https://meenews.co/post/6aed4e7469fbdcb35dec19c6 67 votes separate candidates in tight Maricopa City Council race te 2026-11-06T03:50:12.497Z 67 votes separate candidates in tight Maricopa City Council race The standings for Maricopa’s two open City Council seats remain unchanged, but the race for the second seat is still close. Just 67 votes separate Councilmember Henry Wade and Vice Mayor Vincent Manfredi, according to results published at 5:34 p.m. Thursday. Wade’s lead over Manfredi has grown from 49 votes since the previous update. Manfredi said regardless of the outcome, “My commitment to Maricopa, my family, my businesses and serving this community will continue.” Glennwilde resident Tena Dugan remains in the lead with 8,765 votes. Challenger Chrystal O’Jon sits in fourth with 8,145 votes.   Maricopa City Council  Tena Dugan: 8,765 votes (25.97%) Henry Wade: 8,339 votes (24.71%) Vincent Manfredi: 8,272 votes (24.51%) Chrystal O’Jon: 8,145 votes (24.13%)   How the ballots broke down Early ballots accounted for the largest share of votes in the City Council race so far, with 21,540 early votes cast, according to data from the Pinal County Elections Department. Another 6,979 votes came from Election Day ballots, while 5,229 came from late early ballots. Manfredi received the most Election Day votes, with 1,908. Dugan led among early ballots, with 5,576 votes, and also received the most late early votes, with 1,348. Write-in candidates received a total 227 votes. Provisional ballots will be counted next week, according to the county. A bar graph shows election results by voting method, according to data obtained on Nov. 5, 2026. [NapkinAI] Where candidates received the most votes Province and Desert Cedars were the precincts where candidates received their highest raw vote totals. Dugan and Manfredi received their highest totals in Province, while Wade and O’Jon’s highest vote totals came from Desert Cedars. Precinct boundaries do not necessarily align with neighborhood boundaries. Tena Dugan: 997 votes in Province Henry Wade: 883 votes in Desert Cedars Vincent Manfredi: 885 votes in Province Chrystal O’Jon: 977 votes in Desert Cedars   Vincent Manfredi is the owner of InMaricopa. The post 67 votes separate candidates in tight Maricopa City Council race appeared first on InMaricopa.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed4e6e69fbdcb35dec1988 2026 general election results te 2026-11-06T03:50:06.258Z 2026 general election results Unofficial results as of Nov. 5, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. Arizona results reflect all reporting counties. Mohave County results reflect all reporting precincts. Routine write-in totals omitted. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed4e6b69fbdcb35dec195f Elon Musk Spent Big on the Midterms. His Texas Neighbors Voted Differently te 2026-11-06T03:50:03.708Z Elon Musk Spent Big on the Midterms. His Texas Neighbors Voted Differently Cameron County, home to SpaceX's launch site, overwhelmingly backed Democrats despite Elon Musk's spending on Texas Republicans. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed4e6a69fbdcb35dec1956 Brandon Aiyuk Could Be Forced to Pay 49ers Millions Before He Can Return te 2026-11-06T03:50:02.360Z Brandon Aiyuk Could Be Forced to Pay 49ers Millions Before He Can Return Looks like there’s a little tab left to be paid. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed450e69fbdcb35dec17ae New York Knicks champion calls out Taylor Swift as the 'fakest fan' from MSG's celebrity row te 2026-11-06T03:10:06.961Z New York Knicks champion calls out Taylor Swift as the 'fakest fan' from MSG's celebrity row If there is one cardinal sin in modern America, it is daring to question Taylor Swift. Trash a politician, start a bar fight, or get ejected on live TV, and you will survive the week. But suggest music's biggest billionaire is a bandwagon fan? Good luck. Enter Knicks guard Tyler Kolek. During an NBA 2K stream on TikTok with teammate Deuce McBride, the two were asked to name the fakest celebrity fan they ran into during New York's historic title run. Most athletes would sweat the answer and name a random influencer. But Kolek aimed right at the throne. ESPN'S MONICA MCNUTT APOLOGIZES TO TAYLOR SWIFT, BUT HER COMMENTARY FOLLOWS AN UGLY TREND "Maybe Taylor Swift?" Kolek said. "I don't know if I've seen her at any other games." "I would agree. Swifties not gonna like that answer," Deuce McBride responded. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Kolek continued, "Everyone else is usually solid. Like Ben Stiller, Tracy Morgan; I guess she's got a lot going on, so she can't come all the time." And with that, the friendship bracelet mob is already mobilizing. But Kolek hit the bullseye. NFL LEGEND EMMITT SMITH DEFENDS TAYLOR SWIFT AS HER PRESENCE AT GAMES DRAWS IRE OF FOOTBALL FANS Taylor showing up to the baseline with the HAIM sisters in punny "Stevie Knicks" shirts was textbook performative branding. It had nothing to do with New York basketball; it was all about hijacking the spotlight. NFL fans have spent seasons getting hit with broadcast cutaways every three plays, so Taylor Swift could chest-bump Brittany Mahomes in a luxury suite and pretend she had been braving freezing wind chills at Arrowhead Stadium her whole life. Swifties are already melting down in Kolek's mentions, but the kid called it like he saw it. If you skipped five decades of pure misery, don't show up for the ring. Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com / Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed42b969fbdcb35dec172e Indiana, Florida and Alabama carry out rare US triple execution day te 2026-11-06T03:00:09.485Z Indiana, Florida and Alabama carry out rare US triple execution day Indiana, Florida and Alabama each put a man to death on Thursday, marking the second time this year that three inmates were executed in the U.S. on the same day. The first triple execution this year took place on Aug. 13, when Oklahoma, Tennessee and Alabama executed three inmates within hours of each other. Before Aug. 13, the last time three executions were carried out in the U.S. on the same day was Jan. 7, 2010. On Thursday, Indiana officials put to death the first inmate of the day when they executed Jeffrey Weisheit, 50, for setting a 2010 house fire that killed his girlfriend's two children, ages 8 and 5, as the couple's relationship deteriorated. He was pronounced dead at 12:45 a.m. at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City after receiving a lethal injection. His attorneys sought permission for additional brain scans, arguing that his history of head injuries and mental health problems warranted further examination. Republican Gov. Mike Braun denied the request. Braun also rejected appeals to commute Weisheit's death sentence to life in prison. INDIANA EXECUTES MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING 2 CHILDREN AS MORE US EXECUTIONS LOOM THURSDAY Weisheit's lawyers had also raised separate concerns about Indiana's planned use of execution drugs obtained from a pharmacy facing a disciplinary hearing before the Indiana Pharmacy Board next week. But the Indiana Department of Correction maintained that it was confident in its ability to carry out the execution "humanely." Following the execution, Braun said Weisheit's case had undergone repeated reviews in state and federal courts. "These reviews have never resulted in an overturned sentence," Braun said in a statement. "Today, Weisheit's sentence has been carried out as ordered by the court." The execution provided "long-awaited justice for Alyssa Lynch and her brother Caleb, two innocent children whose lives were stolen in an act of unspeakable cruelty," Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita said. In Florida, Jesse Guardado, 64, was executed after confessing and pleading guilty to fatally stabbing a 75-year-old woman who had helped him find a job and housing in 2004. Guardado killed Jackie Malone inside her home before stealing her jewelry box, $80 and other items to fund his drug addiction. Guardado was pronounced dead at 6:13 p.m. following a lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. Florida's latest execution matched last year's state record total of 19 inmates put to death in a single year. Florida has ramped up executions as Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a series of death warrants since 2025. The state's 19 executions last year was more than under any other Florida governor in a single year since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. Those executions accounted for roughly 40% of the 47 carried out nationwide in 2025. FLORIDA PUTS 77-YEAR-OLD MAN TO DEATH FOR DEPUTY'S MURDER AS STATE CLOSES IN ON EXECUTION RECORD The Sunshine State has also accounted for more than half of the 35 executions carried out nationwide, which includes Thursday's executions. In July, Florida executed two prisoners on the same day, marking the first double execution by a single state in nearly a decade. Alabama capped off the triple execution day by putting Michael Taylor, 54, to death for the 1991 murders of an older couple who were beaten to death with a metal bar during a robbery inside their home. Authorities caught Taylor in Birmingham, about an hour away, with the victims' Cadillac. Taylor was executed by lethal injection after a judge ruled against his attorneys' objections to the method. Taylor had previously requested execution by nitrogen gas, and his attorneys sought to preserve that choice. His attorneys said he "knew the depth of the harm he caused" and "grieved it for the rest of his life." They also said he became a changed man while behind bars, saying, "Michael’s life was proof that God isn’t finished with any of us. Tonight we pray that both families find peace, and we deeply mourn the loss of Michael." Death penalty opponents had urged Republican Gov. Kay Ivey to commute Taylor's sentence to life in prison, arguing that he was too young and immature at 19 to fully understand the consequences of his actions. But the governor declined to stop the execution. Ivey issued a statement on Thursday night describing his actions as "reprehensible." "35 years ago yesterday, Ivan and Lucille Moore kindly opened their home to Michael Taylor. Mr. Taylor repaid the Moores by beating them to death with a metal bar, all to rob them for money to buy clothing and jewelry," she said. The victims' family thanked the state attorney general's office for bringing closure to the case, but expressed disappointment for having to wait 35 years to see the death sentence carried out. "We know that a person has the right to appeal, but there should come a time when the jury’s decision is final. For all these years, our family has had to live with the waiting, the delays, and the uncertainty," the statement read. "We have never forgotten our loved ones or what was taken from us." The executions come amid renewed scrutiny of lethal injection procedures following a failed execution attempt in Tennessee, where death row inmate Christa Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital and was rushed to a hospital in late September. She has since been released from the hospital and returned to prison. Thursday's executions came on the same day California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he is seeking to commute all 548 death sentences in the Golden State to life without parole, though 382 of the commutations require a recommendation from the California Supreme Court, saying he believes "state-sanctioned killing is incompatible with California’s values, undermines the foundations of our legal system, and diminishes each of us." Newsom, who put a moratorium on executions in the state in 2019, said he "knew we cannot execute people in our imperfect legal system and remain true to our core values, the first among them justice and human decency." The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed42b369fbdcb35dec16e6 Joel Embiid Hit With NBA Discipline for Actions in 76ers’ Win Over Pistons te 2026-11-06T03:00:03.918Z Joel Embiid Hit With NBA Discipline for Actions in 76ers’ Win Over Pistons After reviewing the 76ers game against the Pistons, the NBA disciplined Joel Embiid for his actions toward Cade Cunningham. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed405a69fbdcb35dec164a Gavin Newsom's Move Could Significantly Shrink America's Death Row te 2026-11-06T02:50:02.563Z Gavin Newsom's Move Could Significantly Shrink America's Death Row Newsom's decision would change the sentences of 548 people on California's death row to life without parole. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed3e0369fbdcb35dec15bc Bijan Robinson Says He Must Play Better Despite NFL Rushing Lead te 2026-11-06T02:40:03.519Z Bijan Robinson Says He Must Play Better Despite NFL Rushing Lead Bijan Robinson leads the NFL in rushing but says he must improve as the 3-5 Falcons prepare to face Cincinnati in Madrid. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed3e0269fbdcb35dec15b3 Stanley Cup Favorite Linked to Trade for Superstar Forward Nikita Kucherov te 2026-11-06T02:40:02.205Z Stanley Cup Favorite Linked to Trade for Superstar Forward Nikita Kucherov It’s been almost a week since Kucherov yeeted Lightning GM Julien BriseBois into the void and said “see ya.” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed3bae69fbdcb35dec154d Democratic Gains Could Advance an Alternative to the Electoral College te 2026-11-06T02:30:06.521Z Democratic Gains Could Advance an Alternative to the Electoral College Lawmakers in states with new total Democratic control said they would try to join an effort to try to elect the next president effectively by popular vote. But momentum has stalled before. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed3bac69fbdcb35dec152b Epstein Files Showdown Looms as Thomas Massie Vows to Secure 218 Signatures te 2026-11-06T02:30:04.973Z Epstein Files Showdown Looms as Thomas Massie Vows to Secure 218 Signatures The push to force greater disclosure of Jeffrey Epstein-related government records could reach a critical turning point next week. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed3bab69fbdcb35dec1522 Robert Kraft to Miss Rob Gronkowski Ceremony After Back Surgery te 2026-11-06T02:30:03.521Z Robert Kraft to Miss Rob Gronkowski Ceremony After Back Surgery Robert Kraft will miss Rob Gronkowski’s Patriots Hall of Fame ceremony and two games while recovering from back surgery. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed370269fbdcb35dec140e Chargers coach Mike McDaniel makes major change to try and spark offense amid dreadful start to season te 2026-11-06T02:10:10.221Z Chargers coach Mike McDaniel makes major change to try and spark offense amid dreadful start to season The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Well, the winless Los Angeles Chargers are not going to do the same thing anymore. Offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel is going to start calling plays from the booth instead of the sideline amid his unit’s tremendous struggles. The Chargers haven’t scored a touchdown on 27 straight drives, a drought spanning nine quarters. "One of the things I want to try is call plays from the box to kind of see adjustments for myself and communicate with position coaches appropriately what things we can focus on between series," McDaniel told reporters Thursday. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE With McDaniel calling the plays for star quarterback Justin Herbert, many thought the Chargers would have one of the best offenses in football entering the season. Instead, the Chargers' offense has had minimal voltage. The Chargers have scored just 14.1 points per game, the fewest in the NFL. McDaniel said the one thing coaches lose by working in the booth is face-to-face communication on the sideline, but he trusts the position coaches to set the tone. "Seems like a good action to take based on how things have gone this year, and realistically something that I’ve only brought up because I’m very confident in the rest of the offensive coaching staff and how they’re able to set the tone and communicate information on the sidelines," McDaniel said. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! The former Miami Dolphins head coach hasn’t coached from the booth since he was the offensive coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers in 2021. He compared sitting in the booth to watching film. "It’s like watching tape. You train yourself over time to see the game on the field. One of the reasons I stand behind the ball so far is so that I can try to get a visual of all 22 [players], because [otherwise] you’re so close to the ball you can kind of have your periphery shut out," McDaniel said. "That’s not the case from the box. In an ideal world, if all things are equal and there’s no negative from not being on the field, you can see the game better from up there." The beleaguered offensive coordinator had better hope the change works because he is squarely on the hot seat. McDaniel said head coach Jim Harbaugh approved the switch. The 0-7 Chargers will look to earn their first win of the season when they face the 2-4 Houston Texans on Sunday at 4:05 p.m. ET. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed370169fbdcb35dec1405 MLB outfielder Anthony Santander faces backlash over Abdul El-Sayed video, Blue Jays respond te 2026-11-06T02:10:09.230Z MLB outfielder Anthony Santander faces backlash over Abdul El-Sayed video, Blue Jays respond Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Anthony Santander violated the unwritten rules of modern sports culture this week by questioning a key Democratic win, sparking an immediate backlash that sent him rushing to delete two post-midterm clips. The first clip Santander shared featured a preacher claiming Islam is "driven by war" and that there is "no such thing as kind Muslims." The second video raised a separate issue. It focused on Michigan's U.S. Senate race, won by Democrat Abdulrahim El-Sayed, questioning the influence of Sharia principles and how that doctrine misaligns with the U.S. Constitution. UNEARTHED CLIP EXPOSES CLASH BETWEEN EL-SAYED AND EX-GOP RIVAL: 'MUSLIMS DEFINITELY HATE YOU' Nobody gets a pass in American politics, and asking how a newly elected leader views the law is entirely legitimate. Santander, a native of Margarita, Venezuela, watched political movements systematically transform his home country's legal institutions and economy. From that perspective, questioning fundamental ideological shifts in religion and politics is second nature for someone who watched his homeland unravel. It is also hard to imagine Santander facing anywhere near this level of pushback had the video targeted Christianity, but that selective outrage is nothing new. But mainstream media coverage avoids the political question entirely and uses the preacher's remarks to dismiss any scrutiny of newly elected lawmakers and mock Santander for objecting. As calls for team action grew, the Toronto Blue Jays addressed the matter without issuing an apology on Santander's behalf or handing down discipline. Their statement read, "Baseball is for everyone, and the Blue Jays have created an inclusive experience where all fans feel welcome at our ballpark. Individual comments do not represent our organization’s values and beliefs." THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! The front office restated its ballpark policy, established that Santander spoke for himself, and moved on. On the field, Santander already faces significant pressure. EXCLUSIVE: HARMEET DHILLON SAYS MLB MIGHT FACE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES FOR WARNING GIANTS PLAYERS: 'UN-AMERICAN' After signing a five-year, $92.5 million deal before 2025, injuries limited him to 54 games. He missed the entire 2026 season following left shoulder surgery, with three years and over $57 million remaining on his contract. His priority heading into 2027 needs to be getting healthy and producing at the plate. But the reaction to his posts shows how quickly real questions about governance get erased when an athlete delivers them without discipline. Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com / Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed36fb69fbdcb35dec13bf Greg McElroy Questions Alabama’s CFP Ranking Ahead of Texas te 2026-11-06T02:10:03.848Z Greg McElroy Questions Alabama’s CFP Ranking Ahead of Texas Greg McElroy questioned why Alabama ranked ahead of Texas in the first College Football Playoff rankings. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed36fa69fbdcb35dec13b6 Derrick Henry’s Next Touchdown Will Move Him Past Marshall Faulk te 2026-11-06T02:10:02.506Z Derrick Henry’s Next Touchdown Will Move Him Past Marshall Faulk Derrick Henry can pass Marshall Faulk for fourth in career touchdowns by a running back when Baltimore hosts Jacksonville. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed34aa69fbdcb35dec1370 'The View' co-host confronts Abdul El-Sayed on his response to attack on Jewish Synagogue te 2026-11-06T02:00:10.046Z 'The View' co-host confronts Abdul El-Sayed on his response to attack on Jewish Synagogue "The View" co-host Sara Haines pressed Michigan Sen.-elect Abdul-El Sayed about his response to an attack on a Jewish synagogue in the state and his delay in apologizing for his comments. On March 12, a man drove a truck into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township and exchanged gunfire with security personnel before killing himself, according to authorities. El-Sayed condemned the attack but drew criticism for subsequently saying "Hurt people, hurt people," referring to the attacker's relatives who had been killed in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon. "Your response, that, ‘Hurt people, hurt people’ after the Temple Israel attack in Michigan in March, really stuck with a lot of people," Haines said. "And you did apologize for that. But it took you a while to, it took about five months to seemingly understand why that landed wrong with people and voters and constituents." "You know, do you think that leaders have a responsibility to challenge the extremist views in their own religion, especially considering you're the first Muslim senator of the United States?" she asked. ABDUL EL-SAYED HITS BACK AT ISRAEL QUESTIONS, SUGGESTS HIS NAME AND FAITH ARE BEHIND PRESS SCRUTINY "Yeah, well, I really appreciate that question," El-Sayed said. "And I agree with you entirely that we want to live in a world where faith is something that's used to uplift all of us, rather than to justify the worst human actions that sometimes drag us down." He recalled having visited the temple after the attack and having been there for a bar-mitzvah in his youth. "You know, I condemned it immediately, and I wanted to offer context, but ... You know, when people are hurting, context is secondary, and I just should have stood with their pain, and I learned from that experience, and I'm not above apologizing when I make a mistake." El-Sayed continued and said he had tried to "offer context around the fact that that individual had lost a child, niece and nephew in an airstrike. And I want us to be thinking a little bit about, A, how we demonstrate our ability as leaders to stand with people's pain with no exceptions and no asterisks around them? And also be able to have an adult conversation about the ways in which actions ricochet around the world and create worse for all of us." "I respect that. I just think that if that had been done anywhere near what I believed, I would be so furiously enraged that they would use the words that I have led my life with to hurt people that way," Haines said. "And that was young kids. So I just was surprised it took a minute for you to understand that part." "I hear you on that," El-Sayed said. "Better late than never," co-host Joy Behar said. 'THE VIEW' CO-HOSTS DEFEND EL-SAYED COMPARING HIMSELF TO JFK OVER MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SCRUTINY Jesse Arm, a vice president at the Manhattan Institute and a pollster originally from Michigan, told Fox News Digital, "Imagine an American politician responding to Dylann Roof’s massacre of black worshippers at Bible study by saying ‘Hurt people, hurt people,’ then asking us to consider the killer’s grievances. That politician would rightly be run out of American public life."  "Why should the standard be any different when the targets are Jewish children and the attacker is an Islamist?" he asked. "El-Sayed’s comments were grotesque, and this interview compounds the problem," Arm continued. "He’s still presenting his mistake as a matter of timing—as though the same rationalization would have been acceptable once the victims had time to grieve. The problem wasn’t when he offered it. The problem was suggesting that events overseas somehow mitigate responsibility for trying to massacre Americans at home." CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE "Whatever someone has suffered, there is no justification for attacking a synagogue full of children. None," Arm wrote. "Americans deserve leaders who can say that without pivoting to the terrorist’s pain. Our politics is in a dangerous place when that basic moral clarity becomes negotiable depending on the identities of the attacker and the intended victims." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed34a369fbdcb35dec1329 Five-Star Receiver Brysen Wright Gives Miami Two Reasons to Celebrate te 2026-11-06T02:00:03.564Z Five-Star Receiver Brysen Wright Gives Miami Two Reasons to Celebrate Five-star receiver Brysen Wright chose Miami over Florida and Texas and plans to graduate early to join the Hurricanes in 2027. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed324c69fbdcb35dec12aa Exclusive: Matt Leinart Reveals the 'Many Positives' of 24-Team Playoff te 2026-11-06T01:50:04.140Z Exclusive: Matt Leinart Reveals the 'Many Positives' of 24-Team Playoff Newsweek spoke to former USC QB Matt Leinart about the potential expansion of the College Football Playoff. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed324a69fbdcb35dec12a1 Broncos Get Major Piece Back on Defense te 2026-11-06T01:50:02.876Z Broncos Get Major Piece Back on Defense The Denver Broncos defense just got a much-needed boost. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed300269fbdcb35dec1274 After 14 years, Coutre concedes school board race te 2026-11-06T01:40:18.192Z After 14 years, Coutre concedes school board race Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board President Patti Coutre has conceded her race for re-election, ending a tenure of more than 14 years on the board. In a statement on social media Wednesday, Coutre thanked residents for the opportunity to serve. “Although the outcome of this election was not what I had hoped for, I have nothing but gratitude for the opportunity and privilege of serving,” she said. Coutre told InMaricopa she considered it “a privilege to have served” and that she does not plan to back down from supporting students and their education. “My commitment to public education and the success of our students does not depend on holding an elected position. I will always advocate for education and the future of our community, whether I am serving on the Board or not,” she said. Election results posted at 5:34 p.m. today showed Coutre took 18.72% of the vote, coming in fourth of the five candidates. Board member Lisa Garcia and challenger Loraine Conley continue to lead the race with 23.97% and 20.9%, respectively. Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board  Lisa Garcia: 7,784 votes (23.97%) – Gained 745 votes Loraine Conley: 6,788 votes (20.9%) – Gained 647 votes Latrinda Williams: 6,467 votes (19.91%) – Gained 707 votes Patti Coutre: 6,080 votes (18.72%) – Gained 526 votes Nicolas Yendrzeski: 5,094 votes (15.68%) – Gained 495 votes Meanwhile, the support for Proposition 416, which approves a 10% maintenance and operations budget override, has seen a 0.68 percentage point increase from Wednesday’s results. The measure “yes” vote now has 11,964 votes, a 1,313 vote increase. The post After 14 years, Coutre concedes school board race appeared first on InMaricopa.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed2ffb69fbdcb35dec1253 Tom Jones 'thought this was it' following week-long hospital stay for pneumonia te 2026-11-06T01:40:11.426Z Tom Jones 'thought this was it' following week-long hospital stay for pneumonia Sir Tom Jones thought he was going to die after suffering a medical scare last week. The 86-year-old music icon recalled the trauma from his illness while appearing on stage for his rescheduled concert at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles on Wednesday. "I thought this was it. You had a wonderful life Tommy but it’s over right now," Jones told the crowd according to the New York Post and BBC. LIONEL RICHIE HOSPITALIZED AFTER OPENING NIGHT HEALTH SCARE TRIGGERS CONCERT CANCELLATIONS The "She's a Lady" singer was reportedly rushed to UCLA Medical Center after contracting pneumonia, which he initially believed to be symptoms of the flu. "And then they had to get the paramedics in, and I was like I can’t breathe," he said. CELINE DION BREAKS DOWN ONSTAGE DURING EMOTIONAL RETURN AFTER 6-YEAR HIATUS Jones admitted he was in the hospital for a week, including two days in the ICU, and upon being discharged from UCLA, doctors asked the singer what he wanted to do now that he was healthy again. "I have to get back on the stage," Jones recalled. "This is where I belong. I can't live without it, believe me. This is true." GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE After the audience erupted in cheers, the crooner reflected on his first stint at the Greek in 1969, just before "It's Not Unusual" became his first No. 1 hit. "This song really changed my life," he said. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE The show was initially slated for the end of October but rescheduled due to his health concerns. "I've had a great time these last few weeks, completing 20 shows and singing for wonderful audiences across the USA, but unexpectedly I've been hit with a bad case of the flu," he wrote online last month. "Following doctor's advice, I unfortunately have to reschedule tonight's show in Los Angeles and tomorrow's show in San Diego." LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS He added, "I'm truly sorry for any inconvenience caused. I look forward to seeing you all soon." Jones embarked on his 25-date "Come Gather Round" tour in September, after a successful run in England over the summer. The Welsh singer was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1998, and knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in 2006. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed2ff969fbdcb35dec1233 Juggling act: Arizona State women’s soccer players finding balance between academics, athletics, travel, sleep te 2026-11-06T01:40:09.258Z Juggling act: Arizona State women’s soccer players finding balance between academics, athletics, travel, sleep PHOENIX – Like most college athletes around the country, members of the Arizona State women’s soccer team walk a tight rope when it comes to finding the right balance between academics and athletics. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed2ff869fbdcb35dec122a Juggling act: Arizona State women’s soccer players finding balance between academics, athletics, travel, sleep te 2026-11-06T01:40:08.122Z Juggling act: Arizona State women’s soccer players finding balance between academics, athletics, travel, sleep Arizona State women’s soccer forward Kierra Blundell said juggling athletics with academics requires being proactive with her planning. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed2ff269fbdcb35dec11f2 Dak Prescott Rallies Cowboys to Make Special Gesture for Late Teammate te 2026-11-06T01:40:02.885Z Dak Prescott Rallies Cowboys to Make Special Gesture for Late Teammate “We should never take these moments that we have, no matter if it’s football or whatever we do in life, for granted.“ Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed2d9b69fbdcb35dec1173 Cowboys Star CB Trending in Wrong Direction for Week 9 te 2026-11-06T01:30:03.257Z Cowboys Star CB Trending in Wrong Direction for Week 9 The Dallas Cowboys could be without one of their best defenders in Week 9. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed2b4369fbdcb35dec0e03 Biff Poggi Shares Surprising Details on Michigan HC Job Search te 2026-11-06T01:20:03.211Z Biff Poggi Shares Surprising Details on Michigan HC Job Search Biff Poggi, a former Michigan interim head coach, gets honest about the head coaching job search. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed28f969fbdcb35dec0dc8 Trump signs proclamation to prevent changes to Oval Office, other White House rooms te 2026-11-06T01:10:17.409Z Trump signs proclamation to prevent changes to Oval Office, other White House rooms President Donald Trump signed a proclamation Thursday designating the Oval Office, the Outer Oval Office and the Cabinet Room as a national monument and federal landmark, a move intended to preserve the spaces and prevent future administrations from altering them. "It won't be able to be taken down, destroyed, touched or anything else," Trump told reporters from the Oval Office. "It’s actually called a national monument. It’s a federal landmark. When completed … it'll make it impossible for anybody ever to destroy this incredible space. " Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House. DEMOCRATS SEIZE HOUSE CONTROL IN STUNNING BLUE TSUNAMI, VOW RETRIBUTION AGAINST TRUMP ADMIN The announcement came two days after the midterm elections in which Democrats won enough seats to gain control of Congress. The proclamation is part of a broader series of post-election public appearances highlighting White House construction initiatives. TRUMP'S WHITE HOUSE BALLROOM CONSTRUCTION GETS ANOTHER LIFELINE FROM SCOTUS AMID HEATED LEGAL FIGHT On Monday, Trump detailed planned updates during remarks in front of the Reflecting Pool. On Wednesday, he held a press briefing at the construction site of a new White House ballroom. Since returning to office in 2025, Trump has prioritized several high-profile architectural and cultural projects, including a proposed 250-foot triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery and proposals to rename and restructure the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed28f869fbdcb35dec0dbd Affordability drove Baltimore voters to approve measure giving 'direct cash' to new mothers te 2026-11-06T01:10:16.320Z Affordability drove Baltimore voters to approve measure giving 'direct cash' to new mothers Baltimore voters approved a ballot measure Tuesday to establish a taxpayer-funded program providing cash assistance to new and expectant parents as families across the country grapple with affordability concerns. The measure, listed on the November ballot as Question I, amends the Baltimore City Charter to create a dedicated, permanent line item in the municipal budget for the "Baltimore Baby Fund." It passed by roughly a 70-30 margin after organizers submitted more than the 10,000 valid signatures required to qualify for the vote. Under the approved charter amendment, the city must allocate 3 cents per $100 of assessed taxable property value directly into the dedicated fund, which is expected to generate approximately $17 million in its first year. According to the mayor's office, all Baltimore City newborns enrolled in the program will be eligible for a one-time cash payment. Eligible expectant and new parents may receive additional financial assistance, such as a one-time cash payment during pregnancy or monthly cash assistance and other forms of support. The Baltimore City Council will retain authority over specific disbursement rules and eligibility criteria through future enabling legislation. FORMER CALIFORNIA MAYOR PUSHES GUARANTEED INCOME AS FIX FOR AFFORDABILITY CRISIS The initiative was championed by grassroots organizers with the Maryland Child Alliance alongside Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, who serves as a national co-chair of Mayors for Guaranteed Income. "We aren’t surprised that Baltimore voters saw the value in a baby fund to offer new parents direct cash," Shafeka Hashash, director of cash initiatives at the Economic Security Project (ESP), told Fox News Digital. The ESP, an organization that has backed the creation of dozens of guaranteed income programs nationwide, pointed to mounting cost-of-living pressures facing American families as a primary catalyst for direct cash initiatives. "Right now, as the cost of the basics like groceries, gas, healthcare, and childcare continues to rise, paychecks haven’t kept up, and families can’t make ends meet," Hashash said. "Then for new parents, the affordability crisis is compounded by an increase in new costs; this is why poverty rises 45% from the last month of pregnancy to the first month after birth."  PRO-LIFE VS SOCIALISM: GOP LAWMAKERS DIVIDED OVER CONTROVERSIAL GUARANTEED INCOME PROGRAMS Hashash noted that direct financial support provides immediate relief during a critical transition window for families. "In that exact critical moment, direct cash can cover everyday essentials like diapers or a new crib, or it can offer relief on the bigger financial strains, like the maternity ward bills or daycare payment. Voters understood this policy implicitly because it’s simple, and we know it will be efficient and effective. We are excited to see how Baltimore benefits with this new resource for families," Hashash added. According Baltimore public radio station WYPR, Emily Yu, campaign manager for the effort, praised the grassroots momentum behind the measure. "We are public servants and community members that wanted to make this happen, and it's pretty unbelievable that we made it happen," Yu reportedly said. "But it just speaks to the people power in Baltimore City. Clearly, there's an appetite for it, so I would encourage other groups to do the same." NEWSOM'S 'GOLDEN STATE START' PROMISES 400 FREE DIAPERS PER BABY AS CALIFORNIA GRAPPLES WITH BUDGET WOES Advocates with national guaranteed income coalitions also celebrated the ballot outcome. "People are excited about the idea of cash for new and expecting families because it works. We heard from Americans loud and clear on Tuesday that families across the political spectrum are concerned about two things: affordability and healthcare," Tegan Lecheler, national program director of the Mother & Infant Cash Coalition, told Fox News Digital. Founded in 2023, the Mother & Infant Cash Coalition grew out of a broader movement toward direct financial support for young families. Lecheler, who previously managed operations with The Bridge Project — an unrestricted cash transfer initiative launched in 2021 operating across multiple states — noted that momentum for direct cash assistance built rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lecheler argued that providing cash directly to families demonstrates that local governments are responsive to constituents' needs. "Programs giving cash to new families address both, and this ballot measure's passage is a clear example of government delivering results and being responsive to the concerns of constituents. The affordability crisis isn't something that gets left at home, it comes with voters to the voting booth. Politicians that listen and prioritize the issues that Americans face every day will likely continue to be successful," Lecheler said. The ballot measure builds on previous direct-cash programs in the city. Mayor Scott previously oversaw the Baltimore Young Families Success Fund, a pilot program that operated from August 2022 to July 2024. The program provided unconditional monthly payments of $1,000 to 200 low-income parents ages 18 to 24 earning at or below 300% of the federal poverty level using funds from the American Rescue Plan Act. Campaign manager Emily Yu and Mayor Brandon Scott did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed28f769fbdcb35dec0db4 Super Bowl champion wide receiver Rashee Rice files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, reports $3.45 million in debt te 2026-11-06T01:10:15.223Z Super Bowl champion wide receiver Rashee Rice files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, reports $3.45 million in debt Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in federal court Wednesday, according to federal court records. The Super Bowl champion filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas and reported more than $3.45 million in debt. The 26-year-old claimed $2.1 million of that debt stemmed from lawsuits. Rice was sued by multiple victims of a 2024 high-speed, multicar crash in Dallas. He is also being sued by an ex-girlfriend who alleges he assaulted her between 2023 and 2025. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Rice listed his Super Bowl LVIII ring, valued at $160,000, as collateral with Thomas McMurray, his attorney in the pending civil litigation, according to court documents. OutKick reached out to McMurray, the Chiefs, and Rice's bankruptcy attorney for comment but did immediately get a response from any of them. When Rice was drafted, he signed a four-year, $6,495,208 contract with the Chiefs. Chapter 7 bankruptcy is intended for "individuals who have financial difficulty preventing them from paying their debts and who are willing to allow their non-exempt property to be used to pay their creditors," according to Rice's bankruptcy filing. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! According to the documents, Rice reported $677,054 in personal assets , including $421,825 in "deferred compensation." Rice owes his largest creditor $979,837 as part of a 2025 civil settlement related to the crash, according to the documents. The documents show Rice disputes certain debts associated with the pending civil lawsuits. Victims of the 2024 crash filed lawsuits seeking a combined $700,000, while his ex-girlfriend filed a lawsuit seeking $200,000 over the alleged assault. Rice reported renting a residence and listed $39,241 in nonexempt personal assets, according to the documents. He also reported $13,640 in checking accounts. Rice has been limited to five games this season because of an injury. He has 20 receptions for 243 yards and two touchdowns. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed28f669fbdcb35dec0dab Fox News bests MS NOW, CNN as most-watched cable news network on 2026 midterm election night te 2026-11-06T01:10:14.154Z Fox News bests MS NOW, CNN as most-watched cable news network on 2026 midterm election night Fox News Channel was America's most-watched cable news network on Tuesday night as the results of the 2026 midterm elections rolled in. According to the final Nielsen election night ratings data, Fox News bested both CNN and MS NOW with an average of 4.3 million total viewers during primetime. CNN came in second with 4.1 million total average viewers. MS NOW, marking the network's first major election night since its rebranding, came in third with 3.7 million total average viewers. FOX, USVETS RENEW 'MAKE CAMO YOUR CAUSE' CAMPAIGN DEDICATED TO ENDING VETERAN HOMELESSNESS Fox News also thrived in the digital landscape on Election Night. Fox News Digital had double-digit spikes in key metrics across the board during coverage of the midterms. Fox News also saw 3.3 million social media interactions across social media platforms, including Facebook, X, Instagram and TikTok, according to Emplifi and Comscore Social. Fox News also reached 15.4 million YouTube video views, per Emplifi. FOX NEWS CONTINUES CABLE NEWS LEAD OVER MS NOW, CNN IN OCTOBER VIEWERSHIP "Fox News Democracy 26" was co-anchored by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum. They were joined throughout the night by Dana Perino, Brit Hume, Harold Ford Jr., Bill Hemmer, Sandra Smith, Laura Ingraham, Jesse Watters, Sean Hannity and other Fox News personalities. President Donald Trump also called in and spoke with Baier and MacCallum as he reacted to the midterm results. Democrats had a historic night, retaking both the House and Senate in what's been widely described as a blue tsunami. While recapturing the House was expected, Democrats stunned with Senate pick-ups in states like South Carolina, Kansas and Iowa. FOX SPORTS TO HONOR MILITARY AHEAD OF VETERANS DAY WITH TWO-DAY SALUTE DURING COLLEGE FOOTBALL, NFL COVERAGE House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., is poised to become the first Black Speaker of the House. Meanwhile, it is unclear whether Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., will have enough votes in his caucus to reclaim the title as Senate Majority Leader, as several newly elected Democrats have previously said they won't back him. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed28ef69fbdcb35dec0d7d In Mississippi, Careful Scrutiny of Votes in an Unexpectedly Tight Race te 2026-11-06T01:10:07.438Z In Mississippi, Careful Scrutiny of Votes in an Unexpectedly Tight Race A phalanx of lawyers, observers and campaign officials are watching the counting of votes in the race for Senate, where a Democratic challenger has a slim lead. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed28ed69fbdcb35dec0d5c Cowboys QB Dak Prescott Addresses George Pickens Trade Rumors te 2026-11-06T01:10:05.936Z Cowboys QB Dak Prescott Addresses George Pickens Trade Rumors Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott has his own opinion on people wanting the team to trade George Pickens. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed28ec69fbdcb35dec0d53 GOP Lawmaker Seeks Limits on Texas Governor Before Hinojosa Takes Office te 2026-11-06T01:10:04.507Z GOP Lawmaker Seeks Limits on Texas Governor Before Hinojosa Takes Office A Republican lawmaker wants Texas to curb the governor's emergency powers before Gina Hinojosa takes office in January. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed28eb69fbdcb35dec0d4a ACC Coach Gets Stern Warning From GM Amid 3-6 Season te 2026-11-06T01:10:03.132Z ACC Coach Gets Stern Warning From GM Amid 3-6 Season An ACC general manager had some harsh words for a first-year head coach before the final month of the regular season. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed269c69fbdcb35dec0d0a Vance ‘privately’ blasts Netanyahu as Iran war divides Trump admin, 2028 ambitions loom te 2026-11-06T01:00:12.739Z Vance ‘privately’ blasts Netanyahu as Iran war divides Trump admin, 2028 ambitions loom Vice President JD Vance privately accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of being "wrong on everything" about the Iran war, according to reports, as disagreements over the conflict expose tensions within the Trump administration and raise questions about Vance's potential 2028 presidential ambitions. The clash, reported by Axios Nov. 4., comes after Republicans lost control of both chambers of Congress in Tuesday's midterm elections, with Vance publicly blaming the war for the party's defeat while urging President Donald Trump to pursue a negotiated settlement rather than renewed military strikes. "The reason we lost is the war," Vance wrote later on Wednesday on X. "Low-level hostility between Vance and Netanyahu is beneficial for Vance," Nathan Sachs, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, told Fox News Digital. "It allows him to give some distance from the Trump administration, which has just taken a huge electoral beating, but also to position himself ... in a very different position than President Trump himself without attacking Trump." VANCE'S SCATHING IRAN WAR POSTMORTEM PUTS POTENTIAL 2028 GOP SHOWDOWN IN FOCUS: 'EVERYONE KNOWS WHY' Vance has also led a faction of senior administration officials urging Trump to negotiate an end to the conflict, warning that the unpopular war could cost Republicans control of Congress, according to reports. Netanyahu, meanwhile, had urged Trump to resume strikes against Iran ahead of the midterms, but Trump held off after endorsing Netanyahu for reelection in Israel. Sachs said Vance's main concern appeared to be the prospect of overthrowing Iran’s government after Netanyahu presented Trump with a plan for regime change. "Many opposition leaders in Israel, nonetheless, are very skeptical of the idea that you can bring about regime change through an air campaign," Sachs said, adding that such a campaign could have the opposite effect: "you may strengthen the regime." As previously reported by Fox News Digital, Vance had also declined to endorse Netanyahu’s reelection campaign and criticized Israeli government officials who opposed Trump's efforts to end the Iran war. The Israeli election further complicated the relationship, Sachs said, leaving Netanyahu's political future uncertain and raising the possibility that Vance could have to work with a different Israeli leader. NETANYAHU DEFIES EXIT POLLS AS VOTE SHIFTS IN HIS FAVOR, BUT MAJORITY REMAINS ELUSIVE "If Netanyahu is not the leader of Israel, Vance will find himself with another decision to make: does he continue with a line that is confrontational with a new Israeli leadership, or does he say, 'Well, it was all Netanyahu; now we can see a different path forward'?" Sachs said. "Netanyahu is a very easy target here, both because there are very real differences of opinion and Netanyahu's role was important, but also because this way he can criticize the war, criticize Netanyahu, and not say any bad word about Trump." Roughly 6 in 10 voters said U.S. military action against Iran was the wrong decision, according to the AP Voter Poll. "I think what's remarkable here is that it's coming out now," Sachs said. "And it's part of the fact that about midnight Wednesday, the next presidential campaign in the United States began, and JD Vance is trying to position himself." "He is breaking with the policy of President Trump, although he's doing so by criticizing Netanyahu, never Trump," the expert reiterated. VANCE REVEALS THE TRUMP DILEMMA THAT COULD COMPLICATE HIS 2028 WHITE HOUSE AMBITIONS Nonetheless, Vance has played a leading role in efforts to end the conflict with Iran, including direct outreach to senior Iranian officials. Last month, he sent a letter through Qatari intermediaries to Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, proposing renewed peace negotiations. According to Axios, the letter said any negotiations to prevent further U.S. military strikes must address Iran's nuclear program. A U.S. official said Trump backed the outreach. Rezaei later confirmed receiving the letter but said he had not responded. "My suspicion is that J.D. Vance was operating on behalf of Trump on this," Sachs claimed. "Trump, after the war sort of settled after the first few weeks, appointed Vice President Vance to try and negotiate the exit strategy, and Vance has been very keen on that." Sachs also cited Vance's involvement in an earlier memorandum of understanding with Iran as further evidence of his preference for diplomacy. "He agreed to the MOU, which has become quite notorious in the United States, giving quite a bit to the Iranians, much more than the administration is now considering reasonable." VANCE TAKES LEAD SELLING TRUMP’S IRAN GAMBLE AS RUBIO, HEGSETH AND RATCLIFFE CEDE SPOTLIGHT ON FRAGILE DEAL "Vance has certainly been on the side that has been trying to achieve a diplomatic breakthrough." The White House is now weighing whether to resume major strikes against Iran, maintain economic and naval pressure or pursue a negotiated settlement. On Thursday, Reuters reported that Tehran submitted a formal nuclear proposal to the United States through Qatari intermediaries, making further negotiations contingent on Washington addressing its seven demands. "The real question is whether the Americans and the Iranians can approach some kind of agreement on the fundamentals, starting with freedom of navigation in the Straits of Hormuz and the cessation of hostilities," Sachs said. For Vance, the dispute poses a political balancing act: distancing himself from a war he reportedly opposed while serving as vice president in the administration that launched it. "He was against the war, so it would seem, but of course, he's vice president in the administration that went to war," Sachs said, describing it as a "very difficult balancing act for him electorally." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed269469fbdcb35dec0cc6 Orioles Linked to 2X All-Star Pitcher as MLB Offseason Gets Started te 2026-11-06T01:00:04.812Z Orioles Linked to 2X All-Star Pitcher as MLB Offseason Gets Started The Baltimore Orioles are being linked to star free agent pitcher Clay Holmes with the offseason just getting started. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed269369fbdcb35dec0cbd CeeDee Lamb Gives Blunt Answer When Asked About Cowboys’ Offensive Struggles te 2026-11-06T01:00:03.169Z CeeDee Lamb Gives Blunt Answer When Asked About Cowboys’ Offensive Struggles CeeDee Lamb did not hold back when he was asked about the Cowboys' struggles on offense this year. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed243b69fbdcb35dec0c26 Jason Kidd Reveals When He Knew Knicks’ Jalen Brunson Was Special te 2026-11-06T00:50:03.720Z Jason Kidd Reveals When He Knew Knicks’ Jalen Brunson Was Special Jason Kidd coached Jalen Brunson in Dallas, and he still remembers when he knew the Knicks star was meant for more. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed243a69fbdcb35dec0c1d Travis Kelce Offers Colts’ Jonathan Taylor Friendly Advice Amid Trade Speculation te 2026-11-06T00:50:02.272Z Travis Kelce Offers Colts’ Jonathan Taylor Friendly Advice Amid Trade Speculation Chiefs star Travis Kelce offered some friendly advice to Colts running back Jonathan Taylor as trade speculation continues. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed21e969fbdcb35dec0bcf Child molester's looming prison release reignites sanctuary showdown in wake of Dem election sweep te 2026-11-06T00:40:09.900Z Child molester's looming prison release reignites sanctuary showdown in wake of Dem election sweep A convicted child molester and illegal alien from Venezuela could soon be back on the streets unless authorities in Seattle ditch their sanctuary city policies and cooperate with federal immigration enforcement. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has sent to the liberal Pacific Northwest enclave a detainer request for Leomar Alexander Lopez Zambrano, asking that he be turned over rather than be released back into the U.S. after his prison sentence concludes. The clash between DHS and Seattle exacerbates longstanding tensions between President Donald Trump’s immigration officials and leaders in so-called "sanctuary cities," which that have thrown up roadblocks to law enforcement cooperating with federal enforcement authorities. Going a step further, the outcome of Tuesday's elections are putting even more of a microscope on the agency at the center of much controversy during Trump's second term — and raising questions over which administration officials could face the wrath of a brand new blue Congress. DEMOCRAT SEIZE HOUSE CONTROL IN STUNNING BLUE TSUNAMI, VOW RETRIBUTION AGAINST TRUMP ADMIN "Sanctuary politicians in Washington are refusing to honor the ICE detainer and hand this disgusting criminal over to us after he finishes his prison sentence," Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in a statement. "This illegal alien has been convicted on TWO counts of child molestation." In the wake of the 2026 midterms, the moment in Seattle raises new questions of whether sanctuary cities will feel emboldened to double down on their efforts to block Trump's agenda as Democrats prepare to retake a majority in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. To those like Hans von Spakovsky, an immigration expert with Advancing American Freedom (AAF), the political tide turning in Washington, D.C. might encourage Democrat-run cities to go even further in stonewalling immigration enforcement agencies and making it harder for officials to do their jobs. "I have no doubt that sanctuary jurisdictions will feel emboldened," Spakovsky told Fox News Digital in the days after the Republican bloodbath. "I also would not put it past [Democrats] to try to impeach Tom Homan for imagined wrongs because he has been the most effective czar of immigration enforcement of any administration in the past 50 years," he said. "I don’t think they would be successful, but again, that will embolden defiance of federal immigration enforcement in sanctuary jurisdictions." In many cases, sanctuary cities simply cut off communication with federal law enforcement, as DHS fears will be the case with Zambrano, the convicted Venezuelan child molester. Zambrano is now approaching the end of a 15-month sentence — the point at which he would normally face deportation. But Mullin noted DHS would have no way of knowing when he was out of jail without Seattle's cooperation. ICE ARRESTS ILLEGAL ALIEN ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING CHILDREN AFTER FAIRFAX COUNTY RELEASE: DHS "Sanctuary politicians care so much about illegal aliens that they’d rather release a convicted child molester than cooperate with federal law enforcement," Mullin said. When asked about Seattle’s cooperation with DHS, the agency responded by similarly emphasizing local-federal partnership. "The safest way to arrest and remove criminal illegal aliens from our streets is by lodging arrest detainers. Because some sanctuary jurisdictions refuse to work with ICE law enforcement, criminal illegal aliens are released from jails into American communities to perpetuate more crimes. Seven of the top 10 safest cities in the United States cooperate with ICE," the agency said in a statement. In the wake of the election, some Republican onlookers believe similar concerns could emerge in other states — even red ones like Texas. Dan Bongino, a conservative commentator and podcast host, noted that the Lone Star State’s newly elected Democratic governor, Gina Hinojosa, voted against sanctuary city restrictions as a state legislator in 2017. GOP SENATORS RALLY AROUND NEW DHS PROPOSAL TARGETING SANCTUARY CITIES: 'SHOULD PAY A PRICE' "Folks, Texas shares a border with Mexico. Do we need to ChatGPT this for people?" Bongino said in a recent podcast. "The only message [voters] are sending is you want your state to become a sanctuary, sitting on the border with Mexico for illegals who come into the United States." Spakovsky believes that local resistance to immigration enforcement could coincide with congressional Democrats' legislative efforts. He believes Democrats will attempt to target immigration enforcement resources through the congressional appropriations process, although he cast doubt on their effectiveness. "Democrats will, no doubt, try to stop DHS from immigration enforcement and DOJ from prosecutions in the immigration area by trying to use the appropriations process to defund such enforcement at both agencies," Spakovsky said. "I am not sure they will be successful … especially if they tie such punitive measures with must-pass government funding that the president signs," he added. Asked about whether DHS was concerned about an emboldened stance from sanctuary cities as Democrats retake control in the nation’s capital, DHS passed a statement along from Mullin. "Deportations will continue," the DHS chief said. Officials from Seattle did not respond to requests for comment from Fox News Digital over Zambrano’s status. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed21e469fbdcb35dec0b89 Tigers Emerging as Potential Free Agent Destination for 4X All-Star te 2026-11-06T00:40:04.174Z Tigers Emerging as Potential Free Agent Destination for 4X All-Star The Detroit Tigers are being predicted to land Luis Arraez in free agency this offseason after their bad 2026 season. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed1f8b3830286ffa3a002c Giants WR Malik Nabers Reveals Game Status After Missing Practice te 2026-11-06T00:30:03.356Z Giants WR Malik Nabers Reveals Game Status After Missing Practice New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers is dealing with an injury ahead of Week 9. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed1d3d3830286ffa3a0004 MUSD students take the lead in honoring Maricopa veterans te 2026-11-06T00:20:13.859Z MUSD students take the lead in honoring Maricopa veterans Students weren’t just guests at Maricopa Unified School District’s Veterans Breakfast this morning. They helped make the event happen. From preparing food and creating decorations to performing patriotic tributes and leading military ceremonies, students across the district played a central role in the gathering, which brought veterans, military families and community members together for its ninth year. “Our veterans have sacrificed so much, and this is a great way to demonstrate how to honor someone, how to say thank you, how to participate in gratitude and service by literally having our students help us produce this event,” said Superintendent Tracey Lopeman. Culinary students prepared the meal, while other students contributed artwork and decorations. Maricopa High School Air Force Junior ROTC cadets led the presentation of colors and Missing Man Table ceremony. The Desert Wind Middle School Dance Team performed a patriotic tribute to “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Students also made cards for active-duty service members through the A Million Thanks program. “This is the way you teach service and honor and gratitude,” Lopeman said. MUSD Governing Board President Patti Coutre said the event recognizes not only veterans’ service but also the sacrifices made by their families. “It’s about being a part of the community and recognizing those who serve, the sacrifices they made, the family sacrifices that they made as well while their loved ones were gone,” Coutre said. According to Lopeman, the best part is watching the connections happen between generations.  “My favorite part is really the connection between the students and the community,” she said. “And then when they get to eat with us and talk with our community leaders and our other veterans, it’s just a wonderful connection between our youth and our veterans.” A view of service hats sit on a table inside Maricopa Unified School District Office on Nov. 5, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer] A view of a patch on the shoulder of a Maricopa High School cadet on Nov. 5, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer] Student art from Maricopa Elementary School lines the walls of the Maricopa Unified School District Office on Nov. 5, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer] A Maricopa High School cadet listens to a speaker during the district's annual Veterans Breakfast on Nov. 5, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer] Attendees eat breakfast and listen to speakers during a Maricopa Unified School District Veterans Breakfast on Nov. 5, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer] Students from Desert Wind Middle School perform a dance during a Veterans Breakfast on Nov. 5, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer] Maricopa Police Chief Mark Goodman listens during a presentation at the Maricopa Unified School District's Veterans Breakfast on Nov. 5, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer] Maricopa Unified School District Superintendent Tracey Lopeman speaks during an annual Veterans Breakfast held in the district office on Nov. 5, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer] An Air Force Junior ROTC cadet stands at attention during a Veterans Breakfast on Nov. 5, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer] Air Force Junior ROTC cadets salute during a Veterans Breakfast held at the Maricopa Unified School District office on Nov. 5, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer] Students from Maricopa Unified School District's culinary program serve breakfast to attendees of the MUSD Veterans Breakfast in the district office on Nov. 5, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer] The post MUSD students take the lead in honoring Maricopa veterans appeared first on InMaricopa.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed1d3b3830286ffa39ffe4 Abdul El-Sayed's pattern of hostile exchanges with reporters draws scrutiny after viral moment te 2026-11-06T00:20:11.211Z Abdul El-Sayed's pattern of hostile exchanges with reporters draws scrutiny after viral moment Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed, D-Mich., went viral this week for his latest altercation with a reporter, putting a spotlight on a history of tense exchanges with the press. El-Sayed had a combative exchange with Sky News reporter James Matthews just hours before his victory during Tuesday's midterm elections. The exchange began when the British journalist attempted to question El-Sayed, but it was hardly the first time that El-Sayed appeared to either lose his temper, interrupt a journalist or respond sharply to a reporter. Heritage Foundation media fellow Tim Young is well aware that President Donald Trump also has a long history of criticizing reporters, but he believes the situations are "completely different." "El-Sayed gets angry at the media for asking actual questions about him and his relationship to organizations like the Muslim Brotherhood. He legitimately doesn’t want to answer those questions, so he snaps," Young told Fox News Digital. ABDUL EL-SAYED PUTS HANDS ON SKY NEWS REPORTER IN HOSTILE CONFRONTATION HOURS BEFORE ELECTION VICTORY "Trump gets asked the same narrative-shaping questions all the time, then watches networks create false narratives about him on air, which makes him angry," Young continued. "The two are not the same." El-Sayed recently scolded a reporter for asking him about Democratic Michigan Rep. Haley Stevens, sarcastically declaring, "You’re really asking the questions that the people want to hear." "Ask me a serious question," he added. El-Sayed also got testy with NBC News anchor Tom Llamas in October after Llamas questioned him about allegations involving his family's ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. "It’s funny to me. I was born in 1984, down the street in Rochester Hills. I was raised here in Michigan, went to the University of Michigan, rebuilt the health department in this city, led the health department in this county, and you want to ask me about Egypt in 1970? Are you serious?" he retorted. El-Sayed then accused Llamas of using "hearsay evidence from a tweet" and suggested the "NBC Nightly News" anchor was "not serious" before asking, "Are you insinuating that somehow, I was lying?" EL-SAYED MOCKS TRUMP, VANCE AND ROGERS IN GLOATING VICTORY SPEECH SIGNALING COMBATIVE TONE IN SENATE That same month, El-Sayed shut down Free Press reporter Audrey Fahlberg for asking about private comments he made on leaked audio regarding some Michigan residents mourning the death of Ayatollah Khamenei. El-Sayed insisted he would answer questions about gas prices and groceries but declined to "talk about leaked audio" and accused Fahlberg of seeking clickbait. "I’m just not interested in this dog and pony show," El-Sayed said. "Ask smart questions." Fahlberg responded that his thoughts on Khamenei were relevant, considering that he frequently discusses foreign policy, but El-Sayed refused to engage. Fahlberg later said that El-Sayed appeared to become furious whenever asked about the Iranian regime. Weeks later, El-Sayed clashed with Fox News "Special Report" anchor Bret Baier, repeatedly interrupting Baier during an exchange over the Muslim Brotherhood. El-Sayed has also spoken about confronting media personalities. "You know how many terrible things Bill Maher has said about people like me? Terrible, awful things," El-Sayed said during a September interview with Chuck Todd. "I would go on that show," El-Sayed continued. "I wanna give people the image of watching him get his a-- whooped on his own show by a guy who prays like I do." UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN STUDENTS RALLY BEHIND ABDUL EL-SAYED AFTER HIS SENATE WIN OVER MIKE ROGERS As for El-Sayed’s latest encounter, the viral Election Day moment occurred when he walked up to Matthews and asked, "Are you registered to vote in the state of Michigan?" "I'm not," the British U.S.-based correspondent responded. "Why would I care to have a conversation with you?" the Democrat fired back. After Matthews answered that he was a journalist, El-Sayed scoffed while responding, "in the U.K." "You know how many votes I want to get in the U.K.? Zero," El-Sayed told Mathews as he put both his hands on the reporter's shoulders. "I'm never running for office in the U.K." Matthews stressed that the 2026 U.S. midterm election "matters to the world" and told El-Sayed he was "bidding to be a senator." "A senator in where? What country? What country?" El-Sayed retorted while placing his hands on Matthews' shoulders again. "The United States," Matthews answered. "What country are you with?" El-Sayed then asked. "I'm based in the United States," Matthews said. "But you report for where? Where are your viewers?" El-Sayed interrupted. El-Sayed dismissed Matthews after the reporter explained that Sky News serves an international audience, insisting "Sky News is not viewed in the United States of America," then sneering that "like five people" watch the network in the US. "I've answered all the questions, I've answered all the questions for the viewers of the United Kingdom. So I'm going to ask you to stop chasing me around. Please," El-Sayed said before walking away. Matthews denied to El-Sayed he was "chasing" him around. "If you keep being in my way, I'm not going to be very happy," El-Sayed told the reporter. EL-SAYED MOCKS TRUMP, VANCE AND ROGERS IN GLOATING VICTORY SPEECH SIGNALING COMBATIVE TONE IN SENATE Footage of the incident quickly went viral and many observers criticized El-Sayed for physically touching the reporter. Piers Morgan called it "pathetic" and "very patronizing," Reason’s Reem Ibrahim said El-Sayed "looks like an absolute prick" and former Israeli spokesperson Eylon Levy called him a "bully." Students for Trump founder Ryan Fournier called the behavior "unhinged," while Spencer Pratt asked, "Why is this angry little Elf Sayed so comfortable putting hands on another man like that?" Communications trainer Jocelin Martinez, who provides media training and message development to clients, doesn’t feel El-Sayed needs to change his approach after he crushed Republican rival Mike Rogers in the critical Senate race for a seat Republicans were hoping to flip this election cycle. "El-Sayed's communication style got him elected in Michigan because the moment requires leadership with gumption," Martinez told Fox News Digital. The El-Sayed campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.  Fox News Digital’s Joseph A. Wulfsohn contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed1d3a3830286ffa39ffdb Trump signs proclamation preventing changes to Oval Office, other White House rooms te 2026-11-06T00:20:10.059Z Trump signs proclamation preventing changes to Oval Office, other White House rooms President Donald Trump signed a proclamation Thursday designating the Oval Office, the Outer Oval Office and the Cabinet Room as a national monument and federal landmark, a move intended to preserve the spaces and prevent future administrations from altering them. "It won't be able to be taken down, destroyed, touched or anything else," Trump told reporters from the Oval Office. "It’s actually called a national monument. It’s a federal landmark. When completed… it'll make it impossible for anybody ever to destroy this incredible space. " Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House. DEMOCRAT SEIZE HOUSE CONTROL IN STUNNING BLUE TSUNAMI, VOW RETRIBUTION AGAINST TRUMP ADMIN The announcement came two days after the midterm elections, in which Democrats won enough seats to gain control of Congress. The proclamation is part of a broader series of post-election public appearances highlighting White House construction initiatives. TRUMP'S WHITE HOUSE BALLROOM CONSTRUCTION GETS ANOTHER LIFELINE FROM SCOTUS AMID HEATED LEGAL FIGHT On Monday, Trump detailed planned updates during remarks in front of the Reflecting Pool. On Wednesday, he held a press briefing at the construction site of a new White House ballroom. Since returning to office in 2025, Trump has prioritized several high-profile architectural and cultural projects, including a proposed 250-foot triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery and proposals to rename and restructure the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed1d343830286ffa39ffa6 Trump Moves to Make Oval Office a National Monument te 2026-11-06T00:20:04.468Z Trump Moves to Make Oval Office a National Monument The president’s announcement reinforced his post-midterm elections preoccupation on White House renovation projects. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed1d333830286ffa39ff9d Rubio Says Elections in Venezuela Would ‘Ideally’ Be Held Next Year te 2026-11-06T00:20:03.269Z Rubio Says Elections in Venezuela Would ‘Ideally’ Be Held Next Year Secretary of State Marco Rubio laid out a series of steps the United States wants to see before Venezuela holds free elections. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed1ae23830286ffa39ff33 Mendoza wins congressional seat from Republican Ciscomani te 2026-11-06T00:10:10.210Z Mendoza wins congressional seat from Republican Ciscomani Winner of the race for Arizona's 6th Congressional District, Democrat JoAnna Mendoza, during a Clean Elections debate at Sneaky Big Studios in Scottsdale on Sept. 10, 2026. (Photo by Joe Rondone/The Arizona Republic/pool) Democrat challenger JoAnna Mendoza has beaten Republican incumbent Juan Ciscomani to take over the seat of the state’s most competitive district.   The Associated Press called the race for Mendoza Thursday afternoon, when she was up eight points.  Since it was created in 2021, Congressional District 6 has been Arizona’s most competitive district, with an electorate that is nearly evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats.  Ciscomani won his last two elections by 1.5% and 2.5%  The district has been a major target of national Democrats, who see the seat as key to flipping control of the U.S. House of Representatives.  A growing dislike of President Donald Trump and the fiscal impacts of his administration’s policies took center stage as Democrats sought to use that unpopularity against Republican incumbents across the country.  National Republican organizations connected to party leadership invested in Ciscomani’s race. House Speaker Mike Johnson’s joint fundraising committee, Grow the Majority, gave Ciscomani $530,210, more than all but two other Republican incumbents. And the former staffer for Gov. Doug Ducey has also received hundreds of thousands of dollars from both Majority Whip Tom Emmer’s committee, Emmer Majority Builders, and Majority Leader Steve Scalise’s Defend Our Majority.  All told, as of March, the GOP leadership committees had funneled $977,809 to Ciscomani for the 2026 election, nearly a quarter of all the money Ciscomani raised throughout his campaign. Comparatively, approximately 7% of Ciscomani’s 2025 donations came from small donors.  Democratic groups also funneled money to back Mendoza, sending her campaign $2.3 million during the first quarter of 2026, among the highest of Democratic candidates at the time.  In 2024, Trump narrowly won the district that pre-election polling showed Mendoza with a lead of up to three percentage points.  YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed1add3830286ffa39ff18 These 5 Midterm Races Tell the Story of the Democrats’ Blue Wave te 2026-11-06T00:10:05.962Z These 5 Midterm Races Tell the Story of the Democrats’ Blue Wave The districts are very different, but they all explain how the Democrats won so big. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed1adb3830286ffa39fedf Meta, Google, and TikTok sue California AG over teen social media law te 2026-11-06T00:10:03.820Z Meta, Google, and TikTok sue California AG over teen social media law If it goes into effect next year, this California law would restrict social media access for children under 16. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed1ada3830286ffa39fed6 The New York Times reportedly in talks to buy Letterboxd for $330 million te 2026-11-06T00:10:02.329Z The New York Times reportedly in talks to buy Letterboxd for $330 million Letterboxd, an online platform for movie lovers, has grown dramatically in recent years. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed188c3830286ffa39feaf Big Ten conference commissioner gives tone deaf statement about 24-team College Football Playoff te 2026-11-06T00:00:12.140Z Big Ten conference commissioner gives tone deaf statement about 24-team College Football Playoff If it feels like it's a ridiculous time to be a college football fan, that's because it is. While the AP Top 25 poll has become a running joke, at least fans can comfort themselves with the knowledge that it has little importance when it matters. Then the College Football Playoff selection committee released their poll this week and, well, to say it was indefensibly bad is a charitable overstatement. It's atrocious. It's humiliating. It's disgraceful. And it requires an entire overhaul of the selection committee process. WE NEED TO ABOLISH THE CFP SELECTION COMMITTEE AFTER YET ANOTHER EMBARRASSMENT Don't worry though, because starting in 2027, the powers that be have voted to make more money and further remove what made college football special with a participation trophy 24-team playoff. This proposal had widespread support among many coaches who will now have greater job security, as well as some conference commissioners who have never actually watched or followed college football. Case in point? Big Ten conference commissioner Tony Petitti. COLLEGE FOOTBALL MOVES CLOSER TO 24-GAME PLAYOFF AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE BEST REGULAR SEASON IN SPORTS Just this week, he defended the enlarged format with "logic" that is so disconnected from actual objective reality and history that it beggars belief. In an interview with College Sports Radio on Sirius XM, Petitti explained his "thinking" on the 24-team playoff coming next season and how it will impact the importance of games across the sport, week in and week out. "More games are going to matter," he said, inexplicably. "The way this format works is it’s got all different kinds of incentives, right? You’re going to fight like crazy to be inside the top 24, and then you want to get a home game, so you’re going to fight like crazy to be inside 16, and then you want to be inside eight, so you get a home game and a bye. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE "So you’re always playing for something. There’s a lot at stake across all of this, and I think this year has just proven that trying to separate 12 teams from everybody else is just going to be incredibly difficult in the way college football is structured right now, and how tough it is to win the road. How the talent has kind of been more dispersed over many more programs, and then last thing is we just need to have give fans games that matter … I don’t think there’s any controversy in that at all." It's worth raising the question, do the people who run college football actually follow the sport? Has Petitti ever watched college football? Part of what makes it special and unique, as opposed to the NFL's regular season slog, is that the games actually matter. There are stakes, because the margin for error is so small. Expanding the playoff removes those stakes, particularly for the superconference teams and especially the SEC. This season, thanks to the selection committee's incompetence, we're already heading towards a three-loss SEC team, if not multiple three-loss teams, reaching the tournament. In a 24-team format, we'll have four-loss teams, if not five-loss SEC teams, reaching the top-24. Results are going to matter less than ever. In a roundabout way, this might actually help lead to more games between marquee opponents, specifically because the outcome doesn't matter. But claiming that fans will feel the same level of intensity, stakes, excitement and energy over fighting to be in the top-8 so they can get a bye? That's insanity. To be fair to Petitti, he did identify that home playoff games would be a big draw for fans. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER "So I think look, and then when you get to the playoff, you know fans are going to show up," Petitti said. "These on-campus games are one of the best parts about it. Going the 16 on-campus games is going to be absolutely great. You know, when fan bases get a home game, especially if that’s unexpected when the season started, you’re going to see incredible reactions across college football." The issue? They'll be a big draw because the regular season is now so meaningless. We've already seen big programs struggle with attendance this year, outside marquee opponents. Just imagine how little interest there'll be in USC-Maryland or Miami-Stanford when the results don't mean anything. What makes all this even more frustrating is that everyone knows the actual motivation behind the playoff expansion: money. More playoff games means more high-value television properties to sell. The 24-team format ensures that programs from the Big Ten and SEC with large, passionate fanbases will have reasons to watch games, even when they're 6–4. It's rewarding mediocrity in search of more financial rewards. Which is what college football has become in recent years. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed188a3830286ffa39fea6 Hegseth expands National Guard operations in DC, authorizes police patrol cars, Humvees and boats te 2026-11-06T00:00:10.826Z Hegseth expands National Guard operations in DC, authorizes police patrol cars, Humvees and boats War Secretary Pete Hegseth has authorized National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., to use dozens of marked police cars, military vehicles and boats as local officials demand an end to the deployment. Two Pentagon officials confirmed to Fox News Digital that Hegseth signed an Oct. 29 memo authorizing up to 60 marked patrol cars, Humvees, military tactical vehicles, D.C. National Guard boats and up to 20 light towers and generators. Roughly 3,000 National Guard troops are deployed in the nation's capital as part of President Donald Trump's crime crackdown. FBI TOUTS 6,000 ARRESTS, 44% HOMICIDE DROP ONE YEAR INTO TRUMP'S DC CRIME CRACKDOWN "The secretary of war has authorized the continued use of National Guard personnel and capabilities in support of the Make D.C. Safe and Beautiful mission," a War Department official told Fox News Digital. "The October 29, 2026, guidance authorizes the use of up to 60 marked patrol cars, military tactical vehicles, up to 20 light towers and generators and D.C. National Guard maritime boat assets in support of federal and local law enforcement operations." Politico first reported the authorization, which follows Hegseth's decision last year to allow National Guard troops to carry service-issued weapons when required by their mission. TRUMP’S DC LAW-AND-ORDER BLITZ MARKS ONE YEAR WITH EYE-POPPING HAUL OF SUSPECTS The move comes as D.C. Councilmember Brooke Pinto, chair of the council's public safety committee, held a hearing Thursday examining the federal law enforcement and National Guard presence. "I am very hopeful and optimistic that we now have the partners we need at the state and congressional level to push back and demand that this unnecessary, harmful and unlawful military presence be removed from the district," she said during the hearing. Pinto called on newly elected Democratic governors in Georgia, Iowa, Nevada, Ohio and Texas to withdraw the combined 628 troops she said their states have deployed to Washington. Pinto also urged congressional Democrats to increase oversight of federal law enforcement operations in January, including requirements for identifying badges and body cameras. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed18893830286ffa39fe9d Ex-Biden official projected to win bid to unseat Mike Lawler in high-stakes House race te 2026-11-06T00:00:09.581Z Ex-Biden official projected to win bid to unseat Mike Lawler in high-stakes House race A former Biden administration aide is projected to defeat Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., in one of the most closely watched races of the 2026 election cycle. Cait Conley, a military veteran who served on the White House National Security Council, will likely be coming to Congress next year after beating the two-term incumbent for the job, The Associated Press projected late Thursday. Multiple forecasts suggested the seat would be a likely pickup for Democrats.  THUNE WEIGHS NIGHTMARE SCENARIO FOR GOP AS DEMOCRATS THREATEN TO FLIP HOUSE Both parties poured enormous resources into the race for New York’s 17th Congressional District in the months before Election Day. It was widely seen as key to both parties’ quests to win the House majority. The district, which sits just north of New York City, was won by Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024. TENSION ERUPTS DURING HOUSE MIDTERM DEBATE AS LAWLER FACT-CHECKS NEW YORK DEMOCRAT OPPONENT ON IMMIGRATION Lawler spent much of the race walking a political tightrope between supporting President Donald Trump and positioning himself as an independent voice. And the race itself was marked by bitter divisions on issues like immigration enforcement and taxes. DHS BOSS REVEALS OVAL OFFICE PLAN TO 'WITHHOLD FUNDING' FROM SANCTUARY CITIES AFTER AGGRESSIVE NEW YORK BUST Among Lawler’s backers were the parents of Sheridan Gorman, a college student from his district who was killed in Chicago while she was out with friends. Gorman’s accused killer is an illegal immigrant who was previously arrested for shoplifting, but was released without a federal immigration detainer because of Chicago’s sanctuary city laws. Lawler and Gorman's parents have pointed to her killing as proof that Democrat-backed sanctuary laws — which are active in New York as well — are deadly for Americans. He argued that Conley would do nothing to mitigate the effects of illegal immigration. ARMY COMBAT VETERAN CHALLENGING MIKE LAWLER CALLS HEGSETH NATIONAL SECURITY 'HAZARD,' BACKS IMPEACHMENT Conley, for her part, condemned Gorman’s killing and has said she is against illegal immigration, but she has not spoken out against sanctuary laws specifically. Conley served as counterterrorism director on the White House National Security Council from 2021 to 2023 and spent the remainder of former President Joe Biden’s term as a senior advisor on election security at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Fox News Power Rankings rated the district as "lean Democrat," while the Cook Political Report ranked it a toss-up. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed16303830286ffa39fe02 Nick Bosa and model girlfriend win 49ers bye week with injury return and topless modeling shoot te 2026-11-05T23:50:08.841Z Nick Bosa and model girlfriend win 49ers bye week with injury return and topless modeling shoot I'm going to start out by saying that I'm not going to rank which one of these is more important to the San Francisco 49ers season. That's not fair to me, and it's particularly not fair to Nick Bosa and his model girlfriend Ella Ailiff. Nobody would have blamed them for putting their feet up during the bye week and doing absolutely nothing. The NFL season is long and the Niners are only seven games into a seventeen-game regular season marathon. This is a team, at 6-1, that has the playoffs in its crosshairs. The bye week is an opportunity to get healthy, especially for a guy like Bosa who’s missed several games with an injury. He did that. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! On Wednesday, he told reporters that he feels great and is ready to go. He added that he thinks he's ready for the long haul as well. That's great news for the 49ers as they look ahead at what's left on the schedule. They want to keep the momentum they've built up going. Bosa knew the importance of working his way back, and he got the job done, but he wasn’t the only one contributing to the bye week win. His girlfriend, Ella Ailiff, was putting in work modeling for Guess. She was busy navigating what she called "90s guess vibes." Those are some of the best vibes, in my opinion. Part of executing the game plan during her modeling shoot was from the looks of it getting topless, which she did. You can see a "Guess girl" screenshot of that from her Instagram Story here. An all around solid bye week for these two. Let's give them the credit they deserve. They're healthy. They're not sitting around. They want to help the team win. That's winning football. All that's left to do is get back on the field. There's a chance that happens on Sunday afternoon at Levi's Stadium when the 49ers play the Las Vegas Raiders, according to NFL insider Ian Rapoport. Whether Bosa's on the field this weekend or not, he's taken a positive step towards making that a reality by hitting the practice field this week and let's just say Ailiff's Guess shoot didn't hurt either. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed162b3830286ffa39fdd7 Trump Says He Met With a Senior Russian Official on a Ukraine Peace Deal te 2026-11-05T23:50:03.978Z Trump Says He Met With a Senior Russian Official on a Ukraine Peace Deal President Trump said the deal “might involve all of Europe.” He indicated he had met with a Kremlin envoy whom Melania Trump hosted at the White House on Thursday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed162a3830286ffa39fdb4 Amy Klobuchar's Senate Exit: List of Democrats Most Likely to Replace Her te 2026-11-05T23:50:02.376Z Amy Klobuchar's Senate Exit: List of Democrats Most Likely to Replace Her Under Minnesota law, a U.S. Senate vacancy is filled by gubernatorial appointment, so the decision could fall to Klobuchar. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed13db3830286ffa39fd65 Tourist hot spot faces housing revolt as locals demand cuts to vacation lodging te 2026-11-05T23:40:11.344Z Tourist hot spot faces housing revolt as locals demand cuts to vacation lodging One of Spain's most popular vacation islands is facing calls for a limit on tourist accommodations in order to curb crowding. Jordi Mora, president of Pimem, a federation representing small and medium-sized businesses in Mallorca, said the island needs to take stronger steps to control tourism, according to the Majorca Daily Bulletin. "We need to curb tourism, which includes reducing the total number of tourist beds," Mora told the outlet. POPULAR DESTINATION CRACKS DOWN HARD ON TOURISTS AS NEW LIMITS THREATEN SUMMER GETAWAYS Mallorca, one of the Balearic Islands, received some 13.5 million visitors in 2025, a significant number for an island measuring roughly 1,400 square miles, Fox News Digital previously reported. Mora's proposal would include reducing the number of accommodations available in registered vacation rentals and taking stronger action against illegal rentals, the Majorca Daily Bulletin reported. Fox News Digital reached out to Pimem for comment. Mora said some smaller hotel operators would support reducing accommodations if the changes were made through agreements and incentives. "If this is approached through consensus and incentives, it is possible to move toward a more sustainable model," Mora said. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER A travel expert previously discussed the issues faced by the Balearic Island with Fox News Digital. "Once a place goes viral, it can get flooded with visitors really quickly. It’s great that people want to explore new places, but those places aren’t always set up to handle that kind of attention," travel expert Jordi Lippe-McGraw said.  "That’s when you start to see overcrowding, higher costs for locals and more pressure on the area overall." Mallorca has also been exploring a shift toward attracting fewer visitors who spend more money. Pedro Homar, managing director of Palma's tourism board, said Mallorca would prefer to attract wealthy American tourists, Fox News Digital reported. "Tourism is our way of life," Homar told The Wall Street Journal. "The change of model is quality over quantity. We need to have fewer tourists who spend more." American tourists in Spain spent about $410 per day this past July, compared with $240 for German visitors and $260 for British travelers, according to The Wall Street Journal. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES Mora also said the island does not need more tourists to grow its economy. "We must increase value and ensure that this growth benefits society as a whole," he told the Majorca Daily Bulletin. The clash with residents is especially noticeable in Mallorca, where thousands took to the streets in June 2025 to protest the growth of tourism on the island, Fox News Digital reported at the time. Demonstrators marched with signs saying, "One more tourist, one less resident." TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Mallorca's large visitor numbers have also brought other tourism concerns into focus. Viral videos over the summer appeared to show pickpockets targeting tourists near Palma, including older visitors near popular attractions, Fox News Digital previously reported. Travel expert Angel Castellanos told Fox News Digital at the time that crowded tourist areas can create opportunities for thieves, particularly when visitors are distracted or unfamiliar with their surroundings. "The takeaway isn't to avoid these places," Castellanos said. "It's to travel smarter." Andrea Margolis of Fox News Digital contributed reporting. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed13d93830286ffa39fd4a Hobbs targets school vouchers, water protections with Democrats in control of Legislature te 2026-11-05T23:40:09.216Z Hobbs targets school vouchers, water protections with Democrats in control of Legislature PHOENIX -- With fellow Democrats now in control of the Legislature, Gov. Katie Hobbs Wednesday night promised to "crack down on the waste, fraud, and abuse in the out-of-control ESA entitlement program.'' Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed13d73830286ffa39fd41 Vehicle Theft Prevention and Awareness event hosted by Bullhead City Police Department te 2026-11-05T23:40:07.909Z Vehicle Theft Prevention and Awareness event hosted by Bullhead City Police Department BULLHEAD CITY — Police want to help you keep your car from being stolen. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed13d33830286ffa39fd21 Hegseth Lashes Out at Critics Calling for His Firing te 2026-11-05T23:40:03.335Z Hegseth Lashes Out at Critics Calling for His Firing In a new video, the defense secretary vowed to “finish what we have started.” Some Republicans say the Iran war was a big factor in their party’s midterm losses. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed11843830286ffa39fcbe Midterms and 2028: Join America's conversation here! te 2026-11-05T23:30:12.273Z Midterms and 2028: Join America's conversation here! Tap or click "Comments" to weigh in. What's your take on the future of the 2028 race? Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed11823830286ffa39fcb5 MLW's Trevor Lee set for major high-stakes match against Yota Tsuji at Saturday Night SuperFight te 2026-11-05T23:30:10.145Z MLW's Trevor Lee set for major high-stakes match against Yota Tsuji at Saturday Night SuperFight 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, Austin Aries and Místico, while also holding the MLW Southern Crown Championship. He broke the news with OutKick Dropkick/Fox News Digital in April and said at the time he had been waiting for a good opportunity to come his way. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK PRO WRESTLING COVERAGE Now, he’s making the most of it. Lee will have a chance to make a statement at Saturday Night SuperFight this weekend when he steps into the ring with IWGP heavyweight champion Yota Tsuji, who is a superstar with New Japan Pro-Wrestling. "I think it’s been going great," Lee told OutKick Dropkick of his time with MLW so far. "I think with the last time we spoke, I probably said something along the lines of, I just want to go out there and show what I can do, and I feel like over these past few months, I've had the capability to do that. I think that we're gonna be looking at even more opportunity coming this Saturday when I wrestle Yota. I mean, I couldn't ask for a better opportunity, right? The IWGP heavyweight champion. I'm looking at this match like kind of like a job interview, right? And, what a way to, what a way to try to start it out." Lee was the one who called out Tsuji for this match at one of MLW’s biggest shows of the year. MLW'S COURT BAUER TOUTS 'HUGE YEAR' FOR COMPANY AMID MEDIA DEALS, SPLASH MOVES Tsuji is a two-time IWGP heavyweight champion, two-time IWGP global heavyweight champion and has held the IWGP Intercontinental Championship and the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship one-time each. The stakes are as high as they could be going into this match. "I wanna show that I'm ready for that opportunity and if we're gonna bring these guys in and we're gonna highlight these guys as being the top guys that they truly are, Yota is the top of the top at New Japan," he continued. "So, if he's gonna come over here and he's gonna ask for a fight, then, you know, I'm looking for an opportunity. And I told you that right the last time we spoke, that I'm just wanting opportunities and what bigger opportunity." Tsuji already has a cast of wrestlers gunning for his title. Most recently, it was Boltin Oleg and Kenny Omega. Though Saturday night’s match is a non-title fight, the potential of Lee pinning Tsuji may put him among the contenders for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! OutKick Dropkick asked Lee if he’s thought about that possibility. "One-hundred percent," he said. "I'd love to wrestle for New Japan. I've never wrestled for New Japan. I've wrestled for a lot of companies in, in my career, but, I've never had the opportunity to even go to Japan and wrestle in Japan. So, what better way to step in day one to show everybody, hey, I've already beat the top guy here and, and I'm ready to continue to do it again." Lee vs. Tsuji is one of seven matches on the massive Saturday Night SuperFight card, which will feature MLW world heavyweight champion Killer Kross going up against Josh Bishop in a last man standing match for the title. Lee predicted that the Chicago crowd will be "rocking" as MLW brings a different style of pro wrestling to the masses. MLW’s Saturday Night SuperFight can be seen at home on Veeps, starting at 8 p.m. ET. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed117f3830286ffa39fca8 ‘We expect them to deliver’: Arizona voters voice their needs with a new party in power te 2026-11-05T23:30:07.543Z ‘We expect them to deliver’: Arizona voters voice their needs with a new party in power PHOENIX – “This isn’t a blue wave,” said Reginald Bolding, a former State Representative in Arizona. “This is the people’s wave.” Arizona Democrats may have achieved a blue trifecta this midterm election retaining control of the governor’s office, and gaining control of both chambers of the state Legislature, a feat not accomplished in nearly six decades. As candidates declare victory, Arizona voters express hope that this new balance of power will ensure their voices are heard going forward. “What changed that map was not one speech or one campaign; it was the people and the organizing year after year,” Bolding, a Democrat and coalition director of Activate 48, said. “Arizona did not flip by accident. It was organized, and as the votes continue to be counted, the results point to something Arizona has not seen in nearly 60 years: a governor and a legislature elected on the same agenda.” Several nonprofit organizations, such as Activate 48, Our Voice Our Vote and Living United for Change in Arizona, held a victory rally at the State Capitol Wednesday to celebrate the work they put in to help turn Arizona blue. And while they were happy to see Democratic successes, they said the true motivation behind electing Democrats was to help their communities.  Alejandra Gomez, executive director of progressive advocacy group Living United for Change in Arizona, said working communities in the state face rising utility bills, fear of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ripping families apart and the reality of the climate crisis.  “To the Democrats elected with their support, fight for them,” Gomez said. “Fight for affordable housing, paid family medical leave, healthcare that does not bankrupt them, public schools with the resources our children deserve, driver’s license for our communities who just want to get to work to provide for their families and contribute to Arizona’s success.” Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes was also at the State Capitol Wednesday after his reelection win. In remarks to the media, Fontes said this election was a reaffirmation that the people and the people alone decide who governs them.  “We have a duty to include more voices every time we have an election in Arizona, because if you’ve got more people voting, you’ve got a better representation of what more people think, and isn’t that what we’re supposed to be doing?” Fontes said.   Secretary of State Adrian Fontes speaks at a press conference on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026 at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix. His campaign supporters stand behind him with signs. (Photo by Kendall Makuta/Cronkite News) As Arizona secretary of state Fontes is responsible for elections in the state.  Amid noise and fear about election integrity, Fontes said that the election system was secure, free and accessible for all Arizonans. Election denialism has been rejected “wholeheartedly,” Fontes said.  The festivities continued at the Capitol into the evening as reelected Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs was joined by Lt. Gov. elect John Giles, an independent, to celebrate their victory.  “You elected a Democratic governor and a former Republican mayor, now an independent, on the same ticket. And you asked us to work together, right? We come from different backgrounds and different parties, but we share the same North Star putting Arizona first,” Giles, previously the Republican mayor of Mesa, said.  Hobb’s campaign focused on affordability and assistance to middle-class families, as well as women’s rights, job opportunities and bringing together the Arizona Over Party Coalition, made up of Republicans, Democrats and Independents to accomplish these goals.   “In my second term, we’ll keep building on our progress and make Arizona the affordable state it was when I was growing up,” Hobbs said, “To my colleagues in the legislature, my door is open, just as it has been for four years. Republicans and Democrats have sat at my table, and together we’ve passed balanced bipartisan budgets that put Arizona families first.” In a post on X, Vice President JD Vance weighed in on the conversation about why Republicans lost across the country. “Undoubtedly there were places we could have done better on turnout. But the main problem is not turnout. The main problem is that many people who voted for Trump/Vance in 2024 voted for Democrats in 2026.” Vance posted. He singled out the war on Iran as the primary reason for Republican losses. Giles spoke directly to Republicans and independents.  “I have to say to all the Republicans and independents who cross party lines this year, I know that wasn’t easy. I’ve been there. I’ve walked that road myself. But putting Arizona first is always worth it,” Giles said at the celebration rally.  “I promise that the governor and I will wake up every day and work just as hard for you. As mayor, I learned that there’s no Republican or Democratic way to fill a pothole,” Giles said, “There’s no partisan approach that protects our water, builds homes that families can afford, keeps rural hospitals open, or gets kids ready for good jobs that are coming to this state.” Other advocates also say that the future of the state relies on community solutions rather than political party loyalty.  Sena Mohammed, executive director of Our Voice Our Vote, spoke during the victory rally Wednesday.  “People are calling this a blue wave,” Mohammed said. “Respectfully, that’s not the whole story. What hit Arizona last night and across the entire country has been building for 10 years. It’s a black wave. It’s a brown wave. It’s a working class wave.” Now that the Democrats have gained ground in Arizona, voters expect them to follow through with their promises and reflect the priorities of the people who helped put them in power. “We expect them to deliver,” Gomez said. “The conversations have been had, the policies have been discussed, and now it’s about action. Now it’s about getting together, sitting at the table together, making sure that we’re preparing and delivering for our communities collectively.” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed0f273830286ffa39fc31 'Wipe those tears from our eyes and play like 46': Lions defense turns Jack Campbell tragedy into fuel te 2026-11-05T23:20:07.822Z 'Wipe those tears from our eyes and play like 46': Lions defense turns Jack Campbell tragedy into fuel The pain of watching Jack Campbell collapse helplessly on the Ford Field turf Sunday has not completely subsided for the Detroit Lions. It certainly is not forgotten by teammates on defense that spent those horrible moments wiping away tears as their captain lay motionless with a neck injury. But four days later, following Campbell's mostly positive report about having lower body motion, the focus has shifted to how to continue handling the situation. The prayers persist. That hasn't stopped. LIONS' JACK CAMPBELL OPENS UP ABOUT NECK INJURY, ANNOUNCES LOWER BODY MOVEMENT BUT ACKNOWLEDGES CHALLENGES But the anguish, despair and despondency are yielding to something different. Something better: Inspiration. "You're kidding yourself to say it's not hard for the players to see something like that happen to anyone, let alone a player of his stature, of his makeup, of his heart," Lions defensive coordinator Kelvin Sheppard said on Thursday. "And to think these players are going to walk back in here like nothing happened? "So the theme has been, let's prepare and play like 46 – every day." Sheppard said a key fourth-down calls he made toward the end of Sunday's game was calling a blitz against the Minnesota Vikings when that is not typical for the Lions. He said the message to players then was, "we're about to do this for 46," which is Campbell's number. That approach has extended through this week. "I wake up [thinking] 'what would 46 want me to do today?' Sheppard said. "Would he want us to sulk and feel sorry? I can guarantee you, y'all know Jack, absolutely not. He'd be p---ed off if he found out guys were crying and guys were about him. That's just his makeup. "So that's what we're doing in everything we do. Every meeting I told the unit, every walkthrough, every play, you all know how Jack prepares. You all know how he plays. The way you honor him is to wipe those tears from your eyes and make sure we prepare and play like him. "So that's the thing moving forward to this week." This is good coaching. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Sheppard cannot deny the emotions his players invested on the scary and uncertain moments while Campbell was being placed on a immobilization board and carted off the field. But the NFL season has not stopped since the game moved ahead. And like the game, the season continues for the Lions. And so Sheppard is asking his defensive players to accept something horrible, acknowledge it, and not only overcome it but turn it into a tool. "That is," Sheppard repeated "the theme for the week." FOLLOW ARMANDO SALGUERO ON X: @ARMANDOSALGUERO Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed0cd43830286ffa39fbb4 Firefighter who battled COVID on front lines says he lost career for refusing vaccine: 'I'm on team Jesus' te 2026-11-05T23:10:12.620Z Firefighter who battled COVID on front lines says he lost career for refusing vaccine: 'I'm on team Jesus' A veteran Washington state firefighter who helped respond to some of America's first COVID-19 patients says he lost the career he loved after refusing to violate his religious beliefs to comply with a vaccine mandate, and is now fighting to have his day in court. Scott Carlson, a former lieutenant with the Redmond Fire Department, told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview that he and his colleagues spent 18 months on the front lines of the pandemic without a single case of cross-contamination before the city's vaccine requirements upended his career. "We worked 18 months with zero cross-contaminations," Carlson said. "We did our job very well. And then the governor came out and said that they wanted us to get the COVID vaccine mandate." WHO IS JAMES ERDMAN III? CIA WHISTLEBLOWER WHO WENT FROM COVID MANDATE FIGHTS TO SENATE SPOTLIGHT But when Washington officials implemented COVID-19 vaccination requirements, Carlson said he sought a religious exemption in 2021, only to learn that he would not be permitted to continue working. First Liberty did not elaborate on his behalf regarding his religious exemption request. "I went through and applied for a religious exemption," Carlson recalled. "I had to prove that I was actually religious, and it wasn't just something I wanted." "And then about 10 days later, the mayor [Angela Birney] came back and got rid of all of that and said no, and then decided to terminate all of us," Carlson alleged. According to court documents, Carlson filed a lawsuit against the City of Redmond in federal court on Dec. 8, 2022, alleging that officials violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by failing to accommodate his religious beliefs and retaliating against him for requesting an exemption from the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The lawsuit was later amended twice to include additional firefighters after they received notices from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission granting them the right to sue, according to the court filing. The firefighters are appealing a December 2025 federal district court ruling that sided with the City of Redmond, rejecting their claims that the city failed to accommodate their religious beliefs and retaliated against them for seeking exemptions from its COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Their attorney, Cliff Martin, told Fox News Digital in an interview Wednesday that the case involves more than a disagreement over vaccine policy. He alleges the city had positions available that could have accommodated the firefighters but appeared to keep those opportunities from them. OREGON SETTLES WITH CHRISTIAN MOTHER DENIED FOSTER CARE ADOPTION OVER GENDER IDENTITY BELIEFS According to First Liberty Institute, who is representing the eight firefighters, Carlson initially received religious exemptions before those accommodations were revoked following an executive order from Redmond's mayor. The firefighters' attorneys allege that city officials subsequently withheld information about available positions that could have allowed the employees to remain on the job. The legal team is asking the Ninth Circuit to overturn a lower court ruling that rejected their claims. "We're at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, and we are hopeful that the circuit court will reverse a summary judgment order and will recognize and vindicate the victims of this religious discrimination," Martin told Fox News Digital. Martin alleged that the employer could have transferred the firefighters into other roles where vaccination was not required. "Instead, they hid those available positions from the plaintiffs and then filled them with vaccinated firefighters so that there was nowhere to transfer these unvaccinated firefighters who had a religious objection to the COVID vaccine," he said. WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT FORCED KIDS TO HIDE BIBLES IN SEALED ENVELOPES MUST APOLOGIZE, PAY $275K Those allegations are central to the firefighters' legal challenge and have not been independently established in the interview material provided to Fox News Digital. For Carlson, the consequences went far beyond losing a paycheck. He said firefighting was a calling that allowed him to serve his community, use his skills and help others during some of the most difficult moments of their lives. "The emotion of losing my career, and what I feel a little bit is what my purpose is, over my faith, that was a heart divided, because I love Jesus so much that I was like, ‘Hey, I'm going to follow you no matter what, I'm on team Jesus. But dang it, this is hard.’" Carlson said the loss of his position meant losing an important part of how he served others. "This is how I serve. This is how I love on the community," he said. "So, that was a very hard emotion to say that I'm no longer going to be able to do this." Although the COVID-19 pandemic has faded from daily headlines, Carlson said the legal and personal consequences remain unresolved for people who lost their jobs during the vaccine mandate era. TRUMP DOJ EXPANDS RELIGIOUS LIBERTY PROTECTIONS AFTER MAJOR SUPREME COURT RULINGS "A lot of people say, ‘Oh, COVID's over, the pandemic's over,’ and a lot of people have varying opinions about it," Carlson said. "Most of those opinions have changed. Most people are shocked to hear that things aren't done. They hear, ‘Oh, hey, the military is having some of these cases or some of these things changed,’ or somebody else has had a success or a victory in this sense." Martin said the appeal raises fundamental questions about the extent of employers' obligations to consider religious accommodations. "No employee should have to choose between their faith and their job here," Martin said. A spokesperson for the City of Redmond told Fox News Digital that the city "does not comment on pending or ongoing litigation. The City will continue to address this matter through the appropriate legal channels." A spokesperson for the Redmond mayor's office told Fox News Digital it could only refer to the city's statement due to the ongoing nature of the litigation. Fox News Digital reached out to the Redmond Fire Department for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed0cd33830286ffa39fbab Sylvester Stallone says Hollywood abandoned Middle America as Taylor Sheridan found an ignored audience te 2026-11-05T23:10:11.609Z Sylvester Stallone says Hollywood abandoned Middle America as Taylor Sheridan found an ignored audience Sylvester Stallone didn't hold back when it came to Hollywood's biggest blind spot. The "Tulsa King" star explained Taylor Sheridan found success by giving a forgotten audience exactly what it had been missing. According to Stallone, Sheridan tapped into something Hollywood had long ignored: an audience eager for stories rooted in Middle America. "It's very, very important because that audience was ignored for centuries, it seems, since John Wayne," Stallone explained during an appearance on "The Rest Is Entertainment." "And he really mined a consciousness like, 'Oh, we forgot about that guy in the middle of America.' They're always right about California and New York." TAYLOR SHERIDAN SAYS HOLLYWOOD DIDN’T BELIEVE IN 'YELLOWSTONE,' NOW IT’S A TV EMPIRE "But the middle America, it's a different vibe," he added. "And so people were starving for it. It's like a simpler world and more, I would just say, confrontational." Despite Sheridan's success, Stallone doesn't think Hollywood has caught up when it comes to film-making and what Middle America might be hoping to see on the big screen. "But the beauty of streaming is they're fast, and they're nimble, and they can really put a show on the air in a matter of weeks," Stallone said. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE Stallone's criticism of Hollywood comes as the industry prepares to revisit his own battle to get a story told on his terms. Stallone's remarkable journey from struggling actor to Hollywood superstar is getting the big-screen treatment in "I Play Rocky," a 2026 biographical drama directed by Peter Farrelly. Advertisment The film follows Stallone's determination to write and star in the 1976 boxing classic, despite Hollywood executives initially resisting the idea of an unknown actor playing the lead. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Stallone didn't participate in the making of "I Play Rocky," explaining he felt the project would look like an "ego massaging vehicle" if he were involved. "And then they showed me the fellow who was going to play me and I thought it was me," he said, referring to the film's star, Anthony Ippolito. "He gained weight. I mean, he looked the real deal." PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE Stallone became a household name because of the action film, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. His five most recognizable films include "Rocky," "First Blood," "Rocky IV," "Cliffhanger," and "Creed." His portrayal of boxer Rocky Balboa and Vietnam veteran John Rambo helped establish him as one of Hollywood's most enduring action stars. The actor found a new television audience with his starring role in "Tulsa King." Stallone plays Dwight "The General" Manfredi, a New York Mafia capo who is released from prison after serving 25 years. Rather than being welcomed back into the criminal organization he protected, Dwight is sent to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he begins building his own criminal empire with an unlikely group of associates. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed0cd23830286ffa39fba2 Bill Belichick advances once again as Pro Football Hall of Fame finalist after first-ballot snub in 2026 te 2026-11-05T23:10:10.411Z Bill Belichick advances once again as Pro Football Hall of Fame finalist after first-ballot snub in 2026 Bill Belichick is back where he was last year, as he was among the five coaches that advanced in the process to potentially be elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. No one expected Belichick to still be on the ballot at this point, though, believing he deserved to be a first-ballot Hall of Famer. After all, he has the second-most wins by a head coach of all time, and some believe he is the greatest coach to ever grace an NFL sideline. But, despite his many accolades and reverence in the sport, Belichick didn’t make the cut on his first ballot, sending the football world into massive debate and many of his former players speaking out in disgust. Belichick himself was "puzzled" and "disappointed" he wasn’t a first-ballot Hall of Famer, per ESPN. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE One year later, Belichick could, and should, be in the Hall of Fame Class of 2027, as the governing body announced that next step for him and four other coaches on Thursday. Joining Belichick are great former coaches Tom Coughlin, Dan Reeves, Mike Holmgren and Mike Shanahan from the group of 14 who were considered. The coaching subcommittee will meet next on Nov. 17 to pick one from the final five to be presented in front of the voting committee for the 2027 class. Belichick moved on in 2026, and it’s highly expected he will do so again. So, the question becomes: will he now get at least the 40 votes needed to be placed in Canton for eternity? This is a head coach who tallied six Super Bowls with the New England Patriots, while owning two prior to that with the New York Giants as their defensive coordinator. There’s no question his resume speaks for itself, and he even told an associate, per ESPN, "Six Super Bowls isn’t enough?" THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! After Belichick was snubbed, the Hall of Fame overhauled its selection process, cutting the voting committee down from 50 to 28, while ending formal presentations and merging the senior category with modern era. The Hall says the changes are intended to "improve its selection process." "The Hall continually reviews its bylaws to ensure the selection process reflects the highest standards of integrity and the magnitude of election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame," said Hall of Fame president Jim Porter in September. "There is no more important task at the Hall of Fame than the election of each new class." Belichick is currently in his second season as the head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels, who sit 4-4 on the year. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed0cd03830286ffa39fb8f Press Coffee opens Camelback location te 2026-11-05T23:10:08.346Z Press Coffee opens Camelback location Phoenix-based specialty coffee roaster Press Coffee will celebrate the grand opening of its new Camelback Corridor location Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 7-8, with complimentary treats, giveaways and fall-themed activations throughout the weekend. The 2,029-square-foot café at 3133 E. Camelback Road is the company’s 23rd location and will offer 38 indoor seats and 48 outdoor seats, making it one of company’s largest location expansions this year. During the grand opening, the location will host a food truck and on-site DJ both days and celebrate the season with the launch of its Pumpkin Spice coffees. The first 20 guests each day will receive a $5 gift card, with additional coffee and treat giveaways planned throughout the celebration. Visit www.presscoffee.com for more information. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed0ccb3830286ffa39fb52 What Midterm Blue Tsunami Could Mean for 'Frozen' Housing Market te 2026-11-05T23:10:03.193Z What Midterm Blue Tsunami Could Mean for 'Frozen' Housing Market Now that Democrats won control during Tuesday’s midterm elections, prospective homebuyers are hopeful the tide could turn. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed0a753830286ffa39fabc National Guard to Expand Patrols in Washington With Military Vehicles and Boats te 2026-11-05T23:00:05.280Z National Guard to Expand Patrols in Washington With Military Vehicles and Boats The Pentagon said that the decision by Pete Hegseth to widen the patrols was made on Oct. 29, just before a landslide defeat for Republicans in the midterm elections. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed0a733830286ffa39fa98 How Rural American Voters Changed From 2024 to 2026 Amid Blue Tsunami te 2026-11-05T23:00:03.422Z How Rural American Voters Changed From 2024 to 2026 Amid Blue Tsunami The GOP on Tuesday won small towns and rural areas by 16 points, half of its 32-point margin in 2024, according to exit polling. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed08223830286ffa39fa00 Desert tsunami: Democrats celebrate historic trifecta, make plans to govern te 2026-11-05T22:50:10.348Z Desert tsunami: Democrats celebrate historic trifecta, make plans to govern Key Points: Democrats will likely hold a trifecta at the Arizona Capitol for the first time in 60 years Legislative leaders will be selected soon Democratic lobbyists and consultants predict bipartisan governance After a shocking, seismic shift in Arizona’s political power dynamics, Democrats are set to hold a trifecta for the first time in more than half a century, giving Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs a rare opportunity to advance policy with a friendly Legislature in 2027.  Election results are unofficial, and votes are still being counted statewide, but if current results hold, Democrats will lead the House 37-23 and the Senate 20-10. They are also leading the races for attorney general, secretary of state, superintendent of public instruction, treasurer, mine inspector and corporation commission. Hobbs, who began her Arizona political career at the Legislature, congratulated legislative Democrats at a Wednesday night victory rally. “When I got to the Legislature in 2011, there were so few Democrats in the Senate that we joked the caucus could share one pizza,” Hobbs said. “We’ve now gone from a one-pizza caucus to a majority in both chambers.” During her remarks, the governor pledged to work with those majorities to rein in the Empowerment Scholarship Accounts program, pass rural groundwater legislation, extend Proposition 123, cut red tape for starter home developments and accelerate apprenticeship programs.  And it appears that the current Democratic leadership — House Minority Leader Oscar De Los Santos, D-Laveen, and Senate Minority Leader Priya Sundareshan, D-Tucson — could be Hobbs’ partners in those efforts as the next speaker and president.   “Oscar De Los Santos is someone that people kind of have quietly underestimated for a long time,” said Liz Goodman, the chair of Rose Law Group’s government affairs department. “We all know [Sundareshan] is a brilliant water and environmental attorney, but she’s really proven to be a talented and successful leader too, and I think she’s brought the caucus together in a way that I haven’t seen in many years where there’s true caucus unity.” Sundareshan said in a Thursday statement that legislative Democrats understand the responsibility that comes with being elected to the majority.  “Our commitment to results has always been clear,” Sundareshan said. “This moment strengthens our determination to transform Arizona into a place where everyone has a fair shot at getting ahead.” Caucus organization meetings are expected to be held over the coming days. Rep. Janeen Connolly, D-Tempe, told reporters on Election Night that she was also interested in making a bid for speaker.  Democratic political consultants and lobbyists expect Hobbs to stick to the moderate, pragmatic governing approach she used in her first term — even with her newfound support in the Legislature. “By and large, most people understand this [election] was not a mandate to do ultra-progressive policies,” said consultant Matt Grodsky. “This was about bringing costs down, doing smart policies when it comes to water, reining in data centers where appropriate and making sure that we’re pushing back against federal overreach.” Brian Murray, a Republican political consultant and lobbyist with Cornerstone Public Affairs, a bipartisan firm, said he and other partners formed Cornerstone when it became clear that Arizona’s Legislature was becoming more bipartisan and that Democrats could flip the chambers.  “Anything that’s meaningful almost always has to have bipartisan support,” Murray said.  Hobbs’ first term was marked by her veto pen, which she used to break the state record for most bills rejected in a single legislative session in both 2023 and 2025. While her all-time veto record of 541 bills likely won’t grow exponentially, Democratic consultant Stacy Pearson said she expects the governor to keep setting high expectations for legislation.  “I think she is going to require the Legislature to continue to bring her bipartisan bills. That was a requirement of her first term; I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a requirement of her second,” Pearson said. “I could see her continuing that commitment to ensure that we’re not renting these seats for two years, that we’re not renting a majority as Democrats.” As the minority party, Democratic lawmakers rarely had their bills heard in committee hearings, and even fewer reached the governor’s desk. In 2025, ten bills sponsored by Democrats reached Hobbs’ desk, and in 2026 only 16 Democratic bills made it as far as passing one chamber and receiving a hearing in the other, a small fraction of the more than 2,000 bills introduced during that session.  “What we’ve had in the past is a Republican-led Legislature that never even thought to hear some of the bills that Democrats put forward,” Secretary of State Adrian Fontes said in a Wednesday press conference. “They never even bothered to respect the voices of those folks who were the duly elected representatives of their constituents” Roy Herrera, a Democratic lobbyist and founding partner of Herrera Arellano, said Democrats will feel pressure in 2027 to deliver on campaign promises to make living expenses more affordable. “Now, you actually have to get stuff passed,” Herrera said. “If the Democrats want to keep the majority for more than two years, they’re going to have to deliver … quickly on meeting some of those needs.” Pearson agreed, arguing the trifecta must make affordability and cost-of-living issues day-one priorities. “Democrats don’t have time for a victory lap,” Pearson said. “This is an indication of how hard people are suffering.” The post Desert tsunami: Democrats celebrate historic trifecta, make plans to govern first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed081f3830286ffa39f9ef Coconino County Sheriff's Office conducts multiple search and rescue operations te 2026-11-05T22:50:07.624Z Coconino County Sheriff's Office conducts multiple search and rescue operations According to the announcement, several residents and visitors in Oak Creek Canyon were currently stranded as of Wednesday due to bridges being washed over by floodwater, as well as debris obstructing roadways and routes of travel. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed081d3830286ffa39f9e3 Proposición 421: votantes de Tucson rumbo a rechazar franquicia con TEP te 2026-11-05T22:50:05.934Z Proposición 421: votantes de Tucson rumbo a rechazar franquicia con TEP Los resultados no oficiales muestran que el 55.15% de los votantes dijo que no a un nuevo acuerdo de 25 años entre la Ciudad de Tucson y Tucson Electric Power. La Proposición 421 pide a los votantes permitir que la ciudad celebre un acuerdo de franquicia con TEP, una empresa de servicios públicos de propiedad privada cuya empresa matriz es Fortis Inc., con sede en Canadá. TEP tiene el monopolio del servicio eléctrico en el área metropolitana de Tucson y opera bajo un acuerdo de franquicia de 25 años con la Ciudad de Tucson desde 2000.  Ese acuerdo estaba previsto para expirar en abril de 2026, pero fue extendido hasta abril de 2027 después de que los votantes rechazaran una renovación propuesta en 2023. TEP seguiría proporcionando electricidad a los habitantes de Tucson si la Prop. 421 fracasa. Lea más. Hasta el jueves por la mañana, con el 99.6% de los precintos reportando resultados, 71,487 residentes de Tucson habían votado no a la pregunta de la boleta, mientras que 58,143 habían votado que sí. En un comunicado emitido el miércoles, la alcaldesa de Tucson, Regina Romero, dijo que los habitantes de Tucson están molestos por el costo de vida y los aumentos en las tarifas de TEP. Dijo que TEP “debe volver a la mesa de negociaciones con una mejor oferta que realmente satisfaga las necesidades de nuestra comunidad, asegurando que el crecimiento de los servicios públicos y la protección de los consumidores vayan de la mano”. La concejal del Distrito 6, Miranda Schubert, quien ha apoyado un modelo de energía pública, dijo que el rechazo de los votantes a la Prop. 421 le indica que la comunidad quiere ser incluida en un nuevo plan que dé prioridad a sus intereses. “Tenemos que mirar hacia un futuro en el que construyamos una energía confiable, segura y asequible para todos los habitantes de Tucson”, dijo Schubert. Uno de los mensajes de los anuncios de TEP for Tucson era que las reparaciones de emergencia tardarían más sin un acuerdo de franquicia porque la ciudad tendría que aprobar permisos antes de que TEP pudiera acceder al derecho de vía público. “La ciudad de Tucson cumplirá con nuestra obligación de garantizar que las reparaciones urgentes y de emergencia no se retrasen por la obtención de permisos”, dijo Schubert. Joseph Barrios, gerente de comunicaciones corporativas de TEP, dijo que es difícil decir exactamente cómo avanzará TEP después de que el acuerdo de franquicia expire en abril, porque han operado bajo un acuerdo durante los últimos 25 años. Los líderes de la empresa tendrán que reunirse con funcionarios de la ciudad para determinar un proceso eficiente, dijo Barrios. “Creo que lo principal para nosotros es que, independientemente de si los votantes de la ciudad de Tucson apoyaron o no la medida, esos votantes siguen siendo nuestros clientes, y vamos a continuar brindando el mejor servicio que podamos”, dijo. De cara a las elecciones, la Coalición Public Power for Tucson instó a los votantes a rechazar la Prop. 421, argumentando que es un mal acuerdo para los habitantes de Tucson mientras TEP continúa buscando aumentos en las tarifas. Sin un acuerdo de 25 años, la coalición tiene la intención de presionar más a sus líderes electos para que impulsen un modelo de empresa de energía eléctrica propiedad de la ciudad. June Williams, integrante de la coalición por la energía pública, dijo que estaba orgullosa de ver que los habitantes de Tucson no se dejaron engañar por las “tácticas de miedo” de los anuncios de TEP. “Esto es un rechazo a los monopolios. Esto es un rechazo a los multimillonarios”, dijo Williams. “Esto es un rechazo a las cosas que están perjudicando a los estadounidenses y a los habitantes de Tucson de clase trabajadora”. Traducción: Beatriz Limón  The post Proposición 421: votantes de Tucson rumbo a rechazar franquicia con TEP appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed081c3830286ffa39f9c3 S&P Global Tech Chief Says AI Efficiency Won’t Be Enough—Try Humility te 2026-11-05T22:50:04.404Z S&P Global Tech Chief Says AI Efficiency Won’t Be Enough—Try Humility Firdaus Bhathena discusses faster product development, changing customer needs and why trust matters as AI reshapes business. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed081a3830286ffa39f9a4 Airbnb says it’s launching an AI travel agent in the first half of 2027 te 2026-11-05T22:50:02.331Z Airbnb says it’s launching an AI travel agent in the first half of 2027 Airbnb says its upcoming AI agent will help travelers plan trips, compare options, manage bookings, and get assistance throughout their stay. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed05c73830286ffa39f95c Democrat Mansour defeats Norton to become next Arizona Treasurer te 2026-11-05T22:40:07.548Z Democrat Mansour defeats Norton to become next Arizona Treasurer Nick Mansour, the Democratic nominee for Arizona treasurer, at the Clean Elections debate on Sept. 23, 2026. (Photo by Joe Rondone/The Arizona Republic/pool) Democrats will be taking over the Arizona State Treasurer’s Office with Nick Mansour, the former CEO of the Arizona College of Nursing, beating his Republican opponent, Elijah Norton, by seven points.  In a post to social media, Mansour thanked Norton for running a “spirited campaign” and said he intends to “keep politics out of the office” which has been held by Republicans for decades.  GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. SUBSCRIBE Norton on social media conceded the race Thursday afternoon and said he spoke to Mansour about the race earlier that day. “I had the honor of calling (Mansour) earlier today – conceding – and congratulating him on his victory,” Norton wrote. “Because that is what we are supposed to do when we lose. I wish him success and pledge my support to him as Arizona’s next treasurer.”  Norton, the president of Veritas Global Protection Services, a vehicle insurance company he founded, won a contentious primary in July. He is a former treasurer for the Arizona Republican Party.  In recent years, the wealthy businessman has largely bankrolled the state GOP — he’s contributed more than $1 million to the party since 2023, including nearly $200,000 in the first half of 2026 — and he has poured more than $4 million into his treasurer campaign.  He has also been the single most prolific funder of other Republican candidates in Arizona in the 2026 election cycle: State campaign finance records show he gave nearly $5.4 million to GOP campaign efforts, including his own.   Norton made note of his party connections in his concession post, acknowledging the major wins Democrats both locally and nationally have taken in this mid-term election.  “As a former party officer, that means one thing, we need to reflect and reorganize, not blame the other side,” Norton said.  YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed05c23830286ffa39f928 Some Student Loan Borrowers Paying Up to $12,000 More on Federal Tax Bills te 2026-11-05T22:40:02.299Z Some Student Loan Borrowers Paying Up to $12,000 More on Federal Tax Bills Borrowers receiving forgiveness through IDR could incur roughly $6,000 to nearly $12,000 in additional federal taxes. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed03733830286ffa39f889 Super Bowl champion Rod Woodson says the KKK tried to burn his family's home down when he was 11 years old te 2026-11-05T22:30:11.491Z Super Bowl champion Rod Woodson says the KKK tried to burn his family's home down when he was 11 years old Super Bowl champion Rod Woodson said the Ku Klux Klan tried to burn down his house when he was a kid. Woodson, whose father was Black and mother was White, said he was 11 years old when he woke up in the middle of the night to flames emanating from the back of his house. "I woke up, it was like 2:00 in the morning. I look up and we only had a two-bedroom house. So my mom and dad bedroom was right here. Our bed, all three boys stayed in the other side of the other bedroom. I wake up, I look and I see this flickering, these lights outside of the back of our our window and I'm like, ‘What the heck?’" Woodson said during an appearance on OutKick’s "The Craig Carton Show." CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE "And I looked and our house is on fire, like right below our window." The Pro Football Hall of Famer said he ran to get his dad and notify him that the house was on fire. The family got out of the house, and the fire department conducted an investigation. "We get a letter a week later from the KKK saying, ‘If you guys don't get your mixed race butts out of this area, it's going to happen again.’ And so, it was the KKK," Woodson said. The 61-year-old, who grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana, said the Ku Klux Klan doused the house in gasoline, but dogs began barking, causing the attackers to flee before returning. The gasoline had partially dried by the time they returned, preventing the house from immediately going up in flames. RAVENS ANNOUNCER & NFL LEGEND ROD WOODSON TELLS CRAIG HIS SHOCKING KKK STORY - LISTEN NOW Woodson said they were "very blessed" that the gasoline had dried a little bit. "We stayed in the same house, you know, for all my childhood until I got to high school and then we moved out a little bit further out," Woodson said. The 11-time Pro Bowler said that the Black Panthers also gave his family issues because they were half-White, saying there were letters and calls to the house. "My dad used to just say, ‘You are who you are. You're your best of both worlds. Everybody's gonna ask you to choose, What are you? You black? Why? What are you? What are you?’" Woodson said. "And they still ask that question. What are you? What? I'm like, listen, I am who I am." Woodson played in the NFL for 18 seasons, spending 10 seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers, one with the San Francisco 49ers, four with the Baltimore Ravens and two with the then-Oakland Raiders. In his illustrious career, Woodson played in 238 games, recording 1,158 tackles, 13.5 sacks and 71 interceptions. He returned 12 of those interceptions for touchdowns, an NFL record. He won the Super Bowl with the Ravens following the 2000 season. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed036d3830286ffa39f85f Trump Takes Fresh Aim at Alaska, Still Counting Its Senate Results te 2026-11-05T22:30:05.632Z Trump Takes Fresh Aim at Alaska, Still Counting Its Senate Results Mary Peltola, the Democrat, was leading Senator Dan Sullivan, the Republican, in incomplete returns. A New York Times analysis suggested she was on track to prevail. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed036b3830286ffa39f856 Rubio Rejects Reports He Will Leave His Jobs to Run for President te 2026-11-05T22:30:03.985Z Rubio Rejects Reports He Will Leave His Jobs to Run for President President Trump’s secretary of state and national security adviser said he intended to stick with the administration to the end. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed011a3830286ffa39f7f1 Human vs ChatGPT NFL Week 9 betting picks: Fading the hype after a week both want to forget te 2026-11-05T22:20:10.034Z Human vs ChatGPT NFL Week 9 betting picks: Fading the hype after a week both want to forget Neither I nor ChatGPT wants to talk about last week. Luckily for me and it, I’m in control. So, if I say we’re not talking about it, we’re not talking about it, OK? Good. Onward and upward. But if I did want to talk about it, which I don’t, I’d probably mention that I spent more than two weeks on the road, flying back and forth between Atlanta and San Francisco to cover the WNBA Finals. So maybe the Week 8 NFL slate didn’t get my undivided attention. But, like I said, I don’t want to talk about it. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE It’s time for Week 9. Both of us get five selections from the same odds board, with no bet priced worse than -120. Odds were captured Thursday at 3 p.m. ET. Stakes are adjusted so every winning bet produces one unit of profit. For example, -110 requires risking 1.10 units, while +110 requires approximately 0.91 units. A push returns the stake and counts as zero units. I told you I’m not talking about it. I told you, we’re not talking about it. DAN: 19-20-1, -2.61 units GPT: 16-23-1, -8.57 units Dan Z.’s Plug Your Nose and Hit ‘Place Bet’ Bet of the Week: 4-3, +0.83 units Since starting 4-0 on these trademarked bets, I've lost three in a row. I think I've been forcing these, so I'm going to stop doing that. After last week, it’s time to get back to basics and back to my style of picking games. That means fading what we saw most recently. If everyone suddenly loves a team because of what it did last week, I’m probably looking at the other side. Denver Broncos at Carolina Panthers, Sunday at 1 p.m. ET Dan’s analysis: Everyone is back on the fraudulent Denver Broncos after a lucky win over the Kansas City Chiefs, aided by yet another controversial penalty that benefited Sean Payton’s team. With all that in mind, I expected this spread to be much larger. When I saw the Panthers sitting as just two- to three-point underdogs, it made me suspicious. My gut says the books want people to take Denver, which doesn’t surprise me since the Broncos are overrated. That’s exactly why we’re taking the Panthers. GPT’s analysis: Carolina’s extra rest and defensive coaching change give the Panthers a plausible bounce-back case. My concern is an offensive line that allowed 11 sacks over its last two games facing Denver’s pass rush. That protection matchup pushed me toward the Broncos, although taking the full field goal provides protection: a three-point defeat returns the stake. Arizona Cardinals at Seattle Seahawks, Sunday at 4:25 p.m. ET Dan’s analysis: Generally, I don’t like laying big numbers like this. But I’m making an exception because there’s some hype around the Cardinals after Gardner Minshew led them to a come-from-behind overtime victory over Dallas. Minshew is a journeyman backup for a reason, and I think Seattle’s defense is going to force him into some big mistakes. Drew Lock is expected to start for Seattle, and he already threw three touchdowns against the Cardinals earlier this season in a 31-7 win. I have a feeling the Seahawks want to make a statement after their embarrassing Monday Night Football performance against Chicago. GPT’s analysis: Seattle’s defense gives it a credible route to controlling this game, and Drew Lock has already played well against Arizona this season. My concern is asking for a nine-point victory with Sam Darnold out and Lock managing an elbow injury. Arizona’s defensive weaknesses create opportunities, but Seattle’s quarterback uncertainty kept this outside my five. Las Vegas Raiders at San Francisco 49ers, Sunday at 4:25 p.m. ET Dan’s analysis: The 49ers have quietly been having all sorts of turnover issues, and it finally caught up to them in their last game, a loss to Atlanta before their bye. The Raiders are tied for third in the NFL with 13 takeaways this season. All it takes is one or two big turnovers, and the Raiders could not only keep this game close but possibly win outright. I don’t have the stones to bet the Las Vegas moneyline, but I could see them keeping this within a score. GPT’s analysis: Kirk Cousins gives Las Vegas a credible passing attack and a way to cover late, while San Francisco’s offensive injury concerns strengthen the underdog case. My hesitation is the Raiders’ defense against a rested 49ers team capable of exploiting it. I understand taking the points, but Las Vegas could move the ball reasonably well and still lose by double digits. Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Chicago Bears, Sunday at 8:20 p.m. ET Dan’s analysis: This is a pure fade-the-recency-bias play. Following Chicago’s impressive Monday Night Football win over the Seahawks, people are talking about Caleb Williams as the next face of the NFL. That’s fine, but it’s important to remember that Sam Darnold cracked a rib on Seattle’s second offensive play of that game. I’m expecting the public to pour money in on the Bears, which is exactly why we’re backing the 3-5 Bucs, who have actually shown some life after an 0-4 start. This also qualifies as Dan Z.’s Plug Your Nose and Hit ‘Place Bet’ Bet of the Week. GPT’s analysis: Tampa Bay’s defense and running game give this bet a solid foundation, particularly with Chicago coming off a Monday night road game. It also fits with my under selection. My concern is Tampa Bay’s passing game against Chicago’s pressure and an improved defensive front featuring Jeffery Simmons. I prefer the total, but a competitive Buccaneers performance would fit that outlook. Buffalo Bills at Minnesota Vikings, Monday at 8:15 p.m. ET Dan’s analysis: You all know I hate betting against Josh Allen, and it cost me last week. But we’re not talking about that, even though things could have gone very differently if Lamar Jackson hadn’t gotten hurt. Again, we don’t need to talk about that. This line is too fishy for me to ignore. The Vikings are coming off a loss to the Detroit Lions and starting Carson Wentz, yet the books still have them as just field-goal-plus-hook underdogs at home against arguably the NFL’s best team. Minnesota’s defense has been elite this season, and I think it can keep this within three. GPT’s analysis: Minnesota’s league-leading scoring defense and the extra half-point provide a strong foundation: a three-point Buffalo victory still cashes. My hesitation is whether the Vikings can sustain enough offense with Carson Wentz starting. Josh Allen’s ability to attack pressure is another concern for Minnesota’s aggressive defense. The hook is appealing, but the offensive uncertainty kept Minnesota outside my five. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Green Bay Packers at New England Patriots, Sunday at 4:25 p.m. ET GPT’s analysis: Green Bay and New England rank sixth and seventh in net yards per play, with the Packers holding the defensive EPA advantage. Green Bay also has extra recovery time after playing Thursday. New England’s offensive preparation has been disrupted by injuries to A.J. Brown, Hunter Henry and TreVeyon Henderson, although their Sunday availability remains unresolved. Green Bay’s offensive-line injuries and poor running game are the biggest concerns. This is my strongest selection at the supplied prices. These teams are closely matched, and taking the full field goal at -105 provides useful protection. A three-point defeat returns the stake. GPT’s projected score: Patriots 24, Packers 23 Dan’s analysis: I knew GPT was going to back the Packers at +3, and I’d have bet any amount of money on it. That said, I was close to taking the Patriots. Green Bay looked good last week, and this feels like an overreaction. Los Angeles Rams at Washington Commanders, Sunday at 1 p.m. ET GPT’s analysis: Los Angeles ranks fourth in offensive yardage and fifth in defensive yardage, while Washington ranks 26th in scoring defense and 31st in offensive third-down conversion rate. Washington also placed defensive tackles Daron Payne and Javon Kinlaw on injured reserve, creating an opportunity for the Rams’ running game. Stafford’s elbow soreness and injuries in the Los Angeles secondary are meaningful concerns, although Stafford practiced fully Wednesday. The Rams have advantages in sustaining drives and controlling the line of scrimmage. At -4½, a five-point victory is enough to cash without requiring Los Angeles to dominate throughout. GPT’s projected score: Rams 27, Commanders 20 Dan’s analysis: I don’t hate the Rams look, especially with Washington boat-racing Philly on Sunday Night Football. But the Commanders are tied for the fewest giveaways in the NFL this season, and Los Angeles hasn’t been great at taking the ball away from opponents, with just eight takeaways. That’s why I stayed away. Houston Texans at Los Angeles Chargers, Sunday at 4:05 p.m. ET GPT’s analysis: The Chargers average just 14.1 points and rank last in offensive EPA per play, while their defense ranks ninth. Houston’s rushing offense ranks 29th at 84.7 yards per game, making it harder to generate consistent scoring against that defense. Houston’s defensive decline is the biggest concern, along with Chargers turnovers creating short fields. This selection does not require the Texans’ defense to perform like an elite unit. At -102, the under is more appealing than choosing which team covers. Los Angeles’ sustained offensive problems and its defense’s ability to disrupt Houston support staying below 41. GPT’s projected score: Texans 21, Chargers 16 Dan’s analysis: Did you know only one Chargers game this season has featured more than 40 combined points? That was their 30-23 loss to Seattle in Week 4. So, this makes sense. Houston’s defense hasn’t looked like the same dominant unit as in recent years, but nothing cures your defensive woes like facing the 2026 Los Angeles Chargers. Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Chicago Bears, Sunday at 8:20 p.m. ET GPT’s analysis: Both teams rank among the top eight in scoring defense, with Tampa Bay second and Chicago fourth against the run. Chicago also leads the NFL in third-down defense, and Jeffery Simmons immediately strengthened its defensive front. Those matchups make another dominant Tampa Bay rushing performance difficult to assume. Caleb Williams’ recent form and a healthier Buccaneers passing game are the biggest risks; Emeka Egbuka returned to practice Thursday. I prefer the under to choosing a side. Strong defensive fronts and the potential for extended possessions support a competitive game that finishes below 48 points. GPT’s projected score: Bears 23, Buccaneers 20 Dan’s analysis: Since I took the Bucs plus the points, I’d love to see this game go under the total. Fewer points should make those six points more valuable, so I’m pulling for both of us to hit our picks in this game. Denver Broncos at Carolina Panthers, Sunday at 1 p.m. ET GPT’s analysis: Bryce Young has absorbed 11 sacks over his last two games, giving Denver’s pass rush a favorable matchup. Carolina also allows 140.7 rushing yards per game and enters its first game under interim defensive coordinator Todd Wash. That gives Denver opportunities on both sides of the line of scrimmage. Carolina’s extra rest, Denver’s safety injuries and Bo Nix’s inconsistent offensive production are the biggest concerns. The number is essential. At -2½, a field-goal victory wins the bet. I prefer backing Denver’s matchup advantages below three to relying on either team to produce a particular scoring total. GPT’s projected score: Broncos 23, Panthers 20 Dan’s analysis: Obviously, since I bet the Panthers, I hate this pick. Not much else to say. That’s it for Week 9! We’re going back to basics and fading the latest hype. Check back next week to see whether that gets us back in the win column. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aed01183830286ffa39f7e8 Rosie O'Donnell considers return to New York from Dublin after celebrating blue wave of midterm election wins te 2026-11-05T22:20:08.841Z Rosie O'Donnell considers return to New York from Dublin after celebrating blue wave of midterm election wins Rosie O'Donnell dabbled in the idea of returning to the states while celebrating the midterm election results. O'Donnell – a consistent critic of the current administration – fled the United States for Ireland after Donald Trump was elected president for a second term in 2024. While the former talk show host relished in life across the pond, she's now thinking about moving back home to New York, and told The Washington Post that Dublin is "beautiful — we love it here, but my family's not here." ROSIE O'DONNELL CREDITS TRUMP FOR MAKING HER 'RE-FAMOUS' AS WHITE HOUSE CALLS HER 'OBSESSED' She added, "And I miss my grown kids. I miss my grandson that was born six months ago. And I feel like I’ve missed half his life already and don’t want to miss any more." The "A League of Their Own" star has four children with ex-wife Kelli Carpenter, and one child with late ex-wife Michelle Rounds. O'Donnell chimed in on TikTok to praise the blue wave that hit the states following Tuesday's midterms, where Democrats won control of the house, in addition to capturing the Senate majority. TED CRUZ SAYS 'BLUE TSUNAMI' TOOK OVER TEXAS AFTER DEMOCRATS SWEPT STATEWIDE RACES "It's a beautiful morning in the world," she said. "The trump regime is over, thank you America. I knew we would do it; I knew it in my heart." "You gotta believe people, and you did, and you showed up. And we gave a very loud and clear message to Trump ... and his partners in cruelty. His criminal friends – Enough, we've had enough." O'Donnell noted that she "went to bed early" in Dublin while returns came back on election night in the states. "I didn't think I could stay up; I was so anxious," she said. "I went to bed and at 3 o'clock in the morning – ding, ding, ding, ding – everyone started texting me and I started to cry." ROSIE O'DONNELL CLAIMS TRUMP HAS 'PTSD RESPONSE' TO HER AS BACKLASH ERUPTS "I was so overwhelmed with emotion – overwhelmed– and I got up this morning and I took a shower and I put on my blue jumper ... and I'm like, I'm wearing blue today." O'Donnell said she was "so proud of all of us, of our country" before reflecting on the "unconstitutional, un-American things that this administration has perpetrated on the people of this country and the world." "Let the investigations begin, really," O'Donnell said. "This is a glorious day." GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE The White House responded in a statement to Fox News Digital, saying, "Rosie O'Donnell is a nasty woman and a total slob whose brain has been completely destroyed by Trump Derangement Syndrome." Earlier this year, O'Donnell wrapped up guest-hosting fellow Trump critic Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show, where she called the president "orange Voldemort." LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE "I've really enjoyed my time here thanks to everyone who's been watching this week, especially the hungry, hungry hypocrite in the White House," she said during her final opening monologue. "Most of all, I'd like to thank Jimmy Kimmel for inviting me to do this and for reminding everyone that we have the right to free speech in this country, whether orange Voldemort likes it or not." O'Donnell and the president have traded jabs for years, and Trump threatened to revoke the comedian's citizenship after she fled to Ireland in 2025. The decades-long feud stems back to 2006 after O'Donnell criticized him when she was a host on "The View" about his decision to be lenient toward a Miss USA winner who had been accused of drug use and other bad behavior. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecfebc3830286ffa39f747 Voters in 3 States Limit Trans Athletes te 2026-11-05T22:10:05.000Z Voters in 3 States Limit Trans Athletes Voters in Arizona, Nebraska and Washington approved bans on trans athletes on female sports teams. Organizers said the results were likely to lead to similar ballot efforts elsewhere. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecfebb3830286ffa39f724 Year-End Hotel Status Deadlines: How to Hit Elite Status and Recover Points te 2026-11-05T22:10:03.099Z Year-End Hotel Status Deadlines: How to Hit Elite Status and Recover Points Check reward nights, hotel cards and missing-stay claims before year-end to secure elite status and recover unposted points. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecfc6f3830286ffa39f6e3 Trevor Bauer says 'playoff teams' wanted to sign him but team owners, MLB have blocked every move te 2026-11-05T22:00:15.396Z Trevor Bauer says 'playoff teams' wanted to sign him but team owners, MLB have blocked every move Trevor Bauer said that "playoff teams" reached out in attempts to acquire him but were "not allowed" to. The 2020 National League Cy Young Award winner has not pitched in the big leagues since 2021, months after signing the largest deal based on average annual value for a pitcher, after sexual abuse allegations. "We’ve talked to every team and all the baseball people, all the front office people, the GMs, the coaches, the players, they're all, 'Yeah, we want you. We want to sign you. We’d sign you in a heartbeat, but we’re not allowed to,'" Bauer said to the Dominican YouTube page Rompiendo Sports. "We’ve talked to people that, they’re like, ‘Hey, the GM, the president of the team, everybody on board.' They take it to the owner. Owner’s like, ‘No.’ They ask, ‘Why? Why not?’ ‘Leave it alone. Don’t bring it up again.’ CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE "We had people on playoff teams this past year that were like, ‘We need Trevor. Bring him in.’ And they're like, ‘If you bring his name up again, we will fire you on the spot. Do not bring it up again.’ I mean, we’re talking playoff teams, really good people." Bauer has not been quiet about his apparent blackballing from the league, a claim he echoed in the interview. "We’ve had people in organizations that I’ve been with in the past, they’re like, ‘Hey, I can’t say this publicly because I’ll lose my job. But just know they’re working against you. They’re not going to let you play again. So, just so you can know in your head and move on with your life, they will never let you play again.' And I know this. We’ve heard this stuff from all sorts of different [places]. It’s not just one team. It’s like eight or 10 teams at this point," he said. Bauer admitted that he has brought negative press upon himself with "sticky stuff and cheating scandals," and further "bad media attention" stemming from the accusations against him has hurt his case, "even though they all know it's false." BRYCE HARPER IMPLIES THERE WON'T BE A 2027 MLB SEASON, ADMITS HE ENJOYS OFFSEASON MORE THAN PLAYING "They don't have to let me back, because they can hide behind if an organization signs me, it would just be too much negative media pressure. There's nothing I can do about it." Bauer spent the 2026 season playing in both independent ball and in Mexico, and he is now playing in the Dominican Republic. On June 28, 2021, he tossed six innings of two-run ball while striking out eight batters, recording the win. Two days later, he was hit with sexual assault allegations, which eventually led to a 324-game suspension (the equivalent of two seasons), which was reduced to 184 games, for violating the league's Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy. Nearly two years ago, Bauer said he "may have no other choice" but to sue Major League Baseball "if I continue being kept out" of the league. Bauer has said he'd play in the majors for free. Bauer has maintained his innocence, settling with one accuser while another is facing 16 years in prison after being charged with fraud for allegedly faking a pregnancy and asking Bauer for money for an abortion. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Bauer and Lindsey Hill, who accused the pitcher of beating and sexually abusing her in 2021, settled their case in late 2023. Bauer revealed texts from Hill, who said that Bauer would be her "next victim," among other damning messages. Hill has since said that MLB has more evidence of Bauer's alleged misconduct. At the time of the allegations, Bauer was pitching to a 2.59 ERA with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecfc6d3830286ffa39f6da DeSantis nukes ‘tech guy’ Vivek after Ohio drubbing: ‘Not in tune’ with blue-collar voters te 2026-11-05T22:00:13.841Z DeSantis nukes ‘tech guy’ Vivek after Ohio drubbing: ‘Not in tune’ with blue-collar voters Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis blasted failed Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and his GOP handlers, arguing on a podcast that he wasn't "in tune" with the working-class people of the state. Biotech entrepreneur Ramaswamy lost his scandal-plagued race to Democratic candidate Amy Acton by 7.9 percentage points. Despite President Donald Trump’s endorsement and guidance from Vice President JD Vance’s top advisers, Ramaswamy lost amid a "blue wave" that produced major Democratic upsets across the country. The midterm elections were widely viewed as a referendum on Trump's presidency. But DeSantis, who ran for president in 2024 and is term-limited after 2026, shared on the Sage Steele Show that Ramaswamy bore some responsibility for his loss. "I don't know why they would have pushed him to be the candidate there. Oh, my mom's from Youngstown. Ohio is a working class state, very blue collar. You know Vivek, he's like a tech guy," DeSantis said. RAMASWAMY OUTLINES KEY CONTRASTS WITH DEM OPPONENT LESS THAN 100 DAYS OUT FROM KEY GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION Ramaswamy, who previously ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, is the founder of biotech company Roivant Sciences and anti-ESG investment firm Strive Asset Management. He also briefly co-led President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency with Elon Musk. He was warmly embraced by Trump, who endorsed him the same day Ramaswamy announced his candidacy. Trump had previously encouraged Ramaswamy to consider seeking Vance’s former Senate seat. Ramaswamy and Vance have known each other since their time at Yale Law School. DeSantis criticized Ramaswamy’s support for a merit-based H-1B visa system, arguing that it likely further distanced him from Ohio’s blue-collar voters. Ramaswamy had said the current lottery-based system should be "gutted." 'He wants to bring in foreign workers on visas. That is not the type of person that's going to sell." DeSantis said. Ramaswamy's own companies have used the H-1B program, with Roivant Sciences having 29 H-1B applications approved between 2018 and 2023. Meanwhile, Strive Asset Management, the investment firm he co-founded, moved its headquarters from Columbus to Dallas in 2025, months before Ramaswamy launched his campaign for Ohio governor. Ramaswamy said he was no longer involved in the company’s operations, but remained a major shareholder. FOX NEWS VOTER POLL: 2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS USHER IN A BLUE WAVE AS DEMOCRATS WIN CONTROL OF CONGRESS "And I know he shot himself in the foot," DeSantis said. "I know he did a lot of other stuff to make it a real landslide against him. But even with that, it's like you know you got to meet the voters where they are on some of this stuff," DeSantis said. "I think we would have done better in Ohio had we had a candidate that was more representative or more in tune with the interests of kind of these blue collar people that make the backbone of Ohio." Just weeks before the election, Ramaswamy’s campaign drew bipartisan outrage for using Democratic Gov.-elect Amy Acton’s estranged mother in an attack ad that called the Democratic candidate a "liar" and disputed her account of childhood poverty and homelessness. The ad omitted that Acton had not seen or spoken to her mother since age 12, when her stepfather was arrested on charges of raping her. He pleaded not guilty but fled the area before trial, and court records show authorities continued seeking his arrest for years. Acton’s brother has said their mother remained married to him until his death in 2004. Ramaswamy's loss, alongside Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jon Husted's loss to Democratic candidate Sherrod Brown by 4.9 percentage points, came just two years after Trump won the state by 11.2 percentage points. DESANTIS CALLS GOP MIDTERM LOSSES 'EXTINCTION-LEVEL EVENT' — AND EXPLAINS WHY FLORIDA SURVIVED In addition to criticizing Ramaswamy, DeSantis took aim at Congress, saying Republicans are now on the "defensive" and faulting lawmakers for failing to codify Trump’s executive orders into law. "Last night's elections did not only kneecap the last two years of the Trump administration, it basically ensures the four years after that are going to either be Democrat years where they have a trifecta or where you have a Republican president that is hemmed in and limited," DeSantis said. DeSantis also pushed back against any 2028 speculation. SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER "The only way that I would run for any office is if you can actually deliver big results," DeSantis said. "I don't want to just be a timepiece where I just sit there like a potted plant." Fox News Digital reached out to Ramaswamy for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecfc653830286ffa39f6a9 “It’s something historic”: New citizen reflects on first U.S. midterm vote in Tucson te 2026-11-05T22:00:05.934Z “It’s something historic”: New citizen reflects on first U.S. midterm vote in Tucson Magda Barragan steps out of her truck sporting sunglasses and a yellow envelope at 10 a.m. Monday before Election Day.  “This is the first time I’ve done this,” she says, in Spanish, of filling out a mail-in ballot and turning it in at the polls. This is also Magda’s first time voting in a midterm election. She is a recently naturalized American citizen. Her first time ever voting in the U.S. was two years ago — in a presidential election that gave Republicans control of Congress and the executive branch. She crosses the parking lot outside the Pima County Health Department building on Broadway Boulevard and slides her mail-in ballot into a drop box  — casting her vote in a 2026 election that would reshape the country’s political landscape. Magda Barragan drops off her ballot the day before Election Day on November 2, 2026. Credit: Noelle Gomez The following day — in a resounding rebuke of President Donald Trump — voters chose Democratic candidates across the nation, including in longstanding Republican strongholds in Texas, to take control of Congress. The last time the minority party flipped both federal chambers, then-President George W. Bush was in office. That was 20 years ago, amid voter backlash over the Iraq War. In Arizona,  Democrats were poised to take control of statewide offices, with key federal races in limbo, including Democratic candidate JoAnna Mendoza leading Republican incumbent Rep. Juan Ciscomani in Southern Arizona’s 6th Congressional District,  according to unofficial results. By Thursday midday, Mendoza had secured that House seat for Democrats, according to AP estimates. For Magda, the election represented something more personal, an opportunity to exercise a right she had worked to obtain as a new citizen and make her voice heard in the country she now calls home. Magda is originally from Guadalajara, México. The 42-year-old mother is co-owner of Delicias de Michoacán, a small business inspired by her family’s experience operating ice cream shops in México. She became a legal permanent resident in 2015. Magdalena Barragan inside Deliias de Michoacan ice cream shop in Tucson, Arizona. Barragan co-owns the shop with her husband. She recently beame a U.S. citizen. Credit: Noelle Haro-Gomez After an encounter with an immigration officer who told her “to go back to México,” she says she started thinking about becoming a citizen. She felt a final push at a personal development seminar when a speaker encouraged permanent residents to pursue naturalization rather than continue renewing their green cards. Naturalization is the process by which lawful permanent residents who meet residency and other requirements become U.S. citizens and take the Oath of Allegiance.  Magda enrolled in citizenship classes and watched YouTube videos, studying American history, government and the questions she would face on the civics exam. Five years after becoming eligible for citizenship — she completed the naturalization process in late 2023.  Magda is among the approximately one million Hispanic adults who became naturalized U.S. citizens between 2022 and 2026, gaining eligibility for the right to vote, according to a Pew Research Center Report. About 33.2% of all naturalized citizens who are eligible to vote are Hispanic, as of 2024. For many naturalized citizens, the midterm election came amid growing concerns about immigration enforcement and their place in the country. An October 2026 survey by the U.S. Immigration Policy Center at UC San Diego and the National Partnership for New Americans found that 74% of Hispanic naturalized registered voters surveyed felt less secure in their citizenship than they did a few years earlier. And 85% said the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement had gone too far. By Wednesday afternoon, Magda was still processing the election results. “I was completely surprised. I couldn’t believe it, I swear,” she says. Magda previously lived in Texas and Wisconsin. She was particularly struck by the Democratic gains in the places she once called home. Her voice picks up as she talks about the results in her previous home states. “It’s something historic,” she says, excitedly. “In Texas, too. It’s something incredible.” For the first time in the state’s history, a Latina, Democratic candidate Gina Hinojosa, was elected governor of Texas. She ousted longtime Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.  Beyond the celebrations and political victories, Magda says she is focused on what elected officials will do next. “Now, I think the only thing we can do is wait and hope that those people who were elected across the country, not just here in Arizona, do their jobs well,” she says.  “And that this country continues to move forward, as it always has, instead of moving backward.” Two issues stood out in the speeches she heard from candidates and newly elected officials — immigration and the economy. “Everyone has one thing in common, which is immigration and the economy,” she says. Although she does not believe the country is in a recession, Magda says rising prices are putting pressure on families, while immigration enforcement has created distress and uncertainty in communities. “The economy really is struggling a little, and people are living with a lot of fear and anxiety because of everything surrounding immigration,” she says. She wants the election to bring changes to at least one of those issues. Immigration policy affects more people than those directly targeted by enforcement, she says.  “If it’s not you who’s directly affected, it’s someone in your family,” she says. Her voice grows solemn.  “And people are tired of that.” Thousands of people showed up to protest ICE in downtown Tucson on Jan. 30, 2026. Credit: Michael McKisson Financial pressures families face also shape her expectations of the incoming government. “Everything is expensive — food, gas, everything,” she says. “How are people supposed to afford health insurance?” Access to health care, education and jobs should also be priorities for elected officials, she adds. “They should do their jobs the way they’re supposed to, just as they promised in all their proposals to the people,” she says. “Each one should take care of their city and their state, so we can have a prosperous and united country.” “It was worth it” Unlike her first experience voting in person in 2024, Magda says she approached this election more deliberately. “I feel very good about having been able to exercise my right to vote,” she says. “I also feel a little different than the first time I voted because I gave myself time to analyze all the proposals and the candidates.” Magda speaks confidently about her experience. Voting early gave her the opportunity to make those decisions without feeling rushed. “I did it very calmly,” she says. She believes the election motivated people who had previously stayed away from the polls, including both younger and older voters. “I really think it was worth it for all those people who had never voted before, both young people and adults,” she says. Magda knew at least two people who had never cast a ballot in the U.S. The son of one of her employees and the daughter of a family acquaintance voted for the first time in this midterm election. “We told them from the beginning, ‘It’s time for you to vote. You have to vote,’” she says. She believes frustration with the current presidential administration and concerns about immigration and the cost of living helped push more people to participate. For Magda, the significance of the election goes beyond which candidates won. It’s a reminder that people have the power to make their voices heard. “If this can help someone, or at least inspire someone to change their way of thinking, then all this work was worth it,” she says. The post “It’s something historic”: New citizen reflects on first U.S. midterm vote in Tucson appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecfc633830286ffa39f68d Canada Tax Plan Aims to Compete With US for Jobs te 2026-11-05T22:00:03.718Z Canada Tax Plan Aims to Compete With US for Jobs Canada pushes to make the country less dependent on its southern neighbor as Mark Carney delivers his second federal budget. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecfa133830286ffa39f62c Ex-Alaska lawmaker details mystery recruiter as FBI, Congress widen 'Decoy Dan' scrutiny te 2026-11-05T21:50:11.753Z Ex-Alaska lawmaker details mystery recruiter as FBI, Congress widen 'Decoy Dan' scrutiny A former Alaska Republican lawmaker told Fox News Digital the FBI interviewed him after an apparent Democratic political operative allegedly posed as a conservative recruiter and tried to persuade him to enter the state's U.S. Senate race amid an intensifying congressional investigation into the controversial "Decoy Dan Sullivan" ballot scheme. The allegations raise questions about potential federal criminal liability. Article III Project attorney Will Chamberlain argued that a coordinated effort to deceive voters about a candidate's identity could violate 18 U.S.C. § 241, the federal conspiracy-against-rights statute. The revelations come after former campaign staff for Democratic Senate nominee Mary Peltola spoke to the New York Times about their knowledge of a reported scheme to stack Alaska’s four-person ballot with other "Dan Sullivans" to help siphon votes from incumbent GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan. MARY PELTOLA'S CAMPAIGN, DEMS BACKED COVERT SCHEME TO FIELD SPOILER CANDIDATES IN ALASKA SENATE RACE: REPORT The ballot ultimately included Peltola, incumbent Republican Sen. Dan S. Sullivan, Republican Gerald Heikes and retired Petersburg teacher Dan J. Sullivan. Whether the similarly named candidate diverted votes or affected the outcome remains unproven. Chamberlain told Fox News Digital the alleged operation could constitute a federal felony if prosecutors establish that participants conspired to interfere with voters' constitutional rights. PELTOLA CAMPAIGN'S ALLEGED DAN SULLIVAN SPOILER PLOT TAKES NEW TURN AS DOJ FACES MAJOR LEGAL HURDLE "The basic concept is you're not allowed to conspire to injure or harm people's constitutional rights. And one of those rights is to vote for the candidate of your choice," Chamberlain said. "These people conspired to put a fake ‘Decoy Dan’ Sullivan on the ballot in order to trick people who were going into the ballot box intending to vote for the incumbent Senator Dan Sullivan," he alleged. "There's a lot of good precedent on this that suggests that's a crime and a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison." Chamberlain cited historical cases involving ballot manipulation, while acknowledging that the precise circumstances of recruiting a same-name candidate have not previously been addressed in an identical case. "Nothing exactly like this has happened before in the sense of recruiting a same-name candidate to trick people in the ballot box," he said, adding that a lot of slanted electoral messaging is not illegal. ALASKA'S GOVERNOR ORDERS INVESTIGATION AFTER NYT REPORT ON ALLEGED DEM-LINKED SENATE ELECTION SCHEME "If you want to pretend that another Republican is better than the current incumbent or pretend that the incumbent's not running and then persuade someone to vote for that candidate, that's not a ‘conspiracy against rights’ because the right to vote for the candidate of your choice has not been impinged upon," he said. "It's the fact that when you're conspiring to put two people with the exact same name on the ballot to trick people who are going in there intending to vote for the incumbent and get them to vote for somebody else by deception." Meanwhile, former state Rep. David Eastman, a Republican from the Matanuska-Susitna Valley, told Fox News Digital by phone from Wasilla that he was approached by an operative under what he later surmised were false pretenses to recruit him into the race. Eastman said he also received several "fake mailers" suggesting "Decoy Dan" Sullivan was the real or only Sullivan in the race. The mailers, shared with Fox News Digital, are framed in a "meet the candidates" format and do omit Senator Sullivan. Eastman told Fox News Digital he was approached in the Mat-Su by an operative he later identified in a blog post as Jerid Kurtz, who was named in the New York Times report. Eastman said the operative claimed to represent conservative donors and encouraged him to run for Senate. "He approached me through a constituent. I sat down with him in April here in Wasilla," Eastman said. "He pretended to represent conservative donors and was looking for conservative candidates to run for federal office; none of which was true," Eastman added. Eastman alleged Kurtz "pretended" to represent conservative donors and used a false name, but said the operative never mentioned either Sullivan or disclosed an intention to confuse voters during their meeting. Fox News Digital reached out to the DSCC, Peltola’s campaign and Wingspan Strategies — where Kurtz is named in congressional documents as a co-owner — for comment. Dan J. Sullivan reportedly "vanished" as investigators began knocking on doors in his remote community, according to the Wall Street Journal. The allegations come as federal investigators examine whether Democratic political operatives improperly recruited Dan J. Sullivan in an effort to confuse voters who intended to support Senator Sullivan. The controversy has also reached Capitol Hill. In an October 29 letter, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., requested that Kurtz appear for an in-person transcribed interview on November 6 concerning allegations that operatives associated with Mary Peltola's campaign sought to recruit similarly named candidates to confuse voters. "As a Democrat operative who was allegedly tasked with assisting in this effort, you have information that will assist the Committee's investigation," Comer wrote. "If you do not voluntarily appear for the interview, we will be forced to evaluate the use of compulsory process," he warned. SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER Eastman said Kurtz did not mention either Sullivan or disclose an effort to confuse voters during their April meeting. He nevertheless questioned the operative's intentions after subsequent reporting connected Kurtz to the alleged candidate recruitment effort. Eastman also confirmed the FBI has interviewed him. Fox News Digital reached out to the bureau for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecfa123830286ffa39f623 Video shows high-altitude rescue of hiker who fell hundreds of feet down Utah's Mount Timpanogos te 2026-11-05T21:50:10.444Z Video shows high-altitude rescue of hiker who fell hundreds of feet down Utah's Mount Timpanogos Utah authorities have released dramatic video footage capturing a high-altitude rescue after a hiker plummeted hundreds of feet from the summit of Mount Timpanogos last month. The female hiker was navigating a trail on Oct. 26 when she fell, sliding down the 11,700-foot peak before coming to a stop on a narrow cliff ledge, according to the Utah County Sheriff’s Office. "Our Search and Rescue pilot was able to spot the hiker from our airplane as we began to deploy SAR team members to the mountain," the agency shared in a social media update Wednesday. CLIMBER STRANDED ON 6-INCH LEDGE AT 11,000 FEET AS 46 MPH WINDS GROUND RESCUE HELICOPTER The newly released video captured the steep descent where the hiker lost her footing, as well as the moments a rescue helicopter hovered overhead to hoist her to safety. Officials confirmed Tuesday that she was making steady progress. HIKER IDENTIFIED, POPULAR TRAIL CLOSED AFTER DEADLY FALL AT UTAH'S ZION NATIONAL PARK "We have heard that the hiker is recovering well from her injuries, and we wish her a full and speedy recovery," the sheriff’s office said. "Thank you to all those agencies that rushed to the rescue. This incident is a stark reminder of how fast a fun outing can turn into a life-or-death situation." Located about 50 miles south of Salt Lake City, Mount Timpanogos features 17. 4 miles of trails accessible via the Aspen Grove and Timpooneke trailheads, according to the U. S. Forest Service. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecfa0c3830286ffa39f5de Jonathan Taylor Makes Feelings Clear on Uncertain Colts Future te 2026-11-05T21:50:04.274Z Jonathan Taylor Makes Feelings Clear on Uncertain Colts Future Indianapolis Colts running back Jonathan Taylor is over the trade talk. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecfa0a3830286ffa39f5d5 Donald Trump Moves to Make His Oval Office Makeover Permanent te 2026-11-05T21:50:02.754Z Donald Trump Moves to Make His Oval Office Makeover Permanent Trump says his proclamation will protect his Oval Office and Cabinet Room redesigns from being altered by future presidents. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecf7bb3830286ffa39f592 Caleb Williams celebrates Democrats winning midterms as concerns about him becoming the face of the NFL grow te 2026-11-05T21:40:11.511Z Caleb Williams celebrates Democrats winning midterms as concerns about him becoming the face of the NFL grow Bears quarterback Caleb Williams is enthused about the results of the 2026 midterms. Since Tuesday, he has posted several social media videos celebrating the Democrats’ projected control of the House and Senate. He specifically shared victory speeches from James Talarico (D, Texas) and Jon Ossoff (D, Georgia). The political views of an athlete are not inherently newsworthy. But Williams’ interest in social issues is more consequential than that of the typical player. BEARS PROVE THEY ARE NFC NORTH'S MOST COMPLETE TEAM WITH COMMANDING WIN OVER SEAHAWKS At just 24 years old, he is on pace to become the face of the NFL. The distinction matters. Patrick Mahomes has been the biggest star in the NFL since 2020, when he won his first of three Super Bowls. He is now 31 years old. He is coming off a torn ACL and has not been as dynamic in recent years. Josh Allen, whom general managers ranked the best quarterback in the sport, is around the same age as Mahomes. If one had to bet on a quarterback to win a Super Bowl over the next five years, the most obvious answer would be Caleb Williams. He has elevated himself to elite status this season. He has the premier head coach in Ben Johnson, who is just 40 years old. The Bears’ front office has assembled a top roster, most recently with the addition of All Pro defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons. Williams leading Chicago to its first Super Bowl since 1986, combined with his flashy style of play, would propel him to megastar status. Face of the league, you might say. Williams would be a departure from the players who held that title before him. Mahomes, Tom Brady and Peyton Manning were mostly apolitical, putting the shield before their individual brands. Their personalities were rarely part of the discussion. In fact, Mahomes has repeatedly stated that he does not want to use his platform to discuss political or social causes. Quietly, the NFL is thrilled with that decision. Williams is different. He openly supports the Democratic Party. He previously deemed Jan. 6 an example of "#whiteprivilege." He participated in a BLM protest in support of George Floyd, who he said "could have been [me]." Williams recently generated headlines for wandering the sidelines in sunglasses during the United States national anthem, drawing comparisons to the demonstrations involving LeBron James and WNBA players. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Beyond his politics, Williams is less buttoned up in his presentation than the standard franchise quarterback. He frequently clashes with reporters during press conferences. Last month, he accused reporters of falsely reporting on his injury. He then refused to state what he believed the truth about the injury was. On Monday, Williams suggested he could become more influential in Chicago than Michael Jordan after the Bears’ win over the Seahawks. "When I was brought here, they told me that even through the times of Jordan and things like that, winning his championships, it's still a Chicago Bears town," Williams told ESPN. Aaron Rodgers is perhaps the best example of a star quarterback exhibiting such a personality. The difference is that Rodgers did not become a polarizing figure until later in his career, when he was more of a side character. Williams has the chance to be the main character in the NFL for the next decade. That creates a complicated dynamic for the league. The NFL is undoubtedly intrigued with Williams’ play and the possibility of him returning the Chicago Bears to prominence. Still, his persona is a concern. Political commentaries often turn shared cultural products into partisan battlegrounds. That is bad business. The numbers prove that. It took nearly a decade for the NFL to regain popularity among Republican viewers following the Colin Kaepernick kneeling controversy. The political discourse surrounding Bad Bunny contributed to record-setting viewership losses during last year’s Super Bowl halftime show. Bud Light’s partnership with Dylan Mulvaney, which celebrated his 365 Days of Girlhood, dropped its market cap by $27 billion in 2023. Williams supported a similar message by celebrating transgenderism on his painted fingernails last season. The NFL can bury wide receivers masquerading as activists on Instagram. Hiding the opinions of a star quarterback in Chicago is much harder. It is unreasonable to believe Williams’ persona and attitude will not become part of the story if he comes to represent the NFL brand. Speaking of Michael Jordan, Republicans buy streaming services too. That includes Netflix, Amazon Prime, RedZone, Sunday Ticket, and every other paid subscription the league requires its fans to have. For a counter perspective, Front Office Sports reporter Ryan Glasspiegel argues that Williams’ polarizing personality could benefit the league. "I don’t think it will hurt because, whether people love or hate him, at least he’s very interesting. If he wins big, which it seems he is on the trajectory to, and people tune in because they want to watch him lose, that’s ultimately good for the league, which is in the attention business," Glasspiegel told OutKick. The NFL hopes that is the case. Cultural trends suggest Caleb Williams is not the ideal avatar for the NFL. Yet his play on the field suggests he will become one. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecf7b53830286ffa39f552 Trump Tried to Undermine the Nation’s Elections. It Didn’t Work. te 2026-11-05T21:40:05.587Z Trump Tried to Undermine the Nation’s Elections. It Didn’t Work. Millions of Americans cast their ballots on Tuesday in an election that showed the resiliency of democracy. The president said he would accept the results. