Who said what. Verbatim.

“The reason we lost is the war,”

Vance blamed the war with Iran for Republicans' midterm losses in a post on X.

“We’re making it a national monument, and it will not be allowed to be touched by anybody, destroyed, ripped down by stupid people, in order to build something in a slightly different shape,”

Trump announced the Oval Office national monument designation at a signing ceremony following his party's midterm election losses.

“The bigger message is about building balanced meals that naturally contain healthy fats, protein, fiber and carbohydrates,”

Chaudhry said the bigger message is about building balanced meals.

“The vociferous message that voters sent last night was an F-U to Trump and Republicans and their misplaced priorities and broken promises.”

Valencia characterized the election night message from voters as a rejection of Trump and Republican priorities.

“Those demands have no basis in Mississippi law, and if you depart from ordinary election procedures as you have been asked to do, you will violate Mississippi voters' rights and Mississippi election law,”

Colom's lawyers warned county officials that departing from ordinary election procedures would violate Mississippi law and voters' rights.

“It is indicative of Russia’s willingness to continue supplying Iran despite its own wartime demands and with far less concern about Western objections than in the past,”

Grajewski commented to the Financial Times on Russia's willingness to supply weapons to Iran despite its own wartime needs.

“Rising inflation, continued China pressure, affordability concerns in the U.S., and a flat global production outlook suggest another year of limited earnings growth.”

Dan Levy cited rising inflation, China pressure, U.S. affordability concerns, and a flat global production outlook as signs of limited earnings growth.

“In light of the remaining risks of a new escalation around Iran”

Russia's Foreign Ministry issued a travel advisory urging citizens to avoid travel to Iran due to escalation risks.

“Xavier Becerra dreams the way we dream,”

Salas called Becerra 'familia' while speaking at his campaign event in Los Angeles.

“Our job is always to deliver better outcomes for the Australian people.”

Hastie told 2GB the midterm results showed economic messaging was critical.

“disposable because they can be easily replaced but concurrently, as assets for assuring continuous global movement of goods by sea.”

Hammond elaborates on why seafarers are seen as disposable yet essential to global trade.

“AI pushback is bipartisan but local, making the buildout pricier rather than stalling it,”

Toublan said in a note that AI pushback is bipartisan and local, making the buildout more expensive rather than halting it.

“shipping crews finding themselves in a position where they are arrested for many crimes, such as trafficking or movement of drugs that they’re not even aware of having been put on board the ship”

Hammond describes a broader pattern of shipping crews being arrested for crimes they were unaware of.

“However, the judge was very careful in this case and frequently ruled in her favor on many close calls. We think her appeal will be unsuccessful.”

Arrowood expressed confidence the verdict would withstand appeal, noting the judge frequently ruled in Knouse's favor.

“Whatever someone has suffered, there is no justification for attacking a synagogue full of children. None,”

Arm stated there is no justification for attacking a synagogue full of children, regardless of what someone has suffered.

“I believe fans love excellence,”

Sword stated his belief that fans love excellence when the game is played under fair rules.

“I arrived minutes after the accident and people were in shock.”

Mayor Cristin told BFM TV he arrived minutes after the accident and found people in shock.

“through distinct vetting gates: initial milestone review under a Letter of Intent (LOI), an Exclusive Negotiating Agreement (ENA), and final Board approval before a definitive Franchise Agreement is awarded”

Magleby outlined the vetting stages candidates must pass before a franchise agreement is awarded.

“opening an investigation into the incident, on charges of road homicide and aggravated road traffic injuries”

The prosecutor's office said it was opening an investigation into the crash on charges of road homicide and aggravated road traffic injuries.

“Issue the damned alert!”

Duncan Chard demands that authorities issue an emergency alert as the flames closed in on Bédar.

“I think the Chinese will feel more emboldened, but I don’t think that translates into some sudden action on Taiwan. Trump has made it clear in the past that they won’t do anything on his watch, and I think he would feel bound to act if they did.”

