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Seema Nanda, CEO of the Democratic National Committee, couldn't give an answer Tuesday about how Democrats planned to pay for a single-payer health care system many of them campaigned on known as "Medicare for All." (Yahoo Finance)
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London Lamar, a Democratic member-elect for the Tennessee House of Representatives, is under fire for slamming the state as "racist" and Republicans voters as "uneducated" in a now-deleted Facebook video. (WREG)
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Illustration on the importance of state election results by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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FILE - In this April 27, 2018 file photo, Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz, looks up while in court for a hearing in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Attorneys for Cruz want a judge to prevent release of details of his education records to guarantee a fair trial. (Taimy Alvarez/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool, File)
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Pakistan Christians pray for Asia Bibi, a Catholic mother of five who has been on death row since 2010 accused of blasphemy in Multan, Pakistan. Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018. Pakistan's top court on Wednesday acquitted Bibi who was sentenced to death under the country's controversial blasphemy law, a landmark ruling that sparked protests by hard-line Islamists and raised fears of violence. (AP Photo/Irum Asim)
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Central American migrants, part of the caravan hoping to reach the U.S. border, get a ride on a truck carrying rolls of steel rebar, in Irapuato, Mexico, Monday, Nov. 12, 2018. Several thousand Central American migrants marked a month on the road Monday as they hitched rides to the western Mexico city of Guadalajara and toward the U.S. border. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Middle Voters Prevail Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Illustration on advocacy versus truth by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Illustration on veterans transitioning back into civilian working life by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Central American migrants traveling on a flat bed trailer arrive in Queretaro, Mexico, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018. Thousands of Central American migrants were back on the move toward the U.S. border Saturday, after dedicated Mexico City metro trains whisked them to the outskirts of the capital and drivers began offering rides north. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., pauses while speaking to members of the media at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Central American migrants wait for subway cars as they resume their journey north after leaving the temporary shelter at the Jesus Martinez stadium, in Mexico City, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018. Thousands of Central American migrants were back on the move toward the U.S. border Saturday, after dedicated Mexico City metro trains whisked them to the outskirts of the capital and drivers began offering rides north. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Members of Spanish Civil Guard with the help of a helicopter look for bodies of drowned migrants near the village of Canos de Meca in southern Spain, Tuesday, Nov. 6 2018. Spain's maritime rescue service says at least 17 people have died trying to reach Spanish territory in boats departing from North Africa but rescued 80 people Monday from two boats and recovered the bodies of 13 dead migrants in the Alboran Sea, part of the western Mediterranean route into Europe. In a separate incident, the Spanish Civil Guard says it found four bodies of migrants and 22 survivors, all men from northern Africa, after their wooden dinghy hit a reef. (AP Photo/Javier Fergo)
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Alcides Padilla, from Honduras, wakes up at the Jesus Martinez stadium in Mexico City, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018. Central American migrants on Wednesday continued to straggle in for a rest stop at a Mexico City stadium, where about 4,500 continue to weigh offers to stay in Mexico against the desire of many to reach the U.S. border. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Stop the Illegals in Mexico Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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"Health care was on the ballot, and health care won," said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, about the midterm election. (Associated Press)
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The American Conservative Union is taking its message overseas. For the second year in a row, the organization has organized an outreach in Japan — J-CPAC., a strategic offshoot of its influential Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the annual gathering of some 13,000 enthusiasts who reaffirm that conservative values are alive and resilient. (Photo courtesy of American Conservative Union)
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FILE - In this July 26, 2018, file photo, Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp appears during a unity rally, in Peachtree Corners, Ga. Stacey Abrams, the Democrat vying for the governorship of Georgia, is ratcheting up her assertion that Kemp is effectively suppressing minority and women voters, setting up a defining fault line in one of the nation's premier midterm election contests. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)
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Illustration on drug pricing by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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In this Nov. 12, 2016 photo, reference librarian Sarah Gilmor holds an 1876 copy of the Colorado Constitution which contains an exception under which slavery could be used as punishment for a crime, at the Stephen H. Hart Library & Research Center in Denver. Colorados voters were asked to eliminate an archaic and offensive reference to slavery as a punishment for a crime in the state Constitution. But a week after the vote, the poorly-written amendment is on the cusp of failing, and a lack of clarity from lawmakers may be to blame. (AP Photo/P. Solomon Banda)
