Emerging Topics in U.S. News
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5th 2026
Updated 23:59 ET
36 articles
TRUMP, WAR, HEGSETH, UKRAINE
A panel led by Trump appointees could give the project the go-ahead on Thursday.
Anti-arch demonstrators hold a protest at Memorial Circle on the day that the National Capital Planning Commission is meeting to consider the approval of the final site and building
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NITHYA, RAMAN, LA, MAYOR
Nithya Raman will become Los Angeles’ 44th mayor after beating incumbent Karen Bass in a hard-fought battle to lead America’s second-largest city.
The 45-year-old City Council member, who’s expected to take office next month, secured victory in the November
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SAYED, EL, ABDUL, MUSLIM
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When it came to which candidate weathered the most overtly racist attacks, in a midterm election full
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NEWSOM, DEATH, ROW, CALIFORNIA
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced he will commute the death sentences of all 548 prisoners on the state’s death row to life without the possibility of parole, according to an open letter to Californians.
The outgoing governor can finalize
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CIVIL, RIGHTS, DHILLON, RESIGNS
Head of Justice Department office on Civil Rights resigns
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The head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, Harmeet Dhillon, is out after 18 tumultuous months in charge.
Dhillon is the first
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JAGUARS, RAVENS, CODE, PROMO
Few lines have moved like this one. Baltimore opened as a field-goal favorite for Thursday Night Football, then lost two quarterbacks in one afternoon, and now Jacksonville is laying close to 10 points on the road. Fanatics Sportsbook is offering new users
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MARINE, CITIBANK, JAPAN, SHOOTER
Wednesday’s Tampa Citibank shooter was taken out by a security guard who is a former U.S. Marine and a current member of Citibank’s security team.
Breitbart News reported the shooting, noting that Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister described it as
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TED, MIDTERM, CRUZ, GOP
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) didn't hold back when offering his assessment of what went wrong for Republicans on Tuesday night, even calling the electoral thrashing a "Watergate-level repudiation" of his party.
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Cruz delivered his blistering message
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FIRE, BROOKLYN, KILLS, TRAPPED
Six people have died after a large fire broke out in a residential building in Brooklyn, New York City, officials say.
Several others were hurt in the blaze, which occurred early on Thursday morning, the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) said in a statement.
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RUSSELL, BRAND, RAPE, GUILTY
Actor and comedian Russell Brand is already facing serious jail time after being found guilty Wednesday of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault. Now comes the news that the Metropolitan Police are investigating a separate set of allegations.
“It
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BOMB, THREATS, EUROPE, FLIGHTS
A LOT Polish Airlines passenger aircraft takes off from the runway at Brussels Airport following security checks after making an emergency landing due to a bomb threat, in Brussels, Belgium, on November 5, 2026.
Flights across Europe were targeted by "hoax"
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CLAIMS, JULY, 000, 189
One positive sign after the disastrous midterms: The Department of Labor reported on Thursday that unemployment claims have fallen to their lowest level since July. So, while hiring may not be going like gangbusters, companies appear to be holding on to their
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NIGHT, FOX, SUPERFIGHT, LEE
Trevor Lee officially signed with Major League Wrestling (MLW) seven months ago and he has kept his foot on the gas pedal since stepping in between the ropes for the company.
Lee has gone toe-to-toe with some of the best MLW has to offer, including Kushida,
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ALASKA, DAN, DECOY, SULLIVAN
Incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) should be given the vote totals for the other candidate named Dan J. Sullivan out of fairness, President Donald Trump stated Thursday after the midterm elections, Axios reported.
“The vote totals for the Fake Dan Sullivan,
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BANK, PARAGUAY, PRESIDENT, RESIGNS
Paraguay's president is impeached minutes after resigning following a bank collapse
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ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay — Paraguay's lower house voted unanimously Thursday to impeach President Santiago Peña just minutes after he announced his
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DATA, VOTERS, CENTERS, AI
America’s data center buildout suffered a resounding defeat in the midterms at all levels of government. Candidates and ballot measures in favor of restricting or altogether stopping the development of the facilities powering the artificial intelligence boom
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SHOOTING, OFFICE, INJURED, DES
Police in Des Moines, Iowa, said three people were injured and a suspect is in custody following a shooting Thursday at a United States Postal Service facility.
The incident unfolded at the post office at 1165 Second Ave. Multiple law enforcement agencies,
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POWERBALL, 847M, JERSEY, NEW
So much for rags to riches.
A winning $847 million Powerball ticket was sold in one of New Jersey’s wealthiest towns — where families make more than twice the median American household.
The lucky ticket was sold to a New Jersey resident Wednesday night at
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LEAK, CRIMINAL, SUPREME, COURT
The leak that exposed the Supreme Court’s draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade is under criminal investigation by the Department of Justice, years after the court’s own hunt for the culprit came up empty.
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s Washington office
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NORTH, HOUSE, CAROLINA, FLIPPED
Democrats prevailed across the board in North Carolina on Tuesday, winning four statewide races and wresting control of the state House of Representatives for the first time since 2010. The party also saw several accidental winners on a Congressional level,
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ALITO, TERM, SUPREME, COURT
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito confirmed to Fox News that he has no plans to retire and is committed through at least the current term, which is set to end in late June.
Alito made the statement Thursday amid speculation about the future of the Supreme
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DAY, EXECUTIONS, INDIANA, YEAR
An Indiana man who admitted killing two children in a house fire was executed early Thursday in the first of three lethal injections scheduled for the same day in the US.
Jeffrey Weisheit was convicted of setting a fire that killed his girlfriend’s two children,
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SOUTHERN, COUNTRY, PREPARE, FLOODS
Catastrophic flooding leads to closure of cities in Georgia, Tennessee
Flooding is shown in Fannin County, Georgia, on Nov. 5, 2026.
Flooding is shown in Fannin County, Georgia, on Nov. 5, 2026.
Flooding is shown in Fannin County, Georgia, on Nov. 5, 2026.
Flooding
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MEXICAN, JUDGE, ARRESTED, BRIBE
A federal judge from Mexico City has been arrested for allegedly accepting a whopping $2 million bribe to free an international drug trafficker. And the scheme apparently worked, at least for a few days.
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)
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