Day: November 6, 2026

Both envoys were at the White House today for the same reason, to thank Melania for brokering the Oleshky ceasefire that let nearly 800 trapped civilians out of a Russian-held town; the Ukrainians gave her the Order of Princess Olha, Dmitriev handed over a child’s drawing.

Then only Dmitriev was taken in to see the president and Ukraine was left in the hallway…

Dmitriev came out and said this:

“It’s going to involve more than Ukraine… it might involve all of Europe.

It’s going to be a big, beautiful agreement, and everyone’s going to be thrilled.”

A grand bargain over Europe’s security is what Putin has wanted since the Cold War ended, and Kushner was in Brussels the same day discussing exactly that with NATO.

Kyiv’s answer came before dawn: drones on the Ryazan refinery, one of three that fuel Moscow, with intelligence claiming 15 of Russia’s 38 big refineries knocked out since September.

A Ukrainian committee chairman explained why they won’t stop:

“Putin will only negotiate when he is in pain.”

Source: Washington Post / Writer: Daniel

The CBS tally has Democrats taking districts Republicans won by 18, 26 and 38 points two years ago. The chair of the House GOP’s campaign arm, Richard Hudson, lost his own seat.

Rob Wittman, who ran the Armed Services Committee, lost a Virginia district Republicans held since 1977.

Mike Turner is out after 24 years, Victoria Spartz lost by surprise, Jeff Van Drew’s “solid red” South Jersey seat went blue, and Brian Fitzpatrick, who broke with Trump on Iran, lost anyway.

Iowa goes from four Republicans to one; Montana sends its first Democrat in 30 years; Texas’s 15th elected a Tejano singer, Bobby Pulido, in a district rebuilt to keep it Republican.

The redistricting war ended in a rout: Texas Republicans redrew five seats to pick up five and got one, while California Democrats answered with five of their own and took all five.

The gerrymander Trump pushed last year cost his party a net three seats, and the members who lost include the two chairmen who would have had to defend the Iran war’s budget.

Source: CBS News / Writer: Daniel