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Nov 09, 2026
James Gunn and Peter Safran are out at DC Studios, with Jeremy Latcham taking over (Credit: Getty Images)
After four years at DC Studios, James Gunn and Peter Safran will not be leading the company through its next chapter under Skydance ownership as they are handing the reins over to new president and chief creative officer Jeremy Latcham.
In a statement, the two executives spoke with pride of their work at the studio and gave Latcham, who worked with Gunn on the "Guardians of the Galaxy" trilogy at Marvel Studios, their blessing. Skydance says that the duo will "return full time to their creative work," which includes post-production on the "Superman" sequel "Man of Tomorrow" and work on other DC projects.
"Four years ago, we set out to unite DC under one creative vision. In that time, we helped restore ‘Superman' to the heart of DC, while opening new doors and telling new stories in film and television with ‘Peacemaker', ‘Creature Commandos,' ‘Lanterns' and ‘Clayface.‘ We're immensely proud of the team that turned that ambition into something real, including the actors, crews and executives we had the opportunity to collaborate with," Gunn and Safran said.
"We've shared a creative history with Jeremy going back to Marvel, and we're eager to see the perspective he brings to DC's next chapter. We're excited to return to what drew us to this job in the first place, which is telling the stories we love, including the next chapter of Clark and Lex's journey in ‘Man of Tomorrow,'" the duo said.
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Nov 09, 2026
Nvidia (NVDA) stock faced growing pressure on Monday morning after the chipmaker's board launched an investigation into CEO Jensen Huang's extramarital affair, which is believed to have been with alleged Chinese spy Alice Huang.
"I was unfaithful to my wife. My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply sorry," Huang wrote in a memo to employees.
Given the size and importance of Nvidia in the stock market today, the revelation marks one of the biggest CEO-personal conduct scandals in history. It also highlights Nvidia's key-person risk and uncertain succession plan as questions swirl about whether the board will ask Huang to step down.
The news has drawn immediate and varied reactions from leaders ranging from the US president to other CEOs. President Trump stood by Huang, calling him "an honorable guy," but other members of the president's party are expected to put more
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Nov 09, 2026
Philadelphia 76ers star LeBron James said he was still "looking into everything" after a man was arrested at James' Los Angeles property on Friday.
Speaking with reporters Sunday, James said his family was safe and called that "the most important" thing. He did not go into too much detail on the situation otherwise.
Reports emerged Friday that a man was arrested for felony stalking after appearing at James' home in Brentwood, California. The LAPD was initially called out to investigate a report of a possible burglary at the residence, according to ESPN.
Officers found a man on the property and arrested him for stalking, per ABCNews. The arrest was made without incident and no one was at James' home at the time of the arrest. The man reportedly did not go inside the house and was not armed, per police.
Felony stalking can result in up to three years in state prison, a fine of up to $10,000 or both in California, according to Kann California Law Group.
At the time of the incident, James was on a road trip with the 76ers. He returned to his old home, Cleveland, Friday evening, where he took on the Cavaliers. On Sunday, James and the 76ers played the Chicago Bulls in Chicago.
If James was unnerved by the arrest, it didn't show in his play Sunday. James dropped 22 points during
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Nov 09, 2026
The British former comedian and actor Russell Brand has been sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison for raping a woman and sexually assaulting three more.
Handing down the sentence Monday at Southwark Crown Court in London, judge Joel Bennathan said Brand told a series of lies throughout the trial, adding he had displayed a "casual and arrogant disregard" for women who said 'No' to him.
"About 20 years ago, Russell Brand, you were becoming famous," Bennathan said. "You were clever — and in many people's eyes, funny and charismatic. You had also become a sexual predator."
He added, "Whatever women wear, wherever they go, indeed whatever they drink, they retain the right to say 'no' and to demand justice from criminal courts when sexual predators like you, Russell Brand, act without their consent."
Brand was supported in court by his wife, Laura Gallacher, and his father, Ron. He is expected to serve at least two-thirds of that sentence — around seven years — before being eligible for release.
Brand was found guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault on Nov. 5. He was acquitted of two rape counts and one count of attempted indecent assault.
Prosecutor Riel Karmy-Jones called Brand a ruthless, calculating, manipulative "sexual predator" who treated women as a "disposable commodity."
"Mr. Brand abused the influence and power that came with his fame," Karmy-Jones said. "He used it to facilitate an access to women without which the offending could not have taken place. It also fed his own view that he could commit such offenses with impunity."
Ahead of his sentencing, one woman, who was sexually assaulted by Brand in 2004 or 2005, told the court Monday in her impact stat
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Nov 09, 2026
Former President Joe Biden also wrote in his memoir that Trump 'led an insurrection.' (Brent Stirton / Getty)Former President Joe Biden issued scathing criticism of President Donald Trump in his forthcoming memoir, saying his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol "should follow him to his grave."
Biden's comments, published as a book excerpt in The Atlantic on Monday, mark some of his strongest criticism of Trump since the former president left office.
In the excerpt, Biden says Trump "led an insurrection" and slammed his decision to issue sweeping pardons of Jan. 6 defendants.
Trump and Biden at Trump's inauguration ceremony at the Capitol in 2025. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty)"The criminals who attacked law-enforcement officers that day didn't deserve pardons," Biden wrote. "They deserved prison terms."
The former president added that Trump and the president's supporters "continue to preen and posture like they're supporters of law enforcement."
"Here's my view: You don't get to turn a blind eye to cops being punched, speared, sprayed, and brutalized
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Nov 09, 2026
Nvidia (NVDA) stock fell more than 5% before the bell on Monday after the chipmaker's board announced it would investigate the relationship between CEO Jensen Huang and a woman whom the intelligence community believes could be a Chinese Spy.
In a Sunday memo to employees, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admitted to an extramarital affair, apologizing to his family and staff while pledging full cooperation with an independent board review. Wall Street analysts quickly flagged the heightened 'key-person risk' for the world's leading AI chipmaker.
"Jensen is the core DNA of Nvidia, and its AI success and ambitions are heavily tied to him staying on as CEO. Jensen is not replaceable," Yorkville Ives's Dan Ives wrote on Monday morning.
A look across the semiconductor sector showed the risk damage was largely contained to Nvidia. Shares of rival AMD (
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Nov 09, 2026
The two sides have continued to exchange strikes, though have not returned to the intense fighting seen in the early stages of the conflict. The U.S. says it is enforcing a naval blockade of the country's Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman ports, while Iran claims control over the strategic Strait of Hormuz and continues to claim attacks on shipping transiting the waterway.
Meanwhile, intensified fighting between Saudi-backed Yemeni forces and Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen has seen the latter repeatedly attack Saudi military, oil infrastructure and transport facilities.
See the most recent developments below.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei addressed the ongoing efforts to reach a deal with the U.S. during his Monday press conference.
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Nov 09, 2026
Senate Republicans returning to the Capitol on Monday are furious with President Trump, whom they blame for last week's big losses in Senate and House races.
The anger is raising the chances that the party could pivot away from the lame-duck president in the lead-up to the 2028 presidential election, according to GOP aides and strategists.
Tensions are also rising with Trump's Friday announcement that immigration hard-liner Stephen Miller will be his new chief of staff, replacing the outgoing Susie Wiles.
The Miller appointment suggests a doubling down on the president's policies, particularly on immigration enforcement, after an election in which Hispanic voters swung decisively toward Democrats, especially in Texas.
Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-Ind.) on Sunday said Miller should be fired, not promoted.
"If your team takes a beating as badly as we took this last week, you have to fire people," Stutzman said in an interview on CNN. "You don't promote those who are — who were in charge of what was supposed to be delivered."
Whit Ayres, a prominent Republican pollster, said Senate Republicans will be less deferential to Trump after suffering a huge loss of seats in last week's election.
Ayres said Trump "clearly will remain the leader of the party for the next two years, but I also think the knee-jerk obeisance to whatever his whims are at the moment is likely over."
"There is so much resentment particularly among Republicans in the Senate for what Donald Trump did in North Carolina and South Carolina and Texas," he said, referring to Trump's endorsement of candidates Michael Whatley, Da
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Nov 09, 2026
Following the historic midterm election sweeping Democrats into majority control of the House and Senate, Congress returns Monday for a five-week lame-duck session, with a long to-list to tackle before the end of the year and dozens of lawmakers ending their tenure in the House, and at least 17 senators heading home as well.
The lame-duck session kicks off Monday with a two-week legislative period wrapped with freshman orientation for members-elect who will be seated in the 120th Congress on Jan. 3. There are still several races that are too close to call, but as it stands Friday, at least 109 incoming House freshmen will be seated -- the largest pre-convening freshmen class in the lower chamber in almost 100 years -- since the 73rd Congress convened in 1933.
Umit Bektas/Reuters - PHOTO: The US Capitol building in Washington, November 4, 2026. On the floor, House Speaker Mike Johnson is already hearing it from his own conference after GOP leadership plans to advance just one piece of legislation under a rule next week -- continuing the frustrations voiced by some of his members earlier this fall when the speaker dismissed lawmakers for a six-week campaign blitz rather than put Republican legislative wins on the floor.
Massie pushes for Hegseth impeachmentJohnson's designs for the lame-duck session could be quickly derailed as Republican Rep. Thomas Massie, who lost a GOP primary months ago, is expected to
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Nov 09, 2026
The nation's biggest political shift in a half-century sparked a flood of jaw-dropping headlines.
Democrats take control of the House and Senate, winning even in such deep red states as Kansas and South Carolina. Electoral breakthroughs for candidates who are Black, Hispanic, Native American and gay. A Democratic socialist elected mayor in the nation's second-largest city, Los Angeles, joining one elected last year in the largest, New York.
With the final votes now being counted from the Nov. 3 midterm elections, here are five of the most jaw-dropping developments of all - and ones with the biggest potential to have lasting repercussions ahead.
Most seismic shift by a state: Texas
Texas Democrats, who had not won a statewide elected office since 1994, carried all of them.
Gina Hinojosa ousted Greg Abbott, the nation's longest-serving governor, and newcomer James Talarico defeated Ken Paxton, a fixture in Texas politics. Democratic candidates won races for lieutenant governor, attorney general, comptroller, land commissioner, agriculture commissioner and railroad commissioner, and they claimed seven statewide judicial
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Nov 09, 2026
Democrats across the country won upsets despite being vastly outspent by Republicans, sometimes doubly in marquee races.
But candidates who narrowly lost in Southern states wonder if that blue wave could have reached them too if only their party's leaders funded them.
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In Florida, the Democratic candidates for Senate and governor who came within several points of victories criticized national Democrats for declining requests to send more money despite signs they could win in a Republican stronghold.
Several Louisiana Democrats said the party squandered an opportunity to pull off another Senate win in a state where farmer Jamie Davis lost his race for an open seat by less than two percentage points. Mississippi Senate Democratic candidate Scott Colom, who is narrowly leading with thousands of outstanding ballots and didn't get national party funding until the very end of the campaign, has lamented that Democrats often don't see the state as worth competing in.
The disagreement over spending decisions reflects the complicated and at times unpredictable landscape of money in politics.
Democrats were able to win in other states despite being significantly outspent by Republicans, including Texas and Ohio. But the difference is the Democrats there still raised and received enough help from outside groups to blanket airwaves and run robust campaigns. With such narrow margins without significant financial support, some of the losing Democratic candidates and their allies s
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Nov 09, 2026
President Donald Trump said after Tuesday's midterm drubbing he wants to "work with" Democrats. Now Hakeem Jeffries has to decide if his party will play ball.
As he prepares to lead a massive House Democratic majority, perhaps the presumptive speaker's toughest call will be how to handle Trump. After years of dismissing and denigrating the president, Jeffries has to weigh varying opinions inside his caucus: Some, including incoming red-district freshmen, want to attempt collaboration, while plenty of others want total war.
Trump is already testing Democrats by appointing Stephen Miller, one of their top administration boogeymen, as his new White House chief of staff — prompting a characteristically fierce reply from Jeffries denouncing Miller as a "dangerous xenophobe and reckless extremist" whose "presence in government should be eradicated like a malignant tumor."
But members close to Jeffries acknowledge he might soon have to strike a different tone as Democrats pledge to make good on their campaign promises to lower costs ahead of 2028 — or at least be seen trying.
Rep. Greg Meeks of New York, a longtime confidant of the Democratic leader, said in an Election Day interview that Jeffries has "always been willing to sit down and talk and to negotiate."
"It has been the other side that has rejected us and called names … tweeting nasty things and cussing at folks and not being an individual who can respect the office of the presidency," he continued. "Hakeem Jeffries will be that individual."
Meeks is not alone in suggesting Jeffries could enter dealmaker mode. It is one of two potential avenues House Democrats are pitching for how he should navigate Trump.
The other, preferred by many progressives, involves Jeffries leading
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Nov 09, 2026
Nvidia's (NVDA) board is launching an independent investigation into reports that a woman CEO Jensen Huang was having an affair with was allegedly spying on him for the Chinese government.
Nvidia stock fell 4% before the bell on Monday.
In an email to employees Sunday, Huang admitted to having an extramarital affair.
"I was unfaithful to my wife. My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply sorry," Huang wrote.
"To my colleagues at Nvidia, including those I have worked alongside for decades, and to our board, partners, and shareholders around the world: you deserve better from me. Leading Nvidia is the privilege of my life. My responsibility is to serve you and be worthy of your trust. I have fallen short of that responsibility. I am fully committed to Nvidia and will work to earn back your confidence," the CEO added.
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Nov 09, 2026
Bullet holes in the glass enclosure of a restaurant terrace in the Main Market Square following the Saturday mass shooting in Krakow, Poland, on November 8, 2026. - Jakub Porzycki/Reuters
A gunman who killed at least six people during a deadly rampage in the Polish city of Kraków on Saturday has died in hospital, Reuters news agency reported on Monday, citing police.
