Monday, Nov. 5

á           The Washington Post reported that youth turnout rates in the midterm early vote are up by 125 percent compared to 2014. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/powerup/2018/11/05/powerup-will-there-be-a-youth-wave-early-voting-points-to-yes/5bdf5c391b326b39290545bd/?utm_term=.6ce4200d08c0&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

á           Politico reported that Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney is running for House Republican Conference chair no matter what happens in TuesdayÕs election.

Tuesday, Nov. 6

á           By Tuesday night, it was known that Democrats won control of the House of Representatives and flipped at least 7 governorships, but Republicans retained control of the Senate. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/midterm-elections-voters-head-to-the-polls-with-control-of-congress-at-stake/2018/11/06/26931840-e14a-11e8-b759-3d88a5ce9e19_story.html?utm_term=.5bde2baae147&wpisrc=al_news__alert-politics--alert-national&wpmk=1

Wednesday, Nov. 7

á           House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy launched a bid for minority leader. He already faces a challenge from his right from Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), one of the founders of the House Freedom Caucus. https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/07/jordan-challenge-mccarthy-minority-leader-971042?nname=playbook-pm&nid=0000015a-dd3e-d536-a37b-dd7fd8af0000&nrid=00000158-890d-dfd4-ad7b-c96fadf30001&nlid=964328

á           President Donald Trump threatened to retaliate with a Òwarlike postureÓ should the new Democratic House majority use its subpoena power to launch investigations into possible corruption in his administration or investigate his personal finances or conduct in office. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-attempts-to-take-victory-lap-despite-republicans-losing-house/2018/11/07/8cec8226-e2a7-11e8-b759-3d88a5ce9e19_story.html?utm_term=.23943c951bd0&wpisrc=al_news__alert-politics--alert-national&wpmk=1

á           The White House suspended the press credentials of CNN reporter Jim Acosta after Trump took issue with questions Acosta asked at a news conference. The move is believed to be a first for any White House. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/08/white-house-suspends-press-pass-cnns-jim-acosta-after-testy-exchange-with-trump/?utm_term=.1ea27d114865&wpisrc=al_trending_now__alert-politics--alert-national&wpmk=1

á           Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigned, reportedly at TrumpÕs request. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/attorney-general-jeff-sessions-resigns-at-trumps-request/2018/11/07/d1b7a214-e144-11e8-ab2c-b31dcd53ca6b_story.html?utm_term=.df9dde814b98

á           The Miami New Times reported that Matthew Whitaker, Jeff SessionsÕ chief of staff whom Trump said is taking over as acting Attorney General, was involved in a Miami-based invention-marketing company the Federal Trade Commission shut down last year after calling it a scam. https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/trumps-acting-attorney-general-matthew-whitaker-was-part-of-world-patent-marketing-a-miami-based-invention-scam-company-10893091

Thursday, Nov. 8

á           Judge Brian Morris of the U.S. District Court in Montana temporarily blocked construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, ruling that the State Department ignored crucial issues of climate change to further the presidentÕs goal of letting the pipeline be built. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/11/09/keystone-xl-pipeline-blocked-by-federal-judge-major-blow-trump-administration/?utm_term=.c725f63b8a5c&wpisrc=al_news__alert-national&wpmk=1

á           The Trump administration introduced new measures to deny asylum to migrants who enter the country illegally, invoking national security powers. Immigrant advocacy groups say U.S. laws clearly extend asylum protections to anyone who reaches the United States and expresses a fear of persecution, no matter how they enter the country. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-administration-to-tighten-asylum-rules-as-caravans-approach/2018/11/08/69a06a08-e2a7-11e8-a1c9-6afe99dddd92_story.html?utm_term=.8e7626fe63ee

á           A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled that Trump cannot immediately end the DACA program, because the reasoning given for ending the program was based on an erroneous view of what the law required. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/trump-cant-end-daca-appeals-court-says-setting-up-supreme-court-fight/2018/11/08/4a76f928-e386-11e8-ab2c-b31dcd53ca6b_story.html?utm_term=.b10a42b93b10

