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Democrats have taken control of the House and the Senate, winning every battleground state and flipping seats they haven’t won in decades. Lakshya Jain of The Argument, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear and 60 Minutes Correspondent Ross Douthat weigh in on what the win means and what comes next.

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JIANG TRUMP MIDTERMS: Democrats retake Congress in Midterm sweep

LEE MISSING BOY FOUND: Missing boy found alive after 2-day search

THE GOOD STUFF: A young cheerleader refuses to give up and wins a State competition on her own

Kevin Williamson, National Correspondent for The Dispatch, on how deep-red states became midterm battlegrounds, and what that could mean for the future of MAGA and the GOP.

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JIANG MIDTERM FINAL PUSH: President Trump makes closing midterm pitch to voters

KAUL CLANCY HEARING: Lindsay Clancy could face a new trial

THE GOOD STUFF: Two women have come as close as humanly possible to Best Friends Forever at the age of 109

Dancing With the Stars is breaking voting records even after 35 seasons, cringe Love Is Blind clips are breaking the internet, and Love Island is still breaking hearts week after week... It seems we are having a reality TV renaissance. But what's behind it?

Are we yearning for people to be “real” and "messy" in an online world so otherwise polished? Or are we falling for a trap? Is reality TV the furthest thing from reality of all?

CBS News correspondents Vlad Duthiers and Kelly O'Grady are breaking it down in the very first episode of the new series, "Straight Up."

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JIANG MIDTERM BLITZ: Four days left until election.

STRASSMANN MECHANICS AND THE ECONOMY: Cutting the cost of car care.

ON THE ROAD: Steve Hartman finds a Halloween display that's become a source not of fear but of connection. 

DUTHIERS PATRICK STEWART OBIT: Actor Patrick Stewart dies at the age of 86

HANSON TIKTOK MONEY SCAM: Cruel prank sweeping social media

THE GOOD STUFF: Strangers paying to crash weddings

OKEEFE DAN SULLIVAN CONTROVERSY: New York Times: Democrats recruited candidates to influence Alaska senate race.

BENAVIDES STRANDED CRUISE SHIP: Americans stranded in Cambodia after cruise ship goes broke.

THE GOOD STUFF: A U.S. sailor returns from Ukraine and surprises his sixth-grade son at school.

The worst violent protests in years expose France’s stagnant economy and its romance with revolt. Thomas Chatterton Williams says the country is on a knife's edge. 

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KVC HOUSTON AIRPORT FIRE: Fire emergency at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston.

ALLEN TX KIDNAPPING ARREST: Stranger saves woman from suspected kidnapping.

THE GOOD STUFF:  A group of moms got all zombied up and learned 'Thriller' for a Halloween flash-mob dance.