

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The Arch Races Toward Approval With the Court Still on the Course

A federal panel is set to consider final approval for Trump's arch on Thursday, and the government says construction may begin later that day. Critics hope a judge will intervene before work starts. The schedule places an administrative decision and a potential court intervention close together. Approval would be a step toward construction, but the panel's meeting is not itself proof that the project has been approved or built. The government's proposed timing makes the legal question particularly urgent for opponents. A project can become politically significant long before it becomes a structure. Supporters want to see it advance, while critics seeking intervention want a court to have an opportunity to act before construction begins. The calendar has therefore become part of the argument as well as a record of it. Public projects often develop a reputation for taking years to move from a meeting to a work site. Here, the possibility of a same-day start has given the process the brisk pace usually reserved for a dinner reservation that someone forgot to cancel. The panel must make its decision, and any judicial action remains to be seen. Until then, the arch exists as a proposal surrounded by a great deal of urgency. Its most visible feature may be the gap between a government ready to begin and critics asking a judge to make everyone pause.

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Minnesota Democrats Win the Whole Table, Pending the Receipt

Minnesota Democrats flipped the state House and won the governor's race, returning the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party to control of the governorship and both legislative chambers after two years of divided government. The results remain unofficial. The prospective trifecta would give the party a stronger hand in setting the state government's agenda. Instead of negotiating every measure across divided control, Democrats would be able to work within their own majorities, though members may still disagree over what should pass and when. Unified government also changes the politics of responsibility. A party that controls both chambers and the governor's office has fewer opportunities to attribute an unfinished priority to the other side's control of a key institution. Supporters can reasonably expect action, while opponents can scrutinize what the majority chooses to do. The unofficial status of the results still matters. The party's celebration rests on the reported outcome, with the formal election process yet to be completed. A victory lap is more comfortable when the paperwork keeps pace. For Democrats, the immediate reward is a chance to set priorities across state government. The less glamorous task is choosing among all the priorities that sounded equally urgent during the campaign. Winning the whole table is impressive; it also means the menu can no longer be blamed entirely on the people sitting across it.

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OpenAI Offers to Pay for Power, and Congress Finds Oil Prices Have Other Plans

The company pledges protections for data center neighbors as a new majority confronts a global fuel market.

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The Biggest Plug at the Party Offers to Pay Its Share

OpenAI pledged to solicit community input around its AI data centers, publish construction plans and protect ratepayers. The commitment follows an election that highlighted public concerns about artificial intelligence and its infrastructure. Data centers require substantial electricity, making the cost of supplying them an important local issue. Residents and utilities must consider how large new demands fit into the grid and who pays for the capacity needed to serve them. OpenAI's pledge addresses those concerns by promising both more public information and protection for ratepayers. A pledge is a starting point for those discussions, not a substitute for the details that communities will want to see. Construction plans, local input and the terms of any cost protections all matter when a large project moves from a company announcement into a particular place. The company's position has the charm of a guest arriving with an industrial-size speaker and announcing that it intends to help with the electric bill. The offer is welcome, especially to the neighbors who did not choose the playlist. They may also want to know how the meter will be read. OpenAI needs the infrastructure for its computing ambitions, while communities have an interest in understanding its effects. The test of the promise will be in the specific arrangements that accompany projects, not in the brightness of the brochure describing them.

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The Blue Wave Arrives at the Pump Without a Discount Code

A Democratic majority in Congress could pressure President Trump to end the war in Iran, but it will be harder for lawmakers to directly lower gasoline and diesel prices. Fuel prices are tied to a complex international oil market, NPR reported. That makes the distance between an election result and a cheaper fill-up longer than a campaign slogan might suggest. Congress can debate foreign policy and use its legislative and oversight powers, but the price on a station's sign also depends on forces beyond a vote in Washington. For drivers, the distinction is practical. A change in party control does not by itself reset the price of crude oil or guarantee an immediate change in the cost of fuel. The new majority may seek to influence the administration's approach to the war, yet the effect on an international market would be indirect and uncertain. The political temptation is to put a familiar face beside the pump and promise that relief is on the way. The market has a much larger cast, and not all its participants are interested in the congressional calendar. A vote can change who chairs a hearing; it cannot issue an order to every oil trader. The new Congress may have more leverage in Washington, but the pump remains connected to a system that does not accept committee assignments as currency.

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Libraries Lend Relief While Campaigns Discover the South Has Voters

Households turn to library services as both parties assess the region's importance after the midterms.

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The Library Offers a Violin Without a Monthly Subscription

Some Americans facing high prices are relying more on local libraries for books, streaming services and costly items such as musical instruments and sewing machines. The borrowing offers households a way to use things they might otherwise struggle to purchase. A library card can provide access to more than a shelf of novels. Depending on what a local library offers, a patron may be able to borrow an instrument, use a streaming service or take home equipment for a project. Sharing those resources makes occasional use possible without requiring every household to own the same item. The appeal is especially clear when budgets are tight. A sewing machine needed for one task can be useful without becoming another major purchase. A book or stream can offer entertainment without adding another charge to a household's list of expenses. The arrangement is not a cure for high prices, but it gives people another option when deciding what they can afford. It also puts a modern twist on an old public service: the institution most famous for asking people to be quiet is doing a great deal with the economy's loudest problem. Retailers have loyalty programs and subscription tiers. The library's proposition is considerably less elaborate: borrow what is available, use it, and bring it back so someone else can have a turn. The violin may be shared, but the savings are personal.

