President Trump met privately with Putin envoy Kirill Dmitriev on Nov. 5, 2026, after Dmitriev appeared with Ukrainian officials at a White House event hosted by Melania Trump; Trump would not disclose what they discussed.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom commuted the death sentences of all 548 California death row inmates to life without parole.
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The tech-heavy Nasdaq fell more than 5% and U.S. tech shares lost about $2 trillion after the midterms as investors feared a Democratic Congress and states would crack down on AI and data centers.
Several House and Senate races remained uncalled; Democrats were expected to hold a strong majority, with final numbers still being determined.
Melania Trump helped broker a six-day Russia-Ukraine ceasefire in Oleshky, allowing evacuation of nearly 800 civilians and delivery of food and medical supplies; Russian and Ukrainian officials attended a White House event to mark it.
North Carolina Democrats flipped several House seats in districts that had been redrawn in 2023 to favor Republican candidates.
BCalifornia just moved to clear 548 death row sentences in one move.
BFox News posted it: Gavin Newsom is commuting all 548 death sentences.
BTo life without parole. I checked—no one is released.
BSo one governor just erased 548 jury verdicts.
BThose cases have been stuck for decades. The system is broken.
BThen fix the courts. Don't call a press release justice.
BNo one walks free. That's the part you're ignoring.
BVictims' families were promised a death sentence. Now they get politics.
BSome families get a wrong man executed. Death is irreversible.
BSo the answer is never execute anyone?
BIn California, after decades of dysfunction? Yes. Life without parole works.
BThen pass a law. Put it on the ballot.
BIt's his legal authority. Voters elected him.
BVoters elected a governor, not a king.
BGovernors commute sentences all the time.
BAll the time? This is 548 people, Bella. That's the difference.
BBecause there are 548 stuck cases. That's the point.
BAt least no one walks free.
BExactly.
BNew detail on the Russia-Ukraine pause. Earlier, both sides were at the White House.
BThat event marked the six-day pause in Oleshky. Now Trump says he met Putin's envoy privately.
BReuters posted on X: the envoy is Kirill Dmitriev, Putin's special envoy.
BAnd Trump will not disclose what they discussed.
BThat silence is the problem for me.
BPrivate meetings are normal. You don't read out every word.
BThis is Russia, during a war. Give us a basic readout.
BHe might be trying to turn that six-day pause into something real. You don't negotiate in public.
BYou can say "we discussed the pause" without giving away a negotiation.
BUnless he's trying to keep the Kremlin from walking away.
BOr he doesn't want the new Democratic Congress asking what he promised.
BThat's speculation, Brian.
BExactly. We're guessing because the White House won't say what happened.
BThe secrecy bothers me. But the meeting itself isn't a scandal.
BI can accept that: meet, but don't stonewall.
BFair.
BOne more legal flash: Politico posted that a federal judge ordered the Justice Department to stop threatening election officials in Washington state.
BThat's still unconfirmed. We haven't seen the filing.
BRight. If the report holds, it's a court drawing a hard line against DOJ pressure on election workers.
BGiven all the election fights, that would be significant. But for now, it's only Politico's report.
BWe'll keep an eye on it. Legal fights are just starting.
BAnd that's where we are tonight.