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecf7b43830286ffa39f549 In Alaska, Ranked-Choice Ballots Are Unlikely to Be Enough for Dan Sullivan te 2026-11-05T21:40:04.130Z In Alaska, Ranked-Choice Ballots Are Unlikely to Be Enough for Dan Sullivan An analysis shows Mary Peltola is likely to keep her lead in the Senate race in part because of ballots she’d accumulate in ranked-choice tabulation from supporters of the other Dan Sullivan. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecf7b23830286ffa39f526 UNC Football Investigation Cost More Than $914,000, Records Show te 2026-11-05T21:40:02.305Z UNC Football Investigation Cost More Than $914,000, Records Show Records obtained by WRAL detail more than $914,000 in costs for UNC’s completed football program investigation. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecf56e3830286ffa39f4da From preps to pro: Basketball’s international growth evident at every level te 2026-11-05T21:30:22.269Z From preps to pro: Basketball’s international growth evident at every level GILBERT – Before the 2018 NBA season, only three players in the history of the league who weren’t American-born had been crowned Most Valuable Player.  Since 2019, the MVP trophy has gone exclusively to international players, with Giannis Antetokounmpo (2019, ’20), Nikola Jokić (2021, ’22, ’24), Joel Embiid (2023) and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2025, ’26) each claiming the award. It’s a remarkable measure of the sport’s booming popularity across the globe. Need more evidence? The NBA draft is another indicator of basketball’s expansion across the planet. International players such as Deandre Ayton, Ben Simmons, Victor Wembanyama, Andrew Wiggins, Anthony Bennett and Zaccharie Risacher were all No. 1 overall draft picks taken between 2013 and 2026. All were born outside the United States. Athletes who hail from Canada and France are especially notable for their increasing presence on the international basketball scene and through their impact in the NBA. “It’s kind of flipped,” said Gabriel Sandoval, coach at Sequoia Prep in Mesa. “The international game has kind of held us accountable here in the (U.S.) to play more of that true five-on-five style – more team oriented (and) more about ‘Who I’m making better?’ versus ‘Me first.’ “That’s the way it was meant to be played (and) we can kind of pass that message along to our youth. I think the game will be in better hands.” Sandoval has experienced the international impact on his own roster, as more and more foreign prospects are coming to America at every level from preps to pros.  “It means a lot,” said Noah Bol, a 7-foot- 1 South Sudanese center at Sequoia Prep. “We have very deep roots in (our) culture, so coming from a different culture (and) learning American culture is a beautiful thing.” A number of international players were present at the Dillon Brooks Invitational in October at Inspire Courts in Gilbert. The tournament, which is supported by the Suns forward Dillon Brooks, brought together local and national prep programs, many with elite international prospects. Forward Paul Osaruyi, who is a five-star recruit at Bella Vista Prep in Phoenix, was eager to represent his Canadian-Nigerian heritage. “Showing out for the country,” Osaruyi said. “Being one of the next generation Canadian hoopers to show up for the country and just compete at a high level, it means a lot.” Forward Ahmed Nur, a Bella Vista four-star recruit who is half Somalian, echoed a similar sentiment along with expressing pride for his community in Minnesota where he was raised. “Just being able to represent my country,” Nur said, “Not just as a basketball player, but as a human being. I feel like that’s helped me on the court representing my country. Just trying to inspire young kids in my community, it’s been great. ” Suns second-year center Khaman Maluach, who is from South Sudan, said representing his African heritage means giving back to future generations. “In the NBA, a lot of us come together and run regional camps in Africa so that we give the next generation opportunities just like how they did to us,” Maluach said.  Bol said that when athletes make it to the NBA from Africa, it creates a sense of pride and sets a standard for future generations of African-born basketball players. Though he is not known to be related to Manute Bol, the NBA legend who died in 2010, the pipeline from South Sudan to America’s basketball courts is well-traveled.  “They’re setting the stone for us,” Bol said. “They started for us so we can see and have dreams like everybody else. It gave us hope that we can achieve things (that) they did.” Nur said basketball in the U.S. is different than it is in Somalia, particularly the competitiveness.  “Back home, I was one of the top guys,” Nur said. “Coming here, it’s a dogfight every night, so (I’m) just trying to get better.  “That’s why I made the move here, so I (can get) better and just get ready for the next level. That’s what I value.” Bol marvels at how much he’s learning in the U.S. “We didn’t have plays,” Bol said. “(There was) small knowledge that we have (in South Sudan). When we came to America, we got all this knowledge, environment and all these resources. It really helped us a lot.” Along with the pride players feel in representing their nations comes extra motivation. “It’s major for me,” Nur said. “We haven’t had a lot of athletes. Just me putting my country on a map means the world to me.” Sandoval said his recruiting process for international players begins and ends with honesty from recruits – and from coaches. “They’re all really good players,” Sandoval said. “Asking them how much they’re willing to sacrifice and play this kind of basketball. As long as everything is led with honesty.” A list of international players who attended the Dillon Brooks Invitational, Courtesy of Cronkite News’ Oliver Fell. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecf56c3830286ffa39f4d1 Koby Brea, CJ Huntley will ‘surprise people,’ lead Valley Suns through season opener te 2026-11-05T21:30:20.704Z Koby Brea, CJ Huntley will ‘surprise people,’ lead Valley Suns through season opener PHOENIX – In the NBA G League, roster turnover is not only inevitable, it moves at a rapid pace.  The “G” only signs one-year, flat-base contracts with its active players. The addition of two-way and 10-day contracts, as well as more international opportunities for blossoming players, can make it difficult for a team to establish a winning culture. The Valley Suns, the Phoenix Suns’ G league affiliate, are a perfect example. They finished last season with an 11-25 record and, to pour salt on the wound, were in the bottom five across the league in points (112.6), assists (24.4) and rebounds (42.1) per game last season. Second-year coach Paul Jesperson knows that keeping a standard implemented in the club could make or break a season, and noted a pair of team “anchors” when asked who he will be leaning on to provide extra leadership and guidance in the locker room. Koby Brea and CJ Huntley, both two-way players for the Phoenix Suns last season, were waived on Oct. 19 as part of final preseason roster adjustments and subsequently joined the Valley Suns’ training camp roster. “First, credit to them for wanting to be here,” Valley Suns general manager Brendan Sabean said. “I think it speaks volumes to the culture that’s being set here, the fact that they want to continue to grow with us. They’ve been in the Suns’ organization under coach (Jordan) Ott’s system and the standards that are set, so we’re going to lean on CJ and Koby heavily to embody that here with the Valley Suns both on and off the court.” Brea, who was taken in the second round (41st overall) of the 2025 NBA draft by Golden State, was subsequently traded to Phoenix where he shot 13-for-30 (43.3%) from beyond the arc last season in his 12 NBA appearances. He split the season between the big club and the G, averaging 33.4 minutes and 15 points in 25 games for the Valley Suns.  After his sophomore season at Dayton, Brea was diagnosed with Grade 3 stress fractures in both of his tibias. Rather than opt for immediate surgery, he played through the pain his entire junior year, before essentially being forced to undergo surgery in April 2023 after the pain worsened again. The surgery required the insertion of metal rods into both of his lower legs, and left Brea unable to walk for just over a month. That didn’t stop him from rolling onto the court and practicing his shooting form while stationary in a wheelchair. “It’s definitely what makes this special for me,” Brea said. “Players who go through this process can take it as a letdown, but for me it’s a blessing to be able to do what I love at any level.” Huntley, meanwhile, went undrafted out of Appalachian State the same year. He signed a two-way contract with Phoenix in June 2025, but was waived before appearing in any games. The North Carolina native averaged 25.9 minutes, 16 points and 8.8 rebounds per game last season through 13 appearances for the Valley.  Phoenix summoned him again last spring, signing him to another two-way contract. His NBA debut in March made him the first Mountaineer to appear in an NBA regular-season game since Belus Smawley in 1952. “Those guys both had great summers, growing in a variety of ways,” Jesperson said. “I’m looking forward to coaching them (for) a second year, and I think they’ll surprise people in a lot of facets that they struggled with at times last year.” As Huntley and Brea juggle the implied responsibility of leading their team, they’ve also developed a bond that extends outside of the court. The two live in the same apartment complex, see each other nearly every day and play video games together, notably the NBA 2K series. “He’s not that great at it, but he’ll keep working on it,” Brea said with a laugh. “We’re two different personalities. He’s very quiet and I feel like I can be a bit more outgoing, but for some reason it complements each other. I think it’s translated really well to the court and being together for two years. Time plays a big part in that.” Brea noted how their silent, eye-focused communication has improved and compared them to a “Shaq and Kobe” connection. They hope it will be on display when the Valley Suns tip off their season Friday against the San Diego Clippers in Oceanside, Calif. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecf5673830286ffa39f47e Bill Belichick Advances in Hall of Fame’s 2027 Coach Selection te 2026-11-05T21:30:15.234Z Bill Belichick Advances in Hall of Fame’s 2027 Coach Selection Bill Belichick is among five coaches advancing in the Hall of Fame’s 2027 selection process. The next vote is Nov. 17. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecf5653830286ffa39f475 Angel Reese Savagely Trolled During Valkyries’ WNBA Championship Parade  te 2026-11-05T21:30:13.534Z Angel Reese Savagely Trolled During Valkyries’ WNBA Championship Parade  While she wasn’t there physically, the Dream star played a huge role in the shade tossed out by the champs. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecf5633830286ffa39f46c Jets RB Breece Hall Reveals His Injury Status for Week 9 te 2026-11-05T21:30:11.927Z Jets RB Breece Hall Reveals His Injury Status for Week 9 New York Jets running back Breece Hall shared his status for Sunday's Week 9 matchup against the Kansas City Chiefs. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecf5623830286ffa39f463 Lakers Announce Big Roster Move Involving Bronny James te 2026-11-05T21:30:10.305Z Lakers Announce Big Roster Move Involving Bronny James The Los Angeles Lakers assigned shooting guard Bronny James to the G League Coachella Valley Lakers on Thursday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecf5603830286ffa39f45a Marcus Freeman Not Buying Malachi Toney Injury Ahead of Miami-Notre Dame Clash te 2026-11-05T21:30:08.752Z Marcus Freeman Not Buying Malachi Toney Injury Ahead of Miami-Notre Dame Clash Marcus Freeman made a surprising comment about Malachi Toney's injury status ahead of Notre Dame's clash with Miami. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecf55f3830286ffa39f451 Giants WR Malik Nabers Responds to Concerns After Sudden Injury Update te 2026-11-05T21:30:07.227Z Giants WR Malik Nabers Responds to Concerns After Sudden Injury Update New York Giants superstar wide receiver Malik Nabers sparked some concern regarding his health on Thursday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecf55d3830286ffa39f448 Seahawks QB Drew Lock Addresses Health Concerns Ahead of Week 9 te 2026-11-05T21:30:05.692Z Seahawks QB Drew Lock Addresses Health Concerns Ahead of Week 9 Seattle Seahawks quarterback Drew Lock stands firm that he is healthy enough to play in Week 9. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecf55b3830286ffa39f43f LSU’s Ed Orgeron Details Dire Health Scare That Forced Leave of Absence te 2026-11-05T21:30:03.650Z LSU’s Ed Orgeron Details Dire Health Scare That Forced Leave of Absence ”I was about to die that night and they saved my life and I’m very, very grateful for that,” the iconic coach said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecf30e3830286ffa39f3f7 Escaped Tennessee killer hid in Illinois shed with beer and garlic bread before capture: Sheriff te 2026-11-05T21:20:14.396Z Escaped Tennessee killer hid in Illinois shed with beer and garlic bread before capture: Sheriff A convicted killer who broke out of a Tennessee prison spent his time on the run hiding in a shed, drinking beer and making garlic bread, officials said. Jacob Allen Morley broke out of the Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville, Tennessee, on Oct. 25 and was recaptured by authorities on Tuesday. He was arrested without incident after authorities used FLOCK cameras to help track him down, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. "On November 3, 2026, at approximately 9:30 a.m., the Patrol’s Missouri Information Analysis Center and Troop A Communications received information from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation that Morley may be traveling westbound on Interstate 70 near Independence," the Missouri State Highway Patrol said in a statement. "The suspect vehicle was located using FLOCK cameras, and officers began to deploy to the area. With additional use of FLOCK cameras, the suspect vehicle was located by undercover officers traveling south on Missouri 291 in Liberty." FLOCK EXECUTIVE DEFENDS CRIME-FIGHTING CAMERAS AS ACLU ATTORNEY QUESTIONS COMPANY'S MOTIVES AMID BACKLASH Investigators believe Morley sheltered for a period in a shed near Marion, Illinois, that hunters used on an occasional basis, roughly 127 miles from the prison he escaped. Williamson County Sheriff Jeff Diederich said evidence indicates Morley consumed beer and prepared garlic bread along with other food during his time there. Morley also wrote a handwritten letter of apology after taking a truck from the farm, Diederich said. He allegedly took clothes and three firearms from the property as well. TENNESSEE PRISON CHIEF RESIGNS AFTER FAILED EXECUTION AS FORMER US ATTORNEY TAPPED TO LEAD INDEPENDENT REVIEW The Illinois sheriff said he believes Morley covered roughly three miles on foot after leaving behind a separate truck he had used following the prison escape. "How he ended up in Marion is kind of a mystery," Diederich said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE FOX TRUE CRIME HUB Officials previously said Morley stole a pickup truck from the 400 block of Keystone Drive, a location roughly 2 miles south of the prison, at around 1 a.m. Oct. 26, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said. The truck was found abandoned by law enforcement officials early the next morning in Marion, Illinois, but Morley wasn't located. SEND US A TIP In addition to the first-degree murder conviction, he was also found guilty of burglary, vandalism, tampering with evidence and evading arrest. EX-CHIEF SAYS CHRISTA PIKE WAS 'ALMOST GIDDY' DESCRIBING MURDER AS GOVERNOR WEIGHS IN AFTER BOTCHED EXECUTION Morley is serving a life sentence for the 2022 murder of Cody Birchfield. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST Birchfield disappeared in early February 2022 after he was last seen in Elizabethton, Tennessee. According to WJHL, investigators from the Carter County Sheriff's Office saw indications that a "violent crime" had occurred inside his house. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL On March 2, 2022, Morley was arrested after a police chase that went to the North Carolina state line. After the arrest, Birchfield's body was found underneath Morley's home. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecf3093830286ffa39f3c9 Neil Tinsley elected to Lake Havasu City Council, Jeni Coke grateful for chance to serve te 2026-11-05T21:20:09.961Z Neil Tinsley elected to Lake Havasu City Council, Jeni Coke grateful for chance to serve With a margin too wide to flip, the latest election results secure Neil Tinsley as Lake Havasu City's newest councilmember. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecf3083830286ffa39f3bf Lake Havasu City voters ratify 2026 General Plan, set community's direction te 2026-11-05T21:20:08.016Z Lake Havasu City voters ratify 2026 General Plan, set community's direction About two years of work, community conversations, bureaucratic procedures and revisions, Lake Havasu City will officially see an updated General Plan, outlining its future and protecting what residents care about most. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecf3023830286ffa39f382 Serve Robotics launches new business to become the AWS for robots te 2026-11-05T21:20:02.889Z Serve Robotics launches new business to become the AWS for robots Serve Robotics announced alonsgside its third-quarter earnings that it will launch a new business line called Physical AI Services to offer customers its connectivity and data tools. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecf0b53830286ffa39f2ee Gavin Newsom wipes out California's death row in historic mass commutation te 2026-11-05T21:10:13.809Z Gavin Newsom wipes out California's death row in historic mass commutation California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday that he will spare the lives of 548 inmates currently on the state’s death row, effectively clearing capital punishment in the state years after issuing an executive moratorium on executions. In a letter to constituents, Newsom, a Democrat, declared the state's capital punishment system fundamentally flawed, error-prone, and morally incompatible with California’s core values. "After nearly 30 years in public office, I have come to understand the limits of what government can justly accomplish," Newsom wrote. "I take this action because I firmly believe that state-sanctioned killing is incompatible with California’s values, undermines the foundations of our legal system, and diminishes each of us." EX-CHIEF SAYS CHRISTA PIKE WAS 'ALMOST GIDDY' DESCRIBING MURDER AS GOVERNOR WEIGHS IN AFTER BOTCHED EXECUTION Under the executive action, all death sentences will be converted to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The move comes amid renewed national conversations surrounding capital punishment following a botched execution in Tennessee involving death row inmate Christa Pike. California has not carried out an execution since 2006. Shortly after taking office in 2019, Newsom placed an official moratorium on executions and ordered the dismantling of the execution chamber at San Quentin State Prison. The decision drew immediate criticism from victims' rights advocates, including Marc Klaas, whose 12-year-old daughter, Polly, was kidnapped and murdered in 1993. Her killer, Richard Allen Davis, remains on death row. CHARLES MANSON FOLLOWER TIED TO SHARON TATE MURDERS GETS RECOMMENDED FOR PAROLE AFTER 55 YEARS IN PRISON "He just gave the gift of life to [hundreds of] people who took the gift of life from their victims," Klaas told Fox News Digital, expressing disappointment over the decision. "I don't understand his rationale behind it… but it's probably the same old tired stuff that he said when he did his moratorium." "He has definitely secured the serial killer vote now," he added. POPE LEO DENOUNCES DEATH PENALTY AS 'INADMISSIBLE' AHEAD OF PENTAGON'S PLANNED LIVESTREAMED EXECUTION Conversely, anti-death penalty advocates strongly praised the move. "The silence after the very breath of a human is violently wrestled out of them is deafening," Rev. Jeff Hood, a spiritual adviser to death row inmates, said in a statement reported by The Sacramento Bee. "I’ve heard it 14 times. Today, Governor Newsom has courageously chosen to break that silence. These commutations represent the height of moral leadership," he added. "Cruelty laid down. Now, I’m left with one prayer: God, don’t let any of the governors in the other executing states get any sleep until they find the ethical stamina to follow Newsom’s lead." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecf0ad3830286ffa39f2aa Mendoza unseats Ciscomani in Arizona House race te 2026-11-05T21:10:05.672Z Mendoza unseats Ciscomani in Arizona House race Lee en español Democrat JoAnna Mendoza unseated Republican Rep. Juan Ciscomani in Southern Arizona’s 6th Congressional District, rated as one of the most competitive in the country The Associated Press called the race for Mendoza at 12:38 p.m. on Thursday. Her victory hands Democrats another House seat after Tuesday’s wipeout where Republicans lost control of Congress. Pima County still has thousands of ballots pending, and is expected to finish counting by Monday. But Mendoza continues to lead by 25,000 votes, according to the updated unofficial results. “We’re standing here tonight because we have a huge, huge task ahead of us. Step one, we’ve won, so goodbye Mr. Ciscomani,” she told cheering supporters on Tuesday. Partygoers react as Joanna Mendoza is predicted to win and Democrats are predicted to gain control of the Senate on Nov. 3, 2026. Credit: Mason Kumet Ciscomani thanked his supporters on Tuesday night after the first batch of votes dropped, showing his Democratic opponent with an early lead, according to unofficial results. He urged supporters not to worry, citing experience with his two previous two elections. “We’ve been through this cycle before. It’s up and down, it’s gonna be a close one,” he said. “It’s gonna take a few days probably to get this called.” The district covers all of Greenlee County, parts of Pima, Pinal, Cochise, Graham counties, and includes much of eastern Tucson, as well as communities in southeastern Arizona. Ciscomani thanked volunteers who helped with his campaign. He was joined on stage by his family as he thanked them in Spanish and English for their support. He spoke about the importance of his background, as the first naturalized U.S. Citizen from México elected to represent Arizona in the House. “I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would be in this position, being elected once, being elected twice, and now to be elected one more time,” Ciscomani said. Rep. Juan Ciscomani speaks at a campaign event on election night, Nov. 3, 2026. Credit: Michael McKisson “This is an amazing nation that gives all the opportunities that you can get, if you’re willing to go out and get it and not play the victim card and go and be proud of who you are,” he added. At Mendoza’s campaign party, she talked about her background as a daughter of farmworkers in Eloy, living in poverty and joining the Marine Corps in search of better opportunities. She described how she took her 10-year-old son to the emergency room on Monday night with a swollen lymph node. “You know what I was thinking about when I was there? I’m thinking about the parents who do not have that privilege to be able to be able to take their kids to the emergency room because they have no health insurance,” she said. Mendoza said her family’s experience has shaped the views that she plans to take and put into action in Washington. FILE – Arizona Democratic candidate Adelita Grijalva, right, smiles as she celebrates with her mother Ramona Grijalva after being declared the winner against Republican Daniel Butierez to fill the Congressional District 7 seat held by the late Rep. Raúl Grijalva in a special election Sept. 23, 2025, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File) In a neighboring political region, Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva was winning reelection in Congressional District 7, which spans the southwestern corner of Arizona, according to unofficial results. The race was a rematch with Republican challenger Daniel Butierez. The Associated Press called the race for Grijalva at about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Grijalva, in a 2025 special election night, coasted to a resounding victory to become the first Arizona Latina elected to Congress. She filled the seat long held by her father, Raúl Grijalva, who died in March 2025. Rep. Juan Ciscomani speaks to the media at a campaign event on Nov. 3, 2026. Credit: Michael McKisson In the closely watched District 6 race, Ciscomani and Mendoza made a final push to voters on Tuesday. They spent the day canvassing and speaking to voters at poll sites around metro Tucson. Ciscomani visited several voting sites in the district and cast his ballot on Tuesday afternoon in Marana, joined by his parents, wife and other relatives, making his case to voters. “At the end of the day, what you want from a government elected official is to have results,” he told reporters outside the polls. “For four years I have been demonstrating and bringing in results, the role in the Appropriations Committee, these are things that add up and that actually make a difference for our community.” Mendoza, who voted early by mail, began her day in her hometown of Eloy, and then made her way to the Tucson metro area, campaigning with fellow Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly. She canvassed with supporters well into Tuesday afternoon.  “What we need to do is elect people who actually care about the people in their district,” Mendoza told Arizona Luminaria, “Who are actually going to take action, who are going to protect the Constitution and who are going to put a check on this administration.” JoAnna Mendoza, left, Democratic candidate for Arizona’s Sixth Congressional District, talks with supporter Brenda Robbins in Casa Grande, Ariz., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Both candidates acknowledged the possibility that the race would not be decided by Tuesday night.  Ciscomani is seeking his third term but his victory margins illustrate how competitive the district has been since it was redrawn in 2022: Republicans, Democrats and independent voters each make up about a third of the electorate.  That year, Ciscomani beat Democrat Kirsten Engel by over 5,200 votes. He won their 2024 rematch by just under 11,000 votes.  “I feel like when the district is as tight as ours, it forces everyone to get out there and try to make sense of their positions,” Ciscomani said. “Which is what we’ve done: to go out there and not only earn Republican votes, but definitely earn independent votes, and even some Democrat votes.” Mendoza is running for office for the first time, and said she was trying to stay in the moment and not think too far ahead.  “I don’t think there’s anything that could really prepare you for this,” she said. “It’s like nothing I’ve ever experienced before. The closest I would say is deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan.” For many voters casting a ballot on Tuesday, deciding who to support in the congressional election was just as important as casting a vote against the opposing candidate or party.  Susan Shoemaker, an Oro Valley resident, voted Tuesday morning at the town’s public library. The registered Republican said she was motivated to vote in order to show her opposition to Democrats like Mendoza, who she felt were moving too far to the left. She voted for Ciscomani.  “I’ve met him before. I like what he stands for,” she said. “Everybody wants to lie about everybody. I feel he’s upfront.” Michael Prochnau of Tucson said the current administration’s handling of the economy, the war in Iran, and concerns over corruption, convinced him to vote for Democrats, including Mendoza. “Ciscomani really marches in step with the current administration, regardless of the issues,” he said. “I feel like Mendoza, while not bringing a ton of experience, I like her background, her stance on taxation and some of the immigration issues.” In 2022, the District 6 race was called after six days. In 2024, the race was called after eight days. The post Mendoza unseats Ciscomani in Arizona House race appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecf0ab3830286ffa39f28e Chargers OC Mike McDaniel Responds to Trash Talk Against QB Justin Herbert te 2026-11-05T21:10:03.624Z Chargers OC Mike McDaniel Responds to Trash Talk Against QB Justin Herbert Los Angeles Chargers offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel responded to a recent jab directed at his quarterback Justin Herbert. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecee693830286ffa39f213 SR 347 lane restrictions return next week. Here’s when te 2026-11-05T21:00:25.970Z SR 347 lane restrictions return next week. Here’s when Just when we all got used to the smooth drive on State Route 347, the Arizona Department of Transportation announced lane restrictions are returning next week. Yikes. ADOT is planning overnight lane closures starting Monday, Nov. 9 as crews stripe lanes on SR 347 between Maricopa city limits and Casa Blanca Road. Here’s what you need to know to plan for the restrictions: Monday, Nov. 9: Northbound SR 347 will be reduced to one lane between the city of Maricopa and Casa Blanca Road from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10. Tuesday, Nov. 10: Southbound SR 347 will be reduced to one lane between Casa Blanca Road and Maricopa beginning at 10 p.m. and continuing through 7 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11. Wednesday, Nov. 11: The same southbound stretch will be reduced to one lane from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 12. ADOT advises drivers to follow posted speed limits, stay alert and merge safely through the work zone.  The post SR 347 lane restrictions return next week. Here’s when appeared first on InMaricopa.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecee623830286ffa39f1f3 Authorities pinpoint likely cause of 2 students' deaths after plunge off mountainside te 2026-11-05T21:00:18.065Z Authorities pinpoint likely cause of 2 students' deaths after plunge off mountainside Authorities have identified the likely cause of a fatal fall that killed two college students in the Colorado mountains last week, saying a rock securing their rappelling equipment likely gave way during their descents. Kaden Matsuda, 19, and Jackson Donlon, 20 — both students at Colorado Mountain College — were found dead in a snow-filled basin on West Apostle Mountain, roughly 100 miles southeast of Aspen. They had failed to return from a weekend climbing trip, according to The Associated Press (AP). The two were rappelling down the mountain when the accident occurred, according to findings released this week by the Chaffee County Sheriff's Office. ONE MAN TURNED A GLOBAL SKYSCRAPER INTO HIS MOST DANGEROUS DESTINATION OF ALL: 'PRETTY SURREAL' Donlon was beginning his descent from an anchor point backed up by additional safety protections when the rock likely gave way, authorities said on Tuesday. Matsuda was attached to the same anchor, causing both students to fall. Investigators have not determined exactly how far they plunged, AP said. The pair had set out from the college's Leadville campus, initially planning to climb nearby Ice Mountain before apparently changing their destination to West Apostle Mountain, according to authorities. Autopsies determined that both students died instantly from multiple blunt force injuries, while authorities said the severe snowstorm was not a direct factor in their deaths. THOUSANDS SWARM STUNNING MOUNTAIN ESCAPE AS SELFIE TOURISM BACKLASH ERUPTS ONLINE Investigators found no obvious mistakes in the students' preparation for the climb, according to the Chaffee County Sheriff's Office. "In most similar cases that have led to a devastating conclusion we find it easy to pick apart what was done wrong," Chaffee County Sheriff Andy Rohrich said, according to AP. "That was not the case with Kaden and Jackson." Rohrich also expressed relief that neither student suffered in their final moments.  AMERICAN TOURIST FALLS 1,000 FEET TO HER DEATH WHILE CHASING PERFECT MOUNTAIN PHOTO "While their lives were far too short, they spent their final moments together surrounded by the majestic beauty of Chaffee County’s high peaks that they loved," he said. "There is also relief knowing neither of them suffered." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Both students shared a passion for the outdoors, according to AP.  Matsuda was studying to become a wildland firefighter, while Donlon was studying outdoor recreation leadership. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS Matsuda was from Ridgway, Colorado, while Donlon was from Queensbury, New York. Other fatal climbing accidents have occurred in recent months. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Earlier this summer, elite rock climber Jake Whisenant, 30, died from blunt force injuries sustained in a fall at California's Sequoia National Park. In another accident, three Latvian mountaineers died, while a fourth was critically injured after falling near Denali Pass on Alaska's Mount McKinley earlier this year. The Associated Press contributed reporting. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecee603830286ffa39f1ea Matt Damon's wife had brain surgery days before Oscars, pulled off 'heroic' surprise for actor te 2026-11-05T21:00:16.305Z Matt Damon's wife had brain surgery days before Oscars, pulled off 'heroic' surprise for actor Matt Damon is sharing a frightening family health scare that nearly derailed one of Hollywood's biggest nights. The actor revealed his wife, Luciana Barroso, had a brain aneurysm and had surgery a week before the 2024 Oscars. Damon said Barroso was still recovering when she made a surprise decision that left him deeply moved. MATT DAMON WAS 'PUSHED TO THE LIMIT' WHILE FILMING 'THE ODYSSEY,' DETAILS GRUELING PHYSICAL DISCOMFORTS "We had this whole scary thing happen where my wife had a brain aneurysm," Damon told GQ in a cover interview published Thursday. "She's totally fine, thank God, but [she] had this brain surgery the week before the Oscars. But it was the first night she felt good enough to get up and had her energy back." Despite having surgery just a week earlier, Barroso got dressed up and accompanied her husband to an Oscars after-party — determined not to let another major Hollywood moment pass them by. "And she surprised me and got a dress and we went out to the after-party, because she remembered that the last time it happened, I didn’t do it," Damon recalled. "She was like, ‘This time we’re going out,’" Damon continued. "And it was pretty f---ing heroic of her to do that and really meaningful." The emotional reflection comes after Damon looked back on another Oscars night he regretted missing nearly two decades earlier. In 2007, Martin Scorsese won his first best director Oscar for "The Departed," the crime drama starring Damon. But the actor was nowhere near Hollywood that night. Damon was shooting second-unit scenes for "The Bourne Ultimatum" in Miami, where he was living with Barroso and their infant daughter at the time. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS The couple watched the ceremony from bed, with Damon admitting he was so caught up in Scorsese's long-awaited victory that he never considered the possibility that the film could win best picture, too. "And I realized in that moment I hadn't even considered that that could happen," he said. "And I turned to Lucy and I was like, 'S---, we should be there!'" MICHAEL J. FOX SAYS GOING PUBLIC WITH PARKINSON'S WAS 'HELL' ON WIFE TRACY POLLAN "The Departed" went on to win best picture, and Damon said he was flooded with calls from cast members and studio executives wondering why he had missed the celebration, he told GQ. "I totally blew it," he admitted. Years later, Damon got another shot at experiencing an awards-season triumph with Christopher Nolan's 2023 film "Oppenheimer," which won best picture at the 2024 Oscars. The actor has long credited his family with helping him navigate Hollywood's demanding schedule, saying he and Barroso have traditionally maintained a two-week limit on how long he spends away for work. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE That arrangement was tested during the filming of Christopher Nolan's 2026 blockbuster "The Odyssey," when Damon spent three and a half weeks away during the first stretch of production. "It was a sacrifice for them, and they were awesome about it," he said of his family's support. Damon and Barroso married in a private ceremony in 2005 and have three daughters together: Isabella, 20, Gia, 17, and Stella, 15. Barroso also has a daughter, Alexia, 27, from a previous relationship, whom Damon helped raise. Damon also praised longtime friend Ben Affleck for turning down projects that would have taken him away from his children, noting how their priorities have shifted since the two found success together with "Good Will Hunting." "I have no right to expect anything like that to happen again," Damon said of another career-defining opportunity. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE But he's not giving up on their creative partnership anytime soon. "I just want to make good stuff and definitely keep working with Ben," he told GQ, reflecting on how the two are still pursuing the dreams they shared as boys. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecee533830286ffa39f193 Pete Hegseth Responds to 'Sham' Impeachment Push te 2026-11-05T21:00:03.248Z Pete Hegseth Responds to 'Sham' Impeachment Push Pete Hegseth has responded to Representative Thomas Massie’s plan to introduce articles of impeachment against him. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecec0f3830286ffa39f125 Democrats ‘divorced from voters’ as 5 states back citizen-only voting, bolstering GOP push te 2026-11-05T20:50:23.775Z Democrats ‘divorced from voters’ as 5 states back citizen-only voting, bolstering GOP push Voters in five states overwhelmingly approved ballot measures barring noncitizens from voting, including Kansas, where Democrats scored a major Senate upset, and Alaska, where the Senate race remains uncalled. Federal law already prohibits noncitizens from voting in federal elections, but measures approved in Kansas, Alaska, Arkansas, South Dakota and West Virginia clarify or explicitly codify citizenship requirements for voting in state and local elections, with support exceeding 60% in each state.  Election integrity advocates pointed to the results as evidence supporting President Donald Trump and Republicans’ argument that their push to require proof of citizenship for federal voter registration has "overwhelming bipartisan support." REPUBLICANS SUFFER HISTORIC SENATE UPSET AS DEM FLIPS DEEP-RED STATE FOR FIRST TIME IN NEARLY A CENTURY "I would absolutely agree that noncitizen voting bans are overwhelmingly popular," Jason Snead, Executive Director of Honest Elections Project, told Fox News Digital. "They enjoy bipartisan support." A 2024 Gallup poll found that 83% of Americans, including 66% of Democrats, support requiring first-time voters to provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote. The ballot measure wins also come as the conservative-majority Supreme Court prepares to consider a related dispute over whether Arizona can require proof of citizenship on its state voter-registration form and remove suspected noncitizens from the rolls before an election — a ruling that could affect how states enforce citizenship requirements. Meanwhile, related election measures failed in California and Arizona. California’s Proposition 39 was defeated 58.5% to 41.4%, a margin of roughly 17 percentage points; the measure would have required voter ID and additional citizenship-verification procedures. "I would note that the unique thing there is not only that California is openly hostile to the idea of trying to prevent noncitizen voting in terms of its elected leadership, but also the left poured more than 30 million dollars into the ballot measure campaign to defeat that," Snead told Fox News Digital. Snead said Arizona’s measure was broader, omnibus legislation that included several provisions beyond noncitizen voting, which may have contributed to its defeat. The victories for the measures barring noncitizens from voting follow the Trump administration and congressional Republicans’ failed efforts to pass the SAVE America Act, which would require proof of citizenship to register to vote. ARIZONA VOTER LAW FIGHT REACHES SCOTUS AS ELECTION GROUPS WARN ‘ABSURD’ CONSEQUENCE COULD ENSUE The SAVE America Act also became a flashpoint in Congress, with Republicans and Democrats sparring over whether to attach it to a budget reconciliation package. Trump’s effort to tie the bill to Department of Homeland Security funding contributed to a prolonged standoff during the department’s shutdown. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Republicans lacked the votes to pass it, while Democrats argued it would disenfranchise eligible voters. Hans von Spakovsky, a former member of the Federal Election Commission and senior legal fellow of Advancing American Freedom, said the Democratic Party is completely "divorced" from its voters, and Snead agreed, saying Democrats took a "90-10 issue" and turned it into a highly politicized fight. "The left is far out of step with the American public and they really should be answering the question: 'why are you opposed to something that 90% of the public is in favor of?" Snead said. "Only citizens should vote in our elections. And if you believe, as the left claims to, in democracy, well, then we should start by making sure that we have free and fair elections that are decided only by American citizens." But while Spakovsky applauded the passage of the ballot measures, he warned they could prove ineffective unless states are allowed to verify voters’ citizenship. "Look, I'm glad those states passed that referendum, but those provisions, aren't going to be much good unless states are able to do two things," Spakovsky said. Spakovsky pointed to Republican National Committee v. Mi Familia Vota, a case in which the Supreme Court will decide whether federal law prevents Arizona from requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and from removing suspected noncitizens from its voter rolls. He said the ruling could affect how effectively states can enforce citizenship requirements. ELECTION EXPERT SOUNDS ALARM ON HOW NONCITIZENS ARE LANDING ON VOTER ROLLS Snead said simply checking a box attesting to citizenship on a federal form has not been sufficient. "As we have seen in a number of recent arrests by the Justice Department, with indictments going out against noncitizens, and with the failures of the automatic voter registration system in New Jersey, which added 6,600 noncitizens to the rolls, with almost 400 of them voting, we clearly have been let down by that check-a-box system," Snead said. However, Spakovsky said a ruling in favor of Arizona would only go so far, arguing that proof of citizenship would only apply to future voter registrations. "The only way for them to try to check the citizenship of people who are already registered is by using the SAVE database at the Department of Homeland Security, and with complete control of Congress, I have no doubt that one of the first things Democrats will do is try to defund the database so that states can't use it," Spakovsky said. Snead applauded the Trump administration's efforts to expand states’ access to the SAVE database to clean up their voter rolls, arguing the previous process of tracking down ineligible voters was "cumbersome." He also voiced concerns that Democrats will gut the database. SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER "I would not be surprised if they try to defund the entire safe system or pass legislation to prevent its use for cleaning up voter rolls," Snead said. "I think that we are fast approaching the point where it is fair to say, 'why are Democrats actively pushing for noncitizen voting?'" Snead continued. "I think that's the direction that we are going." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecec0c3830286ffa39f11c Sophie Cunningham dishes out some brutal honesty for her WNBA peers & coach high school football for $180K! te 2026-11-05T20:50:20.212Z Sophie Cunningham dishes out some brutal honesty for her WNBA peers & coach high school football for $180K! 'Nightcaps' is a daily column that catches you up on the biggest sports, news and culture stories you may have missed while pretending to do work at your desk. It runs Monday-Friday on OutKick.com. Over the hump and, somehow, safely onto the other side of the week. Whew. We made it. Barely. The stocks are rocky. The temperature in this country has been cranked WAY up. We're all just treading water right now. But hey, we're doing it together. We're in this for the long haul, folks. Stay the course. We've got Thursday Night Football tonight, and then we'll be off to the races. Big weekend of college football on tap. Big weekend of NFL. Thanksgiving, believe it or not, is three weeks from today. Right now. Right this second. Strap in. Hold on tight. Let's ride. Welcome to a Thursday Nightcaps — the one where Sophie Cunningham asks her WNBA peers the same question we've asked all season long ... Why can't y'all make a layup? Sophie's words, not mine! What else? I've got Curt Cignetti back on the campaign trail even though the election is over, Luka Doncic berating a fan for a perfectly executed chest pass, and if you're looking to make some quick holiday money, there's a job opening for a high school football coach in Alabama that you might wanna take a look at. Lordy. It just means more, baby! OK, grab you a donut for National Donut Day, and settle in for a Thursday 'Cap! I've got no real hot take on donuts. Who doesn't like a donut? Boston cream is obviously the GOAT, followed by blueberry and then just a simple glazed. Short, simple and easy. When it comes to donuts, I think you have to go simple. We go on vacation every year to a spot down here in Florida that I won't name because it's already too crowded as it is, and they have one of those fancy donut shops by the beach. They have every topping known to man at their disposal, and folks go NUTS with their custom creations. Fruity Pebbles on top. Reese's Pieces. Key lime pie frosting. Sriracha! Hogwash. Give me a simple donut done correctly, and it'll beat anything Gen-Z decides to create. I promise. And that concludes the culinary portion of today's class. You're welcome! Now, let's get this show on the road with Sophie Cunningham wondering why nobody in the WNBA can make a layup. Frankly, it's a fair question. "Why do we miss so many wide open layups? It's a joke. What the f--k is that?" She's right, by the way. I'm just glad someone finally asked. Obviously, I never watched a single WNBA game until Caitlin Clark came into the league. Nobody did. But, I've had to dabble in the league for content purposes over the past few years, and I've gotta tell you ... I was STUNNED when I watched my first WNBA game. Stunned. ANGEL REESE SETS TWO WNBA RECORDS WITH HISTORIC REBOUNDING PERFORMANCE The amount of missed shots around the basket is jarring. Angel Reese does this all the time. In fact, she does it so much, society made up the term "mebound" for her because she pads her stats by grabbing so many of her missed shots. I also like how Sophie immediately pushes back on her partner's long line of excuses (athleticism, strength, height, etc ...): "Dude these are, like, wide open layups." Amazing. She's the best. OK, let's keep this class moving and check in on Curt Cignetti in the wake of Tuesday's first batch of College Football Playoff rankings. He seems pleased! "SEC gets a lot of love from ESPN, you know, and all their writers that they don’t technically pay, but march to their drum. So, and that’s why you see all these SEC teams up there, you know, and some good two-loss teams from the Big Ten, not quite as high. But like I said, it’s all going to be it’s all going to be played out on the field." Whoaaaaaaaaaa Nellie! Tell us how you really feel, Curt! Who, exactly, are the good two-loss teams from the Big Ten? I'm genuinely curious, because this is a down year for the Big Ten. A DOWN year. Michigan stinks. Penn State stinks. Oregon has no QB, and stinks. USC looks better because they just beat Ohio State, but let's be real about that one for a second. The Trojans lose that game by two touchdowns if Ohio State has a competent person throwing the ball. So who is it? Iowa? Come on. Maybe Northwestern. I can make a case for Northwestern because that program has been solid, even though they lost a game they should've won last week against Oregon. But other than that? I'm just not seeing it. The committee may very well have an SEC bias — I don't think Alabama deserves to be No. 5, and I wrote that yesterday — but using two-loss Big Ten schools as the argument ain't it. Not this year, at least. OK, let's rapid-fire this Thursday class into a big Thursday night. First up? Speaking of Alabama, let's check in on the local high school football scene as the postseason gets underway: That's real, by the way. This is from the school's official Facebook post: Dothan City Schools is seeking a Head Football Coach to lead the Dothan High School Wolves football program! Annual Salary: $150,000–$180,000 The ideal candidate will: • Build a championship-caliber program with a vision for sustained success and state title contention. • Lead and develop a high-performing coaching staff committed to excellence and accountability. • Demonstrate a proven record of success in varsity competition, playoff appearances, and championship-level performance. • Prioritize student-athlete growth through academic achievement, character, discipline, and well-being. • Establish a year-round culture of excellence through strategic preparation, teamwork, and community engagement. Any takers? Think you got what it takes to lead the Dothan Wolves to a championship? Let's see it! Hell, I'll throw my hat in the ring for $180,000. The cost of living in Dothan, for those wondering, is about 15% lower than the US average, according to Payscale.com. The medium home listing sits around $316,000. And hey! Look at this bad boy that's been on the market for 48 days now: And it's only a 20-minute drive to Dothan High! You're just not getting a better deal than that right now in America. Go get 'em, folks. You're welcome. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! OK, that's it for today. Good Thursday, everyone. On the way out, here's Lakers star Luka Doncic berating a fan — and eventually getting him ejected — because he deemed this toss to the ref a little too aggressive. Looks like a textbook pass to me. Soft! See you tomorrow. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecebfd3830286ffa39f0c5 The Bots Are Stealing the Last Human Part of Music | Opinion te 2026-11-05T20:50:05.185Z The Bots Are Stealing the Last Human Part of Music | Opinion When we price out the everyday fan, we silence the very collective energy that gives music its power, argues Craig Anderson. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aece9b03830286ffa39f04e Fans brawl during Oilers-Devils game as one man takes on entire group for chirping about Canada te 2026-11-05T20:40:16.260Z Fans brawl during Oilers-Devils game as one man takes on entire group for chirping about Canada If a hockey game settled by a shootout isn't enough action for you, the Oilers and Devils game on Tuesday night included some extracurricular activity in the stands as fans started brawling with each other, clearing out several rows in the process. The video of the action taken from a row or two away shows a guy in a camouflage shirt trying to get after it with several fans in the row behind him. His shirt is being pulled up and at one point he's hit in the head with several punches. A touching reminder that the NHL season has returned. While all of that is taking place, another fan from the lower row pulls another fan down almost in the lap of the person capturing the footage. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! The video doesn't show what led to the fight between the fans, but someone who says they were sitting next to the guy in the camo responded to the clip and filled in those details. According to the alleged witness, it started because the guys behind the guy in the camo were talking trash about Canada. "guys directly behind us were talking majorrrr shit about canada, camo was canadian," she wrote. "guys behind me kept saying stuff, camo turned around and said if they kept talking he’d beat the shit out of them and won’t care if he got ejected." CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE They "kept chirping," she continued, and the rest is history. She added, "camo obviously started beating the shit out of them. it was completely insane, i’ve never been so close to something like that lol." What happened to the guy who was pulled down a couple of rows, you ask. Well, she has the details on that too. She said, "someone was holding him to the point he started turning purple. when he eventually got up, he really couldn’t because he was indeed purple and couldn’t breathe. both got ejected." A tough night for this group, especially those rooting for the Oilers and those who were ejected. The Oilers ended up losing the game and if any Devils fans were tossed, and they probably were, they missed a 4-3 win by shootout. Now that hockey is back, it's a good time to remind everyone: chirp in the stands at your own risk. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aece9ae3830286ffa39f045 Hegseth demands $350B for military, fires back at Dem impeachment push te 2026-11-05T20:40:14.445Z Hegseth demands $350B for military, fires back at Dem impeachment push War Secretary Pete Hegseth urged Congress Thursday to approve at least $350 billion in defense funding while pushing back against Democratic efforts to impeach him. In a video posted to X, Hegseth defended his Pentagon overhaul, including eliminating DEI initiatives, removing military leaders and rebuilding recruitment. Hegseth called the impeachment effort political theater and vowed to continue advancing President Donald Trump's military agenda despite Democratic opposition. This is a developing story; check back later for updates. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aece9ab3830286ffa39f02c Former teacher Ruiz declares victory in race for Arizona superintendent of public instruction te 2026-11-05T20:40:11.567Z Former teacher Ruiz declares victory in race for Arizona superintendent of public instruction Former school teacher Teresa Leyba Ruiz speaks during the Arizona Democratic Party's victory party on Nov. 3, 2026 in Phoenix. (Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy/Arizona Mirror) Former school teacher Teresa Leyba Ruiz declared victory Thursday over Republican Kimberly Yee in the race to become Arizona’s next public schools chief.  As of early Thursday afternoon, Ruiz held a sizable lead over Yee, with a more than 133,000 vote difference between the two. The race has yet to be called; many votes remain uncounted, but a change in the outcome is unlikely at this stage, with about 186,000 votes left to be counted in Maricopa County, where most of Arizona’s voters live.  In a written statement announcing her win, Ruiz celebrated her status as the first Latina and third educator to be elected as the state Superintendent of Public Instruction. GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. SUBSCRIBE “I am beyond honored that Arizona voters have placed their trust in me to serve as Superintendent of Public Instruction,” Ruiz said. “This victory is historic for our students, teachers, and families: a math teacher defeating a career politician to lead the state’s public schools.” Yee, Arizona’s current state treasurer, was recruited to run by state lawmaker Jake Hoffman, the head of the state legislature’s far-right Arizona Freedom Caucus, in clear repudiation of incumbent Tom Horne. Hoffman and other Republican politicians felt that Horne, a Republican, had failed to adequately defend Arizona’s school voucher system from public criticism.  Along with Hoffman’s endorsement, Yee won the backing of Turning Point USA, the organization founded by Charlie Kirk, setting her apart as the hardline conservative candidate, after years of establishing a reputation as a moderate and distancing herself from the party’s fringe. Yee has yet to concede her loss.  Ruiz spent more than two decades as a public school teacher and later became the president of Glendale Community College. She billed herself to voters as the right choice to represent Arizona’s public school system and characterized Yee as an extremist without experience in or respect for public schools.  The race between the two candidates centered around the state’s school voucher system, which has faced ongoing scrutiny over its lack of regulations. Known formally as Empowerment Scholarship Accounts, Republican lawmakers initially created the program to benefit students with special education needs, but gradually relaxed its eligibility over the years, ultimately adding a universal expansion in 2022.  Public education advocates have accused the program, which has ballooned to an annual cost of $1 billion, of siphoning money away from public schools.  Since eligibility was opened up to anyone, students who have never attended a public school have been able to apply for ESA grants to help pay for private school tuition. Despite the program’s growing size and the accusations of wasteful spending, Republicans have resisted adding restrictions to it, even as reporting has found that some voucher recipients used the money to make luxury purchases, including for diamond rings and airplane tickets. But that may change in the near future, after Democrats, who have long pushed for a repeal of the universal expansion, won a legislative majority in Tuesday’s election.  The state superintendent has an active role in overseeing the school voucher program and advocating for or against new regulations.  While Yee hammered Horne during the Republican primary for not properly  addressing fraud in the program, she rejected the idea that the program needs greater regulation, instead vowing to implement a better system to check for suspicious payment requests. Ruiz, however, has consistently called for increased controls and tighter eligibility requirements, saying that private schools that accept voucher money should face the same accountability measures that public schools do.  On Thursday, Ruiz reiterated that stance, saying that she is committed to supporting public education and ensuring that the public funds are spent responsibly.  “These results give us an opportunity to turn the page: to invest in student outcomes, bring much-needed accountability and transparency to taxpayer dollars, and put students ahead of political agendas,” she said, in her written statement.  Ruiz also extended Yee an invitation to join her staff as a member of the ESA accountability team, where she could help oversee the voucher program.  YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aece9a43830286ffa39efff Across the South, Black Voters Help Propel Democratic Wins te 2026-11-05T20:40:04.093Z Across the South, Black Voters Help Propel Democratic Wins Democrats in the South used anger over redistricting, cuts to key federal programs and attacks on Black history to help galvanize a crucial bloc of voters to the polls. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aece75d3830286ffa39ef7f Popular weight-loss drugs may prevent prediabetes from turning into diabetes te 2026-11-05T20:30:21.252Z Popular weight-loss drugs may prevent prediabetes from turning into diabetes Adults with prediabetes and obesity who took GLP-1-based medications had a 31% lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes and a 41% lower risk of death compared with those taking metformin. Metformin is an oral medication used primarily to treat type 2 diabetes, widely considered the first-line treatment, combined with lifestyle modifications. It is also sometimes prescribed to people with prediabetes to help prevent or delay progression. The findings, which come from a large observational study, are set to be presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2026 this weekend in Chicago. They have not yet undergone the full peer review process. DR OZ LINKS OBESITY TO CHRONIC DISEASE SURGE, SAYS GLP-1S CAN 'JUMPSTART' BETTER HEALTH The study involved health records for 256,492 adults with prediabetes and obesity, averaging 52 years of age.  Approximately half of the group received GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists) medications – including semaglutide, tirzepatide, liraglutide and dulaglutide – and half received metformin. Based on a three-year follow-up, in addition to the lower risk of diabetes and all-cause mortality, GLP-1–based medications were associated with 20% fewer strokes, 15% fewer heart attacks and 25% fewer cases of heart failure. "The 41% lower risk of death from any cause surprised me most," study author Vinicius de Sousa Barzon Serra, M.D., a research fellow in the department of cardiovascular medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona, told Fox News Digital. "I expected GLP-1 medications to do better than metformin on blood sugar and diabetes risk, because they lead to much more weight loss. I was also struck that the benefit appeared across many outcomes, including heart attack, stroke, heart failure and atrial fibrillation." POPULAR DIET SLASHES LIVER FAT BY 67% WHILE REVERSING PREDIABETES IN SOME PEOPLE Nearly 40% of U.S. adults have prediabetes, according to statistics from the AHA. That condition is marked by blood sugar levels that are above normal but not yet elevated enough for a diabetes diagnosis. As many as 10% of those with prediabetes will go on to develop type 2 diabetes each year. CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES "Most earlier research on these medications focused on people who already had diabetes," Serra noted. "Our study suggests the prediabetes stage may be an important time to consider them, rather than waiting until they develop type 2 diabetes." The study did have some limitations. While it found a link between GLP-1 medications and better health outcomes, it does not prove that the drugs were responsible. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER The findings are preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal, Serra noted. "We matched patients by age, health conditions and other characteristics to make the groups comparable … even so, other differences between the groups may remain," he said. "We also grouped the GLP-1 medications together, so we could not tell whether individual drugs differ." The study relied on patients' electronic health records, which may have contained missing or incorrect information. It is also possible that factors not measured in the study, such as medication dosage and compliance, could have influenced the results, the researchers noted. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ People with prediabetes and obesity should talk with their doctor about all their options and should not stop or change any medication on their own, Serra advised. "Metformin is a safe, inexpensive option with a long track record, and lifestyle changes such as healthy eating, regular physical activity and weight management remain the foundation of treatment," he emphasized to Fox News Digital. "For some patients, a GLP-1 medication may be worth discussing, depending on their overall health, other medical conditions, cost and access. The decision should be made together with their doctor." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aece7593830286ffa39ef6e Even flow: Horizon High’s Vedder Wolfley looks to forge his own path during breakout season te 2026-11-05T20:30:17.878Z Even flow: Horizon High’s Vedder Wolfley looks to forge his own path during breakout season SCOTTSDALE – Vedder Wolfley paused for a moment when asked if there is pressure on him as he follows in the cleats of his father, former NFL fullback Ron Wolfley. While the son is causing havoc on the other side of the ball as a junior linebacker/defensive end for Horizon High, he says that while he understands his father’s legacy as a four-time Pro Bowler, “pressure” is relative.  “I have no pressure on me to even go play college football,” Wolfley said. “He just wants me to play the game because I love it, there’s just no pressure from him. Football might be in the family’s DNA – Wolfley’s uncle Craig was an offensive lineman in the NFL – but he started off originally playing baseball as a pitcher and third baseman. Wolfley eventually gravitated to football after watching it for years on Sundays and spending time around a football family. “It’s been a lot of moments over the years,” Wolfley said, “When I was younger, just all the Sundays spending it watching football with my dad, growing up around such a football family with my uncles also playing in the NFL and at high levels of college and my cousins also playing football. So just being surrounded in that environment full of football really developed my love for the game.” Ron, who was the color analyst on the Arizona Cardinals Radio Network from 2005 to 2024 and is now host of the Wolf & Luke radio show Arizona Sports 98.7 FM, said he was happy that his son took up the sport on his own. “As he got older, he gravitated towards football,” Ron said. “We didn’t push him in that direction by any stretch of the imagination, but he fell in love with the game himself, which makes it really kind of cool for me personally.” Wolfley is in the middle of a breakout season, recording an impressive 59 tackles and 15 ½ sacks through the first nine games for the 7-2 Huskies. As a sophomore, he had 4 ½ sacks along with 48 total tackles in 13 games. In a key 34-21 win over Cave Creek Cactus Shadows on Oct. 8, Wolfley was dominant, racking up five sacks and 10 tackles in a performance that earned him the Arizona Cardinals High School Player of the Week. Wolfley attributes his growth and success to Horizon defensive coordinator David Anderson, who changed the alignment and put Wolfley in a new position that allows him to be successful with his skill set. Wolfley also says he worked hard in the offseason, improving his speed and spending extra time in the weight room. Horizon coach Tyson Ditmore credited the staff as well, mentioning defensive line coach Cody Baker along with Anderson. “I think it’s a credit to his coaches,” Ditmore said. “Coach Baker has done an awesome job working with him on individual techniques, and then our defensive coordinator, coach Anderson, knowing that the type of playmaker Vedder is, getting him into all the right positions.  “I think all three of those guys with Vedder, his position coach and his defensive coordinator working together are really making him shine.” Ditmore said Wolfley’s versatility helps stretch his impact on the game beyond the sack numbers. The 6-foot-1, 200-pound Wolfley can be trusted to line up and play at defensive line on one play, Ditmore said, and then be moved to outside linebacker for another. “We’ve had some key injuries to some guys this year and we’ve needed players to step up in roles,” Ditmore said. “Vedder is always a guy that we can count on to play any position we really need him to.” Wolfley takes pride in his versatility as a player, saying that he’s willing to do whatever his team needs. “That’s just a huge part of my game,” Wolfley said, “I think one of the most important things as a football player is you can’t be a one trick pony, you’ve got to be able to do multiple things depending on what the situation is.” Wolfley said he has received interest from an array of college football programs, getting game invites from Northern Arizona University, the University of Pennsylvania and Dartmouth. He plans to visit Penn for its game against Harvard on Nov. 14.  As his son explores his future options, Ron juggles his current role as a hands-on father with his past as an NFL fourth-round draft pick in 1985 (104th overall) who managed to play a decade in the NFL.  Ron steers away from comparisons, saying he wants to be viewed as Vedder’s dad, and not someone who used to play pro ball.  He says they don’t have many conversations about Ron’s former life in the NFL. Wolfley says he tries to help his son with the big-picture stuff about the sport, and not specific tactics, concentrating on what he is going to do to prepare for the game. Wolfley was named in part after Pearl Jam’s lead vocalist Eddie Vedder. The name also reflects Ron’s interest in medieval history, as Vedder’s name traces back to the old Westphalia region, where Charlemagne once settled. A fan of the famed grunge rock band from Seattle, Wolfley offered up his five favorite Pearl Jam songs.  Off-the-field, Wolfley says he wants to be known as a nice guy with a good character behind him – someone who treats people with respect.  Ron adds that his son is a lot like him, yet also different. He noted Wolfley’s love of the outdoors and related activities that aren’t Ron’s favorite.  “He’s a guy that loves to fish,” Ron said. “He’s an outdoors guy, and that is not his daddy, and it’s kind of cool to actually see that. I will tell you that it’s cool to see all the similarities. He’s kind of a quiet guy, he doesn’t seek the spotlight, and I’m very much like that as well.” Wolfley said his love for the outdoors comes from a summer camp where he learned how to fish. When he caught his first fish, his world expanded.  “With how busy my schedule is with high school football and school,” Wolfley said, “being outdoors and in nature has just been an easy way for me to clear my mind, calm myself down.”  Wolfley says that in the future, he would be honored to have the opportunity to play in the NFL, but if not, he has backup plans including one that would make his dad smile. “I’d love to get to play at that level,” Wolfley said. “If not, going into trade school and learning welding is my backup plan, and if even that doesn’t work out, I’m probably going to go into sports broadcasting.” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aece7533830286ffa39ef25 Packers’ Jordan Love Has One Request Before 100th Touchdown Pass te 2026-11-05T20:30:11.470Z Packers’ Jordan Love Has One Request Before 100th Touchdown Pass Jordan Love is one touchdown pass from 100 for his career as the Packers prepare to face the Patriots. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aece7513830286ffa39ef1c Tom Brady Makes Strong Statement About Bears After Win Over Seahawks te 2026-11-05T20:30:09.325Z Tom Brady Makes Strong Statement About Bears After Win Over Seahawks Tom Brady sent a strong message about the Bears, including the "great responsibility" they face after their win over the Seahawks. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aece74f3830286ffa39ef13 Skip Bayless Goes After LeBron James With a Savage Lakers Take te 2026-11-05T20:30:07.614Z Skip Bayless Goes After LeBron James With a Savage Lakers Take The Lakers are winning without LeBron James, and Skip Bayless has a strong take on why that might be happening. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aece74d3830286ffa39ef0a Who Is Gerald Heikes? Trump Wants Alaska Votes Given to Dan Sullivan te 2026-11-05T20:30:05.321Z Who Is Gerald Heikes? Trump Wants Alaska Votes Given to Dan Sullivan President Donald Trump said votes for two Alaska Senate candidates should go to Dan Sullivan, but state law says otherwise. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aece74a3830286ffa39ef01 Shaquille O'Neal Reacts to Stunning Performance From Victor Wembanyama te 2026-11-05T20:30:02.929Z Shaquille O'Neal Reacts to Stunning Performance From Victor Wembanyama Victor Wembanyama put together a ridiculous performance on Wednesday night, recording 52 points, 24 rebounds and eight blocks. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aece5033830286ffa39ee99 Marine veteran working security hailed as hero after stopping active shooter at Florida Citibank campus te 2026-11-05T20:20:19.869Z Marine veteran working security hailed as hero after stopping active shooter at Florida Citibank campus A Florida Marine veteran was credited Thursday as a hero for fatally shooting a gunman who drove onto a Citibank Center campus and began hunting down workers in anger over a delinquent $2,500 credit card bill, officials said. During a press briefing detailing the tragedy, Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister identified the security officer as John Fraley, who confronted 35-year-old Jacob Pearson inside the corporate setting just after he shot and killed a female Citibank employee. "He is an individual that's afforded an opportunity to carry a firearm because the ones who were either previous law enforcement or military and have that training, Citibank empowers them to carry a handgun," Chronister said.  "He didn't have to stop. He could have run and protected his own life, too. He took up a tactical position when he saw the suspect coming and made a decision." ARMED SECURITY GUARD HAILED AS HERO AFTER FATALLY SHOOTING GUNMAN AT MASSIVE TAMPA CITIBANK SITE "That decision put his own life at risk to stop that shooter from harming anyone else," he added. Pearson was married and had a 7-year-old child, the sheriff said. He became violent upon receiving a court summons regarding a $2,500 delinquent debt owed to Citibank, the sheriff said. Furious over the court notice, Pearson called an attorney's office contracted by the bank for collections around 9 a.m. Wednesday. He allegedly made violent threats to the attorney's office over the phone before leaving his Orlando home. "Unless you want me to go over there with my AR-15, my bulletproof vest and my insanity, you m------------ cancel this court case," he allegedly said, Fox 13 reported.  "Do you understand me? They are only an hour and three minutes away, so the last thing you want to do is f*** with me." Citibank’s head of security, a retired Secret Service agent, recognized the severity of the threat, initiated proactive safety measures, and contacted both the Orlando Police Department for a welfare check and the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office to request deputy presence on campus. WATCH: BODYCAM CAPTURES CHAOTIC RESPONSE TO DEADLY CITIBANK SHOOTING IN FLORIDA Despite those steps, Pearson drove to the Brandon campus, crashing through a gate into the courtyard where employees were gathered. Once inside, he got out of his sedan with a rifle immediately shot 41-year-old learning advisor LeAnne Selmon three times before his weapon malfunctioned, according to Chronister. ARMED SECURITY GUARD HAILED AS HERO AFTER FATALLY SHOOTING GUNMAN AT MASSIVE TAMPA CITIBANK SITE "As he shoots her, his rifle begins to malfunction," he said. "This suspect goes back… returns back to his car, retrieves his handgun, walks back over to the victim who's trying to crawl away with her life and executes her." "He was there intent on one purpose and that purpose was to hunt any human being he could find and kill," the sheriff said. "Because of the heroic actions of this Citibank security officer, vice president of operations, his reign of terror ended before it even began." Pearson then walked into a cafeteria intent on finding more victims before encountering Fraley, the sheriff said. Fraley, a Citibank security guard, vice president of operations, took a tactical position inside the men's restroom and opened fire, striking Pearson five times, according to the sheriff. Pearson was taken to Tampa General Hospital for medical care, where he died from his injuries. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aece5023830286ffa39ee90 MATT CALKINS: Sophie Cunningham urges unity as Natasha Cloud taunts GOP after midterm losses te 2026-11-05T20:20:18.382Z MATT CALKINS: Sophie Cunningham urges unity as Natasha Cloud taunts GOP after midterm losses Two WNBA players. Two midterm messages. One attempted to unify an increasingly divided country. Another seemed to give her opponents a firm slap in the face. Or, more specifically — a swat on the rear end. The first statement came from impending Fever free agent Sophie Cunningham. We know that the shooting guard isn't afraid to take a stance on a political issue, as she became a lightning rod over comments supporting the separation of biological males and females in sports and locker rooms last summer. But she isn't a formulaic partisan. SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM SPARKS SOCIAL MEDIA MELTDOWN BY SPEAKING OUT TO PROTECT WOMEN'S SPORTS Sophie has been adamant about being in the political "middle," saying she agrees with arguments from both sides of the aisle. And on Wednesday, one day after the Democratic-dominated midterm elections, she shared a post from entrepreneur Andy Frisella on her Instagram emphasizing personal growth over political identity. "One of the strangest things about our culture is how much faith we’ve placed in elections to change our lives and how little faith we’ve placed in our own ability to do the same. People will spend months arguing about who should lead the country while spending zero time considering how they could better lead themselves … and THAT is a much bigger problem than most people realize," Frisella’s post read. "Because the strength of a country is ultimately a reflection of the character, discipline and standards of the people who make it up. That’s you. Politics is downstream of culture. We can keep changing the people in charge, passing new laws and arguing over which party has the answers … but until we change the culture fostering, producing and tolerating the problems we have as a society, nothing fundamentally changes. "A population of weak, unhealthy, uninformed and dependent people is a hell of a lot easier to control than a population of strong, healthy, educated and self-reliant people. Your responsibility is to become the exact opposite of everything they want for you to the best of your abilities. Your REAL best. In my opinion that’s our obligation as Americans. "A culture of personal excellence is the foundation of a great country. There is no election, politician, policy or law that can substitute for that … and the best thing about that is the same behaviors that make you a better American also make your own life better quickly. If we want a better America … It starts with better Americans. There is no other way. Personal excellence is the Ultimate Rebellion." SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM RESHARES POST-ELECTION DAY MESSAGE: 'PERSONAL EXCELLENCE IS THE ULTIMATE REBELLION' This reminds me of the old Jordan Peterson axiom "clean your room." Before you can take on the world, make sure you can take care of yourself. It's not uncommon to see some of the most volatile, maladjusted people dedicating their lives to political causes in lieu of personal responsibility. That seems to be what Cunningham is warning against. Whether she would have reposted Frisella if the Republicans cleaned up in the midterms is unknown, but her premise holds up regardless. Constructive. Un-tribal. Pretty much the opposite of Chicago Sky guard Natasha Cloud. Cloud also took to social media after Tuesday's midterms, but not in an attempt to unify or inspire. The Chicago guard shared a Threads post from Rep. Robert Garcia reading "LAWYER UP!" and added her own three-letter commentary: "BTA!" — slang for "belt to ass." In short, Cloud was openly taunting Republicans over their midterm losses while celebrating the prospect of incoming Democratic oversight targeting President Trump. WNBA’S NATASHA CLOUD ADDS ‘BTA’ TAUNT TO DEMOCRAT’S ‘LAWYER UP’ MESSAGE AFTER MIDTERMS This isn't the first time Cloud has used her platform to divide. In 2023, she tweeted, "Our country is trash" on the heels of SCOTUS ruling that the affirmative action policies universities had been employing were unconstitutional. She added that "we continue to oppress marginalized groups that we have targeted since the beginning of time," and that "I feel like I'm gonna see a civil war in my lifetime." She also gave the AP a quote saying "it's time to break down a system that has only been about white men." Sophie and Natasha. One sees the potential good in humanity and calls for individuals to rise above the political fray. The other seems to view half the country as irredeemable — and wants the world to know it. Remember, it was Cunningham who, despite her position on separating men and women in sports, emphasized that she had nothing but love for the trans community. And it was Cloud who walked toward and screamed at Enes Kanter Freedom for wearing a shirt defining what a woman is. Two players. One who's on a team that stands for the national anthem, the other on one that clears the court for it. One doing her part to bring people together in divisive times — another who's clearly relishing the division. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aece5003830286ffa39ee87 Tim Brando joins Dan Dakich on 'Don't @ Me' to discuss Indiana coach Curt Cignetti's CFP 'bias' comments te 2026-11-05T20:20:16.629Z Tim Brando joins Dan Dakich on 'Don't @ Me' to discuss Indiana coach Curt Cignetti's CFP 'bias' comments Tuesday night was a pretty important night in our country, and I'm not talking about the midterm elections. The first edition of the 2026 College Football Playoff rankings were released to the public, and, as usual, the placement of certain teams caused an absolute uproar throughout the college football community. Notre Dame took a tumble, head-to-head results seemingly got thrown in the trash, and, of course, the cries of "SEC bias" were loud and clear. Not one to miss out on the popular activity of bashing the SEC, Indiana coach Curt Cignetti took aim at the Playoff committee for their seeming favoritism toward teams from the southeast, saying they "get a lot of love from ESPN." Longtime college football commentator Tim Brando wasn't buying it — at least not all of it — from Cignetti, though, and joined Dan Dakich on "Don't @ Me" to discuss. ESPN PERSONALITY BUSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR INACCURATELY TRYING TO PROMOTE THE SEC'S STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE The Shreveport, Louisiana, native knows a thing or two about the Southeastern Conference, as well as what it's like to work for a bevy of different networks, and he claims it's not a conscious bias from the broadcasters. "In general terms, the broadcasters are not consciously doing something that's not right," Brando explains. SEC WANTS MORE PLAYOFF FAVORITISM AS GREG SANKEY COMPLAINS ABOUT 'UNSATISFACTORY' TALKS WITH CFB PLAYOFF As Brando puts it, the broadcasters are living in a vacuum, and sometimes that can color how they see the league they're covering relative to the other leagues. "You live in this bubble. And all of a sudden you start talking about the 'league that's yours,'" he said. "And the 'league that's yours' that they cover is the SEC." THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! While he does agree that there are certain leagues that have a legitimate gripe, the Big Ten isn't one of them. "I think the Big 12 and the ACC both do [have a gripe]," Brando explained to Dakich. "They both have contracts with ESPN, and they get summarily dissed." He would go on to say that the Big 12 is more competitive than the Big Ten, though that doesn't necessarily mean they are better overall. With all that being said, Brando agrees that there's no "memo" being sent out telling ESPN personalities to carry water for the SEC, or any league, for that matter. "I think sometimes it can be a subconscious thing," he said. "We're living in a country where it's so polarized that everyone is going to suggest bias no matter what network you're on." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aece4fe3830286ffa39ee7e MLW owner talks Tessa Blanchard, Masha Slamovich signings: 'I believe in forgiveness' te 2026-11-05T20:20:14.331Z MLW owner talks Tessa Blanchard, Masha Slamovich signings: 'I believe in forgiveness' It’s no secret Major League Wrestling (MLW) has brought in some big names into the company over the last few years with wrestlers like Killer Kross, Scarlett Bordeaux, Austin Aries, Trevor Lee, Shotzi Blackheart and several others being on the roster at one point or another. Two other notable names that caught the attention of the pro wrestling world this year bolstered MLW’s women’s division – Tessa Blanchard and Masha Slamovich (known in MLW simply as Masha). CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK PRO WRESTLING COVERAGE Blanchard, a third-generation pro wrestler, has vehemently denied racism allegations for years even as she’s been featured as a top player in several promotions. Slamovich addressed domestic abuse allegations in September 2025, apologizing for her actions in what she described as a "mutually destructive relationship." MLW first announced Blanchard’s signing in September of this year and she was initially planned for Fightland. Some confusion pushed back her debut to Saturday Night SuperFight, which takes place this weekend and can be seen on Veeps. MLW owner Court Bauer addressed Blanchard’s signing in an interview with OutKick Dropkick. "There are things in this business that happen that are just unique and I really can't talk about it other than saying, ultimately what happened was you had about a 60-day delay on it and instead of her debuting in Charleston for a TV taping, she's arriving at our pay per view, which is a critically awesome moment for it to happen. So, it worked out pretty damn good for us and we're thrilled, CMLL's thrilled and Tessa's thrilled. I think that's all that matters. "But for Tessa, she's been an incredible part of the CMLL roster, and for her to come over is a huge honor and she was actually supposed to be a part of the original relaunch of MLW in 2017. We had taped stuff of her training and, again, it was one of those weird things where just the timing didn't work and it didn't happen. She was gonna be like one of the cornerstones of MLW at that point in time of our new era talents. And then here we are. That was 2017. Here we are 2026, end of 2026, almost 10 years later. And seeing all of this incredible success she's had in Mexico and she's had elsewhere and it's to come back and do this finally. It's about a decade in the making. So finally, it will not be denied, just like her undeniable. she's gonna be here." Bauer told Wrestling Observer Radio he was a believer in "second, third chances" for people. OutKick Dropkick asked Bauer if he share the same sentiment for Slamovich. MLW'S COURT BAUER TOUTS 'HUGE YEAR' FOR COMPANY AMID MEDIA DEALS, SPLASH MOVES "I believe in forgiveness," he said. "As a Christian, I believe in forgiveness. I think we're so quick to condemn and everyone gets executed and then they're just on the island of irrelevancy. They are to be forgotten. They are shunned forever, and there are definitely people in this world, in this business, that should be. And there's people in this business that could be, but there are a lot of people that make bad mistakes, terrible mistakes, and they repent, and they realize their errors and their things that they could have done differently. They're young people, they're living in a time where they're just on the go constantly, and then they get to settle down and they get to have perspective. But you gotta have the ability to see that and then you have a conversation with those folks, you see where they're at, and I'm not saying one person in particular, but my approach has always been, yeah, you know, give second chances, give forgiveness. "I mean, we're so easy to condemn and I think that's just something that if I hadn't had a second chance, third chance, fourth chance, I mean I really sometimes would make a mess when I was younger and you don't realize, you know, maybe this is it for me and thankfully people gave me another chance, and if they hadn't, I wouldn't be here. I wouldn't be in this position, and I'm grateful for that. "And so forgiveness to me is like one of those things that really I wish would get an equal amount of enthusiasm, especially on social media, versus quick to just let's go out there and let's get our pitchforks and torches and go burn that person down. And once they're torched, they're satisfied and that person's just devastated. Yeah, maybe rightfully, they should be in that moment, on a sabbatical, but let them, you know, it's not all or nothing. I think there's a little bit of nuance there, a little bit of gray area in there, and I think that's where it's important to like let them kind of go on their journey of realizing that and then see if there's a conversation we had when the timing is right, when it's appropriate. That's kind of how … I've never really spoken about that deeply, but that's really where I stand both my heart and in my mind about it." Blanchard and Slamovich will both be in action at Saturday Night SuperFight. Blanchard will square off against Keyra and Slamovich will take on Zamaya this weekend. The pay-per-view, which takes place at Cicero Stadium in Chicago, can be seen on Veeps. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aece4f63830286ffa39ee22 Exclusive: Former World Series MVP Talks Brewers-Rays, Possible MLB Lockout te 2026-11-05T20:20:06.950Z Exclusive: Former World Series MVP Talks Brewers-Rays, Possible MLB Lockout Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager talked with Newsweek about the 2026 World Series, MLB's possible lockout and more topics. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aece4f53830286ffa39ee19 Patrick Mahomes Says Chiefs Aren’t Afraid to Use QB Sneak te 2026-11-05T20:20:05.116Z Patrick Mahomes Says Chiefs Aren’t Afraid to Use QB Sneak Patrick Mahomes says the quarterback sneak remains an option after the Chiefs’ goal-line failure against Denver. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aece4f33830286ffa39ee10 Chiefs Special Teams Coordinator Backs Harrison Butker Amid Struggles te 2026-11-05T20:20:03.258Z Chiefs Special Teams Coordinator Backs Harrison Butker Amid Struggles The Chiefs kicker has already missed six field goals and one extra point attempt this season. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aece2c73830286ffa39ed9d Shemer hosts annual festival te 2026-11-05T20:10:47.204Z Shemer hosts annual festival The Shemer Art Center, 5005 E. Camelback Road, will host the 2026 Shemer Arizona Arts Festival Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 7 and 8, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., daily. The two-day festival will once again feature works of art created in a variety of mediums by over 40 Arizona artists. Each day, this event will also feature art demonstrations, Arizona authors, an interactive $5 Art Zone, live music, food and beverage vendors and a silent auction. Additional activities planned include the fourth year of the Shemer’s signature Sidewalk Chalk Festival. Initially established in 1988 as Sunday @ Shemer, this long-time event is unique in that it showcases only Arizona artists. Each year it serves as one of four fundraising events held to support the programming and exhibitions held at the nonprofit Shemer Art Center. In addition to welcoming new visitors, this event demonstrates the Shemer’s mission and dedication to showcasing and supporting Arizona artists, which it has been doing since 1984. Visit https://shemerartcenter.org for additional information. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aece2c23830286ffa39ed90 Shah triumphs over Feely in Arizona’s first congressional district te 2026-11-05T20:10:42.090Z Shah triumphs over Feely in Arizona’s first congressional district Former state lawmaker and ER physician Amish Shah speaks during the Arizona Democratic Party's victory party on Nov. 3, 2026 in Phoenix. (Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy/Arizona Mirror) The Associated Press called the race for one of Arizona’s most competitive congressional seats for former state lawmaker and ER physician Amish Shah, upending years of Republican control in his second bid for Congress.  As of Thursday afternoon, Shah held a seven point lead with 22,709 more votes than his Republican opponent, former NFL kicker Jay Feely.  Congressional District 1 is both Arizona’s wealthiest district and one of the state’s most competitive. It has also been a target for major spending by both Democrats and Republicans who sought to control the seat and Congress.  GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. SUBSCRIBE Republican Rep. David Schwiekert has held the seat since the district was drawn ahead of the 2022 election, but he ran for governor instead of seeking reelection. Schweikert lost to Andy Biggs in the July primary election, who went on to lose to incumbent Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs in the general election. CD1 leans Republican but  has for years been a target for national Democrats who hoped to flip the seat. Last cycle, Schweikert got 52% of votes to Shah’s 48%.  Feely, who was endorsed by President Donald Trump, was hit hard by Democrats who sought to capitalize on Trump’s unpopularity among voters as a way of securing votes for Shah. Feely’s campaign aimed to connect Shah to a recent wave of more far-left Democratic candidates that have been sweeping the country. Feely also had the backing of the far-right Turning Point USA, which helped organize a rally for the MAGA faithful earlier this year alongside Trump.  Polling prior to the election showed Shah with a lead of about four percentage points over Feely in a district that favored Trump by three percentage points in 2024.  Shah, in a post to social media, commended Feely for a “hard-fought race.”  “To every voter in this district – I pledge to be a Representative for all of you, whether or not you voted for me,” the post said, adding that he intends to work in a bipartisan way in Washington D.C.. “Let’s end the political toxicity and work on lowering costs, expanding health care coverage, solving our water crisis, and growing our economy.”  Other major Congressional races in the state that have yet to be called include CD6, where Democratic challenger JoAnna Mendoza is leading by 8 points over Republican incumbent Juan Ciscomani as well as CD2 where Republican incumbent Eli Crane holds a 2,235 vote lead over his challenger, Jonathan Nez, who lost to Crane in 2024 by nine points in the historically red district. YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aece2af3830286ffa39ed55 NAU women’s basketball looks to figure out life after Naomi White te 2026-11-05T20:10:23.558Z NAU women’s basketball looks to figure out life after Naomi White NAU women’s basketball begins its season this week. It will have to spread the love on the floor this year after the highest-scoring freshman in the country left Flagstaff for Knoxville. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aece2aa3830286ffa39ed4c Gardening Etcetera: Winter sowing: a jump-start for our native perennials te 2026-11-05T20:10:18.722Z Gardening Etcetera: Winter sowing: a jump-start for our native perennials This week's edition of the Gardening Etcetera column, written for the community by certified Master Gardeners of the University of Arizona's Coconino County Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Program. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aece2a63830286ffa39ed2d LIV Golf’s 5-Year Run Suddenly Ends in Bankruptcy Court te 2026-11-05T20:10:14.454Z LIV Golf’s 5-Year Run Suddenly Ends in Bankruptcy Court LIV Golf will begin winding down operations Monday after failing to secure funding for a possible 2027 season. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aece2a33830286ffa39ed24 Zach LaVine Makes Strong Statement on Luka Doncic's All-Time Greatness te 2026-11-05T20:10:11.227Z Zach LaVine Makes Strong Statement on Luka Doncic's All-Time Greatness Sacramento Kings veteran Zach LaVine made a strong statement on Luka Doncic's position among the NBA's all-time greats. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aece29f3830286ffa39ed1b Former Giants RB Says Team Trading for Jonathan Taylor Makes Too Much Sense te 2026-11-05T20:10:07.457Z Former Giants RB Says Team Trading for Jonathan Taylor Makes Too Much Sense Jonathan Taylor could be traded before the deadline, and a former Giants running back would love for the team to acquire him. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aece29c3830286ffa39ed12 49ers GM Gives Update on Injured WRs Ahead of Raiders Game te 2026-11-05T20:10:04.836Z 49ers GM Gives Update on Injured WRs Ahead of Raiders Game The 49ers have dealt with plenty of injuries this season, specifically to their wide receiver core. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aece0513830286ffa39ec94 Travelers busted at airport with over 3,000 tarantulas hidden away in their socks te 2026-11-05T20:00:17.370Z Travelers busted at airport with over 3,000 tarantulas hidden away in their socks More than 3,000 tarantulas were discovered stuffed inside socks that were packed in the luggage of three different travelers as they prepared to board a flight. The spiders were found on Nov. 3 in three suitcases at an airport in Callao, Peru, according to Reuters. The luggage belonged to two German citizens and one Polish citizen who were preparing to fly to Germany, said Serfor, Peru's National Forestry and Wildlife Service. MAN BUSTED AFTER CUSTOMS UNCOVERS BIZARRE CARGO HIDDEN INSIDE 22 PAIRS OF SOCKS Authorities launched an investigation after receiving an anonymous tip. When officials searched the suitcases, they found between 15 and 22 socks packed inside each one, concealing spiders of different species and in varying numbers, Reuters reported. The seizure included tarantulas at different stages of development, from eggs and young spiders to adults. Cora Suarez, a wildlife forestry control technician with Serfor, said the creatures can be valuable to collectors. "These species are attractive because of the colors, because of the size, and more than anything because they can be intended for collectors," Suarez said in Spanish. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER The three travelers were stopped while checking in for their flight. They were detained by Peru's environmental crimes police, according to Reuters. Authorities said the travelers now face criminal proceedings led by a specialized environmental prosecutor's office. Keith Jeffries, an Orlando-based vice president of K2 Security Screening Group and former federal security director at Los Angeles International Airport, previously told Fox News Digital that money can drive unusual wildlife smuggling attempts. "If there's a market for it, people will attempt to smuggle it," Jeffries said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES "We've seen this before many times," he added. "It happens more frequently than any of us would like." Jeffries said airport screening responsibilities can vary depending on the agency and what officers are tasked with finding. In the U.S., for example, Transportation Security Administration officers primarily search for aviation security threats such as weapons and explosives rather than specifically looking for smuggled wildlife, he said. The tarantula discovery is not the first time authorities have found living creatures hidden inside socks in travelers' luggage. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ In August, a 23-year-old man was arrested at Tokyo's Haneda Airport after authorities discovered about 200 lizards packed inside 22 pairs of socks in his suitcase, Fox News Digital previously reported. Nine of the reptiles were Mexican alligator lizards, an endangered species subject to international trade restrictions. Some could reportedly sell for hundreds of dollars each in Japan. Jeffries previously recalled other wildlife discoveries during his time with the TSA, including exotic turtles and nearly 100 exotic birds found inside checked luggage. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aece04f3830286ffa39ec8b DOJ launches criminal probe into Supreme Court leak that exposed ruling overturning Roe v Wade te 2026-11-05T20:00:15.566Z DOJ launches criminal probe into Supreme Court leak that exposed ruling overturning Roe v Wade 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 is leading the probe, multiple sources briefed on the matter told Fox News. Politico published the draft before the 2022 ruling, prompting Chief Justice John Roberts to order an internal investigation that failed to identify the leaker. The Justice Department declined to comment on the investigation. This is a developing story, please check back for updates. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aece04b3830286ffa39ec6f Nithya Raman Wins Los Angeles Mayoral Race, Defeating Karen Bass te 2026-11-05T20:00:11.192Z Nithya Raman Wins Los Angeles Mayoral Race, Defeating Karen Bass The 45-year-old City Council member defeated the incumbent mayor, Karen Bass, 73, a sweeping success for a new generation of far-left leaders. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aece0493830286ffa39ec55 LeBron James Reaches a Milestone No Other NBA Player Has Hit te 2026-11-05T20:00:09.032Z LeBron James Reaches a Milestone No Other NBA Player Has Hit LeBron James made his 16,000th career field goal in Detroit, and Joel Embiid had a new name for him after the 76ers’ win. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aece0463830286ffa39ec4c Vikings Announce New Starting QB for Week 9 Matchup vs Bills te 2026-11-05T20:00:06.360Z Vikings Announce New Starting QB for Week 9 Matchup vs Bills The Minnesota Vikings are rolling with a new starting quarterback in Week 9 as Kyler Murray deals with a hamstring injury. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aece0433830286ffa39ec43 Klay Thompson Reveals What Sold Him on Joining the Heat te 2026-11-05T20:00:03.893Z Klay Thompson Reveals What Sold Him on Joining the Heat Klay Thompson hit a game-winner against the Clippers, then explained what drew him to Miami. Here’s what he said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecde4e3830286ffa39eba1 Minnesota Vikings' soft benching of Kyler Murray leads to Carson Wentz taking over as new starting QB te 2026-11-05T19:51:42.621Z Minnesota Vikings' soft benching of Kyler Murray leads to Carson Wentz taking over as new starting QB This is how the Minnesota Vikings soft benching of Kyler Murray in favor of new starter Carson Wentz played out: At the beginning of the week, even with the season’s first loss still fresh for the Vikings, coach Kevin O’Connell committed to Murray as his starting quarterback. The coach was asked whether Murray would be the Vikings’ starter against the Buffalo Bills on "Monday Night Football" if he overcame his sore hamstring during the week. "Yes," O'Connell responded without equivocation. VIKINGS QUARTERBACK BATTLE MEETS EXPECTED END AS KYLER MURRAY BEATS OUT JJ MCCARTHY FOR STARTING JOB Except, there was equivocation. O'Connell announced Thursday that Wentz will start for the Vikings while Max Brosmer will serve as the backup. Murray is out this week. "After evaluating Kyler on Monday, getting some imaging and things, we did determine he does have a hamstring strain," O'Connell said. "Don't believe it to be much more than a week-to-week kind of thing right now, but for him, his movement skills and the way he plays the game, we do feel like we'd be putting him at risk of possibly turning this into a more significant injury than it is by trying to have him work through it here early on." This is obviously a decision based on an injury, but also based on performance. Murray has not played to expectations since joining the team in March on a one-year contract. He's thrown five TD passes in six games and that ranks him tied for 29th in the NFL. The team's passing "attack" has been mostly in retreat while averaging 165 yards per game, which is 31st in the NFL. And, most importantly, the offense is 27th in the league, averaging 20 points per game. The reason the Vikings lead the NFC North with a 6-1 record is because the 93 points they've allowed is the lowest mark in the league. That, obviously, is not sustainable, and there were signs that the Vikings’ patience with Murray could be running out regardless of the injury. KYLER MURRAY KNOCKED OUT OF VIKINGS DEBUT AFTER FOREARM TO THE HELMET AND BLOW TO NECK BY TWO PACKERS Murray’s health status opened the door for Wentz to step into the starting role, as he did earlier this year after Murray suffered a concussion in the regular-season opener. Wentz led a comeback win in that opener and then helped his team win the one game he started after that, a gritty 9-3 win against the Chicago Bears. "There's a ton of confidence in Carson," O'Connell said Thursday. Taken together, these factors give the Vikings’ coaching staff reason to move in a different direction without embarrassing Murray, whom the team still hopes can contribute once he’s fully healthy. So, we're seeing the soft benching of Murray. The signs this was coming began following the 19-15 loss to Detroit. After the game, receiver Justin Jefferson was clearly frustrated. (Hint to Vikings quarterbacks: Keep Jefferson happy because if he isn’t, you’ve done something wrong and failed to utilize one of the NFL’s most dynamic offensive weapons.) Jefferson, usually affable, exited the locker room without talking to reporters. "I don’t fault the frustration or the competitiveness in any way, shape or form," O’Connell said afterward. O'Connell did seem to fault Murray for an inability to maximize his opportunities to Jefferson. The coach mentioned the attempts to Jefferson: "A couple that we missed maybe a little high, one on schedule, one off schedule." And, O'Connell added, "I thought there were some play-pass chances that we didn't see or didn't pull the trigger on." That all points to the quarterback who just lost his starting job because of a hamstring injury – more or less. FOLLOW ARMANDO SALGUERO ON X: @ARMANDOSALGUERO Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecde4c3830286ffa39eb98 JACKSON THOMPSON: Colorado Gov-elect Phil Weiser signals possible changes to girls' sports ballot measure te 2026-11-05T19:51:40.334Z JACKSON THOMPSON: Colorado Gov-elect Phil Weiser signals possible changes to girls' sports ballot measure Colorado Democratic Gov.-elect Phil Weiser opened the door Wednesday to changing a ballot measure that would keep biological males out of girls’ and women’s school sports, raising privacy concerns as the proposal led in unofficial election returns. "We’re going to have to take a look at these anti-trans measures, and what adjustments are necessary and appropriate," Weiser said at a news conference. "I don't believe it would be acceptable to Colorado to have every student athlete have to go through full body examinations." Proposition 134, however, does not prescribe a particular method for verifying an athlete’s biological sex. Colorado’s official voter guide says individual schools and school districts would determine their own verification procedures. The proposal would require school athletic teams from elementary school through college to be designated male, female or coeducational. Male students would be barred from female teams, while female students could join male teams if an equivalent female team were unavailable. Coeducational teams would remain open to all students. COLORADO PARENTS REFUSE TO STAY SILENT AS SCHOOL ALLEGEDLY TARGETS GIRLS OVER TRANS ATHLETE IN LOCKER ROOM With counting continuing, Proposition 134 had 52.66% support to 47.34% opposition, according to results published by Ballotpedia and updated Thursday morning. Those results were unofficial, and Ballotpedia listed the measure as too close to call. Weiser’s comments raised the prospect of legislative revisions if the proposal passes. He described reviewing and adjusting statutory ballot measures as an appropriate legislative role, according to remarks reported by The Denver Post and reproduced by Rocky Mountain Voice. The measure was placed on the ballot as a proposed state statute, rather than a constitutional amendment. Protect Kids Colorado, which led the campaign for Proposition 134, has argued that sex-based eligibility rules are necessary to protect female athletes’ safety and competitive opportunities. COLORADO HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS FACED ALLEGED BENCHING THREAT AMID TRANS ATHLETE DISPUTE "This initiative is about fairness, and it’s about safety, and it’s about girls and keeping female athletics female," Lori Gimelshteyn, a board director of the organization, told Colorado Public Radio. The state voter guide also identifies an unresolved question about how Proposition 134 would interact with Colorado’s existing anti-discrimination law, which protects gender identity. Its analysis says the measure’s effect on current state law is unclear. Weiser’s remarks came a day after he defeated Republican Victor Marx in the governor’s race. Colorado Newsline reported that Democrats also secured supermajorities in both legislative chambers, giving the party substantial influence over any legislation addressing the measure. His comments addressed both Proposition 134 and Proposition 135, a separate proposal restricting surgeries intended to alter minors’ biological sex characteristics. Both measures were leading in the count when he spoke. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecde443830286ffa39eb8f House GOP launches defense plan to shield Trump from looming Democrat investigations te 2026-11-05T19:51:32.593Z House GOP launches defense plan to shield Trump from looming Democrat investigations FIRST ON FOX: House GOP leadership is giving Republican lawmakers a new playbook to go up against an expected barrage of Democrat-led investigations in the new Congress. Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., wrote a letter to the current chairs of House committees on Thursday warning them to "maximize our remaining days in power to prepare for what is coming" with instructions on how to brace for those expected probes. A source sent a copy of that letter to Fox News Digital. "House Democrats have signaled they intend to impeach President Trump, but they will not stop there. They will weaponize every single gavel to appease their radical base," Scalise said. "They will use their oversight authorities to harass the President, his family, cabinet officials, and they will seek to destroy our allies. You all will be a key line of defense in this fight." The guidance includes three key points: "taking inventory" of current and likely future investigative efforts by Democrats while they are in the minority, identifying who is on Democrats' target list, and reviewing how recent Supreme Court rulings as well as a Department of Justice (DOJ) memo on executive privilege could factor into future investigations. ‘LAWYER UP’: DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS WASTE NO TIME IN SETTING SOCIAL MEDIA ABLAZE AFTER MIDTERM SWEEP Democrats' targets could include "administration officials, programs and authorities, and external allies, including conservative partners and industry leaders," Scalise said. He added that his staff would meet with the relevant committees and others to further prepare. "Please let me know if there are any additional tools or support you need from me as you undertake this important effort," Scalise wrote. "I have full confidence that we will be effective in our efforts to fight back as a team." DEMOCRAT SEIZE HOUSE CONTROL IN STUNNING BLUE TSUNAMI, VOW RETRIBUTION AGAINST TRUMP ADMIN Democrats have signaled they are poised for a wide range of investigations targeting Trump's Cabinet, family, businesses, and allies as soon as they take over Congress next year. Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., the likely next head of the House Oversight Committee, released a brief statement Tuesday night when it was projected Democrats would win the House: "Lawyer up." DEMOCRAT IMMEDIATELY THREATENS SUBPOENAS FOR TECH EXECUTIVES IN WAKE OF MIDTERMS The committee said in the statement, "Following this win, Garcia will become Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, where he has vowed to take on the Trump Crime Family, corporate corruption, DHS and ICE abuses, and the cover-up of the Epstein files. His statement can be found below." House Homeland Security Committee Democrats have similarly signaled they are preparing to probe Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin. MIKE JOHNSON NOT RUNNING TO LEAD HOUSE GOP AFTER HISTORIC MIDTERM LOSSES Meanwhile, a spokeswoman for House Judiciary Committee Democrats told Fox News Digital in response to Scalise's letter, "Sounds like Rep. Scalise is asking his fellow Republicans to compile a list of all the corruption, lawlessness, and abuse they’ve been protecting from congressional oversight. But the people have spoken, and the cover-up expires with the Republican majority. The days of invertebrate congressional submission are over." The letter comes a day after Scalise launched a bid to become House minority leader in the new Congress. He will be up against House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, for the job. Fox News Digital reached out to Democrats on the House Oversight Committee for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecde3b3830286ffa39eb86 Crenshaw, Raskin shout each other down in heated post-midterm debate te 2026-11-05T19:51:23.511Z Crenshaw, Raskin shout each other down in heated post-midterm debate Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, and Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., engaged in a heated exchange on CNN Wednesday over the results of the midterm elections. The midterm elections dealt a major setback to President Donald Trump and the Republican Party as Democrats retook control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate, while also winning several key gubernatorial races, including Texas, where Democrat Gina Hinojosa defeated Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. Though Raskin celebrated the Democrats' victories as a way to help the American people, Crenshaw argued that Senate Democrats had refused to pass widely supported legislation ahead of the elections. He pointed to the Stop Insider Trading Act as an example and said Trump would likely sign it if the bill reached his desk, prompting Raskin to criticize the administration. NEW YORK TIMES GLEEFUL OVER DEMOCRATS' HUGE MIDTERM VICTORIES, SAYS IT'S TIME TO ‘FEEL PRIDE’ "You think he would?" Raskin remarked. "Let’s mark that down. Because their whole administration is about insider trading." "You’re missing the point," Crenshaw replied. "No, you’re missing the point. And you guys lost the election because you missed the point," Raskin said. Crenshaw accused Democrats of refusing to pass legislation in an effort to make Republicans look bad ahead of the election. Although Raskin and CNN host Dana Bash noted during the segment that Republicans controlled both chambers of Congress and the White House, Crenshaw repeatedly reminded Raskin that most legislation requires 60 votes to overcome a filibuster in the Senate, more than Republicans held before the election. Raskin, however, accused Crenshaw and Senate Republicans of covering for Trump. "You guys didn’t want to pass anything, you just wanted to support Donald Trump’s corruption!" Raskin exclaimed. "What does that even mean? Stop talking!" Crenshaw said. MAJORITY LEADER THUNE SAYS SENATE GOP WON'T 'STAND IDLY BY' AS DEMOCRATS TAKE CONTROL OF CONGRESS "Well, it means something to the American people! Look at the election results!" Raskin said. "Are you capable of doing anything but talking just in talking points? Do you actually have facts? I'm reading bills. I’m doing actual policy discussions. You’re just yelling. Are you confused?" Crenshaw said. Crenshaw continued to mock Raskin for claiming the Democratic Party could tackle affordability, pointing out that Democrats still had not secured 60 votes in the Senate after the midterm elections. "Tell me, how you're gonna do affordability? How are you gonna do that?" Crenshaw said. "Well, we're going to start by getting rid of your illegal tariffs. That's the first thing which have driven up prices. Then we're going to try to end your illegal war —" Raskin said. "Again, civics lesson: you can't pass laws. You don't have 60 votes in the Senate. So, how do I need to remind you of that?" Crenshaw said. DEMS SEIZE THE SENATE AS BLUE TIDAL WAVE CRASHES DEEP INTO TRUMP COUNTRY, TOPPLES GOP STRONGHOLDS The two continued to argue until intervened, saying she appreciated hearing a debate about policy issues. "As heated as this has gotten. I have to say, it is actually nice to hear the debate of issues and ideas, because we don’t hear that enough," Bash said. White House spokesman Matthew Middleton told Fox News Digital, "Under President Trump’s leadership, this administration has signed the largest working-class tax cuts in history, cut the cost of prescription drugs, added more than one million private-sector jobs, and locked in nearly 20 trade deals."  "Moving forward, the President will work with anyone willing to advance solutions that strengthen our economy and put more money back in the pockets of American workers," he added. "We hope Democrats will put the American people first and join us in that effort." "Raskin loves seeing himself on camera," Republican commentator Matt Gorman told Fox News Digital. "He's a hypocrite of the first order and this exchange exposed it." Fox News Digital reached out to the offices of Crenshaw and Raskin for comment but did not immediately receive responses. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecde323830286ffa39eb7d Dez Bryant's attorney alleges the ex-NFL star targeted in wild parking altercation: 'It was set up' te 2026-11-05T19:51:14.731Z Dez Bryant's attorney alleges the ex-NFL star targeted in wild parking altercation: 'It was set up' Former NFL star Dez Bryant’s attorney alleges that the three-time Pro Bowl player was targeted and set up to create a viral moment after his altercation with 19-year-old Noah Reyes in a parking lot last month. Bryant hired high-powered attorney Levi McCathern to represent him following his altercation with Reyes. The former Dallas Cowboys star was cited for assault by contact, a Class C misdemeanor in Texas. McCathern alleged that Bryant was targeted and that Reyes drove recklessly to provoke a reaction. "Dez didn’t start this. He was targeted by someone who wanted a reaction, and they got one," McCathern told OutKick in a statement. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE "Here’s what actually happened. Dez was driving to dinner when Mr. Reyes and his crew started driving recklessly around him. They cut Dez off. They slammed on their brakes in front of him. That isn’t just Dez’s account. Multiple people have come forward to say they saw Mr. Reyes and his crew driving recklessly and putting lives at risk on a public road." McCathern alleged that when Reyes failed to provoke a reaction from Bryant, he threatened to shoot him. "What is a person supposed to do with that? Between what Mr. Reyes was saying and what Dez saw him doing, Dez believed he was in real danger. He had no way of knowing whether there was a gun. No one in that moment would," McCathern said. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! "Dez has been consistent from the very beginning about what he experienced, and his fear came from one place: he believed his life was being threatened." McCathern alleged that witnesses have come forward to back up Bryant’s account of the altercation and that Reyes has engaged in similar behavior toward others. He alleged that the confrontation was staged rather than accidental. "Based on what they’ve told us, we believe this was never an accident. It was set up to provoke Dez into a public confrontation and create a viral moment, on camera." "The video going around doesn’t show the driving, and it doesn’t show the threat. It shows exactly what it was meant to show: the reaction. We said the full story would look very different. It does." Bryant is due in court for a hearing in the case on Dec. 2. The three-time Pro Bowler played in the NFL for nine seasons, spending eight with the Cowboys and his final one with the Baltimore Ravens. In 119 games, Bryant caught 537 passes for 7,506 yards and 75 touchdowns. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecde213830286ffa39eb62 JoAnna Mendoza Wins in Arizona, Giving Democrats a Key House Pickup te 2026-11-05T19:50:57.951Z JoAnna Mendoza Wins in Arizona, Giving Democrats a Key House Pickup The Democrat, a retired Marine, defeated Representative Juan Ciscomani, a two-term Republican, in a highly competitive district in southeastern Arizona. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecde173830286ffa39eb48 Jalen Hurts Visits Eagles Facility During Blood Clot Recovery te 2026-11-05T19:50:47.594Z Jalen Hurts Visits Eagles Facility During Blood Clot Recovery Jalen Hurts visited the Eagles’ facility during blood clot recovery as Philadelphia prepares to start Joe Milton III. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecde0d3830286ffa39eb3f NFL Analyst Gives Ravens Harsh Reality Check After Jacoby Brissett Trade te 2026-11-05T19:50:37.993Z NFL Analyst Gives Ravens Harsh Reality Check After Jacoby Brissett Trade The Baltimore Ravens received a harsh assessment about their season ahead after they traded for Jacoby Brissett. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecde053830286ffa39eb2d Supreme Court Under Criminal Probe by Trump's DOJ te 2026-11-05T19:50:29.202Z Supreme Court Under Criminal Probe by Trump's DOJ DOJ is investigating the 2022 Supreme Court abortion ruling leak, with prosecutors issuing new subpoenas. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecddfc3830286ffa39eb11 Meta says US users can now video chat with their Muse AI avatar te 2026-11-05T19:50:20.737Z Meta says US users can now video chat with their Muse AI avatar Meta's AI agent can now take calls as a customizable animated avatar, ahead of the launch of a Tamagotchi-like wearable designed to bring Muse to life. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecddf33830286ffa39eb00 Pima County has 67,000 ballots left, expects to finish count Monday te 2026-11-05T19:50:11.655Z Pima County has 67,000 ballots left, expects to finish count Monday The Pima County Elections department said on Thursday that it has about 67,000 ballots left to count and expects to finish on Monday, Nov. 9. The Pima County Recorder is expected to complete signature verification on the remaining early ballots from Election Day and turn them over to the elections department today, Pima County spokesperson Mark Evans told Arizona Luminaria Thursday morning. The Elections Department is still processing the ballots turned over from the recorder’s office, Evans said, adding the process is tedious and “it takes a while to get enough ballots processed to run them through the machines.” The recorder also has about 3,700 provisional ballots and will get started on those soon, he said. The Pima County Board of Supervisors will meet virtually on Nov. 19 to approve the canvass because state law says the board must approve it no sooner than six days after election day and no later than 20, Evans said. The post Pima County has 67,000 ballots left, expects to finish count Monday appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecdbb43830286ffa39ea89 Fake Amazon invoice scam uses $988 iPad order as bait te 2026-11-05T19:40:36.129Z Fake Amazon invoice scam uses $988 iPad order as bait You open your email and see an invoice from Amazon. It says you bought a new iPad for nearly $1,000. The order has supposedly shipped, and your payment has already gone through. There's even a customer support number to call if something looks wrong. Your first reaction might be to grab your phone and stop the charge. That's exactly what makes this fake Amazon invoice scam so dangerous. It uses a realistic-looking receipt and an expensive purchase to make you worry about your money. Then it offers what appears to be an easy solution. Matt, who lives in California, recently sent us one of these suspicious emails. He wanted to help others recognize the warning signs before someone falls for the same trick. After examining the message, we found several clues worth sharing. Missed CyberGuy LIVE? Watch the replay and discover 5 ways to travel smarter and save money. Our free CyberGuy LIVE class, 5 Ways to Travel Smarter and Save Money, has ended, but you can still watch the full replay. Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson walks you through five practical ways to protect your phone and personal information, avoid common travel scams, find better deals, save money on bookings and use technology to make your travels easier and less stressful. No technical experience is needed. Watch the free replay + downloadable checklist now at CyberGuyLive.com. DO NOT CLICK FAKE 'ACCOUNT RECOVERY' AMAZON EMAIL Matt received the email on Oct. 28. Its subject line addressed him by name and claimed his order had already left the facility. Inside was a professionally formatted invoice featuring Amazon's familiar logo. The invoice listed an Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M4) with 256GB of storage and cellular connectivity. It showed a price of $973.19. Below that was an additional $14.99 charge labeled "Amazon Protect+ (Auto-Renew)." The grand total came to $988.18. The document also included an invoice number, shipping details and a delivery date. It even displayed Amazon's corporate address in Seattle. All those details helped create the appearance of a legitimate transaction. However, the email also included a phone number for canceling or modifying the order. That number appeared prominently near the top, again in the payment instructions and once more at the bottom. That's where the real concern begins. The message appears designed to make someone call before checking whether the purchase actually happened. Let's look at the warning signs hiding in Matt's email. Some are obvious once you notice them. Others are more subtle and help explain why these scams can fool people. This is the biggest giveaway. The email claimed to come from someone named Jack Campos. However, the actual sender address used Outlook.com with a different personal name embedded in the address. It had no apparent connection to Amazon. Amazon says its legitimate customer emails come from Amazon domains, including amazon.com. A personal Outlook account claiming to send an official Amazon invoice deserves immediate suspicion. Scammers can write almost anything in the sender's display name. That's why I always recommend checking the actual email address before trusting a message. The invoice displayed the same customer support number in three separate locations. It appeared inside a shaded banner, within the payment instructions and again near the bottom. That's a significant warning sign because the email steers the recipient toward making a phone call. Rather than directing Matt to verify the purchase through his Amazon account, it emphasizes contacting the number printed on the invoice. That number should be treated as unverified and potentially controlled by scammers. We have not independently established who operates it. Amazon warns that fraudulent order confirmations often encourage customers to contact supposed support representatives. Those calls can turn into attempts to obtain payment information or gain access to an account. Look at the amount: $988.18. That's enough money to get almost anyone's attention. If you saw that charge for a product you didn't buy, you'd probably want to fix it immediately. Scammers understand that reaction. They often choose expensive electronics because the potential financial loss feels serious. The detailed iPad description makes the transaction appear more believable. However, the amount on an email invoice proves nothing about your actual bank account. Until you verify the charge independently, treat it as an unsupported claim. Here's a detail I find especially revealing. The subject line claims the order has already left the facility. Yet the invoice says cancellations are accepted only before dispatch. So which is it? Has the package already shipped, or can the customer still cancel it? The conflicting language creates confusion while encouraging the recipient to seek help quickly. A concerned shopper may decide to call the listed number rather than spend time figuring out the inconsistency. The email addresses Matt by name in the subject line. However, the billing section identifies the customer as "Amazon Account Holder." The invoice also lacks a clear, personalized billing and shipping address. Instead, it provides broad fulfillment details and an estimated delivery date. Generic customer information alone doesn't prove fraud. Still, it raises questions when an email claims to document a completed purchase worth nearly $1,000. If the order were genuine, Matt should be able to locate its actual details inside his Amazon account. The invoice uses terms such as "Standard Account Allocation" and "active ledger." It also claims the authorization has been verified and automated order fulfillment is underway. Those phrases may sound official, but they provide little useful information about how the payment occurred. The email never gives Matt a reliable way to verify the transaction through his account. Scammers sometimes use corporate-sounding language to make a document seem authoritative. Don't assume unfamiliar financial terminology means the message came from a legitimate company. Alongside the iPad, the invoice lists "Amazon Protect+ (Auto-Renew)" for $14.99. An unexpected recurring charge can create another reason for someone to contact support. Even if they aren't immediately concerned about the iPad, they might worry about paying for a subscription they never requested. The label alone doesn't establish whether the service exists or whether Matt was actually charged. However, any unfamiliar subscription on an unexpected invoice deserves verification through the company's official website. The document features an invoice identifier beginning with "AMZ" followed by additional letters and numbers. It looks technical enough to seem convincing. However, scammers can generate invoice numbers as easily as they can copy a company logo. An unfamiliar invoice identifier should never replace independent verification. Check Amazon's Your Orders section for a matching purchase instead. The invoice shows October 28, 2026, as both the order date and estimated delivery date. It also claims that fulfillment has already moved forward. Same-day delivery can happen with legitimate Amazon orders, so that detail alone doesn't establish fraud. Still, the message offers no independently verifiable tracking information. It relies on its own claims about shipment and delivery. The document also lists zero estimated sales tax on the nearly $1,000 transaction. That may have a legitimate explanation depending on the circumstances. However, it adds another detail worth comparing with a real order record. Here's one of the more interesting details. The invoice includes the Amazon logo and lists Amazon.com Services LLC at 410 Terry Avenue North in Seattle, Washington. That address corresponds to an actual Amazon corporate location. This helps explain why the invoice can look credible. Scammers don't have to invent every detail. They can copy real company information and place it inside a fraudulent document. A legitimate address on a receipt doesn't authenticate the sender. The same goes for company logos and polished formatting. IDENTITY THIEVES DON’T NEED YOUR PASSWORD ANYMORE; HERE ARE 6 NEW ACCOUNT TAKEOVER THREATS The likely goal of this type of scam is to move you from an email conversation to a phone call. Once someone calls, a person posing as customer support may offer to cancel the purchase or reverse the charge. To complete that supposed refund, they might request payment details or account verification information. Some scammers also ask victims to install remote-access software. They may claim the installation is necessary to resolve a billing problem. In reality, that software could give a stranger access to the person's computer. Amazon specifically warns that its representatives will never ask you to share a one-time password over the phone. The company also cautions customers against providing financial details or granting unexpected remote access. These are documented tactics in Amazon impersonation scams. We haven't established what would happen if someone called the particular number in Matt's email. The most important point is that receiving a fake invoice does not mean you've actually been charged. "Scammers that attempt to impersonate Amazon put consumers at risk," an Amazon spokesperson told CyberGuy. "We will continue to invest in protecting consumers and educating the public on scam avoidance. We encourage consumers to report suspected scams to us so that we can protect their accounts and refer bad actors to law enforcement to help keep consumers safe. Please visit our help pages to find additional information on how to identify scams and report them at amazon.com/ReportAScam." If an unexpected Amazon invoice lands in your inbox, don't rush to cancel the order or call the number provided. A few simple checks can help you determine whether the purchase is real. And if you've already contacted the supposed support team, there are steps you can take to protect your information. Open the official Amazon app or type Amazon.com into your browser. Select Your Orders and look for the alleged purchase. Avoid using links or phone numbers in the suspicious email. Going directly to your account helps you determine whether the order actually exists. Sign in to your Amazon account and look for Your Messages or Message Center under your account options. Amazon says authentic customer emails appear there. When a suspicious message doesn't appear, that's another reason to question its legitimacy. Expand the sender details instead of trusting the name displayed in your inbox. Scammers can make an email appear to come from Amazon while sending it through a personal account. Be especially suspicious of unfamiliar domains or addresses that have no connection to the company. A fake customer support number can connect you directly to a scammer. Instead, find customer service through Amazon's official app or website. Remember, the person who sent the questionable invoice also supplied that phone number. Amazon now lets U.S. customers use Alexa for Shopping on Amazon.com or in the Amazon Shopping app to check suspicious emails, texts and phone calls. Simply ask, "Is this email from Amazon?" and provide details about the message. The tool checks the information against Amazon's records to determine whether the communication came from the company. If it can't verify the message, it will let you know. You can also forward suspicious emails to verify@amazon.com for verification. Never share your Amazon password or one-time security codes with someone who contacts you unexpectedly. Consider setting up a passkey or enabling two-step verification for additional protection. These safeguards can make unauthorized account access more difficult, even when someone obtains your password. Strong antivirus protection can help detect malicious links, unsafe websites and harmful downloads that scammers may use to steal information. Choose reputable security software with real-time protection and keep it updated. While antivirus software cannot prevent someone from being tricked over the phone, it adds protection against other threats that often accompany scams. Get my picks for the best 2026 antivirus protection winners for your Windows, Mac, Android and iOS devices at CyberGuy.com. Review your bank and credit card transactions through their official apps or websites. Look for unfamiliar purchases or charges that don't match your records. Contact your financial institution immediately if you discover unauthorized activity. You can also enable transaction alerts to help catch suspicious charges sooner. Scammers may use personal information found on data broker websites to make fraudulent emails more convincing. A personal data removal service can help remove your name, address, phone number and other details from covered people-search sites. Although these services cannot prevent every scam email, reducing your online exposure can make it harder for criminals to research and target you. Check out my top picks for data removal services and get a free scan to find out if your personal information is already out on the web by visiting Cyberguy.com Identity theft protection services can help monitor certain types of suspicious activity involving your personal information. Depending on the plan, you may receive alerts about unfamiliar credit activity or signs of identity misuse. Some services also offer professional restoration assistance if your identity becomes compromised. These protections can provide valuable support when criminals obtain sensitive information, although no service can detect every type of fraud. See my tips and best picks on Best Identity Theft Protection at CyberGuy.com. Visit Amazon's official scam reporting page to report the message. You can also report attempted fraud to the Federal Trade Commission at reportfraud.ftc.gov/. Amazon recommends that people without an Amazon account forward suspicious communications as an attachment to reportascam@amazon.com. Reporting these attempts helps companies and authorities identify fraudulent activity. For additional protection, we've also covered how Amazon alerts customers about impersonation scams and the precautions the company recommends. Already called the number on a suspicious Amazon invoice? Your next steps depend on what information you shared and whether you gave anyone access to your device. Here's how to protect yourself. The sooner you act, the better your chances of preventing additional damage. Even a short conversation with a scammer deserves attention if you shared personal information or allowed access to your device. I appreciate Matt taking the time to share this email with us. It's a good reminder of how much effort scammers put into making fraudulent communications look credible. What caught my attention was the combination of a detailed invoice and that repeatedly displayed phone number. The message creates concern about a large purchase, then conveniently offers a way to fix it. That's where people can get pulled into a scam before they realize what's happening. And here's something worth remembering: You don't have to spot every strange detail on an invoice to protect yourself. You only need to recognize that an unexpected charge deserves independent verification. The lesson I take from Matt's experience is simple. Don't let a scary email decide whom you call or how quickly you act. Check your account through an official channel before you give anyone access to your money or personal information. I'm glad Matt reached out because sharing these examples gives more people a chance to recognize the warning signs. Have you received a convincing fake Amazon invoice or spoken to someone pretending to be customer support? Tell us what happened by writing to us at CyberGuy.com. Your experience could help someone else avoid becoming a victim. Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy Newsletter Copyright 2026 CyberGuy.com. All rights reserved. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecdbad3830286ffa39ea6f ‘More Divided Than Ever’: For Jewish Voters, a Mix of Elation and Dread te 2026-11-05T19:40:29.634Z ‘More Divided Than Ever’: For Jewish Voters, a Mix of Elation and Dread Juggling celebration and concern, American Jews are negotiating their place in a dramatically shifting political landscape. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecdbaa3830286ffa39ea58 Scott Colom vs. Cindy Hyde-Smith: How Mississippi Recount Would Work te 2026-11-05T19:40:26.630Z Scott Colom vs. Cindy Hyde-Smith: How Mississippi Recount Would Work The race still hasn’t been called days after the midterm elections that saw a blue wave sweep congressional races across the U.S. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecdba73830286ffa39ea4f Florida Expected to Make Quarterback Change Ahead of Oklahoma Game te 2026-11-05T19:40:23.173Z Florida Expected to Make Quarterback Change Ahead of Oklahoma Game Tramell Jones Jr., who helped Florida upset Texas in his first start, is expected to get the nod against Oklahoma. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecdba33830286ffa39ea46 Emmy-Winning Actor to be Guest Picker for ‘College GameDay’ at Notre Dame te 2026-11-05T19:40:19.695Z Emmy-Winning Actor to be Guest Picker for ‘College GameDay’ at Notre Dame ESPN's College GameDay will be at Notre Dame this weekend, and a four-time Emmy winner will be the guest picker. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecdba03830286ffa39ea3d Chucky Creator Reveals Doll ‘Has a Trans Kid’ in Nicki Minaj Rebuttal te 2026-11-05T19:40:16.592Z Chucky Creator Reveals Doll ‘Has a Trans Kid’ in Nicki Minaj Rebuttal Chucky creator Don Mancini hit back at Nicki Minaj after she used the horror doll to encourage Republican votes. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecdb9d3830286ffa39ea34 Colts QB Anthony Richardson Addresses His Trade Request te 2026-11-05T19:40:13.263Z Colts QB Anthony Richardson Addresses His Trade Request Anthony Richardson requested a trade from the Colts back in February, and his name is popping up ahead of the deadline next week. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecdb993830286ffa39ea2b Browns’ Jared Verse Calls Out Teammates for Not Defending Him vs Steelers te 2026-11-05T19:40:09.992Z Browns’ Jared Verse Calls Out Teammates for Not Defending Him vs Steelers Jared Verse’s frustration after the Steelers loss wasn’t only aimed at Pittsburgh. Here’s what the Browns DE said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecdb953830286ffa39ea07 Tucson accepts $4.2M police grant, says Trump immigration conditions don’t apply te 2026-11-05T19:40:05.830Z Tucson accepts $4.2M police grant, says Trump immigration conditions don’t apply A $4.2 million federal grant for new police vehicles drew pushback Wednesday for immigration enforcement conditions attached to the money, but the City Council voted unanimously to accept it after the city attorney said Tucson isn’t bound by those conditions.  The discussion at the meeting about whether to accept money through a Department of Justice program called Community Oriented Policing Services Technology and Equipment Program, or COPSTEP, shows the tension in city efforts to access federal resources even as community members raise urgent concerns about ongoing immigration arrests.  In the award letter, the federal government says conditions of accepting the grant are that Tucson must allow information sharing about citizenship and immigration status; promise not to operate any diversity, equity and inclusion programs; and comply with presidential executive orders, among others.  But the city attorney says those conditions aren’t binding, and wouldn’t become binding later, because a federal judge has blocked the government from enforcing some of them. A judge ruled this week that the federal government can’t tie immigration enforcement demands to some public safety grants, one of several active lawsuits on the issue. “Those conditions don’t apply as part of our acceptance,” City Attorney Roi Lusk said. “In order to get a federal injunction, you have to sort of prove your case already.”  On Wednesday night, the grant acceptance was initially on the consent agenda, a part of the regular city council meeting where items are voted on together, rather than individually.  But during public comment, Asa Ramsey raised concerns about the conditions tied to the grant. Ramsey also questioned accepting policing money meant to keep communities safe when those same communities are also being impacted by immigration enforcement.  “We are in an environment that has been devastatingly hostile to many people in our community,” said Ramsey, speaking in-person at Wednesday’s meeting. “I want to propose instead — and keep encouraging us — to make strategic investments in the community.”  At the request of Vice Mayor Lane Santa Cruz, the council pulled the item from the consent agenda for discussion, but it ultimately voted unanimously to accept the funding.  The money will be used for new Tucson Police Department patrol cars and motorcycles, and will also put resources toward a program called Place Network Investigations. The program  identifies areas with a high number of shootings and deploys additional police officers to focus on both stopping people who are breaking specific laws, and also on other issues like building-code violations.  The federal money for the grant comes through a channel called member-directed funds. City leadership pitches Arizona congressional members on what they want funded, and then each senator or representative chooses what they support.  The funding for new police vehicles was supported by Republican Rep. Juan Ciscomani. Even as final votes are counted, the latest election results show that he is likely to lose his seat to Democrat JoAnna Mendoza.  City Attorney Lusk noted that most federal money the city has received under the Trump administration came with similar conditions, including efforts toward affordable housing.  “There have been… hundreds of millions of dollars and dozens of grants we’ve accepted under these conditions,” said Lusk.  The city is in four separate federal lawsuits about similar conditions involving federal agencies, said Lusk.  The post Tucson accepts $4.2M police grant, says Trump immigration conditions don’t apply appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecd9413830286ffa39e9ae Democrats break up all-Republican majority on Corporation Commission te 2026-11-05T19:30:09.013Z Democrats break up all-Republican majority on Corporation Commission Key Points Democrats Clara Pratte and Jonathon Hill are expected to win two seats on the Corporation Commission The two Republican candidates have conceded the race in interviews Democrats will bring opposition to the commission for the first time in two years Single-party rule on the Arizona Corporation Commission is over after two Republicans conceded their seats on the utility-regulation body to Democrats. Clara Pratte and Jonathon Hill defeated incumbent Commissioner Kevin Thompson and Rep. Ralph Heap, R-Mesa, in Tuesday’s election. Results are still unofficial, with many ballots left to count, but both Republicans conceded in Wednesday interviews with the Arizona Capitol Times.  Republicans still hold three of the commission’s five seats, but Pratte and Hill will bring a Democratic dissent that the ACC hasn’t seen in two years. Hill, who ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the ACC in 2024, attributed this year’s Democratic wins to issues currently pending before the commission.  “I felt like [the momentum] built as we got closer to Election Day,” Hill said. “The [Arizona Public Service] rate case is coming up. We were just down in Yuma, and they had just received a notice that they’re looking at another [water] rate increase. Data center concerns are growing. All these issues were growing, but thankfully people were connecting it to the commission, which I think is new.” As commissioners, Pratte and Hill vowed to question utility companies from the dais and subpoena their records in order to address ratepayers’ questions about data centers and energy affordability. “There’s very little good information, reliable information out there about exactly how much water [data centers] are using, how much energy they actually are using,” Hill said. “I think that an easy early goal is to really collect good, reliable information on these things so that everyone at the table knows what we’re discussing.” Pratte will also bring a new perspective to the commission as the state’s first Indigenous woman elected to statewide office. As a member of the Navajo Nation, Pratte resides in northern Arizona and campaigned on making the ACC accessible to more Arizona ratepayers. “Our rural and tribal communities often felt neglected by the ACC,” Pratte said. “… Out of the last four years, out of 376 meetings, all of those except for four were held in Phoenix or Tucson.”  Commissioner Lea Márquez Peterson, who is term-limited in 2028, lives in Tucson and is the only current commissioner who resides outside of central Arizona. She is also expected to be a crucial swing vote on the commission in the next two years, given her opposition to the ACC’s controversial formula rate policy statement. Pratte and Hill have already pledged to vote against any formula rate proposals, which let utility companies adjust rates annually through a condensed review process rather than undergoing a rigorous rate case examination every three to five years. Márquez Peterson voted against the policy statement enabling formula rates and against the first formula rate structure adopted by the commission.  But the two Democrats may not get a chance to weigh in on the pending Arizona Public Service and Tucson Electric Power rate cases, both of which feature formula-rate proposals. TEP’s rate case, with a recommended 11% rate increase, is tentatively scheduled for a Nov. 17 vote, while APS’ rate case is expected to wrap up in December.  “After voters have already clearly shown that they’re unhappy with the current commission, they seem intent on moving forward with making decisions when they don’t have the support of the voters,” Hill said. “So I’m disappointed in that.”  For their part, Thompson and Heap reluctantly wished Pratte and Hill luck. “We’re turning over a well-functioning state and organization to new leadership, and we just hope that they don’t screw it up,” Thompson said.  Heap blamed the loss on the current commission’s recent votes and deflected criticism regarding the ongoing Citizens Clean Elections Commission investigation into his campaign finances.  “People can’t tolerate double-digit rate increases, and you’ve got double-digit rate increases, and you’ve got the utilities making massive profits,” Heap said. “So it’s pretty clear that people feel like the Corporation Commission hasn’t really been on their side, and I think that’s probably true.” Pratte said she and Hill have already begun meeting with stakeholders and ratepayers to deliver on their campaign promises. “We’re hitting the ground running,” Pratte said. “We know the commission is not stopping. We can’t either.” The post Democrats break up all-Republican majority on Corporation Commission first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecd93e3830286ffa39e988 Democrat drops out of race due to health concerns and still wins, opponent says 'we deserve to know more' te 2026-11-05T19:30:06.837Z Democrat drops out of race due to health concerns and still wins, opponent says 'we deserve to know more' A Democratic candidate who dropped his campaign for health reasons still defeated the Republican candidate in an Iowa state House race. Democrat Eric Armstrong explained in a Sept. 7 Facebook post that he was abandoning his campaign due to health issues. "Running a successful campaign requires immense physical and mental energy. Recently, I have been facing some personal health issues that require my full attention and immediate care," Armstrong wrote, in part. "Because I must prioritize my health and recovery at this time, I am stepping down from my campaign, effective immediately." 3 INJURED IN SHOOTING AT DES MOINES, IOWA POST OFFICE, SUSPECT DETAINED: POLICE "Our District deserves a representative who can give 100 percent of their energy to this race. Right now, I must focus on healing so that I can continue to serve our community in other ways in the future," he added. But despite this announcement, Armstrong's name remained on the ballot, and voters still elected him. Unofficial results indicate that Armstrong received 4,602 votes, while Republican Keith Jones, who is a member of the Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors, received 3,737 votes. DEMOCRATS SEIZE MAJORITY OF GOVERNORS' OFFICES IN ELECTION-NIGHT SHIFT "I'm going to do my best to represent" the district, Armstrong stated during a Wednesday phone interview with The New York Times. "But I still have health issues, that’s what I'm struggling with." Armstrong did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment on Thursday. In part of a statement to Fox News Digital on Thursday, Jones wrote, "Being a member of the Iowa House is highly exhausting. 14-hour days away from home. Is he healthy enough for the job? "He is now a public figure. We should know what his ailment was. If he wasn't truly sick and quit the race, is he committed enough to represent our district?" Jones asked. "I think we deserve to know more." DEMS FLIP YET ANOTHER SENATE SEAT IN TRUMP COUNTRY AMID SWEEPING GOP UPSETS The state House seat is currently held by Democratic state Rep. Josh Turek, who defeated Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson in the Iowa U.S. Senate race this week. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecd93b3830286ffa39e96f Newsom Commutes the Sentences of California’s 548 Death Row Inmates te 2026-11-05T19:30:03.384Z Newsom Commutes the Sentences of California’s 548 Death Row Inmates Gov. Gavin Newsom, in one of his last acts, commuted the sentences of all prisoners with death sentences, calling capital punishment morally objectionable. That’s about a quarter of death sentences nationwide. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecd6f13830286ffa39e8e2 North Korea's fake IT worker scheme takes dangerous turn as new threats emerge every day te 2026-11-05T19:20:17.633Z North Korea's fake IT worker scheme takes dangerous turn as new threats emerge every day What began as a scheme to generate cash for North Korea by deploying fake IT workers in American companies has now turned into an opportunity to collect intelligence from high value targets, cybersecurity researchers warn. New details are emerging of the sprawling spy operation within U.S. borders, with cybersecurity tech company CrowdStrike claiming it is finding one or two suspected North Korea IT worker cases every single day. The scheme is creating a heightened espionage foothold inside American companies spanning multiple industries with CrowdStrike claiming it has seen remote IT workers hand off access to malware teams when North Korea identifies intelligence worth collecting — and federal cases show overseas workers gaining access to sensitive U.S. military technology. "They don't discriminate," Adam Meyers, CrowdStrike's head of counter adversary operations, told Fox News Digital, explaining that the workers apply broadly across industries, from consumer companies to defense contractors. But when they land inside a "particularly juicy target," Meyers said, CrowdStrike has seen the operation handed off to a malware team "because they realize that there's some intelligence value and something that they want to collect." Meyers did not say whether the malware teams successfully collected sensitive information after those handoffs. CHINA-LINKED HACKERS INFILTRATED US GOVERNMENT NETWORKS BEFORE FBI TAKEDOWN The FBI is now warning that the scheme poses a "significant national security and intellectual property theft insider threat." North Korean workers are targeting cleared defense contractors, jobs that require U.S. government security clearances and even active-duty military personnel who can host company laptops. Recent federal cases illustrate the stakes — from a worker who successfully accessed controlled technical information at an AI defense contractor to impostors who secured offers for jobs involving military AI and Top Secret intelligence. In one case involving a network of U.S.-based "laptop farms" that helped overseas workers obtain remote jobs at more than 100 American companies, prosecutors identified a California defense contractor developing AI-powered equipment and technologies. An overseas worker using a stolen American identity was hired as a full-time remote software engineer in January 2024, according to the indictment. Instead of going to the purported employee, the company laptop was shipped to a conspirator in New Jersey and ultimately transferred to a laptop farm, where software allowed the overseas worker to operate it remotely. For more than two months, prosecutors said, the worker accessed the contractor's systems and downloaded technical data, including material controlled under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, or ITAR. The indictment said documents obtained from victim companies included information related to "sensitive U.S. military technology." The same contractor hired two other overseas workers using stolen American identities within roughly six weeks, prosecutors said. Their laptops were also routed through U.S.-based facilitators for remote access. A separate case unsealed last week shows operatives pursuing positions with even more explicit national security ties. Overseas conspirators were allowed to use the identity of a Virginia man who worked for a cleared defense contractor and held an active Top Secret security clearance. One impostor secured a $130,000 software engineering offer at a government contractor working on a generative AI project for a component of the U.S. military. The company shipped a laptop to the Virginia man's home before discovering during a video call that the purported employee did not match the person whose identity he was using. HOW A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT HELPED ACCUSED SAUDI SPY'S FAMILY FLEE US AFTER OPENAI BUG SCANDAL Another impostor using the same identity was offered a $170,000 senior software engineering position requiring Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information clearance. That company caught the scheme before work began after a background investigation uncovered discrepancies and a video call revealed someone who appeared roughly 30 years younger than the man whose identity he was using. Neither impostor ultimately performed the sensitive work. But the cases show how far the operation has reached into companies handling military technology and positions requiring some of the government's highest security clearances. CrowdStrike began tracking the North Korean IT worker campaign it calls "Famous Chollima" in March 2024 after investigating what initially appeared to be a single malicious insider. Investigators soon identified dozens of other victims among its customers. Unlike traditional espionage operations targeting specific organizations, Meyers said, the workers cast a wide net, applying for hundreds or thousands of remote IT jobs. The primary objective is generating revenue for North Korea, according to CrowdStrike, which has linked Famous Chollima to the country's Munitions Industry Department. Meyers said the money helps fund North Korea's weapons program. But access to a valuable target can create an additional intelligence opportunity. Treasury last week sanctioned another North Korean IT-worker network, saying the regime takes most of the workers' wages and generates hundreds of millions of dollars to fund its weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs. Treasury also warned that workers have exploited corporate access to deploy malware, steal proprietary information and remove sensitive data. "The North Korean regime continues targeting and exploiting American companies through fraudulent activities conducted by its overseas IT operatives, who weaponize sensitive data and extort businesses for substantial payments," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said. The operation relies on stolen identities, increasingly sophisticated deception and U.S.-based facilitators who provide the physical footprint overseas workers lack. After a worker is hired, a company laptop can be shipped to a facilitator's home and configured for remote operation, making it appear to company systems that the employee is working inside the United States. Artificial intelligence is also making the deception more sophisticated. Meyers said operatives use AI to create convincing LinkedIn profiles and resumes, answer interview questions and increasingly alter their appearance on video calls. Some also use AI to help perform the jobs after being hired. The FBI says workers have purchased access to identity-verification services to test stolen identities, hired Americans to appear on camera or complete employment requirements and sometimes subcontracted entire jobs to other foreign workers. The bureau also warned that workers "almost always" remove data from victim companies because many are required to record their screens to document daily work. Federal authorities have intensified efforts to dismantle the infrastructure supporting the operation. In October, the FBI searched more than 40 suspected laptop farms across Texas, seizing 187 laptops and other devices. DOJ said coordinated actions announced that day affected more than 70 U.S. companies. "This investigation is about far more than fraud," U.S. Attorney Ryan Raybould said. "It is about a hostile foreign regime infiltrating American companies through stolen identities and covert access points inside our own borders." Meyers said CrowdStrike has identified laptop farms through patterns across multiple cases and passed information to the FBI, contributing to searches and arrests of U.S.-based facilitators. North Korea has also exploited the other side of the hiring process, with operatives posing as recruiters to target employees already inside companies. In a separate cryptocurrency theft investigation, Binance said a software engineer had been approached through a legitimate job platform by someone posing as an executive at a fictitious company, part of what it suspected was a North Korean effort to compromise employees through fake interviews. Meyers said companies must treat identity verification as a security issue, not simply a hiring function, and train recruiters and security teams to recognize the tactics. "They're an employee, so they have access to whatever an employee would have," Meyers said of workers who successfully get through the hiring process. "And that could be ... the crown jewels." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecd6ef3830286ffa39e8d9 FIFA could see legal action if Women's World Cup players don't get equal pay: report te 2026-11-05T19:20:15.915Z FIFA could see legal action if Women's World Cup players don't get equal pay: report FIFPRO and national players’ unions have reportedly sought legal advice on what to do if Women's World Cup players do not receive prize money equal to that of men's World Cup players. According to The Athletic, FIFPRO sent a letter to FIFA proposing "[p]roportional equal prize money for the Men’s and Women’s FIFA World Cups, including maintaining the minimum 30% guaranteed to players who compete in the FIFA Women’s World Cup (proportional to number of teams and games played)." "When adopted, these proposals will ensure: equal pay for equal work for both women and men," the reported letter reads. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE The outlet said players from reigning champions Spain, England, the United States women's national team and the rest of the current top 10 in the women's rankings are all signatories to the letter. FIFA president Gianni Infantino announced in 2023 an "ambition" to have equal prize money for the 2026 and 2027 winners. Reports have said the FIFA administration will double the 2023 prize pool, but it will still fall well short of the $871 million that was awarded to men's teams for this year's World Cup. "FIFPRO and FIFA have been working collaboratively for several years to improve financial compensation and conditions for players to ensure the FIFA Women’s World Cup remains a global benchmark," the organizations said in a statement. "Women’s national team players have been an integral part of this ongoing process and continue to help shape the discussions." BRAZILIAN SOCCER GAME DESCENDS INTO MADNESS WITH RECORD-SETTING 51 RED CARDS THANKS TO BRAWL The organizations added they are "working towards a new set of terms for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027, covering prize money and also, for the first time, enhanced financial distribution that rewards member associations and players who participated in the qualifying phase." "FIFPRO and FIFA remain committed to working together to secure the best possible support for players while contributing to the sustainable growth and professionalisation of women’s football. Our ambition includes equalising prize money but also goes far beyond it. Both organisations are positive about progress made in discussions so far," they said. The Women's World Cup will take place in Brazil from June 24 to July 35. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER The United States will look to recapture the title after being ousted in the round of 16 three years ago following back-to-back victories. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecd6ec3830286ffa39e8c1 Harmeet Dhillon, Leader of Justice Department’s Civil Rights Unit, Resigns te 2026-11-05T19:20:12.417Z Harmeet Dhillon, Leader of Justice Department’s Civil Rights Unit, Resigns The move came after conflicts with Justice Department leaders, including disagreements over legal strategy in the midterm elections, people familiar with the matter said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecd6ea3830286ffa39e8a8 Will Anderson Jr Delivers Head-Scratching Take on Chargers QB Justin Herbert te 2026-11-05T19:20:10.666Z Will Anderson Jr Delivers Head-Scratching Take on Chargers QB Justin Herbert Houston Texans pass rusher Will Anderson Jr. delivered a confusing statement about Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecd6e83830286ffa39e89f Titans’ Carnell Tate Accomplished Feat Not Seen Since AJ Brown te 2026-11-05T19:20:08.784Z Titans’ Carnell Tate Accomplished Feat Not Seen Since AJ Brown Carnell Tate’s October put him in rare Titans company alongside A.J. Brown. Here’s what the rookie pulled off. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecd6e63830286ffa39e896 Ryan Day Reveals Julian Sayin Injury Timeline Ahead of Oregon Clash te 2026-11-05T19:20:06.748Z Ryan Day Reveals Julian Sayin Injury Timeline Ahead of Oregon Clash Julian Sayin’s injury has hung over Ohio State’s CFP push. Ryan Day finally offered a clue on what comes next. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecd6e43830286ffa39e88d Curt Cignetti Criticizes ESPN’s SEC Coverage After CFP Rankings te 2026-11-05T19:20:04.924Z Curt Cignetti Criticizes ESPN’s SEC Coverage After CFP Rankings Curt Cignetti criticized ESPN’s SEC coverage after Indiana opened at No. 4 in the CFP rankings. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecd6e23830286ffa39e871 Meta’s warns that election backlash against data centers could make AI expansion harder te 2026-11-05T19:20:02.818Z Meta’s warns that election backlash against data centers could make AI expansion harder Meta warns that growing political opposition to data centers could threaten future AI investments, as communities push back against massive infrastructure projects. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecd4973830286ffa39e801 Charles Barkley rips bold trick-or-treaters or ask him to sign their basketball cards te 2026-11-05T19:10:15.057Z Charles Barkley rips bold trick-or-treaters or ask him to sign their basketball cards Halloween is in the books, which means that if your household is anything like mine, you will soon be tasked with hanging Christmas lights on the front porch. However, NBA great Charles Barkley still has one Halloween-related gripe he needs to get off his chest. He's got some bold kids in his neighborhood who aren't content with just a fun-sized Snickers bar or a pack of Skittles Gummies (which are actually very good, by the way); they want the Round Mound of Rebound to grab a Sharpie and sign their basketball cards. On a recent edition of "Inside the NBA," Barkley took a moment to address the youngsters — I think we need to assume they're youngsters, but who knows? — who were looking to add something with some resale value to their jack-o'-lantern candy buckets. CHARLES BARKLEY CALLS OUT LEBRON JAMES FOR DISRESPECTING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM WITH PRACTICE GOLF SWING "Hey, let me tell you something," Barkley began. "You damn brats need to stop bringing basketball cards and stuff to my damn house. I'm giving you damn candy; I'm not there to sign autographs all night. "I'm gonna let y'all get away with that this one damn time..." COOPER FLAGG ROOKIE CARD MAKES EYE-POPPING RECORD SALE, BUT IS IT ACTUALLY A GOOD INVESTMENT? I can understand the frustration. This is premeditated. I don't think many kids are keeping Barkley cards in their wallets at all times on the off chance they run into him while dressed as a pirate, football player, or inflatable Minion. However, weirdly, I respect the boldness. Those kids are go-getters. That said, they may want to leave their binders at home next year. "I love being home and giving the kids candy," Barkley continued. "But now they're bringing cards. You can't be mean to kids. I wanted to punch them in the face, but I couldn't do it." CHARLES BARKLEY JOKINGLY WARNS 'INSIDE THE NBA' CREW ABOUT SHAQUILLE O'NEAL'S FBI CONNECTION So there you have it, trick-or-treaters: quit being greedy. Take your Twizzlers and then move on to the next house where you can just dump the whole bowl of candy into your pillowcase. Leave Chuck alone. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecd4953830286ffa39e7f8 Mexican judge arrested after U.S. charges him of accepting $2M bribe in case linked to former Olympian te 2026-11-05T19:10:13.629Z Mexican judge arrested after U.S. charges him of accepting $2M bribe in case linked to former Olympian Luis Benítez Alcántara, a Mexican judge accused of accepting a bribe to release a transnational cocaine smuggler, was arrested in Colombia on Sunday after the U.S. charged him with nine counts of being an accessory after the fact. Benítez, according to a Thursday announcement from the U.S. Department of Justice, accepted a $2 million bribe from Canadian national Ryan Clark, who the DOJ alleges was second-in-command to former Olympic snowboarder Ryan J. Wedding in the latter's international drug dealing empire. "Benítez Alcántara was a district judge in Mexico City who allegedly accepted $2 million in exchange for granting bond to and ordering the release of Wedding’s second in command, while Wedding was orchestrating a billion-dollar transnational criminal organization and the largest supplier of cocaine to Canada with connections in Colombia, Mexico, and the U.S.," FBI Director Kash Patel said in a statement. US CHARGES MEXICAN GOVERNOR, TOP OFFICIALS IN CARTEL CONSPIRACY AS MEXICO FIRES BACK OVER PROOF Clark was initially arrested in Guadalajara, Mexico on Oct. 8, 2024, according to a superseding indictment. He appeared in front of Benítez for extradition proceedings on Oct. 9 after the U.S. requested his extradition. Beginning in Nov. 2024, Clark sent approximately $2.75 million to intermediaries over the course of four months, according to the indictment. On Feb. 24, 2025, Benítez received $2 million in payments from those intermediaries and granted Clark bond and release that same day, per the indictment. Among the nine counts, Benítez is charged with being an accessory after the fact to aid and abet Clark. Clark and Wedding are also charged with murder, conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine and continuing a criminal enterprise, according to the indictment. If convicted, Benítez faces up to 15 years in federal prison. "Crooked public officials, no matter where they are, who assist drug traffickers operating here at home will face justice in the United States," Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement. "Thanks to the work of the Homeland Security Task Force and our international law enforcement partners, Mr. Benítez will be held accountable. The Department of Justice will continue identifying and dismantling transnational criminal organizations that threaten the safety of the American people," Blanche concluded. HIGHEST-RANKING TREN DE ARAGUA MEMBER EVER EXTRADITED TO US SET TO APPEAR IN HOUSTON COURTROOM: DOJ Despite Benítez's role in granting Clark bond and release, Mexican law enforcement officers arrested Clark again days later and handed him over to U.S. authorities on Feb. 27, 2025. Following Clark's arrest, he cooperated with FBI and U.S. officials in supplying information about his and Wedding's roles in their criminal enterprise, according to a DOJ indictment against Wedding. KASH PATEL DEFENDS FBI'S ‘MOST WANTED’ BUSTS AMID MANIPULATION ACCUSATIONS, HIGHLIGHTS 'SUMMER HEAT' SUCCESS Wedding, a former member of the FBI's Top 10 Most Wanted List, was arrested in Mexico in January 2026. In addition to running a cocaine distribution empire that the indictment alleges imported the majority of illicit cocaine into Canada, Wedding is also accused of orchestrating the murders of numerous informants and other affiliates of his illicit activities. 5 MEXICAN CARTEL BOSSES CHARGED IN WEAPONS, DRUG TRAFFICKING, TIMESHARE FRAUD SCHEMES, DOJ SAYS In January, he pleaded not guilty to federal charges of running a criminal enterprise, murder, conspiring to distribute cocaine and other crimes. His empire allegedly worked in concert with the powerful Mexican Sinaloa Cartel to move and distribute cocaine through Colombia, Mexico and the rest of North America, according to the indictment. "This individual and his organization and the Sinaloa cartel poured narcotics into the streets of North America and killed too many of our youth and corrupted too many of our citizens. And that ends today," FBI Director Kash Patel said in January after Wedding's arrest. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecd4923830286ffa39e7e1 Why a Merciless Supreme Court Rebuke on Election Eve Matters te 2026-11-05T19:10:10.389Z Why a Merciless Supreme Court Rebuke on Election Eve Matters The justices took just hours to reject Trump’s bid to meddle in the election. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecd4903830286ffa39e7c7 Klay Thompson Makes Heat History With One Second Left Against Clippers te 2026-11-05T19:10:08.771Z Klay Thompson Makes Heat History With One Second Left Against Clippers Klay Thompson hit eight 3-pointers and set a Heat franchise mark as Miami rallied from 20 down to beat the Clippers in overtime. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecd48f3830286ffa39e7be Skip Bayless Drops Strong Take on Browns QB Shedeur Sanders’ NFL Future te 2026-11-05T19:10:07.237Z Skip Bayless Drops Strong Take on Browns QB Shedeur Sanders’ NFL Future Shedeur Sanders is in his second season with the Browns and will likely get his first start of the season this week. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecd48d3830286ffa39e7b5 Map Shows Democratic Governors' Dramatic Surge Amid GOP Wipeout te 2026-11-05T19:10:05.593Z Map Shows Democratic Governors' Dramatic Surge Amid GOP Wipeout If the results hold, about 53% of Americans will live where Democrats control the governor's office and both chambers—a trifecta. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecd48b3830286ffa39e799 OpenAI released a new cybersecurity model. Is that enough? te 2026-11-05T19:10:03.566Z OpenAI released a new cybersecurity model. Is that enough? OpenAI's newest cybersecurity model comes out as AI labs face scrutiny of their work to protect digital infrastructure. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecd23e3830286ffa39e71e Schumer faces mutiny from newly elected Senate Dems as party prepares to seize power te 2026-11-05T19:00:14.271Z Schumer faces mutiny from newly elected Senate Dems as party prepares to seize power Senate Democrats will soon decide who will lead them with their newly acquired grip on power in the upper chamber, and while Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., appears to be the favorite, some in the caucus aren’t eager to back him. Schumer has led Senate Democrats for nearly a decade, helming the caucus as both majority and minority leader since 2017. But many of the fresh crop of Democratic senators-elect, which span the ideological gamut from moderate to progressive, are tepid, at best, in backing him for another term. And some said throughout their campaigns that they wouldn’t support him at all. DEM SENATE HOPEFUL REJECTS SCHUMER BUT BENEFITS FROM MILLIONS IN SPENDING BY HIS ALLIES "I mean no disrespect for Chuck Schumer, but we need new leadership," Sen.-elect Adam Hamilton told CNN in September. "We need new younger leadership, young blood." Hamilton is the moderate megachurch pastor who toppled Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., on Election Night, flipping the Sunflower State for the first time in nearly a century. He, like others this cycle, argued that Democrats needed "fresh ideas and fresh leadership." "In Kansas, Chuck Schumer is a liability for Democrats, and we've got to have leaders that can unite us, bring us together, not just Democrats, but bring together Democrats and Republicans to solve real problems," he said. "And I think people are frustrated with the gridlock in the sense that people are not working together to solve problems." Democrats are expected to hold their leadership elections later this year, and Schumer will have to shore up support within his newly expanded caucus to stay at the top. But he will only need a majority of Senate Democrats to back him. REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: CONGRESS BRACES FOR POST-ELECTION GAME OF MUSICAL CHAIRS AS LEADERSHIP BATTLES LOOM So far, Democrats’ majority in the upper chamber is at 54 seats and could further expand depending on the results in Mississippi and Alaska, which as of Thursday were leaning in their favor. Schumer believed that he would still be the one to lead Democrats and contended to reporters on Wednesday that issues that incoming senators and their voters may have had with the direction of the Democratic Party in recent years were not about him. "The issue is not me," Schumer said. "I'll be re-elected as majority leader, but the issue is focusing on the American people and what they want." Still, there is a faction of newcomers, including senators-elect Troy Jackson in Maine, Julianna Stratton in Illinois, Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan and Peggy Flanagan in Minnesota, who aren’t all in for Schumer. THUNE GOES ALL-IN ON CAMPAIGN TRAIL AS SCHUMER STAYS ON BENCH, FACES REJECTION FROM FELLOW DEMS Jackson, speaking to reporters just before Election Day, said his position hadn’t changed on Schumer. "I told Schumer that I’m going to, you know, support somebody else," Jackson said. "So it’s no different now." That somebody else could be Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., who has been proposed as an alternative by progressives, like El-Sayed, to lead Senate Democrats instead of Schumer. Van Hollen may have his eyes elsewhere — he has said that he’s "kicking the tires" on a 2028 run. A Democratic aide familiar with Van Hollen’s thinking told Fox News Digital that before selecting a new leader, the lawmaker believed "the caucus needs to have an honest and open conversation about how we move an agenda forward that reflects the will of the American people." "He’s made it clear that the new Democratic majorities need to use their power to push a proactive, economic agenda," they said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecd23a3830286ffa39e6f7 White Evangelical Support for Republicans Ticked Up Despite Blue Tsunami te 2026-11-05T19:00:10.381Z White Evangelical Support for Republicans Ticked Up Despite Blue Tsunami White evangelicals stuck with Republicans as voters swung left, and experts say the bloc will back the GOP well after Trump. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecd2383830286ffa39e6ee Luka Doncic Has Fan Removed From Game After Bizarre Encounter With Ref te 2026-11-05T19:00:08.242Z Luka Doncic Has Fan Removed From Game After Bizarre Encounter With Ref Seeing Luka stick up for an official is like seeing a unicorn sipping coffee made with hopes and wishes. So yeah, it’s weird. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecd2363830286ffa39e6e5 New England Patriots React to NFL Announcement for QB Drake Maye te 2026-11-05T19:00:06.156Z New England Patriots React to NFL Announcement for QB Drake Maye The New England Patriots took to social media to react to an NFL announcement for star quarterback Drake Maye. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecd2333830286ffa39e6dc Student Couldn’t Get Rid of Contagious Virus, Then Came Devastating Truth te 2026-11-05T19:00:03.779Z Student Couldn’t Get Rid of Contagious Virus, Then Came Devastating Truth Aaron Delgado hoped he would feel better with time when he fell ill in 2023, but months later he learned the devastating truth. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeccff43830286ffa39e694 Community colleges rush to expand semiconductor training as labor shortage looms US chip industry te 2026-11-05T18:50:28.446Z Community colleges rush to expand semiconductor training as labor shortage looms US chip industry Community colleges in Arizona are offering a free, three-month semiconductor crash course that leads to interviews with major tech companies. The program aims to address a looming labor shortage in the semiconductor industry. Experts warn that the U.S. could face… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeccff23830286ffa39e68b Fireballs and a supermoon: Stargazers should brace for a busy month of astronomical events te 2026-11-05T18:50:26.535Z Fireballs and a supermoon: Stargazers should brace for a busy month of astronomical events Stargazers should get ready for a month packed with astronomical events, starting with fireballs and ending with a supermoon. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeccff03830286ffa39e682 Mohave College men's soccer earns three all-region honors, reflects on 2026 season te 2026-11-05T18:50:24.487Z Mohave College men's soccer earns three all-region honors, reflects on 2026 season MOHAVE COUNTY – Three Mohave College men's soccer players earned All-Region I honors from the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC) following the 2026 season. The recognition comes after a season that included notable victories, a postseason appearance and an… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeccfe93830286ffa39e635 LIV Golf is officially over after announcing plans to 'wind-down' operations after failed rescue deal te 2026-11-05T18:50:17.041Z LIV Golf is officially over after announcing plans to 'wind-down' operations after failed rescue deal LIV Golf is dead. The remaining powers that be were working to manufacture some form of a second edition of the circuit despite having no funding and an entirely unknown roster of players, but the white flag has officially been waved after five seasons. During a bankruptcy court hearing held on Thursday, LIV Golf's lawyers shared plans for the circuit to begin liquidating its assets, with the process expected to begin on Nov. 9. LIV Golf released a statement following the hearing, announcing that it "intends to transition to an orderly wind-down of its operations." RORY MCILROY MAKES SERIOUS ACCUSATION ABOUT LIV GOLF WANTING TO 'DESTROY' THE EUROPEAN TOUR Nothing about LIV officially closing up shop is a surprise given recent developments. In April, the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced that it would cease funding the circuit at the end of the 2026 season. The Saudi PIF was the sole funder of LIV, and following a reported $266 million injection into the league for 2026, was set to reach $6 billion invested dating back to 2021. With the never-ending spigot of cash shut off by the Saudis, LIV filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September, but was quickly tossed a lifeline by BC Partners in the form of a $300 million pledged investment to navigate through the proceedings and, in theory, be suited to launch 'LIV 2.0' when all the dust had settled. On Wednesday, LIV's lifeline disappeared. BC Partners scrapped the planned rescue deal after the circuit failed to get any firm commitments from the few high-profile players who had yet to officially announce their departure from the circuit. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE According to The Athletic, BC Partners had secured signatures from more than 30 players willing to compete on 'LIV 2.0,' but 10 additional players of higher-profile status failed to commit before the Oct. 25 deadline that was given. "We thank our partners at the PIF for their collaboration and support, and BC Partners Credit for its engagement throughout this process," LIV CEO Scott O'Neil said in a statement. "We are also deeply grateful to our employees, Board, advisors, and fans around the world, whose dedication, resilience, and belief made this remarkable journey possible. Golf has given so much to so many, and my hope is that those entrusted with its future will lead with the generosity, perspective, and shared purpose this extraordinary game deserves." LIV Golf was originally formed in October 2021 before the league hosted its inaugural tournament in England in June 2022. Its initial events were contested over three days, consisting of no-cut, 54-hole tournaments with guaranteed paydays for every player in the field. The circuit was able to poach many stars away from the PGA Tour, including Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson, and Phil Mickelson, with the incentives of a limited schedule and nine-figure signing bonuses in some cases. Koepka (2023 PGA Championship) and DeChambeau (2024 U.S. Open) were the two lone players to win a major championship while competing on LIV. PGA TOUR CEO BRIAN ROLAPP REITERATES IT IS NOT CONSIDERING A RETURNING MEMBER PROGRAM FOR LIV GOLFERS The playing fate of former LIV golfers looking to return to the PGA Tour is unknown at this moment. Koepka returned to the Tour at the beginning of 2026 after taking advantage of a now non-existent Returning Members Program that included many penalties and financial requirements. With LIV no longer in operation, players who stood alongside the circuit until the final minutes – which includes DeChambeau – do not hold any leverage with the PGA Tour and DP World Tour, which now hold the only cards in the game. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeccfe73830286ffa39e62c Adult film star had no idea she was MLB player's side chick until he got engaged, Lindsey Vonn's happy & more te 2026-11-05T18:50:15.325Z Adult film star had no idea she was MLB player's side chick until he got engaged, Lindsey Vonn's happy & more Welcome to the latest edition of True Romance. I'm back from vacation, and I'd like to say that I'm well rested and fully prepared for the next couple of months before 2027 arrives, but I try my best not to lie. The truth is, I'm not well rested at all. It's the first Thursday in November already and Thanksgiving is right around the corner. But that doesn’t mean we're not going to make the most of it. We are. I'm loaded up with caffeine. That's a good thing, because we have a lot to get to. The first order of business this week is the sad news that came out a few days ago. As a supporter of love, it was truly tough news to swallow. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! I'm, of course, talking about the breakup of Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson. I thought these two were going to make it. Unfortunately, they called it quits last year, but remain close friends and business partners. So, who knows what the future holds for these two and their nearly 50-year age gap? The reason for the split, according to the Daily Mail, was that the relationship became a distraction. Neither of them wanted that. "Looking back, that was a big part of what pulled his focus away from football last season," the Daily Mail reported. "He was thinking about taking the next steps with her, getting engaged, getting married, and building a future together, while also dealing with the constant attention and outside scrutiny that came with being in such a high-profile relationship. It became overwhelming for both of them." Enough about these two. Let's get to the reality of dating a professional athlete. If you're only invited to attend road games, there's a decent chance you're the side chick. An adult film star says she found this out the hard way. Plus, Lindsey Vonn has a relationship update that she felt the need to share. But don't expect these updates to take place on a regular basis going forward. Go follow True Romance on Twitter and Facebook and keep sending your emails here: sean.joseph@outkick.com (anonymously if you prefer). Who among us doesn’t love a good story about baseball and romance? We all remember "Bull Durham," don't we? Adult film actress Silvia Saige claimed on the "Holly Randall Unfiltered" podcast that she once dated former MLB pitcher Bruce Chen while he was a member of the Kansas City Royals. Chen was close to the end of his career at the time, she said. The two met, according to Saige, thanks to Eric Hosmer while she was doing promotional modeling in Kansas City before she got into porn. "I had gone to an event and I had actually gone home, and I'll say this guy's name too, cause f--- him, I truly hate this man, Eric Hosmer, was our first baseman at the time and he and I had kind of hit it off at the event," Saige said. "So I went home with him." She alleged that he kicked her out of his place after she refused to sleep with him. She assumes Chen got her phone number from Hosmer after he bragged about it in the locker room the next day. 'CHARLIE'S ANGELS' ACTRESS CLAIMS COSTAR INVITED HER TO THREESOME, A CONTRABAND BRA FOR LOVE & NO HARM NO FOUL Saige continued, "He (Chen) had hit me up, and he said, you know, 'I would like to take you out, and I would like to show you how a woman should be treated, because what Eric did to you was completely wrong, and I'm so sorry, let me make that up to you.'" She said that Chen did make it up to her. He flew her out to an away game first class like a gentleman for their first date and pulled out all the stops once she arrived. "When I got there, the doorman knew my name and what I was wearing and escorted me up," Saige claimed. "I had a massage table waiting and money to go shopping." None of that was a red flag to her. She thought going all out with the red carpet treatment was how it was supposed to be. They ended up dating for several months, and he even met her family, according to Saige. The entire time, it was first-class flights to away games and "service, service, service." Around eight months into the relationship is when she found out that she was the side chick. That news was delivered by a phone call from her aunt. Saige said that her uncle had seen on the news that Chen was engaged. She called Chen up, and he confirmed that he was going to marry someone else, but that he would still like to see her too. According to her, he offered her money. "It was like, you know like, 'I'll pay your bills and keep you happy,'" she told host Holly Randall. That wasn’t an arrangement she was willing to knowingly enter into at the time. She genuinely thought she was in a real relationship and turned it down. The invites to only away games didn’t give it away that there was someone else. Ladies, if you're romantically involved with an athlete, and you're only being invited to away games, take it as a sign. There's a good chance you're not the starter on their roster. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Follow True Romance on Twitter and Facebook. No, Lindsey Vonn isn't engaged to her boyfriend, fellow alpine skier Matthieu Bailet. She just wants you to know that she's "really happy" about her "amazing boyfriend," she told People. Now to be fair to her, she told People that at a fashion awards show where the outlet likely asked her about her relationship. But don't expect too many of these kinds of updates. She's not trying to put it in everyone’s face. "I think in my past it’s kind of been mixed of keeping things private and maybe oversharing. I’m trying to strike a nice balance," Vonn said. "He’s awesome and I wanted to share that. People know now I’m dating someone, and I’m happy, but I’m not going to share too much moving forward." Good for her. It's the right call. Finding the perfect balance and picking your spots to show off your boyfriend shirtless while in a bikini isn't done enough. It's a "look at me" society we live in. I like those who are able to show restraint. You know Lindsey Vonn is dating someone. Boom, they're hot together in swimwear, and happy, then they keep it to themselves again for a while. That's a couple you can root for. They're not proposing in your face on the jumbotron trying to make everything all about them. It's an occasional behind the scenes, don't we look good in our underwear? The answer is yes. Yes, you do. We'll all be here for your next partially clothed relationship update. Until then, we wish you nothing but the best. As you might have guessed, there are a lot of not-so-great outcomes from marrying a bad boy. But what about those who beat the odds? The ones who have made it work for 40 years even after being stood up on their first date because the bad boy was helping his girlfriend move out. That's what we're all chasing. Isn't it? A little bit of magic in places nobody else is willing to look. There will be failure, but what about the ones that succeed? Here's some of the good, the bad, and the sometimes ugly: ------------- That's all I have for today. We've made it to November and we all know the romance doesn’t stop because we're creeping up on the holidays. Keep the song of the week suggestions coming and any tales of romance you wish to share. You can reach me, anonymously if you prefer, at sean.joseph@outkick.com. Go follow along on Twitter and Facebook. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeccfe43830286ffa39e616 U.S. Finds Subdued Foreign Meddling Operations in Midterm Elections te 2026-11-05T18:50:12.049Z U.S. Finds Subdued Foreign Meddling Operations in Midterm Elections Russia was linked to influence campaigns targeting Democrats that gained little traction, but the Kremlin may be more focused on France’s elections in the spring. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeccfe23830286ffa39e5fc New York Giants Respond to NFL's Malik Nabers Announcement te 2026-11-05T18:50:10.346Z New York Giants Respond to NFL's Malik Nabers Announcement The NFL recognized New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers for his stellar play throughout the month of October. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeccfe03830286ffa39e5f3 Will Democrats Pass Medicare for All? 5 Ideas Proposed for New Congress te 2026-11-05T18:50:08.049Z Will Democrats Pass Medicare for All? 5 Ideas Proposed for New Congress After winning control of both the House and Senate, Democrats will have the ability to hold hearings and advance legislation. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeccfdd3830286ffa39e5ea Jim Harbaugh Defends Justin Herbert After Rams DB’s ‘Deli Meat’ Jab te 2026-11-05T18:50:05.973Z Jim Harbaugh Defends Justin Herbert After Rams DB’s ‘Deli Meat’ Jab A Rams defender had a colorful way of describing Justin Herbert’s Week 8 outing. Here’s how Jim Harbaugh answered. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeccfdb3830286ffa39e5ce U.S. government warns of ‘ongoing cyber threat’ amid mass-hacks of industrial retail and military freezers te 2026-11-05T18:50:03.526Z U.S. government warns of ‘ongoing cyber threat’ amid mass-hacks of industrial retail and military freezers A joint U.S. government statement says the hacks are affecting the food, transportation, and healthcare industries after reports of global mass-hacks. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeccd923830286ffa39e598 CAC launches first Native American Heritage celebration with poet laureate te 2026-11-05T18:40:18.395Z CAC launches first Native American Heritage celebration with poet laureate “I’m dressed in my ancestor’s stories,” said Arizona Poet Laureate and former Diné (Navajo) poet laureate Dr. Laura Tohe to the crowd assembled in the Central Arizona College library in Maricopa. Tohe opened CAC’s first Native American Heritage celebration with a presentation about how her heritage and family stories shaped her work as a writer. The presentation, titled “The Stories From Which I Came,” explored the stories behind her poetry and the generations of women who helped inspire it. “We are all hardwired for stories. Stories provide landmarks and help us find our way in the world,” Tohe said. To an audience of college students, local residents and professors, Tohe stressed how her path to becoming a published writer began with a love of reading, as well as looking to her heritage for guidance. Dr. Laura Tohe addressing the crowd at the CAC hosted poetry reading in honor of Native American Heritage Month on Nov. 4, 2026. [Karen Bartunek] Arizona Poet Laureate, Dr. Laura Tohe, reading one of her poems at the CAC hosted poetry reading in honor of Native American Heritage Month on Nov. 4, 2026. [Karen Bartunek] Dr. Laura Tohe introducing attendees to her family history during the CAC hosted poetry reading in honor of Native American Heritage Month on Nov. 4, 2026. [Karen Bartunek] Jacquelyn Tso and Ruthie Brooks at the CAC hosted poetry reading in honor of Native American Heritage Month on Nov. 4, 2026. [Karen Bartunek] Dr. Laura Tohe and Jacquelyn Tso sharing a laugh with a young man at the CAC hosted poetry reading in honor of Native American Heritage Month on Nov. 4, 2026. [Karen Bartunek] Tohe said she learned to love reading at a very young age and shared how her mother would drive her from their home in Crystal, N.M. to the library in Gallup, an hour and a half away. She read everything from Russian fairy tales to the Nancy Drew series to comic books. But none of these writers reflected Navajo heritage. She said her attendance at boarding school further distanced her from her culture. For example, students were punished for speaking Diné bizaad, the Navajo language, and were redirected to English language and American culture. It wasn’t until adulthood that Tohe found inspiration for her own stories in literature. In a class taught by Chicano poet Rudolfo Anaya, he encouraged her to write about her community. Tohe found herself reaching back to her childhood memories, pulling from the stories her mother told her during their long car rides across New Mexico, as well as her grandmother’s stories. She has published four books of poetry, including “Sister Nations: Native American Women Writers on Community” and “No Parole Today” about her boarding school experience. For Tohe, knowing where you come from not only assists storytelling, but also defines the responsibility people have to each other. “If you know who your clans are, you know who your relatives are, you’re never really alone,” Tohe said, “The question is how will you make life better for your community, your family, your nation, the earth and yourself?” The post CAC launches first Native American Heritage celebration with poet laureate appeared first on InMaricopa.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeccd8d3830286ffa39e58d Arizona voters approved most GOP-backed ballot measures te 2026-11-05T18:40:13.819Z Arizona voters approved most GOP-backed ballot measures Key Points: Voters approved most GOP-backed ballot measures, even as they gave Democrats big statewide wins Approved measures included those related to transgender students, photo radar devices and new taxes on groceries. Rejected measures included bans on “DEI” training in state agencies, a new school funding requirement and a voter ID plan that could have targeted mail voting PHOENIX — Arizona voters approved most of the ballot measures Republican lawmakers put on the ballot, even as they handed control of the House and Senate to Democrats. The eight propositions covered a wide range of issues, from transgender students’ access to school facilities and photo radar enforcement to local sales taxes and voting requirements. But voters rejected several measures entangled in broader political fights over education funding, early voting, and the role of government. One of the most widely approved measures, Proposition 318, prohibits schools from allowing students to use restrooms, locker rooms, showers and other private facilities designated for the opposite biological sex. It defines biological sex as the sex “recorded at birth on the individual’s original birth certificate.” Sponsors dubbed it the “Protect Girls Sports in Arizona Act.” The measure, which had nearly 59% of the vote as of Thursday afternoon, extends restrictions Republican lawmakers enacted in 2022, when they barred transgender students from competing on school sports teams designated for their gender identity. That law specifically prohibits students born male from playing on girls’ teams. Photo radar also proved particularly unpopular with voters. Proposition 319 prohibits cities and towns that don’t already use cameras to enforce speed limits and red-light laws from starting such programs. Communities that already have photo radar must obtain voter approval to renew existing contracts. The measure does not affect Flock or other license plate-reading systems. Lawmakers rejected significant new restrictions on those cameras last year but acknowledged the need for some safeguards. Most large Arizona cities don’t impose sales taxes on food. But many smaller communities build their budgets around the revenues. Proposition 316, which had won more than 61% of the vote as of Thursday afternoon, will put that under greater scrutiny. The measure prohibits communities without such a tax from enacting one before June 30, 2027. After that, any new levy will require local voter approval. Communities that already tax groceries also will be prohibited from making changes before that date. Any subsequent rate increase will require voter approval, and the tax could not exceed 2%. Proposition 141, leading by a narrow margin as of Thursday afternoon, would prohibit state and local governments from enacting taxes or fees based on the number of miles a person drives. It would also prohibit government tracking of miles traveled without the driver’s consent. But the measure also could complicate efforts to ensure electric vehicle owners contribute to road construction and maintenance. Unlike drivers of gasoline-powered vehicles, electric vehicle owners don’t pay the state’s 18-cent-per-gallon gasoline tax, a major source of road funding. Voters also approved Proposition 317, which designates drug cartels as terrorist organizations and requires the state Department of Homeland Security to do everything in its power to address the threats they pose. Rejected measures Voters also rejected several measures heavily pushed by the Republican lawmakers. Proposition 320 would have required school districts in the state’s three largest counties — and larger districts elsewhere — to put at least 60 cents of every dollar they got into what is considered “direct instructional expenses.” Proponents argued that schools were spending too much money on everything but what directly affects students, including administration. But opponents said that could have crippled districts facing rising electricity costs to heat and cool buildings and diesel costs to keep school buses on the road.  They also noted that Arizona continues to rank near last nationally in per-student spending, something that also translates into larger-than-average class sizes. Republicans put Prop 320 on the ballot in the last hours of the legislative session after they couldn’t convince the Arizona Education Association and Save Our Schools to drop their plan to ask voters to curb Empowerment Scholarship Accounts.  Voters also rejected Proposition 144, which sought to require all voters to present identification before casting a ballot, including by mail. Yet it never explained how that would work, though Rep. Alexander Kolodin, R-Scottsdale, promised that future legislators would work it out. Opponents, however, argued that this was a way of killing early voting — something that some Republicans have claimed leads to cheating — despite the fact that it is used by nearly 90% of Arizonans. Kolodin filed suit on behalf of the Arizona Republican Party several years ago, asking courts to declare voting by mail unconstitutional. Voters rejected Proposition 142 that would have expanded existing constitutional prohibitions against “diversity, equity, and inclusion” programs and requirements, mainly at state universities. The post Arizona voters approved most GOP-backed ballot measures first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeccd8b3830286ffa39e567 Schumer, Jeffries sidestep questions on nuking filibuster, launching Elon Musk probe after blue wave te 2026-11-05T18:40:11.824Z Schumer, Jeffries sidestep questions on nuking filibuster, launching Elon Musk probe after blue wave Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., did not answer Fox News Digital’s questions about their potential first moves in Congress as the Democrats won back the majority in both chambers with sweeping victories in Tuesday’s elections. Schumer was pressed on whether he plans to abolish the filibuster as speculation grows that Democrats could eliminate the filibuster after President Donald Trump urged Senate Republicans to terminate it numerous times to pass the SAVE America Act. Trump previously warned that if Republicans didn’t act on it, the Democrats would if given the opportunity — which they now have. Schumer ignored the question after being asked twice by Fox News Digital if he plans to eliminate it. FETTERMAN STRONGLY SUPPORTS THE FILIBUSTER AS TRUMP URGES SENATE REPUBLICANS TO SCRAP IT The question comes as some Democrats have previously signaled openness to eliminating the filibuster if they regained the Senate. During a press conference Wednesday morning, Schumer also refused to answer questions about some of his plans for the Senate as they take back the majority — including eliminating the filibuster. He also said that he will be "re-elected as majority leader" by the Senate Democratic caucus, despite opposition from newly elected Democrats. He quickly redirected the conversation to focus on the blue wave in the midterm elections and what the party plans to do with the "generational remake of the Senate map." SCHUMER SAYS HE'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE, BUT HIS OWN CANDIDATES AREN'T READY TO BACK HIM Jeffries was also asked by Fox News Digital about the looming question over whether Democrats will probe Elon Musk after the party has begun eyeing targets in their discussed efforts to investigate alleged corruption in the Trump administration. Jeffries gave Fox News Digital a thumbs-up when approached but did not respond when asked whether House Democrats would investigate Musk. Musk has emerged as a potential target of Democratic oversight, with some lawmakers calling for scrutiny of his time as head of the Department of Government Efficiency. Democratic lawmakers have also suggested looking into this companies' multibillion-dollar contracts with the federal government, and more recently, his role in cutting internet access to the Ukrainian military. ‘LAWYER UP’: DEMS IMMEDIATELY PUT TRUMP ON NOTICE AMID REPUBLICANS' MIDTERM BLOODBATH The House Minority Leader’s refusal to comment comes as Democrats are divided over whether they would select Jeffries as Speaker of the House. There was a petition started that has received over 550,000 to oust Jeffries from leading the House, arguing the party needs a Speaker that represents "the Democratic voters, not just the Democratic establishment." With many of the newly elected congressional candidates hesitant, or outright opposed, to back both Jeffries and Schumer as leaders, the decision over who will be the leaders of both chambers of Congress is still in limbo. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeccd883830286ffa39e553 How Democrats Won Across the South te 2026-11-05T18:40:08.680Z How Democrats Won Across the South They won Senate races in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, with a Mississippi race still too close to call. Their wins lifted down-ballot candidates too. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeccd863830286ffa39e54a Justice Dept. Steps Up Criminal Investigation of Supreme Court Abortion Leak te 2026-11-05T18:40:06.980Z Justice Dept. Steps Up Criminal Investigation of Supreme Court Abortion Leak Investigators, using subpoenas and other law enforcement powers, are accelerating an inquiry that takes the Trump administration into the inner workings of the court. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeccd853830286ffa39e52f 'Tradwife' Says Republicans Lost Because They're Too Ugly te 2026-11-05T18:40:05.188Z 'Tradwife' Says Republicans Lost Because They're Too Ugly Republicans lost big in the midterms. Could Democrats' younger, camera-ready candidates have an edge? Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeccd833830286ffa39e526 Nithya Raman's LA Win Puts Democratic Socialists in Charge of 4 Big Cities te 2026-11-05T18:40:03.291Z Nithya Raman's LA Win Puts Democratic Socialists in Charge of 4 Big Cities Nithya Raman ousted Karen Bass as democratic socialists extend their influence over America’s biggest cities. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeccb373830286ffa39e4a6 Melania Trump: Oleshky ceasefire is a ‘spark’ for 'more enduring' peace between Ukraine, Russia te 2026-11-05T18:30:15.335Z Melania Trump: Oleshky ceasefire is a ‘spark’ for 'more enduring' peace between Ukraine, Russia First lady Melania Trump and peace envoys from both Russia and Ukraine spoke from the White House on Thursday, hailing the ceasefire in the Russian-occupied Oleshky region as a potential "spark" for peace that lasts beyond a temporary regional ceasefire. "We have chosen humanity over war," the first lady said in a White House trilateral news conference with the two warring countries. "Undeniably, the lives of innocent people must transcend the division of war. I hope Oleshky inspires greater peace. Every significant transformation begins with a small spark." "Together, we can create something more enduring than a temporary ceasefire," she added, calling Oleshky "a spark in a world of darkness capable of illuminating the best in humanity." INSIDE MELANIA TRUMP'S SECRET DIPLOMATIC ROLE IN THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE CEASEFIRE DEAL Trump said she became aware of a humanitarian crisis in the region in September and directed her representative, Marc Beckman, to engage with Russia and Ukraine on her behalf. She said both countries agreed to work with her as an "exclusive intermediary" to establish a ceasefire in Oleshky and the surrounding Kherson region, deliver humanitarian aid and create a safe evacuation route for civilians. Her remarks were followed by comments from Russian special envoy Kirill Dmitriev, who said Russian President Vladimir Putin appreciated President Donald Trump’s efforts to stop the fighting. US WILL MEDIATE UPCOMING UKRAINE-RUSSIA TALKS IN ABU DHABI, WITKOFF SAYS "President Putin also appreciates President Trump's peacemaking effort and his team working on a peace plan to resolve Ukrainian crisis," Dmitriev said in a rare moment of a Russian diplomat speaking at the White House. "President Trump has asked President Putin to support a number of initiatives on exchanging of prisoners, on releasing U.S. prisoners on humanitarian efforts. And President Putin supported those ideas and those initiatives." "And it's very important that cooperation between Russia and Ukraine and Russia in the United States matters not only for our two nations, but for the entire world," he continued. "Let us continue making great humanitarian contributions. We can together, let us build a future of peace, partnership and prosperity for the benefit of our families, our children and future generations." RUSSIA RELEASES AMERICAN TEACHER IMPRISONED ON UKRAINE MERCENARY CHARGES AFTER TRUMP PRESSED PUTIN "Dear Melania, you saved and touched so many lives," he concluded. David Arakhamia, the leader of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's political party, called Melania Trump's ceasefire the 'biggest de-escalation since 2022," when the war began. UKRAINE'S ZELENSKYY OPEN TO FREEZING FRONT LINES IN CEASEFIRE WITH RUSSIA "Madam first lady, I would like to thank you: You did an amazing job," he said. "I think when everything started with you and your team, we had about 5% of people who believed in success, and 95% of skeptics who said it wasn’t going to work. Now, after it happened, it’s switched completely: 95% of the people believe that we can do things like that, and 5% are still skeptical." Peace is now a matter of when, not if, he added. KUSHNER, WITKOFF SET FOR KYIV TALKS AFTER PUTIN MEETING IN US PUSH FOR PEACE Getting fearful Ukrainians out of the Russian-controlled city is an important step toward deciding how peace will be made and determining the longterm fate of the occupied territory of southern Ukraine. "On the first day, people in the area did not believe it was happening," Arakhamia said. "They stayed in their homes, waiting to see if the clock was ticking backward. The next day, they started walking around their homes. The day after that, they came to see their broken homes and find their belongings. "This is really emotional to watch and supervise, to understand what we are doing," he added. "I think we are creating momentum where both sides are learning the little mechanics of how to keep the peace when the peace comes. "I would also like to sincerely thank you, from my heart, for doing this." Dmitriev attended the event and met with U.S. officials, sources told Reuters. Dmytro Lubinets, Ukraine's human rights ombudsman, also attended the event. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeccb343830286ffa39e492 How Democrats Won Across the South te 2026-11-05T18:30:12.155Z How Democrats Won Across the South They won Senate races in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, with a Mississippi race still too close to call. Their wins lifted down-ballot candidates too. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeccb323830286ffa39e479 Victor Wembanyama Makes NBA History With 52-Point Performance te 2026-11-05T18:30:10.609Z Victor Wembanyama Makes NBA History With 52-Point Performance Victor Wembanyama posted 52 points, 24 rebounds and eight blocks in a historic Spurs victory over the Mavericks. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeccb303830286ffa39e470 DNC Chair Ken Martin Fires Back at Critics: 'What Matters Is Winning' te 2026-11-05T18:30:08.977Z DNC Chair Ken Martin Fires Back at Critics: 'What Matters Is Winning' Critics called for his resignation. This week, DNC Chair Ken Martin delivered Democrats their largest victory in 50 years. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeccb2f3830286ffa39e467 49ers GM John Lynch Reveals Stance on Brandon Aiyuk Reunion te 2026-11-05T18:30:07.199Z 49ers GM John Lynch Reveals Stance on Brandon Aiyuk Reunion Brandon Aiyuk is set to report to the 49ers, and GM John Lynch weighed in on a possible reunion. Here’s what he said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeccb2d3830286ffa39e45e Jalen Brunson Leads Knicks to a Madison Square Garden First in Bulls Rout te 2026-11-05T18:30:05.526Z Jalen Brunson Leads Knicks to a Madison Square Garden First in Bulls Rout Jalen Brunson outscored Chicago in the first quarter as the Knicks matched a franchise record set in 1988. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeccb2b3830286ffa39e43f Tucson study shows naloxone law boosted prescriptions te 2026-11-05T18:30:03.282Z Tucson study shows naloxone law boosted prescriptions Eli Joy was 18 and mixing benzodiazepines with opioids the first time an overdose nearly proved fatal. That was more than 10 years ago, before most people knew how to respond to an overdose. “Back then, they were trying to put me in the shower and dump ice on me because they thought it would wake me up,” Joy told Tucson Spotlight. “That’s what my friends were doing.” Joy woke up in the hospital. Years of getting clean and relapsing followed. Through it all, his mother kept naloxone, the overdose-reversal drug commonly known by the brand name Narcan, on hand. She used it on him several times. “It saved my life,” said Joy, who is in recovery and works at CODAC Health, Recovery and Wellness as a peer support specialist on the agency’s deflection team. Naloxone is far easier to get in Arizona now than it was then, and state law played a part. A new University of Arizona study found that a 2018 law requiring doctors to prescribe naloxone alongside high doses of opioids sharply increased how often those patients filled naloxone prescriptions in the years that followed. The law’s effects also reached well beyond what it required. A simple mandate Arizona lawmakers passed the law as part of the Arizona Opioid Epidemic Act during a special session in January 2018, after Gov. Doug Ducey declared a statewide public health emergency over opioid overdoses in June 2017. Between June 2017 and January 2018, 812 Arizonans died of suspected opioid overdoses, according to the state. Nationally, more than 70,000 people died of drug overdoses in 2017, and about two-thirds of those deaths involved opioids, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Naloxone reverses an opioid overdose in more than 90% of cases, according to the CDC. The law took effect April 26, 2018. It requires any clinician who prescribes more than 90 morphine milligram equivalents of opioids per day, a threshold tied to a high risk of overdose, to also prescribe naloxone. Help us build local news that brings people together, not apart. A CODAC staffer restocks a harm reduction station with naloxone and supplies in the lobby of its building on East Fort Lowell Road. Topacio "Topaz" Servellon / Tucson Spotlight. To measure its impact, researchers analyzed every opioid and naloxone prescription dispensed in Arizona from 2017 through 2022, using data from the Arizona Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program. Because the program tracks prescriptions when they’re dispensed, the data show patients actually picked up the naloxone. The study, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, was led by James Cunningham, a professor in the UA Department of Family and Community Medicine. Co-authors include Beth Meyerson, director of the Harm Reduction Research Lab at the UA College of Nursing, and three staff members with the state prescription monitoring program. In the first two months after the law took effect, naloxone coprescribing jumped 360% for patients on the highest doses and 331% for those on 90 to 119 morphine milligram equivalents per day. It then settled at levels 123% and 97% higher than before the law. Meyerson said the early spike was likely doctors catching up with patients already on opioids. The drop that followed makes sense, she said, because patients who already have naloxone don’t need a new prescription every time they refill their opioids. By the end of 2022, about 1.5 to 2.3 naloxone prescriptions were being written for every 100 high-dose opioid prescriptions, up from roughly 0.5 before the law. That’s somewhat higher than national estimates. An earlier study using commercial insurance data found the law had no effect in Arizona. The UA team said its use of complete statewide data likely explains the difference. Beyond the law Doctors also started prescribing naloxone to patients on moderate doses the law didn’t cover. Coprescribing for those patients rose 215% at first and settled 72% above prior levels. The increase wasn’t limited to patients covered by the law, Meyerson said, adding that the law changed how prescribers think. “It’s hard to get providers initially to think about naloxone, which is why the law was passed,” she said. “But once they did, they got it.” Pharmacists stepped up too, even though the law didn’t mention them. Under a statewide standing order, Arizona pharmacists could already dispense naloxone without a doctor’s prescription. After the law took effect, that dispensing rose at least 111% across every dose category, including low-dose patients, and stayed elevated for about two years. Eli Joy, a peer support specialist on CODAC’s deflection team, reaches for a naloxone kit. Joy, who is in recovery, says his mother used naloxone to reverse his overdoses several times. Topacio "Topaz" Servellon / Tucson Spotlight. Meyerson said pharmacists often serve as gatekeepers for patients on opioids and many other medications, and they follow changes in the law closely. Later options, including state-subsidized naloxone in pharmacies and over-the-counter sales, likely explain why standing-order dispensing eventually declined, she said. At CODAC in Tucson, providers now coprescribe naloxone even with addiction treatment medications like Suboxone, Joy said. “Even if you’re in recovery, you never know what might happen,” Joy said. “You might come across someone else that’s overdosing.” Who it reaches Community groups like Sonoran Prevention Works hand out free naloxone, but they mostly serve people who use illicit drugs. Meyerson said the law reaches a group those efforts can miss: older adults. Overdose deaths among people 65 and older have declined more slowly than in other groups, she said. Most of their opioids come from a doctor, and many take a long list of medications. “So, they’re not going to be going to Sonoran Prevention Works or Southwest Recovery Alliance or all the cool places in our area to get naloxone; they probably don’t even know they need it,” Meyerson said. She said every household should keep naloxone in the first aid kit, echoing a call from former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams. A prescription for one person can save another. That’s the point Dr. Mark Grant makes to his patients. Grant, medical director of medication-assisted treatment at CODAC, said naloxone is meant for the people around someone at risk, since no one can use it on themselves during an overdose. “Give this to your partner, give this to your child,” he said. CODAC keeps naloxone in its lobby and hands it out during intake. Grant said awareness is high among the patients he sees, though he noted that people coming to an addiction treatment center are more likely to know about it. “I don’t think I’ve ever encountered someone who doesn’t know what it is,” he said. Arizona’s drug overdose deaths have climbed from about 1,600 a year when the state’s naloxone coprescribing law took effect in 2018 to about 2,800 in the 12 months ending in May 2026, according to provisional CDC data. Gaps remain The law was never meant to end the overdose crisis on its own. It was meant to put a lifesaving tool in the hands of more people at risk, and the study shows it did that. Whether that translated into fewer deaths is harder to measure. Meyerson said researchers can track how much naloxone goes out but not when or on whom it’s used. “We can say what goes out; we can’t say what’s used,” she said. Tracking even that is getting harder. In 2024, Arizona stopped requiring pharmacists to report dispensed naloxone to the state prescription monitoring program, the data source for the study. Nationally, overdose deaths have dropped sharply, from a peak of about 112,000 in 2023 to about 67,000 in the 12 months ending in May 2026, according to provisional CDC data. Meyerson credits naloxone becoming available to nearly everyone, along with federal rule changes since the COVID-19 pandemic that made addiction treatment easier to get. Arizona hasn’t seen the same drop. About 2,800 people died of overdoses in the state in the 12 months ending in May 2026, near a record high, according to the CDC. Grant said naloxone works, but it can only buy time. The next step is getting more people into treatment. “So there’s more Narcan out there, but are less people dying? I think the objective answer would be no,” he said. Nearly all of the prescriptions Grant writes are for Suboxone or methadone, medications he said cut the risk of relapse, overdose and death by about half. Yet he estimates only about 20% of people with opioid use disorder get medication to treat it. “If you walked into El Rio or somewhere and they were like, ‘Oh, one in five of our insulin-dependent diabetics actually receive treatment with insulin,’ people would be appalled,” Grant said. Some changes have helped. Pandemic-era rules that let doctors start Suboxone by telehealth and do methadone intakes by video have made a big difference, Grant said. Because CODAC is open 24/7, it also draws patients from Nogales, Three Points, Green Valley, Marana, Benson, Willcox and other areas outside Tucson. A methadone dispenser sits ready at CODAC. Medications like methadone and Suboxone cut the risk of relapse, overdose and death by about half, but only a small percentage of people with opioid use disorder get them. Topacio "Topaz" Servellon / Tucson Spotlight. Grant worries federal changes, including the budget law known as H.R. 1, could add financial barriers if patients lose coverage through AHCCCS, Arizona’s Medicaid program. He also said the Pima County jail once sent people home with a week of Suboxone when they were released, but it stopped. “Releasing people at 2 a.m. with a 12-minute walk to CODAC past hundreds of fentanyl sellers leads right back to the cycle,” he said. Access can depend on the pharmacy, too. Grant said Suboxone is often out of stock at pharmacies in wealthier parts of Tucson. Meyerson’s lab is mapping that problem, with pharmacy students surveying about 300 Arizona pharmacies on whether they stock subsidized naloxone, sell syringes without a prescription and dispense buprenorphine, the active ingredient in Suboxone. Cost and geography still matter. Over-the-counter naloxone, available nationally since March 2023, can be expensive without insurance, and free naloxone isn’t evenly spread across the state. “Cost is always an issue,” Meyerson said. Rural counties like Gila have fewer harm reduction groups and don’t benefit from the large opioid settlements of Pima and Maricopa counties, she said. She said the state’s share of settlement money could do more to fill those gaps, and that uncertain federal funding for harm reduction over the past 18 months has created new holes. Stigma lingers, too. Joy said most people take naloxone during outreach, but some turn it down. “I’ll hear people say, ‘Oh no, I don’t need that because I don’t use drugs,’” he said. A model for other states Nine states, including California and New Mexico, require naloxone coprescribing, Meyerson said, and eight more recommend it. She’d like to see research comparing the two approaches, but she believes a requirement is what moves doctors. Drug overdose deaths fell in most states from May 2025 to May 2026, according to provisional CDC data. Arizona saw a slight decline, but its deaths remain near record highs while national deaths have dropped sharply from their 2023 peak. A mandate gets built into electronic health records, she said, so a prescriber writing a high-dose opioid prescription gets a prompt asking whether naloxone was prescribed. “When you require things, it really does change practice,” she said. It also costs almost nothing. Adding a naloxone prescription takes a prescriber about a minute, Meyerson said, and the state didn’t have to fund a new program to make it happen. Still, she said, a prescribing law works best as one piece of a larger system that includes pharmacies, community groups, treatment providers, schools and fire departments. Good Samaritan laws, which protect people who call 911 during an overdose from arrest, are just as important, she said. “Ultimately we need multi-pronged approaches with systemic access to Narcan to really continue on the path toward opioid overdose reduction,” she said. Grant wants the next push to focus on treatment. He compared it to Arizona’s summer water safety campaigns, which teach parents to fence pools and put kids in swim lessons instead of relying only on rescue gear. “It’s not just a lifesaver ring. It’s ‘learn how to swim,’” he said. He said opioid settlement money could pay for public campaigns promoting addiction treatment, but when he raises the idea, no one has an answer. Patients also hear from well-meaning relatives and sponsors that medication just trades one addiction for another, Grant said. He encourages patients to bring family members to CODAC so doctors can explain how the medications work. Joy is now in nursing school, working toward becoming a nurse practitioner and eventually opening outpatient addiction treatment centers. He always carries naloxone and urges others to learn the signs of an overdose. “People just need to be supported and helped through what they’re going through,” Joy said. Caitlin Schmidt is editor and publisher of Tucson Spotlight. Contact her at caitlin@tucsonspotlight.org. Tucson Spotlight is a community-based newsroom that provides paid opportunities for students and rising journalists in Southern Arizona. Please consider supporting our work with a tax-deductible donation. Donate to Tucson Spotlight Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecc8da3830286ffa39e3ed DAVID ASMAN: Democrats exploit gas-price pain while ignoring their own record te 2026-11-05T18:20:10.292Z DAVID ASMAN: Democrats exploit gas-price pain while ignoring their own record The incredible irony of this election is that Democrats won largely on the issue of higher gas prices…when those same Democrats have done everything they can to raise gas prices when they’ve been in power. The very first executive order that President Biden signed on his first day in office was cancelling the 1,200-mile-long Keystone XL pipeline, which would have brought 830,000 barrels of Canadian oil a day into U.S. refineries. The U.S. Gulf Coast refineries that the Keystone pipeline would have served are built and optimized to process Canada’s heavy, sour crude oils — like Alberta tar sands/bitumen — into high volumes of diesel and jet fuel. That is exactly the kind of fuel we’re in most need of right now. And it wasn’t just President Biden. On February 24, 2015, President Barack Obama vetoed the Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act passed by Congress. An attempt in the Senate to override Obama’s veto failed on March 4, 2015. DUFFY UNLEASHES ON BUTTIGIEG WITH SWIPE OVER WHICH ADMIN HAS ACCOMPLISHED MORE: 'MOVED LIKE A SLOTH' Other Democrat presidential contenders are on record favoring a carbon tax, which would have an immediate effect on raising gas prices. On Sept 4, 2019, Kamala Harris said, "Under my plan there will be a carbon fee." Likewise, Pete Buttigieg campaigned on the idea of an expensive carbon tax, saying, "I propose that we assess a carbon tax. I know you’re not supposed to use the "T" word when you’re in politics, but you might as well call this what it is." When Buttigieg became secretary of Transportation under President Biden, he worked hard trying to get auto companies to switch from gas-powered cars to EVs, even though consumers weren’t buying and car companies and dealers were left warehousing thousands of unsold vehicles. GM absorbed $11.2 billion in losses and cancellation of its EV infrastructure plans. Ford eliminated entire models, such as its electric F-150 truck, which Buttigieg promoted and President Biden test drove in Dearborn, Michigan, in May 2021. Eventually, Ford took a $19.5 billion EV write-down. But through it all, Buttigieg insisted that EV buyers would never go back to gas-powered cars…even after a brutal winter when EV owners in Chicago and elsewhere swore they’d never buy another EV, as batteries failed to function in the cold weather. Of course, the younger generation of Democrat presidential contenders are just as eager to raise your gas prices. Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s "Green New Deal" was shoehorned, in part, into President Biden’s infamously named "Inflation Reduction Act." The Act's multi-trillion-dollar green energy spending boondoggle became a major factor in the Biden administration’s 21.5% cumulative inflation, which is still part of the unaffordability crisis that Democrats blame on President Trump. All these lame-brain ideas and unworkable investments ended up creating big increases at the pump that dwarf today’s prices. The gas prices under President Obama peaked at $4.55 a gallon, in some areas, in May 2011. Inflation adjusted, that would be $6.78 today. Gas peaked under President Biden at $5.03 in June 2022. That would be $5.79 today. And the highest spike hike under President Trump was $4.55 a gallon in mid-May of this year. JEFFRIES CALLS OUT TRUMP-ERA GAS PRICES AFTER TELLING REPUBLICANS NOT TO POLITICIZE PUMP PAIN UNDER BIDEN President Trump claims that once the Iranian war is over, gas prices will come back to the $3 level we saw just before the war began. But voters became understandably frustrated with the president’s failed estimates of when the war will end. We did see oil prices drop dramatically when it looked like we had an Iranian deal in April. But exactly when the war is over, we don’t know. What we do know is that Democrats are in no position to criticize current gas prices with their history of policies that increase the price at the pump. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecc8d63830286ffa39e3c7 Who Are Fighters of the Male State? Sexist Unit Claim Flight Bomb Threats te 2026-11-05T18:20:06.523Z Who Are Fighters of the Male State? Sexist Unit Claim Flight Bomb Threats The Russian movement named Male State was proscribed as an extremist organization by a Russian court in 2021. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecc8d43830286ffa39e3be Clemson QB Tait Reynolds Takes Brutal Shot at Florida State Following Win te 2026-11-05T18:20:04.815Z Clemson QB Tait Reynolds Takes Brutal Shot at Florida State Following Win Clemson earned a 36-24 victory over Florida State last weekend, and quarterback Tait Reynolds took a shot at FSU this week. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecc8d23830286ffa39e3a0 Tucson mourns Dolores Huerta at Joaquin Murrieta Park te 2026-11-05T18:20:02.554Z Tucson mourns Dolores Huerta at Joaquin Murrieta Park As traditional incense smoke burned at Joaquin Murrieta Park, relatives of Dolores Huerta performed a ceremonial song to honor the civil rights activist and labor leader at a Tucson memorial. Huerta, who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, now the United Farm Workers, and helped lead the 1965 Delano Grape Strike, died Oct. 28 at 96. Tucsonans gathered that same night to mourn and honor her memory. “When Dolores said you could buy grapes, that’s when we bought grapes,” said Cecilia Valdez, a member of the Dolores Huerta Unity Coalition. Huerta also coined the phrase “¡Sí, se puede!” “I’ve known her for over 20 years. She’s been coming to Tucson,” Valdez said. “We represent her and we loved her because she cared about the people that nobody else does care about. She was the person that actually organized (the union), even though they get credit to Cesar Chavez for it. She was at the table.” Huerta was arrested more than 25 times for her activism and civil rights work. “She seemed indestructible. Someone that would be with us forever, because even at the age of 96, she was still out there fighting for injustice, fighting for the sanctity of humanity,” said Unity Coalition co-chair Eva Carrillo Dong. “Her life was not easy. It was full of struggles. She almost died when she was beaten for what she believed.” Help us build local news that brings people together, not apart. Attendees hold candles as they gather at Joaquin Murrieta Park to mourn Dolores Huerta, who was arrested more than 25 times for her activism and civil rights work. Emma Diaz / Tucson Spotlight. Carrillo Dong said Huerta visited Tucson many times for rallies. “She was constantly fighting for justice, and putting her life on the line. She was a champion for all people whose voices needed to be heard,” Carrillo Dong said. “She spoke out for all workers’ rights, for all immigrant rights, for all LGBTQ plus rights, human rights.” Many other union and community members shared memories of Huerta, including coalition member Isabel Garcia. “She was a vital part of this labor movement that really changed the bottom line for everybody,” Garcia said. Tucson Mayor Regina Romero and U.S. Rep. Adelita Grijalva also attended the event, sharing stories of their experiences with Huerta. “There’s so many things that I could say about Dolores Huerta, but the most important thing that I can say is that she was a friend,” Romero said. “She was a mentor, and she changed my and my family’s life without even knowing us.” Smoke from traditional incense rises as attendees honor Dolores Huerta during a ceremony at Joaquin Murrieta Park. Emma Diaz / Tucson Spotlight. Grijalva encouraged attendees to follow Huerta’s lead. “I think that one of the things that we have to take from Dolores is the inspiration to keep going,” Grijalva said. “When she could have given up many times, she kept going forward. She broke glass ceilings for many of us.” Huerta also impacted children in the community, including 13-year-old Jimena Reyes. “She was there for everyone in this world. She fought for everyone and she even put her life at risk for those people because she’s just so powerful and she’s so strong,” Jimena Reyes said. “She will be missed, but never forgotten.” Her mother, Marta Reyes, a coalition member, said Huerta did not get the credit she needed. “Right now, we’re going to change that and we’re going to give her all the credit that she deserves,” Marta Reyes said. Carrillo Dong urged attendees to turn their grief into action. “We mourn her now. We weep for her now. But then we must pick ourselves up, like she always has, and honor her by using our voices and the power we all have within us,” Carrillo Dong said. Emma Diaz is a University of Arizona alum and freelance journalist based in Tucson. Tucson Spotlight is a community-based newsroom that provides paid opportunities for students and rising journalists in Southern Arizona. Please consider supporting our work with a tax-deductible donation. Donate to Tucson Spotlight Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecc6933830286ffa39e32f Black Woman Police Director Wins $4.7M in NJ Wrongful Termination Suit te 2026-11-05T18:10:27.116Z Black Woman Police Director Wins $4.7M in NJ Wrongful Termination Suit Sheilah Coley accused city officials of discrimination and pressuring her to give preferential treatment to white police officers. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecc68f3830286ffa39e326 Adults Exposed to Traffic Noise Face a Hidden Heart Risk, Study Finds   te 2026-11-05T18:10:23.630Z Adults Exposed to Traffic Noise Face a Hidden Heart Risk, Study Finds   Long-term exposure to traffic, rail and aircraft noise may raise the risk of heart disease, a new study suggests. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecc68a3830286ffa39e30c Claude can now analyze your spending with its new Personal Finance tool te 2026-11-05T18:10:18.146Z Claude can now analyze your spending with its new Personal Finance tool With Personal Finance in Claude, users can connect their bank and card accounts through Plaid and ask questions about their finances. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecc6823830286ffa39e303 The ex-Secret Service agent who flipped a hacker is now raising a second $250M cybersecurity fund te 2026-11-05T18:10:10.802Z The ex-Secret Service agent who flipped a hacker is now raising a second $250M cybersecurity fund Stephen Ward, a former Secret Service agent and Home Depot CISO, is preparing a second fund of roughly $250 million for Brightmind Partners. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecc67e3830286ffa39e2fa OpenAI president Greg Brockman says company could be IPO ready in 2027 te 2026-11-05T18:10:06.231Z OpenAI president Greg Brockman says company could be IPO ready in 2027 OpenAI President Greg Brockman says the company could be ready to go public in 2027, pointing to accelerating enterprise revenue and a turnaround in its business. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecc4283830286ffa39e2a6 LeBron James sends cease and desist to 'Bron AI' sports betting app over unauthorized likeness te 2026-11-05T18:00:08.099Z LeBron James sends cease and desist to 'Bron AI' sports betting app over unauthorized likeness LeBron James has issued a cease-and-desist letter to an AI-powered sports betting tool that the NBA star says uses his likeness, a spokesperson for James confirmed. Anish Gupta, the CEO of the app "Bron AI," released a video that features a person resembling James wearing a jersey with his nickname, "Bron," and the number 23. The character appears to be scrolling through players before stopping on Dillon Brooks, a longtime rival of James. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE "Dillon Brooks? On Kalshi? Hell nah," the character says. According to Apple's App Store, Bron is "a sports analytics and betting research app with live odds comparisons, data-backed picks, player and team brands, a multi-leg Slip, and bet tracking." But the striking resemblance to the NBA's all-time leading scorer was enough for James himself to act. "LeBron is in no way affiliated with this unauthorized use of his likeness," a spokesperson for James said to Front Office Sports. The letter said the "unauthorized use and illicit exploitation of" James' "name, nickname, likeness, image, persona, and other identifying attributes, materials and related information" were used in the ad. The letter also says that it implies James is "involved with betting on basketball, which is a very serious violation of NBA rules and regulations." VICTOR WEMBANYAMA DOES BEST WILT CHAMBERLAIN IMPRESSION WITH 50-20 NIGHT, SAYS HE CAN 'STILL DO MORE' James has a brand deal with the prediction market Polymarket. The letter is asking Bron AI to permanently stop using James' likeness and tell everyone who uses the app that the Philadelphia 76ers star is not affiliated with the app. "I’m sure the intent here was for us to send a cease and desist in order to make it a story," James' longtime media adviser Adam Mendelsohn told Front Office Sports. "You would prefer not to respond but you don’t have a choice in a situation like this. It’s not the first time and it won’t be the last. For what it’s worth, these gimmicks never work because people see through it." SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER The app is free to download but costs $249.99 annually, or $29.99 monthly, to use its pro version. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecc4233830286ffa39e26b Harbinger raises $240M after expanding into defense te 2026-11-05T18:00:03.733Z Harbinger raises $240M after expanding into defense The Los Angeles-based startup has now raised more than $650 million, and is working on electric trucks, emergency vehicles, and a driverless platform for the military. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecc1da3830286ffa39e21d Fireballs and a supermoon: Stargazers should brace for a busy month of astronomical events te 2026-11-05T17:50:18.692Z Fireballs and a supermoon: Stargazers should brace for a busy month of astronomical events Stargazers should get ready for a month packed with astronomical events, starting with fireballs and ending with a supermoon. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecc1d83830286ffa39e1fa DOJ civil rights chief Harmeet Dhillon resigns, says White House asked her to wait until after midterms te 2026-11-05T17:50:16.289Z DOJ civil rights chief Harmeet Dhillon resigns, says White House asked her to wait until after midterms Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon is resigning as head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, telling Fox News Digital exclusively that she made the decision weeks before Republicans' midterm losses and was asked by White House chief of staff Susie Wiles to delay her departure until after the election. "I wasn't asked to resign," Dhillon told Fox News Digital. "I resigned three weeks ago, and Susie asked me to please wait until after the midterms." Dhillon formally submitted her resignation on November 5, according to a letter obtained by Fox News Digital. Dhillon said she informed Wiles three weeks before Election Day that she believed she had "accomplished everything" she came to Washington to do and wanted to return to private practice. BONTA SAYS HE'LL COUNTER DOJ ELECTION MONITORS WITH OBSERVERS OF HIS OWN Asked if she would testify before Congress if subpoenaed after leaving the administration, Dhillon said there would be limits on what she could discuss because of executive privilege but indicated she would seek legal advice and follow it. "I would certainly take legal counsel and follow it in that regard," she said. Dhillon was also asked whether she expected Trump to pardon her or other administration officials if congressional Democrats sought to target them. "I have no idea. I haven't ever discussed that with him, asked for it," Dhillon said. "And I have done nothing, in my opinion, that would require that, but, you know, that's up to the president." She revealed that the decision to leave the DOJ ultimately came down to wanting to return to the work she had done for much of her career in the private sector. Dhillon moved to Washington following the deaths of her husband and father to "serve my country," but after roughly two years in the administration, she believed the time has come to leave. "My decision, my choice," Dhillon said. "It's time." "Today, I accepted the resignation of Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon," Attorney General Todd Blanche wrote on X. "She has defended the civil liberties of every American and enforced the law without fear or favor. The Department is grateful for her dedicated public service, and we wish her every success in her future endeavors." DOJ FIRES BACK AT DEM AG OVER ELECTION DAY GUIDANCE TELLING OFFICIALS WHEN TO CALL COPS ON FEDERAL AGENTS She was nominated by President Donald Trump in December 2024 and was sworn into office in April 2025 after being confirmed by the Senate. She is leaving after Trump's Republican Party lost the House and Senate in this week's midterm elections. In the lead-up to the midterms, Dhillon defended the Trump administration's investigation into noncitizen voters. "There are people who feel that the point is to sow distrust about the whole election system. There are very few people who are noncitizens who end up voting — very, very few. And so, therefore, what's the purpose?" Lesley Stahl, host of CBS' "60 Minutes," had asked Dhillon. Dhillon's departure caps a roughly 19-month tenure in which the longtime conservative attorney carried out a sweeping overhaul of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, shifting its priorities toward issues including DEI and race-conscious policies, religious discrimination, transgender participation in women's sports, Second Amendment rights and election integrity. The transformation also brought extraordinary turnover inside the division, with roughly 300 attorneys departing during Trump's second term, according to recent reports. Dhillon has aggressively sought to rebuild its ranks, telling Fox News Digital that she recruited more than 130 lawyers during her tenure. Before joining the administration, Dhillon founded the Dhillon Law Group and the Center for American Liberty and built a national profile litigating First Amendment, election law and other civil-rights cases. A longtime Republican Party official and Trump ally, she was nominated by Trump in December 2024 and confirmed by the Senate in April 2025. Her appointment drew fierce opposition from Democrats and some traditional civil-rights groups, while conservatives argued that she would redirect a division they believed had become ideologically tilted under previous administrations. "We changed it, and that's what we came here to do. And it's done," Dhillon told Fox News Digital. Fox News Digital's Lindsay Kornick and Hanna Panreck contributed to this post. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecc1d63830286ffa39e1ef Barstool personality, vocal JMU fan PFTCommenter wants Billy Napier fired less than a year into the job te 2026-11-05T17:50:14.683Z Barstool personality, vocal JMU fan PFTCommenter wants Billy Napier fired less than a year into the job James Madison's fall from grace has been well documented as of late. The Dukes went from College Football Playoff darlings and Sun Belt Championship shoo-ins to losers of two games in a row and not even leading their division. A big reason for this has been the questionable coaching of one Billy Napier. JAMES MADISON COACH BILLY NAPIER FINALLY REVEALS WHAT WENT WRONG AT FLORIDA IN RECENT INTERVIEW Longtime readers may already know this, but I haven't exactly made my feelings about Napier a secret. The former Florida head coach was instrumental in running my favorite college football team into the ground while showing no remorse on the way out, and for a while, Gator fans tried to warn the JMU faithful about Napier's shortcomings. The reality is now starting to set in for Dukes fans, and many of them are already trying to jump ship from the S.S. Billy just nine games into his tenure in Harrisonburg. One fan who has been a vocal supporter of JMU football is none other than Barstool's PFTCommenter. The "Pardon My Take" co host has been waving the purple and gold flag for quite some time as an alum of the university, and was even on record earlier this season as saying he's a fan of Napier. That has clearly all changed in the past few weeks, as PFT has flipped the script and even claims to want Napier fired in a hilarious rant on the Barstool podcast "Macrodosing." WHY ONE DETAIL ABOUT NFL FINAL ROSTERS PROVES FORMER FLORIDA COACH BILLY NAPIER WAS WORSE THAN YOU REMEMBER "I had no idea how bad Billy Napier was," an exasperated PFT said. "Truly, no idea." His frustrations with Napier stem from back-to-back losses in which the Dukes held halftime leads against opponents they were favored against. A series of head-scratching coaching decisions and clock management blunders led to JMU losing both games in overtime. "What I saw is terminal," PFT admits. "That's not something that gets fixed. It doesn't get fixed." When pressed by his co host, Big T, on whether he wants Napier fired, PFT did not hesitate. "I do," he stated. "That's how bad it was." PFT goes on to say it's the decision making from Napier that makes him certain it's already time to make a change, calling it "shocking" and saying no amount of analysts will ever fix it. To be fair, PFT said he doesn't think Napier is fired any time soon, citing the fact that the first-year head coach was new athletic director Matt Roan's first hire. Regardless, it sounds like the heat is being turned up on Napier from an unlikely source. To all the talking heads and rival fans who called the Florida fanbase toxic for wanting Napier fired last year, here's your chance to issue an apology. If anything, Gator fans were way more patient than they had any right to be, and James Madison's crash back to reality is the proof. There's nothing toxic about wanting a bad coach gone from your football program. PFT has the right idea, and I expect more to follow in his footsteps the longer Napier remains at JMU. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecc1d53830286ffa39e1e6 Ohio's most popular midterm Republican says election results hold a warning for Dems te 2026-11-05T17:50:13.063Z Ohio's most popular midterm Republican says election results hold a warning for Dems Ohio's most popular midterm Republican says his party needs to refocus its message into a constructive appeal to voters if the GOP hopes to regain the ground it lost on Election Day. Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose won his race to become Ohio State Auditor on Tuesday night, securing over 2.3 million votes, a total that easily eclipsed any other statewide Republican candidate. Gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy secured just over 2 million votes in his race, and Sen. Jon Husted secured just under 2.1 million votes in his bid for re-election. FLORIDA CONGRESSMAN DIAGNOSES GOP'S BLUE TSUNAMI LOSSES: 'WE FAILED TO MAKE THEM THINK WE CARED ABOUT THEM' "There are, of course, cycles to American politics, but also I think we as a party need to focus on what we're for, not just what we're against," LaRose told Fox News Digital in an interview. "I mean, we know what we're against. The other side has a bunch of crazy ideas that are dangerous for the future of our states and our nation, but we need to get back to talking about what we're for. We're the party that stands for human freedom, that idea that we're endowed by our Creator with rights, those don't come from government." "Protecting human freedom, protecting free market principles that people can prosper by, you know, the sweat of their own brow and working hard to build a business, those are really kind of the bread and butter conservative issues that drove me to become a Republican when I first started thinking about politics as a young man myself," he continued. FOX NEWS VOTER POLL: 2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS USHER IN A BLUE WAVE AS DEMOCRATS WIN CONTROL OF CONGRESS LaRose went on to point to Ohio Issue 3, a ballot measure requiring Ohio voters to present voter ID when casting their ballots. The overwhelmingly Republican-backed measure sailed through Tuesday's election with over 65% of the vote, even as Republican candidates struggled. LaRose argued that the measure presents a warning to the midterm election's victorious Democrats that Republican policies remain popular even if candidates fail in their messaging. TRUMP COUNTRY SEES 20-YEAR GOP GRIP ON GOVERNOR'S MANSION SHATTERED "Candidly, I wish more conservatives had showed up to vote yesterday, and I think the outcome might have come out a little different. But even among most people that consider themselves Democrats in Ohio, it doesn't compare to Democrats on the coast, right? The East Coast and the West Coast is more of that kind of, you know, woke DEI cuckoo wing of the party. But even in Ohio, most Democrats are pretty common sense people, and of course, showing your ID to vote is common sense," LaRose said. "Let this be a message to my friends from the other side of the aisle that won their elections in Ohio. Remember that Ohio is not a far left state when it comes to common sense kind of things," he added. "Govern like a Midwestern Democrat and maybe you'll be all right, but if you govern like a coastal Democrat, then I think your time in office is going to be short." POLLSTERS MISSED THE MARK AGAIN — BUT THIS TIME, IT WASN'T REPUBLICANS THEY UNDERESTIMATED As Ohio's secretary of state, LaRose had a front-row seat as election tallies started mounting. He said it became clear with around 60% of the vote tallied that Republicans were not going to have a good night. Nevertheless, he thanked Ohio's 40,000 election workers for their professionalism throughout the election process. LaRose has served as Ohio's elections chief for eight years, and he says his move to state auditor will allow him to keep Ohio's politicians accountable for their spending. "When they waste your money, we're going to make them infamous, and when they steal your money, we're going to lock them up," he said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecc1d33830286ffa39e1dd New Jersey mayor who charged at resident during council meeting concedes election loss te 2026-11-05T17:50:11.206Z New Jersey mayor who charged at resident during council meeting concedes election loss The Republican New Jersey mayor who was physically restrained while charging toward a resident during a Pemberton Township council meeting last month has conceded the mayoral race to his Democratic opponent. Mayor Matthew Bianchini congratulated Belinda Fontanez in a Facebook post Wednesday. "The voters of Pemberton Township have spoken, and the results are clear. I offer Belinda Fontanez my sincere congratulations on her victory. As she prepares to take on the responsibility of leading our community, she has my full support for a smooth transition," Bianchini wrote. "I care deeply about the future of this township, and its success matters far more than any single election," he added. Bianchini was decisively defeated, earning just over 30% of the vote, according to unofficial results. 'I BASICALLY SNAPPED': NEW JERSEY MAYOR CHARGES AT RESIDENT DURING CHAOTIC COUNCIL MEETING Bianchini, who was tapped to serve as mayor following the resignation of his predecessor, will remain in the role until the end of this year. Video footage from an October Pemberton Township council meeting captured the mayor being restrained as he sought to advance toward resident Michael Sawka after Sawka appeared to give the middle-finger gesture at the mayor. "I am f---in' gettin' you!" Bianchini can be heard declaring as another individual intervening in the tense situation pushed the mayor back. "I should not have said that," Bianchini told WPVI, adding that it "was wrong" and that he is "not gonna get anybody." NEW JERSEY PRE-K AIDE FACES 61 CHARGES, ACCUSED OF FILMING HIMSELF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING STUDENTS AT SCHOOL "I will not apologize for my actions last night. If you attack my family, as that resident did last night, I will act," the mayor wrote on Facebook, according to the New York Post. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported the mayor's wife, who was in the audience during the meeting, noted in a Facebook comment on a Pine Barrens Tribune post, "I am not condoning my husbands [sic] actions but I will say as a parent and a spouse, I get his protection mode." "He was saying verbally abusive comments about my wife and my daughter," Matthew Bianchini alleged to the Pine Barrens Tribune. "And then he did a hand gesture and looked at my daughter. To me, it appeared like he gave her the finger and that is when I stood up. He looked at me, smiled and gave me the finger and that is when I went out after him." Bianchini and Sawka have a history of bad blood between them. The mayor told WPVI, "I just basically snapped," noting, "I hate to put it this way, but ... it's a long time coming." "Was it wrong? Absolutely. Was it justified? Absolutely. And I would do it again if I had to," the mayor told the outlet. TRUMP BEDMINSTER GOLF COURSE FALLS TO DEMS AS REPUBLICANS LOSE KEY HOUSE SEAT Sawka, who according to WPVI denied making comments towards Bianchini's family, told the station, "All I've ever been trying to do is show that we're wasting money." "His family, his stepdaughter, his stepson, his daughter, they all attack me online, and they just come after me just with personal attacks," Sawka told WPVI. Bianchini alleged to the Pine Barrens Tribune that Sawka has been harassing his family "for a long time." "Mr. Sawka has been a thorn in this township's side for a number of years," Bianchini told WPVI. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecc1d13830286ffa39e1d4 Mamdani confident there's a path for a progressive candidate to the White House in 2028 te 2026-11-05T17:50:09.439Z Mamdani confident there's a path for a progressive candidate to the White House in 2028 New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani expressed confidence that a progressive presidential candidate could win in 2028 during an interview Wednesday. Mamdani told NBC's Kristen Welker that progressive policies helped candidates win races across the country Tuesday, specifically pointing to Texas Sen.-elect James Talarico, Georgia governor-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms and South Carolina Sen.-elect Annie Andrews. "So, Mayor, given this argument that you're making, do you think there is a path for a progressive candidate in the presidential race in 2028?" Welker asked during the interview. STATE OF PLAY: BLUE WAVE SWEEPS DEMOCRATS INTO POWER, WITH KEY RACES STILL HANGING IN BALANCE Mamdani replied, "Absolutely." Asked what gave him confidence, Mamdani said the midterm election results showed that the struggles he has seen in New York City also exist elsewhere, and that Democrats have a "mandate" to address them. AMERICA SAW THE BLUE WAVE COMING — BUT DRASTICALLY UNDERESTIMATED THE EXTENT OF THE DEM TSUNAMI "We have heard time and again over the ten months that I've been in office here in New York City, that what we're doing here can't work elsewhere, that what people are concerned about here isn't what people are concerned about across the country," Mamdani said. "And what we saw last night is that the struggles of Americans in Atlanta, of Americans in Allentown, are not all that different than the struggles of Americans in Astoria." The mayor argued that "dignity" had to be at the heart of American politics and said, "It has to be at the heart of our vision for what comes next, because we've had the debate for a number of years." "Now is the time for us and the Democratic Party to deliver. And we have to deliver with the same urgency that Americans have given us this mandate," the mayor said. Y. David Scharf, chairman of Morrison Cohen LLP and head of its Government Strategies & Controversies practice, told Fox News Digital in a statement, "The Mayor is getting ahead of himself. One good night doesn’t make a mandate, not for progressives and frankly not for anybody."  "What voters did tell us is that they’re anxious about kitchen table issues: rent, groceries, gas, and whether their kids can afford to build a life. Voters in Atlanta and Allentown weren’t signing up for democratic socialism. They were asking someone to take those concerns seriously. That message is for both parties, Republicans included. Whoever takes those issues on most convincingly wins in 2028," he added.  Mamdani-backed congressional candidate Claire Valdez was the projected winner in her congressional race against Republican challenger Melvin Rivera, a community activist, on Tuesday. The district’s strong Democratic lean made Valdez the favorite, and her victory marked another win for the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) in the 2026 midterms. New York’s 7th District was seen as a proxy for the direction of the party in June's primary elections. Welker also asked Mamdani about whether he would support congressional Democrats pursing the impeachment of President Donald Trump. BERNIE SANDERS ADMITS DEMOCRATS FAILED WORKING-CLASS VOTERS ON ECONOMICS, DRIVING THEM TO DONALD TRUMP "Look, I would support our Congress taking action that will deliver change in Americans' lives that they can feel in their wallets. And I would also support our Congress taking action to confront the corruption that we have seen in Washington," he said. "For far too long, Americans have been voting for a new vision of government. And it's time that we hear that. And don't try and confine it into just one lane of what that politics must mean. I believe in so many of the people elected last night's ability to take action across the board." CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE Mamdani also said he was unsure whether pursuing impeachment was part of Democrats' plans when asked whether the effort could backfire. "What I have heard time and again is how we can move with the urgency of action that's been required by the American people. And to me, it is an urgency that speaks about data centers. It's an urgency that speaks about tariffs. It's an urgency that speaks about the fact that we have continued to fund the violation of international law across so many parts of the world when especially when we're looking at Palestine and even when we're looking at Iran," Mamdani said. "And that is something that needs to be confronted. And I'm excited that the fact that we now have the opportunity to do so." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecc1cf3830286ffa39e1cb Mamdani distances himself from Hasan Piker's rhetoric, defends having 'conversations' with far-left streamer te 2026-11-05T17:50:07.673Z Mamdani distances himself from Hasan Piker's rhetoric, defends having 'conversations' with far-left streamer New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani distanced himself from inflammatory remarks made by Hasan Piker while defending his willingness to associate with the far-left streamer during an exclusive interview with Fox News' Shannon Bream. When pressed about Piker's past remarks about Hamas, the 9/11 terrorist attacks and Iran's nuclear ambitions, Mamdani made clear he did not share such views. "I would say those are all things that I disagree with, and I've made very clear about my own opinions," Mamdani said during the "Fox News Sunday" interview. HASAN PIKER CALLS HAMAS 'FAR MORE MODERATE,' DISMISSES TERROR GROUP’S BRUTAL RULE IN GAZA "I think that it's important to both be able to be confident in your opinions and be able to have a conversation with those that you disagree with and those that you agree with, because if you just surround yourself with people who echo everything that you say and think, you're going to just end up at home looking at a mirror," he added. Piker has faced backlash for remarks suggesting that Hamas is better than Israel, the United States deserved the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the Middle East would be more stable if Iran possessed a nuclear weapon. As he stumped for Democratic candidates ahead of this year's midterms, Piker's rhetoric became a focal point for Republicans who sought to depict progressive and Democratic socialists as extremists. During an election livestream Tuesday, Piker ramped up his inflammatory rhetoric, fantasizing about jail time for President Donald Trump and Elon Musk and proudly declaring that "woke is back." DSA ACCUSED OF ‘ELEVATING’ ANTISEMITIC, PRO-TERROR RHETORIC AFTER HASAN PIKER HOSTS ELECTION STREAM Mamdani has appeared with the controversial streamer despite criticism of Piker's rhetoric, raising questions about the extent to which the two share political views. In the full interview, set to air on the upcoming "Fox News Sunday" broadcast, Mamdani also faced questions about his membership in the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and whether he supports some of the organization's more controversial positions. The conversation also touched on the realities of governing New York City compared to his ambitious campaign promises, including a $30 minimum wage, free buses and other proposals. Tune in Sunday for Shannon Bream's exclusive sitdown with Mayor Mamdani.  Fox News' Brian Flood contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecc1cb3830286ffa39e1a4 Meghan Markle's Half Brother 'Person of Interest' in Police Child Sex Probe te 2026-11-05T17:50:03.295Z Meghan Markle's Half Brother 'Person of Interest' in Police Child Sex Probe The Philippines interior secretary said Tom Markle Jr. was being treated as a "person of interest" but not a suspect. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecbf7a3830286ffa39e137 Hegseth faces bipartisan impeachment threat after Iran war gets blame for GOP midterm slaughter te 2026-11-05T17:40:10.784Z Hegseth faces bipartisan impeachment threat after Iran war gets blame for GOP midterm slaughter Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is facing a bipartisan impeachment threat when Congress returns next week as Republicans seethe over their devastating losses in Tuesday's midterm elections. Bipartisan frustration over the war in Iran, quietly simmering for months, is now openly erupting after Democrats stunned the country with historic victories in the House and Senate. That anger could all now hit Hegseth, with several House Republicans telling Fox News Digital that they believe a resolution to impeach him could pass as early as next week. "He's screwed," one House GOP lawmaker told Fox News Digital. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., a longtime critic of foreign intervention by the U.S., told Fox News Digital he intends to force a vote on impeaching Hegseth when Congress returns if the Pentagon chief does not resign first. GOP REP THOMAS MASSIE INTRODUCES 8 ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST WAR SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH He'll do so by filing a privileged resolution, a mechanism aimed at getting a vote on legislation despite opposition from the majority party's leaders. Once a privileged resolution is filed, lawmakers have two legislative days to hold a vote. 7 REPUBLICANS REBEL AGAINST TRUMP, VOTE WITH DEMS TO REIN IN IRAN WAR POWERS But the procedure notably carries two steps. Before a vote on the measure itself, leaders can call up a vote to "table" the bill or refer it to the relevant committee, which in both instances effectively kills it. That procedural vote is normally where most privileged resolutions die. But in this case, several House Republicans told Fox News Digital they believe the impeachment resolution could ultimately be successful. GOP LAWMAKER SAYS MORE QUALIFIED OFFICIALS SHOULD LEAD PENTAGON, QUESTIONS HEGSETH'S 'MORAL COMPASS' "If he introduces it, it'll pass," a second House Republican told Fox News Digital. Two more said they expected the same. One GOP lawmaker said attendance could be a key factor in impeaching Hegseth. It's highly possible that many Republicans who lost re-election simply do not return for the final two months of the year, that person said. And with just a razor-thin majority, only a handful of absences would be enough for Hegseth to get impeached if all Democrats stuck together. The Fox News Decision Desk projected Democrats taking the House shortly before midnight on Tuesday. Projections showed that the war in Iran, along with tariff policies, were key drivers in voters turning their backs on the GOP. And while President Donald Trump told reporters he believes Hegseth is doing "a good job," people in his circle appear to have their knives out. "Hegseth is on the chopping block," a former White House official told Fox News Digital. A current White House official said, "[Tuesday] would have looked very different without the Iran war. I believe you’ll ultimately see [Trump] hold Pete Hegseth accountable and that will play out in the lame duck." ‘LAWYER UP’: DEMS IMMEDIATELY PUT TRUMP ON NOTICE AMID REPUBLICANS' MIDTERM BLOODBATH But the White House criticized the potential impeachment push on Thursday. "As the President has said, he's willing to work with anyone to continue delivering victories for hardworking Americans. If Democrats choose to pursue sham investigations and radical left policies, they are choosing to work against the American people," White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis told Fox News Digital. And another White House official said, "If crazed Democrats want to abuse their power and politicize their process of investigations, subpoenas, and destroying lives, they should be reminded that we still control the federal government and all of its powers." Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell on Wednesday dismissed rumors that Trump could get rid of Hegseth himself. "Secretary Hegseth will not back down or be deterred by politicians seeking to score partisan points or launch phony investigations where no wrongdoing exists. The Department of War has followed the law and our Secretary will continue to stand and fight every single day to support and defend the Constitution, lead our troops, and protect America," he told Fox News Digital. It's also worth noting that the majority of House Republicans will still oppose impeaching Hegseth — and many are still skeptical. CONSERVATIVES STUNNED BY 'CATASTROPHIC' MIDTERM BLUE TSUNAMI, BLAME TRUMP'S IRAN WAR, HIGH GAS PRICES "I really doubt [it]," another House Republican told Fox News Digital. "Depends on if anyone wants to flip off the president walking out the door." There is likely to be healthy support on the other side of the aisle for such a push as well. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., who is poised to become the next speaker, has consistently criticized Hegseth. He posted on X Thursday morning, "Why is Pete Hegseth still around?" Even more moderate Democrats have signaled their support, given the administration did not seek the consent of Congress at any point during the ordeal. "I've said a long, long time ago that he's not qualified for the job, and he should be removed, and I think we're going to pursue that," Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., who is expected to take over leadership of the House Armed Services Committee next year, told CNN's "This Morning" last month. If Hegseth were impeached, he would not be removed before a trial in the U.S. Senate. Fox News Digital reached out to the committee's Republican majority and the Pentagon for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecbf773830286ffa39e112 Texas Nationalists Say Blue Wave is Good for Their Chances te 2026-11-05T17:40:07.092Z Texas Nationalists Say Blue Wave is Good for Their Chances A leading Texas independence campaigner argued the Democrat "Blue Wave" on Tuesday will help Texan nationalists. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecbf753830286ffa39e109 Democrat Who Dropped Out Beats Republican in County Trump Won by 20 Points te 2026-11-05T17:40:05.221Z Democrat Who Dropped Out Beats Republican in County Trump Won by 20 Points Democrat Eric Armstrong won the race for Iowa House District 20, despite ending his campaign in September for health reasons. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecbf733830286ffa39e100 Trump's 250-Foot Arch Could See Construction Start Today If Plans Approved  te 2026-11-05T17:40:03.243Z Trump's 250-Foot Arch Could See Construction Start Today If Plans Approved  An online federal panel today is expected to take around five hours, with about 120 concerned citizens signed up to speak. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecbd273830286ffa39e070 49ers, Jonathan Taylor Trade Rumors Pick Up Days Before Deadline te 2026-11-05T17:30:15.250Z 49ers, Jonathan Taylor Trade Rumors Pick Up Days Before Deadline Some in the league think the San Francisco 49ers could be in play for Colts running back Jonathan Taylor at the trade deadline. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecbd243830286ffa39e067 Jonathan Taylor's Wife Doesn't Hold Back on Swirling Trade Rumors te 2026-11-05T17:30:12.060Z Jonathan Taylor's Wife Doesn't Hold Back on Swirling Trade Rumors Indianapolis Colts running back Jonathan Taylor is the hottest name on the trade block as we approach next week's deadline. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecbd1f3830286ffa39e04a Tommy Lloyd thanks Wildcats fans as Arizona starts season te 2026-11-05T17:30:07.985Z Tommy Lloyd thanks Wildcats fans as Arizona starts season Arizona men’s basketball coach Tommy Lloyd is looking ahead to the 2026-27 season with excitement and appreciation for Wildcats fans as he focuses on preparing his team. The No. 5 Wildcats lost its season opener to No. 22 UCLA 84-75 on Monday, Nov. 2, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas as part of the TNT Sports Hall of Fame Series. During a news conference Friday, Oct. 30, Lloyd expressed his appreciation for fans’ continued support and talked about his hopes for the season. “The foundation of our program has been built by our fan support,” Lloyd said, noting the important role Wildcats season-ticket holders play and describing them as major stakeholders in the program. He thanked fans for their patience and loyalty as the team prepares for another season. “We’re excited,” Lloyd said. While expectations remain high, Lloyd acknowledged the uncertainty that comes with a new season. “These seasons can be crazy rides,” Lloyd said. “I’m sure it’ll be an entertaining ride.” Support news that meets Tucson where it lives. Arizona freshman guard Cameron Holmes calls out to teammates during an exhibition game. Coach Tommy Lloyd said the Wildcats must translate their preseason preparation into performance on the court. Ryder Jerome / Tucson Spotlight. He also recognized that fans may place significant importance on the Nov. 2 game against UCLA, but said one result would not determine his outlook on the entire season. “We’re going to give it our best,” Lloyd said. “And hopefully we can be great representatives for our fan base and our university and our community.” On the court, Lloyd said protecting the basketball and competing on the boards would be two important factors in the Wildcats’ success this season. “You’ve got to be able to take care of the ball. You’ve got to be able to compete on the glass,” Lloyd said, explaining that the fundamentals required to compete against UCLA could also benefit Arizona throughout the remainder of the season. He said he believes that if Arizona can execute against strong opponents, the same habits could translate into success against others. The early part of the schedule gives the Wildcats an opportunity to show they can take care of the basketball, rebound effectively and compete against challenging opponents. Reflecting on Arizona’s preseason performance and the transition into regular-season competition, Lloyd shared a measured assessment of where his team stands. “I think the biggest takeaway is we got a chance to be OK and now we’ve got to go do it,” Lloyd said. Although the Wildcats have spent the preseason preparing for competition, Lloyd said the team must translate its preparation into performance on the court. He also said he hasn’t placed too much pressure on himself or his players heading into the season. Instead, his focus remains on preparation and seeing how the team responds to regular-season competition. “I’m just looking forward to getting to the real games and getting it moving,” Lloyd said. Kyleigh Pandhi is a University of Arizona alum and freelance journalist based in Tucson. Contact her at kyleighpandhi@gmail.com. Tucson Spotlight is a community-based newsroom that provides paid opportunities for students and rising journalists in Southern Arizona. Please consider supporting our work with a tax-deductible donation. Donate to Tucson Spotlight Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecbd1c3830286ffa39e03e Prop. 421 results: Tucson voters on track to reject TEP franchise deal te 2026-11-05T17:30:04.196Z Prop. 421 results: Tucson voters on track to reject TEP franchise deal Unofficial results show 55.15% of voters saying no to a new 25-year agreement between the City of Tucson and Tucson Electric Power. Proposition 421 asks voters to allow the city to enter into a franchise agreement with TEP, a privately owned utility whose parent company is Canada-based Fortis Inc. TEP holds a monopoly on electricity service in the Tucson metro area and has operated under a 25-year franchise agreement with the City of Tucson since 2000. That agreement was set to expire in April 2026, but was extended through April 2027 after voters rejected a proposed renewal in 2023. TEP would still provide electricity to Tucsonans if Prop. 421 fails. Read more. As of Thursday morning, with 99.6% of precincts reporting, 71,487 of Tucson residents had voted no on the ballot question, with 58,143 voting yes. In a statement Wednesday, Tucson Mayor Regina Romero said Tucsonans are upset about the cost of living and TEP’s rate increases. She said TEP “must return to the table with a better offer that genuinely meets the needs of our community, ensuring that utility growth and consumer protection go hand in hand.” Ward 6 council member Miranda Schubert, who has supported a public power model, said the voters’ rejection of Prop. 421 tells her the community wants to be included in a new plan that prioritizes their interests. “We have to look forward to a future where we’re building trustworthy, dependable, and affordable energy for all Tucsonans,” Schubert said. One of the messaging points in TEP for Tucson ads was that emergency repairs would take longer without a franchise agreement because the city would have to approve permits before TEP could access public rights of way. “The city of Tucson will fulfill our obligation to ensure that urgent and emergency repairs aren’t held up by permitting,” Schubert said. Joseph Barrios, manager of corporate communications at TEP, said it’s difficult to say exactly how TEP will move forward after the franchise agreement expires in April, because they’ve been operating under an agreement for the last 25 years. Company leaders will have to meet with city officials to figure out an efficient process, Barrios said. “I think the main thing for us is whether the city of Tucson voters supported the measure or not, those voters are still our customers, and we’re going to continue to provide the best service that we possibly can,” he said. Leading up to the election, the Public Power for Tucson Coalition urged voters to reject Prop. 421, saying it’s a bad deal for Tucsonans as TEP continues to pursue rate hikes. Without a 25-year agreement, the coalition intends to put more pressure on its elected leaders to pursue a city-owned power utility model. June Williams, a member of the public power coalition, said she was proud to see that Tucsonans saw through the “fear mongering” of TEP’s ads. “This is a rejection of monopolies. This is a rejection of billionaires,” Williams said “This is a rejection of things that are harming working class Americans and Tucsonans.” The post Prop. 421 results: Tucson voters on track to reject TEP franchise deal appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecbadd3830286ffa39dfd7 Sam Forstag, a Smoke Jumper, Flips a House Seat for Democrats in Montana te 2026-11-05T17:20:29.651Z Sam Forstag, a Smoke Jumper, Flips a House Seat for Democrats in Montana The union leader’s victory gives his party its first congressional seat in the state in more than 30 years. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecbada3830286ffa39dfce Virginia House Republican Who Had Seemed Vulnerable Fends Off Democrat te 2026-11-05T17:20:26.809Z Virginia House Republican Who Had Seemed Vulnerable Fends Off Democrat Representative John McGuire, a Republican, held off a challenge from former Representative Tom Perriello, a Democrat. