Could midterm elections impact 2028 presidential race?

A live look at the White House tonight as President Trump returns to Washington, D.C. He spent the weekend down in Florida at Mar-a-Lago meeting with top officials after the midterm elections. Some shake-ups in the Trump administration this weekend after the outcome of those midterms, including Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. With Democrats taking over both the House and Senate next year, some top Democrats are taking aim at the administration officials there with speculation that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth could face an impeachment vote. In response, President Trump says he ordered the Justice Department to look into what he calls threats and extortion. If these threats telling our people to lawyer up, if that's what these new incoming leadership wants to do, we are ready. I'm a hard yes on the Hegseth resolution. The so-called Secretary of Defense has abused his power, undermined our national security, and engineered this reckless and costly war of choice in Iran. Stephen Miller will begin his new role as chief of staff tomorrow. Fox also learning Deputy Chief of Staff Richard Walters is leaving the administration. Could the Democrat gains in Congress ultimately change how America elects the next president? Well, that is the question that some political insiders are now asking. Brian Yennis reports on the future of the Electoral College. After historic wins this midterm, Democrats now have a path to essentially nullify the Electoral College, changing how we elect the next president. It's called the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, and some pundits worry it could trigger a constitutional crisis. It's been signed into law by 18 states and Washington, D.C., representing a total 222 Electoral College votes. They pledge to give their electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins the vote nationwide. The compact only takes effect when it's supported by enough states to reach the 270 electoral vote threshold needed to win the presidency. It's 48 votes short, but after these midterm elections, there is a path forward. Democrats now control both houses of legislature and the governor's office in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, and Arizona. If these five states vote to approve the compact in 2027. It could become active just in time for the 2028 presidential election. A senior consultant for the national popular vote nonprofit tells Fox News Digital. Quote, I'm increasingly confident we can achieve that goal and we will have a national popular vote for president in 2028. I would certainly prepare for it. Proponents of the compact argue it's constitutional because each state has the power to decide what to do with its electoral votes. Opponents say states... We can't use a political compact to make a fundamental change to the Constitution that typically requires two-thirds of Congress and three-fourths of the states to ratify. What concerns me most about this move is it's part of an agenda to make sweeping changes to our constitutional system. And among those is to pack the Supreme Court, add new states, even eliminate the U.S. Senate. Experts say non-participating states would challenge this compact all the way to the Supreme Court in New York. Brian Yennis, Fox News. We have an update tonight in a world election we've been following for weeks now. Israeli President Isaac Herzog has officially given opposition politician Gadi Eisenkot the go-ahead to form the country's next government. The announcement does not guarantee that Eisenkot will become the next prime minister, but it marks a significant step in the former military chief's effort to oust Israel's longest serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Eisenkot now has up to six weeks to form a former coalition government. It's a daunting challenge Because Israel remains deeply divided following Hamas's October 7th, 2023 attack and the war that has followed. I don't know what's going to be, but I want to give a blessing that there should be a new understanding, a new mindset in Israel, no matter what the government is, no matter what it is, that we should be able to look at one another, be able to respect one another. And that should be, instead of focusing on a new government, should be a new mentality. If Eisencott is unable to form a government, Netanyahu could be given a chance to try. If Netanyahu is also unable to do so, the country would return to its elections next spring. U.S. military forces are enforcing the Iranian blockade in the Middle East, taking action against a cargo ship defying orders in the Gulf of Oman. U.S. Central Command releasing a video of an aerial strike. Officials say the civilian crew ignored repeated warnings after visiting an Iranian port. U.S. aircraft disabled the ship after telling crew members to clear the targeted area. Since July, U.S. forces have redirected 147 commercial ships and disabled five that refused to comply. Tonight, Pope Leo XIV is in Latin America, a place that he spent two decades as a missionary priest. This is a look at his stop in Uruguay, where he drew an estimated 100,000 people out for a prayer vigil. From there, the Pope made a stop in Argentina, where he was welcomed to the presidential palace with military honors before meeting with the president. Next the Pope will head to Peru. This is the longest trip of his time as Pope and it comes just weeks after surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from his lung. Following the surgery, doctors confirmed further treatment was not needed.