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CBS News:
Read the full transcript of Ross Douthat's interview with President Trump  —  President Trump sat down with Ross Douthat to discuss Republican losses in the midterm elections, the wars in Iran and Ukraine, the economy and more.  Below is a transcript of their conversation.
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New York Times:
Trump Veers Back Into Claims of Rigged Election  —  President Trump, who initially said he would accept the midterm results, renewed his unsubstantiated claims that voting was manipulated.  —  For years, President Trump has claimed without evidence that any election he lost or even feared losing was rigged.
Discussion: Daily Mail
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Don't Let Trump Up Off The Ground  —  Democrats are already reverting to the approach that has let Trump escape in the past: treating accountability as a sideshow, even hoping to cut deals with him.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Few Democrats would dispute that a big reason their own voters lost faith …
Ross Douthat / CBS News:
10 takeaways from Trump's 60 Minutes interview: Why GOP lost the midterms, what went wrong on immigration and more
David Strom / HotAir:
Trump Now Talking Amnesty and Comprehensive Immigration Reform?
Priya Sridhar / MS NOW:
‘You gotta be kidding me’: Hegseth used these 4 things to decide on senior officer promotions  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth short-circuited a merit-based process for promoting senior officers and instead relied on newly invented criteria that disproportionately removed from advancement women …
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump backs Nvidia's Huang amid affair, spy investigation  —  President Trump defended Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Sunday night, even as the company's board launched an investigation into his affair with a suspected Chinese spy. … - “I don't know, but I'd certainly take him,” the president told reporters.
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Lauren Goode / Wired:
Jensen Huang Hired a PR Firm Known for Handling Sex Scandals Last Year  —  The Nvidia CEO began working with consultants from Heller as early as October 2025, around the same time he was first linked to a suspected Chinese spy.  —  NVIDIA CEO JENSEN Huang began working with a crisis communications firm known …
Catherine Thorbecke / Bloomberg:
Everything Jensen Huang Said About China Is Out the Window  —  No American argued harder for selling artificial-intelligence chips to China than Nvidia Corp.'s chief executive, Jensen Huang.  His recurring advocacy previously could be easily explained by run-of-the-mill self-interest, with billions of dollars at stake.
Thomas English / New York Post:
Republican Rep. French Hill won't rule out impeaching Pete Hegseth after barely winning re-election  —  A Republican congressman who narrowly won a seventh House term in deep-red Arkansas refused Sunday to rule out voting to impeach War Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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Joe Gould / The Washington Sun:
Massie Says Hegseth's Impeachment Odds Are Up After GOP Midterm Losses
The Washington Sun:
Another Senior Official Resigns From the Justice Department  —  Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate, who led the Civil Division, is the fourth Senate-confirmed leader to leave after the midterms.  — Copy  —  Another senior official resigned from the Justice Department after the midterm elections …
Discussion: Daily Mail
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Fourth DOJ official resigns within the span of a week
Discussion: NewsMax.com and New Republic
Bloomberg:
DOJ Civil Division Head Is Latest to Resign After Midterms
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Politico:
Between the Bloc and a hard place
Politico:
'Russ Vought's gonna meet his match': What Murkowski's ascension means for the White House  —  As President Donald Trump loses one of the biggest GOP critics of his administration with Sen. Susan Collins' defeat, he's gaining an increasingly powerful Republican antagonist who could pose a bigger liability for his agenda.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Jenna Monnin / The Washington Sun:
John Fetterman Gets His First 2028 Challenger  —  Ahmed Moor, a writer born in the war-torn Gaza Strip, said he wants to “chart a new path for America.”  — Copy  —  Ahmed Moor, a Palestinian American writer who grew up in Philadelphia, launched a campaign for U.S. Senate on Monday …
Chris Marquette / Politico:
House Democrats plan more prominent placement for Jan. 6 memorial plaque  —  Democrats intend to find a more prominent location to display a memorial plaque honoring the law enforcement officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — which Republicans currently have relegated to the basement of the building.
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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Emily Bazelon / New York Times:
Will Congress Finally Rein in the Presidency?
