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6:35 PM ET, November 7, 2026

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CNN:
UFC CEO Dana White declines Trump's offer to become press secretary, source says  —  President Donald Trump said Saturday that he offered the White House press secretary job to Dana White, but a source familiar with the matter says the Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO declined the unorthodox idea.
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Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Trump Asks Dana White of U.F.C. to Be His Press Secretary  —  On social media, the president offered the now-vacant job of White House press secretary to Dana White, the organization's C.E.O., and told him to bring along fighters as aides.  —  President Trump said on Saturday that he had offered Dana White …
Jim Saksa / Democracy Docket:
‘EXTORTIONISTS’ — Trump orders probe of Democrats for promising accountability  —  President Donald Trump responded to Democratic promises of accountability Saturday, calling it “extortion at the highest level,” and ordering Attorney General Todd Blanche to “look into this criminal act, immediately!”
Ford McCracken / The Hill:
Trump says he offered White House press secretary job to Dana White
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Trump says he offered White House press secretary role to UFC's Dana White
Washington Post:
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...
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Republicans Got Ruinously High on Their 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.”
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
On Tuesday, Americans rejected the Trump administration.  It turns out most people hated …
Discussion: Deseret News and Slate
Lydia Polgreen / New York Times:   The Midterms Were Spectacular. Here's What They Showed.
David Remnick / New Yorker:
Breaking the Decade-Long Trump Fever
Discussion: The Contrarian
Aidan Williams / Bloomberg:
Georgia State Race Reversed After Votes Surface on Memory Card  —  Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who rebuffed President Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the state's 2020 election results, opened an investigation into a local race after officials discovered a memory card …
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Brentin Mock / Democracy Docket:
Trump promotes posts questioning midterm results  —  President Donald Trump spent part of Saturday reposting online content that questions the results of this week's midterms, in which the GOP suffered stunning losses.  —  It comes after Trump pledged on election night to accept the results.
Discussion: Newsweek and The UnPopulist
Ford McCracken / The Hill:
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.
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MS NOW:
Democrat Scott Colom's lead widens in Mississippi Senate race  —  As of Saturday afternoon, Colom led Republican incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, by 2,574 votes up against a critical Tuesday deadline.  —  Four days after the last vote was cast for the Mississippi Senate election …
Caroline Yaffa / WRAL-TV:
Lead narrows in tight NC race that could decide control of state Senate
Discussion: Breitbart and NPR
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.
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Adam Gabbatt / The Guardian:
Stephen Miller, Trump's incoming chief of staff, pledges ‘total devotion’ to the president
New York Times:
For Stephen Miller, Election Defeat Is No Reason to Back Down on Immigration Crackdown
John Hendel / Politico:
Democrats' sweep puts Brendan Carr in the hot seat  —  Democrats, newly empowered after this week's midterm results, are preparing to go after Brendan Carr over claims he's used the Federal Communications Commission to threaten broadcasters and launch investigations into those who've crossed President Donald Trump.
New York Times:
Israeli Opposition Leader Tapped to Try to Form Government  —  Gadi Eisenkot, a former military chief, hopes to succeed Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister by cobbling together a coalition after an inconclusive election.  —  Israel's president on Saturday selected Gadi Eisenkot …
Jake Spring / Washington Post:
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 …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
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 …
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Washington Post:
Historic voter turnout powered Democrats' blue wave
Discussion: Election Law Blog and GZERO
New York Times:
Democrats, Newly Ascendant, Begin a Fight to Shape the Party's Future
Discussion: HotAir and Semafor
New York Times:
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.
Discussion: Deseret News
ProPublica:
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 …
Rachel Wolfe / Wall Street Journal:
The New Swing Voter: Young, Underemployed and Deeply Disillusioned  —  Many young adults either flipped to Democrats or stayed home as grocery bills, student debt and sluggish wages caught up with them  —  They work stocking shelves despite having a college degree.
Wall Street Journal:
See Democrats' Historic Statehouse Wins and Their New ‘Trifectas’  —  The party's victories across legislative chambers, its best showing in decades, carry big impact for policies central to Americans' daily lives  —  Democrats made huge gains Tuesday in statehouse races across the U.S. …
Discussion: Associated Press
 
 
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