Wes Moore, coy about 2028 presidential bid, writes book on ‘healing the nation’

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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore announced Wednesday a new book certain to heighten speculation that he will run for president in 2028.

Moore, a Democrat who won reelection in a landslide and spent much of the midterms campaigning for others, wrote two best-selling books before getting into politics.

His latest, “Repair: Healing a Divided Nation,” will be released in March and features Moore on the cover, rolling up his shirtsleeves.

Moore has both declined to commit to serving a full second term and demurred on whether he plans to run for president in 2028, though a campaign-season book on politics is a typical precursor to a campaign.

Former transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg, who has offered a more definitive signal that he’s “more inclined than not” to seek the Democratic nomination for the presidency, announced a book called “Next” on Tuesday about his vision on where the country could go next.

Moore’s first book, “The Other Wes Moore,” about his connection to a convicted murderer by the same name, was a bestseller that built him a national reputation. It was adapted as part of the curriculum in some school districts and turned into a young-adult novel.

Virginia Democrats managed to flip two House seats this year despite the state Supreme Court striking down a redistricting plan designed to flip four, but key lawmakers are not ruling out another attempt at new maps to keep the blue wave rolling.

“We don’t know if we’re going to go back and take a look at that or not,” House Speaker Don Scott (D-Portsmouth) told reporters Tuesday at a briefing to highlight upcoming legislative priorities.

Democrats who control both houses of the General Assembly pushed through a proposed amendment to the state constitution early this year that would have enabled them to redraw congressional maps.

Voters approved the referendum, which Democrats pitched as a response to Republican-led states drawing red-leaning districts to maintain a GOP House majority. But the Supreme Court of Virginia struck down the referendum, saying the legislative process was flawed.

Given the big Democratic wins around the country last week, Scott said President Donald Trump’s effort “wasn’t a gerrymander, it was a dummymander.” But the Republican maps are still in place for the 2028 elections.

Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell (D-Fairfax), said his caucus has been more focused on legislation to address affordability issues. But he said that “the Virginia voters made very clear they supported what we did” on redistricting.

Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D), who was ambivalent about the redistricting effort, did not rule out a redux when speaking to reporters last week. “What we did in Virginia was always meant to be temporary and responsive” to Trump’s actions, she said. With two seats flipped, “we will work hard in 2028 to send a couple more folks to serve with them.”

The SS United States, the largest passenger ship ever built in the United States, will be sunk off the coast of Florida to create the world’s largest artificial reef.

A live stream of the sinking will begin at noon Eastern, and the ship will begin its descent an hour later, weather permitting.

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ALABAMA

FLORIDA

Mobile

Pensacola

Destin

SS United States reef location

Gulf of Mexico

20 MILES

ALABAMA

FLORIDA

Mobile

Pensacola

Destin

SS United States reef location

Gulf of Mexico

20 MILES

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The 990-foot ship will be sunk by controlled flooding about 20 nautical miles offshore. Once complete, it will rest about 180 feet below the surface, with the upper deck about 55 feet below the waterline. The ship’s towering funnels have been removed and will be displayed at a museum in the Destin-Fort Walton Beach area along with other artifacts from the vessel.

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990 feet in length

DETAIL BELOW

Smokestacks and tower removed for display at museum near Destin, Fla.

Fishing

Diving

Approximately

180 feet deep

Smokestacks and tower removed for display at museum near Destin, Fla.

Fishing

Diving

Approximately 180 feet deep

SS UNITED STATES

990 feet in length

Smokestacks and tower removed for display at museum near Destin, Fla.

Diving

Fishing

Approximately

180 feet deep

SS UNITED STATES

990 feet in length

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Over time, it is anticipated that the artificial reef will replace lost habitat and support reef fish in the area. Okaloosa County officials also hope it will become a destination for fishing and recreational diving.

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Passenger ships with the fastest average speed for a westbound crossing of the Atlantic Ocean.

Ship

Year

Duration

Speed (knots)

United States

1952

3 d, 12 hrs, 12 min

34.51

Queen Mary

1938

3 d, 21 hrs, 48 min

30.99

Normandie

1937

3 d, 23 hrs, 2 min

30.58

Queen Mary

1936

4 d, 0 hrs, 27 min

30.14

Normandie

1935

4 d, 3 hrs, 2 min

29.98

Sources: Great Ocean Liners, Mariners Museum, National Park Service

Passenger ships with the fastest average speed for a westbound crossing of the Atlantic Ocean.

Ship

Year

Duration

Speed (knots)

United States

1952

3 d, 12 hrs, 12 min

34.51

Queen Mary

1938

3 d, 21 hrs, 48 min

30.99

Normandie

1937

3 d, 23 hrs, 2 min

30.58

Queen Mary

1936

4 d, 0 hrs, 27 min

30.14

Normandie

1935

4 d, 3 hrs, 2 min

29.98

Sources: Great Ocean Liners, Mariners Museum, National Park Service

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With a top speed of 42 knots, the vessel still holds the record for the fastest transatlantic crossing by an ocean liner, set in July 1952. After a short 17 years of service, the SS United States was decommissioned in 1969.

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Previous berths after

decommissioning in 1969

EUROPE

CANADA

U.S.

Atlantic

Ocean

AFRICA

SOUTH AMERICA

1,000 MILES

Location

Years

Norfolk, Va.

Newport News, Va.

Istanbul

Sevastopol, Ukraine

Istanbul

Philadelphia

Mobile, Ala.

