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TDFP News Roundup – 11/02/26

Writer: Yossi Schmidt
Yossi Schmidt
1 day ago
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Today’s 20 stories from The Digital Free Press on the eve of Election Day, led by the Justice Department’s request that Judge James Boasberg weigh a contempt referral over a noncitizen voter list analysis, President Trump’s closing pitch at the Lincoln Memorial, the resignations of Rep. Haley Stevens’ staff after her Mike Rogers endorsement, and Trump’s comment that he would pardon his staff “if I needed to.”



Part 1: Top 10 Stories


1. Justice Department asks Judge Boasberg to weigh a contempt referral after an immigrant group published an analysis of its noncitizen voter list

The Justice Department asked Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg in a Sunday filing to order the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) and its lawyers to show cause why they did not violate his order, and to consider referring the matter for a possible criminal contempt investigation, The Digital Free Press reports. The motion targets an expert analysis CHIRLA made public Saturday after its legal team was allowed to see the government’s list of more than 20,000 California registrants the government believes are highly likely noncitizens. The government’s figures are its own claims.


2. Trump to deliver his closing midterm message at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Election Eve

President Trump is set to speak at 2 p.m. ET Monday at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, capping a campaign swing through more than 20 states, Fox News reported. He is also scheduled to hold nine tele-rallies through the day after in-person stops in Iowa and Kansas on Sunday. Fox reported he has made 30 in-person political appearances since August, including more than 27 rallies in October.

Source: Fox News


3. Haley Stevens’ chief of staff and other aides resign after she endorsed Republican Mike Rogers

Justin German, chief of staff to Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) for eight years, said Sunday that he and many members of her team had resigned after she endorsed Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan’s Senate race, Fox News reported. “We are shocked and heartbroken,” German said, adding that the team backs Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed. President Trump told an Iowa rally Sunday he would “love her to join the Republican Party,” Breitbart News reported. Stevens’ office did not immediately respond to Fox News’ request for comment.

Source: Fox News


4. Trump says he would pardon his staff ‘if I needed to’ if Democrats take Congress and pursue prosecutions

President Trump said he would issue preemptive pardons to people who worked in his administration if Democrats win control of Congress on Tuesday and move to prosecute them, according to an interview on the New York Post’s “Pod Force One” podcast released Monday. “I would if I needed to. Sure,” Trump said, adding, “I’d do it. I did it for J6.” The quotes are as the Post published them; The Digital Free Press has not reviewed the full audio.


5. Justice Department appeals the dismissal of its Alaska Senate ballot lawsuit; the Ninth Circuit’s default schedule puts the first brief after certification

The Justice Department filed a notice of appeal Sunday, hours after U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason in Anchorage dismissed its lawsuit over ballots ranking Daniel J. Sullivan Jr., the Senate candidate who shares a name with Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, The Digital Free Press reports. The Ninth Circuit opened the appeal as case No. 26-7304, and its default schedule sets the government’s opening brief for Dec. 14, after the state’s certification target. The judge ruled the government lacked standing.


6. DHS general counsel says more than 200 people have been charged in noncitizen voting cases

Department of Homeland Security General Counsel James Percival said more than 200 people have been charged in noncitizen voting cases, in remarks DHS posted on its official X account Saturday night, The Digital Free Press reports. “Whether it’s now or later if you illegally cast a vote we will find you, we will charge you, and we will deport you,” Percival said. DHS did not publish a list of the cases, and the total is the department’s own figure.


7. Sen. Susan Collins says Democratic attack ads in her tight Maine race are full of ‘outright lies’

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) told Fox News on Sunday that she has “never seen a campaign with so many outright lies,” and said ads against her follow “Chuck Schumer’s playbook,” Fox News reported. Collins said a “completely false” ad about Jeffrey Epstein run against her was virtually identical to ads run against two Republican colleagues in tough races. A Fox News poll shows her tied with Democrat Troy Jackson at 49%.

Source: Fox News


8. All nine aboard killed as a private jet crashes into a Palm Beach County neighborhood near Mar-a-Lago

A Learjet 60 bound from Austin, Texas, to the Bahamas crashed into a residential area near Cresthaven, Florida, around 12:50 p.m. Sunday, about nine miles from President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, killing all nine people on board, Fox News reported. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called it a “horrific tragedy.” The FAA and NTSB are investigating, and the victims have not been identified.

Source: Fox News


9. Iranian negotiators leave Doha as a draft proposal for a U.S. deal circulates

Iranian negotiators left talks with Qatari mediators on Sunday, and a draft proposal is being circulated with a follow-up meeting possible, an official briefed on the talks said Monday, the New York Post reported, citing Reuters. Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman said the Strait of Hormuz cannot be reopened unless the U.S. naval blockade ends. President Trump has said the U.S. would not launch new attacks on Iran before the vote, though he has not ruled out further military action.


10. Sen. Chris Murphy hospitalized after a stroke at his son’s hockey game; office says he is ‘awake and alert’

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) suffered a stroke Saturday after feeling numbness in his arm at his son’s hockey game and was transferred to Johns Hopkins for monitoring, his chief of staff said in a statement Sunday, Fox News reported. “The doctors are encouraged by his progress, he is awake and alert, and we are optimistic he will make a full recovery,” the statement said. Murphy is not on the ballot this year but had been campaigning for Democrats.