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecbad83830286ffa39dfc5 Shannon Taylor Unseats 10-Term Republican in Virginia House Race te 2026-11-05T17:20:24.028Z Shannon Taylor Unseats 10-Term Republican in Virginia House Race Shannon Taylor’s defeat of Representative Rob Wittman adds to Democrats’ overwhelming gains across the country. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecbad43830286ffa39dfad The 100-Day Blue Honeymoon Before the Messy Democratic Divorce te 2026-11-05T17:20:20.927Z The 100-Day Blue Honeymoon Before the Messy Democratic Divorce Democrats won Congress together; the first 100 days will test whether progressives and moderates can agree on what victory means. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecbad23830286ffa39dfa4 Red Sox Predicted to Sign All-Star Pitcher in Intriguing Move te 2026-11-05T17:20:18.108Z Red Sox Predicted to Sign All-Star Pitcher in Intriguing Move The Boston Red Sox are being predicted to sign Casey Mize in free agency this offseason to improve their rotation. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecbace3830286ffa39df9b Draymond Green Fires Back at Dillon Brooks Over Suns-Warriors Altercation te 2026-11-05T17:20:14.624Z Draymond Green Fires Back at Dillon Brooks Over Suns-Warriors Altercation Draymond Green called out Dillon Brooks after their heated altercation led to Green's ejection from the Suns-Warriors game. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecbacb3830286ffa39df92 Trump Sees First Post-Midterm Resignation as Harmeet Dhillon Exits: Report te 2026-11-05T17:20:11.337Z Trump Sees First Post-Midterm Resignation as Harmeet Dhillon Exits: Report The Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division had backed investigations into alleged noncitizen voting. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecbac83830286ffa39df89 SEC Team Working to Add Former Baylor HC Dave Aranda to Staff te 2026-11-05T17:20:08.153Z SEC Team Working to Add Former Baylor HC Dave Aranda to Staff Former Baylor Dave Aranda is very close to joining an SEC team that is looking to make a playoff run. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecbac43830286ffa39df6d Food delivery startup Wonder files for IPO as it explores its next big bite te 2026-11-05T17:20:04.440Z Food delivery startup Wonder files for IPO as it explores its next big bite Following years of fundraising, acquisitions, and expansion, food delivery startup Wonder is moving closer to becoming a publicly traded company. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecb8813830286ffa39df18 Harmeet Dhillon resigns as Justice Department's assistant attorney general for civil rights: sources te 2026-11-05T17:10:25.696Z Harmeet Dhillon resigns as Justice Department's assistant attorney general for civil rights: sources Harmeet Dhillon resigned Thursday as the Department of Justice's assistant attorney general for civil rights, sources told Fox News. Dhillon, who assumed office in April 2025, ran the Civil Rights Division. She is leaving after President Donald Trump's Republican Party lost the House and Senate in this week's midterm elections. In the leadup to the midterms, Dhillon defended the Trump administration's investigation into noncitizen voters. "There are people who feel that the point is to sow distrust about the whole election system. There are very few people who are noncitizens who end up voting — very, very few. And so, therefore, what's the purpose?" Lesley Stahl, host of CBS' "60 Minutes," had asked Dhillon. Dhillon responded, "The point is actually the opposite of what you were saying. It's not to sow distrust. The distrust is there. And so, all of these kinds of crimes are being prosecuted now for the first time really, in volume. And look, even the Biden administration prosecuted 13 people for noncitizen voting." Fox News Digital's Lindsay Kornick and Hanna Panreck contributed to this post. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecb87c3830286ffa39df0f Putin accuses hockey organizations of 'gross violation' as Canada bars Russia from World Juniors te 2026-11-05T17:10:20.997Z Putin accuses hockey organizations of 'gross violation' as Canada bars Russia from World Juniors Vladimir Putin put out a statement through the state-run Russian outlet TASS calling out organizations that are preventing Russian athletes from competing for their country. The statement comes as Hockey Canada and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced, despite the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) lifting the ban, that Russian athletes will not be able to participate in next month's World Junior Championships in Alberta. "Unfortunately, they have not honored the commitments they once made, and they continue to enforce restrictions against Russian sports that are not based on law, but are instead highly politicized," Putin said, via translation. "This constitutes a clear and gross violation of the law and of judicial rulings — and, by extension, a violation of the very institutions of democracy. That is precisely how this should be interpreted." CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Russia did not compete in Olympic hockey earlier this year, the first since 2014 that had NHL players, nor was it included in the NHL's 4 Nations Face-Off . Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, four days after Olympic competition ended that year. Belarusian Foreign Ministry also accused Canada of discrimination. "A country hosting an international sporting event is required to ensure that participants are admitted—this is a fundamental principle of organizing any international tournament. The denial of visas constitutes discrimination on the basis of nationality and contradicts the Olympic principle of 'sport outside of politics...'" Ruslan Varanov, spokesperson for the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said Thursday. "Winners in sports should be determined on the field, not at visa centers." The CAS ruled on Friday that Russian teams can compete in upcoming men's and women's world championships, overturning the International Ice Hockey Federation's (IIHF) decisions to exclude them from its competitions. The World Juniors will be the first tournament affected by the decision. Sweden, Finland, the Czech Republic, Norway, Latvia and Denmark came out with statements signing up for a boycott of games against Russia as long as the war in Ukraine is ongoing. MONTREAL CANADIENS MAKE WRONG KIND OF HISTORY WITH FOUR-GOAL CHOKE JOB ALMOST TOO SHOCKING TO BELIEVE "While Russia and Belarus are supporting this illegal and unjustified horrific war in Ukraine, as long as that's going on, there will be none of those athletes competing for their countries in Canada," Carney said. "So, if you're asking specifically about the World Juniors, the Russians will not be there." "Hockey Canada thanks the Government of Canada for today’s strong position that Canada intends to prevent Russian and Belarusian officials and athletes from participating under their national symbols in international sporting events taking place on Canadian soil," Hockey Canada said in a statement. "We will be meeting with our Board of Directors this week to discuss next steps given the government’s clear position." STRAUSS, a workwear company that is a top sponsor of the world championships next year, threatened to walk away after Finland announced Monday it was rallying other nations to refuse to play Russia. "We have been a partner of the Ice Hockey World Championship for many years and value our collaboration with the IIHF. Should Russia’s national team participate in the 2027 World Championship in Germany as a result of the CAS ruling, we will forgo all logo exposure associated with the tournament. We are also considering withdrawing as a sponsor," STRAUSS said Tuesday. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER If Russia makes the trip next month, it will be its first time playing in the World Juniors since 2021. It has not won gold since 2011. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecb8763830286ffa39deed Why Trump's Diesel Deal With Putin To Help Midterms Was Destined To Fail  te 2026-11-05T17:10:14.135Z Why Trump's Diesel Deal With Putin To Help Midterms Was Destined To Fail  “It was never enough," Jaime Brito from Dow Jones Energy told Newsweek. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecb8713830286ffa39dee4 Dinosaur Blood Discovered in 115-Million-Year-Old Fossil: Scientists te 2026-11-05T17:10:09.806Z Dinosaur Blood Discovered in 115-Million-Year-Old Fossil: Scientists Kliti Grice, one of the scientists behind the study, spoke with Newsweek about what this discovery means. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecb86c3830286ffa39dedb Laura Loomer Goes on 119-Post Spree After Republican Defeat te 2026-11-05T17:10:04.944Z Laura Loomer Goes on 119-Post Spree After Republican Defeat In more than 100 posts on X, Loomer made her feelings about the midterm results very clear. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecb6263830286ffa39da64 City puts dumpsters in six flood-damaged areas te 2026-11-05T17:00:22.241Z City puts dumpsters in six flood-damaged areas The city of Sedona has been working with Waste Management to put dumpsters in areas with flood damage and debris. The dumpsters are expected to be deployed by Thursday, Nov. 5, at: If more dumpsters are needed, the city will consider adding additional dumpsters or adding new areas. “We know getting Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecb6213830286ffa39da2e Democrat poised to flip deep-red House seat without airing a single TV ad te 2026-11-05T17:00:17.243Z Democrat poised to flip deep-red House seat without airing a single TV ad Two years after losing to Republican Rep. Scott DesJarlais by 43 points, Democrat Victoria Broderick is leading in his deep-red Tennessee district by just 280 votes in the state’s unofficial final results — despite spending under $100,000 and airing no paid TV ads. If her lead holds, the result would end DesJarlais’ 16-year congressional career. First elected in 2010, the Republican was seeking his ninth term in a district President Donald Trump carried by 24 points in 2024. The latest FEC figures available before Election Day show DesJarlais’ campaign spent $508,166 through Oct. 14, compared with just $90,062 for Broderick. His campaign also raised more than seven times as much as hers — $667,181 to $94,217 — yet the longtime incumbent is trailing in the deep-red seat. REDISTRICTING EFFORTS BLOW UP IN REPUBLICANS' FACES AMID HISTORIC HOUSE LOSSES Axios reported, citing AdImpact, that Broderick’s campaign had no record of airing paid television ads. Instead, she credited a grassroots operation that had been building for more than two years. Broderick was not the only Democrat threatening to pull off a low-dollar House upset. Axios also highlighted a similar race in North Carolina, where High Point Mayor Cyril Jefferson currently leads Republican Rep. Addison McDowell 51.1% to 48.9%. Axios reported, citing AdImpact, that Jefferson had no tracked advertising spending, although a separate tracker lists $2,000 in Google ads, including YouTube placements. LEE CARTER: THE 5 WORDS THAT EXPLAIN THIS ELECTION BETTER THAN ANY COMMERCIAL McDowell had won the district by 38.3 points in 2024, according to election results. Broderick told Axios that her apparent upset was not a surprise to her team. "I know it was a shock for the rest of the country, but it wasn’t a shock for our team," she said. Jefferson similarly credited volunteers, saying, "You have to go engage them." Wake Forest University political science professor John Dinan told local news outlet WFDD that challengers in such a Republican-leaning district would normally need "a lot of TV ads and a lot of money," but "there wasn’t a whole lot of money spent." SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER The two races showed how grassroots organizing and strong local candidates can make traditionally Republican districts competitive despite major financial disadvantages. Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect that the Associated Press has not yet called either race. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecb61d3830286ffa39da09 Starbucks Cups Resold For Hundreds of Dollars—Now They're Available Again te 2026-11-05T17:00:13.825Z Starbucks Cups Resold For Hundreds of Dollars—Now They're Available Again The viral Bearista is returning for the holidays after huge demand saw last year's cup disappear from stores fast. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecb61c3830286ffa39da00 How Exposed Is the US to the Freezer Cyberattacks Hitting Europe? te 2026-11-05T17:00:12.027Z How Exposed Is the US to the Freezer Cyberattacks Hitting Europe? European supermarket freezer cyberattacks have put the resilience of U.S. refrigeration systems in the spotlight. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecb61a3830286ffa39d9f7 Russian, Ukrainian Officials Appear Side by Side at WH With Melania Trump te 2026-11-05T17:00:10.319Z Russian, Ukrainian Officials Appear Side by Side at WH With Melania Trump Russian and Ukrainian officials appeared together at the White House as Melania Trump highlighted a ceasefire she helped broker. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecb6183830286ffa39d9ee A Sleep Habit May Have an Unexpected Link to Weight Loss te 2026-11-05T17:00:08.545Z A Sleep Habit May Have an Unexpected Link to Weight Loss Earlier bedtimes may help prediabetic adults lose more weight, researchers at NYU and Delaware found in a new study on timing. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecb6163830286ffa39d9e5 CBP Officer Allegedly Kills Girlfriend During Her Call for Help te 2026-11-05T17:00:06.426Z CBP Officer Allegedly Kills Girlfriend During Her Call for Help CBP confirmed to Newsweek that one of its officers was involved and described the incident as an apparent murder-suicide. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecb6143830286ffa39d9dc What the Midterms Told Us About Elon Musk’s Political Influence te 2026-11-05T17:00:04.167Z What the Midterms Told Us About Elon Musk’s Political Influence The midterms proved to some that money's influence over American politics has its limits. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecb3c13830286ffa39d984 Early results show support for City of Page proposition on Lake Powell Boulevard te 2026-11-05T16:50:09.968Z Early results show support for City of Page proposition on Lake Powell Boulevard Support for the City of Page’s Proposition 406 was leading with 70.63% of the vote as of the update reported around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecb3bf3830286ffa39d959 Abdul El-Sayed puts hands on Sky News reporter in hostile confrontation hours before election victory te 2026-11-05T16:50:07.475Z Abdul El-Sayed puts hands on Sky News reporter in hostile confrontation hours before election victory Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, had a viral, combative exchange with Sky News reporter James Matthews just hours before his Senate victory Tuesday, even putting his hands on the journalist. "Are you registered to vote in the state of Michigan?" El-Sayed asked as he walked up to reporter James Matthews. "I'm not," the British correspondent, who is based in the U.S., responded. "Why would I care to have a conversation with you?" the Democrat fired back. EL-SAYED MOCKS TRUMP, VANCE AND ROGERS IN GLOATING VICTORY SPEECH SIGNALING COMBATIVE TONE IN SENATE After Matthews said he was a journalist, El-Sayed scoffed and replied, "in the U.K." "You know how many votes I want to get in the U.K.? Zero," El-Sayed told Matthews as he placed both hands on the reporter's shoulders. "I'm never running for office in the U.K." Matthews stressed that the 2026 midterms "matters to the world" and told El-Sayed he was "bidding to be a senator." DEMS SEIZE THE SENATE AS BLUE TIDAL WAVE CRASHES DEEP INTO TRUMP COUNTRY, TOPPLES GOP STRONGHOLDS "A senator in where? What country? What country?" El-Sayed retorted while placing his hands on Matthews' shoulders again. "The United States," Matthews answered. "What country are you with?" El-Sayed then asked. "I'm based in the United States," Matthews said. "But you report for where? Where are your viewers?" El-Sayed interrupted. El-Sayed dismissed Matthews when claiming Sky News viewers were international, insisting "Sky News is not viewed in the United States of America," then sneering that "like five people" watch the network in the U.S. "I've answered all the questions, I've answered all the questions for the viewers of the United Kingdom. So I'm going to ask you to stop chasing me around. Please," El-Sayed said before walking away. Matthews denied to El-Sayed he was "chasing" him around. MICHIGAN VOTERS MAKE SURPRISING CROSS-PARTY CHOICES AS ROGERS, EL-SAYED RACE REACHES FINAL HOURS According to Sky News, Matthews "repeatedly sought an interview" with El-Sayed. The Democrat had another tense exchange with Matthews on Monday as he attempted to press him about the defection of Democratic Michigan Rep. Haley Stevens, who had endorsed GOP rival Mike Rogers. "If you keep being in my way, I'm not going to be very happy," El-Sayed told the reporter. Sky News issued a statement in support of its reporter. "We’re proud of our correspondent James Matthews, who was doing his job: covering the election campaign and asking straightforward questions on behalf of our audiences," a Sky News spokesman told Fox News Digital. "The outcome of US elections has ramifications globally, including in the UK and across the 138 countries worldwide where millions of people consume Sky News." The El-Sayed campaign didn't respond to Fox News Digital's requests for comment. El-Sayed, who has had multiple tense exchanges with reporters in the run-up to the midterms, defeated Rogers in the closely watched Senate race for a seat Republicans were hoping to flip this election cycle.  Democrats won control of both the House and Senate in Tuesday's midterm elections, dealing Republicans a major setback. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecb3bb3830286ffa39d949 At Least 3 Are Injured in Shooting at Des Moines Post Office te 2026-11-05T16:50:03.806Z At Least 3 Are Injured in Shooting at Des Moines Post Office A suspect was taken into custody outside the building, the police said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecb1703830286ffa39d8c8 House conservative emerges with 2028 presidential pick after GOP's midterm massacre: 'I am all in' te 2026-11-05T16:40:16.387Z House conservative emerges with 2028 presidential pick after GOP's midterm massacre: 'I am all in' One of the original members of the House Freedom Caucus has made his decision on who to support in 2028 after Republicans' historic losses in Tuesday night's midterms. Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., told Fox News Digital "I am all in" for Secretary of State Marco Rubio and called on fellow Republicans to begin thinking about how to rebuild in the wake of their election losses. "He can be a unifier," Stutzman said. FLORIDA CONGRESSMAN DIAGNOSES GOP'S BLUE TSUNAMI LOSSES: 'WE FAILED TO MAKE THEM THINK WE CARED ABOUT THEM' He also told Fox News Digital that Republicans "have to do better at communicating" since they "can't push policy" after losing the House and Senate majorities. Among those communication changes, he suggested changing the way Republicans discuss immigration. STATE OF PLAY: BLUE WAVE SWEEPS DEMOCRATS INTO POWER, WITH KEY RACES STILL HANGING IN BALANCE "We need to get off the deportation messages, take credit for closing the border, and now start finding a path forward for those here illegally obeying the laws," Stutzman said. "No citizenship just work visas." A blue tsunami swept both federal and state races on Tuesday night. In the House, both battleground districts and seats considered safe GOP strongholds saw upset Democrat victories. Dozens of races have yet to be called, but Democrats are projected to hold at least 54 seats in the Senate. In the House so far, they're projected to win 240 seats, compared to 147 projected for Republicans. Democrats also scored upset victories in multiple governorships, namely in Texas and Iowa. FROM TEXAS TO KANSAS, 6 STUNNING MIDTERM RESULTS THAT UPENDED THE POLITICAL MAP And within hours of the writing landing on the wall, various GOP factions began publicly discussing how to rebuild and move forward. Vice President JD Vance quickly distanced himself from the war in Iran, which is thought to be one of the biggest drivers of voters moving away from the GOP. TRUMP TOLD DONORS 'WE NEED TO ELECT JD,' SOURCE CONFIRMS, AS HE WEIGHS VANCE OR RUBIO IN 2028 "The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night," Vance posted on X in a lengthy statement. "If you'd like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that's at least honest. But everyone knows why we lost. And any honest conversation about where we go from here must start there." Vance is considered a top presidential contender for Republicans in 2028, as is Rubio. But it's not clear yet whether their senior roles in the Trump administration will similarly sandbag their prospective bids. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecb16e3830286ffa39d8bf Cops return to New Jersey mother's home months after she was found stabbed and husband called 911 te 2026-11-05T16:40:14.200Z Cops return to New Jersey mother's home months after she was found stabbed and husband called 911 FIRST ON FOX: CHESTER, N.J. — Police returned Wednesday to the home where New Jersey mother Brooke Hanlon was found stabbed to death nearly five months ago. Neighbors of Brooke Hanlon told Fox News Digital that at least 15 law-enforcement vehicles were on scene and remained at the residence on Pottersville Road in Chester, New Jersey, until around 11 p.m. Her husband, Conor Hanlon, was seen speaking with police on Wednesday afternoon, her neighbors said. Conor Hanlon has denied any involvement in her death. No arrests have been made in the case. NJ MOM’S MURDER SHROUDED IN SECRECY AS PI SAYS ‘NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS’ BEHIND-CLOSED-DOORS CASE The Morris County Prosecutor's Office in New Jersey told Fox News Digital it has no updates regarding the investigation into Hanlon's death. She leaves behind a 1-year-old daughter. Investigators' return comes weeks after officials released Hanlon's autopsy, which ruled her death a homicide caused by "sharp force injuries." The autopsy confirms what Morris County Prosecutor's Office released in June. NJ HUSBAND BEGS FOR CPR HELP IN 911 CALL AFTER WIFE FOUND DEAD WITH STAB WOUNDS: AUDIO According to a 911 call obtained by Fox News Digital, Hanlon's husband was the first to discover her unresponsive. During the call, he told the operator, "There's a laceration" on his wife's body while the operator was walking him through how to perform CPR on her. LISTEN: 911 call reveals Brooke Hanlon’s husband frantically calling after discovering stab wounds SEND US A TIP "I just found my wife (inaudible) CPR, I need CPR instructions," Conor Hanlon can be heard saying on the 911 call. SLAIN NJ MOM BROOKE HANLON’S HUSBAND MAKES WEEKLY VISITS TO HOME, NEIGHBORS SAY "I need you here. I need you here immediately," he said. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST Months after the mother was found dead, neighbors told Fox News Digital that Conor Hanlon has frequently returned to his home and spends nights there. Before that, he had been dividing his time between Chester and the Boston area, where his family is originally from. SLAIN NJ THERAPIST'S HUSBAND HIRES LAWYER AS INVESTIGATORS CONFIRM ONGOING CONTACT IN HOMICIDE PROBE Officials have not disclosed whether a murder weapon was found at the scene. In a previous comment to Fox News Digital, Brooke Hanlon's family said, "We have full and unwavering confidence in the investigative efforts of law enforcement." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecb16c3830286ffa39d8b6 Victor Wembanyama does best Wilt Chamberlain impression with 50-20 night, says he can 'still do more' te 2026-11-05T16:40:12.122Z Victor Wembanyama does best Wilt Chamberlain impression with 50-20 night, says he can 'still do more' The term "video game numbers" gets thrown around quite often, but Victor Wembanyama actually had them on Wednesday night. The San Antonio Spurs phenom went for 52 points and 24 rebounds, both career highs, along with eight blocks to lead the Spurs past the Dallas Mavericks 112-111 on Wednesday night. Wembanyama had 29 points, 15 rebounds and five blocks in the first half to become the first player since the NBA’s play-by-play era began in 1996-97 with at least 25 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks in a half. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE He's the first player to reach 50 points and 20 rebounds in a one-point win since Wilt Chamberlain in 1964. Wembanyama is just the ninth player in NBA history with a 50-20 performance, and the first since Luka Doncic in 2022. He's just the third player to do it with five blocks, along with Chamberlain and Bob McAdoo. And amazingly enough, Wembanyama believes he can "still do more." "I mean, my shots weren’t falling tonight and that forces me into a style of play that is exhausting. I can do it. I mean the proof is here. I can do it, but I can be much better if my shots fall. I know it’s just a matter of time," he said. FAN EJECTED FROM NBA GAME AFTER HITTING FEMALE REF WITH BALL AS MELODRAMATIC LAKERS STAR THROWS TANTRUM The 7-foot-4 center from France was 16 for 28 from the field, including seven dunks, but 1 for 8 on 3-pointers. The Spurs have won six straight and swept a three-game homestand. San Antonio has not lost since dropping the season's first two games to Oklahoma City and Houston. Wembanyama has averaged 32.5 points during the streak despite being under the weather with a virus. "I haven’t been feeling great lately," Wembanyama said. "I’ve been sick for a while, and today I felt like I got my legs back. So it should be more like this, more often." Wembanyama had two putbacks in the final 2:39. He missed his first three free throws in the final 2:10, but made one with 24 seconds left for the final margin of victory. His 29.0 points, 12.4 rebounds and 4.5 blocks per game this season are all career-highs. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecb1693830286ffa39d8ad AEW star crashes through tables after being thrown off top of steel cage to cap off Blood and Guts match te 2026-11-05T16:40:09.998Z AEW star crashes through tables after being thrown off top of steel cage to cap off Blood and Guts match High risk. High reward. It may not be the essential ethos of All Elite Wrestling’s (AEW) Blood and Guts match but it’s the underlying root of what the wrestlers get themselves into when they step into the double-sided ring and look above to see the massive, enclosed steel cage over them. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK PRO WRESTLING COVERAGE Darby Allin still managed to break the mold on Wednesday night’s "Dynamite" special. Allin, Will Ospreay, Adam Copeland, Steve Borden and Matt and Nick Jackson squared off against the Don Callis Family, which featured Jake Doyle, Kazuchika Okada, Kevin Knight, Kyle Fletcher, Mark Davis and Wardlow. Allin and Wardlow had the spot of the night. The two wrestlers managed to break out of the cage once they were locked in. Allin found a hole through one of the beams he could fit through and tried to go after Callis himself. Wardlow managed to break a door on the other side of the ring and walk out to chase Allin up to the top of the cage. Meanwhile, Trent Baretta and Rocky Romero came out to support the faction’s efforts to vanquish the good guys in the ring. Baretta and Romero stacked multiple tables near the entrance of the cage as Allin and Wardlow did battle high above the ring. Wardlow, initially, tried to dump Allin off the top, but Allin managed to get out of it and hit Wardlow with a low blow. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! In the ring, the Don Callis Family took apart their opponents. They wrapped Copeland’s neck with a chain and tied him to the cage. Copeland eventually surrendered before Fletcher could stab Ospreay in the head with a screwdriver. But the damage wasn’t finished. Fletcher ordered Wardlow to dump Allin off the cage. Allin, who is no stranger to putting his body on the line, fell several feet and crashed through the tables that were set up by Baretta and Romero. It was a shocking fall as Allin landed through at least two of the four tables. But the message was sent ahead of Full Gear that the Don Callis Family is taking no prisoners. Some of the faction’s members will vie for championships at the upcoming pay-per-view. Davis and Doyle will challenge The Young Bucks for the AEW World Tag Team Championship and Fletcher will take on Ospreay for the AEW World Championship. Full Gear takes place at the Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix on Nov. 14. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecb1673830286ffa39d8a4 Alito reiterates he's not retiring, is committed through end of current Supreme Court term te 2026-11-05T16:40:07.996Z Alito reiterates he's not retiring, is committed through end of current Supreme Court term 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 Court after a disastrous GOP performance in the midterm elections. When the new congressional term begins in January Democrats will be in firm control of the Senate, with predictions, including from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, that this will not change for at least six years. That would make it extremely difficult, if not impossible, for President Donald Trump to fill any potential vacancy with a conservative after this year. ALITO NOT EXPECTED TO RETIRE THIS TERM, COOLING SUPREME COURT VACANCY SPECULATION: SOURCES After Justice Clarence Thomas, 78, Alito is the oldest member of the Supreme Court at 76 years old. "Chance of confirming a worthy successor to Justice Thomas and/or Alito during President Trump’s term: Zero. Chance of confirming a worthy successor during a hypothetical GOP admin 2029-2033: probably zero (GOP won’t be able to recapture enough seats in 28)," DeSantis posted to X on Tuesday night. REPUBLICANS SOUND ALARM OVER HIDDEN MIDTERM STAKES THAT COULD RESHAPE SUPREME COURT FOR DECADES "Assuming Republicans lose the seats where prediction markets have the Democrats at 90+% to win, that would produce 55 Democrat Senate seats," DeSantis added. JONATHAN TURLEY: SHERROD BROWN'S PLEDGE TURNS ADVICE AND CONSENT INTO A PUNCHLINE DEMS SEIZE THE SENATE AS BLUE TIDAL WAVE CRASHES DEEP INTO TRUMP COUNTRY, TOPPLES GOP STRONGHOLDS Ed Whelan, a conservative legal expert who clerked for the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, wrote on X that Trump is now effectively blocked from appointing federal judges or Supreme Court justices during the final two years of his term. "If a Republican is elected president in 2028, that president will not be able to appoint any justices or judges until Republicans regain the Senate," Whelan wrote. "Given the deep hole, that might not happen until 2033. " Whelan also explained that a justice resigning during the upcoming "lame duck" session is highly unlikely and Republicans would have a hard time securing 51 votes. "If Sherrod Brown wins Ohio seat, he gets sworn into Senate in early December, so Senate becomes 52R-48D," Whelan wrote. "Collins and Murkowski would be unlikely to support anyone Trump would nominate. John Cornyn, Thom Tillis, and Bill Cassidy aren’t going to be eager to do Trump any favors. And there are other senators—e.g., John Curtis of Utah—who would be leery of anyone Trump would be eager to push through." Fox News' Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecb1633830286ffa39d881 Indiana Executes Murderer With Drug Linked to Pharmacy Facing State Probe te 2026-11-05T16:40:03.807Z Indiana Executes Murderer With Drug Linked to Pharmacy Facing State Probe Jeffrey Weisheit, 50, died by lethal injection at the Indiana State Prison early on November 5. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecaf0f3830286ffa39d813 MICHAEL RUIZ: 'Today' segment may explain key Apple Watch detail in Nancy Guthrie ransom note, expert says te 2026-11-05T16:30:07.219Z MICHAEL RUIZ: 'Today' segment may explain key Apple Watch detail in Nancy Guthrie ransom note, expert says A year after "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie highlighted her hometown roots and introduced viewers to her mother and favorite haunts, the broadcast is drawing new scrutiny over whether it could have helped make Nancy Guthrie a target in her still-unsolved kidnapping. According to several experts who have been following the case, the same segment could have provided information that influenced the kidnapping — or allowed someone to fake inside knowledge afterward. "There's nothing about the house, but you could easily infer that she would still be wearing that watch two months later," said Morgan Wright, the CEO and founder of the National Center for Open and Unsolved Cases and an expert on digital forensics. "And again, it's not an unreasonable assumption to think that elderly people would take their watch off at night." As Fox News Digital has reported previously, investigators were divided over whether the two early ransom notes were authentic and have not publicly identified their sender. NANCY GUTHRIE RANSOM DEMANDS RELEASED BY PIMA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN BID TO IDENTIFY SENDER But Savannah Guthrie's prominence, combined with the personal details included in the segment, could also have caught the attention of someone with malicious intent, according to experts. "I think the segment is worth considering as a very possible spark for someone’s interest in Nancy," said Lisa Miller, a retired detective and law enforcement executive at the Colorado Attorney General's Office who has been following the case. "Whether this involved a kidnapping for ransom, someone fixated on Savannah, or another motive, that broadcast could have introduced a potential offender to Nancy and planted the seed of an opportunity." She called the segment's influence on her abductor or abductors "a strong possibility to investigate" while noting the motive remains unclear. "I want to be very clear — none of that places responsibility on Savannah," Miller said. "She shared her love and pride in a strong woman who raised a family, spent part of those years parenting alone and built a successful career." NBC BEEFS UP SECURITY AT 'TODAY' STUDIO AFTER NANCY GUTHRIE KIDNAPPING, INTRUDER INCIDENT Jim Clemente, a retired FBI supervisory special agent and profiler, separately told the "Crime & Justice with Donna Rotunno" podcast that Savannah Guthrie's fame may have caught the perpetrator's attention. "Whether it actually caused I can't say that, but certainly Savannah's popularity and the fact that Nancy was on her shows and and the relationship between them could have caused some sort of, some type of jealousy or some type of feeling that they belonged to this person, and they wanted to get back at her for not feeling the same way," he said. "It's not logical. It's not something you can anticipate. But it could be possible." "Until that story, I didn’t even know she was from Tucson," said Bob Krygier, a retired SWAT commander with the Pima County Sheriff's Department, which is headquartered in the city. "I’ve always had a bit of a feeling that there was some connection." It also shows Nancy Guthrie wearing a white Apple Watch NANCY GUTHRIE RANSOM NOTES MAY BE FAKE AS RENOWNED PROFILER SAYS CASE LOOKS MORE LIKE BURGLARY GONE WRONG The watch detail could have been used by whoever wrote the notes, said Wright, the expert on digital forensics — even if they had no connection to the abduction. One of the notes included references to the crime scene that may not have been public at the time they were sent — including details about the location of Guthrie's Apple Watch and the smashed floodlight in her backyard. Fox News Digital first learned about the watch on the morning of Tuesday, Feb. 3. According to authorities, the note had been sent the day before, on Monday, Feb. 2, indicating the sender knew about it before the information began to seep out into the public sphere. But it could also have been a lucky guess, Wright said. "So I believe none of the ransom notes are credible, and that, that information could have been easily obtained from just watching a video," he said. Krygier said public figures should be cautious about what they share online in today's environment. "You need to be careful, but I also don’t think they need to go into a complete shell," he said. "It’s a balance, but being careful is incredibly important." Visit Tucson, a local nonprofit created to attract tourists and business to the city, sponsored the segment, which remains visible on YouTube. It featured some of Savannah Guthrie's favorite locations in her hometown — and the Sonoran Desert's iconic saguaro cactuses. "People ask me, 'Where are you from?' I'm always proud when I say, 'Tucson, Arizona,'" Savannah Guthrie said in a segment that aired on Nov. 5, 2025. "I grew up there, went to college there, my mom still lives there and honestly a part of me has really never left." Guthrie was taken from her home in Tucson's Catalina Foothills neighborhood in the early hours of Feb. 1. After she missed a gathering with friends for church, her family discovered she was missing and called police. The FBI and Google teamed up to recover home security video from her missing Nest doorbell camera, which showed a masked intruder wearing gloves and carrying what appears to be a gun on her front porch. But nine months later, his identity remains unknown — as do her whereabouts. WATCH: Nancy Guthrie's abductor may know family, ex-FBI profiler says "From what we know publicly, I see little that would explain Nancy becoming a target apart from her connection to Savannah," Miller told Fox News Digital. "I also have difficulty reconciling her removal from the home with a straightforward burglary gone wrong." Her abduction required planning and a "consequential decision," Miller told Fox News Digital. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X "That does not establish the motive, but it is a central reason I believe Nancy herself was the target, a pressure point to reach Savannah," she said. In a prior interview with Fox News Digital, Miller floated the idea that the abduction may have been an "evolved wrench attack" — an effort to extort money out of the wealthy and famous Savannah Guthrie by threatening her mother. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS "The question is whether someone recognized that targeting a vulnerable family member could create leverage over Savannah," Miller said Wednesday. "But the segment’s potential significance isn’t limited to that theory. Someone with a fixation on Savannah could also have redirected that attention toward her mother." CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE FOX TRUE CRIME HUB "Behind every theory is a woman who deserves to be brought home and a family living with an anguish most of us cannot comprehend," Miller said. "I have grave concerns about Nancy’s fate, but the evidence must answer that question. My sincere hope is that evidence and tips lead investigators to those responsible, bring Nancy home and give her family answers. Every family deserves no less than that." GOT A TIP? No arrests have been made. No suspects have been publicly identified. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST Savannah Guthrie renewed her public plea for help on Nov. 1, nine months after her mother's abduction. "I think it's important for Savannah and her siblings to really look at every communication that they've had from whatever source, whether it's social media, email, telephone, in-person contacts, because somewhere in that mix, this person has likely interacted with one or more of them, including Nancy," Clemente said. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL Anyone with information is asked to dial 1-800-CALL-FBI or 520-88-CRIME. Rewards totaling more than $1 million remain unclaimed. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecaf0d3830286ffa39d80a 'Shock': Democrat flips deep-red House seat without airing a single TV ad as longtime Republican goes down te 2026-11-05T16:30:05.467Z 'Shock': Democrat flips deep-red House seat without airing a single TV ad as longtime Republican goes down Two years after losing to Republican Rep. Scott DesJarlais by 43 points, Democrat Victoria Broderick flipped his deep-red Tennessee district by just 280 votes — despite spending under $100,000 and airing no paid TV ads. The victory ended DesJarlais’ 16-year congressional career. First elected in 2010, the Republican was seeking his ninth term in a district President Donald Trump carried by 24 points in 2024. The latest FEC figures available before Election Day show DesJarlais’ campaign spent $508,166 through Oct. 14, compared with just $90,062 for Broderick. His campaign also raised more than seven times as much as hers — $667,181 to $94,217 — yet the longtime incumbent still lost the deep-red seat. REDISTRICTING EFFORTS BLOW UP IN REPUBLICANS' FACES AMID HISTORIC HOUSE LOSSES Axios reported, citing AdImpact, that Broderick’s campaign had no record of airing paid television ads. Instead, she credited a grassroots operation that had been building for more than two years. Broderick was not the only Democrat to pull off a low-dollar House win. Axios also highlighted a similar upset in North Carolina, where High Point Mayor Cyril Jefferson defeated Republican Rep. Addison McDowell 51.1% to 48.9%. Axios reported, citing AdImpact, that Jefferson had no tracked advertising spending, although a separate tracker lists $2,000 in Google ads, including YouTube placements. LEE CARTER: THE 5 WORDS THAT EXPLAIN THIS ELECTION BETTER THAN ANY COMMERCIAL McDowell had won the district by 38.3 points in 2024, according to election results. Broderick told Axios that her win was not a surprise to her team. "I know it was a shock for the rest of the country, but it wasn’t a shock for our team," she said. Jefferson similarly credited volunteers, saying, "You have to go engage them." Wake Forest University political science professor John Dinan told local news outlet WFDD that challengers in such a Republican-leaning district would normally need "a lot of TV ads and a lot of money," but "there wasn’t a whole lot of money spent." SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER The two races offered a sharp reminder that grassroots organizing and strong local candidates can sometimes overcome major financial disadvantages. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecacc33830286ffa39d79c Multiple people shot at United States Postal Service office in Des Moines, suspect detained te 2026-11-05T16:20:19.574Z Multiple people shot at United States Postal Service office in Des Moines, suspect detained Police in Des Moines, Iowa, said multiple 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 USPS office at 1165 Second Ave. Multiple law enforcement agencies have responded to the scene. "I’m in contact with the Department of Public Safety regarding a shooting at the Main Post Office in Des Moines. The suspected shooter is in custody and the investigation is ongoing," Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds wrote on X. "We are monitoring the situation and our prayers are with everyone involved. Grateful for the immediate response by law enforcement." "I’m closely monitoring reports of the shooting at the USPS facility in Des Moines," added Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa. "My prayers are with the victims, their families, and everyone impacted by this tragedy. Grateful to the law enforcement officers and first responders on the scene." Des Moines Police Sgt. Paul Parizek told reporters at the scene that "we're secure right now," according to the Des Moines Register. "I didn't see anything that indicated anyone had any life-threatening injuries," he reportedly added. The motive for the shooting was not immediately clear. The public is being asked to avoid the area as an investigation is ongoing. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecacc23830286ffa39d793 JACKSON THOMPSON: Spanberger's office refuses to hand over emails on decision to drop women's sports petition te 2026-11-05T16:20:18.174Z JACKSON THOMPSON: Spanberger's office refuses to hand over emails on decision to drop women's sports petition Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s office is withholding every record it located in response to a FOIA request about the decision to quietly abandon a rule-making effort aimed at keeping males out of women’s and girls’ sports. The Democratic governor’s office invoked executive privilege, attorney-client privilege and a state exemption for gubernatorial working papers and correspondence to deny access to the records concerning the withdrawal of an initiative advanced under her Republican predecessor, Glenn Youngkin. "The volume of records being withheld is less than 100 documents, including many duplicates," the office wrote. "The subject matter of the withheld records is correspondence and deliberative materials." SPANBERGER TAPS LGBTQ ACTIVIST WHO FOUGHT GIRLS' BATHROOM PROTECTIONS FOR STATE BOARD "The withheld records are excluded from mandatory disclosure as working papers and correspondence of the Office of the Governor under Section 2.2-3705.7(2), and/or as attorney-client privileged under Section 2.2-3705.1(2)," the office added. "Your request also seeks information protected by executive privilege." The Virginia State Board of Health withdrew a petition that would have introduced protections for girls' sports on July 30. The effort sought restrictions on male participation in organized female athletic teams and competitions, along with access to designated female spaces where women or girls could be undressed. OutKick's original FOIA request sought emails from members of the governor’s office concerning the withdrawal, covering the period from Spanberger taking office through July 30. OutKick subsequently submitted a narrower request seeking emails from employees other than the officials specifically identified in the gubernatorial exemption. That request also produced no records. "In further response to your FOIA request, pursuant to Virginia Code Section 2.2-3704(B)(3), please be advised that, based upon reasonable inquiry within the Office of the Governor, the requested records could not be found or do not exist," the office wrote. The rulemaking began with a petition filed in April 2025 by Réka György, Lily Mullens and Carter Satterfield. The Board of Health approved that petition 14–0 in August 2025. Youngkin’s administration subsequently advanced the notice of intended regulatory action, which cleared gubernatorial review Oct. 28, 2025. It was published Nov. 17, and the public comment period ended Dec. 17. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER The initiative remained at that preliminary stage when it was withdrawn under Spanberger. The formal withdrawal notice, published in the Virginia Register of Regulations Aug. 24, offered a brief explanation. "Upon review of statutory authority, the State Board of Health is not proceeding with this regulatory action," it said. The original agency background document cited Virginia’s public health statutes as the basis for proceeding. However, it also identified the health department’s enforcement authority and capacity as issues to be considered while developing the regulations. Spanberger publicly defended the decision in September in an interview with Radio IQ. "There’s no legal authority to move forward with rulemaking and prior administrations may have tried to create lanes, and we’re not doing that," she said. Virginia law allows the governor’s office to withhold qualifying correspondence and records prepared for designated officials’ personal or deliberative use. The exemption is discretionary unless another law prohibits disclosure. Its reach can include records written by lower-level employees for protected officials, meaning an employee’s job title alone does not determine whether a record must be released. State law also requires disclosure of nonexempt portions of records when an exclusion does not cover their entire contents. The office’s response did not describe whether any records or attachments could be released in part. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecacc03830286ffa39d78a Devin Booker and the Suns face a fatigued test against injury-hit Magic in Phoenix on Wednesday te 2026-11-05T16:20:16.703Z Devin Booker and the Suns face a fatigued test against injury-hit Magic in Phoenix on Wednesday I went 1-1 in the NBA last night, and despite having a ton of games on the schedule, I only played those two games. It has been a very good season so far, betting-wise, and I want to keep that going as long as possible. There are only two games on the schedule tonight, before we once again get a packed slate tomorrow. I've got one game picked out, and I think we have a good edge on the game between the Magic and the Suns. The Orlando Magic changed their coach, but it seems like their problems have not. The team is inconsistent on offense, and injuries are keeping them from finding any realistic level of consistency. Paolo Banchero will be out for roughly a month of the season. Jalen Suggs is also out. If you are missing two of your top six players, it will be difficult no matter what team you are. The Magic are 2-5 for the season, with both wins coming on the road. They were one of only a few teams that didn't play last night, so they do have a rest advantage. That doesn't mean they will win, and I actually think this could be a slow start for them. The Magic are already one of the lowest first-quarter scoring teams. It really doesn't get much better in the first half overall. They are averaging 54.4 points per game in the first half. Desmond Bane and Franz Wagner are the two main scorers for the squad, but the team really doesn't have a great facilitating guard. Anthony Black is a good scorer, but he isn't really a point guard, and Jase Richardson isn't really a starter. I'd prefer Jevon Carter in there to help make the offense work a bit more. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE The Phoenix Suns didn't really change much in the offseason. They have stumbled out of the gate, and there really isn't much help coming from the injured list. They have Robert Williams, who will make a bit of a difference, but he isn't going to make the offense that much better. He should help with the defense, however. Overall, the team is just 1-5 for the season, and they lost once again last night. That game was at home, and now tonight's game will be their third game in four nights. They are still led by Devin Booker, who has to be either the most loyal guy in the world or maybe the most frustrated. Booker has been elite basically since he walked into the league, and they've occasionally had good teams and players. However, we always hear about how Steph Curry had years wasted by the Warriors; the same is happening with Booker and the Suns. Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, and Miles Bridges aren't going to combine to be a championship squad, but they can at least be competitive enough to get them into the postseason. STAY "FEARLESS" ON THE GO! TAKE TOMI LAHREN WITH YOU. DOWNLOAD THE TLIF PODCAST NOW! The Suns are a bit better in the first half of games in terms of scoring, but not by much. It is essentially the same thing in the 1st quarter. A lot of this has to do with the rotations. Neither of these teams plays all that fast, and I think the first half will have the Suns conserving energy. I also believe the Magic will be a bit rusty, having their first game on the road and not playing for a couple of days. I'll back under 114.5 in the first half. I do think the Suns will win this game, but I'm not backing either side. I have them very close in my power rankings. For more sports betting information and plays, follow David on X/Twitter: @futureprez2024 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecacbf3830286ffa39d781 Brazilian soccer game descends into madness with record-setting 51 red cards thanks to brawl te 2026-11-05T16:20:15.305Z Brazilian soccer game descends into madness with record-setting 51 red cards thanks to brawl You hear people say that they like watching hockey for the fights, and if that's you, maybe consider checking out some Brazilian U20 soccer. It had a record-breaking donnybrook that produced more red cards than a deck of cards with only hearts and diamonds. Well, almost. It was one shy of that, actually. Mamore and Uberlandia were facing off in a state-level under-20 soccer match when an all-out brawl erupted that would've made the Broad Street Bullies and Big Bad Bruins of the 1970s shed a tear with pride, according to the Associated Press. WORLD CUP BRAWL SEES ARGENTINA PLAYER PUTTING HAND ON THROAT OF SPAIN OPPONENT AFTER MATCH It's a nice change of pace to see soccer hooliganism make its way onto the pitch, isn't it? "During the celebration of his team’s third goal, a player made provocative gestures to the bench of the hosts and uttered the following words..." referee Fernando Patrick Modesto's match report said, before writing out the expletives in question. That last part might make this a must-read match report. Understandably, the officials — who had their hands full — didn't stand for it and began dishing out red cards like they were one of Oprah's favorite things. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE In the end, 43 players and 8 staffers were sent off for early showers, which is more players than I realized even dress for a soccer game. Of those 51, 48 stemmed from the brawl, while one player was sent off beforehand due to a second yellow card. Two more were dealt red cards after, with one player threatening to hit an official and another going all the way and clocking an opponent. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Yes; somehow the match continued after the brawl. That is a Guinness World Record, obliterating the previous mark of 36 set during a 2011 match in Argentina's fifth division. There's no doubt that this is a black eye for the beautiful game... but it might be the only thing that ever gets anyone talking about a random U20 game in Brazil outside of the players' friends and family. And there's no such thing as bad press, right? Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecacbc3830286ffa39d772 What to Know About Sexual Abuse Settlements Paid by Catholic Dioceses in the U.S. te 2026-11-05T16:20:12.284Z What to Know About Sexual Abuse Settlements Paid by Catholic Dioceses in the U.S. A new agreement in New York is only the latest that Catholic dioceses have reached since the early 2000s with people who say they were victims of clergy sexual abuse. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecacba3830286ffa39d759 Map Shows How Data Center Measures Fared Across 10 States te 2026-11-05T16:20:10.492Z Map Shows How Data Center Measures Fared Across 10 States Voters across 10 states largely rejected data center expansion, approving restrictions and bans in all but one ballot question. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecacb93830286ffa39d750 Scientists Test Brain Implant That Could Help Blind People See te 2026-11-05T16:20:09.042Z Scientists Test Brain Implant That Could Help Blind People See Surgeons have implanted a brain device in a third blind patient, bringing artificial vision one step closer to reality. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecacb73830286ffa39d747 Medicare Patients Could Save $900 Under New 2027 Rules te 2026-11-05T16:20:07.191Z Medicare Patients Could Save $900 Under New 2027 Rules The projected saving will apply to patients who receive certain outpatient medications covered by Medicare. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecacb53830286ffa39d73e UC Berkeley Student Arrested By ICE While Traveling For Weekend Getaway te 2026-11-05T16:20:05.446Z UC Berkeley Student Arrested By ICE While Traveling For Weekend Getaway Colombian asylum seeker Paula Hernandez, 23, was detained by ICE agents on October 30 while waiting to board a flight to Portland. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecacb33830286ffa39d722 Axiom Math wants to keep AI slop out of mathematics te 2026-11-05T16:20:03.319Z Axiom Math wants to keep AI slop out of mathematics As AI floods math with unchecked proofs, Axiom Math is betting on verification. The startup’s AI agents just formally verified the Stacks Project, one of the field’s biggest libraries. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecaa6a3830286ffa39d6e7 Phoenix ranks among major metros with fastest rise in home price cuts te 2026-11-05T16:10:18.294Z Phoenix ranks among major metros with fastest rise in home price cuts Nearly three in 10 homes listed for sale in the Phoenix area had their asking prices cut in September, as slowing sales and rising inventory put more pressure on sellers. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecaa673830286ffa39d6de DL Ranch to unveil model homes in Havasu Heights on Nov. 14 te 2026-11-05T16:10:15.564Z DL Ranch to unveil model homes in Havasu Heights on Nov. 14 Century Complete will hold a grand opening Nov. 14 for its model homes at DL Ranch, a planned 928-home development in Havasu Heights, with new homes priced starting in the $320,000s. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecaa643830286ffa39d6d5 Fireballs and a supermoon: SoCal stargazers should brace for a busy month of astronomical events te 2026-11-05T16:10:12.822Z Fireballs and a supermoon: SoCal stargazers should brace for a busy month of astronomical events Stargazers should get ready for a month packed with astronomical events, starting with fireballs and ending with a supermoon. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecaa623830286ffa39d6cc The Trump factor: How poor approval of the president impacted key Arizona campaigns te 2026-11-05T16:10:10.439Z The Trump factor: How poor approval of the president impacted key Arizona campaigns WASHINGTON – Local analysts say diminished public approval of President Donald Trump led to sweeping Democratic midterm election wins across the state of Arizona, where some Republican candidates leaned into their MAGA affiliation, while others distanced themselves. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aecaa5f3830286ffa39d6a1 Rory McIlroy assessed two-shot penalty after being caught improving lie, admits video 'doesn't look very good' te 2026-11-05T16:10:07.205Z Rory McIlroy assessed two-shot penalty after being caught improving lie, admits video 'doesn't look very good' Rory McIlroy appeared to be in contention after carding a 4-under 68 in Thursday’s opening round of the Abu Dhabi Championship on the DP World Tour. His lone blemish on the scorecard was a double bogey on the Par 4 12th hole, but his six on the hole turned into an eight after being assessed a two-shot penalty after the round, which resulted in a day-one total of 70, putting him eight shots back of the lead. What unfolded on the 12th hole on day one was a nightmare even before the two-stroke penalty was assessed. Left with just 113 yards to the flag after finding the fairway off the tee, McIlroy airmailed the green with a flip wedge in hand. His golf ball nestled in the rough beyond the green, and from there he proceeded to leave his chip shot short of the putting surface and had to watch his golf ball roll back to his feet into the divot he had made seconds before. RORY MCILROY SHOULD BE THE LAST GOLFER TO CRITICIZE OTHERS FOR 'PERFORMATIVE' BEHAVIOR During his pre-shot routine to hit what was his fourth shot on the hole, McIlroy placed his wedge behind the golf ball. A close-up video of the moment clearly showed a tuft of grass not returning to its original position behind the ball. Speaking with the media after the penalty had been assessed, McIlroy explained that rules officials had shown him video of the moment on No. 12. The six-time major champion emphasized that he was not intentionally seeking to improve his lie and was "happy" to take on the two-shot penalty. "Obviously there’s no intent. I play by the rules. I feel like this is never really — I try to do everything that I can to never end up in these positions," McIlroy said, according to Golf Channel. "But just by looking at the video, like it doesn’t look — it doesn’t look very good. Obviously, that wasn’t my intent." "The ball is in a sort of bottom of a sandy divot," he continued. "I’m trying to feel like if I can get a 54-degree, like, onto the back of the ball, but in the process, this piece of grass has sort of laid down, and it doesn’t — you know, the technical — I guess the technical term for the rule is if you press down on the piece. I’m happy to take a two-shot penalty and move on and move into tomorrow." THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! McIlroy was caught up in some rules drama during this summer's Open Championship, although it was more so him inserting himself into another player's business and not him cheating the rules of the game. During the third round of the year's final major, Bryson DeChambeau was assessed a two-shot penalty for stomping around the area near his golf ball, with rules officials deeming that the American had improved the line for his backswing. McIlroy did not mince words when reacting to the moment. "I won’t pretend to be up here and defend Bryson," McIlroy explained. "I’m not particularly fond of him. I think a lot of it is performative. I think a lot of it’s for attention. "To hold the tournament hostage like that and to have all of us — players, volunteers, everyone — waiting on him to depart, I didn’t feel like it was a great look." DeChambeau ultimately finished T-14 at The Open, while McIlroy finished T-40. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeca80e3830286ffa39d611 AI Agents Are Reshaping the Business of Marketing te 2026-11-05T16:00:14.028Z AI Agents Are Reshaping the Business of Marketing Businesses are embracing automation to cut costs and boost output, but proving its impact on revenue remains a challenge. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeca80c3830286ffa39d608 Petition To Replace Hakeem Jeffries Hits 500k As Mark Ruffalo Wades In te 2026-11-05T16:00:12.249Z Petition To Replace Hakeem Jeffries Hits 500k As Mark Ruffalo Wades In The petition reads: “We believe the Speaker should represent the Democratic voters, not just the Democratic establishment.” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeca80a3830286ffa39d5ff Map Shows Where California’s Largest New Reservoir in 50 Years To Be Built te 2026-11-05T16:00:10.508Z Map Shows Where California’s Largest New Reservoir in 50 Years To Be Built The 1.5-million-acre-foot reservoir is designed to help California manage increasingly unpredictable water supplies. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeca8083830286ffa39d5f6 Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Revenge te 2026-11-05T16:00:08.134Z Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Revenge Republicans gained from Ruth Bader Ginsburg's refusal to retire and, now, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito face a similar gamble. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeca8063830286ffa39d5ed Trump’s Ballroom Could Face Even More Pressure te 2026-11-05T16:00:06.140Z Trump’s Ballroom Could Face Even More Pressure As Trump celebrated his new ballroom project in front of reporters, how could a Democratic Congress impact the build? Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeca8033830286ffa39d5e4 Mamdani’s Second Home Tax Faces Bigger Legal Test After Court Victory te 2026-11-05T16:00:03.826Z Mamdani’s Second Home Tax Faces Bigger Legal Test After Court Victory While a Wednesday ruling is a major victory for Mamdani and his progressive agenda, other legal challenges to the tax still stand. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeca5b13830286ffa39d578 Protests erupt across France after left-wing groups call for mobilization te 2026-11-05T15:50:09.537Z Protests erupt across France after left-wing groups call for mobilization France deployed 70,000 police officers Thursday as tens of thousands of people took to the streets for nationwide strikes and protests after left-wing groups called for a mobilization. In Paris, the Eiffel Tower was closed; in Lyon, French riot police fired tear gas and charged a group of protesters; and near Toulouse, a high school was set on fire, according to Reuters. "We need to turn up in big numbers on the streets today," the news agency quoted the head of the left-wing CGT union Sophie Binet as saying. The demonstrations come after France was rocked by violent protests in October, which outgoing French President Emmanuel Macron blamed on "ultra-left groups whose aim is to bring down the Republic." FRANCE'S MACRON BLAMES PROTESTS ON 'ULTRA-LEFT GROUPS WHOSE AIM IS TO BRING DOWN THE REPUBLIC' An official close to Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said that by early Thursday, around 270,000 people had joined the union action in 180 rallies outside the capital. About a third of France’s high schools were closed or unable to operate, some because of student blockades and others because teachers were on strike, The Associated Press reported. Nuñez said the 70,000 police officers being deployed are backed by armored vehicles, drones and helicopters. Authorities in the western region of Brittany also said "masked individuals" tried to block roads in Rennes, while some committed "serious acts of violence," including throwing steel balls at police. AMERICANS WARNED OF VIOLENT PROTESTS AS MAJOR TOURIST DESTINATION FACES SHUTDOWN THREAT France’s main unions warned that the country is on the brink of recession and that layoff plans are multiplying. "Fuel, food products, rent, gas, electricity... everything’s going up except wages and pensions," they said in a joint statement, according to The Associated Press. The U.S. Embassy had issued an urgent security alert for Americans in France ahead of the demonstrations, warning travelers to brace for severe disruptions, sudden curfews and the potential for violence. The rallies come as the campaign to succeed Macron as president next May heats up, with political parties seeking to capitalize on the movement. Macron is constitutionally barred from seeking a third consecutive term, while far-right candidate Marine Le Pen is the favorite to win, the AP reported. Fox News Digital's Kelly McGreal and The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeca5ae3830286ffa39d56a Katherine Clark Could Be the House Majority Leader. Who Is She? te 2026-11-05T15:50:06.265Z Katherine Clark Could Be the House Majority Leader. Who Is She? A Massachusetts liberal who has never sought the No. 1 leadership spot, Ms. Clark is known as an adept member manager. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeca5ac3830286ffa39d54f Zipline hits $21.5B valuation as Walmart expands bet on drone delivery te 2026-11-05T15:50:04.540Z Zipline hits $21.5B valuation as Walmart expands bet on drone delivery Zipline raised $1.5 billion and ramped up its partnership with Walmart. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeca5aa3830286ffa39d546 Bluesky hit peak usage for the year on Election Night te 2026-11-05T15:50:02.765Z Bluesky hit peak usage for the year on Election Night Bluesky CEO Toni Schneider said posts and likes doubled during to the U.S. midterm elections on Tuesday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeca35d3830286ffa39d4ec Flagstaff Event Almanac for November 5 te 2026-11-05T15:40:13.269Z Flagstaff Event Almanac for November 5 Nov 5 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeca35b3830286ffa39d4e3 Election Day a formality for multiple races across Coconino County te 2026-11-05T15:40:11.461Z Election Day a formality for multiple races across Coconino County For voters in the county, little will change following the election as the majority of the roles will continue to be occupied by incumbents currently serving in the roles. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeca3573830286ffa39d4ae They Made History as ‘Firsts.’ That’s Not What They Ran On. te 2026-11-05T15:40:07.360Z They Made History as ‘Firsts.’ That’s Not What They Ran On. Several midterm winners broke barriers, but with campaigns that focused on delivering material change to the lives of Americans. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeca3553830286ffa39d492 US Investors Missing Asia Because of Access, Not Inherent Value | Opinion te 2026-11-05T15:40:05.790Z US Investors Missing Asia Because of Access, Not Inherent Value | Opinion American investors may be overlooking Asian-listed companies, with complex brokerage infrastructure limiting access. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeca3533830286ffa39d476 TikTok quietly launches a standalone TikTok Shop app te 2026-11-05T15:40:03.538Z TikTok quietly launches a standalone TikTok Shop app The app will offer personalized product recommendations, shopping through live streams and short-form videos, app-exclusive deals, in-app checkout, order tracking and customer support. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeca10a3830286ffa39d42a GOP lawmaker says more qualified officials should lead Pentagon, questions Hegseth's 'moral compass' te 2026-11-05T15:30:18.962Z GOP lawmaker says more qualified officials should lead Pentagon, questions Hegseth's 'moral compass' FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., told Fox News Digital that the Department of War should not be led by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, criticizing his leadership and questioning his judgment. Bacon, who questioned Hegseth's "moral compass," made his remarks after Democrats reclaimed control of both chambers of Congress in Tuesday's midterm elections, raising the possibility of impeachment proceedings against members of President Donald Trump's Cabinet in the 120th Congress. "I don't think he was a good choice to begin with," Bacon told Fox News Digital. "I wouldn't have voted to confirm him." Bacon, a 30-year Air Force veteran, argued that Hegseth's personal conduct would have resulted in disciplinary action for other members of the military. GOP SEN THOM TILLIS URGES TRUMP TO REPLACE PETE HEGSETH, BLASTS PENTAGON LEADERSHIP "Anybody that got caught having affairs would've gotten fired," Bacon said before pointing to the controversy surrounding the administration's use of the Signal messaging app to discuss sensitive military operations. HEGSETH FIRES TOP PENTAGON STRATEGIST ACCUSED OF LEAKING CLASSIFIED IRAN, UKRAINE WAR INFORMATION "He didn't take any responsibility for it, though it was his fault. And things like that bother folks who've served a lifetime in the military, have a moral compass and take responsibility," Bacon continued. GOP REP THOMAS MASSIE INTRODUCES 8 ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST WAR SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH Bacon also suggested that Hegseth lacks substantial support among lawmakers on Capitol Hill, where a Democratic-controlled House could pursue impeachment proceedings against the war secretary. Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell responded to Bacon's remarks in a statement to Fox News Digital, saying Hegseth "will not back down" or "be deterred by politicians seeking to score partisan points or launch phony investigations where no wrongdoing exists." Without mentioning Bacon by name, Parnell added that Hegseth "will continue to stand and fight every single day to support and defend the Constitution, lead our troops, and protect America" on behalf of President Donald Trump, "despite threats of sham witch hunts from Democrats — and Secretary Hegseth is 100% committed to leading the Department until the end of President Trump’s term in office." Toward the end of the 119th Congress, a group of Democrats backed legislation introduced by Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Mich., seeking to impeach Hegseth. ‘LAWYER UP’: DEMS IMMEDIATELY PUT TRUMP ON NOTICE AMID REPUBLICANS' MIDTERM BLOODBATH "Hegseth doesn't have a lot of friends on the Hill," Bacon said while discussing whether Trump should replace the war secretary before possible impeachment proceedings. "I do think we could have more qualified leaders." Trump told reporters Wednesday that he intends to keep Hegseth in his Cabinet, despite speculation about the war secretary's future. DEMOCRAT SEIZE HOUSE CONTROL IN STUNNING BLUE TSUNAMI, VOW RETRIBUTION AGAINST TRUMP ADMIN The president's comments came after other Cabinet departures during his second term, including former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi, who were asked to resign. During his interview with Fox News Digital, Bacon addressed the future of the Republican Party following its midterm defeat, arguing that the GOP must distance itself from Trump to regain congressional majorities, win governorships and remain competitive in the 2028 presidential election. Bacon did not dismiss the idea of running for president himself when asked by Fox News Digital, and has previously said in podcast interviews that he would "love" to.  MIKE JOHNSON'S NO 2 LAUNCHES GOP TAKEOVER BID AS HOUSE FALLS TO DEMOCRATS "I do think we should have a big debate in our party," Bacon said, leaving open the possibility of playing a role in the party's future leadership. "I'd like to fight for the soul of our party. And I want to be a part of that discussion, that debate." "If somebody steps up and wants to take on the little more of the Reagan mantle and the sort of things I think need to get done to the country," the retired one-star Air Force general continued. "I'm glad to support them. But somebody's got to be speaking out against illegal immigration, cost of healthcare, and national security policy, and they got to be able, we'll work across the aisle to get things done. You can't solve this from all your Democrats only." Bacon argued that Republicans should return to the principles championed by former President Ronald Reagan, including "the basic principles of economic freedom, free markets and free trade, peace through strength, stand up to the bully, which in this case, is Russia." He also emphasized the importance of "federalism and the pro-life movement" as priorities for the party moving forward. The Nebraska Republican criticized Trump's approach to traditional U.S. allies, arguing that the administration has been "very bad towards our allies," including Canada and Greenland, amid disputes over tariffs and the president's threats involving Greenland. Bacon suggested that Trump's foreign policy decisions and military involvement overseas contributed to Republican losses in down-ballot races across the country. "They only got beat because they had an R next to their name," Bacon said, accusing congressional Republicans of having "rubber-stamped" the president's agenda since he returned to the White House for a second term. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeca1093830286ffa39d411 Jaguars favored by 10 over Ravens as Lamar Jackson injury looms large te 2026-11-05T15:30:17.447Z Jaguars favored by 10 over Ravens as Lamar Jackson injury looms large We are officially at the halfway mark of the regular season for the NFL. Once this week’s games are over, 50% of the season is done, and we should have a pretty good idea of who will make the postseason and who will not. You can always look at the standings to see playoff projections, but it is a fun time to reevaluate the teams. The Jacksonville Jaguars are likely to make the postseason, but the Baltimore Ravens are unlikely. The Jaguars are one of the better teams in the AFC, and currently sit at 5-2 for the season. They are just 1-1 for the season on the road, which means they have a lot of road games remaining. That could be a bit of an issue for the team. Their wins have been over the Browns, Patriots, Bengals, Eagles, and Colts. None of those teams are overly impressive this season, but I also don’t think any of them were terrible. Their two losses this season have come against the Texans (by three points) and to the Broncos on the road. In fairness to the Jaguars, the loss to the Texans came in a different country. But that was the second straight week in London. I am not a big Trevor Lawrence guy, but I have to say that he has been fantastic this year. He has 17 touchdown passes and four interceptions to go along with almost 1700 passing yards. It is possible this will be his best statistical season of his career. RAVENS TURN TO UNDRAFTED ROOKIE JOE FAGNANO AFTER LAMAR JACKSON LANDS ON IR, COACH JESSIE MINTER SAYS The Ravens come into this game with a 4-4 record and a 1-2 mark in Baltimore. I suppose you can blame this season on a wide variety of things, but the main issue for the Ravens is Lamar Jackson not being available. Last week, Jackson dropped back to pass and was injured on the first offensive snap. He continues to be a dynamic playmaker, but he gets injured all the time. To make matters worse, they lost their backup quarterback only a few drives later. Derrick Henry has been (and is) great, but even he can’t really run when the box is completely loaded against him. The Jaguars are already good against the run, so knowing that they are facing a backup or third-string quarterback, the Ravens should expect to have to throw to win this game. They will clearly need help from the defense. The Ravens are a bottom-half team against the pass, but slightly better against the run. Baltimore is also allowing 25.4 points per game to opponents. BEST SPORTSBOOK PROMOS FOR THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL: JAGUARS VS RAVENS BONUSES There is more of a reason to be concerned about the Jaguars – they are 29th in football in passing yards allowed. However, their rush defense has been fantastic, and they are only allowing 15.9 points per game. The points per game numbers are heavily influenced by the wins over the Browns and Colts, though. It is hard to see a path where the Ravens succeed. When Joe Fagnano took over last week, he got them 91 yards and one interception. The only touchdown came from Henry after they intercepted the ball in the red zone. I think the Jaguars will cover the -10. It probably will be sweaty, but I just don’t see how Fagnano improves enough in a short week to give them the cover. For more sports betting information and plays, follow David on X/Twitter: @futureprez2024 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeca1083830286ffa39d408 Kaitlin Butts drops 34-minute mini-movie to spotlight her new country music album 'Hello, Honky Tonk' te 2026-11-05T15:30:16.075Z Kaitlin Butts drops 34-minute mini-movie to spotlight her new country music album 'Hello, Honky Tonk' Country music star Kaitlin Butts surprised fans with a mini-movie. Butts is one of the fastest-rising talents in country music, and she's built herself a rabid and loyal following with red dirt and honky-tonk-style tunes. She also released her fourth album, "Hello, Honky Tonk," on Friday, Oct. 30. While it's early, there's a high chance it's going to put up big numbers. RILEY GREEN DROPS ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE OF 'THAT'S JUST ME' AND COUNTRY MUSIC FANS CAN'T GET ENOUGH Butts also pulled a move to guarantee a light is shining on it. Butts released a short music film for her fans on Wednesday, and it's titled, "Hello, Honky Tonk: The Mini Musical." The film is a little over 34 minutes long, and is an ambitious swing for the fence after dropping her fourth album. The short film is packed with stellar vibes, high energy and the kind of fun you’d find in a honky-tonk in rural America. Give it a watch below, and let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER It took no time at all for people to sound off in the comments with plenty of reactions. One fan wrote, "What an absolute QUEEN of country music!" Hard to argue with that claim! Another wrote, "This was brilliant in every way imaginable!" A third commented, "I love this storytelling so much." What do you think of Butts' short film? Let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeca1063830286ffa39d3ff Alaska, Mississippi Senate races separated by razor-thin vote margins te 2026-11-05T15:30:14.602Z Alaska, Mississippi Senate races separated by razor-thin vote margins Races between the candidates for U.S. Senate in Alaska and Mississippi are separated by razor-thin margins days after polls closed in the crucial midterm elections. In Mississippi, where 95.6% of the votes have been counted, according to the Associated Press, Democratic candidate Scott Colom leads incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., 464,926 votes to 463,788, as of Thursday morning. In Alaska, former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola, leads incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, by less than 700 votes. DOJ SET TO APPEAL RULING IN ALASKA SENATE RACE DISPUTE OVER ‘DECOY DAN’ While Alaska still has a quarter of its votes to count, according to the AP, if the gap between Peltola and Sullivan remains this slim, the introduction of a second candidate named Dan Sullivan will loom large in post-election analyses. In July, the U.S. Justice Department opened an investigation into Daniel J. Sullivan, a retired schoolteacher who entered the Senate race in May. TRUMP PROSECUTIONS UNDER BIDEN SET PRECEDENT FOR DOJ’S ALASKA ‘DECOY DAN’ PROBE, EX-FEC CHAIR SAYS An October report from The New York Times said Daniel J. Sullivan had met with Democratic operatives and members of Peltola's campaign staff to encourage him to run. Peltola has denied any involvement in the scheme. One voter interviewed after he cast his ballot Tuesday revealed that he believed he accidentally voted for the wrong Dan Sullivan. MARY PELTOLA'S CAMPAIGN, DEMS BACKED COVERT SCHEME TO FIELD SPOILER CANDIDATES IN ALASKA SENATE RACE: REPORT "I don't remember seeing the other Dan Sullivan, I totally forgot to look for two Dan Sullivans," the bewildered voter revealed. "I definitely intended to vote for the real Dan Sullivan." As of Thursday morning, Daniel J. Sullivan, aka "Decoy Dan," had garnered 3,600 votes from Alaskans, a number that's more than five times larger than the 637-vote margin separating Sen. Sullivan and Peltola. PELTOLA CAMPAIGN'S ALLEGED DAN SULLIVAN SPOILER PLOT TAKES NEW TURN AS DOJ FACES MAJOR LEGAL HURDLE Under Alaska's ranked choice voting system, if no candidate achieves a 50% share of the vote, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated and voters who chose that candidate first will have their votes redirected to their second choice. President Donald Trump weighed in on the saga, demanding Daniel J. Sullivan's votes be given to Sen. Sullivan. "The vote totals for the Fake Dan Sullivan, plus the other 'slug' that the Dems put on the Ballot, should be immediately given to the REAL Dan Sullivan, and the Election is over - He easily wins," Trump wrote in a Thursday morning post on Truth Social. "There is no other fair solution! President DJT" he concluded. GOVERNOR PROBING 'DECOY DAN' SULLIVAN ELECTION SCANDAL WARNS SYSTEM FLAW HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT In Mississippi, officials are still waiting to receive a batch of 3,600 mail-in ballots, according to a statement from Secretary of State Michael Watson. The state allows mail-in ballots to be counted if they're received within five business days of the election, provided they were postmarked with a date of the election day or earlier. NBC News' Decision Desk pegs the remaining ballots to be counted at 45,000. TIM SCOTT DECLARES ALLEGED 'DECOY DAN' PLOT A 'CRIMINAL OFFENSE' AS DOJ INVESTIGATION ROCKS ALASKA Mississippi has no formal process for recounts, making a legal fight over the results increasingly likely. "We will protect the process of this election, we'll protect the integrity of this election," Colom told reporters Wednesday, adding that he had "an army of lawyers" preparing for a court battle, Mississippi Public Broadcasting reported. ALASKA'S GOVERNOR ORDERS INVESTIGATION AFTER NYT REPORT ON ALLEGED DEM-LINKED SENATE ELECTION SCHEME Hyde-Smith's team, meanwhile, remains assured that the sitting senator will prevail. "Our campaign is closely monitoring the remaining count," campaign manager Scott Monssen told MPB in a statement. "We remain confident that when every legally cast vote is fully and accurately counted, Mississippians will have reelected Cindy Hyde-Smith," he concluded. Fox News Digital reached out to all five campaigns for further comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeca1033830286ffa39d3e2 Charles Barkley Gives Blunt Reaction to Victor Wembanyama's Historic NBA Game te 2026-11-05T15:30:11.121Z Charles Barkley Gives Blunt Reaction to Victor Wembanyama's Historic NBA Game Charles Barkley had a blunt reaction during Victor Wembanyama's historic performance for the Spurs against the Dallas Mavericks. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeca1013830286ffa39d3d9 Poll Of The Day: Will JD Vance Ever Be President? te 2026-11-05T15:30:09.490Z Poll Of The Day: Will JD Vance Ever Be President? Vote in today's poll: have Vice President JD Vance's chances of succeeding Donald Trump been wrecked by the GOP's midterm defeat? Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeca0ff3830286ffa39d3d0 Bears React to Caleb Williams Setting NFL Record in Win Over Seahawks te 2026-11-05T15:30:07.845Z Bears React to Caleb Williams Setting NFL Record in Win Over Seahawks The Chicago Bears celebrated an NFL record set by Caleb Williams, but some critics called out the details of his historic feat. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeca0fd3830286ffa39d3c7 Who Was James Richard Clark Sr? Man Linked With Pittsburgh Serial Killings te 2026-11-05T15:30:05.963Z Who Was James Richard Clark Sr? Man Linked With Pittsburgh Serial Killings Police believe James Richard Clark Sr. was behind the 1976 and 1977 murders of Susan Rush and Brenda Ritter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aeca0fb3830286ffa39d3ab Dropbox acquires Tigris Data for $350M to bolster its AI infrastructure te 2026-11-05T15:30:03.656Z Dropbox acquires Tigris Data for $350M to bolster its AI infrastructure The deal is expected to support the development of DBX Agent Cloud, a new storage platform aimed at developers building AI models and agents. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec9eab3830286ffa39d32b Women’s Pain Is Being Ignored. The Cost Is Everyone’s Problem | Opinion te 2026-11-05T15:20:11.905Z Women’s Pain Is Being Ignored. The Cost Is Everyone’s Problem | Opinion Generations of women have learned to minimize their symptoms, push through exhaustion, and accept pain as inevitable. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec9eaa3830286ffa39d322 Knicks’ Dalton Knecht Has a Message After Strong Debut Against Bulls te 2026-11-05T15:20:10.295Z Knicks’ Dalton Knecht Has a Message After Strong Debut Against Bulls Dalton Knecht makes an immediate impression in his Knicks debut as Mike Brown shares his assessment of the young forward. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec9ea83830286ffa39d319 Knicks’ Mike Brown Makes Unexpected Comment About Dalton Knecht te 2026-11-05T15:20:08.754Z Knicks’ Mike Brown Makes Unexpected Comment About Dalton Knecht Mike Brown's hilarious Dalton Knecht comment comes after the Knicks forward makes an encouraging first impression in New York. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec9ea73830286ffa39d310 UK's New Pornography Ban Comes Into Effect: What Isn't Allowed te 2026-11-05T15:20:07.125Z UK's New Pornography Ban Comes Into Effect: What Isn't Allowed The rules make it a criminal offense to possess or publish pornographic images depicting acts including strangulation and incest. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec9ea53830286ffa39d307 Phillies Predicted to Sign Star Outfielder to $140M Deal te 2026-11-05T15:20:05.265Z Phillies Predicted to Sign Star Outfielder to $140M Deal The Philadelphia Phillies are being predicted to sign star slugger Randy Arozarena in free agency this offseason. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec9ea23830286ffa39d2eb Dropbox acquires Tigris Data for $350M to bolster its AI infra te 2026-11-05T15:20:02.905Z Dropbox acquires Tigris Data for $350M to bolster its AI infra The deal is expected to support the development of DBX Agent Cloud, a new storage platform aimed at developers building AI models and agents. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec9c783830286ffa39d288 Blue wave nearly swallowed some of America's reddest states as election data exposes GOP's close calls te 2026-11-05T15:10:48.919Z Blue wave nearly swallowed some of America's reddest states as election data exposes GOP's close calls Races in traditionally staunch Republican strongholds came incredibly close to flipping amid Tuesday night's landslide Democratic victory, even in states where GOP candidates enjoyed overwhelming financial advantages. Signs of something going horribly wrong for the GOP appeared late in the election cycle when Fox News rated the Senate races in South Carolina and Kansas, two states with decades-long loyalty streaks for the Republican Party, as competitive. As results poured in on election night, however, it became clear that even states that practically nobody thought would be competitive, such as Louisiana and Tennessee, were coming within a razor's edge of going blue. Mississippi, seen by most political forecasters as among the safest of GOP seats, remains undecided as of publication, with just dozens of votes separating incumbent Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and her Democratic challenger, Scott Colom. AMERICA SAW THE BLUE WAVE COMING — BUT DRASTICALLY UNDERESTIMATED THE EXTENT OF THE DEM TSUNAMI In Tennessee, for instance, Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jerri Green spent just over $2 million, dwarfed by the nearly $13 million Sen. Marsha Blackburn, the GOP nominee, poured into the race. Outside groups burned through millions more to boost Blackburn’s candidacy. The result of outspending a Democrat by nearly 6-to-1 in one of the reddest states in the country was Blackburn defeating Green by less than three points in a state that favored Republicans by almost 30 points in 2024. Louisiana’s Senate race told a similar story. The Republican nominee, Rep. Julia Letlow, and her allies paid out approximately $9.4 million to win the seat, compared to the roughly $3.89 million Democrats spent on the race. Letlow ultimately won by just under two points in a state President Donald Trump carried by roughly 22 points in 2024, underscoring the dramatic erosion of the GOP's advantage in one of its longtime strongholds. FROM TEXAS TO KANSAS, 6 STUNNING MIDTERM RESULTS THAT UPENDED THE POLITICAL MAP Many Democratic strategists and observers have lamented that the party didn’t spend more money on long-shot races that could have delivered even more commanding margins to liberals when the new class of lawmakers and governors take office early next year. Even Florida, a state that has become nearly synonymous with Republican ascendancy, saw the GOP come dangerously close to losing its grasp, an outcome that was avoided, in the telling of some, thanks to the political apparatus constructed by Gov. Ron DeSantis. FIRST MUSLIM SENATOR, FIRST BLACK FEMALE GOVERNOR: 2026 MIDTERM ELECTION RESULTS MAKE HISTORY Republicans outspent Democrats by roughly five-to-one in their bid for the state’s governor's mansion, ultimately winning by less than two points. In 2022, DeSantis carried the state by nearly 20 points. The GOP won its Senate race in the Sunshine State by a similar margin, also outspending the opposition by millions. Similar trends played out across the country, with multiple House and state legislative seats that Republicans won by double digits in 2024, flipping to Democratic control. The election night bloodbath for the GOP has ignited a brutal blame game within the party that could easily bleed into the 2028 Republican presidential primary. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec9c753830286ffa39d27c The Big-Name Democrats Whose Bets Paid Off in the Midterms te 2026-11-05T15:10:45.660Z The Big-Name Democrats Whose Bets Paid Off in the Midterms Victory has a thousand fathers. And Democrats everywhere are clamoring for a piece of this midterm triumph. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec9c723830286ffa39d273 The Cheapest Cruise Lines for Families: Understanding Deals and Packages te 2026-11-05T15:10:42.674Z The Cheapest Cruise Lines for Families: Understanding Deals and Packages Compare major cruise costs, fees and perks to find the best family value before you book. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec9c703830286ffa39d26a Children Don't Grow Up by Staying Home te 2026-11-05T15:10:40.548Z Children Don't Grow Up by Staying Home We expect children to grow up before letting them experience the world. But what if experiencing the world is how they grow up? Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec9c6e3830286ffa39d261 People Are Starting to Shower Differently—What Doctors Are Saying te 2026-11-05T15:10:38.721Z People Are Starting to Shower Differently—What Doctors Are Saying New shower hack may lead to more restful nights. And doctors agree. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec9c6c3830286ffa39d258 Artemis II Tore 'Hole' in Earth's Atmosphere, Raising GPS Concerns te 2026-11-05T15:10:36.913Z Artemis II Tore 'Hole' in Earth's Atmosphere, Raising GPS Concerns A NASA moon mission disturbed Earth's upper atmosphere, raising questions about possible effects on GPS accuracy. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec9c6b3830286ffa39d24f The Future of Health Care Starts With Prevention, Not AI te 2026-11-05T15:10:35.105Z The Future of Health Care Starts With Prevention, Not AI AI alone won't fix health care, a hospital executive from Brazil told the crowd at Newsweek's AI Health Summit. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec9c693830286ffa39d246 Will Texans Get $1,500 Checks? What Gina Hinojosa’s Plan Needs to Happen te 2026-11-05T15:10:33.234Z Will Texans Get $1,500 Checks? 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec9c643830286ffa39d22b The High Cost of High Achievement | Opinion te 2026-11-05T15:10:28.173Z The High Cost of High Achievement | Opinion Perhaps it is time we gave equal attention to learning how to recognize non-professional success when we find it. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec9c623830286ffa39d222 Map Shows US Green Card Backlog by State As Tally Hits 1.5 Million te 2026-11-05T15:10:26.370Z Map Shows US Green Card Backlog by State As Tally Hits 1.5 Million USCIS data shows 1,560,290 Form I-485 applications were pending as of June 30. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec9c603830286ffa39d219 US's STEM Workforce a National Security and Economic Crisis | Opinion te 2026-11-05T15:10:24.469Z US's STEM Workforce a National Security and Economic Crisis | Opinion The education system is failing students because it has not changed how it teaches, essentially relying on memorization. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec9c5e3830286ffa39d210 My Sister and I Got Separated At Astroworld–I Never Saw Her Alive Again te 2026-11-05T15:10:22.664Z My Sister and I Got Separated At Astroworld–I Never Saw Her Alive Again Growing up with Madison was awesome. My sister, best friend, biggest critic and supporter, always cheering me on. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec9c5c3830286ffa39d207 US Advice on Stockpiling Emergency Supplies As Countries Update Rules  te 2026-11-05T15:10:20.746Z US Advice on Stockpiling Emergency Supplies As Countries Update Rules  As nations promote emergency stockpiling, citizens have been told preparing “is the responsibility of everyone.” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec9c5b3830286ffa39d1fe Russell Brand Found Guilty of Rape te 2026-11-05T15:10:19.012Z Russell Brand Found Guilty of Rape Russell Brand has been found guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault at his trial in London. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec9c583830286ffa39d1f5 Russia State Media Bemoans Trump's Midterm Disaster: 'Very Painful' te 2026-11-05T15:10:16.975Z Russia State Media Bemoans Trump's Midterm Disaster: 'Very Painful' "Trump lost everything," Kremlin propagandist Vladimir Solovyov said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec9c573830286ffa39d1ec El-Sayed Praises Trump For Cutting Israel Aid: 'I'd Love To Work With Him' te 2026-11-05T15:10:15.114Z El-Sayed Praises Trump For Cutting Israel Aid: 'I'd Love To Work With Him' The Michigan Democrat found rare common ground with the president, backing an end to billions in U.S. military support for Israel. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec9c553830286ffa39d1e3 How the ‘Silver Tsunami’ Is Reshaping the American Dream te 2026-11-05T15:10:13.213Z How the ‘Silver Tsunami’ Is Reshaping the American Dream The transfer of wealth from boomers to the younger generations is making the difference between being priced out or buying a home. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec9c533830286ffa39d1da Putin's Two-Year Countdown Clock Starts Now te 2026-11-05T15:10:11.465Z Putin's Two-Year Countdown Clock Starts Now The Kremlin has never needed Congress to get Trump's attention; its deals with the president and his handpicked inner circle. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec9c513830286ffa39d1d1 Victorious Democrat's Admin Reveal $4.5M Error Hours After His Election Win te 2026-11-05T15:10:09.578Z Victorious Democrat's Admin Reveal $4.5M Error Hours After His Election Win David Crowley's office has acknowledged the county's budgeting error detailed in a memo titled "2027 Budget Correction." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec9c4f3830286ffa39d1c8 Midlife Lessons: How Can I Stop Politics Ruining My Mental Health? te 2026-11-05T15:10:07.854Z Midlife Lessons: How Can I Stop Politics Ruining My Mental Health? As we get more emotionally involved in the constant news cycle, how can we stay mentally healthy instead of depressed and anxious? Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec9c4d3830286ffa39d1ad ElevenLabs now lets users publish AI-generated music directly on SoundCloud te 2026-11-05T15:10:05.614Z ElevenLabs now lets users publish AI-generated music directly on SoundCloud ElevenLabs said more than 25 million tracks have been generated using its music models. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec9c4b3830286ffa39d1a4 Instagram brings Edits to desktop to take on CapCut te 2026-11-05T15:10:03.793Z Instagram brings Edits to desktop to take on CapCut The move puts Edits in more direct competition with ByteDance's CapCut, the video-editing app Meta sought to challenge when it launched Edits last year. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec99fd3830286ffa39d161 Nautilus Elementary School reopens after water main break forces campus closure te 2026-11-05T15:00:13.695Z Nautilus Elementary School reopens after water main break forces campus closure A water main break forced Nautilus Elementary School to close Wednesday, but crews completed repairs within hours, clearing the way for classes to resume Thursday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec99fb3830286ffa39d157 LHUSD lags behind state in FAFSA completion rate te 2026-11-05T15:00:11.963Z LHUSD lags behind state in FAFSA completion rate The Arizona Board of Regents has set a goal to get 50% of high school seniors to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form. Last year, Arizona had 47.17% of seniors complete the form. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec99fa3830286ffa39d14d Hobbs targets school vouchers, water protections with Democrats in control of Legislature te 2026-11-05T15:00:10.217Z Hobbs targets school vouchers, water protections with Democrats in control of Legislature PHOENIX -- With fellow Democrats now in control of the Legislature, Gov. Katie Hobbs Wednesday night promised to "crack down on the waste, fraud, and abuse in the out-of-control ESA entitlement program.'' Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec99f83830286ffa39d141 Lake Havasu City police warn e-bike modifications could lead to citations, impoundment te 2026-11-05T15:00:08.432Z Lake Havasu City police warn e-bike modifications could lead to citations, impoundment Removing the chain from an electric bicycle could turn it into a motorcycle under Arizona law, leaving riders facing citations and potentially a 30-day vehicle impoundment, Lake Havasu City police warn. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec99f53830286ffa39d116 Russell Brand found guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault te 2026-11-05T15:00:05.752Z Russell Brand found guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault Russell Brand has been found guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault in the U.K. He denied the charges and was acquitted of two additional rape charges and attempted indecent assault. He has been taken into custody and is due to be sentenced Monday, according to BBC.  Brand, 51, was accused of three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault and one count of attempted indecent assault involving six women between 1999 and 2009.  RUSSELL BRAND ACCUSED OF RAPE, SEXUAL ABUSE OF 4 WOMEN; COMEDIAN DENIES ‘SERIOUS CRIMINAL ALLEGATIONS’ According to Sky News, Brand acknowledged that he had been "reckless" and used his fame to pursue sexual relationships, but insisted that the encounters were consensual. He also told the jury that consent was "fundamental, essential and necessary." Brand has denied forcing any of the women to engage in sexual activity against their will. This story is developing. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec97a13830286ffa39d0bf Coconino National Forest may hike user rates te 2026-11-05T14:50:09.903Z Coconino National Forest may hike user rates If Yavapai RAC approves increase, fees could go into effect by March Increased user fees for public land sites across the Coconino National Forest and Red Rock Ranger District could take effect on Monday, March 1. The cost of a Red Rock Daily Pass may double from $5 to $10, while weekly passes incre Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec979a3830286ffa39d06b Aina’s smart ring has a screen, a joystick and a mic so you can talk to AI agents te 2026-11-05T14:50:02.925Z Aina’s smart ring has a screen, a joystick and a mic so you can talk to AI agents Aina's ring can also take calls and help you dictate notes on your Mac. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec95483830286ffa39d01d Following midterm landslide, Democrats pressed by supporters to deliver on promises te 2026-11-05T14:40:08.588Z Following midterm landslide, Democrats pressed by supporters to deliver on promises Supporters of Rep.-elect Zach Dembo, a Kentucky Democrat who flipped a Republican seat, cheer during Dembo’s victory speech in Lexington on Nov. 3, 2026. (Photo by Brian Simms for Kentucky Lantern) WASHINGTON — As the monumental midterm victories set in, Democrats began to talk strategy Wednesday on how to deliver what voters want: lower prices, attainable health care and an end to a stagnant and expensive conflict in the Middle East. Starting in January, the party will control both chambers of Congress, giving them the upper hand over much of President Donald Trump’s agenda, including his judicial nominees, and the power to investigate the first two years of Trump’s second term, including his business ventures, war decisions and mass deportation campaign. Democrats had gained 237 seats — well past the 218 needed — in the U.S. House as of Wednesday afternoon, according to The Associated Press, which also showed Democrats flipped 29 GOP House seats. The party trounced conventional expectations in the Senate by flipping seven seats, giving Democrats and independents who caucus with them a total of 54 in the upper chamber, according to the AP, as of 4 p.m. Eastern. Climbing inflation and record fuel prices followed Republicans on the campaign trail, fueling the groundswell for Democrats. Voters blamed Trump for higher prices in stores and at the pump as his war in Iran entered its ninth month, and as sweeping tariffs remained on imports. Shawn Fain, leader of the United Auto Workers union, said “it’s not a massive win for anybody until these people go to work and deliver results.” The union, which endorsed Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in early June, has roughly 1 million active and retired members — 350,000 of them in Michigan alone, according to Fain. El-Sayed won the Senate race in Michigan on Wednesday. “I believe this election is a mandate for change, but it is up to the Democratic Party now to deliver. And if they don’t deliver, we’ll be the first ones to call them out on it,” Fain said.    ‘Legislative razor wire’ Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said voters delivered “a generational remake of the Senate map that has huge consequences for history.” The New York Democrat, who is poised to lead the upper chamber once again, told reporters Wednesday morning that Senate Democrats have three priorities: lower the cost of living, “clean up” corruption in government and “check on Trump’s chaos at home and abroad,” including the war with Iran. “Whenever Trump defies the will of the American people or the law, we will launch investigations, take him to court, and entangle him in legislative razor wire,” Schumer said. Giving brief answers to a barrage of questions, Schumer hinted that Democrats could end the war in Iran with the “power of the purse” and sidestepped a question about “nuking” the filibuster. “I’ll have more to say in the coming days about how Democrats pulled off this victory, how our majority plans to deliver for the American people,“ Schumer said. When asked if Senate Democrats will work with Trump, Schumer said, “We are going to work hard to drive costs down with the president or without him. Period.” ‘A dramatic change in direction’ House Democratic leaders celebrated the blue tsunami across the country while vowing to fight for an “affordable America” in the next Congress.  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said “the American people have chosen House Democrats because they want to see a dramatic change in direction, and that’s exactly what House Democrats will deliver beginning on Day One,” during a press conference Wednesday afternoon.  Jeffries got a step closer to becoming the next speaker of the House following Democrats’ dramatic win Tuesday night. If elected by a majority of House members, Jeffries would make history as the first Black person to hold the gavel.  Jeffries was joined by Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Suzan DelBene of Washington state, House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark of Massachusetts, and the chair and vice chair of the House Democratic Caucus, Reps. Pete Aguilar and Ted Lieu, respectively, both from California.  Meanwhile, the GOP’s mid-decade redistricting blitz to shore up several seats flopped Tuesday night following Democratic victories in several districts Republicans redrew.  DelBene, who leads the Democratic Party’s campaign apparatus for House races, said “every single redistricted Frontliner will return to Congress,” using the committee’s term for its most endangered incumbents.  “Simply put, their gerrymandering scheme absolutely backfired, and it should send a strong message to any Republican thinking of pursuing any more gerrymanders next year,” she said.  Agenda items on tap As Democrats plan to center their agenda on affordability, Lieu spelled out some of the party’s legislative priorities in the new Congress.  For starters, Lieu said Democrats would pass a bill to reverse the GOP’s mega tax and spending cut law’s sweeping Medicaid cuts, which axe roughly $1 trillion in Medicaid spending over 10 years.  He also said they would pass legislation to “restore” the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits, which expired in December 2025 and were used by individuals who buy their own health insurance through the Affordable Care Act Marketplace.  “We will pass a bill to stop the stupid Trump tariffs jacking up prices on Americans, and we will pass a bill to stop the Iran war,” the California Democrat added.  Congressional Progressive Caucus Members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus touted victories in the wave election. Rep. Greg Casar, a Texas Democrat who chairs the caucus, said the group’s roughly 100 members will work with Jeffries on “a mandate for dramatic change” but warned that he and colleagues want significant transformation. “Last night was not a sign that all of Democrats’ problems are solved,” Casar said on a virtual call with reporters. “The election is not an endorsement of returning to the status quo or tinkering around the edges. This is a message that people in this country are mad as hell, and are giving Democrats a shot to show them we can do something about it.” Democrat Will Lawrence, who defeated incumbent GOP Rep. Tom Barrett in Michigan’s 7th Congressional District, said Congress needs “to set our foreign policy straight.” “A huge cause for regret among Trump voters in this district is because he said he wasn’t going to start any new wars, and look at what he got us into now in Iran. So we have a mandate to pass a war powers resolution to restrain further hostilities in Iran,” Lawrence said. Lawrence co-founded the Sunrise Movement, a climate-focused political action group, and received backing from congressional progressives.  Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., said despite the momentous wins, the Democratic Party is still “not particularly popular.” “I think we’ve got a shot to show that we can deliver on the kind of bold populist change that people ran on and won on,” Jayapal said. “And I think that is going to be our task going forward for the next two years.” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec95463830286ffa39cffd At 26, Sean Duffy's son-in-law is headed to Congress as its youngest member te 2026-11-05T14:40:06.537Z At 26, Sean Duffy's son-in-law is headed to Congress as its youngest member Michael Alfonso is set to become the youngest member of Congress at 26 years old after winning a key Wisconsin House seat. Alfonso, a Republican, will head to Washington this January after running a campaign focused on delivering on affordability and restoring the American Dream, two priorities he emphasized throughout his campaign. "As the youngest member of Congress and a new dad, I have a personal stake in our future, and I’m going to Washington with one job: put Wisconsin and America first by making life affordable, restoring the American Dream, and putting the prosperity of American citizens above all else," the congressman-elect told Fox News Digital. WATCH: DUFFY FLIPS SCRIPT ON DEM SENATORS WITH POINTED QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR OWN CAMPAIGN CASH Alfonso, who is married to Duffy's daughter Evita, defeated Democratic challenger Fred Clark, a former Wisconsin state lawmaker, in Tuesday's election to represent Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District, a seat previously held by his father-in-law, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. Alfonso will succeed Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Wis., who opted against seeking re-election to pursue the Wisconsin governorship. Alfonso, who received endorsements from President Donald Trump and Duffy, has vowed to champion policies aimed at helping first-time homebuyers and reducing healthcare costs, protect individual freedoms and bring a new generation of conservative leadership to Washington. Alfonso has also pledged to introduce legislation strengthening Title IX protections by restricting transgender women and girls from using facilities designated for women. BERNIE SANDERS ADMITS DEMOCRATS FAILED WORKING-CLASS VOTERS ON ECONOMICS, DRIVING THEM TO DONALD TRUMP Duffy, who previously represented the district in Congress, publicly supported his son-in-law's campaign, highlighting his working-class background and construction experience. "I think it'd be great to have someone who knows how to put on a pair of jeans and a pair of boots and a hard hat and work his butt off 12 hours a day," Duffy said during an August appearance on NewsNation's "Morning in America." Alfonso, who was born in February 2000, works as an accountant for the Diocese of Superior and lives in Hayward, Wis., with his wife and their 5-month-old daughter. Before entering politics, Alfonso worked in the construction and concrete industry while attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He also spent time in Florida, where he worked as a producer for "The Dan Bongino Show." Trump endorsed Alfonso in May, describing him as a "MAGA warrior" and a "young 'STAR.'" LAURA INGRAHAM: RICHER, SAFER AND STRONGER: WHY THE TRUMP AGENDA DESERVES TO KEEP GOING Alfonso celebrated the president's endorsement as the "greatest honor" and pledged to support Trump's agenda in Congress. During an Election Day interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Alfonso pushed back against concerns about his age and lack of political experience, arguing that longtime politicians have failed to deliver results for Americans. "What has experience gotten us at the congressional level? Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, I mean, Joe Biden was a senator for a long time ... we tried that already," Alfonso told the outlet. "It's not working." During his primary race, Alfonso faced criticism from his Republican opponents about his family connections, as they raised questions about nepotism and his campaign donors. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec95443830286ffa39cff4 Nicolas Cage returns as arms dealer Yuri Orlov in 'Lords of War' sequel arriving in 2027 te 2026-11-05T14:40:04.684Z Nicolas Cage returns as arms dealer Yuri Orlov in 'Lords of War' sequel arriving in 2027 The first preview for the sequel to "Lord of War" has arrived. The film "Lord of War" premiered in September 2005, and starred Nicolas Cage as arms dealer Yuri Orlov and Jared Leto as Yuri's brother Vitaly. Yuri is widely believed to be a composite character based on several real arms dealers, including infamous criminal Viktor Bout. NICOLAS CAGE LEADS ALL-STAR CAST IN 'FORTITUDE,' A WWII FILM ABOUT THE D-DAY DECEPTION CAMPAIGN The 2005 original film shined dramatized and fictional light on the global arms trade, and is one of Cage's best films. Now, more than 20 years later, a sequel — "Lords of War" — is on the way with Cage reprising his role and Bill Skarsgård, Laura Harrier, Sylvia Hoeks and Greg Tarzan Davis rounding out the cast. The plot is described as, "Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage returns as the notorious arms dealer Yuri Orlov, who discovers that a ruthless mercenary (Bill Skarsgård) is bent on destroying his legacy, thrusting them into a blood-soaked and bullet-riddled battle to the death." Check out the preview below, and let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. As you'd expect, people had plenty to say after seeing the preview for a sequel that's dropping more than two decades later. One person in the comments on YouTube wrote, "I'm calling it: There's gonna be a scene that involves Yuri being traded to some totalitarian nation in exchange for the release of some all-star athlete." That comment is in response to Bout famously being traded from U.S. custody back to Russia in exchange for WNBA player Brittney Griner. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Another person added, "Just seeing Nic Cage back as Yuri brings a smile to my face. I’m definitely going to see this." A third commented, "Yuri is the role Cage was born for." There's no question he excelled as Yuri in the first film, and expectations will be very high for the second. "Lords of War" premieres on Jan. 22, 2027. Let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec92eb3830286ffa39cf7d How Colom Changed a Long Shot in Mississippi Into a Race Too Close to Call te 2026-11-05T14:30:03.271Z How Colom Changed a Long Shot in Mississippi Into a Race Too Close to Call Scott Colom, a Democrat, ran a viral ad and courted Republicans at a Trump rally before winning virtually the same number of votes as Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, a Republican. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec90953830286ffa39cf03 Jets bring in influencer Hannah C Palmer to cheer up struggling franchise, Shaq's finances & EMU smashes wall te 2026-11-05T14:20:05.034Z Jets bring in influencer Hannah C Palmer to cheer up struggling franchise, Shaq's finances & EMU smashes wall Welcome to Screencaps, "America's Best Daily Column," as named by the readers. Screencaps, which publishes seven-days-a-week, is a mix of sports, pop culture, and emails from sane readers from around the world. This column isn't for the coastal elites. Give us a week to steal your heart. Our track record is pretty good. Let's have some fun. What happens when the New York Jets bring in one of the world's most beautiful Instagram models, Hannah C. Palmer, to attend a game and get the boys charged up? Nothing. The Jets lost, again, Sunday, to the Raiders after Kirk Cousins torched them with three touchdown passes. Hannah had full access to MetLife to see the team get ready for its game. She was in the locker room trying to influence this team to play defense, play inspired ball. It was futile. "Out of all teams the jets come on," one fan wrote on Instagram, noting how useless it is to try to will the Jets to a victory. We're talking about a franchise that hasn't had a winning record since 2015. At 2-6, they're not going to be over .500 this year. That brings me to the next question: How does an influencer end up at a Jets game and how much does it cost to bring her in? Is she dating someone connected to the team? Most likely. There's no other explanation for any woman with over 1 million Instagram followers to be anywhere near the Jets. 📩 Email: joe.kinsey@outkick.com Send photos, stories, tips, rants—whatever you've got. 📰 Screencaps Page: 👉 Read the latest Screencaps Imagine my surprise last night after pulling up to Dick's for basketball shoes (yes, I know you'll never step foot inside a Dick's because they don't sell ammo; I've heard that line hundreds of times) and seeing at least 7-10 people camping out at Best Buy. The checkout kid at Dick's said it might be for Pokémon cards. That made sense. Weird, but I get it. NINTENDO OF AMERICA RELEASES TEASER TRAILER CONFIRMING LEGEND OF ZELDA: OCARINA OF TIME REMAKE IN 2026 Then, after getting home, I was told by Screencaps the III & Mrs. Screencaps that Nintendo is releasing a new "Legend of Zelda" game. After a little investigating, I learned that thousands of people are camping out around the country, and Toronto, to get the game like we're living in the late 1990s. This is actually refreshing. Instead of sitting at home on the couch and hitting a couple of buttons on the Amazon app, people are using their survival skills to obtain video games like the old days. By the way, what's up with basketball shoes these days, specifically the colors? Are high school boys wearing pink shoes? There are like five color options and 95% of the shoes are in colors that make them look like they were made for girls. CHEAPEST COSTCO PREPARED MEAL COSTS SHOCKINGLY LITTLE PER SERVING: 'CAN'T BEAT THE PRICE' • Nick asks: What is with your state electing a lush for Governor that locked it down during COVID, and a fossil for the Senate that was kicked to the curb 2 years ago? I'm not picking on Ohio, as other red states embarrassed themselves just the same, if not more, but I was just curious of your take. Kinsey: Vivek was just that bad of a candidate. Unlikeable. Zero relatable skills to the common man. I'm not even sure Vivek had a ground team in battleground areas like where I live. I saw very, very few Vivek signs. There was zero energy for him. Honestly, I think people are scared of his connection to Big Data and what it would mean for their energy prices. So many people were freaked out that they let a lush become governor. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! • William R. in Reisterstown, MD writes: Have you tried the chicken tenders? Kinsey: I've never seen a family chicken tender dinner in the deli area. William might be asking about the chicken tenders at the food court area. I've never had those either. • Mark from NorCal writes: Your comment about no gas mowers hit home. Right now my golf club is anticipating machine costs to rise 50-100% over the next 5 years because we will have to slowly convert to EV mowers. We just bought one of the last of a certain type of gas mower that won't be delivered for 6 months and can't be sold in CA starting soon. Eventually, we will be forced to go all EV because we won't be able to get parts to maintain current fleet as the mandate is fully enforced. What does this mean? Costs to play golf are going to continue to rise as this transition happens. Get out and play!! There's ZERO chance LeBron plays full integrity golf. NO CHANCE. Have you seen his swing? • Michael B. says: I checked out of college football when—1) football coaches started getting salaries up to 20 times more than their respective state governors; 2) constant instant replay interruptions--which only benefits gamblers when you boil it down--RUINED game flow; 3) conference realignments killed trad rivalries and game day experience; and 4) universities started spending more on athletics fundraising efforts than academic program fundraising. I am of the mind that universities and colleges DO NOT exist to field football teams. I hated what I was seeing, so I quit caring. However, when I stopped caring is when the boomlet started. In-person attendance soared, TV ratings shot up, so of course revenues shot up. This reinforced to the princes and princesses in charge of athletic departments that they were on to something. So, more, newer, expensiver facilities and perks for the very few ensued. I think resentment is growing among students and casual fans at how a couple hundred people at the school and other unknown entities are getting PAID while they are going into debt for a second-rate education in crappy classrooms. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE What exactly are fans getting out of the experience anymore? Rosters turn over season-to-season--fan loyalty is severely tested as a result. The regional nature of the game that made it unique (and GREAT) has been obliterated by further conference re-alignment and "national championship" playoffs have neutered regular season excitement (gotta love the Rutgers-UCLA matchup, eh?). Student tickets are pricey and every action by the people in charge proves they could not care less about the student and casual fan. To restate, the rich and greedy are getting richer and greedier and have shown over and over they do not care about us hoi polloi. Gamblers got their interminable instant replay which has done next to nothing to rein in controversy, so they're cool. As long as we keep tuning into the broadcast and making our parlays on our phones, they're all cool with low attendance. What we are seeing at stadiums now is a feature, not a bug. Kinsey: You're not going to get an argument out of me over the B1G going out and killing the Pac-12. That was a watershed moment. My brain wasn't ready for UCLA at Northwestern. It's even worse if you follow Olympic sports like Rutgers going to USC for a weekday volleyball game with league title implications. I have no idea if either school is good at volleyball. But, there's no going back now. We're stuck with this. Californians haven't captured the state - yet. On Tuesday, the voters selected their official state gun. "Excellent call by the citizens of Idaho!" Mike T. in Idaho reacted on Wednesday. STAY "FEARLESS" ON THE GO! TAKE TOMI LAHREN WITH YOU. DOWNLOAD THE TLIF PODCAST NOW! ######################### And that is it for Thursday Screencaps. For those counting, there are just THREE WEEKS until Thanksgiving. Guys, it's that time of year to get those decorations out for your wife. I'm not saying to put them up, but if you get a nice November day, it sure beats putting up this stuff on a 33 and windy day in early December. Let's go get after it. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec8e493830286ffa39cec0 Library hosts author fair te 2026-11-05T14:10:17.594Z Library hosts author fair Head to Burton Barr Central Library, 1221 N. Central Ave., Saturday, Nov. 7, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for the annual Local Author Fair. During the event, residents will discover the incredible writers who live and work in their town. Meet more than 100 local authors across fiction, nonfiction, poetry, memoir, children’s books and more. Attendees can meet authors, browse books across genres, get signed copies directly from the authors and connect with the people behind the stories Whether a lifelong reader, aspiring writer or those who just love a good story, the event invites residents to celebrate Phoenix’s local literary talent. Learn more at www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec8e423830286ffa39ce89 Republican AGs stand ready as 'last line of defense' against leftist policies after dismal midterms for party te 2026-11-05T14:10:10.047Z Republican AGs stand ready as 'last line of defense' against leftist policies after dismal midterms for party Republican attorney general candidates outperformed other midterm GOP hopefuls in several key races, according to a post-election analysis from the Republican Attorneys General Association, which urged colleagues to view their role as the "front line" against leftist policies following results that were likened to a "category-five political hurricane." "America needs Republican Attorneys General now more than ever," RAGA Executive Director Adam Piper wrote in a late-night memo to colleagues shared with Fox News Digital. "With an emboldened Democrat Congress, Republican AGs are both America’s front line and is the last line of defense when it comes to their left-wing wish list – such as court packing, the Green New Deal, Medicare for All, Second Amendment restrictions, and abolishing ICE." Piper, who has worked in Virginia and on the staff of South Carolina Gov.-elect Alan Wilson, noted midterm election results showed Republican attorneys general candidates holding up slightly better on ballots despite a difficult Tuesday night for the party. AMERICA SAW THE BLUE WAVE COMING — BUT DRASTICALLY UNDERESTIMATED THE EXTENT OF THE DEM TSUNAMI "Last night was the worst election night for the Republican Party in 50 years," Piper's memo began, acknowledging a difficult midterm "environment" that was ultimately made worse. "Last night, voters, regardless of party, preferred Democrat candidates by a mean of D +13.8 compared to D +7.9 in 2006 and D +8.4 in 2018. "Today, we are dealing with the aftermath of a category-five political hurricane. It will take years to fully rebuild." As Republicans are picking up the pieces and evaluate the map overcome with blue even through wide swaths of Texas' southern border, the party is looking to the slight holds in Florida and any other silver linings. Attorneys general might have something in the way of a pep talk for the party from Piper's memo. GOP AG candidates ran an average of 4.62 percentage points ahead of GOP Senate candidates in comparable states and 2.12 points ahead of Republican gubernatorial candidates, according to the returns as of the late Wednesday night memo. Republican AG candidates posted better margins than GOP Senate candidates in nine of 10 comparable states and outperformed Republican gubernatorial candidates in nine of 13 states, Piper wrote. STATE OF PLAY: BLUE WAVE SWEEPS DEMOCRATS INTO POWER, WITH KEY RACES STILL HANGING IN BALANCE Still, Piper made clear that "there are no moral victories." Republicans did lose five AG seats to Democrats in these midterms, compared to a projected net 51 loss in the House and a potential net loss of nine Senate seats. Iowa, Ohio and Colorado were among the widest outperformers. The Republican attorney general candidates in those states ran 9.3, 7.3 and 10.3 points ahead of their party’s gubernatorial candidates, respectively. In Colorado, the GOP attorney general candidate also outpaced the Republican Senate candidate by 7.7 points. FLORIDA'S DESANTIS DESCRIBES GOP MIDTERMS WIPEOUT AS 'CLOSE TO AN EXTINCTION-LEVEL EVENT' FOR REPUBLICANS In Florida, now the largest red state with the handing over of Texas to the Democratic Party, Republican Attorney General James Uthmeier won by 1.8 percentage points, outperforming Gov.-elect Byron Donalds, who won by 1.3 points. Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers won reelection by 12.6 points, compared with a 6.7-point win for Republican Senate candidate Pete Ricketts and an 8.4-point victory for Republican Gov. Jim Pillen. RAGA spent more than $40 million on these midterms, nearly twice its spending in 2022, and was on track to raise more than $50 million, according to Piper. "No amount of outperformance can make up for the historical Republican losses," his memo concluded. "RAGA will start to candidate recruit for 2027 and 2028 now and has set the expectation that we will continue to overperform, no matter the environment." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec8e403830286ffa39ce7f Best Sportsbook Promos for Thursday Night Football: Jaguars vs Ravens Bonuses te 2026-11-05T14:10:08.495Z Best Sportsbook Promos for Thursday Night Football: Jaguars vs Ravens Bonuses Thursday Night Football opens Week 9 with one of the biggest line moves of the season. 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Fanatics Sportsbook promo code FOXNEWS350 gives you $350 in FanCash for a $20 bet, win or lose. Nine and a half points is a lot to lay on the road on a short week, and Baltimore has won three of the last five meetings. Take the points. Hard Rock Bet gives new users $500 in No Sweat Bets with a $5 wager, with a token every day for 10 days. Baltimore wants to run the ball and keep Fagnano out of long passing downs, and Jacksonville has no reason to push the pace with a lead. That’s a recipe for the under. FanDuel: Ravens +9.5 and Under 42.5 Same Game Parlay FanDuel gives new users $200 in bonus bets for betting $5 a day for four days. Since the bonus comes either way, combine the two plays above. If Baltimore keeps this ugly, both legs hit together. Betr promo code FOXNEWS unlocks $200 in bonuses plus four free picks. If Jacksonville grabs an early lead, Lawrence will spend the second half handing off. Underdog promo code FOXNEWS gets you $50 in bonus entries when you play $10. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec8bf73830286ffa39cdfa Underdog Promo Code FOXNEWS: Play $10, Get $50 on Ravens vs Jaguars te 2026-11-05T14:00:23.239Z Underdog Promo Code FOXNEWS: Play $10, Get $50 on Ravens vs Jaguars Thursday Night Football was supposed to be a meeting of two AFC contenders. Instead, Baltimore is down to its third-string quarterback, and Jacksonville arrives as one of the hottest teams in football. Underdog is offering new users promo code FOXNEWS to play $10 and get $50 in bonus entries on Ravens vs. Jaguars. Baltimore’s season fell apart in one snap. Lamar Jackson jammed his right thumb on the first play of Sunday’s 36-10 loss in Buffalo, and he’s now on injured reserve and headed for surgery, with the remainder of his season in question. Tyler Huntley left the same game with a turf toe injury that’s reportedly season-ending, and Skylar Thompson is already on IR. That leaves undrafted rookie Joe Fagnano, who’s nursing an ankle injury of his own, in line to start on a short week. Fagnano didn’t look completely ready in relief on Sunday. He finished 10 of 21 for 91 yards with an interception and a lost fumble against the Bills. The Ravens have lost three straight, and they’re just 7-13 all-time in games Jackson misses. Jacksonville is the opposite story. The Jaguars are 5-2, lead the AFC South and own the best point differential in the NFL at +85. They’re coming off a 42-7 demolition of the Colts, and Trevor Lawrence has thrown 17 touchdowns against just four interceptions. The line tells the story: Baltimore opened as a field-goal favorite and is now nearly a double-digit home underdog. Odds are subject to change Joe Fagnano passing yards (lower): A rookie making his first real start on a short week, against a Jacksonville defense that’s rolling, is a tough spot. Baltimore will try to protect him with a conservative game plan, and his first extended look against Buffalo produced 91 yards. The lower is the cleanest pick on the board. Trevor Lawrence passing yards (higher): Lawrence is playing the best football of his career, and Baltimore’s secondary could be without cornerback Nate Wiggins, who’s questionable with a concussion, but was a full participant earlier in the week. If the Jaguars build an early lead, Lawrence may not need to throw late, but he should do plenty of damage before the game gets out of reach. Derrick Henry rushing attempts (higher): With a rookie under center, the Ravens’ best chance is to hand Henry the ball and shorten the game. Even if Baltimore falls behind, expect offensive coordinators to lean on the run to keep Fagnano out of obvious passing downs for as long as possible. The Jaguars have the better quarterback, the better defense and all the momentum. Baltimore has home field, a short week to prepare a rookie and a series history that’s been closer than this line suggests, with the Ravens winning three of the last five meetings. Building picks around the quarterback gap is the smartest way to attack this one. Play $10 on Ravens vs. Jaguars with Underdog promo code FOXNEWS and get $50 in bonus entries. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec8bf53830286ffa39cdf1 Fanatics Sportsbook Promo Code FOXNEWS350: Bet $20, Get $350 on Ravens vs Jaguars on TNF te 2026-11-05T14:00:21.623Z Fanatics Sportsbook Promo Code FOXNEWS350: Bet $20, Get $350 on Ravens vs Jaguars on TNF 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 promo code FOXNEWS350 to bet $20 and get $350 in FanCash on Ravens vs. Jaguars. Sunday in Buffalo was a disaster. Lamar Jackson jammed his right thumb on the Ravens’ first offensive snap and is now on injured reserve after surgery. Tyler Huntley went down later with a turf toe injury that’s reportedly season-ending, and Skylar Thompson was already on IR. Baltimore lost 36-10, its third straight defeat, and fell to 4-4. That leaves Joe Fagnano, an undrafted rookie with a sore ankle, as the likely starter. In relief against the Bills, he went 10 of 21 for 91 yards with an interception and a lost fumble. The Jaguars have become one of the AFC’s best teams. They’re 5-2, lead the AFC South and have the NFL’s best point differential at +85. Last week, they crushed the Colts 42-7. Trevor Lawrence has 17 touchdown passes and just four interceptions, and Jacksonville’s defense has been rolling. Against a rookie quarterback on a short week, it’s easy to see a blowout. This is where the contrarian case comes in. Nine and a half points is a lot to lay on the road in a short-week game, and Thursday nights tend to be sloppy for everyone. Baltimore is still at home, still has a physical defense and still has every reason to shorten the game with the run. The Ravens are going to try to keep the score in the teens and make Jacksonville earn every point. The number is interesting. The fact that it’s not closer to a three possession line could be telling.  History also isn’t as lopsided as the line. Jacksonville leads the all-time series 13-11, but Baltimore has won three of the last five meetings. Big moves like this one tend to attract one-sided public money, and that’s often where the value flips to the other side. Everyone knows the Ravens are in trouble at quarterback, and that’s exactly why this line has jumped more than 12 points. The Jaguars should win, but a slow, run-heavy game plan from Baltimore makes a double-digit margin harder to reach than it looks. 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During the third quarter of Wednesday's Kings-Lakers game, a fan sitting behind the basket got berated by LA star Luka Doncic for throwing the ball back to the ref ... too hard ... after it trickled out of bounds. WARRIORS ROOKIE'S REACTION TO LEARNING HE'D GUARD LAKERS SUPERSTAR LUKA DONČIĆ GOES VIRAL: 'WHAT THE F---?' That's right. "Too hard." Wait until you see this chest pass this fan launches at this female NBA ref. Better yet, wait till you see the absolute tantrum Luka throws after he sees it. Naturally, the fan was ejected. Take a look, and you be the judge: "He just tossed it really strong — the ball — toward the ref. I just asked him what the hell he's doing." Thoughts? First impressions? To me, this is insane. You wanna talk about an overreaction. My goodness. What are we doing here? When I saw this clip going viral on social media last night, I expected fireworks. I figured this fan picked up the ball, crow-hopped, launched the ball with all of his force, and the ref would've went flying through the air. I thought, at the very least, she would've fell to the ground because of how hard the pass was. That's how Luka reacted, so that's what I expected. And then I watched it. And then I watched it again, assuming I missed something. Nope. That was it. Just a simple chest pass to the ref. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! And it got this dude EJECTED from the game! Seriously. They threw him out of the arena for that. All because Doncic deemed the pass "really strong." Give me a break. I play catch with my toddler in the back yard more aggressively than that, and she can't catch a cold. "But Zach, he was defending the ref!" Defending her from what? The most textbook chest pass in the history of time? Grow up. What a time to be alive. 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Undrafted rookie Joe Fagnano out of UConn is in line to start after going 10 of 21 for 91 yards with an interception and a lost fumble in relief last week. Jacksonville rolls in at 5-2 with the league’s best point differential and a 42-7 win over the Colts fresh on the résumé. Trevor Lawrence has thrown 17 touchdowns against four interceptions. The Jaguars are favored by 9.5 on the road. Joe Fagnano completions (lower): Baltimore will scale the playbook way down for a rookie on a short week. Expect plenty of handoffs, a handful of quick throws and very few chances downfield. Last week he completed just 10 passes in extended action, and the Ravens won’t want him dropping back 35 times. Trevor Lawrence passing touchdowns (higher): Lawrence has been efficient and aggressive all season, and Baltimore’s secondary could be without cornerback Nate Wiggins, who’s questionable with a concussion, put did practice earlier in the week. With Fagnano likely to hand Jacksonville short fields, Lawrence should get chances in the red zone. Trevor Lawrence pass attempts (lower): Here’s the contrarian angle. If Jacksonville takes control early, the Jaguars have no reason to keep throwing. A big lead against a rookie quarterback means a heavy dose of the run game in the second half. Lawrence can throw multiple touchdowns and still finish well under his attempts line. Ravens rushing attempts (higher): Baltimore’s best chance is to shorten the game. Running the ball keeps Fagnano out of obvious passing downs, keeps Jacksonville’s offense on the sideline and gives the Ravens a shot to keep this within the number. Even if they fall behind, expect them to stay patient with the run longer than most teams would. Odds are subject to change A rookie quarterback, a hot Jaguars team and a game script that should be easy to predict. 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Lamar Jackson is on injured reserve after thumb surgery, Tyler Huntley’s season is reportedly over with turf toe, and Skylar Thompson is on IR. Undrafted rookie Joe Fagnano gets the start after going 10 of 21 for 91 yards with an interception and a lost fumble in Buffalo. The Ravens have lost three straight and are 7-13 all-time without Jackson. The Jaguars, meanwhile, are 5-2 with the NFL’s best point differential at +85. Trevor Lawrence has 17 touchdowns and four interceptions, and Jacksonville just beat the Colts 42-7. Baltimore opened as a three-point favorite. The line has moved more than 12 points since. What the Market Might Be Missing Big line moves create inflated prices, and that’s where a protected first bet becomes valuable. Thursday games are notoriously unpredictable on short rest, and the home team doesn’t have to travel. Baltimore can lean on its defense, run the ball and turn this into a low-possession grind where one turnover changes everything. Rookie quarterbacks also tend to surprise in their first starts when the opponent hasn’t seen any tape on them. Jacksonville has spent the week preparing for a quarterback with one rough relief appearance. Baltimore has won three of the last five meetings in this series, and a slow, sloppy game is the Ravens’ best friend. Go the other way on this one and look for a massive upset with Derrick Henry having a huge night.  The Pick: Ravens Moneyline (+385) This is exactly what First Bet Cover is built for. Bet $100 on Baltimore to win outright and you collect $485 if the Ravens pull it off. If Jacksonville wins, as most expect, BetMGM refunds your $100 in bonus bets. You’re getting nearly 4-to-1 on a home team in a short-week game, with a safety net if it doesn’t hit. That’s the contrarian swing worth taking. Jaguars vs Ravens Odds Odds are subject to change The public has piled onto Jacksonville, and that’s created one of the best plus-money spots of the week. 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Tyler Huntley suffered a turf toe injury that’s reportedly season-ending, and Skylar Thompson was already on IR. That puts Joe Fagnano, an undrafted rookie with an ankle injury, under center on a short week. In relief last Sunday, he completed 10 of 21 passes for 91 yards with an interception and a lost fumble. Baltimore has dropped three straight and sits at 4-4. Its offense managed just 10 points against the Bills. The Jaguars are 5-2 and lead the AFC South with the NFL’s best point differential at +85. They beat the Colts 42-7 last week, and Trevor Lawrence has 17 touchdowns against four interceptions. Jacksonville’s defense has been just as impressive, and it gets a rookie quarterback with almost no NFL experience. Everyone is focused on the spread, but the total might be the better bet. Baltimore’s game plan writes itself: run the ball, keep Fagnano out of long passing downs and drain the clock. That approach shortens the game no matter what the scoreboard says. Jacksonville doesn’t need to push the pace either. If the Jaguars build a lead, they’ll lean on the run and protect Lawrence in a short-week road game. A grinding, low-possession night with one offense struggling to move the ball is a recipe for the under. Combine that with the sloppiness that comes with Thursday football, and 42.5 looks like a high number for a game Baltimore is trying to keep ugly. Use your first No Sweat Bet token on the under, and if it doesn’t hit, you get the stake back as a bonus bet to use on Sunday’s slate. Odds are subject to change Thursday night is just the start of 10 days of No Sweat Bets. New users can bet $5 and get $500 in No Sweat Bets with Hard Rock Bet for Ravens-Jaguars on Thursday Night Football. 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"Years from now, when we look back at the career of Megan Bayne, this will be one of the matches that defines it." Bayne has made her presence felt from the time she returned to AEW in 2025. She was involved in last year’s Blood and Guts match, the first time a women’s match was featured. She and Kross also held the AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship for 168 days beginning in March. The duo dethroned Nightingale and Cameron at Revolution. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec8be93830286ffa39cdbb Underdog Promo Code FOXNEWS: Play $10, Get $50 on Jaguars vs Ravens on Thursday Night Football te 2026-11-05T14:00:09.593Z Underdog Promo Code FOXNEWS: Play $10, Get $50 on Jaguars vs Ravens on Thursday Night Football Week 9 opens with one of the strangest prime-time setups of the season. Baltimore, a preseason AFC contender, is starting an undrafted rookie at home, and Jacksonville is laying nearly 10 points on the road. For pick’em players, that kind of mismatch creates very specific angles. Underdog is offering new users promo code FOXNEWS to play $10 and get $50 in bonus entries on Thursday Night Football. The Ravens’ quarterback room has been wiped out. Lamar Jackson is on injured reserve after jamming his throwing thumb on the first snap in Buffalo, Tyler Huntley’s turf toe is reportedly season-ending, and Skylar Thompson is on IR. Joe Fagnano, an undrafted rookie with an ankle injury, gets the start on three days’ rest. Jacksonville couldn’t have drawn a better spot. The Jaguars are 5-2, lead the AFC South and have outscored opponents by 85 points, the best mark in the league. They destroyed Indianapolis 42-7 last week, and Trevor Lawrence has 17 touchdown passes to four interceptions. Odds are subject to change The obvious pick’em plays are to fade Fagnano’s passing and back Lawrence’s. Those are fine, but the lines will reflect them. Here’s where the value might be hiding. Trevor Lawrence passing yards (lower): This is the game-script play. If Jacksonville gets out to a big lead, the Jaguars have every reason to run the ball and protect their quarterback on a short week. Lawrence could throw two touchdowns in the first half and spend the fourth quarter handing off. His passing yards line will be set expecting a strong night, and a blowout could keep him under. Joe Fagnano rushing yards (higher): A rookie facing a fierce pass rush is going to scramble. When the pocket collapses and nobody is open, young quarterbacks tend to tuck it and run. Fagnano’s rushing line should be set low given his limited experience and sore ankle, which makes the higher worth a look. Joe Fagnano interceptions (higher): In his only extended action, Fagnano threw an interception and lost a fumble in about a half of football. Against a Jaguars defense that’s playing as well as anyone in the league, the odds of at least one more turnover through the air are strong. Baltimore is 7-13 all-time when Jackson misses a game, and it’s lost three straight. Still, the Ravens have won three of the last five meetings with Jacksonville, and Thursday night football has a way of producing strange results. Building picks around game script rather than just star power is the sharper way to attack this one. Play $10 on Jaguars vs. Ravens with Underdog promo code FOXNEWS and get $50 in bonus entries. 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"With an emboldened Democrat Congress, Republican AGs are both America’s front line and is the last line of defense when it comes to their left-wing wish list – such as court packing, the Green New Deal, Medicare for All, Second Amendment restrictions, and abolishing ICE." Piper, who has worked in Virginia and on the staff of South Carolina Gov.-elect Alan Wilson, noted midterm election results showed Republican attorneys general candidates holding up slightly better on ballots despite a difficult Tuesday night for the party. AMERICA SAW THE BLUE WAVE COMING — BUT DRASTICALLY UNDERESTIMATED THE EXTENT OF THE DEM TSUNAMI "Last night was the worst election night for the Republican Party in 50 years," Piper's memo began, acknowledging a difficult midterm "environment" that was ultimately made worse. "Last night, voters, regardless of party, preferred Democrat candidates by a mean of D +13.8 compared to D +7.9 in 2006 and D +8.4 in 2018. "Today, we are dealing with the aftermath of a category-five political hurricane. It will take years to fully rebuild." As Republicans are picking up the pieces and evaluate the map overcome with blue even through wide swaths of Texas' southern border, the party is looking to the slight holds in Florida and any other silver linings. Attorneys general might have something in the way of a pep talk for the party from Piper's memo. GOP AG candidates ran an average of 4.62 percentage points ahead of GOP Senate candidates in comparable states and 2.12 points ahead of Republican gubernatorial candidates, according to the returns as of the late Wednesday night memo. Republican AG candidates posted better margins than GOP Senate candidates in nine of 10 comparable states and outperformed Republican gubernatorial candidates in nine of 13 states, Piper wrote. STATE OF PLAY: BLUE WAVE SWEEPS DEMOCRATS INTO POWER, WITH KEY RACES STILL HANGING IN BALANCE Still, Piper made clear that "there are no moral victories." Republicans did lose five AG seats to Democrats in these midterms, compared to a projected net 51 loss in the House and a potential net loss of nine Senate seats. Iowa, Ohio and Colorado were among the widest outperformers. The Republican attorney general candidates in those states ran 9.3, 7.3 and 10.3 points ahead of their party’s gubernatorial candidates, respectively. In Colorado, the GOP attorney general candidate also outpaced the Republican Senate candidate by 7.7 points. FLORIDA'S DESANTIS DESCRIBES GOP MIDTERMS WIPEOUT AS 'CLOSE TO AN EXTINCTION-LEVEL EVENT' FOR REPUBLICANS In Florida, now the largest red state with the handing over of Texas to the Democratic Party, Republican Attorney General James Uthmeier won by 1.8 percentage points, outperforming Gov.-elect Byron Donalds, who won by 1.3 points. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec80353830286ffa39cb31 Ancient discovery from time of Jesus emerges near Jerusalem's Temple Mount te 2026-11-05T13:10:13.094Z Ancient discovery from time of Jesus emerges near Jerusalem's Temple Mount Archaeologists have uncovered a remarkably well-preserved 2,000-year-old ritual bathing complex near Jerusalem's Temple Mount that dates back to the time of Jesus. It was likely used by Jewish pilgrims visiting the ancient holy site, with an expert noting the discovery helps highlight the broader significance of baptism.  The excavation, announced earlier this fall, was carried out by archaeologists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The discovery was made in the Ophel, an archaeological area immediately south of Jerusalem's Temple Mount, near an ancient entrance known as the Triple Gate. JESUS' CRUCIFIXION ACCOUNT GETS FRESH LOOK AFTER ANCIENT RING TIED TO PILATE IS REINTERPRETED The complex was built in the early first century A.D. It features three large ritual baths, a plastered pool and a paved plaza, along with an extensive water system. Located near the Triple Gate, one of the main entrances to the Temple Mount, the complex likely served pilgrims who underwent ritual purification before visiting the Second Temple, researchers said. Officials described one of the baths as "exceptionally well-preserved," noting that it stands nearly 14 feet tall and retains its original vaulted stone ceiling and a shaft that once supplied it with water. "The preservation of a Second Temple-period structure from floor to ceiling is exceedingly rare in Jerusalem, particularly in such a central and historically significant location," the Hebrew University of Jerusalem said in a statement. HOLY LAND DISCOVERY REVEALS ANCIENT CHARRED RELICS FROM ONE OF JERUSALEM'S DARKEST CHAPTERS Excavation directors Prof. Uzi Leibner and Prof. Orit Peleg-Barkat described the monumental stone structure devoted entirely to ritual purification as "a truly unparalleled phenomenon." The archaeologists added, "The complex goes to the heart of our research into the archaeology of Second Temple-period pilgrimage: how the area immediately south of the Temple Mount was designed to accommodate the many pilgrims who came to Jerusalem to visit the Temple, and what activities and rituals took place near its gates." The complex also bears evidence of Jerusalem's destruction by Roman forces in 70 A.D. Archaeologists found dozens of coins dating to the First Jewish Revolt against Rome on the complex's floors and among the debris. ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNEARTH SECRET CHURCH TIED TO COUNCIL OF NICAEA, CHRISTIANITY'S DEFINING MOMENT Excavations also revealed an even older public purification facility beneath the complex, including another large ritual bath believed to date to the first century B.C. The earlier structure suggests the site had been used for ritual purification long before the Roman destruction of Jerusalem. While Jesus and his disciples could theoretically have visited the bathing complex, there is no evidence in the New Testament that they did, said Candida Moss, the Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology at the University of Birmingham. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Moss, who specializes in early Christianity, told Fox News Digital the discovery offers insight into the ancient Jewish purification practices that helped shape Christian baptism. Between the first century B.C. and the first century A.D., ritual bathing became increasingly popular among Jews in Judea and Galilee, as evidenced by the growing number of immersion facilities built during that period, Moss said. She pointed to the Qumran community, associated with the Dead Sea Scrolls, whose residents used ritual baths known as mikva'ot for daily bathing. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS Moss said the broader interest in ritual bathing also helps explain the popularity of John the Baptist and the adoption of baptism by Jesus' followers. "What it does show is that baptism, a ritual that many people think of as exclusively Christian, emerged out of broader ancient Jewish bathing and purification rituals," Moss said. "That, in turn, can help explain the popularity of John the Baptist and the use of baptism by Jesus' followers." 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Es difícil apartar la mirada de ese niño. “Se llama Ángel”, dice Tina mientras observa la pintura y habla con esa voz suya; sencilla y pausada.  Su hija Miranda lo pintó. “Capturó su sonrisa”, dice Tina. Se conocieron uno de los días en que la Patrulla Fronteriza liberaba a migrantes en la estación de autobuses Greyhound de Tucson. Entre ellos estaban Ángel y su familia. Esta historia fue publicada conjuntamente con CALÓ News, una sala de redacción sin fines de lucro y centrada en la comunidad que da voz a los latinos en Arizona y California, y contó con el apoyo de Reporting on Religion, un programa de 100 Days in Appalachia y el Rural Digital Resilience Project, con el apoyo de la Henry Luce Foundation. Era 2014, durante la administración de Obama, cuando cientos de personas centroamericanas sin estatus legal llegaban a la estación después de haber sido detenidas y procesadas por las autoridades migratorias. En la estación de autobuses, Tina y miembros de Shalom Mennonite Fellowship, así como personas de otras iglesias y organizaciones humanitarias, los esperaban. Allí recibían a las familias con comida, pañales, dinero y otros artículos que necesitaban para continuar su viaje y reunirse con familiares en otros estados. “Yo iba a la estación Greyhound todos los miércoles”, dice Tina, mientras lleva una camiseta con una frase que resume sus convicciones: ““All the Walls Must Fall” (Todos los muros deben caer). Su iglesia se había convertido en un refugio donde las familias podían buscar ayuda después de ser liberadas de la custodia migratoria. Más de una década después, algunas iglesias de Arizona siguen siendo un lugar seguro para los inmigrantes. Pero ante las operaciones cada vez más agresivas del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) durante la administración de Trump, el papel de las congregaciones religiosas se ha ampliado. Además de brindar servicios religiosos y recursos a familias como la de Ángel, se han convertido en espacios de confianza donde las familias buscan orientación legal, alojamiento, apoyo de salud mental y protección frente al miedo. Las redadas, detenciones y deportaciones han pasado a formar parte de la vida cotidiana de las familias inmigrantes. En Arizona, el número de personas arrestadas durante operativos en la comunidad, en calles de vecindarios o lugares de trabajo, ha experimentado un crecimiento explosivo. La pastora menonita retirada Tina Schlabach afuera de su casa, sosteniendo un cartel en apoyo a la DREAMer Karla Toledo. Credit: Beatriz Limón Estos arrestos eran poco comunes, en octubre de 2024 sólo se registraron 18. Después de la toma de posesión de Trump, esa cifra se disparó, alcanzando un máximo de 425 solo en agosto de 2025, según registros de ICE obtenidos por el Deportation Data Project y analizados por CALÓ News y Arizona Luminaria. Los arrestos fuera de custodia (non-custodial arrests) durante el año fiscal 2025 mostraron un aumento de casi siete veces en comparación con el año fiscal anterior, al pasar de 314 a 1,963. Tina ahora tiene 66 años. Es una pastora menonita jubilada, pero no ha dejado de luchar. Hoy dirige sus esfuerzos para ayudar a mujeres migrantes a través de Casa Cardo, un programa que proporciona alojamiento a madres que enfrentan traumas relacionados con la inmigración. La sonrisa de Ángel permanece en la pared de su comedor. Tina también permanece, como entonces, al lado de los inmigrantes que tienen miedo. “Así estaba sonriendo el día que lo encontramos”, dice Tina, al recordar a Ángel. “Era un niño muy dulce”. “Él es muy dulce”, aclara rápidamente. Ángel todavía vive en Tucson. Ahora es un adolescente que cursa la preparatoria. Es feliz y tiene una familia amorosa que participa activamente en su iglesia, dice Tina. La pastora menonita retirada Tina Schlabach en su casa en Tucson. Schlabach viste una camiseta que dice “All the Walls Must Fall”, una frase que refleja su trabajo de apoyo a inmigrantes. Miércoles 30 de septiembre 2026. Credit: Beatriz Limón Un refugio después de vivir con miedo La joven madre salió de Honduras con ocho meses de embarazo y su hijo de 2 años. Cuenta que cruzó el río entre Guatemala y México en una balsa improvisada hecha con llantas y una tabla. Después cruzó el Río Grande en Matamoros, Tamaulipas, sobre un colchón inflable. “La verdad es que tenía mucho miedo”, dice en español durante un día a mediados de septiembre. Arizona Luminaria y CALÓ News no publican el nombre de la madre porque teme por su seguridad. Llegó a Arizona en diciembre de 2023, después de viajar por Texas y Virginia, luego de que una amiga le hablara de una congregación menonita en Tucson que podía ayudarla. Shalom Mennonite Fellowship le ofreció un pequeño departamento donde podía vivir con sus hijos. Tina fue una de las personas que ayudó a la madre en su nueva ciudad. Ese apoyo le ofreció a la familia inmigrante un nuevo comienzo en Arizona. Shalom Mennonite Fellowship, una iglesia menonita en Tucson, Arizona. Shalom Mennonite Fellowship, a Mennonite church in Tucson, Arizona. Credit: Beatriz Limon Sin embargo, el miedo no se va. Actualmente, lo que más le preocupa —en un clima político en el que las operaciones de ICE están dirigidas en gran medida contra inmigrantes latinos, incluidos ciudadanos— es una posible deportación que la separaría de su hijo de 5 años y su hija de 3.  “Tengo miedo de no llegar a casa y no volver a ver a los niños”, dice mientras, de fondo, sus hijos ríen mientras juegan en una fiesta. Sus circunstancias la mantienen alerta. Lleva a su hijo a la escuela, lo recoge y busca trabajo con cautela. Para evitar viajar sola en autobús, un miembro blanco de la iglesia que es ciudadana estadounidense suele llevarla en automóvil. Las preocupaciones que limitan la capacidad de la madre para desplazarse libremente reflejan la realidad que enfrentan los migrantes en todo el país. El 41% dijo estar preocupado por que ellos mismos o un familiar fueran detenidos o deportados, un aumento respecto al 26% en 2023, según una encuesta de KFF/The New York Times de 2025 a 1,805 inmigrantes. Entre los inmigrantes encuestados en general, el 30% dijo que ellos o un familiar habían evitado salir de su hogar desde enero de 2025, cuando Trump asumió el cargo para un segundo mandato. Ese porcentaje aumenta al 74% entre los inmigrantes que probablemente se encuentran sin estatus migratorio regular. Para evitar llamar la atención, las personas dijeron que habían dejado de salir para atender necesidades esenciales, incluida la atención médica, así como que habían dejado de ir a trabajar, llevar a sus hijos a la escuela, asistir a eventos comunitarios o acudir a servicios religiosos. No poder salir de su casa tranquilamente, tener dificultades para obtener seguro médico estatal para su hija recién nacida y sufrir explotación laboral por parte de un empleador dejaron emocionalmente destrozada a la madre de Tucson. Dice que la ayuda de la iglesia cambió su vida. Recibir orientación legal para avanzar en su caso de asilo, solicitar beneficios para su hija y recibir las llaves de un pequeño departamento significó cumplir algo por lo que había rezado durante meses. “Una alegría increíble”, dice. “Días, noches rezando, pidiéndole a Dios”. Miembros de la Good Neighbor Interfaith Coalition y otros integrantes de la comunidad se reunieron el 9 de mayo de 2026 frente a la tienda El Super, ubicada en la esquina de South 6th Avenue y East Benson Highway, para recordar a vecinos de Tucson que han sido detenidos por agentes de ICE. Credit: Beatriz Limón La fuerza de las iglesias unidas Si la iglesia puede apoyar a algunos inmigrantes, también puede ser un lugar para enfrentar el miedo, dice el pastor Pedro Ramos-Goycolea. Desde su congregación, Shalom Mennonite Fellowship en Tucson, está convencido de que existe una manera más humana de hacerlo. La exposición pública de las detenciones y la ampliación de las operaciones migratorias han creado una “campaña de terror”, dice. Como respuesta, la iglesia tiene otro papel: “Contrarrestar ese terror con una narrativa de esperanza y resiliencia”. “A veces esa frase de ‘el pueblo unido’ suena trillada, pero cuando nos unimos entre culturas y dentro de la diversidad de las iglesias, se puede ver la fuerza”, dice el pastor. Él lo ha presenciado. A principios de este año, un abogado de inmigración de fuera de Arizona pidió a miembros del clero que se presentaran en el Tribunal de Inmigración de Tucson después de que el gobierno solicitara que se cerrara un caso y que una madre y sus tres hijos fueran enviados a un país con el que no tenían ningún vínculo. Se sentaron en silencio en la sala del tribunal, vestidos con atuendos religiosos. El tribunal, recuerda, decidió permitir que el caso continuara. “El juez le dio la oportunidad de apelar y así detener la deportación en ese momento”, dice el pastor. Shalom proporciona alojamiento, apoyo de salud mental, asistencia legal y voluntarios que visitan a personas detenidas en el Centro de Detención de Eloy, además de llevar agua al desierto, mientras la iglesia sirve como punto de encuentro para organizaciones que defienden los derechos de los migrantes. Una encuesta de Lifeway Research publicada por Christianity Today en 2024 encontró que el 75% de los pastores de iglesias protestantes hispanas habían ayudado a inmigrantes. Entre las principales formas de apoyo estaban proporcionar información, transporte y ayuda con asuntos legales y migratorios. En Tucson, iglesias de distintas denominaciones crearon, a través de un grupo local de defensa de los derechos de los migrantes, una red de apoyo conocida como la Good Neighbor Interfaith Coalition. Realizan vigilias frente a las oficinas de ICE y en vecindarios donde se han producido arrestos. Los pastores Pedro Ramos-Goycolea y Tina Schlabach estuvieron entre los líderes religiosos que asistieron a una audiencia en la Corte de Inmigración de Tucson a principios de este año, en apoyo de una madre inmigrante y sus tres hijos. Credit: Pedro Ramos-Goycolea La vida después de Eloy César Quispe Vega emigró de Perú a Arizona en 2023, huyendo de una crisis económica y política. Cuenta que cruzó la frontera con la ayuda de un coyote, se entregó a las autoridades fronterizas y solicitó asilo. Fue enviado al Centro de Detención de Eloy, donde permaneció casi dos años. Estar detenido le resultó demasiado familiar. A principios de la década de 1990, durante la dictadura de Alberto Fujimori, César fue arrestado en medio de la violencia política. Fue torturado bajo custodia y pasó cinco años en prisión. Pensó que aquel terror había quedado atrás. Pero en Arizona, “tuve que volver a pasar por la experiencia de estar preso sin haber cometido un delito”, dice en español César, de 61 años. Su caso de asilo llamó la atención del Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project, que le ofreció representación legal gratuita. Ganó su caso y recuperó su libertad. Una vez en Tucson, fue puesto en contacto con miembros de Southside Presbyterian Church, quienes le ofrecieron ayuda. Prepararon para él una pequeña habitación con cama, televisión, microondas y un pequeño refrigerador. “Era mil veces mejor que estar en una celda”, dice. Durante un mes, miembros de la congregación se turnaron para transportarlo, ayudarlo con sus documentos y acompañarlo a recibir asesoría legal. “Viví en experiencia propia lo que es el verdadero amor al prójimo de una comunidad cristiana”, dice. Después de años de persecución y encarcelamiento en Perú y Estados Unidos, esta experiencia de fe y comunidad cambió su manera de ver la vida. “Me hizo ver el mundo con más esperanza, porque sé que todavía hay gente buena que se preocupa por los demás, por las injusticias contra los inmigrantes”, dice con voz suave, haciendo pausas entre las palabras. César Quispe Vega durante un evento del Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project en 2025 para reconocer a los abogados pro bono y celebrar casos exitosos de inmigrantes. Quispe Vega fue uno de los beneficiarios de representación legal que logró obtener su libertad y ganar su caso de asilo. Credit: Cortesía César Quispe Vega Cuando el sistema deja un vacío El miedo a ser detenidos, deportados o separados está cambiando la dinámica familiar. Un 33% estimado de los votantes latinos encuestados en Arizona dijo tener miedo de denunciar delitos o interactuar con la policía, según una encuesta de UnidosUS de 2025 a 3,000 votantes registrados de Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia y Texas. Alrededor del 34% de los votantes latinos de Arizona dijo temer asistir a audiencias de asilo o citas de inmigración. Carla Parola, consejera profesional licenciada  especializada en salud mental relacionada con la inmigración, subraya que el aislamiento puede profundizar la ansiedad y la sensación de inestabilidad que muchos migrantes ya experimentan. Cuando además sienten que no pueden confiar en las instituciones, dice, aumenta la percepción de que “nada es seguro”. En ese contexto, las personas necesitan una comunidad que pueda convertirse en una “base segura” desde la cual recuperar la estabilidad y la resiliencia, agrega. Una iglesia puede ofrecer algo que muchas personas migrantes pierden al dejar su lugar de origen: una red de confianza, dice. Durante el primer mandato de Donald Trump, iglesias y albergues de Arizona recibieron a migrantes en 2019 liberados por las autoridades debido al colapso de los centros de detención. Familias migrantes orando tras llegar al albergue “Helping with All My Heart” de Phoenix, dirigido por pastores locales. Credit: Beatriz Limon “Pueden generar lazos fuertes, personas líderes en las que confiar”, dice Parola. Pero aclaró que cuando las personas buscan apoyo emocional, orientación o recursos en una iglesia, esto puede revelar las grietas de un sistema que no está respondiendo a las necesidades de una comunidad. El abogado de inmigración de Arizona Hugo Larios dice que el miedo que existe entre las familias inmigrantes también las hace más vulnerables a buscar ayuda en lugares que no siempre ofrecen asesoría profesional. Muchas personas no pueden pagar un abogado y terminan recurriendo a servicios gratuitos, incluidos los que ofrecen las iglesias. “Los orillan a pedir estas ayudas que muchas veces no es la mejor”, dice. Larios reconoce el valor de esos servicios, pero advierte que las iglesias no son despachos de abogados. Larios dice que está viendo fraudes cada vez más sofisticados, con estafadores que se hacen pasar por abogados, agentes de inmigración y agentes federales, e incluso contactan a familiares de personas detenidas para exigirles dinero a cambio de una supuesta liberación. “¿Cómo sé si tienen licencia?”, pregunta Larios.  “No se dejen llevar por las oficinas bonitas, las tarjetas de presentación laminadas o el fólder brillante”. Hablen con el abogado y, lo más importante, dice, pídanle su número de licencia, una identificación proporcionada por el estado que confirme que están legalmente autorizados para ejercer la abogacía. “Me siento en paz, me siento segura” Recientemente, un reporte falso de una redada en la fábrica donde trabaja Lorena Juárez, en Goodyear, provocó miedo entre los trabajadores. “Muchos se asustaron y salieron corriendo”, dice Lorena, originaria de Toluca, México. No es la primera vez que Lorena enfrenta el temor de una redada. Durante la primera administración de Trump, su vecindario de casas rodantes en Avondale, Arizona, fue golpeado por operativos de ICE. De pronto, los vecinos desaparecían — algunos detenidos; otros simplemente ya no estaban. Lorena lleva años viviendo bajo presión y estrés emocional. La madre de cuatro hijos y abuela de cuatro nietos dice que hay algo que permanece cuando todo lo demás parece incierto, su fe en Dios y la protección que encuentra en la oración. “Me siento bien asistiendo a misa, escuchando la palabra de Dios. Siento que tengo paz, que tengo una puerta abierta”, dijo con tranquila seguridad. La inmigrante Lorena Juárez venera a la Virgen de Guadalupe en su casa en Avondale, Arizona en 2021. Credit: Beatriz Limon Su esposo, Ignacio, trabaja en una bodega donde se fabrican casas móviles. Como tantos padres inmigrantes ambos tienen que salir todos los días a trabajar con miedo de lo que pueda suceder. “A nosotros nos da pánico que nos vayan a deportar y lo que pueda suceder con nuestros hijos”, dice. Cada domingo, Lorena acude a la iglesia Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission en Phoenix. Allí, en un pequeño edificio protegido por una cruz, encuentra algo que cada vez es más difícil de encontrar fuera de ese lugar: “Me siento en paz. Me siento segura”. “Saben que los amamos” A unos 400 kilómetros de Tucson, hacia el extremo occidental de la frontera de Arizona con México, se encuentra Yuma. Ambas ciudades forman parte de una extensa región fronteriza, pero sus realidades y comunidades son diferentes. En Gila Mountain United Methodist Church, el pastor Edgar Vergara Millán acompaña a una comunidad que vive de primera mano las consecuencias de las políticas migratorias. “La mayoría de la población es hispana y mexicoamericana, y nuestros ministerios sirven a esa comunidad”, dice Vergara. Es principios de octubre y está sentado en el amplio salón de convivencia de la iglesia, con las manos entrelazadas mientras habla de una comunidad que, como él, comparte la experiencia de ser latino. A su alrededor, la gente se reúne para tomar café, comer fruta y pan dulce. Cuando se suspendieron los beneficios de SNAP/Nutrition Assistance, buscaron responder a la crisis. “Así nació el ministerio de justicia alimentaria”, dice. Sandra Torchia, líder laica, muestra los productos de la alacena comunitaria en Gila Mountain United Methodist Church, en Yuma, Arizona. Credit: Beatriz Limón Cada mes, dice Vergara, la despensa comunitaria de alimentos de la iglesia proporciona una caja de comida a unas 50 familias; más del 90% son latinas e inmigrantes. Sandra Torchia, una líder laica de sonrisa serena, siempre está dispuesta a ayudar. Recorre la despensa y señala los productos que llenan sus estantes: frijoles, arroz, alimentos enlatados, leche de larga duración, mantequilla de cacahuate y más. “Es tan desolador”, dice con un dejo de tristeza. “¿Dónde está nuestro país ahora en cuanto al amor por otras personas? Jesús nos enseña a amar a todos, y especialmente al extranjero”. A sus 82 años, con la energía de alguien que todavía tiene mucho por hacer, Torchia continúa ayudando a los migrantes.  “Saben que los amamos y que pueden encontrar refugio aquí”. Para apoyar a la comunidad inmigrante, la iglesia metodista cuenta con un Fondo de Solidaridad para Inmigrantes, como parte de la Desert Southwest Conference, para responder a las necesidades de las comunidades inmigrantes. Vergara preside el recién establecido Comité de Asilo, Refugio e Inmigración. “El propósito es brindar apoyo a personas y familias que están sufriendo por la atmósfera político y social, la persecución sistémica y la aterrorización de las comunidades inmigrantes con fines políticos”, dice. El pastor conoce la realidad de la frontera. Nació en San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, ciudad hermana de San Luis, Arizona. Creció a ambos lados de la línea que separa a Estados Unidos y México, y estudió en Yuma. Se convirtió en psicólogo y dejó la región fronteriza para obtener una maestría en Divinidad en Carolina del Norte. Su camino lo llevó de regreso a Yuma, donde ahora es pastor principal en la ciudad que lo vio crecer. El pastor Edgar Vergara Millán bendice el pan y el vino durante el servicio religioso del 18 de octubre en Gila Mountain United Methodist Church, en Yuma, Arizona. “Vale la pena esforzarse por crear comunidad, unir a la gente y generar conciencia de que, como seres humanos, tenemos mucho más en común que aquello que nos divide”, dice sobre la fe, el servicio y la convivencia. Después del servicio religioso, tras bendecir el pan y el vino, el pastor de 46 años, levantó las manos en oración y le habló a Dios.  “Por favor, muéstranos tu gloria”. The post Más allá de la fe: cómo las iglesias se han vuelto refugio para inmigrantes en Arizona appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec802c3830286ffa39cae7 Beyond faith: How churches have become a refuge for migrants in Arizona te 2026-11-05T13:10:04.515Z Beyond faith: How churches have become a refuge for migrants in Arizona On the wall of Pastor Tina Schlabach’s home, a watercolor painting catches the eye. The portrait shows a smiling boy with large black eyes, dark hair and cinnamon-toned skin. It is difficult to look away from this child. “His name is Ángel,” Tina says, staring at the painting and speaking in her straightforward, measured voice. Her daughter Miranda painted it.  “She captured his smile,” Tina says. They met on one of the days Border Patrol was releasing migrants at the Tucson Greyhound bus station. Among them was Ángel and his family. It was 2014, during the Obama administration, when hundreds of Central American people without legal status were arriving at the station after being detained and processed by immigration authorities. This story was co-published in partnership with CALÓ News, a nonprofit, community-centered newsroom uplifting Latinos in Arizona and California, and supported by Reporting on Religion, a program of 100 Days in Appalachia and the Rural Digital Resilience Project with support from the Henry Luce Foundation. At the bus station, Tina and members of Shalom Mennonite Fellowship, and people from other churches and humanitarian organizations were waiting for them. There, they welcomed families with food, diapers, money and other items they needed to continue their journey to reunite with relatives in other states. “I went to the Greyhound station every Wednesday,” Tina says, wearing a shirt with a phrase that sums up her convictions: “All the Walls Must Fall.” Her church had become a refuge, where families could seek help after being released from immigration custody. More than a decade later, some Arizona churches remain a safe place for immigrants. But in the face of the Trump administration’s increasingly aggressive Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations, the role for faith congregations has expanded. In addition to providing religious services and resources for families like Ángel’s , they have become trusted spaces where families seek legal guidance, shelter, mental health support and protection from fear. Raids, detentions and deportations have now entered the daily lives of immigrant families. In Arizona, the number of people arrested in street-level operations in neighborhoods or workplaces, known as non-custodial arrests, has seen explosive growth. Retired Mennonite pastor Tina Schlabach stands outside her home holding a sign in support of Karla Toledo. September 2026. Credit: Beatriz Limón Those types of arrests were uncommon, with just 18 recorded in October 2024. Following Trump’s inauguration, that number spiked, reaching a peak of 425 in August 2025 alone, according to ICE records obtained by the Deportation Data Project and analyzed by CALÓ News and Arizona Luminaria. Non-custodial arrests for fiscal year 2025, showed a nearly seven-fold increase compared with the previous fiscal year — rising from 314 to 1,963. Tina is now 66 years old. She is a retired Mennonite pastor, but she has not stopped fighting. Today, she leads efforts to help migrant women through Casa Cardo, a program that provides housing to mothers experiencing immigration-related trauma. Ángel’s smile remains on the wall of her dining room. Tina also remains, as she did then, by the side of immigrants who are afraid. “That’s how he was smiling the day we found him,” Tina says, remembering Ángel. “He was a very sweet boy.” “He is very sweet,” she quickly clarifies. Ángel is still living in Tucson. He’s now a teenager in high school. He is happy, has a loving family and is devoted to his faith, Tina says. Ángel is still living in Tucson. He’s now a teenager in high school. He is happy and has a loving family that is very involved in their church, Tina says. Retired Mennonite pastor Tina Schlabach at her home in Tucson. Schlabach wears a T-shirt that reads “All the Walls Must Fall,” a phrase that reflects her work supporting immigrants. September 2026. Credit: Beatriz Limón A found refuge after living in fear The young mother left Honduras eight months pregnant and with her 2-year-old son. She says she crossed the river between Guatemala and México on an improvised raft made of tires and a board. Then she crossed the Rio Grande in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, on an inflatable mattress.  “The truth is, I was very afraid,” she says in Spanish on a recent September day. Arizona Luminaria and CALÓ News are not publishing the mother’s name because she fears for her safety. She arrived in Arizona in December 2023, traveling through Texas and Virginia, after a friend had told her about a Mennonite congregation in Tucson that could help. Shalom Mennonite Fellowship offered her a small apartment, where she could live with her children. Tina was among those who supported the mother in her new hometown. That support offered the immigrant family a new start in Arizona. Shalom Mennonite Fellowship, a Mennonite church in Tucson, Arizona. September 2026. Credit: Beatriz Limon The fear remains, however. Now, what worries her most — in a political climate with ICE operations largely targeting Latino immigrants, including citizens — is a possible deportation that would separate her from her 5-year-old son and 3-year-old daughter. “I’m afraid I won’t make it and won’t see the children again,” she says, while in the background, her kids are laughing as they play at a party. Her circumstances keep her alert. She takes her son to school, picks him up and looks for work cautiously. To avoid traveling alone by bus, a White church member who is a U.S. citizen often drives her.  The concerns that limit the mother’s ability to travel freely mirror the reality migrants face across the country. Forty-one percent said they were worried about themselves or a family member being detained or deported, spiking from 26% in 2023, according to a 2025 KFF/New York Times survey of 1,805 immigrants.   For immigrants surveyed overall, 30% said they or a family member have avoided traveling outside of their home since January 2025 — when Trump took office for his second term. That rate rises to 74% for likely undocumented immigrants. To avoid drawing attention, people reported not traveling for critical needs that include medical care, as well as not going to work, taking their children to school or going to community events or attending church services. Not being able to leave her home peacefully, struggling to obtain state health insurance for her newborn daughter and experiencing labor exploitation by an employer left the Tucson mother emotionally broken. She says the church’s help changed her life. Having legal guidance to navigate her asylum case, apply for benefits for her daughter and receive the keys to a small apartment meant fulfilling something she had prayed months for. “An incredible joy,” she says. “Days, nights praying, asking God.” Members of the Good Neighbor Interfaith Coalition and other community members gathered on Saturday, May 9, 2026 outside the El Super store located at the corner of South 6th Avenue and East Benson Highway to remember Tucson neighbors who have been detained by ICE agents. Credit: Beatriz Limón Strength in church unity If the church can support some immigrants, it can also be a place to confront fear, says Pastor Pedro Ramos-Goycolea. From his home parish, Shalom Mennonite Fellowship in Tucson, he is convinced that there is a kinder way. The public exposure of detentions and expanded immigration operations have created a “campaign of terror,” he says. In response, the church has another role: “To counter that terror with a narrative of hope and resilience.” “Sometimes that phrase ‘the people united’ sounds trite, but when we come together across cultures and within the diversity of churches, you can see the strength,” the pastor says. He has witnessed it. Earlier this year, a immigration attorney from outside Arizona asked members of the clergy to appear in Tucson Immigration Court after the government requested that a case be closed and that a mother and her three children be sent to a country they had no ties to. They sat quietly in the courtroom, dressed in religious attire. The court, he says, decided to let the case continue. “The judge gave her the opportunity to appeal and thus stop the deportation at that moment,” he says. Shalom provides shelter, mental health support, legal assistance, volunteers to visit detainees at Eloy Detention Center and brings water to the desert — all while the church serves as a meeting point for organizations advocating for migrant rights. A Lifeway Research survey published by Christianity Today in 2024 found that 75% of pastors of Hispanic Protestant churches had helped immigrants. Among the main forms of support were providing information, transportation  help with legal and immigration matters. In Tucson, churches of different denominations, through a local migrant rights group, created a support network known as the Good Neighbor Interfaith Coalition. They hold vigils outside ICE offices and in neighborhoods where arrests have taken place. Pastors Pedro Ramos-Goycolea and Tina Schlabach were among the clergy members who attended a 2026 hearing at Tucson immigration court in support of an immigrant mother and her three children. Credit: Pedro Ramos-Goycolea Life after Eloy César Quispe Vega emigrated from Peru to Arizona in 2023, fleeing an economic and political crisis. He says he crossed the border with the help of a coyote, turned himself in to border authorities and requested asylum. He was sent to the Eloy Detention Center for nearly two years. Being detained felt all too familiar. In the early 1990s, during the dictatorship of Alberto Fujimori, César was arrested amid political violence. He was tortured in custody, and spent five years in prison. He thought that terror was behind him. But in Arizona, he “had to go through the experience of being imprisoned again without having committed a crime,” says César, 61, speaking in Spanish His asylum case caught the attention of the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project, which offered him free legal representation. He won his case and regained his freedom. Once in Tucson, he was connected with members of Southside Presbyterian Church, who offered him assistance. They prepared a small room for him with a bed, television, microwave and mini refrigerator. “It was a thousand times better than being in a cell,” he says. For a month, members of the congregation took turns providing him with transportation, helping him with his documents and accompanying him to receive legal advice. “I experienced firsthand the ‘love thy neighbor’ principle of the Christian community,” he says. After years of persecution and imprisonment in Peru and the U.S., this experience of faith and fellowship changed the way he saw life. “It made me see the world with more hope, because I know there are still good people who care about others, about injustices against immigrants,” he says, in a gentle voice, pausing between words. César Quispe Vega during a 2025 event hosted by the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project to recognize pro bono attorneys and celebrate successful outcomes for immigrants. Quispe Vega was one of the beneficiaries of legal representation that helped him secure his release and win his asylum case. Credit: Cortesía César Quispe Vega When the system leaves a void Fear of being detained, deported or separated is changing family dynamics. An estimated 33% of Latino voters surveyed in Arizona said they were afraid to report crimes or interact with police, according to a 2025 UnidosUS poll of 3,000 registered voters Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia and Texas.  About 34% of Arizona Latino voters said they feared attending asylum hearings or immigration appointments. Carla Parola, a licensed professional counselor specializing in immigration-related mental health, stresses that isolation can deepen the anxiety and sense of instability many migrants already experience. When they also feel they cannot trust institutions, she says, the perception that “nothing is safe” increases. In that context, people need a community that can become a “secure base” from which to regain stability and resilience, she adds. A church can offer something many migrants lose when they leave their place of origin: a network of care, she says. During Donald Trump’s first administration, Arizona churches and shelters received migrants in 2019 released by authorities as detention centers became overwhelmed. Migrant families praying after arriving at the Phoenix “Helping with All My Heart” shelter run by local pastors. Credit: Beatriz Limon “They can build strong ties, people in leadership whom they can trust,” Parola says. But she clarified that when people seek emotional support, guidance or resources at a church, it can reveal the cracks in a system that is not responding to a community’s needs. Arizona-based immigration attorney Hugo Larios says the fear that exists among immigrant families also makes them more vulnerable to seeking help in places that do not always offer professional advice. Many people cannot afford to hire an attorney and end up turning to free services, including those offered by churches. “They are pushed to seek this kind of help, which many times is not the best,” he says. He recognizes the value of those services but warns that churches are not law offices. Larios says he’s seeing fraud  become more sophisticated, with scammers posing as attorneys, immigration agents and federal agents, and even contacting relatives of detained people to demand money in exchange for a supposed release. “How do I know if they’re licensed?” Larios asks. “Don’t be taken in by fancy offices, laminated business cards or shiny folders. Talk to the attorney and, most importantly, ask for their license number, an ID provided by the state that confirms they are legally certified to practice law.” “I feel at peace, I feel safe” Recently, a false report of a raid at the factory where Lorena Juárez works in Goodyear, spread fear among workers. “Many got scared and ran out,” says Lorena, originally from Toluca, México. It is not the first time she has faced the fear of raids. During Trump’s first administration, she says, her mobile-home neighborhood in Avondale was among the Arizona communities targeted in  ICE operations. Suddenly, neighbors disappeared — some detained; others simply no longer there, she remembers. Lorena has spent years living under pressure and emotional stress. The mother of four and grandmother of four says there is something that remains when everything else seems uncertain — her faith in God and the protection she finds in prayer. “I feel good attending Mass, listening to the word of God. I feel that I have peace, that I have an open door,” she says with quiet confidence.  