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3:05 PM ET, November 8, 2026

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Politico:
How Canada Inflicted Maximum Midterms Pain on Trump … A trade deal was imminent.  Top negotiators from the United States and Canada were holed up in a dreary building in southwest D.C., working on the details of an agreement to finally end hostilities that had wreaked havoc …
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
How Democrats will try to end Trump's tariffs … The battle for Congress is over.  The war over President Donald Trump's tariffs is about to heat up.  —  The knotted web of tariffs that Trump spent the last two years weaving could soon face its biggest threat, as Democrats prepare to unload …
Irie Sentner / Politico:   Dem 2028ers: Don't mess this up
ABC News:
Abdul El-Sayed says Democrats will work with Trump if ‘he wants to act serious’
Discussion: Fox News
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Sen.-elect Adam Hamilton says he'd be ‘deeply disappointed’ if Democrats spent two years investigating Trump
Discussion: The Washington Sun
Politico:
Slotkin declines to rule out Senate leadership bid
Discussion: Washington Examiner and KIFI-TV
The Hill:   Democrats won Congress. Can they actually stop Trump's tariffs?
Sarah Longwell / The Bulwark:
We Convened a Group of Committed GOP Voters to See How They're Coping  —  After a historic defeat, loyal Republicans are finding fault everywhere but the top.  —  IT HAPPENED.  America thoroughly repudiated Donald Trump and his spectacular failure of a presidency.
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Ezra Klein / New York Times:
A Stake Through the Heart of Trump's Red Map  —  When Donald Trump called the 2024 election “a historic realignment,” he, or whoever wrote those words for him, was referring to something specific.  The idea of a realignment comes from a paper by the political scientist V.O. Key Jr. Writing in the 1950s …
Elena Moore / NPR:
How Gen Z voters helped fuel a blue wave for Democrats
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:   How the rejection of Trump produced a biblical downpour on Republicans
Nicholas Mitchell / MS NOW:   How James Talarico and Abdul El-Sayed won over disillusioned Black voters
Peter Baker / New York Times:
For Trump and America, a Clear Election Verdict Leaves a Murky Future … In the days since his defeat, he has sounded like a man in denial.  —  With his party still picking through the wreckage of a political earthquake, a seemingly oblivious President Trump signed a steel beam …
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Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
Republicans Point Fingers, but Trump Does Not Appear to Be Listening
Discussion: The Hill
Vox:
Did the midterms kill MAGA?
Discussion: Zeteo
Ally Goelz / New York Post:   Dems will fail in 2028 if they go hard left and don't work with President Trump, Gingrich warns
Washington Post:
Potential Vance challengers smell blood in the water after brutal GOP losses
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
'I'm a hard yes': Hakeem Jeffries announces support for Hegseth impeachment  —  Jeffries predicted “incredibly strong support” among Democrats for it.  —  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks during a press conference in Washington, November 4, 2026.
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David Cohen / Politico:
Jeffries said he has yet to hear from Trump
ABC News:   ‘Safe to say that we are a blue state’ Georgia Gov.-elect Bottoms says after Democrats sweep state offices
Andrew Pantazi / Axios:
Blanche won't rule out prosecuting Democrats over oversight threats  —  Attorney General Todd Blanche refused Sunday to rule out prosecuting Democratic lawmakers who say they'll investigate Trump officials, a day after President Trump ordered the Justice Department to probe lawmakers.
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Washington Post:
Justice Department braces for congressional scrutiny after Democrats sweep elections
New York Times:
Top Astrophysicist Leaves U.S. After Trump Policies Affect Her Work  —  Kelly Holley-Bockelmann was one of the top astrophysicists in the country until President Trump's policies affected every part of her work.  —  Kelly Holley-Bockelmann had always oriented herself by looking up at the sky, but now it was tilted and unfamiliar.
New York Times:
Rubio Warned Officials About Nvidia Chief's Entanglement With Chinese Spy  —  The secretary of state's role in drafting a secret memo highlights how top officials were concerned by last spring about Jensen Huang's relationship with a woman tied to Chinese intelligence.
Discussion: CNBC, VINnews and Axios, more at Techmeme »
Michael Schneider / Variety:
James Talarico Crashes ‘SNL’ Cold Open: 'I'm the Guy Who's Been Texting You Every Day Asking for $5'  —  Newly elected Texas Sen. James Talarico crashed this week's “Saturday Night Live” cold open in order to ask the question on everyone's mind: How many more of these “Donald-Trump-freezes …
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Trump shares cartoon of Dana White as press secretary  —  President Trump on Sunday shared a cartoon of UFC CEO Dana White as White House press secretary after announcing that White had been proposed as a candidate for the role.  —  The president posted a cartoon video with the same animation style as “Family Guy.”
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CNN:
UFC CEO Dana White declines Trump's offer to become press secretary, source says
Ryan King / New York Post:
Trump says return to war with Iran ‘highly unlikely’ as sides continue negotiations  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump revealed Sunday it is “highly unlikely” that the US will resume the war in Iran as long as talks over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program continue to make progress.
Discussion: CNN and The Hill
Ryan King / New York Post:
Kamala Harris is a huge loser in new Dem straw poll — as lefty activists anoint a new golden boy  —  WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Kamala Harris' 2028 appeal seems to be falling Ossoff.  —  Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) emerged as the new Democratic golden boy, winning a 2028 straw poll …
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Mediaite
Brett Meiselas / MeidasTouch:
Top U.S. General Calls on Trump to Come Clean About Putin: 'I Think He's Been Bought Off'  —  Retired Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges says Trump can confess now or face congressional investigations into his administration's dealings with Russia.  —  Co-Founder of MeidasTouch  —  Get MeidasTouch in your Google feed
Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson accuses Trump administration of corruption  —  Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin), in a striking interview on Saturday, accused the Trump administration of corruption.  —  Johnson referenced recent claims made by Calley Means, a former Trump White House adviser who quit last month.
Discussion: Mailchimp and New York Times
Ben Blatt / New York Times:
Democrats Now Have a Path to Sidestep the Electoral College.  Would It Work?  —  Midterm victories have created an opportunity, but obstacles like legal challenges would have to be surmounted.  —  Twice since 2000 — with George W. Bush and then Donald J. Trump — Republicans have lost …
 
 
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Suryatapa Chakraborty / The Hill:
Alaska governor gives vote count update in ‘very close’ Senate race
Discussion: Fox News and OutsideTheBeltway
Kathy Gilsinan / Politico:
AIPAC Wanted to Shape the Debate. Now It Is the Debate.
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Politico:
Top welfare reform scholar ousted from Heritage
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Hakeem Jeffries, in Line to Become House Speaker, Promises Bold Agenda
Discussion: The Post Millennial and Al Jazeera
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Sotomayor sees U.S. in ‘rough patch’ for rule of law
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Scoop: First major White House departure as Miller takes charge
 

 
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Federal prosecutors told a judge that they are considering treating NYT as a conspirator in a criminal case accusing James Comey of leaking sensitive info

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Karen Attiah, who won arbitration after WaPo fired her over her Charlie Kirk posts, says she has decided not to return “to what The Washington Post has become”

Ed Christman / Billboard:
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