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Federal judge rejects Democrats’ bid to stop the Homeland Security Department pressing four states to screen ballots, saying the states already rebuffed its “browbeating.”
Justice Department: states may ignore letters.
Source: The New York Times [gift link]
November 2, 2026Details
Trump vows to “protect” Musk, who spent nearly half a billion dollars against Democrats, if they investigate him, and floats pre-emptive staff pardons.
Says he’d “love” a third term
Source: Axios
November 2, 2026Details
Trump’s closing midterm speech spends about 20 minutes on the reopened Reflecting Pool, shut for months by algae and liner tears from the renovation he ordered.
Floated “Trump Reflecting Pool" renaming
Source: The Hill
November 2, 2026Details
Nashville judge temporarily blocks Tennessee from refusing driver’s licenses to immigrants with federal work permits, after hundreds were denied in recent weeks.
Permits accepted for nearly two decades
Source: The Tennessee Lookout
November 2, 2026Details
FBI charges a January 6 defendant Trump pardoned with threatening federal judges, after a Facebook post saying all January 6 judges “will be executed.”
Original crime: threatening to shoot Pelosi
Source: Mediaite
November 2, 2026Details
Tungsten miner with Trump’s sons as investors plans a $2 billion public listing as US agencies weigh up to $1.6 billion in funding.
Sons’ firm Dominari adds $32 million
Source: The Wall Street Journal [gift link]
November 2, 2026Details
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