The country was horrified by the rare mass shooting in the historic main square of the city in the country's south, which prompted national mourning and heightened security, as authorities said the attack was likely driven by far-right ideology.
The Polish citizen, in his 20s, was shot and injured by police during the attack before being transported to hospital. There, he underwent multiple surgeries and had been in a critical condition prior to his death.
The mass shooting — which authorities said they are investigating as a possible terror attack — has generated a wave of fear in a European nation with exceptionally tight gun laws.
Kraków police said the gunman drove into the city's main market square, typically popular with tourists and locals, and started firing randomly at people, initially from his car, killing four women and two men, on Saturday afternoon. Sixteen others were injured, including two police officers.
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Nov 09, 2026
LONDON (AP) — Russell Brand faces a reckoning Monday for sexual abuse that occurred just offstage from a public life built around boasts of his erotic exploits.
Brand, 51, faces a significant prison term after being convicted of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others.
The British actor-comedian known for outrageous stand-up routines and battles with drugs and alcohol asserted that he was innocent and all his encounters were consensual.
But a jury of eight men and four women did not buy his defense and found him guilty of attacking four of six accusers on allegations dating back to 2004. He was cleared of two counts of rape and one count of attempted indecent assault.
Brand was partly damned by his own words about his obsession with sex and his well-documented life of promiscuity.
Prosecutor Riel Karmy-Jones called Brand a ruthless, calculating, manipulative "sexual predator" who treated women as a "disposable commodity."
She quoted from his 2007 memoir "My Booky Wook" to illustrate how his insatiable sex drive led him to cross the line.
"If I want something — whether it's a job or a woman — I will determinedly, resolutely, remove anything that's in the way, until I possess the object of my desire," he wrote.
The accusers came forward following a 2023 investigation by The Times and Channel 4 that aired accusations from women who said they had been sexually abused and degraded by Brand.
Brand was convicted of sexually assaulting a woman during a birthday party at a London bar in 2004, but cleared o
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Nov 09, 2026
A member of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps at a military training center for ordinary citizens at Tajrish Square in Tehran, Iran, on November 2. - Majid Asgaripour/WANA/Reuters
US President Donald Trump has offered his clearest indication yet that intensified diplomacy could avert another major round of fighting with Iran, in the wake of his party's disastrous midterm election results.
Trump told CNN on Sunday that renewed US military attacks are "highly unlikely" if Tehran makes progress toward an agreement on its nuclear program and reopening the Strait of Hormuz. He also told CBS' "60 Minutes" that he was "not looking to" escalate the war.
Iran and the United States have quietly been negotiating a sensitive agreement that could avert a return to all-out war and open the door to broader talks.
But hopes of a deal are being tempered by Washington, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying Sunday that he "wouldn't say we're on the verge of a breakthrough." Trump has also made clear the military option remains on the table.
Both sides and Qatar, which is mediating, have revealed little about the discussions even as diplomatic activity has accelerated since Tuesday's midterms.
What's changed since the midterms?
The Republican losses in the elections have added another dimension to the negotiations, with Vice President JD Vance saying aftewards that the war was among the reasons
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Nov 08, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump clarified Sunday afternoon that he was "only kidding" about his offer for UFC CEO Dana White to fulfill the open role of White House press secretary.
Speaking to reporters in West Palm Beach, Florida, Trump expressed surprise at the reaction to his announcement and insisted his proposal was never meant to be taken seriously. However, the president also claimed that White was enthusiastic about the idea and confirmed the two are expected to meet Monday in Washington, D.C. Trump said the meeting was previously scheduled and concerned unrelated matters.
Trump's full comments Sunday:
"So I was kidding, but I think Dana likes the idea, and he is a very capable guy. So he's actually coming tomorrow. Of course I was kidding, and you could see that because I put all of the great fighters as his assistants, that they're all going to come with him. I was just a little fun, but Dana is actually coming tomorrow, actually for other reasons I think he was going to be in Washington, so he's going to come over and see me. That was an example of something where I was kidding, and then people said, ‘You know, that's actually
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Nov 08, 2026
An 8-year-old Haitian boy who lost Temporary Protected Status earlier this year was taken into federal custody after an immigration check-in, according to local advocates and school officials.
The third grader, who attends Fay Elementary School in San Diego, was placed into government custody alone after attending an Immigration and Customs Enforcement appointment with his uncle on Thursday, according to his school district and an advocacy group.
"The eight-year-old received a letter to meet with an ICE agent," the San Diego Unified School District said in a letter to DHS. "His uncle, with whom he's been living since the child's father was deported more than a year ago, took him to meet the agent because he did not want to break the law."
New ICE facility to hold families, unaccompanied minors could open in Louisiana next weekAdvocates and school officials said the boy had been living with his uncle and cousins after his father was deported to Mexico last year.
"They did not give the father the opportunity or chance to actually put in place legal guardianship for the kid," said Guerline Jozef, the executive director of the nonprofit Haitian Bridge Alliance.
Cody Petterson, a board trustee with the SDUSD, told ABC News the uncle was designated on school records as an authorized caregiver.
Charles Reed/ICE - PHOTO: An officer with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Dallas, Texas.A spokesperson for ICE told ABC News in a statement that because the uncle could not establish legal guardianship, agents treated the 8-year-old as an unaccompanied child under the Trafficking Victims Prote
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Nov 08, 2026
(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump called Jensen Huang a "fine person" and said he should stay on as the chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp. after the executive admitted having an affair with a suspected Chinese spy.
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Asked whether he should stay on, Trump said, "I think so. Oh yeah, sure."
Nvidia said its board would begin an investigation into whether Huang was a target of a foreign intelligence agency.
Asked if he plans to take H
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Nov 08, 2026
In an interview with 60 Minutes, President Trump said his administration's hardline approach to immigration enforcement around deportations may have been "too tough" in pursuing people in the country for a decade or more.
The president spoke with 60 Minutes correspondent Ross Douthat three days after Republicans faced jarring losses in the midterm elections. Support for the party plummeted in South Texas and other heavily Latino areas that trended toward the GOP two years ago — a reversal that many voters linked at least in part to Mr. Trump's immigration crackdown.
Mr. Trump said his immigration crackdown "both helped and hurt" him at the polls. He believes he "got an A for closing up the border," and got "very high marks for getting the bad ones out."
"But I get hurt because we also took people that had good jobs, that created one violation, or breaking of the law, and that was that they came into the country illegally," the president continued. "Now, there is a large part of the country that think that they should be put out. And there's a large part of the country that think that they should be allowed to stay if they're good people working in a landscaping company, or working in a hotel, or doing something, right? And in some cases, paying taxes."
He continued: "I think it was too tough."
"A lot of people would say that it's great, but a lot of people think it's too tough," he said.
The president also said he'd "love to do something on immigration" with congressional Democrats, who will control the House and Senate starting next year.
It's unclear whether the Trump adminis
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Nov 08, 2026
Days after Republicans faced a series of bruising midterm election losses, President Trump stood by his handling of the economy and the Iran war — but he acknowledged some "bad messaging" on economic issues and said his immigration crackdown was "too tough" at times.
In a sitdown with 60 Minutes correspondent Ross Douthat, the president also suggested some top administration officials could be on their way out. One hour later, he announced White House chief of staff Susie Wiles would depart her role and be replaced by Stephen Miller.
Here are the biggest takeaways from the interview:
Why did Republicans lose?Republicans lost more than 40 House seats and at least seven Senate seats on Tuesday, with some races still uncalled, including in places that Mr. Trump won by double-digit margins two years ago. About 63% of midterm voters disapproved of Mr. Trump's job performance, and 44% said one reason for their vote was to express opposition to him, according to CBS News exit polling.
Asked for his analysis of the midterm losses, Mr. Trump told 60 Minutes that voters "didn't like the war" with Iran or the soaring gas prices that it triggered.
But he said he believes the primary reason for Republicans' losses was that "I was not on the ballot," an explanation he has offered several times in recent days. He suggested his pre-election endorsements and rallies "brought a lot of people … a lot closer to victory."
Ahead of Election Day, the president frequently urged his supporters to "pretend that I'm on the ballot." So, what happened?
"I think they didn't vote, really. I think they didn't vote. I think in some cases, they didn't like the candidates. And that's, you know, their prerogative," he said.
Some of the candidates were picked by the president. He endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken P
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Nov 08, 2026
A popular progressive podcast has seen its sponsors flee after laughing at a joke about the slain conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, which the hosts later admitted was "insensitive."
Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan read social media posts reacting to Tuesday's midterm election — in which Democrats took control of the House and Senate and won key governors' races — on Thursday's episode of their I've Had It podcast.
They both cracked up to a post that read, "We're digging up Charlie Kirk and doing it again."
The clip has since been cut from the episode, and the two apologized for laughing at the joke. But the damage has already been done.
Kirk's widow, Erika Kirk, blasted "leftist podcasters" and others who laugh about political assassination "beyond disgusting" in an X post Sunday.
A popular progressive podcast has seen its sponsors flee after laughing at a joke about the slain conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, which the hosts later admitted was 'insensitive' (Getty)
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Nov 08, 2026
The full transcript of Margaret Brennan's interview with Calley Means is available on cbsnews.com.
A former senior White House adviser and top aide to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is accusing several Trump administration officials, including the recently resigned White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, of prioritizing industry interests over the health of voters as part of the White House's midterm elections strategy.
"Underneath Trump's nose, in many cases, you had a group of former lobbyists, catering to the vaping industry, catering to the ultra-processed food industry, catering to the pharmaceutical industry, catering to the pesticide industry and doing their bidding with an excuse that we need their money for the midterms and really need to actually go against what voters said," Calley Means told "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan in an interview that aired Sunday.
Means helped found the "Make America Healthy Again" movement and helped form the winning alliance between Mr. Trump and Kennedy in 2024 before serving as Kennedy's top aide. Means helped lead the Department of Health and Human Services' efforts to revise the country's dietary guidelines and remove soda and candy from SNAP benefits
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Nov 08, 2026
Nvidia's (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang has reportedly admitted to having an affair after the Financial Times reported on his alleged romantic relationship with a woman believed by the US intelligence community to have been working as a spy for China's Ministry of State Security.
Huang acknowledged the affair in an internal message to employees obtained by the FT.
"I owe my family and all of you an apology," Huang wrote in the message.
Yahoo Finance reached out to Nvidia for a comment but had not heard back at the time of this publication.
On Sunday, Nvidia's board of directors said it "is initiating an independent investigation in light of recent reporting that founder and CEO Jensen Huang has been the target of a foreign intelligence effort."
"While the Board has no reason to believe that either national security or NVIDIA secrets were compromised, the Board's inquiry will examine all available information," said the statement.
The revelation came after reports of ties between Huang and a woman believed to be passing information to the Chinese government.
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Nov 08, 2026
Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said that his party will not work with Stephen Miller, President Donald Trump's new chief of staff, during an appearance on ABC's "This Week" Nov. 8.
"There's not going to be any opportunity, certainly, to work with Stephen Miller and what he represents," Jeffries said.
Miller was tapped to replace former chief of staff Susie Wiles on Nov. 6 and will step into the role on Nov. 9.
He is a long-time advisor to Trump, dating back to his first term, and the top architect of the Trump administration's anti-immigration crackdown.
Jeffries, who is likely to be the next Speaker of the House when Democrats assume the majority in January, called the move "an awful choice" and "irresponsible." He previously called Miller a "dangerous xenophobe" a
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Nov 08, 2026
ATLANTA, GEORGIA - JUNE 16: Voting stickers are laid out in the Buckhead Library polling station for the primary runoff election on June 16, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Jessica McGowan/Getty Images)Photo by: Jessica McGowan / Getty Images
A vote-counting discrepancy in Seminole County has put a Republican incumbent ahead in a state legislative contest, prompting an investigation into how 388 votes went unreported on election night.
A closely contested Georgia state House race has taken an unexpected turn after election officials identified 388 previously unreported votes in southwest Georgia, reversing the apparent outcome of a contest that could determine just how much power Democrats hold in the state legislature.
The discrepancy involves Georgia House District 154, not the governor's race or a congressional election.
Republican incumbent Gerald Greene had been trailing Democratic challenger Harry James by just 58 votes following Tuesday's election. But after the additional votes were included in Seminole Country's totals, Greene moved ahead by 262 votes, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has launched an investigation into why the votes were not included in the init
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Nov 08, 2026
Newly appointed White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and the Department of Justice have reportedly been considering throwing journalists in jail to get them to reveal their sources when government intel is leaked, according to a report.
Following Susie Wiles' exit as chief of staff, The Atlantic reported that President Donald Trump urged the DOJ to pursue criminal-leak investigations on national security grounds.
There have reportedly been discussions among White House officials about tactics they could use to get journalists to reveal their sources — including arresting them, three people familiar with the subject told the outlet.
Two people described Wiles pushing back against trying to force journalists to divulge their government sources, while Miller was in favor of the move, insisting that it wouldn't take long for journalists to give up their sources, according to the report.
A DOJ spokesperson told The Atlantic: "This is absolutely false," and reiterated that when approached for comment by The Independent.
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Nov 08, 2026
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One of two surgeons who treated victims on the streets in the aftermath of a mass shooting in Krakow, Poland said his colleague"undoubtedly" saved the life of a gravely injured police officer.
The pair were eating near the city's Main Market Square on Saturday when a gunman began firing at random, killing six and injuring 15.
The doctors raced to treat both the attacker and two officers shot while subduing the perpetrator.
