by Paula Reid | Nov 5, 2026 | News
Harmeet Dhillon, the Justice Department’s assistant attorney general for civil rights, has resigned, Attorney General Todd Blanche announced Thursday.
“Today, I accepted the resignation of Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, who led the Civil Rights Division with conviction the past 18 months,” Blanche wrote in a post on X. “She has defended the civil liberties of every American and enforced the law without fear or favor.”
Dhillon had told administration colleagues before the midterm elections that she intended to leave, and she had grown increasingly frustrated that she had not been promoted to deputy attorney general or another higher post as she expected, multiple sources told MS NOW.
She had significant tension with Blanche and Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward and had complained about both to White House officials, according to the people.
Dhillon had chafed at being blocked by Blanche and Woodward in taking a higher profile and leadership role in election-related cases that were important to President Donald Trump. Blanche assigned his new deputy attorney general, Trent McCotter, to be the public face of those battles, according to two people familiar with Dhillon’s complaints. Dhillon had directly complained to the White House about Woodward and urged unsuccessfully that he be demoted from his post as associate attorney general, they said.
Dhillon had shared her intent to leave with White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, according to the senior administration official, who spoke with MS NOW on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive personnel matters. Wiles had privately urged Dhillon to put off her resignation until after the midterm elections.
“Serving my country as AAG for Civil Rights has been the honor of
by Shireen Akram-Boshar | Nov 5, 2026 | Donald Trump, Gerrymandering, News, Politics and Elections, Redistricting
On Tuesday, Democrats won seats in at least 12 districts that Republicans had redrawn in large-scale gerrymandering efforts pushed by President Donald Trump and the GOP over the past year and a half. Last summer, Trump pushed Republican-led states to redraw congressional maps in favor of the Republican Party, and to prevent a loss of power in the midterm elections. He first called on Texas…
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by Communications Staff | Nov 5, 2026 | News
On October 28, NED President and CEO Damon Wilson delivered remarks at the Sudan Integrity Summit 2026, “From Crisis to Recovery: Business, Accountability, and Peace in Sudan,” hosted by the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) in Washington, D.C. The summit brought together Sudanese and international leaders, business representatives, and U.S. policymakers to examine how…
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by Sharon Zhang | Nov 5, 2026 | 2026 election, 2026 Elections, Democrats, Donald Trump, Forever War, Iran, Israel, News Analysis, Palestine
Voters across the U.S. overwhelmingly rejected the Trump administration’s war on Iran on Tuesday, putting their faith in Democrats who now wield enormous power to end the war — and to prevent future wars from being started unilaterally by a figure like Donald Trump ever again. The historically unpopular war and its economic consequences were among the top reasons for Republicans’ collapse.
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by Joe Scarborough | Nov 5, 2026 | Morning Joe, News Analysis, Tea Spilled Morning Joe, The Tea Spilled Morning Joe, The Tea, Spilled
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“It was a Watergate-level repudiation.”
— Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz on the midterm elections
Democrat Abdul El-Sayed made history Tuesday, becoming the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Senate. The 42-year-old former Detroit health director won Michigan’s closely watched race by seven points, overcoming attacks on his faith and a massive spending disadvantage.
El-Sayed joined “Morning Joe” today to discuss the lessons of his victory, working with President Donald Trump, and why he believes Democrats need to rethink how they govern.
Joe Scarborough: Republicans repeatedly tried to link you to terrorist organizations because of your faith. Yet you predicted you’d win by seven points — and you did. What did you understand about Michigan voters that your opponents didn’t?
I’ve been me for 42 years. From my vantage point, there are always a few small-minded people who speak very loudly and claim to speak for everybody else.
I took a bet on a big Michigan — that Michiganders were going to reject this kind of politics. And I’m just so grateful that they embraced a big Michigan that includes all of us.
Willie Geist: You kept bringing the conversation back to the price of gas and groceries. How important was that to your victory?
I think it was about affordability and consistency. We have this buzzword in politics: authenticity. But authenticity isn’t about delivery. It’s about consistency.
We got outspent in our primary 11 to one, $70 million. In the general election, we were outspent by about $110 million. But it
