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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.
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Mother Jones and Daily Mail
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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.
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 …
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CBS News, Politico, Talking Points Memo, WJBK-TV and American Greatness
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump claims election fraud without evidence to excuse midterm rebuke — President Donald Trump said he has accepted the shellacking his party took in the midterms and would consider dealmaking with Democrats going forward. — Then he retreated to his Truth Social bubble to stoke fact-free claims about election fraud.
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MeidasTouch, Washington Examiner, Daily Kos, Mediaite and Election Law Blog
Rena Rowe / Washington Examiner:
Trump says he can't forgive political foes to reach heaven
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The Daily Wire, Adam Kinzinger, TheGrio, The Gateway Pundit, NewsMax.com, VINnews, New York Post, Variety and CBS News
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump questions midterm election results, revives voting-machine conspiracy
Trump questions midterm election results, revives voting-machine conspiracy
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Rolling Stone, Al Jazeera, PoliticusUSA and The Gateway Pundit
Rebecca Santana / Associated Press:
Trump open to talking to Democrats on immigration after midterms, but Mullin stresses no amnesty
Trump open to talking to Democrats on immigration after midterms, but Mullin stresses no amnesty
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Democrats *already* have started winning
Democrats *already* have started winning
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New York Magazine, ABC News, Fox News and Bloomberg
Ross Douthat / CBS News:
10 takeaways from Trump's 60 Minutes interview: Why GOP lost the midterms, what went wrong on immigration and more
10 takeaways from Trump's 60 Minutes interview: Why GOP lost the midterms, what went wrong on immigration and more
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Trump casts doubt on Democrats' historic midterm wins
Trump casts doubt on Democrats' historic midterm wins
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The Hill, TheWrap, Truthout, Democracy Docket, The Independent, New Republic and Mediaite
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 …
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Military.com, Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Independent
Noah Robertson / Washington Post:
Hegseth impeachment effort begins in House, focused on Iran war — Republican Rep. Thomas Massie introduced articles of impeachment alleging that the defense secretary “abused” his powers and “knowingly executed and implemented unlawful orders.” — Loading...
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Wall Street Journal:
Hegseth to Hold Rare Press Conference on Impeachment Threat — The defense secretary has been mounting a defense against the looming effort to impeach him — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will address a Republican lawmaker's efforts to impeach him during a press conference on Tuesday morning …
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Associated Press, The Hill, The Daily Wire, The Gateway Pundit, NewsNation and Bloomberg
Massie:
Rep. Massie Forcing House of Representatives to Vote on Impeaching Secretary Hegseth
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MeidasTouch, Truthout, Axios, Scripps News, The Guardian and Joe.My.God.
Thomas English / New York Post:
Republican Rep. French Hill won't rule out impeaching Pete Hegseth after barely winning re-election
Republican Rep. French Hill won't rule out impeaching Pete Hegseth after barely winning re-election
Joe Gould / The Washington Sun:
Massie Says Hegseth's Impeachment Odds Are Up After GOP Midterm Losses
Massie Says Hegseth's Impeachment Odds Are Up After GOP Midterm Losses
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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.
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The Hill and Washington Examiner
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Chris Marquette / Politico:
House Democrats plan more prominent placement for Jan. 6 memorial plaque
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Breitbart and NewsMax.com
Politico:
Jeffries faces big choice on Trump
Jeffries faces big choice on Trump
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MS NOW, Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit, Daily Kos, NewsMax.com, CBS News, Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg
Emily Bazelon / New York Times:
Congress Has Reined In the Presidency Before. Here's How to Do It.
Congress Has Reined In the Presidency Before. Here's How to Do It.
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New Republic, Salt Lake Tribune, Mediaite and MeidasTouch
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 …
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Daily Mail
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Fourth DOJ official resigns within the span of a week
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NewsMax.com and New Republic
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 …
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The Washington Free Beacon, Fox News, Newsweek, Joe.My.God., NewsMax.com, VINnews and RedState
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Robert Tait / The Guardian:
John Fetterman to be challenged for Senate seat by democratic socialist born in Gaza
John Fetterman to be challenged for Senate seat by democratic socialist born in Gaza
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The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Daily Wire, The Hill and HuffPost
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 …
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The Verge, Reuters, MadRobot, Politico, Semafor, Joe.My.God., The Register, TechCrunch and Boston.com, more at Techmeme »
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Catherine Thorbecke / Bloomberg:
Everything Jensen Huang Said About China Is Out the Window
Everything Jensen Huang Said About China Is Out the Window
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Washington Post:
Supreme Court allows major part of Trump's border security project in Texas — The more than 500-mile stretch of road, cameras, vehicle barriers and sensors is planned in and around Big Bend National Park. It is one of the longest and most controversial sections. — SummaryLoading...
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CBS News
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Supreme Court Lets Trump Build Border Wall in Big Bend Park
Supreme Court Lets Trump Build Border Wall in Big Bend Park
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NBC News, Reuters, New York Times, Scripps News, The Hill, Los Angeles Times, Legal Insurrection and The Gateway Pundit
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?
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The Daily Beast, Washington Post, The Guardian and Newsbusters
New York Times:
Commerce Dept. Chip Inquiry Was Halted After Nvidia Intervention — An investigation into Megaspeed, a Singapore company that was buying advanced Nvidia A.I. chips, was transferred to the Justice Department after a top Nvidia executive reached out to Commerce Department officials.
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The Guardian, RedState, Financial Times, Daily Kos, Global News, NewsMax.com, Bloomberg, VINnews, The Information and Instapundit, more at Techmeme »
The Atlantic:
An Electoral Mess in Mississippi — Tens of thousands of voters in the state were shifted to “inactive” status. — Last summer, Mississippi began an effort to “continue to build on the accuracy of Mississippi's voter rolls and strengthen the integrity of elections,” as Republican Secretary of State Michael Watson put it.
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Democracy Docket
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Gregory S. Schneider / Washington Post:
Mississippi Senate ballot deadline looms, as Democrat's lead remains steady
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 …
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The Hill
Joe Biden / The Atlantic:
Biden: What Trump Did on January 6 ‘Should Follow Him to His Grave’ — Eight days after the 2024 election, I honored a presidential tradition by hosting a visit from the president-elect. Jill and I met President Trump and his entourage in the Diplomatic Reception Room …
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The Hill, Associated Press, abc7NY, Washington Examiner, NBC News, Joe.My.God. and The Independent
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 …
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.
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Washington Examiner, NewsMax.com and National Review
Politico:
Haley Stevens' Washington office is deserted — Rep. Haley Stevens' Washington office was locked Monday on the House's first day back in session since September amid questions about whether the Michigan Democrat will return for the remainder of the Congress.
