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Trump questions midterm elections integrity after previously accepting results

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US President Donald Trump has questioned the legitimacy of the midterm election results in which Republicans suffered sweeping losses, days after saying he would accept the outcome.

"Does anybody really believe that this 'Election' was honest. How could the Polls be so wrong?" Trump wrote on Truth Social on Monday.

This appeared to contradict what he told the New York Times on election night that he was "absolutely willing" to accept the results.

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Senate advances bill to speed up permit reviews for infrastructure projects

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