1969-1989

1989-1992

1992-1993

1993-1994

1994-1996

1996-2025

2025-2026

Source: Library of Congress’s Historic American Engineering Record

Previous berths after decommissioning in 1969

Sevastopol, Ukraine

1993-1994

CANADA

Philadelphia

1996-2025

Newport

News, Va.

1989-1992

Atlantic Ocean

Istanbul

1992-1993,

1994-1996

Norfolk, Va.

1969-1989

Mobile, Ala.

2025-2026

AFRICA

SOUTH AMERICA

1,000 MILES

Source: Library of Congress’s Historic American Engineering Record

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More than three-quarters of incoming congressional Democrats pledged to cut costs in their first messages after the election.

Affordability will be Democrats’ main focus, according to a Washington Post analysis of social media posts and victory speeches from 274 Democrats who won their elections last week.

“Life is way too expensive out there,” said Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Florida), in a victory speech posted online.

Even other topics, like alleged corruption in the Trump administration, were often tied to affordability.

“The policies of this administration have raised costs for millions of Americans, ripped healthcare, food assistance, and other essential services away from our people, and enriched the President and his family at the taxpayers’ expense,” tweeted Rep. Deborah Ross (D-North Carolina), who won reelection to the House.

But two-thirds of Democrats’ posts pledging affordability didn’t say how they planned to lower costs. For the 33 percent that did, most mentioned ending the war in Iran and tariffs.

“Our agenda: Stop this war. End the trade wars. Roll back healthcare cuts,” Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colorado) wrote on TikTok, saying, “There are actually three very specific things that this administration has done, that Donald Trump have done, that have blown a hole in people’s budget.”

Immigration enforcement and data centers fueled voter anger, but relatively few Democrats mentioned reining them in. And only a tiny fraction mentioned guns, climate or the war in Gaza — all potentially divisive issues in a broader-than-expected Democratic coalition.

Methodology: The Washington Post analyzed 2,381 social media posts and podcasts produced from the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 3, through Monday, Nov. 9, from all congressional Democrats who won their elections.

The Post identified agenda statements as explicit promises, plans and lists of problems. Twenty-five members of Congress made no public agenda statements. We classified those promises into 14 topic areas. An AI agenda-statement classifier had an accuracy rate of 94 percent; the topic classifier had an 85 percent accuracy rate; both used GPT-6 Luna.

Route 66 turns 100 on Wednesday. The road, which was decommissioned in 1985, remains a nostalgic destination for road-trippers with its neon-clad motels and diners, trading posts and vintage cars.

This summer, photographer Matt McClain traveled the road’s full 2,448 miles across Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California. He shares his five must-see spots along the route.

Historic brick road in Auburn, Illinois: This might be an unconventional start to a must-see Route 66 list, but the 1.4-mile stretch of brick running through Auburn is unlike anything I’ve ever seen on a road trip. Winding through Illinois farmland, the brick road is incredibly striking.

Twistee Treat Diner at the Pink Elephant in Livingston, Illinois: The classic 1950s-style diner is super visual. It’s part of a menagerie of statues and other roadside oddities that seem ever-changing and evolving.

Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona: So much of what I find beautiful about Route 66 is the changing landscape. No place represents this better than the pastel colors of Petrified Forest National Park. Also, don’t miss the incredible Painted Desert Inn: an early-20th-century building that fits perfectly into its surroundings.

Oatman, Arizona: The historic mining town is truly a window to the past. The highlight of the experience is seeing the roaming pack of burros, descendants of the town’s original working animals that assisted miners. One cautionary note: The path leading into Oatman is a harrowing, switchback mountain road.

Santa Monica Pier in California: Symbolically, the pier represents the conclusion of Route 66. It fully embodies the kitsch that permeates many stretches of the historic route.

President Donald Trump praised Joe Biden as a president he believed “will be true to yourself and the American people” in a letter he left Biden upon leaving the White House in January 2021.

The two-page letter, which has been kept private for almost six years, will be published in Biden’s upcoming memoir “Promise Me, America.”

“Many presidents have come and gone who simply governed as Republicans or Democrats,” Trump wrote, according to a copy seen by the Associated Press.

“Largely, they did not change history, they were just swept along in its relentless tide. This will not happen to you because I know how much you love the American people.”

The warm tone marks a sharp contrast to Trump’s public comments in the months prior, in which he attacked Biden and falsely claimed the 2020 election was stolen from him.

The letter, addressed “To ‘46,’” referencing Biden as the 46th president, was handwritten in black Sharpie on White House stationery. At the time, Biden described it as “very generous,” but declined to reveal its contents.

The letter continued a tradition started by President Ronald Reagan in 1989. Biden returned the gesture and left Trump a letter before leaving office in 2025.

A Reuters-Ipsos poll sheds some light on President Donald Trump’s influence within the Republican Party after Democrats’ sweeping midterm victories last week.

Fifty-two percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents want the party’s next presidential nominee to “take a different approach to governing as Trump,” while 46 percent prefer “a similar approach” to Trump.

While this specific poll question was not asked before, the results suggest a shift from similar questions before the midterms. A Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll last month found that 61 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents wanted GOP leaders to “follow Trump’s leadership,” while 37 percent wanted “a different direction.”

The new poll also found Democrats divided over whether former vice president Kamala Harris would be a good choice to lead the party’s ticket in 2028. Some 45 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents said Harris would be an “excellent” or “good” choice for the party’s nomination, while 49 percent said she would be “only fair” or a “poor” candidate.

The Reuters-Ipsos poll was conducted online Nov. 6-9 among 1,705 U.S. adults via the KnowledgePanel, an online survey panel recruited through random sampling methods. The margin of error for party subgroups is roughly four to five percentage points.

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