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Vance Says 'the Reason We Lost Is the War'; Trump Calls It 'Largely True,' Says He Would Do It Again and Is Not Replacing Hegseth
A day after Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress, the president and vice president both linked the Iran war to the Republican losses. They differ on whether the war itself or its effect on gas prices was the cause. CBS reported that Trump had asked advisers about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's future; Trump said he is not replacing him.
Unofficial Results: Democrats Win Governor's Races in Texas, Georgia, Nevada, Ohio and Iowa, Unseating GOP Governors Abbott and Lombardo
Unofficial results from Tuesday's midterms show Democrats taking five governorships Republicans held, and news outlets disagree about how many years it has been since the party last held a majority of the nation's governor's offices.
Trump Congratulates Democrats After They Win the House and Senate, Mentions His Veto Power, and Says Some GOP Candidates Were to Blame
In election-night calls with CBS News and Fox News, President Trump said he would work with the new Democratic majorities. He also said he could "veto everything" and wrote that he would have won "in a landslide" if he had been on the ballot.
Judges Block Federal Noncitizen-Voter Lists and California Ballot Demands, Supreme Court Denies DOJ Bid, as About 1,000 Federal Monitors Deploy on Election Day
On Monday, Nov. 2, Judge Tanya Chutkan barred DHS and DOJ from sending states lists of suspected noncitizen voters. Judge James Boasberg barred federal demands that California set aside ballots, and the Supreme Court denied without explanation DOJ's request to set aside ballots from about 20,000 flagged California voters. Some state and county officials say federal monitors may not enter polling places.
Magistrate Judge Dismisses Complaint Against Two Ex-FBI Officials in Hunter Biden Testimony Case, Finding No Probable Cause and Calling It 'Weaponization'
Judge Zia Faruqui ruled from the bench on Nov. 2 that prosecutors had not shown that Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides knowingly lied to Congress, and he suggested the charges were rushed ahead of the midterms. The Justice Department said it disagreed with the ruling and was evaluating options; prosecutors can still go to a grand jury.
Trump Tells Axios He Faces a 'Big Decision' on Iran, Days Before Meeting With Six Gulf States
In a Sept. 17 interview, the president said he is weighing whether to "annihilate" Iran's government or seek a deal, ahead of a planned Sept. 22 meeting with Gulf leaders at the UN General Assembly.
Federal Judge Dismisses Justice Department Suit Over Alaska Senate Certification for Lack of Standing; DOJ Appeals to Ninth Circuit
Judge Sharon Gleason ruled on Nov. 1, two days before Election Day, that the government had shown no way to find out which voters meant to pick incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan without breaking ballot secrecy. A separate federal criminal probe into how a second Daniel Sullivan got on the ballot is still going.
Learjet 60 Crashes in Greenacres, Florida, Killing All 9 Aboard; About 600 Nearby Residents Moved to Shelters
The Bahamas-bound business jet fell from about 35,000 feet within minutes of the crew reporting icing and turbulence; the NTSB is leading the investigation, and no cause has been found.
Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens Endorses Republican Mike Rogers Over Party Nominee Abdul El-Sayed Two Days Before Michigan Senate Vote
Stevens lost the August Democratic primary to El-Sayed. After a week-long dispute over an outside group's ad about Israel, she appeared with Rogers at a Detroit church on Sunday, and Senate Democratic leaders said they stand with El-Sayed.
Fairfield, California, Police Say Pregnant Woman Killed, Six Wounded in Targeted Shooting at Spirit Halloween Store; No Arrest as of October 31
Police say one suspect opened fire Friday night inside the store at Solano Town Center. Hours earlier, a man was fatally shot at a Spirit Halloween in Madison Heights, Michigan, in a separate case where police made an arrest at the scene.
State Department Clears Possible $2.1 Billion Sale of 500 Patriot PAC-3 Missiles to Ukraine, With Canada, Germany, Norway and EU Loan Funds Paying
The U.S. government says no American money is involved, but Ukraine's president says the missiles, which Lockheed Martin has not yet built, may take years to arrive.
Judge Kelly Issues Preliminary Injunction Keeping CNN, MS NOW and Politico Reporters at the White House, Finding the Ban Likely Viewpoint Discrimination
The written ruling says Trump's own public remarks suggest he barred the outlets over their coverage, not national security; the order stays in place while the case continues unless an appeals court lifts it.