What Democrats Plan to Do Next, and What JD Vance Says Went Wrong

Plus, how K-pop controls its stars.

Here’s what we’re covering:

• Every Major Demographic Group Swung Left Amid Trump Backlash, by Lily Boyce, Jon Huang, Ruth Igielnik, Allison McCann and Evan Reynolds
• Vance Blames Iran War for G.O.P. Losses, Distancing Himself From Trump, by Tyler Pager
• With Democrats’ Sweep, Congress Is Set to Reassert Power to Check Trump, by Carl Hulse
• First, France Had Riots and Protests. Now It’s Bracing for a General Strike., by Mark Landler and Ségolène Le Stradic
• Secret Deals Reveal K-Pop’s Firm Grip on a Top Girl Group, by Sarah Hurtes and Jin Yu Young
• San Francisco’s Favorite Start-Up, the Valkyries, Is All Human, No A.I., by Heather Knight

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