On Sunday, the officers - both hailed as "true heroes" by the prime minister for preventing further deaths - emerged from comas.
Prosecutors launched a terror investigation after ministers previously said the 24-year-old Polish attacker - who remains in a critical condition - was apparently inspired by "far-right ideologies".
A British national and Austrian woman were among those killed alongside four Poles.
Professor Michal Pedziwiatr and Dr Mateusz Wierdak were having lunch in central Krakow with their families when they heard gunshots, local media reported.
"Suddenly my son ran up and said: 'Dad, they're shooting at people there, people are falling to the ground'," Pedziwiatr told news outlet Fakt.
Pedziwiatr said when they got to the scene, they treated both the apparent attacker and the police officers.
"When it comes to saving lives, it doesn't matter who is who," he added.
Once the shooting stopped, Pedziwiatr said he took care of the other victims and the perpetrator, while Wierdak began working on the police officer who was shot in the chest during the gunfight.
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Nov 08, 2026
A Royal Caribbean pianist was rescued after spending nearly nine hours treading water in the Pacific Ocean. Two Southern California fishermen spotted the man while returning from a fishing trip Friday.
Sean Norton and Grant Garrett, both of Newport Beach, were heading home from a morning of marlin fishing near Catalina Island when the boat's captain saw the man in the water around noon, nearly 20 miles off the coast, CBS LA reported.
Garrett said that when the man regained consciousness, he told them he was a pianist on the 14-deck Royal Caribbean cruise ship Ovation of the Seas.
Fishermen Sean Norton and Grant Garrett pulled a Royal Caribbean pianist from the water near Catalina Island. Sean Norton/CBS LA
The Royal Caribbean International cruise ship Ovation of the Seas sits in Sydney Harbour in Sydney, Australia. Getty Images
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Nov 08, 2026
By Tim Reid
WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Tech megabillionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump's newly appointed White House chief of staff, Stephen Miller, and some large companies will likely be targets of congressional probes when Democrats take control of Congress in ?January, senior lawmakers said on Sunday.
In television appearances, US Representative Robert Garcia of California and US Senator Elizabeth Warren of ?Massachusetts, set to lead the House Oversight and Senate Banking committees, vowed aggressive oversight after their party's sweeping midterm election victory.
Meanwhile, House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries indicated he and his ?fellow Democrats would back an impeachment of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Garcia, who is the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, said investigations will focus on Musk's involvement in the Department of Government Efficiency's firing of federal workers last year, and Miller's role in Trump's hardline immigration crackdown.
"I think there's a lot of interest, not just from our committee, but from committees across the Congress to speak to Mr. Musk," Garcia told CNN's "State of the Union."
Warren said some ?companies should be ready for congressional investigations. She did ?not name any of the companies.
"If you've been making your profits by cheating American families and scamming your investors, you'd better get ready for some investigations, serious ones," Warren told CBS's "Face the Nation" program.
DEMOCRATS FOCUS ON MILLER, ?HEGSETH
Miller — whom Garcia called the architect of a "horrific, unjust" immigration policy — has been promoted to White House chief of staff.
"Stephen Miller is at the center of the major policy decisions that are happening in the administration, and so it does deserve oversight and investigation," Garcia told CNN.
Voters delivered a historic rebuke to ?Republ
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Nov 08, 2026
By Tim Reid
WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Tech megabillionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump's newly appointed White House chief of staff, Stephen Miller, and some large companies will likely be targets of congressional probes when Democrats take control of Congress in ?January, senior lawmakers said on Sunday.
In television appearances, US Representative Robert Garcia of California and US Senator Elizabeth Warren of ?Massachusetts, set to lead the House Oversight and Senate Banking committees, vowed aggressive oversight after their party's sweeping midterm election victory.
Meanwhile, House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries indicated he and his ?fellow Democrats would back an impeachment of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Garcia, who is the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, said investigations will focus on Musk's involvement in the Department of Government Efficiency's firing of federal workers last year, and Miller's role in Trump's hardline immigration crackdown.
"I think there's a lot of interest, not just from our committee, but from committees across the Congress to speak to Mr. Musk," Garcia told CNN's "State of the Union."
Warren said some ?companies should be ready for congressional investigations. She did ?not name any of the companies.
"If you've been making your profits by cheating American families and scamming your investors, you'd better get ready for some investigations, serious ones," Warren told CBS's "Face the Nation" program.
DEMOCRATS FOCUS ON MILLER, ?HEGSETH
Miller — whom Garcia called the architect of a "horrific, unjust" immigration policy — has been promoted to White House chief of staff.
"Stephen Miller is at the center of the major policy decisions that are happening in the administration, and so it does deserve oversight and investigation," Garcia told CNN.
Voters delivered a historic rebuke to ?Republ
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Nov 08, 2026
Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed on Sunday opened the door to potentially working with President Donald Trump to pass legislation securing nationwide affordable healthcare.
In an interview with ABC's "This Week," the progressive from Michigan called Trump an "unserious fool" but said he would be "happy" to sit down with the president to discuss how best to serve Michiganders.
"Look, I've never met the man. I am — he is the president of the United States. I am the U.S. senator-elect from the state of Michigan. I am happy to meet with him like I'll meet with anyone who can advance the goals I ran on: to get money out of politics, put money in pockets, pass Medicare for All," El-Sayed said. "I've said this, if he wants to pass Trump Care for All, which will guarantee health care to everyone and put his name on it like he's putting his name on everything, I'm game. Let's see if he wants to do that."
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Trump was vociferous in his criticism of El-Sayed throughout the campaign season, lambasting El-Sayed for his progressive policies and repeatedly mocking his name.
Trump had supported former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers in the bitter Michigan race. El-Sayed on Sunday said he is not aware of any attempts at communication from Rogers.
"I think he has a flight to catch to Florida," El-Sayed quipped. Though born and raised in Michigan, Rogers moved to Florida with his wife after leaving Congress in 2015. (Rogers' campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.)
Despite his apparent openness to meet with Trump, El-Sayed criticized the president for appointing Stephen Miller to be the White House's new chief of staff — evidence, El-Sayed argued, of Trump's lack of seriousness when Americans are demanding affordability and accountability.
"So, look, if he wants to act serious, we are happy to work alongside him to actually address these issues," he said. "He is
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Nov 08, 2026
The devastating US midterm election loss leaves President Donald Trump politically hamstrung as he enters the last two years of his presidency (Alex WROBLEWSKI)Donald Trump vowed a political comeback Sunday as the major parties clashed over Democrat threats to prosecute top administration officials after the president's Republicans lost control of Congress in midterm elections.
The devastating results in last Tuesday's vote leave Trump politically hamstrung as he enters the remaining two-year 'lame duck' period of his White House tenure, while opening the door to multiple investigations by the Democrat-controlled Congress of the president, his family and senior members of his administration.
On political talk shows Sunday, incoming congressional leaders from the Democratic Party promised to hold Trump and his aides to account, while the president's top law officer resolved to defend them and Trump dug in his heels on social media.
"America took a giant step back in History with the results of the last Election," Trump said in a post on Truth Social, adding that the stock market that had grown during his tenure took a loss after the vote.
"But have no fear, we will be back, BIGGER AND STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE!"
On Friday, a defiant Trump appointed hardline advisor Stephen Miller as his new chief of staff, signaling a bare-knuckle fightback -- even though many Republicans, including Vice President JD Vance, have reflected on why they had lost so badly at the ballot box.
Miller was architect of Trump's tough immigration policy that analysts have identified as a contributing factor to the unpopularity of Republicans.
Amid Democrat threats for administration officials to "lawyer up," Trump said Saturday he was ordering the Justice Department to examine D
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Nov 08, 2026
The Trump administration is unlikely to scale back its aggressive crackdown on illegal immigration following the results of the midterm elections, multiple U.S. officials told CBS News, citing the elevation of immigration hawk Stephen Miller as White House chief of staff.
Republicans suffered huge losses across the country on Election Day, including in some historically red states like Texas. Exit polls indicated that immigration was one of the top issues, alongside the economy, among Texas Latinos, who swung heavily toward Democrats. And 58% of voters nationwide said the Trump administration's deportation crackdown had "gone too far."
In January, Democratic lawmakers will take control of both chambers of Congress and assume sweeping powers to investigate the administration's immigration crackdown and its most controversial policies.
Still, officials at the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement have not received instructions to reduce immigration enforcement since the election, the sources said, requesting anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.
In recent weeks, ICE officials have been instructed to try to carry out around 19,000 arrests per week, or about 2,700 per day, an increase from a prior 2,000 daily arrest target, agency sources told CBS News. That target was set before the midterms.
The U.S. officials cited Mill
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Nov 08, 2026
CABIMAS, Venezuela - His helicopter buzzed the wells of Lake Maracaibo as Alejandro Betancourt - the secretive 46-year-old billionaire anointed by the Trump administration to be Venezuela's new petroleum king - smiled and theatrically spread his arms.
"Welcome," he said, "to oil land."
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Shortly before, his jet touched down at Oro Negro Airport, gateway to this nation's vast reserves and what President Donald Trump dubs "the biggest oil deal in world history."
The unorthodox partnership links U.S. taxpayers with the fortunes of Betancourt, who, over the course of a two-day road show, offered the first public glimpse of the venture, lifting the veil on an operation already pumping what he calls "America's oil."
The visit revealed a U.S.-backed oil empire in the making, with sprawling drill sites in the petroleum-rich Orinoco Belt and rebuilt platforms in a lake here brimming with the rusting nubs and oil slicks of a long-broken industry. It also became a journey through the looking glass of Trump's new Venezuela, a U.S. vassal state where loyalists of a government that once railed against the imperialist north happily rub elbows with U.S. officials they now call partners and friends.
This is a world where Betancourt is playing a starring role as an oilman driven by ambition in a country where he is deeply polarizing and some consider him emblematic of the country's corrupt past.
The undertaking comes as steep Republican losses in the U.S. midterm elections raise questions about the longevity of Trump's policies and deals, and as a top presidential contender here - opposition leader María Corina Machado - has sugg
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Nov 08, 2026
By Steven Scheer
JERUSALEM, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Former Israeli military chief Gadi Eisenkot said on Sunday he will work to form a wide government as quickly as possible, but his path to power was uncertain following a deadlocked election that failed to dislodge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israeli ?President Isaac Herzog on Saturday gave Eisenkot the first opportunity to try to form a new government after the October 27 election left both Eisenkot ?and Netanyahu short of the majority needed to govern.
Herzog officially handed Eisenkot the task on Sunday at a meeting at the president's residence, starting the clock on what Eisenkot said would be an "extraordinarily complex" ?process.
"We are in a state of emergency, approaching a point of no return for the State of Israel," Eisenkot said. "We must form a national emergency government. This will require creative and unconventional political steps."
Eisenkot said Israeli democracy was at a vulnerable moment at a time when it faced immense challenges, with Herzog citing a threat of attack from Iran, the need to progress towards peace in Gaza and negotiations with Lebanon and other neighbours.
"There is great urgency for new leadership, leadership that people can look in the eye ?and trust," Eisenkot said.
His potential pathways to power include trying ?to form a minority government with Arab party support for key issues; forming a coalition with ultra-Orthodox parties that he and his allies have shunned in the past; or forging a unity government with Netanyahu. All three options face formidable obstacles.
NEGOTIATIONS COULD TAKE ?SIX WEEKS
Eisenkot said he will call on all parties to join who meet his main principles. These include recognition of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state; a duty of national service for all to strengthen the military and expand its ranks; and recognition of Hamas as a terrorist organization and
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Nov 08, 2026
US President Donald Trump looks on at a midterm campaign rally at Five Flags Center in Dubuque, Iowa on November 1, 2026. - Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images
President Donald Trump said on Sunday that it is "highly unlikely" he will need to order the US back to war with Iran as long as there is progress in negotiations over Tehran's nuclear program and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, repeating his assertion five times during an interview with CNN.
"It depends on whether or not they sign a very strong agreement," Trump told CNN's Jim Sciutto during a 20-minute phone interview, referring to Iran. "The answer is highly unlikely it's going to be necessary. They're a failing nation. It just came out, you saw this year, 301% inflation. Highly unlikely it will be necessary. I would if necessary, but we hit them really hard. I hit them so hard. You don't know how hard I hit them."
"So it's highly unlikely I'll have to," he continued. "They're withering away financially. We've hit them militarily. We could finish them off."
‘We're ready for it'
Eight months after the war started, the two sides have been in a stalemate, with little military action or significant diplomatic progress made while oil tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz have come under Iranian attack.
The two countries and officials from Qatar, which has mediated the talks, have kept quiet about the status of their negotiations. But Iranian hardliners have seized on the results of last week's midterm elections — fueled in part by the war's unpopularity with US voters — as a sign of a weakened Tru
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Nov 08, 2026
By Ned Parker, John Shiffman, Mike Spector, Peter Eisler and Linda So
DALLAS, Nov 8 (Reuters) - As Republicans faced a nationwide drubbing in Tuesday's midterm elections, supporters streamed out of a Dallas ballroom where they'd hoped to toast a win for US Senate candidate Ken Paxton, a favorite of President Donald Trump.
In the hotel bar, Michael Little, a 59-year-old businessman and three-time Trump voter, stared at the president's image on a television screen. "People are pissed off at Trump. Trump has cost us," he said, capturing a sentiment rippling through the president's Make America Great Again movement after the Republican Party's worst electoral defeat in decades.
Across the coalition, some supporters who once viewed Trump as MAGA's greatest asset are beginning to question whether he's become its biggest liability.
The midterm losses amounted to more than a repudiation of Trump. They were a referendum on the political and cultural movement he built. A defining ?force in American politics that began as a campaign slogan during Trump's 2016 presidential run now faces a potentially existential reckoning after voters disillusioned with soaring fuel prices, the Iran war and Washington corruption delivered Democrats decisive congressional majorities.
