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November 8, 2026

Trump orders Justice Department to investigate Democrats for 'threatening' people after party wins Congress

Also: OpenAI details multilayer monitoring of frontier models for misalignment, with gaps in coverage‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

X-Risk Daily

Sunday 08 November 2026

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Trump orders Justice Department to investigate Democrats for 'threatening' people after party wins Congress
President Donald Trump said on Saturday 7 November 2026 that he was ordering the Department of Justice to investigate Democrats for "threatening" people, days after the party won control of Congress in the midterm elections.

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