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 …

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.

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.

The Midterms Were Spectacular.  Here's What They Showed.  —  Two years ago, Donald Trump's return to office felt like a diagnosis, a confirmation of some terrible disease.  Now, after the spectacular reversal in the midterms, the body politic looks rather different.

US believes Nvidia's Huang had romantic relationship with alleged Chinese spy  —  American intelligence warned the tech boss was involved with executive recruited by China to gather information on US group  —  The US government believes Nvidia's chief executive Jensen Huang had a romantic relationship …

Turning Point Bet on the Midterms and Lost.  Some Republicans Are Furious.  —  Candidates backed by the right-wing activist group did not fare well, and the results set off recriminations from establishment Republicans.  —  Turning Point USA bet big on Arizona.

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...

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.”

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

House Democrats will start their majority focused on boosting healthcare and ending the Iran war  —  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.

8 BOLD IDEAS TO FIX AMERICA  —  For the past two years, Congress has deferred to President Trump on almost everything, declining to check even his most unpopular whims.  Democrats have won power now with a sweeping mandate from voters for action, accountability and change.Will they deliver on it?

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis planning another White House run  —  Florida's status as one of the few red states to mostly withstand the Democratic sweep will be a core part of his argument, an adviser says.  —  SummaryLoading...  Gov. Ron DeSantis is preparing to run for the GOP's 2028 …

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 …

The Short, Unhappy Marriage of MAHA and the GOP … Paula Obeid raced through Costco on a Wednesday afternoon in October, gathering supplies for the rally she was organizing that night in Scottsdale: sauerkraut, organic beef jerky, plastic plates without decorative trims that could contain harmful chemicals.

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).

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 …

U.S. Cleared Nvidia Chips to Chinese Firms With Empty Offices and Troubling Ties  —  The Commerce Department has approved dozens of Chinese companies to handle Nvidia's H200 chips, some of which have ties to firms under sanctions over national security.  —  In a recently built industrial park …

A reckoning pushes out six congressmen accused of sexual misconduct, domestic abuse  —  Recent months have shown the most effective tool for accountability might be public opinion.  —  Sexual misconduct allegations involving Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-California) and Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) …