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- Why Alina Habba Mildon’s $50 million contract was scrapped after drawing Trump’s ire
A lucrative deal collapsed, though the president’s former defense lawyer isn’t walking away empty handed.
- Democratic power lawyers considering jumping in to help the new Congress
With investigations looming, a new House will need qualified lawyers — and there is much chatter among them about who will sign up.
- Hegseth survives his first impeachment vote — but what about the next one?
For the beleaguered defense secretary, Tuesday’s vote wasn’t a triumph; it was a reprieve. He’ll likely fare far worse under a Democratic majority.
- The pollsters who ‘nailed’ 2024 just whiffed on 2026
Scott Colom's surprising success in the Mississippi Senate race shows a fundamental problem with political forecasting.
- Trump’s latest Oval Office order is simply embarrassing
A proclamation naming the Oval Office a historic landmark is odd for a lot of reasons — but it’s clearly meant only to mollify a tantrum-prone president.
- This Veterans Day, it’s even more important to celebrate American values
Exhausted service members have a right to be confused by the defense secretary’s priorities.
- Against the odds, Black political power rises on Capitol Hill
Washington was bracing for a hit to Black representation in Congress. Instead, the Congressional Black Caucus is welcoming its biggest — and perhaps most influential — class ever.
- ‘The only good thing that happened’: Conservatives double down on trans sports bans
More than a half dozen conservative leaders and strategists tell MS NOW they plan to push for more ballot measures focused on trans kids in sports after they proved a rare winning issue last week.
- Tennessee seeks to block Christa Pike’s attorneys from inspecting failed execution drug
The request follows a judge's order to preserve evidence in a lawsuit filed by Pike's attorneys and reflects the secrecy surrounding execution drugs.
- Kennedy family joins lawsuit challenging Trump’s arch over grave site concerns
The family argues that the planned 250-foot monument near Arlington National Cemetery would obstruct views of the Kennedy grave sites and the Eternal Flame.
- White House Cabinet official expected to depart amid Trump staff shake-up after midterm losses
Meghan Bauer, who heads the Office of Cabinet Affairs, is expected to depart the White House at the end of the year.
- Hillary Clinton says Democratic midterm victories have lifted ‘poisonous cloud’ over country
At an event promoting Rachel Maddow’s new book, “Department of Fate,” Clinton said Democrats’ sweeping victories eased her concerns about challenges to election certification.
- In a wave of DOJ departures, a call for ‘wartime’ to push Trump’s priorities
Sources say some high-level officials were pushed out for failing to deliver — now the DOJ plans to pursue cases even more aggressively.
- Van Hollen calls colleagues as Schumer’s leadership faces questions
After a midterm election that sharpened the fight over the direction of the Democratic Party, the Maryland senator is positioning himself as a progressive alternative to Schumer.
- Trump defended Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Now Democrats want Huang to testify.
Democrats plan to investigate what President Donald Trump knew and when about China’s alleged spying on Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
- Some Democrats are targeting Jeffries and Schumer. That’s a mistake.
If Democrats oust their current House and Senate leaders, they'll snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
- House Republicans block Hegseth impeachment
House GOP leaders were narrowly able to kill the impeachment resolution — at least for the time being.
- Biden’s new memoir reveals uncharacteristically kind letter from Trump
President Donald Trump’s letter, revealed in former President Joe Biden’s forthcoming memoir, “Promise Me, America,” was given to Biden during his first week in office in 2021.
- House Oversight GOP finds ‘multiple shortcomings’ in DOJ’s Epstein files release
The new report details findings from the panel’s probe, with recommendations for the Justice Department. Blanche has indicated the DOJ has fulfilled its obligations.
- Former Trump campaign aide sued over alleged foreign payments
Plus, Jon Tester joins Palantir, Utah’s governor goes after Kalshi, Elon Musk’s Cybertruck will soon cease production and more — all in this week’s Tuesday Tech Drop.
- Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 11.10.26
- Appeals court limits DOJ search of journalists’ source records in leak probe
The federal appeals court ruling comes as the Trump administration has aggressively targeted reporters’ records across multiple leak investigations.
- Sanders, Slotkin won’t back Schumer for Senate Democratic leader
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., ruled out supporting Sen. Chuck Schumer for another term, while Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., said she would withhold her vote until she sees a “concrete plan.”
- John Thune, other leaders re-elected to represent Senate Republicans in minority
Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, will become the new chair of the Senate GOP’s fundraising arm, the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
- Democrats want to end the Iran war. It’s easier said than done.
Extracting the U.S. from a foolish, misbegotten war proves as difficult to accomplish today as it was 20 years ago.
- Transgender sports ban could keep Supreme Court out of wrestling case
Washington state officials cited the impending certification of a ballot initiative passed in the midterm elections.
- Republicans reward failure, back Jim Jordan as the next House GOP leader
In 2021, former House Speaker John Boehner described Jordan as a political “terrorist.” In 2026, Republicans gave him a new label: House minority leader.
- Conservative influencers warn of the rampant corruption that Democrats will uncover
With corruption being a primary concern for voters in the midterms, these accusations — some coming from figures with close ties to high-profile people in Trump’s orbit — are notable.
- U.S. Army soldier arrested in England, suspected of espionage linked to Russia
The 41-year-old senior U.S. soldier is suspected of assisting a foreign intelligence service and obtaining or disclosing protected information, officials said.
- Scott Colom says Democrats must rethink strategy in the South
As the election certification deadline looms, the Democrat told MS NOW he was “confident” he’d be heading to Washington “very soon” as Mississippi’s next senator.
- Trump seemed to accept the results on election night. But the election denial machinery never stopped.
Republicans are fighting in two states to throw out ballots and block certification.
- Jim Jordan, a hard-charging Trump ally, wins race to become House Republican leader
Jordan’s win puts him at the center of Washington for the next two years as House Republicans pick up the pieces following last week’s crushing election losses.
- If the U.S. loses its measles elimination status, will the Trump administration care?
In 2024 the total number of measles cases in the U.S. was 283. This year it’s 5,182 — and counting.
- Blue Wave, Yellow Submarine
- Pete Hegseth tries and fails to present a compelling defense ahead of impeachment vote
The defense secretary is clearly in the midst of an aggressive public relations campaign intended to save his job. It’s not going especially well.
- Mika Brzezinski rips Pete Hegseth’s ‘desperate attempt to save his job’
As calls for Hegseth’s impeachment continue to grow, the “Morning Joe” co-host tore into the defense secretary for his “embarrassing” press conference on Tuesday morning.
- Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 11.10.26: Recount begins in Miami-area congressional race
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
- Trump’s media company finds customers seeking special access to president’s posts
The controversial “Truth API” initiative is generating revenue for the president’s company. But for how long?
- MAHA stands by Russell Brand following rape sentence
A day after the actor and RFK Jr. ally was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison, MAHA’s official newsletter published a 3,700-word post questioning his conviction.
- Why a ‘doable’ bipartisan deal on immigration could happen, but won’t
In 2018, Stephen Miller derailed a bipartisan breakthrough on immigration. Nearly nine years later, he again stands in the way of progress.