Newsom takes victory lap after Supreme Court rejects Trump’s ballot move
California Gov. Gavin Newsom took a victory lap via social media on Monday night, not long after word came down that the Supreme Court rejected President Trump’s ballot battle with the state.
Trump’s last-ditch demand was to set aside ballots from more than 20,000 people the government “believes” are “likely” noncitizens who have illegally cast votes in California’s midterm elections.
Newsom celebrated with a simple message: “Democracy won.”
Ryan Parker3 November 2026 02:30
Trump set to appear on Hannity for midterms plea encore
President Trump says he will appear on Hannity to once again make a plea to GOP voters to come out in force for tomorrow’s midterms.
The announcement comes after his speech earlier today at the iconic Reflecting Pool landed with a thud — the president mostly rambling about construction issues with the national monument.
Ryan Parker3 November 2026 01:31
Supreme Court shoots down Trump’s California ballot battle
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is warning federal judges that Donald Trump’s administration could try to seize ballots in the state after the president’s legal battle over alleged noncitizen voters repeatedly struck out in court.
On Monday night, hours after the Department of Justice made an emergency request, the Supreme Court rejected the administration’s last-ditch demand to set aside ballots from more than 20,000 people the government “believes” are “likely” noncitizens who have illegally cast votes in California’s midterm elections.
Alex Woodward3 November 2026 00:10
Recap: Trump drops jaws with low-energy ramble about Reflecting Pool day before Americans decide his party’s fate
On the last afternoon before Americans vote on whether his party keeps control of Congress, President Donald Trump stood in front of the Lincoln Memorial and talked, at length and in considerable detail, about plumbing, Andrew Feinberg writes.
The 80-year-old president, whose remarks had been billed as a closing argument intended to remind voters off why they should be casting ballots for his preferred candidates on Tuesday, instead turned in a meandering address of roughly 50 minutes that swung from the quality of the pool’s new coating to the renaming of bodies of water, the conquest of Venezuela, and a slate of Democratic candidates he described as “communist jihadists.”
Andrew Feinberg2 November 2026 23:00
The 8 Senate races you need to know about
Democrats need to win at least four Senate seats to make a net gain and retake the upper chamber.
Thirty-five Senate seats are up for reelection this year. Republicans are defending 22, while Democrats hold 13. The GOP currently controls the chamber with a 53-47 majority.
Because Republican Vice President JD Vance can break tie votes, Democrats need 51 seats to win control.
The most straightforward route to the majority involves Democrats holding all of their seats, including the battlegrounds of Georgia, Michigan and New Hampshire. On top of that, they will need to pick up four more seats, and their best opportunities are in Alaska, Iowa, Maine, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas.
Read on for more details of the races to keep a close eye on tomorrow night:
Rhian Lubin, AP2 November 2026 22:30
Analysis: Trump’s final midterms speech really kicked the Republicans while they’re down
This was a speech that could hardly have gone worse for Republicans out on the campaign trail hoping for some last-minute help from the president, writes Holly Baxter.
If the Republicans weren’t headed for disaster in the midterms, perhaps they will be now.
The former shadow of Donald J. Trump arrived at the Reflecting Pool Monday to ramble for an hour about pipes, granite, algae and caulking. He threw in some stuff around halfway through about the election, before returning to huge printouts of cracks in concrete. And then he finished it all off by declaring wealth inequality a good thing. It was quite a speech.
All of this was delivered in a halting, croaky voice, from a man who looked, to put it politely, tired.
Holly Baxter2 November 2026 22:00
Pundits and journalists give their verdict on Trump’s address to voters
Rhian Lubin2 November 2026 21:40
President pictured after Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool remarks
Trump pictured after giving his remarks at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool (Reuters)
Trump wore a white ‘USA’ baseball cap during his address to voters (Reuters)
Rhian Lubin2 November 2026 21:20
Democrats torch Trump’s final pitch to voters
Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin had a scathing assessment of President Donald Trump’s final pitch to voters before they head to the polls on Tuesday.
“For the last two years, working families, farmers, and small business owners have been forced to dip into their savings or take on debt just to afford gas, groceries, and healthcare, while Donald Trump dedicates his focus — and taxpayer dollars — to his vanity projects and special favors for the ultra-rich,” Martin said.
“Now, the bill is coming due: Americans are sick of paying the price for the Republican agenda while Trump, JD Vance, and Republicans turn their backs on them.”
Rhian Lubin2 November 2026 20:50
Watch: Trump awkwardly refers to Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as ‘massive piece of pool’Trump’s midterm pitch: This is a massive piece of pool
Rhian Lubin2 November 2026 20:31