The Guardian: Judge to appoint special master to determine whether Trump lawyers purposely misled her over golf course.

“Young voters cited those economic pressures in turning on President Trump’s party Tuesday, and along the way positioned themselves as a potential new force in American politics. Their frustration, underlined by a sense that the traditional milestones of adulthood have moved well out of reach, helped drive the sharpest political realignment of any age group.”

“Americans ages 18 to 29 swung toward House Democrats by more than 20 percentage points compared with 2024… The shift was sharpest among young adults without a college degree as well as white and Hispanic men under 30—groups that helped return Trump to power two years ago.”

The Guardian: Young voters fueled the Democratic wave.

“On that front, Democrats set themselves up for success well before November 3. The 2026 midterms marked the first time since the advent of the two-party system that Democrats have fielded candidates in every single House race across the country, leaving no races uncontested.”

“Across the country, Democrats are benefiting from the willingness of everyday people to launch long-shot campaigns months or even years ago, long before the ‘blue wave’ was evident.”

“But Mr. Kobach was denied another term by voters, The Associated Press reported on Friday. The result demonstrated both how Kansas and Mr. Kobach’s own trajectory have shifted since he crashed onto the national political landscape more than 20 years ago.”

Los Angeles Times: Arab parties hold the key as Israel struggles to form a government.

Said Trump: “We need these people to defend us against the Lunatic Left. Dana will be a Press Secretary like none other. Dana, please take the job!”

“As Democrats prepare to take control of both chambers of Congress in January following their decisive victory in the midterm elections, they have vowed to launch multiple probes into the Trump administration, warning key figures to ‘lawyer up.'”

Said Trump: “This is Weaponization and Lawfare at another level. I am ordering the Department of Justice to look into this criminal act, immediately!”

New York Post: Trump demands DOJ investigation, prison for “extortionist” Democrats following GOP’s midterm blowout.

“As of early Saturday afternoon, Democrat Scott Colom led Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith by 2,574 ballots, with 97% of expected votes estimated to have been counted.”

Associated Press: A look at why it’s too early to call the Mississippi U.S. Senate race.

“The probe focuses on why the memory card with several hundred votes wasn’t uploaded to Seminole County’s election management system on Nov. 3… Officials discovered the it after the secretary of state’s office identified a discrepancy between voter check-ins to polling stations and total ballots cast.”

“Times have changed.”

“The latest contest has pitted two candidates backed by regional rivals — Turkey and the United Arab Emirates — along with a diplomat supported by Argentina’s right-wing leader, Javier Milei, as well as four other diplomats from Latin America.”

“The State Board of Education had just approved a sweeping overhaul of social studies curricula that recast America as a Christian nation. It appeared Texans were going to elect as their new attorney general a Republican who denies the existence of the church-state wall. And Patrick, now with the ear of the president, was working tirelessly to further infuse Christianity into federal policy while gearing up for another legislative session in which he and his allies would codify even more of their religion into public life and schools. The culture war was raging, and Christian nationalists seemed to be winning. “

“What a difference a few months can make.”

“Trump’s 2024 victory was built on a three-legged stool: closing the border, lowering inflation and keeping the U.S. out of foreign wars. Less than two years into his term, Trump has broken two of those promises — and voters punished him for it.”

“As the state boomed, localities often felt left to their own devices to deal with the consequences of that growth on their own, or undermined by the state when they tried. Now, for the first time in decades, Democrats control the state’s major urban areas and the powerful arms of state government, an alignment that could help cities and counties with their biggest problems — like housing, transportation and economic development — or at the very least stay out of the way.”

“The allegations were made by Alex Bruesewitz, an adviser to Trump’s 2024 campaign, and three other people who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Two of the three people said they had paid Loomer directly to post political messages on her X account, where she has 1.9 million followers. The third said they had overseen clients who paid her to post on the account. The three spoke on the condition of anonymity.”

“Supporters believe they don’t need congressional approval because the Constitution gives states the power to appoint their electors, and the Supreme Court has ruled that states get to decide how they appoint them.”

“Needless to say, if the compact goes into effect, there will be a giant legal fight. And if it does go into effect, it will make a confusing system even more confusing, even if the end result is the very simple proposition that the person who gets the most votes wins. The fact that blue states will be forcing red states to do this will certainly be pretty contentious.”

“Activists called for Mr. Schumer’s ouster. Some Democratic lawmakers seethed. Protesters jeered outside his Brooklyn home. The outcry reached such a pitch that he postponed public appearances to promote a new book he had written and hunkered down amid questions about whether he could continue as the Democratic leader.”

“Twenty months later and in the wake of a sweeping electoral victory he engineered and funded, Mr. Schumer’s aides say he has locked down another term in that post, having secured commitments of support from enough Democratic senators to be elected majority leader in a private vote scheduled for next month.”

“The Democrats’ sweeping victories in the midterm elections, however, has tossed a wrench into the effort.”

“Senators are now fighting to preserve a bipartisan permitting reform deal reached after months of painstaking negotiations, with a procedural vote on the bill set for Monday. Congress has two short months to pass the plan, which overhauls how projects including pipelines, power lines and solar and wind farms are approved.”