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CNN:
Stephen Miller replacing Susie Wiles as chief of staff as Trump grows furious with midterm results, sources say  —  Donald Trump Federal agencies Corporate news  —  Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, is departing her role days after catastrophic Republican midterm losses in a seismic staff shakeup at the White House.
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New York Times:
Live Updates: Stephen Miller to Replace Susie Wiles as Trump's Chief of Staff  —  Mr. Miller, a domestic policy adviser, has driven the administration's immigration crackdown.  The staff shake-up follows sweeping losses for Republicans in the midterm elections.  —  Here's the latest.
Politico:
How Katie Miller lobbied for her husband's promotion  —  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 …
New York Times:
In Elevating Stephen Miller, Trump Doubles Down on Hard-Line Agenda  —  The new White House chief of staff is responsible for some of the most provocative policies of President Trump's second term, as well as an aggressive approach to executive power.  —  In the initial days …
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Inside the early GOP reckoning after historic defeat  —  President Donald Trump's decision to name hard-line loyalist Stephen Miller as his top aide cemented what many Republicans were already privately fearing: There will be no party-wide GOP reckoning with this week's midterm bloodbath.
Discussion: The Atlantic and Vox
Phillips P. OBrien / Phillips's Newsletter:
Trump is going Full Putin with the Miller Appointment  —  Are you ready Democrats?  —  ∙ Paid  —  So we have our first big personnel change in the Trump administration since the midterm election disaster for the GOP.  It is both notable and pretty freaking dark.
Rob Crilly / Washington Examiner:
The inside story of Trump's election night fury and Susie Wiles's frantic battle to survive  —  Headlines followed Susie Wiles all year, hinting that Donald Trump's chief of staff and “ice maiden” was on borrowed time.  —  She was irritated by some of his big appointments.
Wall Street Journal:
Susie Wiles Takes the Election Fall
Josephine Walker / Axios:   Trump still defiant after a bruising week
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Signals Combative Next Two Years With Elevation of Stephen Miller
Nicole Sganga / CBS News:
What Stephen Miller has pushed for while in Trump administration
Washington Post:
Stephen Miller is named new White House chief of staff as Susie Wiles departs
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Democrats blast ‘dangerous’ elevation of Miller as refusal to learn from the election
Megan Messerly / Politico:
Stephen Miller will replace Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff
Jackie Koppell / NewsNation:
Miller has Hegseth's back, top official says
Discussion: MS NOW and abc7NY
Jim Saksa / Democracy Docket:
Mississippi Senate race votes at risk after state eliminates mail ballot curing rule  —  The extremely tight U.S. Senate race in Mississippi is now coming down to the final few provisional and mail ballots, which could determine the outcome.  But a few months ago, Mississippi's secretary …
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Taylor Lang / WISN:
Wisconsin state trooper detained by ICE while boarding domestic flight to be released  —  DODGE COUNTY, Wis. —  A Wisconsin state trooper was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at Dane County Regional Airport on Thursday.  —  It happened during a targeted ICE operation …
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Johnson's meeting request  —  Sen. Ron Johnson is sending a letter Monday requesting a conference meeting to discuss the midterm results and a delay in the leadership election.  Johnson has gathered enough signatures to force the meeting under the Senate GOP's rules and is proposing the gathering for 9 a.m. Tuesday.
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Noah Robertson / Washington Post:
Trump ally declines to back Hegseth when asked whether he should be replaced  —  Rep. James Comer told News Nation that there are “a lot of questions” about the defense secretary after the GOP's midterm rout and that “no one's happy about Iran.”  —  Loading...
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Michelle Del Rey / The Washington Sun:
A Top Navy Officer Fired by Hegseth Is Elected to Congress
Julianna Bragg / Axios:
Ex-RFK Jr. adviser alleges Trump admin corruption prompted resignation … He is one of the first former administration members to speak out about his time in the executive branch. … - “Particularly in many cases to enrich their families,” he added.
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Ex-RFK Jr adviser bashes White House on MAHA priorities
Discussion: Politico, The Independent and STAT
Politico:
Multiple top officials exit DOJ after Dems' midterm wave  —  Attorney General Todd Blanche is shaking up the Justice Department's senior ranks ahead of an expected clash with Congress and mounting frustration over a string of legal and political failures.  —  High-profile leaders resigned …
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Jennifer Bowers Bahney / Mediaite:
Free Press Forced To Issue Correction After Reporting Abdul El-Sayed Gave His Victory Speech ‘In Arabic’  —  The Free Press was forced to issue a correction after reporter Maya Sulkin erroneously said that Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed (D-MI) gave his victory speech “in Arabic.”
