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1. Inside Team Trump’s Historic Collapse in the 2026 Midterm Elections

   Thu, 05 Nov 2026 15:20:18 -0000

   How an unpopular president and an unpopular war provided an opening for Democrats to make sweeping gains in the midterms.

2. How Trump Is Reacting to the Midterm Results

   Thu, 05 Nov 2026 14:06:13 -0000

   In the days after Republicans suffered massive midterm election defeats, President Trump appeared unmoved. The New York Times’s White House correspondent Maggie Haberman explains how Trump’s public demeanor compares with what he has shared behind closed doors about voters’ frustration with some of his policies.

3. What Democrats Plan to Do Next, and What JD Vance Says Went Wrong

   Thu, 05 Nov 2026 11:00:28 -0000

   Plus, how K-pop controls its stars.

4. In Victory, Democrats See Economic Mandate to Cut Costs and Curtail Trump

   Thu, 05 Nov 2026 10:04:56 -0000

   Some Democrats quickly signaled they could try to roll back the president’s tax and trade policies, ignoring his early veto threats.

5. How Melania Trump Became a Dark Horse Diplomat on Ukraine

   Thu, 05 Nov 2026 15:41:34 -0000

   Both Moscow and Kyiv say Mrs. Trump’s team was the driving force behind an evacuation of a besieged city. It was also in their interest to deliver her a humanitarian win.

6. Midterm Election Losses Complicate Trump’s Options on Iran War

   Thu, 05 Nov 2026 10:04:44 -0000

   The midterm results laid bare the deep unpopularity of the war of choice that President Trump started and is now struggling to end.

7. Trump’s Triumphal Arch Set for Final Approval Despite Legal Challenges

   Thu, 05 Nov 2026 10:04:48 -0000

   President Trump’s 250-foot arch project is expected to win approval on Thursday from a federal planning board. Court action and Democrats’ upcoming control of Congress could halt the plans.

8. MAGA Finally Gets What It Deserves

   Thu, 05 Nov 2026 16:23:30 -0000

   The Ozymandias election.