Trump's first major response to the midterms came on Friday. Instead of changing course, he doubled down on the movement's core. He promoted Stephen Miller, the main architect of the administration's hardline immigration crackdown, to chief of staff, replacing Susie Wiles. Wiles was seen ?as a stabilizing force inside an often chaotic White House.
The move was celebrated by some of MAGA's most ardent influencers, who saw it as a return to the anti-immigration agenda at the movement's roots. "Exactly the energy we need," right-wing influencer Benny Johnson posted on X to his 4.1 million followers. "Solid move. It's Miller Time."
The White House
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Nov 08, 2026
Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday applauded the Democrats' midterm victories but warned the incoming majority against spending too much time investigating President Donald Trump.
In an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press," the Vermont progressive said holding the Trump administration "accountable" is important — but addressing affordability must take priority.
"We cannot spend all of our time investigating Trump," Sanders said. "We've got to stand up for working-class families, make a real difference in their lives."
Democrats ran on a message of affordability ahead of the midterms, knocking the Trump administration for sky-high gas and grocery prices, the cost of living and rising healthcare costs. But they also vowed to investigate administration officials; incoming House Oversight Committee leader Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) on Sunday warned that Democrats could investigate everything from pardons Trump made earlier in his second term to Trump allies including Elon Musk and the president's newly appointed chief of staff Stephen Miller.
Still, Sanders on Sunday said the election was about more than just Americans wanting to tackle the Trump administration's "corruption and illegal, unconstitutional actions."
"What I think this election was about, is the American people not only expressing disgust with Trump and his policies, but are demanding real change, no more tinkering around the edges," said Sanders. "And what the American people are saying: Look, we are working long hours. We're worried about our kids. We can't afford healthcare. We can't afford housing."
But Sanders, who serves on the Senate Commit
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Nov 08, 2026
Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is poised to chair the Senate's health committee next year, said in a new interview that he's open to impeaching Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The independent Vermont senator, who caucuses with Democrats, appeared on CNN's "State of the Union" with Dana Bash on Nov. 8 after a wave of Democratic wins in last week's midterms.
Bash asked Sanders if he agreed with South Carolina Sen.-elect Annie Andrews, a pediatrician, saying that Kennedy should be removed from his role as the nation's top health official.
"I am absolutely open to that," Sanders said of Andrews' view. "The bottom line is we need a secretary of HHS who is concerned about the health and well-being of our kids and all Americans, not involved in crazy conspiracy theories."
He continued, "I'm open to all ideas from Dr. Andrews or anybody else."
In a statement, HHS spokesperson Grace Jamison said "Secretary Kennedy has delivered the most sweeping public health reforms in modern history."
"He will continue to put prevention at the center of health care to end the chronic disease epidemic and Make America Healthy Again," Jamison said. "Threats of impeachment will not distract him from delivering for the American people."
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Nov 08, 2026
Harwood, North Dakota, may be the only place in the United States that voted in favor of data centers last week.
The town, population 845, faced the prospect of a $3 billion, 1.8-million-square-foot facility on its outskirts.
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Resident Michael Swartz hadn't liked the idea. He said he felt city officials had rolled over for a mega-developer who wanted to cash in on the artificial intelligence boom. "It's changing … our small town, and I don't know if it's for the good," he said.
So Swartz, a software engineer, organized to get a measure on the ballot demanding independent reviews and public hearings for big new industrial projects, as well as proposed modifications and expansions of existing ones.
It was one of at least 40 ballot measures in 10 states this election cycle that could have restricted data center development.
On Tuesday, in dozens of cities and towns across the country, voters overwhelmingly endorsed those restrictions. They also elected candidates who campaigned against Big Tech.
Nationally, too, the mood was decidedly anti-data-center. In TV network exit polls, 76 percent of voters said they would oppose the construction of a new data center in their community, and 57 percent (including nearly two-thirds of Democrats) said AI would do more to hurt than to help society.
But confronted with same debate that played out in dozens of other communities, a majority of voters in Harwood were convinc
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Nov 08, 2026
What to know about the Iran war today:Central Command also announced the creation of Task Force Iron Gate, which is supposed to extend the success of the naval blockade to overland routes of trade. The group will be tasked with preventing military technology and illegal revenue streams from entering or exiting Iranian borders, including via the Caspian Sea, but it was unclear if any military force would be brought to bear. Iran's military on Sunday dismissed the new task force as "word play."The U.S. military's Central Command announced Friday it is offering up to $20 million and possible relocation in exchange for information about Iran's nuclear program, its facilities, equipment or personnel.President Trump confirmed on Friday the U.S. carried out "minor strikes" on Iran, after local state media reported missiles striking Qeshm island in the Strait of Hormuz
Houthis claim attack on Riyadh financial district damaged Aramco skyscraper
Yemen's Houthis on Sunday claimed responsibility for an attack on the financial district of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's capital city, which witnesses said caused damage to a skyscraper belonging to oil giant Aramco. The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis had said earlier Sunday that its air defenses intercepted two ballistic missiles and two cruise missiles targeting Riyadh and other regions.
In a statement, Houthi military spokesperson Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree said the Iran-backed group carried out four military operations using ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as drones. Saree said the Riyadh airport was targeted in addition to the financial center, Aramco oil storage tanks, and the e
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Nov 08, 2026
Newly appointed White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and the Department of Justice have reportedly been considering throwing journalists in jail to get them to reveal their sources when government intel is leaked, according to a report.
Following Susie Wiles' exit as chief of staff, The Atlantic reported that President Donald Trump urged the DOJ to pursue criminal-leak investigations on national security grounds.
There have reportedly been discussions among White House officials about tactics they could use to get journalists to reveal their sources — including arresting them, three people familiar with the subject told the outlet.
Two people described Wiles pushing back against trying to force journalists to divulge their government sources, while Miller was in favor of the move, insisting that it wouldn't take long for journalists to give up their sources, according to the report.
A DOJ spokesperson told The Atlantic: "This is absolutely false," while a White House spokesperson said unauthorized leaks will "NEVER be tolerated" and those responsible "must be held accountable." The Independent has contacted the White House and DOJ for more information.
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Nov 08, 2026
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) came out in support of impeaching Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Sunday, telling ABC News he's a "hard yes."
"I'm a hard yes on the Hegseth resolution. The so-called secretary of defense has abused his power, undermined our national security, and engineered this reckless and costly war of choice in Iran, which has skyrocketed prices on the American people and made the country less safe," Jeffries said on ABC's "This Week." "Pete Hegseth has got to go."
Asked by "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl if he's confident all House Democrats will join him in supporting the potential resolution, Jeffries said his conference will "have that conversation" on Tuesday morning, when members convene in Washington for the first time since the midterm election.
Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images - PHOTO: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks during a press conference in Washington, November 4, 2026."But I believe there will be incredibly strong support for that resolution," Jeffries said.
Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, the outgoing Republican lawmaker who has often clashed with President Donald Trump, told ABC News he intends to reintroduce a privileged resolution to impeach Hegseth as early as Monday. By raising a question of privilege on the floor, leaders are required to schedule a vote on it within two legislative days.
Massie's resolution contains eight articles of impeachment against Hegseth, accusing the defense secretary of violating the War Powers Resolution of 1973, in addition to other alleged offenses.
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Nov 08, 2026
"The bigger priority for me, and I think for most people in America, especially people living paycheck to paycheck, is ‘please help us with the cost of living,'" Hamilton told NBC News' "Meet the Press."
Specifically, he said the new Congress should immediately focus on ending the war in Iran and "claw[ing] back tariffs policies."
"If I spent the next two years — my first two years in the Senate — in investigations, I'd be deeply disappointed. I want to get to work helping the people in my state and helping the people across the country," Hamilton said.
After their landslide victories Tuesday gave Democrats control of the House and the Senate in the next Congress, newly elected leaders and those who were re-elected are turning to focus on their priorities for the next two years.
Many are calling on colleagues to focus on an affordability agenda, but some senior leaders have said they'll also prioritize oversight and investigations into possible corruption by President Donald Trump and his allies.
"Whenever Trump defies the will of the American people or the law, we will launch investigations, take him to court and entangle him in legislative razor wire," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., told reporters Wednesday.
Several Democrats, including Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, who was an impeachment manager for one of Trump's impeachments during his first term, have floated potentially impeaching him for a third time.
Hamilton said Sunday, "I'm not as interested in impeachment as setting up guar
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Nov 08, 2026
THE TAKEAWAY:
A potential nor'easter could form later this week, causing snow, rain and gusty winds.One scenario says that the storm will track inland across the Ohio Valley and eastern Great Lakes.In other scenarios, the system will develop closer to the East coast.Cold air will begin to spill into the East later this week.A significant change to the nation's weather is taking shape late this week, with a potential nor'easter impacting the Northeast and New England before ushering in a cold blast to the country.
The change will start when colder air shifts into the eastern United States with warmer weather building across the West.
The shift in temperatures is setting the stage for a developing system that could bring rain, snow and gusty winds off the coast from Thursday through Saturday. This will pave the way for a big temperature drop across the East.
Blast Of Late-season Cold Sweeps Across Midwest, Southeast As Millions Fall Under Frost And Freeze Alerts
A strong ridge is building over the western United States and is helping colder Canadian air to punch south into the Northeast, while warmer air builds in the West. This provides a lift and upper-level energy needed to support a strengthening area of low pressure, setting the state for the late-week storm.
Instead of this being the typical El Niño patte
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Nov 08, 2026
With Democrats taking control of Congress in the midterm elections, MAGA voters are already sizing up potential successors to President Donald Trump in 2028 — with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio repeatedly emerging as favorites among those interviewed by Fox News Digital.
"I like [Rubio]," one American told Fox News Digital. "I like that he's no-nonsense, similar to Trump."
"Well, I like JD Vance obviously," another said. "I like Marco Rubio. There's some other ones, too, that are maybe not so much mainstream that are coming up that I like too."
Trump Told Donors 'We Need To Elect Jd,' Source Confirms, As He Weighs Vance Or Rubio In 2028
Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are gaining traction among American voters as potential favorable 2028 presidential candidates for Republicans."JD is great too, but Rubio has a little more experience," one said. "He's articulate, he's well-spoken. He's got good ideas. I just really like him."
Fox News Digital spoke with Americans attending a Trump rally in Port Huron, Michigan, as one of Trump's final stops before Tuesday's midterms that ended in a stunning blue wave. Fueled by anger over high costs and the war with Iran, Americans voted to oust Trump and his agenda, boosting Democrats to large majorities in the House and Senate.
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Nov 08, 2026
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel's president has designated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's main rival, Gadi Eisenkot, as his choice to form the next government.
President Isaac Herzog announced his decision late Saturday after days of consultations with the parties elected to parliament on Oct. 27.
Herzog's decision is another blow to Netanyahu, who lost his parliamentary majority in the election. But it does not guarantee that Eisenkot will be the next prime minister.
After an official ceremony Sunday, Eisenkot will launch complicated negotiations with potential coalition partners. He will have up to six weeks to form a government. At the same time, Netanyahu will try to prevent Eisenkot from succeeding.
Here's a closer look at what lies ahead:
There was no clear winner
In Israel, people vote for parties, which form alliances. A coalition needs to have a majority of at least 61 seats in the 120-member assembly, known as the Knesset, to form a government.
Neither Netanyahu nor Eisenkot secured a majority in the election. Netanyahu's coalition plunged from a peak of 68 seats to just 53. The opposition bloc, led by Eisenkot, won 48 seats, and Arab-led parties secured the other 19.
But after his consultations last week, Herzog decided that Eisenkot has the best chance of cobbling together a coalition. That is because the Arab-led parties said they were
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Nov 08, 2026
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At least six people were killed and more than a dozen others injured when a gunman suspected to have ties to the far-right opened fire in central Krakow, the second largest city in Poland.
Three bodies were found at his home when it was searched by police. Here is everything we know so far.
How did the attack unfold?The attack began shortly before 15:00 local time (14:00 GMT) in Krakow's Main Market Square, the bustling central point of the city which is popular with tourists.
Police said a man drove into the square before beginning to fire "at random people from his car".
Footage shows scenes of panic as people fled, with the sound of gunfire clearly heard.
A passing tram was shot at during the apparently random attack, shattering windows but no passengers were injured.
Armed officers raced to the scene and engaged in a gunfight with the suspect, who was shot within three minutes of the attack beginning, preventing a further massacre, officials said.
A 25-year-old man who was arrested remains in hospital after having surgery for a gunshot wound. The Krakow branch of the National Public Prosecutor's Office in Poland has announced an investigation into what constitutes "a terrorist offence".
Distressing footage authenticated by BBC Verify shows the moment a police officer confronts the suspect on the ground before firing his weapon several times.
The officer then falls to the ground, apparently having been injured himself.
Shop windows in the square have signs of damage, seemingly from bullets, with glass shards scattered along the floor.
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Nov 08, 2026
During the first two years of President Donald Trump's second term, the Justice Department has been on the front lines of some of his most contentious actions, pursuing his perceived foes and agenda with relish and little pushback or oversight from Congressional leaders.
The next two years will likely be dramatically different.
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As Democrats prepare to take control of the House and Senate following sweeping victories in the midterm elections, the Justice Department is bracing for a barrage of subpoenas and investigative inquiries as lawmakers say they will aggressively scrutinize the agency in a way Republicans did not while in the majority.
Attorney General Todd Blanche will face that opposition with a diminished workforce and withered trust from lawmakers, the public and the courts.
