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WSJ Minute Briefing

Republicans Hang on to Tennessee House Seat

WSJ Minute Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Business News, News

4.1671 Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Plus: President Trump says he doesn’t want Somali immigrants in the U.S., amid reports of an ICE operation in Minneapolis. And the Trump administration calls off interviews with candidates vying to lead the Federal Reserve. Daniel Bach hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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real estate professionals. Here's your morning brief for Wednesday December 3rd. I'm Daniel

0:35.7

Bach for the Wall Street Journal. A closely watched

0:38.9

special election in Tennessee has ended with Republican candidate Matt Van Epps, fending off a challenge

0:44.7

from Democrat Afton Bain to win a vacant house seat. And while comfortable, the margin of victory was

0:51.2

smaller than in past elections in the heavily red Nashville area district.

0:56.0

The special election had been viewed as a gauge of the political climate before the

1:00.0

2026 midterms, with recent wins at the ballot box suggesting Democrats have a strong chance

1:05.8

to take back control of the House. President Trump has lashed out against Somali immigrants in Minneapolis,

1:12.7

describing them in disparaging terms ahead of an expected ice operation in the city. It's the latest

1:18.7

in Trump's reverse migration push, which has ramped up since the shooting of two National Guard

1:23.7

members in D.C., allegedly carried out by an Afghan refugee.

1:28.3

According to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, about 40,000 Minnesota residents were born in

1:33.6

Somalia, most holding forms of legal status. And the Trump administration has canceled a slate of

1:39.8

interviews with a group of finalists vying to be the next federal reserve chair. That, as the president

1:45.5

has again suggested, he's already made up his mind about who should lead the central bank.

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