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How Katie Miller lobbied for her husband's promotion — President Donald Trump's decision to make Stephen Miller the White House chief of staff followed a weeks-long lobbying effort from Katie Miller, his wife. — Katie Miller told people to call the president on her husband's behalf …
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In Elevating Stephen Miller, Trump Doubles Down on Hard-Line Agenda — The new White House chief of staff is responsible for some of the most provocative policies of President Trump's second term, as well as an aggressive approach to executive power. — In the initial days …
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Wall Street Journal:
Susie Wiles Takes the Election Fall — Trump fires his chief of staff, as his political universe shrinks. — Most Presidents who take a beating in midterm elections acknowledge the trouncing and take responsibility. But Donald Trump isn't most Presidents, in case you hadn't noticed.
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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.
CNN:
Stephen Miller replacing Susie Wiles as chief of staff as Trump grows furious with midterm results, sources say — Donald Trump Federal agencies Corporate news — Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, is departing her role days after catastrophic Republican midterm losses in a seismic staff shakeup at the White House.
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The Atlantic:
A Chief of Staff Who ‘Will Crack Skulls’ — In the days before MAGA's midterm disaster, President Trump began complaining about his presidency. He felt stuck. The war in Iran wouldn't end. Inflation wouldn't subside. Little was going his way. But in the president's mind …
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Politico:
Stephen Miller's fellow immigration hawks are ‘jubilant’
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Brian Schwartz / Wall Street Journal:
With Susie Wiles's Departure, Big Business Loses a Sympathetic Ear
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Lauren Kaori Gurley / Washington Post:
Stephen Miller's promotion angers industries reeling from immigration enforcement15 minutes ago
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Nicole Sganga / CBS News:
What Stephen Miller has pushed for while in Trump administration
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Signals Combative Next Two Years With Elevation of Stephen Miller
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Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
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.
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Lydia Polgreen / New York Times:
The Midterms Were Spectacular. Here's What They Showed. — Two years ago, Donald Trump's return to office felt like a diagnosis, a confirmation of some terrible disease. Now, after the spectacular reversal in the midterms, the body politic looks rather different.
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New York Times:
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?
New York Times:
Democrats, Newly Ascendant, Begin a Fight to Shape the Party's Future — At a moment of opportunity for the party, its long-feuding factions are seizing on the midterm results to make their case for tacking to the center or to the left. — A pastor in Kansas. A Paralympian in Iowa.
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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.
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Noah Robertson / Washington Post:
Trump ally declines to back Hegseth when asked whether he should be replaced — Rep. James Comer told News Nation that there are “a lot of questions” about the defense secretary after the GOP's midterm rout and that “no one's happy about Iran.” — Loading...
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Michelle Del Rey / The Washington Sun:
A Top Navy Officer Fired by Hegseth Is Elected to Congress
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Jennifer Bowers Bahney / Mediaite:
Free Press Forced To Issue Correction After Reporting Abdul El-Sayed Gave His Victory Speech ‘In Arabic’ — The Free Press was forced to issue a correction after reporter Maya Sulkin erroneously said that Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed (D-MI) gave his victory speech “in Arabic.”
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Taylor Lang / WISN:
Wisconsin state trooper detained by ICE while boarding domestic flight to be released — DODGE COUNTY, Wis. — A Wisconsin state trooper was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at Dane County Regional Airport on Thursday. — It happened during a targeted ICE operation …
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New York Times:
With So Much New Blood in the Senate, the Average Age Is Falling. To 63. — Incoming senators are nearly 15 years younger than departing ones, on average. But the chamber's overall age isn't shifting much. — When the new Senate convenes in January, it will welcome some (relatively) young new legislators.
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Foreign Policy
Mack Liederman / New York Times:
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 …
Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
US believes Nvidia's Huang had romantic relationship with alleged Chinese spy — American intelligence warned the tech boss was involved with executive recruited by China to gather information on US group — The US government believes Nvidia's chief executive Jensen Huang had a romantic relationship …
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Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
House Democrats will start their majority focused on boosting healthcare and ending the Iran war — House Democratic leaders are placing an early emphasis on healthcare as they discuss their immediate priorities upon the swearing-in of the new Congress on Jan. 3.
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Nancy Cook / Washington Post:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis planning another White House run — Florida's status as one of the few red states to mostly withstand the Democratic sweep will be a core part of his argument, an adviser says. — SummaryLoading... Gov. Ron DeSantis is preparing to run for the GOP's 2028 …
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Ariana Baio / The Guardian:
Incoming Democratic senators don't want Chuck Schumer as majority leader — New lawmakers from Annie Andrews and Adam Hamilton to Abdul El-Sayed indicate they will not support him — Incoming Democratic senators want someone other than Chuck Schumer to become the next majority leader in the US Senate …
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Politico:
The Short, Unhappy Marriage of MAHA and the GOP … Paula Obeid raced through Costco on a Wednesday afternoon in October, gathering supplies for the rally she was organizing that night in Scottsdale: sauerkraut, organic beef jerky, plastic plates without decorative trims that could contain harmful chemicals.
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Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
California rejects billionaire tax proposal in win for executives, Newsom — California voters are rejecting a proposal to impose a wealth tax on billionaire residents, marking a major win for tech and business executives, who spent hundreds of millions against the measure, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ).
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Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Mysterious Request Scrambles Major Supreme Court Gun Case — In an unusual move, the lead plaintiff in one of two cases challenging semiautomatic weapons bans has asked to drop out weeks before the cases are heard. — The Supreme Court received an unusual request late last week …
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New York Times:
U.S. Cleared Nvidia Chips to Chinese Firms With Empty Offices and Troubling Ties — The Commerce Department has approved dozens of Chinese companies to handle Nvidia's H200 chips, some of which have ties to firms under sanctions over national security. — In a recently built industrial park …
Samuel Benson / Politico:
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.
Washington Post:
A reckoning pushes out six congressmen accused of sexual misconduct, domestic abuse — Recent months have shown the most effective tool for accountability might be public opinion. — Sexual misconduct allegations involving Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-California) and Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) …
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