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.

Never Get High on Your Own Supply  —  Six years ago, after Joe Biden won his narrow victory over Donald Trump, I wrote that the president's defeat wasn't a repudiation as much as it was a split decision, “an uncertain result for an uncertain time in American life.”

Trump ally Loomer was paid thousands for political tweets, people familiar say  —  People familiar with the arrangements allege pay-to-play business practices by one of President Donald Trump's biggest online acolytes.  Financial documents show details.  —  SummaryLoading...

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 …

Peltola campaign sues Alaska over rejected absentee ballot records  —  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.

Trump says he offered White House press secretary role to UFC's Dana White  —  If was not immediately clear whether the UFC chief executive, a longtime supporter who worked with Trump to host an MMA event at the White House, had accepted.  —  Loading...  President Donald Trump said Saturday …

Trump officials weigh major overhaul of National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife  —  An overhaul of the agencies would follow a similar move at the U.S. Forest Service.  —  SummaryLoading...  The Trump administration is considering a major reorganization of the National Park Service …

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.

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?

Judge orders Mamdani administration to comply with ICE subpoena  —  NEW YORK — New York City must turn over information about homeless shelter residents sought by federal immigration authorities, a federal judge ruled Friday.  —  In a 12-page order, District Judge Lewis Kaplan compelled …

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.

The empire strikes out  —  The Anakin Skywalker theory of MAGA decline  —  Welcome to The Weekly Scroll! … Anakin Skywalker and the end of MAGA  —  The biggest news story this week has obviously been the midterm elections and the enormous blue wave that saw Democrats retake control of both the House and the Senate.

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.

Trump says he could ‘very easily’ refrain from insulting Democrats to make a bipartisan deal  —  President Donald Trump said he could “very easily” refrain from insulting Democrats to make a bipartisan deal on any issue in the next Democrat-controlled Congress.

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 …

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 …