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Both Parties Find the Road to Power Runs Through Actual Southerners

The midterm results have reshaped the electoral map and made the South's diverse voting population central to both parties' future paths to power, NPR reported. The region's political influence will extend into the 2028 election. That assessment challenges any campaign tempted to treat the South as a single predictable bloc. Voters across the region live in different communities and bring different priorities to the polls. Parties seeking national power must account for that variety rather than assume an old label can do the work of organizing. For Republicans, the task includes maintaining support in a region important to the party's strength. Democrats must consider how to build on opportunities revealed by the midterms. Neither side can secure future victories simply by drawing arrows across a map. The South has long been discussed in national politics, but the latest results give both parties fresh reasons to pay attention to its range of voters. Campaign visits and messages will have to compete for their support, not merely announce that the region is important. Consultants enjoy a map with a bold arrow labeled path to victory. Voters may be less impressed to discover that the arrow has been drawn through their living rooms. The map can show where a campaign hopes to go; the people there still decide whether to let it in.

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A Police Network Avoids Scrutiny, Trump Distributes Blame, and Two Milestones Arrive

New York surveillance, Republican losses and historic victories for Native American women bring three different tests of accountability.

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The Police Cameras Found a Way Around the Public Meeting

New York City police surveillance systems were paid for and adopted without the kind of public oversight cities usually require, NPR reported. The finding raises questions about how decisions to introduce monitoring tools are made and how much the public can learn about them. Surveillance affects people who may never have been consulted about its use. Public oversight offers a chance to examine what technology is acquired and how an agency intends to use it. When that process is bypassed, the cameras may be visible while the decisions behind them are harder to find. The contrast is an unusually tidy one: a system designed to observe the city was assembled without the customary level of observation by the public. New Yorkers can be watched on a street while trying to work out who approved the watching. The equipment has a field of view; the paperwork deserves one too.

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Trump Hands Out Blame to Candidates and the Channel

President Trump blamed Republican candidates and Fox News after Democrats swept the midterms, NPR reported. His assessment places responsibility for the party's losses on both people who ran for office and a network prominent in conservative politics. The comments arrive as Republicans debate what went wrong and how to respond. Criticism of candidates can focus attention on individual campaigns, while criticism of a broadcaster adds another target to a list that already promises to be long. Post-election accountability is a popular concept until someone asks where to deliver it. Trump's version sends a package to the candidates and another to the television studio. The advantage of such a broad delivery route is that almost everyone can find a reason to complain about the service. The disadvantage is that assigning blame and agreeing on a plan for the next election are two different jobs.

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Haaland and Flanagan Make History Faster Than the Old Templates

New Mexico elected former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland governor, making her the first Native American woman elected to lead a U.S. state. In Minnesota, Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan became the first Native American woman senator. The two victories mark distinct milestones in state and federal government. Haaland will lead New Mexico's executive branch, while Flanagan's election brings a Native American woman to the Senate for the first time. Both won through elections in which voters chose the people who would represent them. American political history has an impressive collection of firsts, along with an equally impressive habit of arriving at some of them very late. These results require the old lists to be updated in two places at once. The institutions involved are familiar; the assumption about who gets to occupy their offices has just been revised.

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Chipmakers Chase Talent, Trade Needs a Truce, and the Fed Waits for Its Calendar

A semiconductor rivalry, U.S.-China tensions, a delayed hearing and a Navy training milestone close the edition.

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Chip Rivals Compete for Minds and Worry About What They Remember

Growing competition for semiconductor talent is fueling a battle over trade secrets as Chinese chipmakers gain ground. Engineers with specialized skills are valuable to companies seeking to advance in a global industry, while employers also want to protect confidential knowledge. The tension is built into the job market: people can move between employers, but companies have reasons to guard their secrets. A badge can be returned at the door; experience is not so easily placed in the returns bin. The industry wants mobile talent and immobile knowledge, preferably in the same person.

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The Trade Truce Asks Two Rivals to Keep the Furniture Still

Analysts see growing risks to President Trump's ability to maintain a fragile trade truce with China after the Democratic midterm sweep. The relationship matters beyond the two governments because trade and technology link businesses and supply chains across borders. A truce can reduce uncertainty without resolving every dispute that produced it. Each government still has its own political pressures and priorities, and the new Congress changes the Washington landscape in which the administration operates. Both sides have an interest in stability, but keeping the table steady is harder when each wants to rearrange it.

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The Fed Hearing Finds Independence on the December Calendar

A White House panel delayed its hearing on Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook until December 14. Trump first tried to fire Cook in August 2025, but the Supreme Court blocked him from doing so in June, for now. The delayed hearing keeps attention on a dispute involving the president and a central bank official. The court's intervention did not turn the question into a finished chapter, and the new date gives the process another entry on the calendar. Washington can make even a postponement feel like a major policy instrument: the decision is not settled, but the appointment has been moved.

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Two Women Move the SEAL Training Milestone Farther Down the Course

Two women advanced farther in Navy SEAL tryouts than any women before them, reaching the third or fourth week before dropping out. No woman had previously reached the third week of the endurance tests before this year. Neither completed the training, but their progress established a new milestone in a demanding selection process. The distinction is straightforward: the course still has requirements, and the record for how far women have advanced has changed. Recruitment posters tend to celebrate finish lines; this achievement makes the earlier markers worth updating too.

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