Donald Trump asked today whether anybody really believes the election his party lost was honest.
A week before the vote, he said he would accept the results “if they’re honest elections.” On election night, as Republicans lost the House and the Senate, he told the New York Times, “I am absolutely willing to accept those results.” That willingness lasted only six days.
He offered no evidence today. “It’s all about the machines,” the president of the United States wrote, “which are far more important than the voter!”
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Georgia probes how a memory card with 388 uncounted votes was missed, as the late upload flips a state House race and shrinks Democrats’ projected majority.
Today’s GovBrief News
Trump says Defense Secretary Hegseth, facing a Republican’s impeachment articles filed hours earlier, has “won the war in Iran,” then “he’s certainly winning.”
Source: ABC News
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Idaho’s Latah County will recount every ballot after officials counted but didn’t report 2,342 early votes, an error the state says won’t change outcomes.
Source: The Idaho Capital Sun
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Trump questions, without evidence, whether the midterms were “honest” and blames voting machines, six days after saying he was “absolutely willing” to accept the results.
Source: The Hill
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Defense Secretary Hegseth orders overhaul of the military’s war and staff colleges to prioritize combat skills, the day a Republican files to impeach him.
Source: Newsweek
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Trump says the FBI is investigating Nvidia CEO Huang’s affair with an alleged Chinese agent, that he phoned Huang, and that “he’ll be in good shape.”
Source: The Associated Press
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Justice Department Civil Division chief Shumate resigns, the fourth senior department exit in under a week, following its civil rights, national security, and “grand conspiracy” probe leaders.
Source: UPI
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Supreme Court lets Trump resume border wall construction in Texas’ Big Bend, home to over 25% of the border and at most 2.2% of migrant apprehensions.
Source: SCOTUSblog
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ICE takes an 8-year-old San Diego third-grader from the uncle who brought him to an immigration check-in, classifying the Haitian boy as unaccompanied.
Source: USA Today
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Trump nominates Palantir security chief Michael LoSapio to lead CISA, the federal cyberdefense agency that has gone nearly 22 months without a confirmed director.
Source: NextGov
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House watchdog finds “substantial reason to believe” Texas Republican Rep. Gooden improperly expensed luxury travel, his $140,000 in 2025 reimbursements the most of any member.
Source: The Texas Tribune
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Senate votes 73-25 to advance a Trump-backed bill speeding environmental reviews for power projects and making data centers pay for their own grid upgrades.
Source: CNBC
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Airport workers got security badges before TSA finished background checks that later flagged them, with one keeping access 177 days, Homeland Security’s inspector general finds.
Source: Government Executive
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ICE’s investigative arm estimates in a court filing it has issued at least 185,000 subpoenas without a judge’s sign-off since Trump took office, WIRED reports.
Source: Wired
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Trump brings UFC CEO Dana White to the briefing room to field questions after calling his offer of the vacant press secretary job a joke.
Source: The Independent
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Trump administration awards nearly $40M in Ebola contracts to an airport spa company’s subsidiary months after a fund tied to his sons invests, ProPublica reports.
Source: ProPublica
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Wayne County, Michigan, prosecutors launch a diversion program steering domestic violence survivors facing criminal charges into 180 days of counseling, housing, and job services.
Source: The Detroit News
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Republican Rep. Massie files eight impeachment articles against Defense Secretary Hegseth over the Iran war, forcing a House floor vote within two legislative days.
Source: NBC News
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