• Democratic divide: Chuck Schumer is confident he’ll continue leading Senate Democrats after they captured the chamber’s majority in dramatic fashion on Tuesday . But two prominent Democratic senators are not so sure .
• Battles brewing: President Donald Trump signaled yesterday that he intends to fight back against investigations by the new Democratic majority in Congress. He’s installing hardline immigration adviser Stephen Miller as his chief of staff and has hinted that other personnel changes will follow.
• Balance of power: While Democrats have seized majorities in both chambers of Congress, the margins are yet to be determined. Votes are still being counted for the Senate races in Mississippi and Alaska, while key House races are still uncalled in Arizona, Colorado and Florida, among other states.
A senior Democrat on the House’s powerful Oversight Committee has signaled his panel will call Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought and new White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller to testify when his party retakes control of Congress.
In an interview with CNN’s Victor Blackwell this morning, Rep. Stephen Lynch pointed to the two Trump administration officials as examples of people who have been “behind the scenes pulling the strings,” but have “never… been held accountable.”
It comes after President Donald Trump said he would have the Department of Justice look into threats of “impeachment and many other forms of punishment” by Democrats against certain members of his administration, companies and donors to his ballroom project.
Lynch responded to Trump’s comment, saying the president isn’t used to “what democracy looks like when the Oversight Committees in the House and Senate actually hold the president accountable… This is this is a new thing for him.”
Following Democrats’ midterm victories, AI stocks plunged as voters across the country rejected candidates and ballot measures tied to the industry.
CNN contributor Jacob Ward reports on the growing backlash against AI and what it could mean for financial markets when trading resumes this week:
Following Democrats’ midterm victories, AI stocks plunged as voters across the country rejected candidates and ballot measures tied to the industry. CNN contributor Jacob Ward reports on the growing backlash against AI and what it could mean for the industry’s future.
Democrats will control the next Senate after a historic showing in last week’s midterms, flipping seats in what was considered red territory including Texas, Iowa and Kansas.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has expressed confidence that he will be reelected as majority leader to helm the newly empowered caucus. But several incoming Senate Democrats have vowed not to support him.
Here’s what we heard yesterday about the brewing questions surrounding the chamber’s next Democratic leader:
Sen. Chris Van Hollen said there should be a competitive process, not a “coronation” of the new majority leader — though he suggested he was unlikely to seek the post himself.
The mention of Schumer’s name at the gathering drew boos inside the ballroom.
Van Hollen later told CNN that mounting his own run for majority leader was not his focus.
Sen. Elissa Slotkin spoke at the same event and declined to rule out running herself.
The Michigan Democrat, who has long pushed for new leadership inside the party, said it was up to Schumer to convince Democrats that he has a plan for how they should wield their new power.
Asked if she would run for the job, she did not say no.
Welcome back to our coverage. President Donald Trump is scheduled to start his first Sunday following the midterm elections in executive time from 8 a.m. ET.
He is then due to fly back to the White House from his Mar-a-Lago resort later in the day.
We’ll keep you updated on all the relevant developments through the day, stay with us.
CNN’s Molly English, Kaitlan Collins, Isabelle D’Antonio, Patrick Svitek, Curt Merrill and Shikha Subramaniam contributed to this reporting.
