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The White House counsel warned incoming House Oversight Chair Robert Garcia in a formal letter that Democratic investigations of the Trump administration could cross into criminal conduct. The threat came days after Democrats won the midterms, alongside Trump’s order directing the Justice Department to look into Democrats he accused of extortion.
The House voted 211 to 204 to refer Thomas Massie’s eight articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth to the Judiciary Committee, shelving the effort while Republicans still control the chamber. Eleven Democrats missed the vote, including Nancy Pelosi, who left for an awards event in San Francisco, when their presence could have flipped the result.
Texas Democrats filed the Texas Regulation of Cannabis Act on the first day of bill filing for the 2027 session, proposing full recreational legalization with licensed dispensaries, home cultivation of up to twelve plants. The push follows a midterm sweep giving Democrats the governorship, the lieutenant governorship, and the state House for the first time in over two decades.
House Republicans chose Jim Jordan as their new leader, defeating Steve Scalise 106 to 73 in a secret ballot after midterm losses cost Mike Johnson the job. Jordan takes over the minority just as a clip of him arguing Americans can live with higher gas prices, from the Iran war run-up, circulates against his years of attacks on Biden-era prices.
60 Minutes aired a 27-minute version of a nearly 52-minute interview with Trump, cutting rambling answers, false claims, and another claim that the 2020 election was rigged. The edits mirror the ordinary editing Trump called election interference when CBS did it to Kamala Harris, a fight that ended in Paramount’s $16 million dollar settlement.
Caroline Sunshine, a former Disney Channel actress turned Republican operative, is reportedly being considered for White House press secretary after Katie Zacharia lasted five days and acknowledged she had never been admitted to practice law. The vacancy follows Karoline Leavitt’s move to Fox News, and the reported deliberations center on television performance and loyalty rather than policy.
Finally, Sarah Longwell, Republican strategist, publisher of The Bulwark, and author of the new book How to Eat an Elephant: One Voter at a Time, joins us to discuss the midterm results, what her focus groups of swing voters are saying, and where Trump and the Republican Party go from here.
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Regarding today's unspeakable occurrence at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by Hegseth and his entourage…if any government official reprimands or tries to demote the Guard, We The People should defend him for his straightforwardness and bravery.
This will eventually happen