á           The Washington Post reported that Acting Attorney General Matthew G. Whitaker has no intention of recusing himself from overseeing the special-counsel probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election, in spite of the fact that he has written opinion pieces about the investigation and is a friend and political ally of a grand jury witness. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trumps-acting-attorney-general-matt-whitaker-has-no-intention-of-recusing-from-russia-probe-associates-say/2018/11/08/a5bc8d90-e370-11e8-ab2c-b31dcd53ca6b_story.html?utm_term=.d04f51b01dd7

á           Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized for three broken ribs she experienced in a fall in her office the night before. https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/08/ruth-bader-ginsburg-fall-974096?nname=playbook-pm&nid=0000015a-dd3e-d536-a37b-dd7fd8af0000&nrid=00000158-890d-dfd4-ad7b-c96fadf30001&nlid=964328

á           CNN accused White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders of posting an altered video to suggest CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta inappropriately made contact with a White House intern over control of a microphone. The video was used as justification for revoking AcostaÕs press pass to the White House. https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/08/cnn-white-house-altered-video-975080?nname=playbook-pm&nid=0000015a-dd3e-d536-a37b-dd7fd8af0000&nrid=00000158-890d-dfd4-ad7b-c96fadf30001&nlid=964328

Friday, Nov. 9

á           The Associated Press reported that in 2007, the political career of Matt McCoy, IowaÕs first openly gay senator, was derailed by a politically motivated federal prosecution brought by then U.S. Attorney Matthew Whitaker, who on Wednesday was named acting attorney general by Trump. https://apnews.com/1daee7a9392c4938be4545a00f78fc61

á           A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ordered Robert Mueller, as well as attorneys trying to shut his investigation down, to file new legal briefs that explain how this weekÕs changes at the Justice Department could influence their case. https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/09/mueller-sessions-whitaker-doj-shakeup-979657?nname=playbook-pm&nid=0000015a-dd3e-d536-a37b-dd7fd8af0000&nrid=00000158-890d-dfd4-ad7b-c96fadf30001&nlid=964328

á           Border Patrol agents arrested 23,121 migrant family members in October, the highest one-month total on record. In total, Customs and Border Protection arrested or deemed inadmissible nearly 61,000 along the Mexico border in October, far more than any other month since President Trump took office. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/border-arrests-surged-to-highest-levels-of-trump-presidency-in-october/2018/11/09/60b76082-e46d-11e8-a1c9-6afe99dddd92_story.html?utm_term=.7ead701c2f30&wpisrc=al_news__alert-politics--alert-national&wpmk=1

Saturday, Nov. 10

á           Trump distanced himself Friday from Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker amid intensifying scrutiny of WhitakerÕs controversial legal views and business entanglements, saying he had not spoken with Whitaker about the Mueller investigation. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-distances-himself-from-whitaker-amid-scrutiny-over-past-comments-and-business-ties/2018/11/09/c77b7388-e44c-11e8-8f5f-a55347f48762_story.html?utm_term=.d76420e52817&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

á           The White House announced Trump and the first lady, in Paris for ceremonies to honor those who fought in World War I, had scuttled plans, due to bad weather, for their first stop in the weekendÕs remembrance activities — a visit to the Aisne Marne American Cemetery, marking the Battle of Belleau Wood. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/trump-and-macron-meet-whats-left-to-talk-about/2018/11/10/680a014c-e1ec-11e8-ba30-a7ded04d8fac_story.html?utm_term=.b4c9ccfb5c09&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

á           The close Senate race in Florida, which is expected to trigger a recount, prompted Republicans, including Trump and Senate candidate Rick Scott, to allege election fraud was tilting the outcome against them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/prospect-of-another-recount-in-florida-provokes-partisan-battle/2018/11/09/b513aa12-e447-11e8-b759-3d88a5ce9e19_story.html?utm_term=.dad70e5317db&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

Sunday, Nov. 11

á           French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a rebuke of TrumpÕs ÒAmerica firstÓ approach to international affairs at a ceremony commemorating the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, saying ÒNationalism is a betrayal of patriotism.Ó https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/macron-warns-against-nationalism-apparent-rebuke-trump-wwi-commemoration-n934906