Sinodinos was assessing how the Chinese might respond to the midterm results and the implications for Taiwan.

“This is a multi-year picture, and I think we've seen those changes both in the U.S. and also Europe,”

Schweizer told CNBC's Morning Call that despite the U.S. midterm results dampening defense spending expectations, nothing has materially changed geopolitical calculations.

“It's a little bit more optimistic in the U.S. and then very pessimistic in Europe,”

Tom Narayan told CNBC that the outlook is slightly more optimistic in the U.S. but very pessimistic in Europe.

“a comprehensive agreement that puts an end to the crisis”

The Diwan issued a statement describing a phone call between Qatar's Emir and Trump on diplomatic efforts to ease regional tensions.

“an extremely important exchange”

Rezaei described delivering a message from Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei to Putin at the Kremlin but gave no further details.

“The moment to reset the relationship with the Trump administration is right now,”

Husic wants a radical shake up in the alliance and called for a reset with the Trump administration.

“I hear you on that,”

El-Sayed acknowledged Haines's criticism during their exchange on The View.

“The offense of incitement is one that you, honourable judges, have manufactured. You have created an offense that did not exist, and you have done so on political directives,”

Lissu, who represented himself during the trial, accused the judges of manufacturing the incitement charge on political directives.

“Then everything changed... the whole world changed for them,”

Duncan Chard describes how the morning of the fire changed everything for his father and partner Christine.

“discern the poker game in the Beltway and how this will truly impact the AI Revolution buildout.”

Ives said it was a confusing time for tech investors trying to understand how the political situation in Washington will impact the AI buildout.

“Better late than never,”

Behar remarked on El-Sayed's delayed apology during the segment.

“The AI race shifts from a prisoner's dilemma to a war of attrition: scarce power favors the biggest balance sheets.”

Toublan described the AI race shifting toward a war of attrition where scarce power favors the largest balance sheets.

“We can't assume the same results would occur in humans.”

Chaudhry cautioned that the study was conducted on mice.

“It is always a difficult moment when our students, our children, are victims of an accident like this. My thoughts, and those of the government and the entire education community, are with the families,”

Education Minister Édouard Geffray spoke to reporters on the sidelines of a visit to a high school in the Paris region about the crash.

“These measures are necessary to ensure that each affidavit ballot's eligibility for counting and ultimate disposition can be verified,”

Hyde-Smith's campaign sent a letter to officials in all 82 Mississippi counties demanding separation of provisional ballots.

“El-Sayed’s comments were grotesque, and this interview compounds the problem. He’s still presenting his mistake as a matter of timing as though the same rationalization would have been acceptable once the victims had time to grieve. The problem wasn’t when he offered it. The problem was suggesting that events overseas somehow mitigate responsibility for trying to massacre Americans at home.”

Arm criticized El-Sayed's interview as compounding the problem by framing his mistake as a matter of timing rather than substance.

“knows how to speak to people's interests, and Hyde-Smith was all about values, which is great for a lot of people, but it's all about the interests right now,”

Anderson compared Colom's focus on voters' interests with Hyde-Smith's focus on values.

“Our findings suggest that the order in which nutrients reach the gut can engage a coordinated hormone-nerve response that changes how quickly the stomach delivers glucose to the intestine,”

A mouse study found that receiving olive oil before glucose resulted in a smaller early rise in blood sugar.

“I was quite worried,”

Ritu describes her anxiety while her husband was at sea amid growing dangers to seafarers.

“Americans deserve leaders who can say that without pivoting to the terrorist’s pain. Our politics is in a dangerous place when that basic moral clarity becomes negotiable depending on the identities of the attacker and the intended victims,”

Arm warned that American politics is in a dangerous place when basic moral clarity becomes negotiable based on the identities of the attacker and victims.

