After a rough midterm night for Republicans, an unnamed source close to the White House told Breitbart that immigration was the one thing that worked. Breitbart pointed to losing GOP members who had backed amnesty or Haitian protections, though the losses are not tied causally to the issue.
Trump's legal team went before a Manhattan appeals court to seek dismissal of his 34-count conviction, citing the Supreme Court's 2024 immunity decision. Early reports describe the hearing, but full details are still coming in.
Days after Democrats won both chambers of Congress, War Secretary Pete Hegseth posted a video on X urging a reconciliation bill of at least $350 billion for the military and calling the impeachment effort against him a sham. How the figure relates to existing funding is unclear.
Bloomberg, citing anonymous sources, reported that Secretary of State Marco Rubio told White House officials he is considering leaving after the GOP's midterm losses. The State Department and the White House call the report false, and Rubio denied it to the New York Times, according to the Daily Beast.
Meta, Google and TikTok filed separate federal lawsuits against California, arguing that a new state law limiting "addictive" features for minors violates the First Amendment. The reporting so far rests on search-result snippets, and key details of the law are unconfirmed.
Barbra Streisand, John Cusack, Mia Farrow and other entertainers posted celebratory reactions on Wednesday after networks projected Democratic wins in the midterms. The posts were not independently viewed, and official counts had not been confirmed.
Britain's Supreme Court opened a two-day hearing on a challenge to the terrorist designation of Palestine Action. Police arrested about 25 protesters outside the building, according to the Press Association.
President Trump acknowledged that the Iran war, mainly through higher gasoline prices, contributed to Republican losses in Tuesday's midterms, but said he has no regrets. He also pointed to flawed candidates, some who he said fought him, and to his own absence from the ballot.
A Brooklyn appeals panel dismissed a homeowners' suit over Mayor Zohran Mamdani's pied-à-terre surcharge, finding they had not shown a concrete injury. Fortune and ABC7, citing the homeowners' lawyer, report the panel did not rule on whether the tax is legal.
Sen. John Thune reportedly plans to run for Senate minority leader after midterms that cost Republicans their majority in both chambers. The Washington Examiner reported he is so far unopposed, citing an unnamed source close to him.
On Election Day, Fox News used three charts to show voters weighing inflation, fuel and mortgage costs, citing figures we could not verify. Just the News reported that voters were also deciding Florida's property-tax cut and a California billionaires tax.
Rep. LaMonica McIver won a second full term in New Jersey's 10th District on Tuesday, defeating Republican Carmen Bucco while a federal case over a 2025 confrontation with immigration officers remains open. She denies wrongdoing.
Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico said on a podcast that he would love to work with President Trump on housing and healthcare, even though Trump calls him "Talafreako." His words are conditional, and the interview was recorded Sept. 8.
A Georgia man pardoned in January 2025 after a Jan. 6-related guilty plea is charged in federal court in Atlanta with threatening to execute judges who handled Jan. 6 cases. Prosecutors cite an October post that named Nov. 4 as the day "firing squads" would begin.
The Kremlin says a first-ever meeting of Trump, Putin and Xi at the APEC summit in China, set for Nov. 18-19, could be locked in within days. China's public statement mentions only a Xi-Putin meeting, and no confirmation has come from the White House.
Rep. Haley Stevens, the Michigan Democrat who lost her party's Senate primary, was scheduled to campaign with nominee Abdul El-Sayed on Sunday. Instead she appeared with Republican Mike Rogers at a Detroit church and announced she was endorsing him.
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani sent a letter demanding that DHS stop ICE agents from using city-owned lots in the Bronx and Queens, and warned of legal action if the use continues.
