The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has lost dozens of races in which it backed a candidate in this year’s midterm elections, accounting for nearly two-thirds of the spending by the once insuperable political lobbying group, in a sign of its waning influence. Politico found in a report on Thursday that more than 30 of the group’s candidates lost their elections this week.
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President Donald Trump on Friday announced that Stephen Miller will replace Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff, three days after the midterm elections delivered a resounding rebuke of the president’s second-term policies.
Miller, a staunch Trump defender and immigration hard-liner who helped execute the president’s mass deportation agenda, will take over for Wiles on Nov. 9, Trump said.
“I am pleased to announce that Mr. Stephen Miller, the current Deputy Chief of Staff of the Trump Administration, and one of my most trusted advisors, will become the Chief of Staff starting Monday, November 9, 2026,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Friday. “Susie Wiles, who has done an outstanding job, will be moving over to the Trump Political Operation. I want to thank her for her service as Chief of Staff — She has done a great job!”
Wiles, a longtime Trump loyalist, was the president’s longest-serving chief of staff. She was appointed when Trump began his second term in January 2025.
Senior White House administration officials, who were granted anonymity to speak about the staffing changes, told MS NOW that they were bracing for Wiles’ potential departure after the results of Tuesday’s elections. There was chatter throughout the week that Wiles, whom one official described as the “glue that holds everything together,” would be ousted by Trump if Republicans faltered in the midterms.
Wiles resigned last night, a senior White House official with direct knowledge of the plans told MS NOW. Trump was said to be upset with her earlier this week as he grew angrier about his party’s historic losses in races across the country. The official was granted anonymity
The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) has suspended operations in Florida, the organization has announced. It did so after a federal judge rejected an emergency request Wednesday by the Muslim civil rights organization to stop the state from designating the group and its state chapter as domestic terrorist organizations, allowing the designation to take effect while its legal…
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Sen. Chris Murphy was discharged from Johns Hopkins Hospital after suffering a stroke and is expected to make a full recovery, he announced Friday.
Murphy, 53, will spend several weeks at a rehabilitation center and miss several weeks of Senate votes.
The Connecticut Democrat began experiencing numbness in his arm Saturday while attending his son’s hockey game. Murphy said he sensed something was wrong and called emergency services. He was later transferred to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore for treatment.
“I want to be direct with you, so here is my diagnosis,” Murphy said. “Last Saturday afternoon, I felt something was not right with my body and called 9-1-1 out of an abundance of caution, and I’m glad I did.”
Murphy said he was diagnosed with a “small bleed in the thalamus region of his brain,” adding that his doctors are “encouraged” by his progress.
Dr. Jose Suarez, chief of neurosciences critical care at Johns Hopkins, confirmed Murphy had suffered a small hemorrhagic stroke.
“He has shown tremendous progress, and at the current rate of improvement, we expect that he will make a full recovery following rehabilitation,” Suarez said.
The stroke sidelined Murphy, a prominent Democratic voice and outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, during the final days of the midterm elections. Murphy had planned to campaign for Democratic candidates across several battleground states and was scheduled to appear in New Hampshire on Sunday to support Senate candidate Chris Pappas.
“This has been a scary experience for me and my family, and I appreciate the continued respect for our privacy,” Murphy said.
Despite his absence from the Capitol, Murphy said he would remain engaged with his staff and Senate
Progressive lawmakers are mounting a campaign to end the Trump administration’s war on Iran by cutting off funding for the effort and potentially forcing a government shutdown, after Democrats won a historic majority running against the unpopular conflict. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-California) are two figures leading the effort, which is akin to Congress’s…
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