by David Rohde | Nov 7, 2026 | News, White House, World
Stephen Miller is widely known as the architect of President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration deportation operations that have sent masked federal agents into neighborhoods, resulting in deadly confrontations.
But it has also been widely reported that the president’s newly minted chief of staff was a driving force behind Trump’s deadly strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and Pacific.
Miller steered the drafting of a classified directive signed by Trump that authorized the U.S. military to use lethal force against two dozen foreign criminal groups the president had designated “foreign terrorist organizations,” a former U.S. official told The Washington Post. Legal experts say that declaring criminal groups terrorist organizations has no basis in law, but the administration argued that the groups used narcotics as a weapon to kill Americans.
Miller also initially proposed having the CIA conduct lethal strikes, but lawyers in the agency and other parts of the government questioned its legality, The Washington Post reported last year. Policymakers eventually decided to have the Pentagon carry out the strikes instead.
Strikes that started as part of an operation to pressure then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro — who was captured by the U.S. in January — have continued for over a year with 236 people killed in 71 strikes, according to U.S. military figures. In recent months, the U.S. has been collaborating with countries like Ecuador to interdict suspected narco-terrorist vessels.
Legal groups say the boat strikes are illegal and condemned Miller’s promotion to White House chief of staff.
Baher Azmy, legal director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, a nonprofit group that has filed a lawsuit to make public the administration’s legal memo justifying the
by Sharon Lerner | Nov 7, 2026 | News, South Africa, State Department, Trump Administration, White South Africans, White Supremacy
After slashing funding for programs that documented atrocities and protected human rights abroad, President Donald Trump’s State Department is now granting one of its first new human rights awards to a controversial South African organization that promotes the disputed notion that white farmers are a violently targeted, persecuted group, according to multiple sources knowledgeable about the…
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by Clarissa-Jan Lim | Nov 7, 2026 | culture, News, White House
President Donald Trump said Saturday that he has offered Dana White, president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the role of White House press secretary.
“I am pleased to announce that the Great Dana White, a violent Fighter and Warrior, has been offered the job of Press Secretary of the United States,” Trump announced on Truth Social.
The surreal announcement was met by an equally uncanny response, with the longtime Trump ally appearing to accept the offer.
White posted a picture of himself in front of the briefing podium on his Instagram story that read, “On to the next chapter.“
In a second story, White shared a screenshot of the president’s Truth Social post offering him the job.
Trump said he asked White to bring on several mixed martial artists as assistants — two of whom are Russian nationals — and added, “We need these people to defend us against the Lunatic Left.” Trump then implored White to “please take the job!”
White, a millionaire who has been a vocal supporter of the president, does not appear to have any professional experience that would qualify him for the role as the White House’s chief public communicator.
White did not immediately respond to MS NOW’s request for comment. The White House has not publicly confirmed that White will assume the position.
White’s first-of-its-kind UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House in June to mark Trump’s 80th birthday came under intense ethics scrutiny, costing an estimated $60 million.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
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by Jon Queally | Nov 7, 2026 | 2026 Elections, 2026 midterms, Congress, Hakeem Jeffries, News
An online petition that demanding that Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) not be the next Democratic Speaker of the House has hit one million signatories on Saturday as the clamor for a leadership change within the party explodes after historic midterm wins driven by populist demands. As of this writing, the Change.org petition — titled “House Democrats: CHOOSE A NEW SPEAKER” — has 1,007,831…
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by Clarissa-Jan Lim | Nov 7, 2026 | Civil Rights, Congress, elections, News
Four days after the last vote was cast for the Mississippi Senate election, ballots were still being counted in the nail-biter of a race as lawyers for both parties prepared for potential legal battle.
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, according to The Associated Press.
With no recount law on the books in Mississippi, every vote matters in this race’s paper-thin margin. The tight race in a ruby-red Southern state has stunned both national political parties and underscored Americans’ dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump’s policies and actions and the Republicans who have supported him in lockstep.
Still, a court can order a recount, which is why Colom and Hyde-Smith’s campaigns deployed lawyers to the state — which is primed to elect its first Black senator since Reconstruction.
Outstanding absentee and provisional ballots — known as “affidavit ballots” in Mississippi — are still being tallied and both types of ballots face a Nov. 10 deadline. Absentee ballots that are postmarked on or before Election Day can be counted as long as they are received by Tuesday; provisional ballots must also be verified by Tuesday.
Much has been made of provisional ballots, which are used by voters whose eligibility is in question. Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson, a Republican, has said his office does not know how many provisional ballots are remaining. On Friday afternoon, he said 11,202 had been processed, 78% of which had been accepted.
Colom’s campaign has estimated that there could be up to 15,000 provisional ballots this year. Voting rights advocates have
