Trump says midterm result showed widespread rejection of his party

Trump orders Justice Department to look into Democrats planning oversight

President Donald Trump said in a Sunday-morning Truth Social post that “America took a giant step back in History with the results of the last Election,” characterizing the outcome as the country widely rejecting his party. He cited a sharp sell-off in global markets that fueled a rout of U.S. technology stocks and added, “But have no fear, we will be back, BIGGER AND STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE!”

Trump also threatened Democrats planning to conduct oversight of his administration and family, announcing that he had ordered the Justice Department to “look into” them. Attorney General Todd Blanche told CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday that “there could be” investigations. Blanche said Republicans had faced “dangerous” threats but did not specify what crimes he believed had been committed. “You have to draw the line,” he said.

Republicans lost control of both chambers in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Voters across the country expressed frustration with key pillars of Trump’s agenda, from the Iran war to sweeping tariffs, while the administration appears set to press ahead.

Miller starts Monday as Trump offers Dana White press-secretary role

Stephen Miller will begin as White House chief of staff on Monday. His promotion stoked expectations that Trump would double down on immigration enforcement, intensify cultural-policy disputes and refuse concessions to the new Democratic majority in Congress. Dan Eberhart, a Trump donor and energy executive, told Reuters the move “signals the administration is going to have a fighting-from-a-bunker approach the last two years.”

Trump announced on Saturday that he had offered Dana White, CEO and president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the role of White House press secretary, describing him as “a violent Fighter and Warrior.” Trump said, “Dana will be a Press Secretary like none other,” and, “Dana, please take the job!” The press-secretary post has been largely vacant since Karoline Leavitt departed the administration this summer; Leavitt’s initial replacement, Katie Zacharia, lasted five days in the job. Miller was set to meet with White after Trump offered him the role.

Miller and Musk are likely congressional investigation targets

Democrats have made clear that Stephen Miller and Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and a close Trump ally, are likely targets of congressional investigations once the party retakes control of Congress in January.

Congressman Robert Garcia, a California Democrat set to chair the House Oversight Committee next year, said Sunday that investigations were set to explore Musk’s involvement in the Department of Government Efficiency’s mass firing of federal workers last year and Miller’s role in Trump’s immigration enforcement. “I think there’s a lot of interest – not just from our committee, but from committees across the Congress – to speak to Mr Musk,” Garcia told CNN.

Representative Jamie Raskin, poised to become chair of the House Judiciary Committee, has also requested information on the business dealings of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr.

Senate count leaves Alaska and Mississippi unresolved

With 33 of 35 Senate races called, Democrats had won 54 seats to Republicans’ 44. Votes were still being counted in Alaska, which had long been seen as a key battleground, and Mississippi, a previous Republican stronghold that remained too close to call.

Congressman James Comer, the Kentucky Republican who currently heads the House Oversight Committee before his party cedes control to Democrats, told Fox News the committee would dedicate the last two months of this Congress to investigating Alaska over the controversy surrounding its Senate race. Trump has already threatened Democratic candidate Mary Peltola with criminal prosecution over reports that her campaign was linked to the recruitment of a second “Dan Sullivan” in Alaska’s Senate race, using the same name as the Republican candidate.

Democrats celebrate wins and weigh congressional leadership

Democrats spent the weekend celebrating their historic midterm wins on Tuesday. New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani told Fox News on Sunday that Democratic candidates won after running on policies that would “change working peoples’ lives.” “We are seeing a moment in time where working class Americans have made very clear that they are tired of waiting,” Mamdani said. “They are tired of being told, again and again, that there is less for them to make ends meet, while we see the world’s first trillionaire emerge in Elon Musk.”

The celebrations were accompanied by friction within the party over incoming congressional leadership. Chuck Schumer is set to become the next majority leader in the US Senate, and Hakeem Jeffries is widely expected to become House speaker. Senator-elect Adam Hamilton of Kansas — the first Democrat the state has sent to the Senate in almost a century — told NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday that Schumer is a “kind of polarizing figure.” “It feels like it is a time for fresh and new ideas, and somebody who can unite us instead of dividing us,” Hamilton said.

The celebrations continued during a Saturday Night Live skit this weekend, when a cast member impersonating Trump attacked James Talarico, the Democrat who ran for US Senate in Texas, and called him “Talafreako.” Talarico walked out on stage. “That’s senator Talafreako,” he said, to loud cheers, after becoming the first Democrat to win statewide office in Texas since 1994.