Under the Trump administration's stewardship, the department has been rocked by mass firings and an exodus of career staffers; an obliteration of the traditional distance between the agency and the White House; and several controversial cases brought against Trump's adversaries. Congressional Democrats have been eager to explore these areas during their years in the minority.
Now in control, they aim to make the remaining two years of Trump's term a reckoning, putting Blanche and his advisers on the defensive and holding them to account for what the lawmakers have framed as the complete perversion of the Justice Department's mission during this administration.
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Nov 07, 2026
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Nov. 7 said she hopes the court will reverse some of the "crazy things" it's done, including the blockbuster 2024 decision that presidents have immunity for their official actions.
"There's some opinions that I hope in my lifetime will get overturned. The immunity case is one of them," said Sotomayor, who authored the dissent from the court's three liberal justices to that decision.
She made the comments during a public discussion about civics education at the Washington Library at Mount Vernon.
More: After standing ovation for blistering dissent, Sotomayor urges people to read both sides
Sotomayor said she has sympathy for teachers whose job it is to explain what's happening with the law, because "there's been some systemic changes in my court's jurisprudence."
"I'm hoping that the cour
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Nov 07, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump offered the open White House press secretary position to UFC chief executive Dana White in a social media post on Saturday.
"I have requested that he bring with him assistants, even though some are not from our Country, of Islam Makhachev, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Justin Gaethje, Daniel Cormier, Amanda Nunes, and Kayla Harris," Trump added. "We need these people to defend us against the Lunatic Left. Dana will be a Press Secretary like none other. Dana, please take the job! President DONALD J. TRUMP"
Trump name-dropped several UFC fighters that White could presumably bring with him to the White House podium to interact with reporters. However, he mistyped the name of Kayla Harrison, arguably the top women's fighter in the world. A two-time Olympic gold medalist and UFC bantamweight champion, Harrison will defend her title at next week's UFC 334 event at New York's Madison Square Garden.
The White House has not officially responded to Trump's post, creating some uncertainty as to whether or not this was a serious invitation, according to the Associated Pres
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Nov 07, 2026
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks during a press conference on November 3, 2026, in Washington, DC. - Tom Brenner/Getty Images
Chuck Schumer is confident he'll continue leading Senate Democrats after they captured the chamber's majority in dramatic fashion on Tuesday. Not all Democrats are so sure.
During a post-election gathering Saturday in Washington, DC, two Senate Democrats — Chris Van Hollen of Maryland and Elissa Slotkin of Michigan — declined to back Schumer for the job, and Slotkin said she would not rule out running herself. A third Senate Democrat who appeared at the conference, Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona, said he planned to support Schumer but echoed calls for Senate Democrats "to do things differently than we've done before."
"There should be no coronation of the next Democratic leader," Van Hollen said. "I've said very clearly that we need to have a discussion in the Democratic caucus, we need to understand what the Democrats are going to do with this new responsibility and these new powers, and nobody should get a blank check without a full understanding of the caucus as to where we're going to go."
Van Hollen said he has urged Democratic colleagues to "withhold commitments" until Schumer outlines his vision. And Slotkin said Democrats should not give Schumer quorum — the minimum attendance required to conduct Senate business — until he an
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Nov 07, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump offered the open White House press secretary position to UFC chief executive Dana White in a social media post on Saturday.
"I have requested that he bring with him assistants, even though some are not from our Country, of Islam Makhachev, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Justin Gaethje, Daniel Cormier, Amanda Nunes, and Kayla Harris," Trump added. "We need these people to defend us against the Lunatic Left. Dana will be a Press Secretary like none other. Dana, please take the job! President DONALD J. TRUMP"
Trump name-dropped several UFC fighters that White could presumably bring with him to the White House podium to interact with reporters. However, he mistyped the name of Kayla Harrison, arguably the top women's fighter in the world. A two-time Olympic gold medalist and UFC bantamweight champion, Harrison will defend her title at next week's UFC 334 event at New York's Madison Square Garden.
The White House has not officially responded to Trump's post, creating some uncertainty as to whether or not this was a serious invitation, according to the Associated Pres
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Nov 07, 2026
The North Carolina State Highway Patrol responded to the scene just after 9:30 a.m. (WRAL)One cyclist was killed and at least 12 others were injured after a driver, suspected to be impaired, plowed into a group of cyclists in North Carolina.
Donald Robert Morris-Jones, 76, was driving on Optimist Farm Road in Wake County on Saturday morning when he crossed the center line and struck the group of cyclists, the North Carolina State Highway Patrol said. The incident unfolded about 14 miles southwest of Raleigh.
After striking the group, the vehicle traveled away from the scene then ran off the left side of the roadway and crashed into a ditch a half a mile away from the cyclists, officials said.
The North Carolina State Highway Patrol responded to the scene just after 9:30 a.m.
One cyclist died as a result of the crash and at least a dozen more were hurt, authorities said. Their injuries range from minor to serious, and several were transported to hospitals for treatment.
Highway Patrol identified the deceased victim as Patrick Allen Turner, 63, of Cary, North Carolina.
Morris-Jones was arrested and charged with death by vehicle, seven counts of serious injury by vehicle, eight counts of hit and run, driving while impaired, reckless driving and drive left of center, according to Highway Patrol.
"Impairment is suspected to be a factor in the crash," the agency said.
Morris-Jones was being held in the Wake County Detention Center on $1 million bail.
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Nov 07, 2026
Nov 7 (Reuters) - Israel's president on Saturday chose Gadi Eisenkot, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's strongest rival, to try to form a new government following a deadlocked election that left neither man with a clear path to power.
Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving leader, is fighting ?to stay in office after his religious-nationalist coalition lost its majority in an October 27 election but still emerged as the ?largest bloc in parliament.
Eisenkot, a former military chief, has declined to join forces with Arab parties, whose support would give him a majority of seats in parliament. But Arab leaders, incensed ?by what they view as the racist policies of Netanyahu and his far-right allies, still nominated Eisenkot to try to form a government first — giving him the most endorsements.
"President Herzog has invited Gadi Eisenkot to the President's Residence, where he will be tasked with forming the government tomorrow," said the spokesperson of President Isaac Herzog, whose largely ceremonial role involves nominating a candidate to form a coalition after elections.
In a post on X, Eisenkot wrote, "Now is the time ?to form a national emergency government. I will do ?everything I can to ensure we are worthy."
EISENKOT FACES LONG-SHOT BID TO FORM GOVERNMENT
Weeks of protracted negotiations are expected to follow Eisenkot's nomination. He has 28 days to try to forge a government, with a possible 14-day extension.
His potential ?pathways to power include trying to form a minority government with Arab party votes on key issues; forming a coalition with ultra-Orthodox parties that he and his allies have shunned in the past; or forging a unity government with Netanyahu.
Analysts say that all three options are unlikely to take shape. If Eisenkot fails, another ?candidate ?can try to form a government and if that candidate fails, parliament can nominate ?another. There is a deadline for the
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Nov 07, 2026
Former Blue Angels pilot Major Scott Laux, U.S. Navy Blue Angels in flight
Maj. Scott Laux, a U.S. Marine Corps aviator, was dismissed from the squadron, the Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA) confirmed to the Pensacola News Journal on Friday, Nov. 6.
In a statement provided to the News Journal, CNATRA confirmed that Laux, who flew the No. 6 jet for the team, would not participate in the team's remaining performances this season. "Blue Angel #6 was removed from the team for failing to uphold the standards expected of members of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron and will not participate in the team's remaining performance this season," the agency said.
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Nov 07, 2026
Two experienced skydivers were killed in a horrifying midair collision in Southern California after their parachutes became tangled just moments before landing, authorities said.
The victims have been identified as Levi Pimentel, 29, of Illinois, and Georgia Jean, 56, of South Dakota, who died Friday afternoon after plunging to the ground near Lake Elsinore.
The women collided about 150 feet above the ground as they approached the landing area, causing their parachutes to become entangled, according to Skydive Elsinore, the company involved in the fatal jump.
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Two skydivers lie on the ground receiving medical attention after colliding in midair in Riverside County. RVC NEWS
Both women then suffered critical injuries when they landed. Authorities rushed to the area around 11:47 a.m. and transported the women, but both died
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Nov 07, 2026
TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Ron DeSantis declared on CNN this week that he will be a "free man after Jan. 5" — a nod to the end of his two terms as governor of Florida. But he's already offering biting commentary about the shortcomings of his own party after the midterm bloodbath, giving rise to speculation about his political future.
That Florida Republicans narrowly staved off the blue wave that swept so many red states, including Texas, only fuels his appeal to conservatives looking for a strong 2028 candidate.
"This is DeSantis' time," said conservative radio host and former Trump 2020 campaign legal adviser Jenna Ellis, citing policy wins by the governor and arguing that Republicans "overwhelmingly rejected the cult of personality."
"DeSantis is in a unique position because he is neither MAGA nor establishment," she continued, "so [he] can and will — and has — criticized both while remaining strong and principled."
Blaise Ingoglia, a former Florida GOP chair who narrowly won his race for state chief financial officer, added it was not surprising that talk about DeSantis' presidential potential is resurfacing. "The governor should be credited for creating that environment" where Florida resisted broad Democratic wins, he said.
One person close to DeSantis, granted anonymity to speak candidly, said the GOP performance in the midterms "opened a massive lane" for DeSantis in 2028 "that has not really been discussed by anyone openly but is fairly obvious to anyone surveying the landscape." That person added that DeSantis would likewise be "incredibly well qualified" for the Supreme Court should a vacancy emerge.
But the hype around the GOP governor's future political plans has heated up every day post-midterms. On Friday night, after The Washington Post
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Nov 07, 2026
The NYPD said it arrested a New York City teacher's aide Saturday in connection with the killing of Katie Suarez, who was stabbed while jogging in Brooklyn last week.
Sayed Mohassib, 27, was arrested after detectives allegedly developed evidence they say placed him at the scene of the attack, the police said. He has been charged with second-degree murder, according to police.
NYPD - PHOTO: Katie Suarez is seen in a photo released by the New York Police Department.Suarez, 28, was stabbed in the neck on Oct. 30 while jogging along the Belt Parkway waterfront in Brooklyn. She succumbed to her injuries three days later.
She called her father around 8 p.m. Friday to tell him she was about a half mile from home, according to police.
Family of jogger stabbed in the neck in NYC says she died: WABCWhen she did not arrive back home, her parents went looking for her, and her father found her stabbed in the neck, according to NYPD Chief of Detectives Joe Kenny.
WABC - PHOTO: Sayed Mohassib, 27, was arrested after detectives allegedly developed evidence they say placed him at the scene of the attack.Mohassib currently works as a teachers aide at a Brooklyn public elementary school that is near the crime scene, a source with knowledge of the investigation told ABC News.
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Nov 07, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge said Saturday she intends to appoint an ex-top federal prosecutor in the nation's capital during President Donald Trump's first term to investigate whether she was purposefully misled by lawyers and administration officials in a lawsuit challenging one of his prized Washington construction projects, the renovation of a historic public golf course along the Potomac River.
Jessie Liu, a former U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, would examine whether officials with the Interior Department and the National Park Service and attorneys with the Department of Justice violated ethics or misled U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes during the course of the case that was initiated in February by the DC Preservation League and two golfers.
The Republican administration plans to close the East Potomac Golf Course and park on Nov. 15 with the intention of constructing a "World Class, championship-level golf course that is capable of hosting major events." An injunction issued by Reyes last month temporarily bars the government from removing or damaging any additional trees on the course and the administration must give 10 days' notice in writing before making any "irreparable modification" to any "forms or features" of the course while the lawsuit is active.
Reyes is giving each side a chance to be heard on her plan to name Liu as special master in the case. They must do so in writing by Friday, when the next court hearing in the dispute is scheduled.
Reyes, who was nominated by Democratic President Joe Biden, wants to know whether federal officials lied abou
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By Phil Stewart
WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Building on a months-long naval blockade on Iran, the US military said on Saturday it is launching a task force to help crack ?down on Tehran's movement of advanced weapons and other sanctioned material over its land borders and through the ?Caspian Sea.
Task Force Iron Gate, which was first reported by Reuters, will be based in Tampa, Florida, and will coordinate with other US government agencies. ?Beyond movement of weapons, it will also focus on halting the flow of dual-use technologies used by Iran and stemming what Washington calls illegal revenue streams.
The establishment of the task force is the latest illustration of how the US is still searching for ways to increase pressure on Tehran, more than eight months after launching with Israel a war against the Islamic Republic.
While US ?strikes have dealt devastating blows to Iran's conventional ?military and the US naval blockade has severely restricted its crude exports through the Strait of Hormuz and the Arabian Sea, Iran still poses a formidable threat to the region and its ?rulers have tightened their grip on the country.
IRAN'S SECRET NETWORK
A Reuters investigation found Iran has created a secret network of military agencies to import at least $2 billion in hardware, explosives and heavy-duty trucks since January 2025, evading both the US naval blockade and Western ?sanctions.
The ?material entered Iran by cargo ship across the Caspian Sea from ?Russia, by truck from Central Asia, and by freight ?planes from China, the Reuters investigation showed.
US Central Command said the task force will coordinate with other government agencies. A US military official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that was expected to include the Treasury, State and Justice Departments but also the intelligence community.
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Nov 07, 2026
The right-wing activist Laura Loomer has been paid by private clients to make political posts on social media without publicly disclosing the payments, according to a former campaign aide to President Donald Trump and three others familiar with the arrangements, shedding light on what they say is a business practice of one of the Trump administration's most influential online firebrands.
The allegations were made by Alex Bruesewitz, an adviser to Trump's 2024 campaign, and three other people who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Two of the three people said they had paid Loomer directly to post political messages on her X account, where she has 1.9 million followers. The third said they had overseen clients who paid her to post on the account. The three spoke on the condition of anonymity.
