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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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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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Susie Wiles Takes the Election Fall  —  Trump fires his chief of staff, as his political universe shrinks.  —  Most Presidents who take a beating in midterm elections acknowledge the trouncing and take responsibility.  But Donald Trump isn't most Presidents, in case you hadn't noticed.
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 Hill, Vox and HuffPost
New York Times:
Trump Elevates Stephen Miller, a Fiery Hard-Liner, to Chief of Staff  —  The promotion of Mr. Miller, who has led the administration's immigration crackdown, signals a doubling down by the president on policies that voters decisively rejected in the midterm elections.  —  Here's the latest.
Brian Schwartz / Wall Street Journal:   With Susie Wiles's Departure, Big Business Loses a Sympathetic Ear
The Atlantic:   A Chief of Staff Who ‘Will Crack Skulls’
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
Rob Crilly / Washington Examiner:
The inside story of Trump's election night fury and Susie Wiles's frantic battle to survive
Josephine Walker / Axios:   Trump still defiant after a bruising week
New York Times:
Democrats, Newly Ascendant, Begin a Fight to Shape the Party's Future  —  At a moment of opportunity for the party, its long-feuding factions are seizing on the midterm results to make their case for tacking to the center or to the left.  —  A pastor in Kansas.  A Paralympian in Iowa.
Discussion: HotAir and Semafor
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David Remnick / New Yorker:
Breaking the Decade-Long Trump Fever  —  The President's unique brand of lurid authoritarianism has finally lost appeal, and he has lost the plot.  —  Two generations ago, in the fall of 1974, President Gerald Ford and the Republican Party approached the midterm elections with considerable dread.
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Chuck Schumer on Governing With (or Without) Trump
Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
How Elon Musk Frittered Away Nearly $500 Million on the Midterms  —  Behind the scenes, the world's richest person spent a record amount over two years to bend the country's politics to his will.  He couldn't.  —  The world's richest person had face-planted — and was now trying to turn back time.
Discussion: Straight Arrow
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Michelle Del Rey / The Washington Sun:
A Top Navy Officer Fired by Hegseth Is Elected to Congress  —  Nancy Lacore, a Democrat, has expressed interest in being on the Armed Services Committee.  — Copy  —  Democrat Nancy Lacore, a retired Navy vice admiral fired by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last year, has won her congressional race …
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Noah Robertson / Washington Post:
Trump ally declines to back Hegseth when asked whether he should be replaced
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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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
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 …
New York Times:
With So Much New Blood in the Senate, the Average Age Is Falling.  To 63.  —  Incoming senators are nearly 15 years younger than departing ones, on average.  But the chamber's overall age isn't shifting much.  —  When the new Senate convenes in January, it will welcome some (relatively) young new legislators.
Discussion: Foreign Policy
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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Samuel Benson / Politico:
Pro-Talarico PAC pulls back curtain on historic investment  —  In January, the leading super political action committee backing James Talarico spotted a problem in the data: Talarico was running behind where he needed to be in Hispanic-heavy South Texas in order to win the March primary.
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Ex-RFK Jr adviser bashes White House on MAHA priorities  —  Calley Means, a former top adviser to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., ripped outgoing White House chief of staff Susie Wiles over her tenure, arguing in a Friday interview she led the Trump administration to consistently bow …
Discussion: STAT, Politico and The Independent
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Julianna Bragg / Axios:   Ex-RFK Jr. adviser alleges Trump admin corruption prompted resignation
Mack Liederman / New York Times:
He'll Be Clerk of One of the Country's Largest Counties.  He's 19.  —  Sebastian Matta, a sophomore at Arizona State University, was elected on Tuesday as Superior Court clerk in Maricopa County, Ariz.  —  If you live in Arizona's Maricopa County, Sebastian Matta will soon be in charge …
Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Mysterious Request Scrambles Major Supreme Court Gun Case  —  In an unusual move, the lead plaintiff in one of two cases challenging semiautomatic weapons bans has asked to drop out weeks before the cases are heard.  —  The Supreme Court received an unusual request late last week …
Discussion: CNN and The Daily Caller
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 …
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
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 …
Discussion: Mississippi Today and Scripps News
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 …
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.
 
 
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