Midterms 2026 live updates: Trump demands Alaska give votes to Republican Senate candidate as he tries to salvage disastrous results

The president’s ever-present aide now appears to be deciding who he can speak to.

Andrew Feinberg takes a closer look.

Here’s the latest from the president on Truth Social as he desperately tries to salvage some good news from Tuesday’s midterms mauling with the votes still being counted in Alaska:

“The vote totals for the Fake Dan Sullivan, plus the other ‘slug’ that the Dems put on the Ballot, should be immediately given to the REAL Dan Sullivan, and the Election is over – He easily wins. There is no other fair solution!”

The president reportedly hit out at his deputy White House chief of staff, the architect of the administration’s aggressive immigration operation, for going “too far” after first lady Melania Trump complained to her husband.

Rhian Lubin has the story.

Here’s an in-depth profile of the man of the hour from Alex Hannaford.

The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart once complained that the Senate Democratic leader had “no rizz,” a criticism he may have been listening to, judging by this post.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, whose own election triumph last year now looks like an indicator of what was to come, had this to say about the midterms last night:

Ohio’s new governor enjoyed a very sweet moment indeed after winning her race, snubbing her Republican rival after he decided to run an ad in which her estranged mother, to whom she has not spoken in 48 years, accused her of lying about being raped by her stepfather as a child.

Jasmine Fernandez has more.

One of the most clear-eyed conservatives to address Tuesday’s vote so far has been Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who appeared on Laura Ingraham’s Fox News show last night to deliver some home truths to his party.

After a war that had more to do with vanity than sanity cost him, the president will find a sympathetic ear on a certain member of his so-called Board of Peace, says Simon Walters.