“Fans want a sense that [the league construction] is not top heavy, as it was historically in the NBA. Remember, three teams won 60% of the championships over the first 65 years of this league.”

Silver said in June that fans want the league to not be top heavy, noting three teams won 60% of NBA championships over the first 65 years.

“really does not want to go to war, because war again will cost him more”

Afghahi told Al Jazeera that Tehran could ease the path to a settlement if the US shows flexibility.

“always difficult when our children are victims of accidents of this nature”

French Education Minister Édouard Geffray said it is always difficult when children are victims of accidents of this nature.

“We can’t expand too fast – too many lessons learned from the past,”

Magleby repeated his caution against expanding too fast while stating the goal of reaching 12 teams by the 2031 men's World Cup.

“For tech investors the big focus is will these mid-term elections slow the pace of the planned 800 to 1,000 datacenters across the US fueling the AI Revolution…the answer in our view is a clear YES,”

Ives argued in a note that the midterm elections would slow the pace of planned data center construction fueling the AI Revolution.

“close to an extinction-level event for Republicans across the country.”

DeSantis called the midterm results close to an extinction-level event for Republicans at a news conference.

“The Ohio governor-elect Amy Acton's support for regulated online casinos could improve the chances of iGaming legalization,”

Jonas wrote in a Wednesday note that Ohio governor-elect Amy Acton's support for regulated online casinos could improve iGaming legalization chances.

“In the Lone Star State, we lost every single statewide election...Texas is blue. That is a hard sentence to utter.”

Cruz wrote that Texas lost every statewide election and declared the state blue.

“This is a real danger. One of the foundations of democracy is the peaceful transfer of power,”

Sohlberg warned Herzog at his residence about the danger of undermining the peaceful transfer of power.

“Whatever Las Vegas Sands can do in the future, that will be its own location, its own site and its own timeline,”

Dumont said any future Las Vegas Sands project would have its own location, site, and timeline.

“They are putting the safety of citizens in second place. That's simply not okay.”

Thomas-Wolf Verdonckt argues a public inquiry is needed to prevent a similar disaster in Spain in the future.

“Food is too high, gas is too high, diesel is too high, insurance is too high, life is too high,”

Cruz blamed the losses on the high cost of living, citing food, gas, diesel, and insurance prices.

“2026 was not simply a blue wave; it was a blue tsunami. It was an a-- kicking,”

Cruz described the 2026 midterms as a blue tsunami in a scathing post on X.

“Ajay’s case goes beyond just our family, and could be a landmark judgement for seafarers worldwide,”

Ritu says her husband's case could be a landmark judgement for seafarers worldwide.

“I respect that. I just think that if that had been done anywhere near what I believed, I would be so furiously enraged that they would use the words that I have led my life with to hurt people that way,”

Haines said she would be furiously enraged if her faith's words were used to hurt people, especially young kids.

“can't walk away from the table.”

Ghalibaf said Vance cannot walk away from the table after Vance blamed the war with Iran for Republican midterm losses.

“A lot of people were pessimistic … that oversight would result in anything, and so they want restitution. They want CEOs to go to jail. They want people to resign. They want prices to be lowered,”

Jacquez described focus group participants' anger at corporate leaders and their desire for restitution, jail time, resignations, and lower prices.

“Cindy Hyde-Smith is going to represent Mississippi in the United States Senate for the next six years.”

Hyde-Smith's X account posted a statement claiming she would represent Mississippi in the Senate for the next six years.

“It is unique in terms of the interception and the interdiction of a vessel that had been sanctioned, having passed through the English Channel as an international transit corridor. It’s, in my understanding, not happened before,”

Hammond describes the uniqueness of the interception and interdiction of the sanctioned vessel in the English Channel.

“They’re taking our neighbors. They’re taking our friends. They’re they’re taking our workers, and they’re taking our family members. This is an attack against our community.”

Melendez described ICE raids as an attack on his community after two cousins and up to 15 workers were deported.