This week on the channel +710K views this week

Election night brings 2WAY into The Free Press's coverage

Mark Halperin and Will Rahn host a joint broadcast, followed by a candid review of the channel's midterm predictions.

Channel:

The Free Press Story of November 7, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

Election Night Live: 2026 Midterms

Things we can learn from the video

Press to jump

14:58Mark Halperin opens the joint Free Press and 2WAY broadcast after the waiting screen.
16:43Will Rahn interprets early returns as pointing toward potentially historic Republican losses.
17:14Kevin Walling identifies Georgia, North Carolina and Florida as possible signs of political realignment in the South.
17:54Douglas Murray predicts Washington deadlock and immediate maneuvering over the next presidential election.
18:41Meghan McCain describes Republican anxiety and contrasts it with the atmosphere at Democratic watch parties.

Douglas Murray was already looking beyond the returns: "Politics never stops in America. After tonight, the next two years are in play." That forward glance became a thread through The Free Press's election week, from its joint broadcast with 2WAY to conversations about what Democrats should do with their gains.

"Election Night Live: 2026 Midterms" was the most watched of the channel's 15 new uploads, reaching roughly 37,000 views. Mark Halperin and Will Rahn hosted, with Kevin Walling discussing signs of political realignment in the South and Meghan McCain describing the anxious mood among Republicans she knew. For anyone opening the replay, the broadcast itself begins about fifteen minutes in.

The follow-up had a refreshingly direct title: "We Got Every Midterm Wrong." Jesse Arm and Yemisi Egbewale revisited their predictions for Texas and Michigan, then considered whether Democrats should cooperate with Trump. Olivia Reingold's Election Day reporting from Abdul El-Sayed's Michigan rally also figured among the week's most-watched arrivals.

Attention is already spreading beyond election night. "LA Needs Nithya Raman to Work Out," about Los Angeles's mayor-elect, and "Who Will Run for President in 2028?" have the strongest daily momentum among the new uploads. Across the catalog, October's Greta Thunberg commentary remains the busiest video.

Subscribers held steady, while daily viewing ran slightly below the channel's usual pace. Its roughly 710,000 weekly views were close to New York Times Podcasts' total; nearby Daily Express had a substantially bigger viewing week. For The Free Press, the new material's focus has moved quickly from calling results to questioning predictions and considering who governs next.