The president of the United States, Donald Trump, announced this Friday the appointment of one of his toughest advisors on immigration, Stephen Miller, as his chief of staff. Miller replaces Susie Wiles, in what appears to be a turn by the president toward even harder positions in the new stage of his mandate and after the resounding Republican defeat in the midterm elections. Trump called Miller “one of my most trusted advisors” and praised Wiles for his “excellent work,” adding that the change will take effect Monday. "Wiles [...] will become part of Trump's Political Operation. I want to thank her for her work as chief of staff," the president added. Rumors circulated in October about a change in Trump's Cabinet leadership, and the names of Miller and Bill Pulte, another strong ally of the president, were mentioned.
Susie Wiles: “Serving President Trump in the White House has been the honor of my life”
“I am so proud to have been a part of what we accomplished together to secure our border and cut taxes to strengthen our economy and put 'America First,'” Susie Wiles wrote on the X network minutes after her departure as President Donald Trump's chief of staff was reported.
After winning in Ohio, Amy Acton says she has “no intention” of speaking to Vivek Ramaswamy after his “despicable” announcement
The governor-elect of Ohio, Democrat Amy Acton, said this Friday in an interview with CBS that she "does not intend" to speak with her former Republican rival, Vivek Ramaswamy, who promoted a "despicable" ad in the final stretch of the campaign sowing doubts about the proven sexual abuse she survived as a child.
"I have no intention of speaking to him. [...] I think the words of leaders matter and we need to hold people accountable," Acton said.
In the interview, he described the electoral announcement as “terrible” and “despicable.” This was widely criticized by both Democrats and Republicans. It showed Acton's mother, with whom she has not had a relationship since almost adolescence, saying that her daughter lied about the abuse she did suffer.
The claims of Republican congressmen to the Secretary of Defense grow after the defeat in the 'midterms'
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will face a renewed attempt next week by Kentucky Republican Congressman Thomas Massie to advance an impeachment against him.
And, this Friday, he amassed complaints from Republicans about the impact of the war in Iran on the midterm elections, which left them without control of Congress.
"I can tell you with a high level of confidence that there are a lot of questions surrounding Hegseth. [...] Nobody is happy about [the war in] Iran and I think Republican voters are more upset about what's happening in Iran than Democratic voters," Kentucky Rep. James Comer said in an interview with NewsNation.
In Congress, his colleague Massie, a critic of President Donald Trump, presented articles of impeachment against Hegseth in September “for having entered into hostilities with Iran for more than 90 days without the authorization of Congress.”
Massie announced he plans to resume the effort next week. “The resolution to impeach Hegseth is a much softer version of what comes when Democrats have control of Congress,” he said.
Head of Homeland Security Division of Trump's Justice Department Resigns
John Eisenberg, head of the National Security division of the Department of Justice (DOJ), resigned this Friday.
This was confirmed by President Donald Trump's attorney general, Todd Blanche. Eisenberg “served with distinction, strengthening our country’s ability to address threats, both foreign and domestic,” he wrote.
With Eisenberg's departure, there are three officials leaving the DOJ after the midterm elections in the United States.
Trump still does not make a 'mea culpa' to reconcile with the Republicans who turned their backs on him in the elections
While some Republicans acknowledge the issues that led to their debacle in the midterms, President Donald Trump continues without making a mea culpa to reconcile with the voters who turned their backs on him after taking him to the White House in 2024 for the second time.
In a publication on the Internet, Truth considered that, if it had been on the ballots, “WE WOULD HAVE WON BY A BEAT!”
His words seem to clash with reality, since the president asked Americans to vote as if he were on the ballot and it is widely considered that the election results were a vote of punishment for his policies. Especially to the measures that have increased the cost of living in the United States, such as tariffs and the war in Iran that has boosted fuel prices.
Democrat Mary Peltola asks for patience in Alaska: the count “will take time to make sure every vote is counted”
The vote count in the Alaska Senate race remains extremely close between Democrat Mary Peltola and incumbent Republican Senator Dan Sullivan. They continue to be separated by 637 votes this Friday morning in the United States, according to figures from the AP agency.
To how close the two opponents are must be added the fact that Alaska votes under a system that allows candidates to be marked in order of preference, a mechanism that can delay the count.
“It will take time to make sure that we count every vote from every remote community [...] from all the service members abroad, from the young people in the universities...,” Peltola said the day before as quoted by the AP.
The bid in that State has been marked by the controversial emergence of a candidate with the same name as Republican Senator Sullivan. A report by The New York Times linked Peltola's campaign to the effort to find a second Dan Sullivan willing to run, with the goal of diluting votes toward the incumbent. Peltola has denied having been involved in the plot.
Men under 30 led the party change in favor of the Democrats in the midterms
Contributing to the overwhelming victory of the Democratic Party in the midterm elections were voters of all races and ages, many of whom had voted for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election.
Of them, it was the youngest who made the greatest shift to the left. 70% of voters under 30 years of age opted for the Democratic Party, while only 28% preferred to give their vote to Republican candidates.
The party change was 30 percentage points compared to two years ago, according to preliminary data collected by The New York Times.
The new congresswomen, governors and mayors who paint the map of the United States blue “like a steamroller”
The midterm elections in the United States have brought a lot. Many changes. Lots of participation. Many Democrats. Many new names. But, also, many, many women.
Thanks to female participation, and thanks to women elected to office, many of them breaking glass ceilings, the political map of the United States has changed.
For the first time, up to 155 women will serve in the US Congress. Until now, the maximum was 152, in 2024. The figure speaks for itself, demonstrating that more and more women want to take responsibility for the country's affairs and take its reins.
“The blue wave won, what's next for migrants?”: the fight for legalization after Trump's electoral setback
Activists who have been marching and advocating for immigration reform for decades believe that, now that Democrats have gained control of Congress, there is a golden opportunity to resume that debate.
In meetings and talks after Tuesday's elections, they have begun to raise the need to return to the streets to demand an end to the raids and the legalization of more than 10 million undocumented immigrants that the Trump Administration has tirelessly persecuted since mid-2025.
They consider that the president, hit by the electoral results and with less support in both chambers, could be willing to give in.
Republicans fail in their 'gerrymandering' strategy in the midterm elections
There is no better place than Texas to explain the fiasco that resulted for Republicans from the untimely redesigning of electoral districts to please President Donald Trump.
The Republicans hoped that their strategy would help them add five additional seats for that State in the Lower House in these elections. It only worked in one district.
And, as Democrats upended two others in Republican hands, the party ultimately lost Texas a representative in Washington, D.C.
Mississippi: just over 1,800 votes separate Democrat Scott Colom from Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith
The vote count in the southern state has both Democrats and Republicans in suspense. As of this Friday morning in the United States, Democrat Scott Colom had 466,775 votes and Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith had 464,962, according to data from the AP agency.
Between 12,000 and 20,000 provisional ballots must still be counted, which are anticipated to be decisive in the final result.
Provisional ballots are given to people who face some problem with their identification or voter registration. Election officials have 10 days to count them and both candidates' teams are closely monitoring their processing.
"We have prepared for this for months. [...] We have an army of lawyers. [...] We have involved everyone to make sure the process is carried out according to the law," Colom, who is seeking to become the first Democrat in the Senate from Mississippi in almost four decades, had said this week.
Good morning. We started this live to tell the most relevant news about the midterm elections in the United States, which put control of Congress in the hands of Democrats for the remainder of Donald Trump's government and dealt a severe blow to the president's policies.
