- Democrats took the House of Representatives in the 2018 midterms. They also flipped a number of statehouses and governorships. Republicans picked up a few senate seats. Florida and Georgia still have not called senate and governor's races. Noted authoritarian toady Dana Rohrabacher was thrown out.
- President Trump fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
- Trump named Matthew Whitaker acting attorney general.
- Complaining of rain, the president missed an Armistice Day memorial in France.
- Fires burned northern and southern California, killing at least 23. President Trump blamed forest management and threatened to cut federal funding.
- Another mass shooting, this time in Thousand Oaks, California, left at least a dozen dead. The city of Thousand Oaks is now facing evacuation orders due to advancing wildfires.