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Bank transaction emails and a wire transfer statement reviewed by The Washington Post appear to show four payments totaling more than $60,000 sent to Loomer and a Florida-based company registered in her name, King Breaker Media, since May of last year.
The documents do not specify the purpose of the payments, but two people familiar with the arrangements said they were for political posts.
Loomer, one of Trump's best-known online acolytes, denied to The Post that she is paid to post on social media. She instead described herself as a journalist and activist and disputed the idea that she is an influencer paid to promote any political cause.
The new claims about Loomer's influe
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Nov 07, 2026
Democrats continue to celebrate one of the most lopsided midterm election victories in modern U.S. history, routing their Republican rivals to gain control of the U.S. House, U.S. Senate and statehouses across the country.
In the Senate, Democrats flipped seven seats and now hold 54 to the Republican Party's 44. Two seats — nail-biting contests in Alaska and Mississippi — remain undeclared.
In the House, Democrats held 254 seats to the GOP's 162 as of Saturday morning, comfortably passing the majority threshold of 218, with 19 races yet to be called, according to the Associated Press. The latest estimates show that the party is on track to win its largest majority since 2008. And there are still seats it could flip, including Colorado's Fourth District, where Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert, a staunch Trump ally, trails Democrat Eileen Laubacher by about 3,200 votes with 97% of the vote counted, according to the AP.
There were also gubernatorial races, mayoral contests,
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Nov 07, 2026
A 21-year-old South African-born Wisconsin State Patrol trooper who was detained Nov. 5 by federal immigration agents was released from custody Nov. 6, according to his attorney.
Attorney Marc Christopher confirmed to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that Carel Aaron Van Der Merwe, who was traveling to visit family with a valid work permit, had been released from the Dodge County Jail and was awaiting a ride from his supervisor, the head trooper in Tomah.
Christopher said Van Der Merwe was released under an order of supervision, which requires him to periodically check in with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He will also likely be subject to electronic monitoring, potentially through an application on his cellphone rather than an ankle bracelet.
Christopher said he plans to speak with Van Der Merwe to discuss the next steps in his case. He expects Van Der Merwe will eventually share his experience publicly but wants to give him time to readjust following his release.
"I just told him I wanted him to get back, get reacclimated, just get settled, because I know he's gone through a very dramatic experience," Christopher said.
Van Der Merwe came to the U.S. from South Africa with his family on visas at age 14, Christopher said. His family has been waiting seven years for their asylum case to be heard.
Earlier, Christopher slammed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for detaining a Wisconsin law enforcement officer who has permission t
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Nov 07, 2026
The Trump administration is considering a major reorganization of the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, according to internal documents reviewed by The Washington Post.
Staff are meeting this week and next to discuss a "realignment" of the two agencies, the documents show. One meeting regarding the National Park Service will discuss "pending duty station changes," referring to the locations where staff report to work. But the documents do not specify whether certain offices would be closed or moved, or whether any employees would be fired.
The Interior Department, which oversees the agencies, did not respond to a request for comment.
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Public land advocates fear that the changes could further hurt agencies that have already seen major staffing cuts since Trump began efforts to shrink the federal government by hundreds of thousands of employees last year.
"I think from their perspective, it seems as though that they're trying to find efficiencies by consolidating staff within DOI that maybe served different functions across these agencies," said Ed Stierli, vice president of government affairs at the National Parks Conservation Association, an advocacy group. "But I think in reality, it just seems to be causing more confusion and chaos."
While the administration has considered differing plans to overhaul the Park Service since last year, including one reported in September by the Washington Sun, plans
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Nov 07, 2026
KRAKOW, Poland (AP) — Six people were killed and 16 wounded after a gunman opened fire Saturday afternoon in a busy market square in Krakow, authorities said, in what Poland 's defense minister called an "act of terror" on the people of the city.
The suspect, a 25-year-old Polish citizen, opened fire with an automatic weapon in the city's Main Square, a major tourist destination. He was fascinated with far-right ideologies and held "very radical views," Polish Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski said at a news conference.
Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz called Saturday's fatal shooting an "act of terror" on the people of Krakow.
Four women and two men were killed. Two police officers were wounded, one seriously, Kierwinski said on X.
The number of people wounded rose from 15 to 16, police said late on Saturday.
Authorities earlier said the gunman was a Polish citizen and said he was 24, but later corrected his age to 25.
The perpetrator was shot and wounded during a gunfight with officers a short distance away from the initial violence, police said, and was taken to the hospital for surgery.
Katarzyna Cislo, a spokesperson for the Krakow police, said the perpetrator was wearing military-style fatigues and a bulletproof vest and used a military-type long gun in the attack. Police found many other weapons, as well as ammunition, in his car. He kept firing at the police even after being shot himself, she said.
The attacker engaged in a "wild ride" around the Main Square, Cislo said, which is why people were wounded at several locations.
Cislo added that the gunman acted alone and that the public is safe.
Krakow mayor Lukasz Gibala said the city will be in official mourning until Wednesday. He
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Nov 07, 2026
KRAKOW, Poland (AP) — Six people were killed and 15 wounded after a gunman opened fire Saturday afternoon in a busy market square in Krakow, Poland, authorities said.
The gunman, a 24-year-old Polish citizen, aimed at random people as he drove into the Main Square, a major tourist destination in the center of the city, Krakow police said. Four women and two men were killed. Two police officers were wounded, one seriously, Poland's interior minister said on X.
The perpetrator was shot and wounded during a gunfight with officers a short distance away from the initial violence, police said, and was taken to the hospital for surgery. The death toll earlier stood at five, but police updated it to six in a post on X.
Katarzyna Cislo, a spokesperson for the Krakow police, said the perpetrator was wearing military-style fatigues and a bulletproof vest and used a military-type long gun in the attack. Police found many other weapons, as well as ammunition, in his car. He kept firing at the police even after being shot himself, she said.
The attacker engaged in a "wild ride" around the Main Square, Cislo said, which is why people were wounded at several locations. Videos posted on social media by witnesses show people running away from the square to take cover on small streets nearby.
Cislo added that the gunman acted alone and that the public is safe.
It was not immediately clear whether the firearm used in Saturday's attack, or the guns found in the perpetrator's car, were legal. Around 411,000 people hold gun permits in Poland, which has a population of 37 million, and interest in gun ownership has been rising.
Mass shootings are uncommon
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Nov 07, 2026
Newly ascendant Democrats on Capitol Hill aren't planning to make it easy for Marco Rubio to ride to the GOP's rescue in 2028.
The secretary of State's appeal to Latinos and relatively strong standing in Washington may offer Republicans, battered by this week's midterm elections, hope that they can bridge their internal divides and hold onto the White House. "The number of people who want to draft Secretary of State Marco Rubio is staggering," former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich wrote Wednesday on social media.
But Democratic lawmakers are likely to make Rubio a top target for oversight and other hearings in the new Congress — grilling him on the Iran war, legally questionable strikes on alleged drug boats, deals related to Venezuelan oil and more, according to a House Democratic aide and a Senate Democratic aide familiar with the discussions. Similarly aggressive scrutiny from Republican lawmakers helped tarnish former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's image during the years before she ran for president in 2016.
Rubio, who also serves as national security adviser, has largely avoided the criticism aimed at President Donald Trump's Iran war and other major crises — but that doesn't absolve him of responsibility for administration failures, Democrats said.
"He belongs near the top of the list of people who must answer to congressional ov
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Nov 07, 2026
The skyline of Cleveland, Ohio, on 30 September 2023.Photograph: Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images
While Elon Musk has often touted putting datacenters in space, reports suggest that another geographic area may soon become a widespread target: our lakes and oceans.
Two underwater datacenters are already in operation off the coast of China, and recent reports suggest that the Trump administration is considering plans for four proposed underwater, sealed-pod datacenters to be built off the shores of Maine and Alaska.
At a campaign rally in Ohio last month, Donald Trump said of datacenters: "There's so much money to be made for Ohio … they'll go to China … we want them."
Underwater iterations are particularly attractive to tech companies as they largely eliminate community opposition and controversy around datacenters in residential areas on land. In theory, underwater datacenters could also significantly cut down on utility costs, another issue that's currently riling communities across the country.
A Microsoft project set up off the coast of northern Scotland in 2018 found that after two years, server failures were reduced by 87% compared with on-land datacenter equivalents. Microsoft executives saw the project, which ended after two years, as an unmitigated success.
That makes the cool, salt-free waters of the Great Lakes, home to 30
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Nov 07, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democratic leaders are placing an early emphasis on healthcare as they discuss their immediate priorities upon the swearing-in of the new Congress on Jan. 3.
Early votes in the House next year are expected to focus on boosting Medicaid and restoring an enhanced tax subsidy that is designed to lower the cost of Affordable Care Act health plans for millions of enrollees.
Democrats are also promising swift action on legislation to stop the war with Iran and to reverse some of President Donald Trump'strade tariffs.
"We're going to get out of the gate fast," said New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic leader who is in line to become the next House speaker.
The legislative flurry carries enormous stakes for Democrats as they seek to translate their sweeping victories in the midterms — their numbers will exceed 250 in the 435-member House — into achievements that deliver on their promises to lower the cost of living.
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Nov 07, 2026
Democrat Mary Peltola's campaign is suing the state of Alaska to obtain access to records for absentee ballots that were rejected by the Alaska Division of Elections, a new court filing shows.
Peltola's campaign said they previously requested records of the rejected ballots on multiple occasions but were denied access.
"Plaintiff cannot ensure that its voters' lawful votes were properly counted without knowing whose absentee ballots were rejected or questioned, and why," the lawsuit reads. "Each hour and each day that Defendants deny Plaintiff the requested records to which it is entitled costs Plaintiff the opportunity to help ensure that qualified voters have their ballots counted."
Peltola currently leads Sen. Dan Sullivan (R) in the Alaska U.S. Senate race by just over 600 votes, but with approximately 30 percent of the vote still outstanding, according to The Hill's partner Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). No winner has been projected in the race as of Saturday morning.
The Division responded in a release on Friday, saying voters who have had their ballots rejected have not yet had access to the information, therefore, the campaign should not be able to have access yet either.
"Alaska's constitution and laws do not require the Division to provide this information in the manner requested by the campaign. Releasing preliminary information in the manner sought by the lawsuit would create additional burdens during ballot processing and could delay the timely counting of votes," the release said.
The Alaska Senate race has alr
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Nov 07, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans aren't holding back.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis described this week's elections as an "extinction-level event" for the GOP. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz likened it to a "Watergate-level repudiation." Former Vice President Mike Pence called it a "reckoning."
For all the apocalyptic talk emerging from a midterm that relegated Republicans to their thinnest ranks on Capitol Hill in decades, there's little agreement on how the party should move forward.
A return to the bedrock fiscal and national security conservatism that defined Republicans under President Ronald Reagan risks alienating the more hard-line conservatives welcomed into the party under President Donald Trump under the "Make America Great Again" banner.
But leaning even further into Trump's coarse brand of politics could lead to more voter rejection.
"We have soul-searching to do," Alex Latcham, the executive director of the Senate Leadership Fund, which spent $810 million to support Republicans, said in an interview. "We need to first understand and honestly admit why we just endured a wipeout of this magnitude. And then we have to regroup and agree to a path forward."
GOP faces questions about Trump's future role
As has been the case for the past decade, the central question is the role Trump will play in shaping the party's future. His insistence on loyalty reached a zenith this year as he intervened in GOP primaries and pressed voters to make the elections a refe
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Nov 07, 2026
Widespread chilly weather still seems a long way away despite what the calendar says, as the nation is forecast to see one of the warmest Novembers on record, thanks mainly to the warming impacts of El Nin~o, forecasters said.
"The ongoing El Nin~o remains the dominant teleconnection to influence this forecast (for November)," said Johnna Infanti, a forecaster from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center, in an online report.
Chad Merrill, a senior meteorologist from AccuWeather, told USA TODAY that "a very warm month is expected nationally. It will likely rank in the top 10 for warmest Novembers."
Where are above-average temperatures expected in November?
The temperature forecast map from the
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Nov 07, 2026
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Missile explosions struck Kyiv and left at least five people wounded early on Saturday as Ukraine prepared for new talks next week with Russia and the United States.
Negotiators from Russia, Ukraine and the U.S. are to meet on Tuesday in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, for talks aimed at ending the war. The new round of negotiations would be the fourth brokered by the Trump administration, following the most recent round in Geneva in February.
Western governments backing the peace initiative are seeking a new formula to break the impasse while acknowledging that territorial and security questions remain unresolved.
The Russian missiles that hit the Ukrainian capital overnight damaged homes and commercial properties, closed traffic on a Kyiv bridge over the Dnipro River and triggered new power and water outages, national and city authorities said.
"As a result of the enemy's night attack, energy facilities in the Kyiv and ... Zhytomyr regions were damaged," Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. "The situation with the capital's energy supply is extremely difficult, affecting the city's heating and water supply systems."
Russia's Ministry of Defense confirmed Saturday that it had targeted the Northern Bridge, saying that it facilitated the transport of weaponry, military hardware and specialist equipment for Ukraine's armed forces.
It also said that it had targeted an industrial facility in the capital producing Flamingo missiles, as well as a power station, an electrical substation, and a plant producing ammunition, explosives and gunpowder in the wider Kyiv region. It also confirmed strikin
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Nov 07, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — After Democrats' overwhelming midterm victories this week, winning candidates spoke of the need, once they are sworn in, to rein in President Donald Trump's mass deportation machine. Some suggested putting forward a new vision for immigration reform while both houses of Congress are in Democratic control.