Discussion: The New World
Associated Press:
Secret Service Arrests Man Who Said He Heard Voices Telling Him to Kill Trump  —  The U.S. Secret Service said a suspect has been taken into custody and charged after officers found him in a vehicle near the White House with multiple guns, claiming he heard voices in his head telling him to kill President Donald Trump.
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Democrats “inundated” with anti-Jeffries calls  —  Democratic House members and members-elect are being bombarded with phone calls and emails urging them not to elect Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) as speaker, more than a dozen lawmakers and aides tell Axios.
Discussion: NewsMax.com
The Texas Tribune:
Senfronia Thompson says she has the votes to become the first woman and first Black Texas House speaker  —  The 87-year-old Houston Democrat, known as Ms. T, has served in the Legislature since 1973.  On Tuesday, her party won control of the Texas House for the first time since 2003.
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Vance leads behind-the-scenes push for new Iran deal  —  Vice President Vance has spent the past two weeks personally involved in indirect talks with Iran aimed at reaching a new ceasefire and resuming nuclear negotiations, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter.
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Daily Mail
Wall Street Journal:
White House Weighs Executive Order Attaching Terrorist Label to Some Nonprofits  —  The order, which hasn't been finalized, would immediately suspend groups' tax-exempt status  —  WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is considering an executive order that would list some nonprofit organizations …
Ariana Baio / The Guardian:
Incoming Democratic senators don't want Chuck Schumer as majority leader  —  New lawmakers from Annie Andrews and Adam Hamilton to Abdul El-Sayed indicate they will not support him  —  Incoming Democratic senators want someone other than Chuck Schumer to become the next majority leader in the US Senate …
Ben Penn / Bloomberg Law:
Blanche Ousts National Security Head After Media Leaks Clash  —  Attorney General Todd Blanche forced out the Justice Department's top national security official after the two clashed over the pace of White House-directed media leak investigations, according to senior administration officials.
Christopher Hale / Letters from Leo:
“The Global Capital of Protestantism” — Peter Thiel Recruits Nashville Against Pope Leo XIV  —  In a secretly recorded lecture, JD Vance's top donor called the Catholic Church a dubious ally and told Nashville to fight.  Fifteen days later, Catholics swung 21 points and voters sided with Leo.
Wall Street Journal:
Elon Musk Staked His Empire on Texas.  Now State Democrats Want to Rein Him In.  —  Musk has big plans for Tesla and SpaceX in the Lone Star State, and now faces a blue wall of opposition  —  Elon Musk made a $225 million bet on Texas.  Now, a new wave of Democratic leaders has the power to stall his projects.
Bolts:
“The Jig Is Up”: Voters Resoundingly Reject Republicans Who Wanted to Run Elections  —  Democrats flipped secretary of state offices in Georgia, Indiana, and Ohio, defeated election deniers, and will run election administration in the vast majority of battleground states.
Mitch Bannon / The Athletic:
Blue Jays distance themselves from Anthony Santander's Islamophobic Instagram story  —  Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Anthony Santander shared Islamophobic posts on his Instagram story Wednesday.  One of the videos, which was taken down Thursday morning, claimed “America voted for Sharia Last Night! …
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
California rejects billionaire tax proposal in win for executives, Newsom  —  California voters are rejecting a proposal to impose a wealth tax on billionaire residents, marking a major win for tech and business executives, who spent hundreds of millions against the measure, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ).
Discussion: Political.org
 
 
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Ellen Mitchell / Associated Press:
DC officials ask incoming Democratic governors to pull Guard troops
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Newsom commutes death penalty for all 548 people on California's death row
Associated Press:
Ousted Paraguayan president placed under house arrest after bank collapse
Monica Potts / New Republic:
The New House Will Have Genuine Working-Class People. Will It Matter?
Discussion: Jacobin
Dan De Luce / NBC News:
New intelligence chief trying to reverse staff cuts
NBC News:
Trump briefed on narrow window for a new military campaign in Iran
Nancy Cook / Washington Post:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis planning another White House run
Discussion: Fox News, Mediaite and Joe.My.God.
The Hill:
AI companies' deceptive election ads show why Congress must scrutinize super PACs
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Gavin J. Quinton / The Washington Sun:
Clyburn, Haley Stevens' Former Mentor, Backs Expelling Her From Democratic Caucus
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Paul Waldman / MS NOW:
Jon Ossoff's merciless strategy paid off. Other Democrats should take notes.
US Department of Justice:
Thomas Wayne Markle Arrested on Federal Complaint Charging Him with Possessing Sexually Explicit Images of Himself with Minor Girls
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Houston Police to Stop Alerting ICE During Traffic Stops
Reuters:
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