Trump hints at more Cabinet firings after Susie Wiles axed in wake of midterms blowout: Live updates

White House posts bizarre Zelda clip after Republicans crushed at the midtermsPresident Donald Trump has said more Cabinet officials will likely be fired in the wake of sweeping Republican defeats in this week’s midterm elections after he axed chief of staff Susie Wiles.Trump announced that Wiles was out Friday and Stephen Miller is taking her place in the White House.In his first sit-down interview since the midterms blowout, Trump told CBS News that while he “loved” his Cabinet, he would be making “maybe a few changes.” But he declined to name names - even when pressed by correspondent Ross Douthat on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who is rumored to be at risk. The poor showing in the midterms has left Republicans questioning the future and looking for someone to blame.Wiles, who has been rumored to be leaving the Trump administration, becomes the highest-profile figure to lose her role. In her place, Miller will bring his hardline immigration reform.Trump hints at more MAGA ousters after midterms blowoutIn his first sit-down interview since the midterms blowout, Trump told CBS News that while he “loved” his Cabinet, he would be making “maybe a few changes.” But he declined to name names - even when pressed by correspondent Ross Douthat on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who is rumored to be at risk. The Independent 7 November 2026 14:40Top Democrat vows to investigate 'Trump crime family'Rep. Robert Garcia, a California Democrat and the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, vowed to investigate President Donald Trump and his family, following the midterm elections.“Oversight Democrats are ready to take on the crooks, the con men, and the Trump crime family,” Garcia wrote on X Friday. “Lawyer up.”Brendan Rascius6 November 2026 21:20New Congressman reveals his father passed away days after seeing him winA newly-elected Congressman has shared the moment he told his father he had won his race as he announced his dad had passed away after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.Democrat Richard Ojeda, a retired Army Major, defeated seven-term Republican Congressman Richard Hudson for North Carolina’s Ninth District on Tuesday.Brendan Rascius6 November 2026 20:50ANALYSIS: Who’s the boss? Trump retreats into renovations as Melania takes on Ukraine diplomacyThe day before his party lost close to 50 seats in the House and Senate plus countless governorships and state legislative seats in what has now been labeled a “blue tsunami,” President Donald Trump spent most of his closing argument speech boasting about renovations to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.The day after an election that served as a resounding referendum on his failures as president, he spent nearly an hour holding forth with the White House press pool in front of a steel beam for a "topping out" ceremony to mark the end of construction for his massive White House ballroom's steel frame.Read Andrew Feinberg’s analysis...Brendan Rascius6 November 2026 20:10White House communications director praises Susie WilesSteven Cheung, the White House communications director, praised Susie Wiles after it was announced that she would be replaced by Stephen Miller.Brendan Rascius6 November 2026 20:03Trump says Stephen Miller is a 'great manager'“Stephen has been with me from the beginning. He gets it,” President Trump told reporters Friday afternoon after tapping Stephen Miller to serve as his chief of staff. “Very good politically, and he’s a very good man. He’ll do a great job. Great manager.”Brendan Rascius6 November 2026 19:59ANALYSIS: By elevating Miller, Trump hints at his approach toward divided governmentTuesday’s midterm elections raised a central question about President Donald Trump’s final two years in office: How would he govern with Democrats in control of Congress?Would he seek common ground or use his veto power to thwart their agenda?Trump initially struck a conciliatory tone. He told Fox News on Wednesday that he was willing to work with Democrats and later told reporters: “I’ll get along probably with the Democrats unless they want to be destructive.” He also called Chuck Schumer, who is likely to become Senate majority leader, “not a bad guy.”But his decision to elevate Stephen Miller to chief of staff points toward a potentially more combative approach.Miller, the architect of Trump’s hardline immigration policy, is seen by some as more ideologically uncompromising than his predecessor, Susie Wiles. He’s helped shape some of Trump’s most controversial policies, including separating migrant families at the border, restricting travel from Muslim-majority countries, limiting asylum, expanding deportations and seeking to end birthright citizenship.Miller has certainly used far more incendiary partisan rhetoric than Wiles.He has labeled Democrats “extremists, freaks and America-hating lunatics” and described them as “a party that openly aids, encourages and foments violence.”Trump himself appears to have acknowledged that Miller’s views are divisive. “I would love to have [Miller] come up and explain his true feelings. Maybe not his truest feelings,” Trump said at an Oval Office event last year. “That might be going a little bit too far.”Miller has labeled Democrats “extremists, freaks and America-hating lunatics” (Reuters)Brendan Rascius6 November 2026 19:50Trump was angry with Wiles over midterm election results: reportBefore he replaced her on Friday, President Donald Trump had grown angry with Susie Wiles as a result of the Republican Party’s crippling midterm losses, according to CNN’s Kaitlin Collins.Wiles offered her resignation on Thursday evening, two days after Election day, Collins wrote on X.Brendan Rascius6 November 2026 19:42Democrats condemn Stephen Miller's appointmentA number of Democrats condemned President Trump’s decision to replace Susie Wiles with Stephen Miller, criticizing Miller’s role in the administration’s immigration policies.“Trump just promoted the man responsible for ICE shooting people on the streets. We will fight Trump and Miller's dangerous, out of control policies at every turn,” Rep. Greg Casar, a Texas Democrat, wrote on X.Rep. Greg Amo, a Rhode Island Democrat, cast the appointment as a rejection of voters’ message.“So, after America stands up to reject Trump extremism, he puts the architect of the cruelty of ICE and an economy for billionaires in charge of the zoo?” Amo wrote on X. “Putting Trump on notice.”Brendan Rascius6 November 2026 19:33Before his announcement, Trump lashed out at Miller over deportations: reportPresident Trump’s announcement that Stephen Miller will take over as chief of staff comes two days after a report emerged that the president clashed with Miller.The first lady lamented to Trump that people she knew were being deported in his sweeping anti-immigration campaign.Brendan Rascius6 November 2026 19:27