The lofty goals come after two years in which Democrats, while in the minority, were limited in how much they could counter Trump's supercharged and, at times, chaotic immigration enforcement. But there are clear limits to what they can achieve even after Democrats' epic win, with Trump — who rode into power in part on a promise to curb immigration — in office for another two years and wielding his veto power.
What's more, Republicans have frontloaded billions of dollars for immigration enforcement. And the key architect of the president's hard-line immigration agenda, Stephen Miller, was elevated Friday to become Trump's chief of staff — suggesting immigration enforcement may not slow down any time soon.
Here's a look at what might come next for immigration after Election Day:
Investigating alleged corruption and ICE policies
Democrats appear ready to use the power of congressional oversight to investigate Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security. That strategy will likely resonate with voters angry aboutt how enforcement operations were carried out in places li
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Nov 06, 2026
A view of the East Block of San Quentin Rehab Center's death row, which was shut down by Gov. Gavin Newsom earlier in his term before he announced Thursday that he was commuting the sentences of condemned inmates. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)While running for California governor in 2018, Gavin Newsom declared that he would rather be bold and fail than retreat to the safety of mediocrity.
The two-term governor known for taking big political risks once again made good on that vow Thursday when he moved to offer clemency to every inmate sentenced to death in California.
Amid a hum of speculation about how the mass commutation could help or hurt his presidential prospects in 2028, the Democratic politician sent a clear, defining message to Americans about where he stands and the type of leader they could expect.
"If my job is just to read the polls, you can have an AI chatbot as governor," Newsom said in an interview Friday. "I was hired for my judgment, and like it or hate it, that was why I think I was given this privilege, and that's the responsibility of a leader. My job's leadership, not stewardship. It's not management. It's to lead.
"I'm here to change polls, change minds."
The sweeping decision comes more than 20 years after Newsom emerged in the national consciousness when, as mayor of San Francisco,
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Nov 06, 2026
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President Donald Trump said Friday he expects to make additional Cabinet changes following Republicans' sweeping midterm election defeats, signaling that the replacement of White House chief of staff Susie Wiles may be only the beginning of a broader administration shake-up.
In an interview with CBS News' "60 Minutes," Trump acknowledged that more personnel changes could be coming but declined to identify which officials might be affected.
Asked whether he expected to fire anyone after Republicans lost control of both chambers of Congress, Trump replied, "I do, yeah. Little bit."
"I love my Cabinet. I think they're good," Trump said. "But I'll ... be doing maybe a few changes."
The remarks came as Trump announced Friday that longtime senior adviser Stephen Miller would replace Wiles as White House chief of staff, effective Monday.
Trump's comments were made during an interview with CBS News correspondent Ross Douthat scheduled to air Sunday, with excerpts released Friday.
The president's remarks also come amid growing speculation about the future of War Secretary Pete Hegseth, whose handling of the war in Iran has drawn criticism following the GOP's midterm losses.
CBS News reported Wednesday that Trump had privately asked advisers whether Hegseth should remain in his position, citing multiple sources familiar with the discussions.
The network reported that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had been floated as a possible replacement, although other sources said Trump had made no decision to remove Hegseth.
Trump publicly expressed confidence in Hegseth when questioned Wednesday and again during the CBS interview.
"I do," Trump replied Friday when asked whether he retaine
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Nov 06, 2026
Washington — Top Trump adviser Stephen Miller, who is set to take over the White House chief of staff role on Monday, has driven President Trump's most controversial immigration policies during both of his administrations.
Mr. Trump announced the staffing shake-up on Friday, calling Miller one of his "most trusted" advisers. Miller replaces Susie Wiles, who has been his chief of staff throughout his second term.
The move comes after Republicans suffered crippling losses in the midterm elections and as Democrats plan sweeping investigations into the administration's actions, including its immigration enforcement policies.
Miller was the architect behind many of those policies and also championed the administration's immigration enforcement expansion, which has been supported by approximately $170 billion that congressional Republicans allocated for immigration enforcement and border security in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which became law in July 2025.
During Mr. Trump's first term, Miller helped develop and publicly defend the administration's executive order that restricted entry by nationals of several Muslim-majority countries. The travel ban led to protests around the U.S. and legal challenges. A third iteration of the ban was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2018.
He was a leading supporter of the administration's 2018 zero-tolerance immigration policy, which resulted in thousands of family separations, and he pressed for dramatic reductions in refugee admiss
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Nov 06, 2026
President Donald Trump's decision to make Stephen Miller the White House chief of staff followed a weeks-long lobbying effort from Katie Miller, his wife.
Katie Miller told people to call the president on her husband's behalf if they believed that he was better than other potential successors to Susie Wiles, according to two people with direct knowledge of her role, who, like others in this story, spoke on condition of anonymity.
Some of the names Trump discussed privately over the last month were Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Steve Witkoff, the president's special envoy, former Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Randy Levine, the president of the New York Yankees. Lee Zeldin and Sergio Gor were also floated, according to two people close to the White House.
One White House adviser, granted anonymity to speak about sensitive matters, said the prospect of Pulte in charge had alarmed many inside the administration.
Pulte could not be reached for comment.
Katie Miller's persuasion campaign unfolded even as the White House furiously denied that Trump was considering replacing Susie Wiles.
POLITICO Playbook reported in October that Trump was calling friends and associates to chat about possible replacements for Wiles, including Stephen Miller.
Katie Miller, who declined to comment, worked at the Department of Homeland Security during the first Trump administration and on the White House's coronavirus task force. During the second Trump administration, she worked with Elon Musk on his DOGE effort and launched a podcast, hosting high-ranking administration officials.
Katie Miller's advocacy in support of her husband intensified afte
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Nov 06, 2026
A Venezuelan national was arrested after being found sitting in a stolen vehicle near the White House with several firearms, according to a criminal complaint and the Department of Homeland Security.
The suspect, Ronny Guanipa-Chrinos, allegedly threatened to kill President Donald Trump, according to DHS.
A Secret Service officer on patrol spotted the vehicle parked on Constitution Avenue, near the White House complex, shortly before midnight on Thursday, according to the complaint affidavit filed in D.C. Superior Court.
Man arrested for alleged threats to shoot President Trump at Kansas rallyWhen the officer knocked on the window of the blue Ford F-150 and asked if he was OK and whether he had any weapons, Guanipa-Chrinos allegedly shook his head yes and made a finger gun gesture, according to the affidavit.
After getting out of the vehicle, he allegedly told investigators through Google Translate, "I have the gun because they tried to kill me with it, and I had to take it away from them; it's in the brown bag," according to the affidavit.
According to DHS, Guanipa-Chrinos told officers he "heard voices in his head telling him to come to Washington, D.C. and kill President Trump." The affidavit did not include those alleged remarks.
Department of Homeland Security - PHOTO: Firearms seized from a vehicle near the White House on Nov. 5, 2026, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Investigators found a MAC-10 machine pistol, a Glock 43x pistol and an AR-15 rifle in the vehicle, according to the affidavit. There were also "dozens of rounds of ammunition," DHS said.
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Nov 06, 2026
A Venezuelan national was arrested after being found sitting in a stolen vehicle near the White House with several firearms, according to a criminal complaint and the Department of Homeland Security.
The suspect, Ronny Guanipa-Chrinos, allegedly threatened to kill President Donald Trump, according to DHS.
A Secret Service officer on patrol spotted the vehicle parked on Constitution Avenue, near the White House complex, shortly before midnight on Thursday, according to the complaint affidavit filed in D.C. Superior Court.
Man arrested for alleged threats to shoot President Trump at Kansas rallyWhen the officer knocked on the window of the blue Ford F-150 and asked if he was OK and whether he had any weapons, Guanipa-Chrinos allegedly shook his head yes and made a finger gun gesture, according to the affidavit.
After getting out of the vehicle, he allegedly told investigators through Google Translate, "I have the gun because they tried to kill me with it, and I had to take it away from them; it's in the brown bag," according to the affidavit.
According to DHS, Guanipa-Chrinos told officers he "heard voices in his head telling him to come to Washington, D.C. and kill President Trump." The affidavit did not include those alleged remarks.
Department of Homeland Security - PHOTO: Firearms seized from a vehicle near the White House on Nov. 5, 2026, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Investigators found a MAC-10 machine pistol, a Glock 43x pistol and an AR-15 rifle in the vehicle, according to the affidavit. There were also "dozens of rounds of ammunition," DHS said.
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Nov 06, 2026
Last year, the Republican-controlled Texas legislature redrew its congressional maps in a controversial mid-decade redistricting effort aimed at giving the GOP five more House seats. Encouraged by President Donald Trump's strong showing among Hispanic voters in 2024, they concentrated on four districts in the heavily Latino Rio Grande Valley in South Texas.
But the Latino vote in Texas swung back from the president on Tuesday, driven by its dissatisfaction with Trump's immigration policy and the economy, according to ABC News' Voter Poll. Republicans failed to flip any of the Rio Grand Valley districts -- losing by double-digits in all of them -- and ended up with a net loss of one House seat.
Hispanic voters comprise more than 30% of eligible Texas voters and are especially concentrated in four counties in the Rio Grande Valley, where they make up more than 90% of the population, according to U.S. census data.
Brandon Bell/Getty Images - PHOTO: Democrats candidate for House Bobby Pulido, Senate candidate James Talarico and gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa sing together at the conclusion of the Voto Latino's "Ready. Go. Vote." campaign rally, Oct. 25, 2026 in Weslaco, Texas. ABC News' Voter Poll showed 67% of Hispanics who voted in the state's Senate race said the Trump administration's actions on immigration enforcement have gone too far, compared to 45% of white Senate voters.
Who won the redistricting war? So far, it looks like DemocratsJon Taylor, a University of Texas at San Antonio politica
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Nov 06, 2026
By Bo Erickson, Nandita Bose, Steve Holland and Trevor Hunnicutt
WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump named longtime aide Stephen Miller as his chief of staff on Friday, giving the architect of some of his toughest domestic policies one of the most powerful jobs in Washington after Republicans lost control of Congress.
Miller, who will replace Susie Wiles, assumes the role as the president prepares to confront ?a Democratic-led House of Representatives and Senate and a wave of congressional investigations into his administration.
A longtime proponent of expansive presidential authority, Miller takes over at a moment when the Republican Party's defeat in Tuesday's ?midterm elections could leave Trump more reliant on executive power to advance his domestic agenda.
In a social media post, Trump called Miller "one of my most trusted advisors," and praised Wiles for doing "an outstanding job." Trump said the change would take effect on Monday.
A White House official said Miller's appointment signals ?that Trump has no intention of rethinking his policies and instead is rewarding his most loyal aides.
"He's not changing course," the official said, despite tens of millions of American voters repudiating Trump's domestic agenda and foreign policy.
Trump said this week he was willing to work with Democrats on Capitol Hill. But elevating Miller, who is known for being caustic and uncompromising, could signal a more confrontational approach and a renewed push to advance the president's agenda on immigration and other issues, several White House officials said.
Trump had been displeased with his political and communications operations in the run-up to Tuesday's election as his public appr
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Nov 06, 2026
Thomas Markle Sr. poses for a photo on August 10, 2018, in San Diego, California. - MEGA/GC Images/Getty Images
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story contains graphic details.
Thomas Markle, the father of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, was placed on house arrest Friday and faces a charge of possession of child pornography, the Department of Justice announced.
"Mr. Markle is accused of possessing child sexual abuse material, including photographs depicting himself with minor girls," said First Assistant US Attorney Bill Essayli, who leads the Los Angeles-based US Attorney's office.
The 82-year-old allegedly kept "sexually explicit photographs of himself with prepubescent girls in two Los Angeles-area storage units he rented for nearly two decades," the DOJ said.
Markle was arrested by federal agents in Florida before making an initial appearance in the US District Court in Tampa on Friday. US Magistrate Judge Thomas Wilson ordered Markle to be released and placed him on house arrest. Markle is not allowed to travel outside the Middle District of Florida and the Central District of California, according to the US Attorney's Office for the Central District of California.
Markle has not entered a plea, the office said. His arraignment in California ha
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Nov 06, 2026
Could this year's big blue midterm wave transform how America elects its next president? Now that Democrats have won complete control of governor's mansions and both legislative chambers in five battleground states — Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada and Arizona — there is a chance that the Electoral College, as we know it, could soon become a thing of the past.
That isn't speculation. In fact, the plan is already in motion. Over the last two decades, 18 states and Washington, D.C., have formally agreed to award all of their electoral votes to whichever presidential ticket wins the most votes nationwide, regardless of the outcome in their own state or district. Until now, this legal agreement — official name: the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) — hasn't taken effect because the jurisdictions that have joined it only control 222 total electoral votes, which falls short of the 270 required to activate the compact (and elect a president).
But what if you add Pennsylvania (19 electoral votes), Michigan (15), Arizona (11), Wisconsin (10) and Nevada (6) to the list? That gets you to 283 (assuming that all of them join and the compact survives potential constitutional challenges).
Since Election Day, the Democratic shift in statehouses across the country has been overshadowed by the
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Nov 06, 2026
Democratic firebrand Elizabeth Warren, a consumer advocate known for her fierce battles over financial regulations, will take the gavel in January to become chair of the powerful Senate Banking Committee.
According to a source familiar with her plans, the Massachusetts senator intends to use her expanded platform to advance legislation to tackle populist affordability issues with a focus on housing.
The person familiar with her plans says Warren will use the committee's investigative powers to hold hearings and launch investigations into executive branch ethics and corporate practices, aiming to hold President Trump, the administration, Wall Street, and Big Tech accountable for economic decisions she views as having driven up costs for consumers.
Warren is also expected to take steps to shield the Federal Reserve from White House overreach. Any future nominee for the Fed will have to go through her committee. Earlier this year, she rallied Democrats to oppose Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh's confirmation before the banking committee, stalling his eventual confirmation.
