Rubio sizzles in the Senate; Platner tries to calm troubled waters in Washington

Election night results are in. The California governor's race and the Los Angeles mayor's race both delivered surprises — Karen Bass's political future is in serious question, and the final results will shape the 2026 political landscape in the nation's most populous state. We break down what happened and what it means. President Trump posted a direct message to Iran this week: "It's time, one way or another, for you to make a deal. You've been doing this for 47 years, and it cannot be allowed to go on any longer." Secretary of State Rubio backed it up on Capitol Hill. We break down where negotiations actually stand — and what "one way or another" means if talks collapse. Democrats have a Platner problem and they know it. We built the supercut: Schumer can't change the subject fast enough, Adam Schiff offers nothing, Michael Bennet has nothing to say, and Angela Alsobrooks says she's "voting for Democrats" — that's it. Then Platner's campaign manager Faiz Shakir claims Platner can't be antisemitic because he went to a Jewish wedding. And Alexander Vindman — who once called MAGA "the Nazis of the early 1930s" — actually got lit up by The View's own panel for defending Platner. We have all of it. A national security group is calling on Congress to investigate Airwallex — a global payments company now deeply embedded in the U.S. financial technology ecosystem — over substantial ownership, operational, and workforce ties to the Chinese Communist Party. This is a story the financial media is underreporting, and it matters. Waste Wednesday: CBS is reporting that one man submitted $270 million in fraudulent Medi-Cal claims. Authorities say 70% of $1 trillion in healthcare spending goes to transnational criminal organizations. Gavin Newsom wants to raise your taxes — but fights every effort to reduce the fraud bleeding California dry. We connect the dots. And "Doctor" Jill Biden is back on the media circuit. The Wall Street Journal has been asking the question for years: is there an actual M.D. in the White House? The answer is no — and the tour isn't going any better for it. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Intro 0:32 - California Election Results 2:10 - Marco Rubio takes down Rosen 3:43 - Platner’s Mess Gets Worse 9:25 - China’s Latest Ploy 11:02 - Waste Wednesday 13:19 - Is Jill Biden a Doctor?