Source: Fox News


Part 2: 10 More Stories, Only on TDFP


11. Iranian ‘ghost fleet’ tankers are slipping past the U.S. naval blockade to deliver gas to China, group says

United Against Nuclear Iran says at least nine small Iranian tankers have evaded the U.S. blockade since it was reinstated in July, and it filmed one, the SOGL, at a Malaysian anchorage after it allegedly left Iran on Sept. 1 with about 500,000 barrels of liquefied petroleum gas bound for China, Fox News reported. “Most vessels aren’t” getting through, a UANI analyst said. The findings are the group’s own.

Source: Fox News


12. D.C. and Virginia sue to stop Trump’s 250-foot arch before construction can start Nov. 5

The District of Columbia and Virginia sued the National Park Service, the Interior Department and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Saturday to stop construction of President Trump’s planned 250-foot triumphal arch at Memorial Circle, The Digital Free Press reports. The 46-page complaint calls the project “flagrantly unlawful,” arguing the administration lacks the approval from Congress that federal law requires and that the arch would nearly double the District’s 130-foot height limit. The two governments say work could begin as early as Wednesday.


13. Rep. Tim Burchett says his opponent’s side sent a handwritten postcard aimed at his wife and daughter

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) said Sunday in a video posted on X that a handwritten postcard meant for his wife and daughter to see arrived at his home days before the election, and he blamed people on his opponent’s side, The Digital Free Press reports. He called it “horribly offensive and bush league” and said he did not know whether it came from “an overzealous volunteer” or was “a planned attack.” “Leave my family out of it,” he wrote. That is his account; the sender has not been identified.


14. EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Chris Smith stops by Lakewood’s Misameach Center two days before Election Day

Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) visited the Misameach Center in Lakewood on Sunday afternoon, two days before Election Day, The Digital Free Press reports from the scene. TDFP photographed Smith touring the building, a volunteer group’s family center for children and adults who are hospitalized, bedridden or have physical disabilities. Lakewood Deputy Mayor Menashe Miller joined the visit, according to The Lakewood Scoop.


15. Steve Hilton closes his California governor campaign in fire-scarred Pacific Palisades, calling it ‘a symbol of 16 years of Democrat failure’

Republican Steve Hilton rallied Sunday in Pacific Palisades, the Los Angeles neighborhood devastated by the January 2025 wildfire, blaming Democratic leadership for the destruction and slow recovery, Fox News reported. “This place is a symbol of 16 years of Democrat failure,” Hilton said. He faces Democrat Xavier Becerra on Tuesday in the race to succeed term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Source: Fox News


16. Ukraine says its air-raid alert app was hacked after false radiation and chemical attack warnings in Kyiv

Ukraine’s official air-raid alert app warned residents Sunday of a “radiation hazard” and a “chemical attack” in Kyiv and showed a nuclear alert on its public map, Fox News reported. Ukraine’s Air Force said the app had been “subjected to enemy influence” and that there was no radiation threat. Ukraine’s Center for Strategic Communications blamed Russia, though no group has claimed responsibility.

Source: Fox News


17. More than 10,000 illegal Channel migrants have reached Britain since Prime Minister Andy Burnham took office, analysis says

At least 10,139 migrants have reached the U.K. by crossing the English Channel illegally from France since Andy Burnham became prime minister in July, an average of 97.5 a day, according to a GB News analysis reported by Breitbart News. The analysis puts his daily average above those of Conservative prime ministers Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak and slightly below Keir Starmer’s 103.6. The figures are GB News’ calculations.


18. Self-admitted Cartel del Noreste member sentenced to 36 months after a Texas smuggling chase ended in a rollover

Miguel Angel Delgado-Guzman, who admitted membership in the Cartel del Noreste, a designated terrorist organization, was sentenced to 36 months in prison for conspiring to smuggle three illegal immigrants, Breitbart News reported. Texas DPS troopers arrested him after a November 2025 pursuit south of Zapata ended when his vehicle rolled over with the three migrants trapped inside, according to DPS spokesman Lt. Chris Olivarez.


19. Mamdani says Trump agreed to grant a visa so a slain Bronx teen’s mother can attend his funeral

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Saturday that President Trump agreed in a phone call to grant a visa to the mother of a 15-year-old from Ghana who was shot and killed on his way to school in the Bronx last week, Fox News reported. “I just got off the phone with President Trump and he has agreed to grant her visa immediately,” Mamdani wrote on X. Fox said it had asked the White House for comment. Police have made no arrests.

Source: Fox News


20. ‘Squad’ joint fundraising committee raises a record $2.35 million while refusing police union money

The Squad Victory Fund, the joint fundraising committee of Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib, has raised a record $2,351,388 this cycle while its donor rules bar contributions from the Fraternal Order of Police, Fox News reported, citing federal filings and the committee’s disclosure. The fund also bars money from corporations, federal lobbyists and fossil fuel interests, and does not explain the police union exclusion.

Source: Fox News


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