Wall Street is likely to be another of Warren's targets. Before Republicans regained control of Congress, Democrats would have the chief executives of big banks testify before the Senate Banking and House Financial Services committees once a year. The banking industry can expect a return to that practice.
Stephen Biggar, who covers the financial sector for Argus Research, says hearings will offer more transparency, but won't be accompanied by meaningful rulemaking.
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Nov 06, 2026
Cornell University's Faculty Senate approved a resolution Friday declaring "no confidence" in the school's top leaders, a symbolic gesture reflecting deep discontent on campus in the wake of a former student's lawsuit saying she was gang raped at a fraternity party in 2024.
The resolution passed 75-50, with five faculty senators abstaining and five others not voting, according to an email sent to Faculty Senate members on Friday afternoon.
The vote followed weeks of debate among professors over whether Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff and other administrators handled the woman's allegations properly and have done enough to curtail sexual misconduct at the prestigious university.
While the faculty body has no power over the university's top leaders, backers of the resolution had said they hoped it would pressure Cornell's trustees to address longstanding institutional failures they identified.
Board of Trustees Chair Anne Smalling said in a statement the faculty vote "reflects the deep anger across our campus" and sent a clear signal that what happened to the woman was unacceptable, but added that Kotlikoff and his administration were the right leaders to "thoughtfully and comprehensively" address the issue.
Thomas Giuffra, an attorney for the woman who filed the lawsuit, said in a statement Friday that "we are hopeful that this will be yet another step forward to educate and support the Cornell community by addressing the longstanding scourge of sexual assault on campus."
Lawsuit sparked outrage on campus
The Cornell community has been distressed since mid-September, when a forme
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Nov 06, 2026
Democrats continue to celebrate one of the most lopsided midterm election victories in modern U.S. history, routing their Republican rivals to gain control of the U.S. House, U.S. Senate and statehouses across the country.
In the Senate, Democrats flipped seven seats and now hold 54 to the Republican Party's 44. Two seats — nail-biting contests in Alaska and Mississippi — remain undeclared.
In the House, Democrats held 253 House seats to the GOP's 161 as of 2 p.m. ET Friday, comfortably passing the majority threshold of 218, with 21 races yet to be called. The latest estimates show that the party is on track to win its largest majority since 2008. And there are still seats it could flip, including Colorado's Fourth District, which is held by Republican incumbent Rep. Lauren Boebert, a staunch Trump ally, whose race against Democrat Eileen Laubacher remains tight.
There were also gubernatorial races, mayoral contests,
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Nov 06, 2026
Washington — Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut was released from the hospital Friday after experiencing a stroke nearly a week ago, but will miss several weeks of votes as he continues his recovery at a rehabilitation center.
"I want to be direct with you, so here is my diagnosis," Murphy said in a statement. "Last Saturday afternoon, I felt something was not right with my body and called 9-1-1 out of an abundance of caution, and I'm glad I did."
Murphy, who is 53, said he was diagnosed with a small bleed in the thalamus region of his brain. The thalamus sits above the brainstem and relays sensory information between the spinal cord and the brain, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
Dr. Jose Suarez, the chief of neurosciences critical care at Johns Hopkins, where Murphy was hospitalized, said the senator experienced a small hemorrhagic stroke.
"He has shown tremendous progress, and at the current rate of improvement, we expect that he will make a full recovery following rehabilitation," Suarez said in a statement released by Murphy's office.
Murphy said he is taking his recovery seriously and will be spending several weeks at a rehabilitation center in order to "get back to work on the quickest timeline possible."
"This has been a scary experience for me and my family, and I appreciate the continued respect for our privacy," Murphy said. "As I'm working towards a full recovery, I am staying engaged with my team and colleagues remotely, and my staff continues to carry out our legislative priorities, serve constituents, and ensure the work of my office continues uninterrupted."
Murphy's office announced Sunday that he had numbness in his arm while at his son's hockey game and was taken to a local
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Nov 06, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top federal prosecutor in Miami who had been tasked with overseeing an investigation into foes of President Donald Trump has resigned, joining other high-profile Justice Department officials departing in the wake of the midterm elections, officials said Friday.
Jason Reding Quiñones' resignation follows frustrations among Washington officials with his management of the office assigned to lead the so-called "grand conspiracy" investigation, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel issues.
The Justice Department's top national security official, John Eisenberg, also resigned on Friday, Attorney General Todd Blanche said. On Thursday, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, who led a radical overhaul of the department's Civil Rights Division, also announced her departure.
Quiñones was confirmed by the Senate last year as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida, where the Justice Department had centered its meandering probe into whether former law enforcement and intelligence officials conspired against the Republican president.
His departure comes as the investigation has shown signs of faltering amid a spate of staff turnovers and delays. Investigators in recent weeks have put off scheduled grand jury testimony of several witnesses, according to multiple people familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.
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Nov 06, 2026
PHOENIX (AP) — Democrats in Arizona won control of both legislative chambers and retained the governor's office, giving the party its first trifecta in the state since 1966 as Democrats made major gains nationwide in this week's elections and took control of both chambers of Congress.
In her first term, Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs had vetoed more than 540 measures passed by the Republican-led Legislature on policies including taxes, immigration and voting laws. Hobbs has said she's looking to address water issues and affordability, and take on fraud and abuse in the state's school voucher program.
The Associated Press called enough legislative races to confirm that both chambers flipped on Friday. The news organization calls races individually and it can take several days after voting, depending on when election officials tally the votes and how close the elections are. There have not been major disputes or disruptions this year.
In Arizona, Republicans have held the House for 60 years and the Senate since the early 1990s.
Overall, Democrats took full control
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Nov 06, 2026
In the early hours of Dec. 26, 1996, after a festive family Christmas, Patsy Ramsey walked down the stairs in her Boulder, Colorado, home to discover a terrifying ransom note telling her that her 6-year-old daughter JonBenét Ramsey had been kidnapped.
She immediately called 911 and the Boulder Police Department responded to the scene in three minutes.
Courtesy of John Andrew Ramsey - PHOTO: JonBenét Ramsey was 6 years old when she was found dead in her home in Boulder, Co. on Dec. 26, 1996.The taunting two-and-a-half-page ransom note was addressed to JonBenét's father, John Ramsey, and demanded $118,000 for the safe return of his daughter.
"You stand a 99% chance of killing your daughter if you try to out smart [sic] us," the letter said. There was no sign of JonBenét or further communication from the would-be kidnappers.
A new "20/20" episode, "JonBenét Ramsey: Race Against Time, Who is 'Unknown Male 1?' -- A New Diane Sawyer Investigation" airing Friday, Nov. 6 at 9 p.m. ET on ABC and streaming the next day on Disney and Hulu, re-examines the case.
You can get more behind the scenes of each week's episode by listening to "20/20: The Afte
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Nov 06, 2026
Democrats continue to celebrate one of the most lopsided midterm election victories in modern U.S. history, routing their Republican rivals to gain control of the U.S. House, U.S. Senate and statehouses across the country.
In the Senate, Democrats flipped seven seats and now hold 54 to the Republican Party's 44. Two seats — nail-biting contests in Alaska and Mississippi — remain undeclared.
In the House, Democrats held 253 House seats to the GOP's 160 as of 12:30 p.m. ET Friday, comfortably passing the majority threshold of 218, with 22 races still to be called. The latest estimates show that the party is on track to win its largest majority since 2008. And there are still seats it could flip, including Colorado's Fourth District, which is held by Republican incumbent Rep. Lauren Boebert, a staunch Trump ally, whose race against Democrat Eileen Laubacher remains tight.
There were also
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Nov 06, 2026
The polar vortex is weakening unusually early, forecasters have said, with a rare disruption possible within days that could send Arctic air traveling south over North America.
The polar vortex is a band of powerful winds in the stratosphere that circle the North Pole each winter. It keeps the coldest air locked high in the atmosphere until it is disrupted. Once the vortex weakens, pockets of that air can be pushed south, which can bring frostier temperatures to parts of the U.S.
In its updated November outlook, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center said a disruption of the polar vortex could occur within days, possibly developing into a sudden stratospheric warming, which it called "very rare" for November. It warned that if this happens, its effects could last up to two months.
The polar vortex made its mark this January, when a lobe of Arctic air pushed south, bringing a deep freeze to the eastern U.S. and Canada. Parts of northern Minnesota fell to -43°F on Jan. 24, according to state climate data, with states like Indiana also experiencing record lows as Greenland's west coast recorded its warmest January on record.
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Nov 06, 2026
Meghan Markle's estranged father, Thomas Markle, was arrested in Florida on Friday on charges related to child sexual abuse material, authorities said.
Markle, 82, was arrested by the FBI at a care home near Tampa, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California said in a press release. He was charged with one count of possession of child pornography.
Authorities said Markle was arrested after agents discovered approximately 78 items — including slides, film negatives, and books — that contained suspected child sexual abuse material (CSAM) while searching two storage units registered to Markle, at least one of which was in the Los Angeles area.
"Mr. Markle is accused of possessing child sexual abuse material, including photographs depicting himself with minor girls," First Assistant United States Attorney Bill Essayli said. "These allegations are extremely serious, and we will prosecute Mr. Markle to the fullest extent of federal law."
The statement said that, in October 2026, law enforcement learned that an individual signed an affidavit regarding the discovery of suspected CSAM among Markle's possessions in the Philippines. Officers then interviewed a separate individual who revealed Markle had rented a storage unit in the Los Angeles area.
This led to the discovery of a second storage unit. Both had been rented by Markle since 2008.
FBI Director Kash Patel said in a statement that "Markle allegedly targeted innocent children and sought to steal their innocence through his criminal actions."
"This FBI will use every single r
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Nov 06, 2026
The GOP's sweeping losses in the midterm elections Tuesday set up an unsettling possibility for the party: If it doesn't act now to confirm a new Supreme Court justice, it may not have another chance for years to come.
That prospect is likely to ramp up pressure on the court's two oldest conservatives - Justices Samuel A. Alito Jr., 76, and Clarence Thomas, 78 - to retire during the lame-duck period, while Republicans still have the votes to get a nominee confirmed by the Senate. The new Senate, in which Democrats will hold a majority, is seated on Jan. 3.
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Alito, who joined the court in 2006, said last month he has no plans to retire during the lame-duck session. Thomas has said in the past he has no plans to step down from the court. He joined the court in 1991 and could become the longest-serving justice in its history in 2028.
But given the magnitude of Democratic inroads in the Senate, legal and political experts said it could be 2033 before Republicans have a realistic shot at winning back enough seats in that chamber to approve a conservative justice.
At that point, Alito and Thomas would be well into their 80s. Neither responded to a request for comment.
"I think both have been making an implicit bet that they will live long enough … so that a Republican president can replace them with someone ideologically similar," said Ed Whelan, a conservative attorney and senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
This is likely to make many Republicans antsy, particularly those mindful of the lesson of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died while still on the bench at 87, in September 2020.
The lib
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Nov 06, 2026
The US added 165,000 jobs in October, blowing past economists' expectations, as the labor market showed strength despite the Federal Reserve's recent rate hikes.
The unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1% even amid a slight increase in labor force participation. September's underwhelming jobs report of 29,000 additions was also revised upward to a gain of 60,000 jobs.
Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union, deemed the results "a blowout" in a post on X.
Economists surveyed by Bloomberg projected a gain of about 70,000 jobs in October and saw the unemployment rate holding steady.
Wage growth increased 0.4% from September, better than expectations for 0.3% month-over-month growth. Annual earnings rose 3.1%, beating expectations but likely still below the current inflation rate.
Employers added jobs in a number of sectors of the economy. Professional and business services, which had been seen as more vulnerable to AI-related disruptions, added 70,000 roles. Healthcare, long a strong spot for job growth, added a higher-than-average 42,000 positions.
Transportation and warehousing jobs rose by 25,000, and manufacturing continued to show strength with 19,000 additions.
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Nov 06, 2026
Democrats continue to celebrate one of the most lopsided midterm election victories in modern U.S. history, routing their Republican rivals to gain control of the U.S. House, U.S. Senate and statehouses across the country.
In the Senate, Democrats flipped seven seats and now hold 54 to the Republican Party's 44. Two seats — nail-biting contests in Alaska and Mississippi — remain undeclared.
To do so, Democrats won a series of key battleground contests. In Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed defeated Mike Rogers in one of the most closely watched races of the midterms. James Talarico beat Republican Ken Paxton in Texas, becoming the first Democrat to win a U.S. Senate seat in the Lone Star State since 1988. Annie Andrews beat Sen. Darline Graham in South Carolina to flip a Senate seat. In Maine, Democrat Troy Jackson defeated incumbent Sen. Susan Collins, putting an end to her three-decade tenure. Sen. Jon Ossoff comfortably won reelection in Georgia. Other Senate seats to flip to the Democratic Party included Roy Cooper in North Carolina, Sherrod Brown in Ohio, Josh Turek in Iowa and Adam H
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Nov 06, 2026
President Trump reacted to the volatile Thursday in markets with a series of Truth Social posts overnight, doubling down on his support of data centers and trying to blame Democrats for the sell-off.
A little after 7 a.m. ET Friday, he renewed his support for data centers, writing he "will work with the many States in the U.S. that want to become RICH by having them" and calling leaders who might be opposed "foolish."
The comments appeared largely directed at Texas, where voters this week elected a new Democratic governor who has promised to halt new data center construction in a race that surfaced deep voter unease over AI and its effects.
President Donald Trump prominently displays a hat emblazoned with "Veto" in the Oval Office of the White House on November 5 after Democrats took control of the US House and Senate. (MANDEL NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)MANDEL NGAN via Getty Images
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