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 …

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?

Texas' School Voucher Program Could Be “Unrecognizable, If Not Extinct,” Says Democratic Lawmaker  —  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's vision for education was finally coming together.  —  This year, the state launched a voucher program that allowed roughly 110,000 of Texas' more than 5 million schoolchildren …

7 charts that illustrate the scope of Democrats' big 2026 wave  —  Monster showings in the early vote, big swings in Trump country, records broken in key Senate races and more show the depth and breadth of the 2026 midterm results.  —  The scope of Democrats' resounding midterm victory …

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.

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.

Will this week's blue wave election usher in a Democratic president in 2028? … In surfer slang, a wave that lasts a long time is a “runner.”  A key question for investors is whether the blue wave that washed over the country Tuesday was that kind of wave, and could it ferry Democrats to victory in 2028.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.”

Republicans' Losses in New York Were Bad.  Then Came Their Freakout.  —  The party's losses in New York mirrored those across the nation, but leading Republicans in the state quickly blamed each other for the results.  —  When Mike Lawler, a Republican congressman from New York …

South Carolina Republicans Fracture Over Stunning Defeat of Darline Graham  —  Some blamed President Trump for backing the novice candidate after the death of her brother, Lindsey Graham.  Others accused Mr. Graham's team of pushing her to run despite her lack of experience.

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 …

The Epstein Election and the End of MAGA  —  This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter.  Sign up for it here.  —  In the final weeks before the midterms, the name Epstein was everywhere—in political ads, in stump speeches, on T-shirts at campaign rallies …

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.

“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.