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Major media outlets sanitize Stephen Miller's white nationalist ideas  —  After a historic defeat in the 2026 midterm elections, President Trump named Stephen Miller as his new White House chief of staff, elevating his longtime aide to one of the most powerful positions on earth.  —  Who is Stephen Miller?
Garrett Graff / Doomsday Scenario:
Understanding the Grand Theory of Trumpism  —  Welcome White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller … Donald Trump wrestled with the deep, historic, once-in-50-years rejection of his administration and the broader Republican brand in last week's midterms and — having thought carefully …
Discussion: The Hill
Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Freedom Caucus lays out legislative priorities for lame-duck session  —  Members of the House Freedom Caucus are out with a wish list of priorities they want GOP leaders to accomplish before the party loses its governing trifecta in January.  “In the two months remaining in the 119th Congress …
Samuel Benson / Politico:
‘Old ideas are for old people’: A new MAGA group looks to push GOP further right  —  A new Republican group thinks their party is too old, too moderate and too weak.  So they're launching an effort to replace the outgoing generation of politicians with a younger crop of America First-aligned lawmakers.
ProPublica:
Firm Linked to Trump's Sons Got Nearly $40 Million in Federal Contracts to Screen for Ebola and Other Diseases  —  The Trump administration awarded a small biosecurity company nearly $40 million to screen for Ebola and other infectious diseases just months after a firm linked …
Zack Beauchamp / Public Reason:
Introducing Public Reason  —  Fixing liberalism's ideas problem, one post at a time.  —  The midterm elections — together with contests in Brazil, Serbia, and to some degree even Israel — have changed the world.  All of a sudden, the once-ascendant populist right is on the back foot …
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Secret Service puts White House on lockdown after car rams through secure area with Trump home in DC  —  WASHINGTON — A car jumped a curb and plowed into an informational sign near the White House on Monday — prompting police to order the driver to the ground as the Secret Service moved journalists indoors.
Igor Bobic / The Washington Sun:
The Democrats' Quandary: Go Big or Bipartisan?  —  Democrats debate what the message from voters was — to pass sweeping policy reforms or focus first on narrow plans to lower costs.  — Copy  —  Democrats don't officially take charge of the Senate until January, but they're already jockeying …
Marion Solletty / Politico:
Macrons sue far-right podcaster Candace Owens personally in Tennessee  —  PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, filed a defamation lawsuit against Candace Owens in the far-right podcaster's home state of Tennessee.  —  The fresh legal move is the latest development …
Discussion: Nashville Banner
Max Tani / Semafor:
Exclusive / ‘Put the posters in charge’: Inside the Democrats' secret strategy to flood the internet with clips  —  By January 2025, Paulina Mangubat knew the Democratic National Committee needed to change its digital communications approach dramatically.  —  The organization had been shattered …
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Gregory S. Schneider / Washington Post:
Mississippi Senate ballot deadline looms, as Democrat's lead remains steady
Reuters:
Covert Russian network exploited French riots on social media, EU report says
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Charles Lane / The Free Press:
The Trans Issue Is Still Democrats' Biggest Loser
Grace Huckins / MIT Technology Review:
Nancy Pelosi's replacement is ready to regulate AI
Discussion: The Hill and Semafor
Nicholas Kerr / ABC News:
Trump says he plans ‘tremendous numbers’ of pardons in 2nd half of term
Eric Bazail-Eimil / Politico:
Immigration groups want more from congressional Democrats than oversight
Ken Dilanian / MS NOW:
Democrats plan for a flurry of subpoenas — that won't be limited to those inside the administration
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Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:
Hakeem Jeffries says Democrats are committed to “holding the crooks accountable” in new Congress
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Bloomberg:
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Dem Congresswoman-Elect Heads to Court on Felony Charges for Failing To Return Rental Car
Holly Berkley Fletcher / Liberal Currents:
The Evangelical Vote Will Return in 2028
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Paul Krugman:
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Jasper Goodman / Politico:
Elizabeth Warren is ready to go big against corporate America
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