Immigrant Lorena Juárez in 2021 venerates the Virgin of Guadalupe at her home in Avondale, Arizona. Credit: Beatriz Limon Her husband, Ignacio, works in a warehouse that manufactures mobile homes. Now, like so many immigrant parents, they both go to work every day, afraid of what might happen. “We are terrified that they will deport us and what might happen to our children,” she says. Every Sunday, Lorena goes to Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission in Phoenix. There, in a small building shielded by a cross, she finds something increasingly difficult to secure outside: “I feel at peace. I feel safe.” “They know we love them” About 250 miles from Tucson, toward the western end of Arizona’s border with Mexico, lies Yuma. Both cities are part of an extensive border region, but their realities and communities are different. At Gila Mountain United Methodist Church, Pastor Edgar Vergara Millán accompanies a community that experiences the consequences of immigration policies firsthand. “Most of the population is Hispanic and Mexican American, and our ministries serve that community,” Vergara says. It’s early October and he’s seated in the church’s spacious fellowship hall, his hands clasped as he speaks of a community that, like him, shares the experience of being Latino. Around him, people gather over coffee, fruit and sweet pastries. When SNAP/Nutrition Assist benefits were paused, they sought to respond to the crisis. “That is how the food justice ministry was born,” he says. Sandra Torchia, a lay leader, displays food items from the community food pantry at Gila Mountain United Methodist Church in Yuma, Arizona. October 2026. Credit: Beatriz Limón Each month, Vergara says the church’s Community Food Pantry provides a box of food to about 50 families — more than 90% are Latino and immigrant. Sandra Torchia — a lay leader with a steady smile — is always willing to help. She walks through the pantry and points out products that fill its shelves: beans, rice, canned goods, shelf-stable milk, peanut butter and more. “It is so bleak,” she says with a touch of sadness. “Where is our country now when it comes to love for other people? Jesus teaches us to love everyone and especially strangers.” At 82, with the energy of someone who still has much to do, Torchia continues helping migrants. “They know that we love them and that they can find refuge here.” To support the immigrant community, the Methodist church has an Immigrant Solidarity Fund, part of the Desert Southwest Conference, to respond to immigrant communities’ needs. Vergara chairs the newly-established Asylum, Refuge and Immigration Committee. “The purpose is to provide support to individuals and families who are suffering because of the political-social atmosphere, systemic persecution and the terrorizing of immigrant communities for political purposes,” he says. The pastor knows the border’s reality. He was born in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, sister city to San Luis, Arizona. He grew up on both sides of the line that separates the U.S. and México, and studied in Yuma. He became a psychologist and left the borderlands to earn a master’s degree of Divinity in North Carolina.  His path led him back to Yuma, where he now serves as senior pastor in the city where he grew up. Pastor Edgar Vergara Millán blesses the bread and wine during the Oct. 18 2026 service at Gila Mountain United Methodist Church in Yuma, Arizona. Credit: Beatriz Limón “It is worth making the effort to build community, bring people together and raise awareness that, as human beings, we have much more in common than what divides us,” he says of faith, service and fellowship. After the religious service, after blessing the bread and wine, the 46-year-old pastor raises his hands in prayer and speaks to God. “Please, show us your glory.” The post Beyond faith: How churches have become a refuge for migrants in Arizona appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec7dda3830286ffa39ca86 University of Michigan students rally behind Abdul El-Sayed after his Senate win over Mike Rogers te 2026-11-05T13:00:10.060Z University of Michigan students rally behind Abdul El-Sayed after his Senate win over Mike Rogers ANN ARBOR, Mich.— University of Michigan students galvanized around Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed following his defeat of Republican challenger Mike Rogers in Michigan's high-stakes U.S. Senate race. "Everyone's excited," said Affaan Shaik, a freshman studying pre-med at the University of Michigan. "Everyone I've spoken to, everyone I've seen — like last night we were all watching the election," Shaik added. "And everyone’s just rooting for Abdul, and that’s the vibe right now." 30% OF COLLEGE STUDENTS SAY VIOLENCE ACCEPTABLE WAY TO STOP SPEAKERS ON CAMPUSES, SURVEY FINDS The Ann Arbor campus recently made headlines after a video went viral showing a conservative Jewish activist being tackled to the ground during an open campus discussion. Lizzy Benichou was hosting a free-speech event on campus when a heated argument over Islam and Iranian women's rights turned physical. Video captured a female student shoving Benichou to the ground and kicking her before campus police intervened and took the student into custody. The confrontation underscored the contentious political and cultural climate surrounding higher education during the campaign cycle. However, El-Sayed’s victory demonstrated his ability to overcome Republican attempts to cast him as the poster child for far-left Democratic policies. ABDUL EL-SAYED DELIVERS MAJOR BLOW TO GOP IN MICHIGAN AFTER BRUISING SENATE RACE In his victory speech in Detroit early Wednesday morning, El-Sayed targeted the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), which spent roughly $42 million running a campaign against him during his hard-fought August Democratic primary victory over U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens. Celebrating his triumph, El-Sayed invoked the Arabic phrase "Alhamdulillah," which translates to "Praise be to God." Students told Fox News Digital that young voters were looking for tangible change over empty promises. EL-SAYED MOCKS TRUMP, VANCE AND ROGERS IN GLOATING VICTORY SPEECH SIGNALING COMBATIVE TONE IN SENATE "They're feeling happy because what they wanted is coming," one student named Hernandez said. "I just really hope that we actually see something, and it's not just nothing happens from this." The progressive Senator-elect also took a sharp jab at his defeated opponent during his victory speech. "Enjoy your retirement," El-Sayed said of Rogers, the former Republican congressman. "You chose hate, and Michigan chose hope. May we never have to see the likes of you in this state again." Isabelle, a junior studying movement science, echoed El-Sayed’s sentiment, describing Rogers’ platform as hostile. "I feel like [El-Sayed] ran a very good election, and the opponent's policies tended to be a lot more full of hate and less inclusion for everyone here," she said. "The University of Michigan is a very inclusive university where that's really important, so I think that especially resonated with a lot of the students here." A staff member for the university noted that many students had felt anxious about their prospects for entering the workforce amid broader economic headwinds. TOP UNION BOSS DROPS 2028 WARNING ON DEMOCRATS AMID BLUE WAVE CELEBRATION: 'WAKE-UP CALL' "I think students are kind of scared of the future. They're here to plan their lives and enter into the real world," said Stephanie Brooks, a staff member for the School for Environment and Sustainability. "I think a lot of them were really nervous in this current environment about what their future was going to look like. I think Abdul provided a lot of hope, security, and trust in that way." AMERICA SAW THE BLUE WAVE COMING — BUT DRASTICALLY UNDERESTIMATED THE EXTENT OF THE DEM TSUNAMI Another student, Kabir, told Fox News Digital that cost-of-living issues played a major role in student turnout. "I think…what we see around the country in terms of rising prices and all that stuff, I think a progressive who promises things to our people that we want is going to be successful," Kabir said. OBAMA PREPARES TO RALLY WITH MICHIGAN DEM WHO ONCE DELIVERED SCATHING VERDICT ON HIS PRESIDENCY Students also pointed to El-Sayed’s local ties as a major factor in driving campus engagement. El-Sayed earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan in 2007. "I love Abdul El-Sayed," Shaik said. "Being a Michigan alumnus feels really nice. He was around campus the other day and I got a chance to meet him. It feels good to be around someone who feels very close and connected with." "He really motivated a lot of young people, and the fact that he was a U-M grad helped a lot," Brooks added. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec7dd83830286ffa39ca7d Why are people attacking food delivery robots? te 2026-11-05T13:00:08.563Z Why are people attacking food delivery robots? There's something pretty strange happening on American sidewalks. People are picking fights with food delivery robots. Yes, those little four-wheeled machines that roll around carrying somebody's meal are getting kicked and knocked over. Some people are even filming themselves doing it. Now, I can understand being curious about a robot delivering your dinner. After all, watching a small machine navigate city streets with a bag of burgers inside is pretty impressive. But apparently, some people have had enough of these rolling delivery machines. And when you look at what's happening, you start to see just how frustrated some Americans have become with artificial intelligence showing up in their neighborhoods. Missed CyberGuy LIVE? Watch the replay and discover 5 ways to travel smarter and save money. Our free CyberGuy LIVE class, 5 Ways to Travel Smarter and Save Money, has ended, but you can still watch the full replay. Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson walks you through five practical ways to protect your phone and personal information, avoid common travel scams, find better deals, save money on bookings and use technology to make your travels easier and less stressful. No technical experience is needed. Watch the free replay + downloadable checklist now at CyberGuyLive.com. DOORDASH GETS FAA APPROVAL FOR ITS OWN DELIVERY DRONES In Philadelphia, an Uber Eats delivery robot found itself on the receiving end of two kicks in late March 2026. The second kick reportedly knocked it over near a parking garage. The people involved eventually put it back on its wheels, but the encounter became another example of people taking out their frustrations on delivery technology. And Philadelphia is hardly alone. Similar attacks have surfaced in Los Angeles and other cities. Videos circulating online show robots being tipped over or deliberately kicked. Some encounters have attracted enormous attention, turning attacks on delivery robots into viral entertainment. Think about that for a second. These machines generally move at walking speed. Some even have friendly-looking digital eyes that make them look like little cartoon characters. Yet somehow, they've become targets for people who seem determined to teach them a lesson. Here's what I find particularly strange. A robot can't argue with someone who attacks it. It certainly can't defend itself the way a person might. So what is it about these little machines that makes some people so angry? I suspect some of this anger has very little to do with the robots themselves. For many people, artificial intelligence represents a pretty unsettling change, especially when it comes to their jobs. We've already seen AI take on tasks that people once handled. Now we're watching robots roll down sidewalks doing work that someone used to get paid for. And unlike software running quietly in the background, these machines are right there in front of us. Consider someone who earns money delivering meals for Uber Eats. Every order completed by a robot could potentially mean one less opportunity for a human delivery worker. Companies say automation can make deliveries more efficient. But what happens to the people who rely on that income as these fleets get bigger? That concern recently led to a confrontation in Philadelphia. On Oct. 14, police arrested 78-year-old retired University of Pennsylvania professor Carolyn Marvin after she deliberately blocked an Uber Eats delivery robot. Marvin said she was protesting companies replacing human delivery workers with machines. We covered her arrest, and one detail really caught my attention. Pennsylvania law requires delivery robots to yield to pedestrians in pedestrian areas. Marvin's arrest followed her refusal to comply with police instructions, and her case raises questions about how people can legally protest these machines. I can understand why someone would be frustrated watching technology potentially replace jobs. That doesn't give anyone a free pass to damage property, of course. Still, companies should recognize that they're introducing these machines into neighborhoods where people may already feel anxious about automation. MAJORITY OF YOUNG ADULTS SAY THEY ARE 'MORE CONCERNED THAN EXCITED' ABOUT AI: PEW RESEARCH Of course, not every complaint about delivery robots comes from someone worried about losing a job. Sometimes the robots themselves cause a headache. Remember the robot traffic jam in Chicago? In September 2026, video showed at least a dozen Coco delivery robots clustered together on a sidewalk near Lincoln Park. Instead of delivering food, they appeared to be stuck trying to get around one another. Coco told CyberGuy that a deployment error caused several robots to reroute at the same time. The company said it fixed the problem within minutes and added safeguards to prevent it from happening again. Now, I have to admit, watching a bunch of robots get tangled up in their own traffic jam is pretty funny. But consider someone using a wheelchair who needs to get through that sidewalk. Suddenly, the situation becomes a lot more serious. And there have been other problems. In May 2026, a delivery robot reportedly entered a crosswalk against a traffic signal and was struck by a truck. Even more surprising, the damaged robot kept moving afterward. I give these companies credit for developing machines that can navigate busy streets. But if a robot can't reliably handle a crosswalk or stay out of someone's way, it's reasonable to question whether it's ready for crowded city sidewalks. Here's another part of this story that I find fascinating. For most of us, artificial intelligence lives inside a computer or smartphone. You might use it to answer a question or help write an email. But there's usually nothing physical standing in front of you. A delivery robot changes that. Suddenly, AI is rolling past your apartment building. It's waiting at the same crosswalk you use every morning. And if you're already frustrated about artificial intelligence taking over more parts of daily life, that little machine becomes an easy target. Social media can make things worse. Someone records an outrageous encounter with a robot, posts it online and suddenly thousands of people are watching. That attention may encourage others to do something similar. But here's an important reality check. These viral videos can make it seem like robots are getting attacked everywhere. The available numbers suggest otherwise. In April 2026, Serve Robotics CEO Ali Kashani told Semafor that mistreatment occurred on fewer than 1% of approximately 100,000 trips. That's the company's experience, so it doesn't tell us what's happening across the entire industry. Still, it's worth keeping in perspective. Most of these little machines appear to be making their deliveries without anybody trying to knock them over. Whatever people think about these robots, the companies behind them are moving ahead. Serve Robotics reported that it had deployed 2,000 robots by the end of 2025. The company works with delivery platforms including Uber Eats and DoorDash. Other companies, including Coco and Avride, are also pursuing expansion. If you haven't encountered one yet, here's how they generally work. The robots use cameras and sensors to navigate sidewalks while avoiding obstacles. Customers track their delivery through an app and unlock the robot's compartment when their food arrives. We've previously explained how Uber Eats delivery robots work, and I can certainly see the appeal. A small robot handling a short delivery could mean one less car making a trip through a crowded neighborhood. And if your lunch arrives quickly, you're probably not going to complain about who, or what, brought it. Of course, there's a big difference between getting a robot to deliver lunch and making money doing it. Serve reported approximately $2.7 million in revenue for 2025 while recording substantial losses. That tells you companies are spending a lot to get these robots on the streets, with no guarantee they'll turn a profit anytime soon. The potential savings are certainly appealing. Robots can handle short deliveries without paying a human courier for each trip. However, the machines still need maintenance, and people have to step in when something goes wrong. So while the technology looks promising, the big question is whether delivering food by robot will eventually pay off. As more delivery robots roll into neighborhoods, city officials are starting to ask some tough questions. Where should these machines be allowed to operate, and who gets to decide? In September 2026, Glendale, California, approved a one-year pilot program allowing up to two delivery robot operators. The city also adopted an ordinance requiring companies to have operating agreements before deploying these machines on public streets and sidewalks. Los Angeles is taking a closer look, too. In November 2025, the City Council approved a motion calling for a review of existing delivery robot regulations. Officials want to better understand how these machines affect pedestrian access and whether current rules do enough to protect people using sidewalks. Then there's the privacy question. Most delivery robots use cameras to see where they're going. But what happens to the information they collect as they travel through neighborhoods? And how much of that information do companies keep? Those are questions I'd want answered. On the positive side, some companies are finding ways to use this technology to help pedestrians. Coco Robotics partnered with BlindSquare, an accessibility app, to share information about sidewalk obstacles. The goal is to help people with visual impairments navigate their surroundings more safely. I like that idea. If these robots can help people get around more safely, that's a real benefit. But before companies start talking about making sidewalks better for everyone, they need to make sure their own robots aren't getting in the way. As more delivery robots appear in cities, there's a good chance you'll eventually encounter one. Most of the time, you'll probably just walk past it and continue on your way. But what if one stops right in front of you or blocks a sidewalk? My advice is to give it a little space and avoid trying to move it yourself. If the robot creates a genuine accessibility or safety problem, look for the company's name on the machine. You can usually report the issue directly to the operator. Some cities also let people report sidewalk obstructions through their local 311 services. If you can safely take a photo, document where the robot is and when the problem happened. That information may help the company identify the machine and investigate. And please, resist the temptation to give it a kick. Deliberately damaging someone else's property can lead to criminal charges, even when that property happens to have wheels and digital eyes. Reporting the problem is a much better way to get someone's attention. I have to give these delivery robots some credit. It's pretty impressive that a little machine can make its way through a busy city and show up with your dinner. I can absolutely see the appeal, especially if it means faster deliveries and fewer cars on crowded streets. But I also get why some people aren't thrilled about sharing their sidewalks with robots. Nobody wants to see jobs disappear, and I certainly wouldn't be happy if a robot blocked my way while I was walking down the street. These are legitimate concerns that companies need to take seriously. What bothers me is that we're seeing more of these robots before we've really figured out how they should operate around people. Who's responsible when one causes an accident? What happens when it blocks a wheelchair ramp? I think companies should have clear answers before sending thousands more onto our sidewalks. And while I understand the frustration with AI taking over more jobs, kicking a robot that's trying to deliver somebody's pizza seems like a pretty ridiculous way to protest. I'm all for technology that makes life easier. But the people living in these neighborhoods should have a say in how it's used. After all, they're the ones who have to share the sidewalk. Are Americans taking their anger toward AI too far by attacking food delivery robots? Let us know by writing to us at CyberGuy.com. Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy Newsletter Copyright 2026 CyberGuy.com. All rights reserved. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec7dd53830286ffa39ca74 John Cena finds next invitee to his namesake WWE showcase at NXT te 2026-11-05T13:00:05.967Z John Cena finds next invitee to his namesake WWE showcase at NXT The John Cena Classic field grew on Wednesday night as the WWE legend announced the second member who will be involved in next month’s pro wrestling showcase. John Cena made a rare appearance on WWE’s developmental brand to reveal who the next superstar in the event will be. Zilla Fatu. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE "This building, to me, means potential. And potential, to me, is opportunity – and it is opportunity season," Cena said before he revealed it was Fatu. Fatu is a third-generation pro wrestler who made his debut at NXT earlier this year. He’s the son of the late Umaga and the great nephew of Afa and Sika – known in wrestling as The Wild Samoans. Cena acknowledged his connection to some of the top Samoan wrestling legacy given his own wars with some of the greats in the Anoa’i family tree. "I’m here tonight for you. Tonight is very important for me. I kinda feel like an honorary Samoan sometimes," Cena said. "My legacy dates back to run-ins with Rikishi, standing toe-to-toe with The Rock. Facing Roman Reigns. Throwing a few back with the twins, I love my Uces. And being first in line to give Solo (Sikoa) an opportunity. Also, I absolutely loved your dad. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! "For real, your family has done so much for me. It is an honor, tonight, to give to you an opportunity to debut in the John Cena Classic." Fatu was a bit emotional as Cena spoke about his family. "Thank you John, thank you," he said. "You got me really, really emotional right now. I just want to say I appreciate you. I appreciate the relationship you had with my family. I appreciate the relationship you had with each and everybody in my family but I’m more blessed that you are giving me this opportunity." He had a message for everyone tuning into "Monday Night Raw" on Dec. 14. "I’m coming for everything." Fatu and Cody Rhodes are the first two entrants in the John Cena Classic, which will take place at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Disney World. Cena unveiled the John Cena Classic Championship belt on Monday. WWE fans who sign up with Club WWE will be able to vote on the winner of the event regardless of the match result. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec7b7b3830286ffa39c9cf Cristiano Ronaldo retires from international soccer after legendary 23-year career with Portugal te 2026-11-05T12:50:03.829Z Cristiano Ronaldo retires from international soccer after legendary 23-year career with Portugal And just like that, two of the greatest soccer players to ever touch a pitch have called it quits on the international stage. One month after Lionel Messi played for Argentina for the last time in his career, Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo announced on Thursday that he is retiring from international play. Ronaldo made his debut with Portugal in August 2003 at just 18 years old. CRISTIANO RONALDO SHUTS DOWN REPORTER'S LIONEL MESSI QUESTION IN AWKWARD MOMENT AFTER TWO-GOAL WIN While Ronaldo will hang it up as Portugal's greatest player of all time, the final moments of his international career weren't necessarily the smoothest. After starting in a 1-0 win over Wales in the Nations League on September 24, which has suddenly become his last match ever for Portugal, Ronaldo was left on the bench for the following match against Norway. Portugal manager Jorge Jesus made it clear that he had no plans to start Ronaldo in the next match against Denmark, which led him to leave the training camp. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE In a statement released by the Portuguese soccer federation, the plan is to hold a tribute for Ronaldo "in which the fans and the country can one more time applaud and celebrate a player who has given us so much." Ronaldo released a five-minute-long video across social media in which he sat down and read a prepared statement announcing his retirement from Portugal. "To the people of Portugal. To every Portuguese person around the world, wherever you are in the world, there is one last thing I want to tell you," Ronaldo's statement read in part. "There is an image I will carry with me forever. The moment our national anthem begins. I look around. I see my teammates. I see the stands. I see the children, the mothers, the fathers and the grandparents. I see Portuguese people who have travelled so far just to be there. And for a few minutes, all our differences disappear. "There are no clubs, there are no colours, there are no classes, there are no professions, there are no opinions. There is only one passion: Portugal." THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Ronaldo will continue to play for his club, Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia, until the season's end. The 41-year-old will step away as one of the most decorated players ever, as no player on the men's side of international soccer has made more appearances (234) or scored as many goals (146) for their country as Ronaldo. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec79253830286ffa39c958 We need to abolish the College Football Playoff selection committee after yet another embarrassment te 2026-11-05T12:40:05.371Z We need to abolish the College Football Playoff selection committee after yet another embarrassment It's time to shut the whole thing down and start over. That's the only lesson to take away from the first installment of the College Football Playoff selection committee poll and what a debacle it, and the entire process, has proven to be. As with most seasons, the Associated Press Top 25 Poll has been a disaster, with no consistent ranking philosophy, certain conferences enjoying an unearned boost among voters based on Nick Saban's coaching in the 2010s and an overreliance on preseason polls that mean nothing and are hopelessly inaccurate. But this week's College Football Playoff poll is so bad it made the Associated Press look competent. Or at least somewhere near competence. There's just one problem: This poll is what actually matters. And it's worse! CFP RANKINGS: NOTRE DAME FACES SUDDEN DEATH, SEC FEELING GOOD, AND BIG TEN CLOSE TO HITTING THE PANIC BUTTON That's just the start of the issues. The other is using school athletic directors, who are subject to their own biases, to be the public face of the committee. Then do televised interviews trying to explain their "thinking" and the resulting rankings, while repeatedly contradicting themselves, giving half-hearted illogical comparisons and talking about ludicrous, made-up "pods." But we'll get back to that. By now, many around the sport are familiar with the most egregious mistakes in this week's poll.  The Alabama Crimson Tide have no case to be No. 5 in anything, let alone the College Football Playoff poll. UCLA is No. 8 despite being the only undefeated team in the Big Ten or SEC. Why on earth is Kentucky No. 6? Ohio State is No. 12, while the team they just lost to is No. 20. Indiana is No. 4 for some reason, and Texas has been given a complete free pass after two horrific losses, including to an awful, legitimately terrible, Oklahoma team. But it's worse than that. Seemingly what happened here is that the committee members sat down for a few hours, talked about their vacation homes and golf memberships, then threw some team names in a hat, tossed it in the air and ranked based on which piece of carpet they landed on. Although even that might have been preferable to this abomination. What should have happened? Well, opinions vary, but a preferable outcome would be a transparent process with clearly communicated metrics and measurements. Instead, we have some vague references to a "strength of conference" number. Which has never actually been defined for anyone. Instead, what we got is Hunter Yurachek rambling nonsense about Alabama's quality wins and quality losses. "Yes, they had that loss to Tennessee. But Tennessee doesn't have that same level of quality wins. Yes, they beat Alabama, but you have to go deeper," he said while "explaining" the difference in ranking between the Tide and Volunteers. Those quality wins? An unranked Mississippi State team, a South Carolina team with three losses and a wildly overrated Kentucky team. Therein lies the problem. The committee gives credit for "quality wins" based on their rankings. South Carolina is good, they say, because we ranked them. Kentucky is a top quality win, they say, because we ranked them No. 6. That's circuitous "logic" and it undermines the entire credibility of the process. The committee seems to be saying Mississippi State would be good if not for injuries. But no other conference is afforded that same deference, assumption or apparent dismissal of the Bulldogs’ epic defensive collapse. SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY OUTKICK NEWSLETTER Just look at how Mississippi State has played of late: This is what the committee gives Alabama credit for. Does Kamario Taylor play defense too? Would he have stopped his team from allowing over 35 points per game? Or are they just making things up as they go? Then there's the committee's treatment of Ole Miss and Ohio State. Ole Miss gets credit for their wins over No. 14 LSU and No. 18 Missouri, but little punishment for losing to Texas and the laughably ranked three-loss Gators. Yet Ohio State has a win over No. 4 Indiana and No. 19 Iowa, and their two losses are to the same No. 7 Texas team and No. 20 USC. How does that justify one team at No. 10 and the other at No. 12? Well Yurachek had some brilliance to share there too. According to his explanation, the Buckeyes didn't look like the same team after Julian Sayin's injury, and they gave up "explosive plays" to the Trojans in their 30-18 loss. There's just one problem, the Rebels have been worse at giving up explosive plays than Ohio State. As one post on X noted, OSU "allowed two 40+ yard plays in that game, its first two such plays allowed this season." Ole Miss has allowed 10 plays of 40+ yards this year. Their explosive play rate is also marginally higher than the Buckeyes' this year. If that sounds like they're just making it up as they go, it's because they are. But we also have some data to demonstrate how absurd, and absurdly slanted and biased these rankings are. Bill Connelly, creator of the SP+ analytics-driven ranking system, put together a chart using a blend of metrics prior to this week's poll. He created a mix of an 80% resume blend, meaning strength of record and resume SP+, and 20% team quality, meaning predictive, forward-looking rankings. For some context, here's how those rankings, again, a more objective set, shook out: THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! If at first glance it seems like one conference keeps consistently over-performing its computer metrics, that's because there is one conference being consistently overrated by the selection committee: the SEC. Alabama is too high. Kentucky is nine spots too high, the single biggest miss of any team. Texas is two spots too high. So is Ole Miss. Tennessee is three spots too high. Missouri is four spots too high. South Carolina is six spots too high. On average, the human voters overrated SEC teams by nearly three spots per team. That's a massive difference. And it's part and parcel of how these human systems always go. The SEC campaigns, lobbies and makes demands based on its claim of being the toughest conference. Hapless voters believe it without evidence, and suddenly every win and loss becomes "quality" because the conference has 10 ranked teams, many of which are wildly overrated. Credit to Greg Sankey, the propaganda worked. And it's going to fundamentally change the college football season. Even Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti is fed up with it, and his team was ranked No. 4, saying on Wednesday, "These people — and there's a whole bunch of them — they march out of the tent, they're given instructions on what to say and follow the company line. I don't need to go any further." A commonly floated theory about the rankings is that the committee set them up this way so it could repeat last year’s mistakes without punishing teams for losing games. Alabama, you may remember, played a meaningless SEC Championship Game in December 2025. It could only help the Crimson Tide, not hurt them, because SEC. With so many overrated teams in that conference, the results apparently don’t matter much. But elsewhere? Hoo boy. Notre Dame better not lose to Miami because the Fighting Irish are out if they do, even though Miami is the No. 1 team in the country. Losing only counts when a team doesn’t have the benefit of overrated SEC wins to carry it. That's the ultimate issue here. Rewarding strength of schedule is one thing. But at some point, results have to matter. If a team scheduled Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Ole Miss, Texas, Miami, Ohio State and Indiana, then lost every game, should they be in the top 10? What if they win two of those eight games, go undefeated against four easy teams, and finish 6-6. Is that a playoff team? In the SEC, the answer is trending rapidly towards yes. Which is why the whole system needs to be scrapped and rethought out. This isn't working. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec79243830286ffa39c94f Multiple flights in Europe diverted because of bomb threats te 2026-11-05T12:40:04.117Z Multiple flights in Europe diverted because of bomb threats Multiple planes across Europe were diverted and forced to make emergency landings Thursday because of bomb threats that have turned out to be unfounded. At least 11 planes, originating from cities including Copenhagen, Dublin, Helsinki, Madrid, Milan and Warsaw, have been affected. The source of the threats was not immediately clear. These incidents came after several flights in Europe received similar warnings on Tuesday that the U.K. government described as "malicious hoax threats." "Upon receiving a threat regarding the placement of an improvised explosive device on board 4 aircraft heading to Prague, we are preparing with colleagues from Prague Airport for their landing. We assess the relevance of the threats as low," Czech Police wrote on X, before adding that inspections of the planes yielded "negative results." The threats come at a time where European officials have been blaming Russia and Iran for "hybrid attacks" and acts of sabotage, which both Moscow and Tehran deny, Reuters reported. RUSSIA'S SHADOW WAR IS PUTTING EUROPE ON EDGE AS GERMANY CONFRONTS A GROWING THREAT Earlier, a flight from Dublin to Rome was diverted to a military air base in western France because of a bomb threat, according to French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu’s office. That flight landed safely at the base in Evreux in Normandy, with all 151 passengers and six crew members disembarking, the office said. A LOT Polish Airlines flight from Warsaw to Brussels landed at its destination, where inspections found no hazardous or suspicious items, the airline said. A Wizz Air flight from Milan to Bucharest landed safely in Bucharest following a bomb threat, according to airport spokesperson Teo Postelnicu. FRENCH SUPERMARKETS FACE MILLIONS IN LOSSES AFTER CYBERATTACK HITS REFRIGERATORS NATIONWIDE Finnair said that Flight 1761 from Helsinki to Rome was targeted by a bomb threat, but nothing was found after it landed in the Italian capital. Three Ryanair flights bound for Sofia, Bulgaria, had to make emergency landings because of bomb threats on board. Two of the flights — one from Copenhagen, Denmark, and the other from Madrid — landed safely at Sofia’s Vasil Levski Airport, airport officials told reporters. The third Sofia-bound flight, from London’s Stansted Airport to Sofia, had been diverted and landed safely at the airport in Plovdiv, Bulgaria’s second-largest city, Plovdiv Airport CEO Krassimir Peshev said. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec74743830286ffa39c857 Ted Cruz delivers scathing assessment after far-left Dems sweep midterms and more top headlines te 2026-11-05T12:20:04.403Z Ted Cruz delivers scathing assessment after far-left Dems sweep midterms and more top headlines 1. Ted Cruz delivers scathing assessment after Dems sweep midterms  2. Republicans look for answers after devastating midterm losses 3. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec72203830286ffa39c7d0 EXCLUSIVE: Inside Trump's cartel crackdown as White House official details president's private briefings te 2026-11-05T12:10:08.313Z EXCLUSIVE: Inside Trump's cartel crackdown as White House official details president's private briefings EXCLUSIVE: President Donald Trump is regularly shown photographs of narcotics seized by federal agents as his administration presses ahead with a sweeping crackdown on cartels and transnational criminal organizations, a White House official told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview. But amid briefings about sprawling criminal networks and massive drug seizures, the president's attention can sometimes turn to something else: a single American harmed by crime. The official described how Trump sometimes shifts from discussions about major cartel operations to individual victims, pressing officials about what more the federal government can do to protect everyday Americans. "I could be talking about very grand cartel stuff, which he's very interested in," the official said, explaining that the president may instead focus on one person harmed by criminal activity. WHITE HOUSE HIGHLIGHTS 'STEEPEST' EVER DECLINE IN US CASUALTIES FROM CARTELS AMID BOAT STRIKES The official said Trump receives regular updates that include photographs of confiscated narcotics and information about federal enforcement operations. Those briefings, the official said, often prompt the president to ask what additional steps can be taken to stop drugs from reaching American communities. The conversations offer a glimpse into the president's involvement in a campaign that has brought together more than 20 federal agencies under the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) initiative. According to figures provided by the White House, the task forces made nearly 12,000 arrests during fiscal year 2026, seized approximately 161 metric tons of drugs, $482 million in criminal assets and nearly 13,000 weapons. ICE ARRESTS MORE THAN 100 ALLEGED GANG MEMBERS IN SINGLE WEEK, INCLUDING VIOLENT MS-13, TDA SUSPECTS: DHS The administration also reported 676 criminal organizations disrupted in figures provided to Fox News Digital. The task forces have 6,585 active investigations, including more than 1,000 targeting major drug kingpins and 814 targeting designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations. The task force operates nationwide, bringing together federal law enforcement agencies with hundreds of state, local and international partners. Its public website, HSTF.gov, outlines the initiative's mission, participating agencies and enforcement efforts targeting cartels, transnational gangs and other criminal organizations. Behind those numbers, the official described an effort to break down longstanding divisions among federal law enforcement agencies that previously pursued overlapping investigations with varying degrees of cooperation. DOJ TOUTS HUNDREDS OF GUN, DRUG ARRESTS AS ST LOUIS SURGE OPERATION ENDS: 'VIOLENCE IS NOT INEVITABLE' The official said more than 1,800 cartel-related narcotics task forces previously operated across the country, with varying degrees of coordination. Agencies including the FBI, DEA and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) could pursue overlapping targets, occasionally competing to bring indictments first. Interagency disagreements sometimes left investigations stalled for years, the official said. Under the new approach, the National Coordination Center brings together the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security, with support from military and intelligence partners, to resolve conflicts and coordinate investigations across jurisdictions. DRUG CARTEL KINGPIN AMONG TARGETS IN SWEEPING TRUMP CRACKDOWN ON ALLEGED MEXICAN CORRUPTION NETWORK "Now we're all indicting together," the official said. Rather than focusing exclusively on high-value targets, investigators are pursuing the transportation networks, distributors, collectors and money launderers that keep criminal enterprises operating. The official explained that taking down a cartel leader does not necessarily dismantle the organization because others can quickly assume leadership. "There's five more people ready to step up as soon as we take out one," the official said. A sweeping federal investigation into the Trinitarios gang in Massachusetts illustrates the kind of coordinated law enforcement effort the administration is pursuing. In June, federal prosecutors announced racketeering conspiracy charges against 26 alleged gang leaders, members and associates in connection with five murders and 19 attempted murders. The announcement brought the total number of Trinitarios members charged in related investigations over two years to 56. Prosecutors alleged the gang's involvement in 11 murders and 30 attempted murders since 2017. Court documents describe chapters operating in the Boston area whose members allegedly engaged in drug trafficking, kidnappings and witness intimidation. Investigators also alleged the gang recruited minors attending local schools, sometimes using younger members to conceal weapons or serve as lookouts. The investigation involved HSI, the FBI, DEA, ATF and state and local law enforcement partners. The investigation began before the HSTF initiative, and the charges remain allegations against defendants who have not been convicted. The task force's reach also extends to drug trafficking operations moving narcotics across state lines. In Louisiana, federal prosecutors announced five cases involving more than a dozen defendants and hundreds of kilograms of narcotics. Near Breaux Bridge, investigators discovered approximately 147 kilograms of methamphetamine concealed inside modified ice cream freezers. In another case near Lafayette, authorities found approximately 100 kilograms of cocaine hidden inside an 18-wheeler's cab. The White House official also pointed to Tren de Aragua, the Venezuelan criminal organization that drew national attention during the 2024 presidential campaign, as an example of the administration's broader strategy. Fox News Digital extensively covered allegations of Tren de Aragua activity at apartment complexes in Aurora, Colorado, including accounts from local officials and residents who described violence and intimidation. Trump subsequently made Aurora a recurring focus of his criticism of the Biden administration's border policies. The official recalled Fox News Digital's reporting on the controversy and argued that the administration's coordinated enforcement campaign has weakened the gang's ability to operate openly in the United States. "I'm not saying they're completely gone here, but they are so on their heels because we have this concerted effort taken," the official said. "You don't see them bragging in the social media anymore," the official added. In May, the Justice Department announced charges against more than 25 defendants in a nationwide Tren de Aragua crackdown spanning six federal judicial districts. Authorities reported seizing more than 80 firearms, approximately 18 kilograms of narcotics and more than $100,000. The official described the crackdown as an example of the administration's effort to pursue criminal organizations at multiple levels, rather than concentrating solely on their leaders. The administration is seeking to apply that same approach to more deeply established criminal networks, including the notorious Sinaloa Cartel. The official said the task force's ultimate objective is not simply accumulating arrests or celebrating drug seizures, but reducing the ability of criminal organizations to threaten Americans. For Trump, the official said, even major seizures can serve as reminders of the work still ahead. The president may take pride in enforcement results, but the official described his attention as quickly turning to how much more needs to be done to stop narcotics from reaching American communities. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec721f3830286ffa39c7c7 White House official details what gets Trump’s attention in intelligence briefings te 2026-11-05T12:10:07.259Z White House official details what gets Trump’s attention in intelligence briefings EXCLUSIVE: President Donald Trump may be briefed on sprawling cartel networks and massive drug seizures, but sometimes it's the story of a single American crime victim that captures his attention, a White House official told Fox News Digital. The official described how Trump can shift from discussions about major criminal organizations to an individual harmed by crime, pressing officials about what more the federal government can do to protect everyday Americans. "I could be talking about very grand cartel stuff, which he's very interested in," the official said, explaining that the president may instead focus on one person hurt by criminal activity. WHITE HOUSE HIGHLIGHTS 'STEEPEST' EVER DECLINE IN US CASUALTIES FROM CARTELS AMID BOAT STRIKES The official said Trump receives regular briefings that include photographs of narcotics seized by federal agents. While the president takes pride in successful enforcement operations, the official described his reaction as quickly turning to the amount of work still ahead. The president's response to the photographs, according to the official, is to ask what more can be done to stop the flow of drugs into American communities. Trump also pressed for federal agencies to work together as the administration seeks to dismantle entire criminal organizations rather than simply arrest their leaders as agencies have done in the past. That approach is at the center of a campaign that has brought together more than 20 federal agencies under the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) initiative. According to figures provided by the White House, the task forces made nearly 12,000 arrests during fiscal year 2026, seized approximately 161 metric tons of drugs, $482 million in criminal assets and nearly 13,000 weapons. ICE ARRESTS MORE THAN 100 ALLEGED GANG MEMBERS IN SINGLE WEEK, INCLUDING VIOLENT MS-13, TDA SUSPECTS: DHS The administration also reported 676 criminal organizations disrupted in figures provided to Fox News Digital. The task forces have 6,585 active investigations, including more than 1,000 targeting major drug kingpins and 814 targeting designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations. The task force operates nationwide, bringing together federal law enforcement agencies with hundreds of state, local and international partners. Its public website, HSTF.gov, outlines the initiative's mission, participating agencies and enforcement efforts targeting cartels, transnational gangs and other criminal organizations. Behind those numbers, the official described an effort to break down longstanding divisions among federal law enforcement agencies that previously pursued overlapping investigations with varying degrees of cooperation. DOJ TOUTS HUNDREDS OF GUN, DRUG ARRESTS AS ST LOUIS SURGE OPERATION ENDS: 'VIOLENCE IS NOT INEVITABLE' The official said more than 1,800 cartel-related narcotics task forces previously operated across the country, with varying degrees of coordination. Agencies including the FBI, DEA and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) could pursue overlapping targets, occasionally competing to bring indictments first. Interagency disagreements sometimes left investigations stalled for years, the official said. Under the new approach, the National Coordination Center brings together the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security, with support from military and intelligence partners, to resolve conflicts and coordinate investigations across jurisdictions. DRUG CARTEL KINGPIN AMONG TARGETS IN SWEEPING TRUMP CRACKDOWN ON ALLEGED MEXICAN CORRUPTION NETWORK "Now we're all indicting together," the official said. Rather than focusing exclusively on high-value targets, investigators are pursuing the transportation networks, distributors, collectors and money launderers that keep criminal enterprises operating. The official explained that taking down a cartel leader does not necessarily dismantle the organization because others can quickly assume leadership. "There's five more people ready to step up as soon as we take out one," the official said. A sweeping federal investigation into the Trinitarios gang in Massachusetts illustrates the kind of coordinated law enforcement effort the administration is pursuing. In June, federal prosecutors announced racketeering conspiracy charges against 26 alleged gang leaders, members and associates in connection with five murders and 19 attempted murders. The announcement brought the total number of Trinitarios members charged in related investigations over two years to 56. Prosecutors alleged the gang's involvement in 11 murders and 30 attempted murders since 2017. Court documents describe chapters operating in the Boston area whose members allegedly engaged in drug trafficking, kidnappings and witness intimidation. Investigators also alleged the gang recruited minors attending local schools, sometimes using younger members to conceal weapons or serve as lookouts. The investigation involved HSI, the FBI, DEA, ATF and state and local law enforcement partners. The investigation began before the HSTF initiative, and the charges remain allegations against defendants who have not been convicted. The task force's reach also extends to drug trafficking operations moving narcotics across state lines. In Louisiana, federal prosecutors announced five cases involving more than a dozen defendants and hundreds of kilograms of narcotics. Near Breaux Bridge, investigators discovered approximately 147 kilograms of methamphetamine concealed inside modified ice cream freezers. In another case near Lafayette, authorities found approximately 100 kilograms of cocaine hidden inside an 18-wheeler's cab. The White House official also pointed to Tren de Aragua, the Venezuelan criminal organization that drew national attention during the 2024 presidential campaign, as an example of the administration's broader strategy. Fox News Digital extensively covered allegations of Tren de Aragua activity at apartment complexes in Aurora, Colorado, including accounts from local officials and residents who described violence and intimidation. Trump subsequently made Aurora a recurring focus of his criticism of the Biden administration's border policies. The official recalled Fox News Digital's reporting on the controversy and argued that the administration's coordinated enforcement campaign has weakened the gang's ability to operate openly in the United States. "I'm not saying they're completely gone here, but they are so on their heels because we have this concerted effort taken," the official said. "You don't see them bragging in the social media anymore," the official added. In May, the Justice Department announced charges against more than 25 defendants in a nationwide Tren de Aragua crackdown spanning six federal judicial districts. Authorities reported seizing more than 80 firearms, approximately 18 kilograms of narcotics and more than $100,000. The official described the crackdown as an example of the administration's effort to pursue criminal organizations at multiple levels, rather than concentrating solely on their leaders. The administration is seeking to apply that same approach to more deeply established criminal networks, including the notorious Sinaloa Cartel. The official said the task force's ultimate objective is not simply accumulating arrests or celebrating drug seizures, but reducing the ability of criminal organizations to threaten Americans. For Trump, the official said, even major seizures can serve as reminders of the work still ahead. The president may take pride in enforcement results, but the official described his attention as quickly turning to how much more needs to be done to stop narcotics from reaching American communities. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec721e3830286ffa39c7be College students discover new muscle attachment that could improve hip surgery te 2026-11-05T12:10:06.222Z College students discover new muscle attachment that could improve hip surgery Two undergraduate students at Tulane University in New Orleans discovered an anatomical feature that even their professor couldn’t initially identify. Dominic Roy and Cooper Bruce were both 19-year-old college sophomores at the time of the finding in 2024. In an interview with Fox News Digital, Roy said it had been an ordinary day volunteering in the cadaver lab with R. Shane Tubbs, Ph.D., professor of neurosurgery and director of surgical anatomy at Tulane School of Medicine. 5 HABITS THAT COULD HELP KEEP YOU OUT OF A NURSING HOME, FROM AN ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON The students were dissecting several specimens’ hips to compare where the iliacus joins the psoas major, a muscle that runs from the lower back through the pelvis to the upper thigh. When looking for a particular muscle, the iliocapsularis, which sits laterally in the hip, Roy found something else instead. "I spotted a similar looking muscle that was on the other side of the Iliac fascia, close to the inguinal region of the pelvis," he said. WEEKLY WEIGHTLIFTING SWEET SPOT MAY BE LINKED TO LONGER LIFE, STUDY FINDS "I called Dr. Tubbs over and asked, ‘What is this?’ We didn't talk about this in our morning meetings ... and I think he was as stumped as me." After searching through extensive literature and textbooks to see if the muscle had been previously identified, the team came up short, which suggested it was a new discovery. "It was kind of like a reserved excitement," Bruce reflected. "Especially if the great R. Shane Tubbs can't put his finger on exactly what it is." Physicians from overseas and rising medical school students also assisted with the discovery. SIMPLE EXERCISE DONE JUST ONCE A WEEK COULD HELP LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE "Everyone kind of huddled around the same specimen and we started draping and doing the pictures … I was in awe," Roy said. "I was like, ‘Oh, wow, this is happening so quick.’ It was seriously something special." The findings were recently published in the journal Clinical Anatomy. Tubbs, who is also a co-editor-in-chief of the human anatomy reference textbook Gray's Anatomy, said Roy and Bruce’s discovery was "serendipity." "[They] identified a different part of a muscle that we had not looked at yet," he confirmed to Fox News Digital. "It's deep in the pelvis and runs out to the front of your hip." KNEE TREATMENT WITHOUT SURGERY OFFERS LASTING PAIN RELIEF FOR 80% OF ARTHRITIS PATIENTS, STUDY FINDS Although the team has not yet determined the muscle’s function, clues suggest it may help stabilize the psoas major, a large muscle involved in bending the hip. The next step is to determine whether MRI scans can reveal the muscle attachment, allowing researchers to study whether its presence is linked to more or fewer symptoms, according to the doctor. "More research is needed for us to better elucidate what it does," Tubbs said. "Can you see it on imaging? Does it contribute to patients' problems? But I think this is the first step in identifying something." As minimally invasive procedures become more common, Tubbs said awareness of this small muscle could improve care, particularly for patients undergoing hip surgery. "They might use physical therapy to help rehab the muscle, because we did find that the fibers of this attachment directly attach into the front of the hip joint," he added. "So it may be that the muscle’s weak and causes symptoms, so you could rehab it." Doctors could also use injections to weaken the new muscle if overactivity causes pain or other symptoms. "Surgeons are replacing hips and doing hip surgery on a daily basis, so if they see the muscle, potentially they could correlate the symptoms of the patient and whether or not maybe cutting the muscle would help the patient," Tubbs said. This muscle was not found in every cadaver, the researchers noted, as each human body is different. "When you look beneath the layers of the skin, human beings have lots of variation," Tubbs said. "I tell our students that no two of you are built the same inside or out." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER The researchers found the same muscle attachment in gorillas, suggesting a possible evolutionary link. Bruce said this raises the question of why this muscle would still be present in some humans and not others. "Just by the nature of working with cadavers and not knowing a deep personal history of each individual … maybe this individual played soccer, or this person did a lot of rock climbing," he said. "They might've had more need for this attachment ... It's difficult to make that connection." Working with real cadavers has made a big difference in shaping future doctors, Tubbs shared, as the synthetic models that are now circulating in university labs are cookie-cutter. CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES "Many people have the notion ... that the entire form of the human has been worked out, and we know all the different parts. And they think we've known that for hundreds of years," he said. "But in actuality, people are still discovering things about human anatomy." Medical students "need to experience that variation" and have the hands-on experience before dealing with real patients, Roy commented. Although the new muscle attachment will have to be studied across geographic regions, Tubbs said he expects the students' discovery will eventually be added to anatomical textbooks. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ The discovery inspired the students, now seniors, to further explore a career in medicine. Roy said he plans to enter a master’s program in anatomy. "The bottom line is that anatomical discovery doesn't end when a textbook is published ... and discovery in the anatomical sciences continues on, even in the year 2026." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec721d3830286ffa39c7b5 Sophie Cunningham reshares post-Election Day message: 'Personal excellence is the Ultimate Rebellion' te 2026-11-05T12:10:05.032Z Sophie Cunningham reshares post-Election Day message: 'Personal excellence is the Ultimate Rebellion' Sophie Cunningham reacted Wednesday after Democrats tore through the midterm elections and reclaimed the House and Senate from Republicans. The impending Indiana Fever free agent reshared a post from entrepreneur Andy Frisella to her Instagram Stories, lamenting individuals’ abilities to "better lead themselves." The post added that "personal excellence is the Ultimate Rebellion." THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! "One of the strangest things about our culture is how much faith we’ve placed in elections to change our lives and how little faith we’ve placed in our own ability to do the same. People will spend months arguing about who should lead the country while spending zero time considering how they could better lead themselves … and THAT is a much bigger problem than most people realize," Frisella’s post read. "Because the strength of a country is ultimately a reflection of the character, discipline and standards of the people who make it up. That’s you. Politics is downstream of culture. We can keep changing the people in charge, passing new laws and arguing over which party has the answers … but until we change the culture fostering, producing and tolerating the problems we have as a society, nothing fundamentally changes. "A population of weak, unhealthy, uninformed and dependent people is a hell of a lot easier to control than a population of strong, healthy, educated and self-reliant people. Your responsibility is to become the exact opposite of everything they want for you to the best of your abilities. Your REAL best. In my opinion that’s our obligation as Americans. "A culture of personal excellence is the foundation of a great country. There is no election, politician, policy or law that can substitute for that … and the best thing about that is the same behaviors that make you a better American also make your own life better quickly. If we want a better America … It starts with better Americans. There is no other way. Personal excellence is the Ultimate Rebellion." CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Cunningham shied away from entering the political fray as the midterm races heated up as President Donald Trump gave her a shoutout at a rally in Ohio last month. The guard created a stir when she provided a simple message about protecting women’s and girls’ sports in the middle of the 2026 season. "I got a lot of negative feedback about me hating trans. And I'm like, 'I never once said that,'" Cunningham told ESPN in a story published during the summer. "I think that I am here to extend love. But I also think with that love is truth, being honest. And I want to protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn't have to go against biological men." "I'm very much in the middle. I agree with things on both sides, disagree with things on both sides," Cunningham continued. "And that's all I've ever said about my political beliefs. But people love to assume." Cunningham previously said that her interview with ESPN took place back in February of this year. OutKick’s Mark Harris contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec721a3830286ffa39c791 Agility is the first pure humanoid robot company on the stock market. Are you buying? te 2026-11-05T12:10:02.591Z Agility is the first pure humanoid robot company on the stock market. Are you buying? Agility arrives on the Nasdaq today as the first publicly-traded pure-play humanoid robotics company. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec6fc33830286ffa39c711 MARTHA MACCALLUM: These American heroes show us what true valor really means te 2026-11-05T12:00:03.973Z MARTHA MACCALLUM: These American heroes show us what true valor really means What is valor? Defined by Webster’s Dictionary: I wrote the "Book of Valor," which will be released on Nov. 10, as we come to the end of our 250th year of independence, to tell our heroic story. THE UNWINNABLE WAR AMERICA'S FOUNDING FATHERS FOUGHT AND WON CHANGED HUMAN HISTORY FOREVER It spans from the Mayflower to Afghanistan. Told chronologically, "Valor" weaves a thread through our brave history, in the unique voices of those who were actually there. In between passages, a bridge links one era to the next. We pass through times of tyranny abroad, always answered with American values. The threat of communism, toppled. The shock of an Islamist terrorist attack on our homeland, met with unity and firm resolve. Come with me on a short tour through some of the chapters in the "Book of Valor." Each chapter focuses on one aspect of valor. Gives life to the words our presidents use when they bestow our nation’s highest award, the Medal of Honor, which was given to five of those in our pages. Joshua Chamberlain. Told by his brother Thomas (and beautifully narrated on the "Valor" audiobook by Brit Hume). Thomas watches as his brother, a bookish professor from Maine, is transformed into a warrior on the battlefield at Little Round Top, Gettysburg. 9/11 SENT THEM TO WAR. 25 YEARS LATER, VETERANS GRAPPLE WITH WHAT FOLLOWED A young Black New Yorker, Harry Stewart, dreamed of becoming a pilot in World War II. When his chance came, he headed to Tuskegee, Alabama. As his train passed into the Jim Crow South, Stewart was relegated to a dining car seat where a curtain was pulled around him to segregate him from the other diners.  Still, young Harry says he chose to "keep his eye on the prize." Once overseas, he speaks of his chest swelling with pride for his country as he flew alongside his mighty squadron, bringing justice to Hitler and liberation to Europe. Harry Stewart became a hero, downing three German fighters in one day. General Patrick Brady. Once a troubled boy, he grew to become a man who would not rest when a fellow soldier, civilian or foe needed to be rescued in the midst of the brutal Vietnam War. Brady found a way, in his Huey chopper through dense fog and the dark of night, to bring them home. He succeeded 5,000 times. He thanks his two good eyes and his faith that God would cut a path for him through the night. Alison Crowther’s son Welles was an equities trader on the 104th floor of the South Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. A weekend volunteer firefighter, Welles stood in the carnage of the Sky Lobby in the moments after United Flight 175 had sliced into it.  9/11 HERO WELLES CROWTHER'S FIREHOUSE PRESIDENT REVEALS WHAT SHAPED THE 'MAN IN THE RED BANDANA' Welles searched in the smoke and debris, finding the only surviving stairwell that connected the area above to the stairs below. He told the survivors, "If you can stand up, stand up. If you can help someone else, help them, and follow me. There is a way!" CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION Every one of these brave Americans knew fear and felt, at times, unworthy. They found strength they did not know they had. As Mother Cabrini swept past knife-wielding hooligans into the underworld of New York City to comfort immigrant children, she said, "I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me." I wrote "Valor" as a family treasury for generations. I hope these stories are cherished and shared in your home, that the book’s pages become worn and its binding softened as you return to our proud heritage again and again.  "Valor" is my answer to the many veterans who asked me to keep going and to make sure that Americans do not forget the heroism of those who fought beside them and did not make it home.  They encourage us to believe deeply in the goodness of America and the fight that must continue to preserve our values. The valorous of the future are among us. You. Your children and theirs. I wrote this book for them and for all of us. It is a story of survival, gallantry and grace. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM MARTHA MACCALLUM Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec66633830286ffa39c51b Kamala Harris urges Dems to 'be ruthless' with power after midterms, demands Trump accountability te 2026-11-05T11:20:03.631Z Kamala Harris urges Dems to 'be ruthless' with power after midterms, demands Trump accountability After Democrats swept control of Congress in the 2026 midterm elections, former Vice President Kamala Harris, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton offered differing messages about how the party should use its newfound power. Harris called for Democrats to ruthlessly leverage their powers to provide "economic relief and to hold President Donald Trump's "administration accountable for their deep-seated corruption." Hillary Clinton said that "The post-Trump era begins now," while her husband offered a more conciliatory message, and even called for reining in America's national debt. "On Election Day, the American people spoke loud and clear: they are done with the corruption, incompetence, and callousness coming from the White House and the capitulation of Republican leaders," Harris declared in part of a Wednesday post on X. KAMALA HARRIS BREAKS WITH LEFT FLANK, WARNS DEMS THAT IMPEACHING TRUMP IS 'NOT A GOOD IDEA' "Now, the work begins to actually deliver results. The American people have elected Democrats across the country in federal, state, and local races who must be ruthless in using every lever of power to deliver economic relief for working families and hold this administration accountable for their deep-seated corruption," she asserted. Hillary Clinton declared in a Wednesday post on X, "Last night, Americans made a clear call for accountability and affordability. A body politic cannot recover until its harms have been treated and its wounds have been healed. Crimes against our people and our Constitution must be answered for. The historic abuses of the last two years must be prevented from happening again." She was the 2016 Democratic presidential candidate who lost to Republican Donald Trump. DEMOCRATS' HISTORIC WINS IN TEXAS HIGHLIGHT TAKING CONTROL OF CONGRESS IN MIDTERM BLUE WAVE "American families should be able to thrive, not just survive. Every child should have the chance to live up to his or her full potential. The American Dream must be more than a mirage. I am confident Democrats can deliver both, and much more. The post-Trump era begins now," Clinton wrote. Bill Clinton, America's 42nd president, suggested that Democrats have been handed the chance to "rebuild trust." "The American people have given us clear direction: to put their needs ahead of the chaos and corruption coming out of Washington. That means helping families with the cost of living and protecting their health care. It means ending senseless wars and tariffs that drive up prices. It means getting our national debt under control. And it means holding those in power accountable to the people they serve," he said in part of a statement issued on Wednesday. HILLARY CLINTON WARNS DEMS MAY SQUANDER MIDTERM VICTORY IF THEY FAIL TO STAY FOCUSED AFTER ELECTION "Last night’s victory gives us an opportunity and a responsibility to rebuild trust. We should do so with humility and determination, and an open hand, not a clenched fist, to those who didn’t vote for our candidates," Clinton said. The White House and Republican National Committee did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's comment requests on Thursday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec640d3830286ffa39c4a5 Timeline of Learjet crash that killed Austin family traces final minutes from takeoff to Florida plunge te 2026-11-05T11:10:05.901Z Timeline of Learjet crash that killed Austin family traces final minutes from takeoff to Florida plunge Air traffic control audio and flight tracking data are revealing the doomed Learjet's final minutes, tracing its path from takeoff in Austin, Texas, to its fatal plunge in Greenacres, Florida, where all nine people on board were killed. Taken together, the records depict a flight crew contending with turbulence and icing before initiating a climb, only to experience an abrupt and violent descent almost immediately afterward, along with an overspeed warning and an in-flight breakup that investigators have yet to fully explain. FLORIDA PLANE CRASH VICTIMS IDENTIFIED AFTER 9 PEOPLE KILLED IN FIERY WRECK Austin tech entrepreneur Adam Robinson, 45, his wife, Helen Sharp, 40, and their children, Emma, 4, and Charlie, 2, along with the children's nanny, Anita Maria Cetina, and couple Rachael Reed and Charmi Fehr departed from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on a Bombardier Learjet 60. TEXAS FAMILY OF 4, 20-YEAR-OLD COPILOT AMONG 9 KILLED IN FIERY FLORIDA JET CRASH The Learjet reaches cruise altitude at approximately 41,000 feet, according to flight data. No notable events occur for the next hour and a half. While the Learjet is around 41,000 feet in the air, an air traffic controller advised the flight crew of moderate precipitation 5 miles away from them, and then said there were options to go to the left or right. The crew was then told to proceed to a waypoint near Naples, Florida. NTSB FINDS 'NO EVIDENCE' OF MAR-A-LAGO CONNECTION AFTER FLORIDA JET CRASH KILLS NINE PEOPLE The flight crew asked about proceeding directly toward the Bahamas, which would take them across Florida. Air Traffic Control approved that route, but warned about moderate-to-extreme precipitation along that route and said the turn toward the Bahamas looked poor from a weather standpoint. The Learjet flight crew altered their plan, and indicated it would turn toward Naples, Florida and then head toward the Bahamas. FORMER NFL STAR SAYS HE PREVIOUSLY FLEW ON PRIVATE JET THAT CRASHED IN FLORIDA: 'ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATED' Air Traffic Control instructed the Learjet to descend to 35,000 feet. Air Traffic Control authorized left or right deviations for weather, telling the flight crew they can proceed toward the Bahamas when able to. Tracking indicates the plane headed further north toward Palm Beach County. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X The flight crew indicated that weather conditions are deteriorating, reporting to Air Traffic Control that there is icing and turbulence, asking the controller if there's a "better ride" ahead. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS The crew also reported they are beginning to experience precipitation, and asked to climb to 37,000 feet. 'WE THOUGHT WE WOULD DIE': PASSENGERS THROWN INTO CEILING DURING TERRIFYING FLIGHT The Learjet climbed to 35,450 feet versus the approved 37,000 feet before rapidly descending. A mayday call was made to Air Traffic Control, as the plane descended at a rate of about 10,000 feet per minute. The descent rate doubled a short period later, increasing to around 20,000 feet per minute. SEND US A TIP The controller advised the crew that altitude is at their discretion, and asked what they needed. A short time later, the crew advised Air Traffic Control, "We’re going to crash into the ground." MAYDAY CALL CAPTURES PILOT'S URGENT WARNING BEFORE AIRCRAFT GOES DOWN OFF COAST "I'm here with you. Talk to me," the controller said. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST "Holy f–k, we're out of time!" the flight crew could be heard saying before the plane crashed in Greenacres, Florida. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL Alan Diehl, a former NTSB investigator, said in an interview with Fox News Digital that once the Learjet lost controlled flight, the pilots likely had almost no meaningful capacity to bring it back under control. "For all intents and purposes, they were passengers," he said. "Once you’re caught into this trap, it’s like the proverbial situation of painting yourself in the corner. There are no really good options. There’s three potentially bad options," Diehl said. The key point here is that they did not have much time…You have literally seconds to respond, and at some point it may have been impossible." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec640d3830286ffa39c49c Paris Jackson demands $600M from father Michael Jackson's estate in legal war with longtime executor te 2026-11-05T11:10:05.104Z Paris Jackson demands $600M from father Michael Jackson's estate in legal war with longtime executor Paris Jackson accused John Branca, the sole executor of her late father Michael Jackson's multibillion-dollar estate, of financially retaliating against her and her siblings after she challenged his handling of the King of Pop's fortune. Paris alleged in new court documents obtained by Fox News Digital, that she and her siblings experienced a multimillion-dollar reduction in payments while Branca maintained an "iron grip" over their inheritance. She asked a Los Angeles court to order a $600 million distribution from her late father's estate into the family trust after accusing Branca of mismanaging the funds. PARIS JACKSON SAYS DAD MICHAEL'S UNUSAL RULE HELPED PROTECT HER CHILDHOOD Branca has been the sole executor of Jackson's estate since 2009. The pop star died that year from acute propofol and sedative intoxication leading to cardiac arrest. Branca's alleged mismanagement of estate funds included non-contractual gifts to colleagues, aggressive litigation, public attacks and a multimillion-dollar reduction in payments to Jackson's children. "Without belaboring the point, when Paris began challenging the administration of the Estate last year through her objection to Executor Branca’s non-contractual gifts to his colleagues, her challenges were met with scorched earth litigation, public attacks, and a multimillion reduction in monies provided to her and her siblings by the Estate," her legal team wrote. "This course of conduct and administration should not continue." In a separate filing obtained by Fox News Digital, Paris accused Branca of using estate resources for personal travel on private jets, improperly charging personal expenses to the estate and concealing the spending from beneficiaries. She claimed Branca acknowledged taking multiple personal trips and reimbursed certain expenses only after she investigated them. Her attorneys characterized the conduct as "outright theft" and a breach of his fiduciary duties. "Where the travel is of a purely personal nature, or in service of Mr. Branca's other clients or business affairs, it constitutes outright theft," the court filing stated. Paris also accused Branca of using estate funds for personal gifts, questioned more than $604,000 in credit card charges and reimbursements, and challenged $9.4 million in executor compensation, $1.4 million in payments to his law firm and roughly $835,000 in public relations expenses. She further alleged that Branca mismanaged more than $440 million in estate cash while pursuing entertainment projects that benefited him financially, including the Michael Jackson biopic, which reportedly required tens of millions of dollars in reshoots and rewrites. Her legal team urged the court to reject Branca's financial accounting and order him to provide a more detailed breakdown of the estate's spending. "Once again, Ms. Jackson’s legal team raises the same hollow complaints and fails to acknowledge the unique structure of the Estate, which is operated as a dynamic business, with customary costs and expenses," a representative for the estate told Fox News Digital. "No rhetoric can hide the fact that the Executors have taken an Estate that was $500 million in debt when Michael died and turned it into the most successful Estate in history, producing $3 billion in revenue and the biggest biopic in movie history, with a box office exceeding $1 billion globally." As for the $600 million distribution, Paris argued that her father's estate plan entitled his children — Prince, Paris and Bigi — to trust income beginning at age 21 and portions of their inheritance beginning at age 30. She claimed the executor had never funded the trust, despite Michael Jackson's death more than 17 years earlier. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE "Michael intended for his children to become the caretakers of his legacy," the petition read. "As each child reached certain ages, Executors were to increasingly provide for each child’s independence." Paris' filing cited more than $2.5 billion in gross estate earnings and approximately $850 million in cash or cash equivalents as of December 2024. She argued that the estate could distribute $600 million while retaining enough money to cover outstanding liabilities. "Ms. Jackson’s counsel is well aware that the Estate is prevented from fully funding the philanthropic giving and individual trusts for the beneficiaries until several legal hurdles have been removed, including in particular the ongoing IRS litigation where they sought $700 million in taxes and penalties from the Estate," a statement provided to Fox News Digital on behalf of Jackson's estate said. "The Estate was able to secure a ruling to significantly reduce that amount, but the matter has not been settled and could still change." LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "Further, the claim that the executor has withheld or ‘cut' payments is a complete fabrication," the statement added. "In fact, more than $200 million has already been distributed for the benefit of Paris and the other beneficiaries. Michael Jackson’s will is clear. None of his children receive a distribution until they are in their 30s. The Estate looks forward to the time when all issues are resolved so that their trusts can be fully funded as Michael wanted." A court hearing on Paris' request to transfer $600 million into the family trust is scheduled for Dec. 4. PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE Paris previously spoke about her childhood as the daughter of Michael Jackson. Behind the glitz of Jackson’s larger-than-life world, Paris said her father enforced strict rules to protect his children’s sense of normalcy. The 28-year-old model recalled in an interview on "Call Her Daddy" that her father required his children to finish their homework and chores before enjoying weekend activities, limited their television and movie viewing, and had them wear masks in public to shield their identities from the intense spotlight surrounding his fame. Paris said she understood that her father was famous. What she didn’t grasp was the sheer magnitude of his celebrity. "I just didn't know how famous ... There was definitely part of me that, like when I looked out my hotel window, and it was one of the times where, like, the alias didn't work and there's just like a sea of people with signs and stuff — I'm not so naive to think, yeah, everyone experiences this, you know?" Paris said. "I just didn't understand the lengths." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec640c3830286ffa39c493 17 years after Fort Hood massacre, victims' families grapple with gunman's looming execution te 2026-11-05T11:10:04.278Z 17 years after Fort Hood massacre, victims' families grapple with gunman's looming execution Seventeen years have passed since an Army psychiatrist opened fire at Fort Hood killing 13 people in 2009. Since then, families of three of the fallen have learned to navigate life without their loved ones, finding strength in the values and lessons their father, daughter and spouse left behind. "It builds character, kid," is a phrase Keely Cahill Vanacker remembers her father Michael Cahill saying, always with a playful punch to the arm, throughout her teenage years whenever she was upset. Cahill served in the Army National Guard for 23 years as an infantryman before earning a bachelor’s degree in psychology and training to become a physician assistant, providing medical care to soldiers. "My dad really valued people, and he touched a lot of lives," Vanacker said. TRUMP CLEARS WAY FOR FORT HOOD TERRORIST TO FACE ARMY FIRING SQUAD NEARLY 17 YEARS AFTER MASSACRE Growing up in a military family, living all across the country, Vanacker saw Cahill demonstrate the value of treating others with humanity and fairness as he practiced medicine. "If you were somebody living in a rural Texas post and struggling to even pay for your asthma medication, my dad would find places for you to get your medication," she said. For Cahill, serving people was a calling; and it did not end when he hung up his helmet. After retiring from the military he continued to serve as a civilian PA at Fort Hood. As for Amy Krueger, her call to serve came in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. "I’m going in." Those are the words Amy told her mother Jeri Krueger on the afternoon of Sept. 11. At the time, Amy was a student at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Sheboygan Campus. "Going in?" Krueger recalled asking her daughter. "I'm joining the Army, mom." Krueger was skeptical that her daughter could make a difference in the fight against terrorism. "Oh, Amy, you can't take on bin Laden all by yourself," Krueger told her daughter. "Watch me," Amy replied. The next day, Amy sat in a recruiter's office and would go on to become Staff Sgt. Amy Krueger. "When Amy said she was going to do something, she did it," Krueger said. After Amy's first deployment to Afghanistan in 2003 at Bagram Airfield, she returned home and continued her education as a mental health specialist in the Army and completed Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) programs while continuing her education in psychology. "She wanted to help people get through things," Krueger said. "Psychology was definitely something she would've been great at." In 2008, Amy volunteered for another tour in Afghanistan. Between deployments, she was welcomed home by friends and family members. Even while at home her commitment to service was still on the forefront of her mind. Krueger had been at work when Amy texted her a picture of a new tattoo she had gotten, which took hours to complete. "I said, ‘I don't like it,’" Krueger recalled. Amy asked what her mother meant, thinking she was receiving the typical parental disapproval of new ink. Krueger explained it wasn't necessarily the tattoo itself she disliked, but what it said. "I feel like it's a bad omen," Krueger had told her daughter. Amy brushed her mother's worries off with a chuckle. The tattoo depicted the American flag, draped across her back, alongside a firearm and soldier’s hat. It read: "All gave some. Some gave all. Sacrifice." Krueger knew her daughter was determined to continue serving. However, after seeing the new tattoo, Krueger said she couldn't shake the ominous feeling it gave her. "I always thought she had a feeling that she might not come back," Krueger said. "That tattoo kind of says that. I think that she was prepared to fight, to do what she needed to do, and didn't know if she'd be coming back." By October 2009, Amy was sent to Fort Hood to prepare for a deployment in December, a deployment she never made. She was not alone in arriving at Fort Hood with plans for a deployment ahead. Staff Sgt. Justin DeCrow was also preparing to deploy, this time to Iraq, when he reported to Fort Hood. SON WHO LOST FATHER IN 9/11 ATTACKS SHARES POWERFUL LESSONS 25 YEARS LATER: ‘I’M STILL HERE’ From an early age, Justin knew he wanted to join the Army, being influenced by his father Daniel J. DeCrow, who served in the Vietnam war. He then went on to become a satellite communication instructor, where he was known for his work ethic and uplifting others. "His positive attitude, and humor helped others get through tough times," said Justin's wife Marikay DeCrow. When fellow soldiers struggled, Justin stayed to help, teach, support and encourage them. For him, failure was not an option. That same warmth carried into his personal life. Justin and Marikay had known each other since childhood, as he was friends with her brother. It wasn’t until she asked him to her senior prom when they solidified feelings for one another and became inseparable. "From that time on, we were together," said Marikay. "When he would look at me, all I saw was the love he had for me. I couldn't imagine my life without him." When they had their daughter Kylah, Justin wasn’t able to return home and meet his daughter for the first time until she was six weeks old. Justin had learned of his daughter Kylah’s birth 24 hours after the fact, when he was finally able to call Marikay at the hospital. "He was ecstatic to have a daughter," she said. "We had maybe a phone call for five minutes once a day." The phone calls were a beacon of hope, offering Marikay a few precious moments of connection with Justin while they were apart. The hardship continued when Justin attended Advanced Individual Training, AIT, in South Carolina. Marikay recounted traveling back and forth every other weekend to keep the family in contact. "Sometimes we only had a day, sometimes he was allowed to stay the night with us," said Marikay. "Every trip meant so much to him and us. He spent every minute he could holding Kylah. Leaving him each time was incredibly difficult." As Kylah grew up, he was always there for her. To this day Kylah reflects the values of her father. "I see so much of Justin in Kylah," said Marikay. "She is witty and funny, and cares so much about those around her." Neither of them knew then how precious those days would become, the last they’d have before he headed to Fort Hood. It was a Thursday at Fort Hood’s Soldier Readiness Processing Center when U.S. Army Major and psychiatrist Nidal Hasan opened fire, killing 13 people and leaving 31 wounded. Hasan had been motivated by Islamic extremism and had negative views on America’s involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq. Among those 13 were Retired Chief Warrant Officer 2 Michael Cahill, Staff Sgt. Krueger and Staff Sgt. Justin DeCrow, three people whose lives were defined by their service, values and families. For the families, the attack was the start of a new struggle: trying to understand what happened to and how they spent their final moments. After the shooting, piecing together the fragments of that day was difficult for Vanacker. Witnesses were hospitalized with injuries or scattered across the country, and many of Cahill’s colleagues had not seen what he did in his final moments. Vanacker didn’t get a solid first description until a memorial, when she was approached by a soldier who had shared a cubicle with Cahill. He described it as any other workday until he heard gunfire down the hall. "And all of a sudden, your dad just got up, and then he was gone," she recalled him saying. The uncertainty that followed stretched on for nearly a year as she waited to learn what had happened to her father. "I was just trying to figure out what had happened and if he was shot trying to help somebody," she recalled. "Was it that sort of thing? It leaves things unanswered for a while, and you have this weird waiting game." When the pretrial proceedings began, she learned that Cahill had emerged from the examination room before picking up a chair by its legs and charging at Hasan, an act of courage that reflected "character," what he'd spent a lifetime instilling in his children. In August 2013, Hasan was convicted on all 42 counts by a military jury that then unanimously agreed to give Hasan the death penalty. For 13 years, Hasan has been on the military's death row. In 2015, after Congress expanded eligibility for the Purple Heart, military victims of the massacre received Purple Hearts, while eligible civilian victims, including Cahill, received the Secretary of Defense Medal for the Defense of Freedom. On Oct. 2, President Donald Trump approved the sentence of Hasan, and acting Army Secretary Adam Telle directed that the execution be carried out by firing squad on Dec. 3. Hasan's execution would be the U.S. military's first execution since 1961 and its first by firing squad since 1945. "When I received the email that President Trump signed the execution order, I felt a kind of relief come over me, all I could do was cry," said Marikay. "I have been waiting for 17 years to hear this." Although the execution method has been questioned by some, Marikay said the method does not matter as long as Hasan faces his end. "He deserves the death penalty, this is justice," said Marikay. "This man destroyed our lives. Justin never got to watch Kylah grow up, graduate, walk her down the aisle, hold his beautiful granddaughters...We were supposed to grow old together." Vanacker and Krueger said they did not need Hasan's execution for closure. "He was already dead to me, and I did not think about him. So having an execution is not something I personally needed for my own closure," Vanacker said. Krueger expressed a similar sentiment. "I do not give him any thought ever. He died a long time ago," she said. Vanacker and Krueger also bring up another point being the execution may be giving into Hasan’s desires. "He wanted to be a martyr, and that didn't happen," said Krueger. "So when this happens, does that fulfill his desires?" 9/11 SENT THEM TO WAR. 25 YEARS LATER, VETERANS GRAPPLE WITH WHAT FOLLOWED "He did that shooting, and he did it in a way where he wanted that attention and he wanted to become a martyr, and we have just played right into his hands," said Vanacker. The debate over Hasan’s execution took a turn when War Secretary Pete Hegseth said the administration planned to livestream the event. "We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it in public because people need to understand that there are serious consequences for these types of things." Hegseth said. The families said it was the first time hearing of the livestream plan. "It feels a little bit like a slap in the face, disrespectful," said Krueger. "I'm sure he didn't intend it but…there should have been somebody that said, 'whoa, wait a minute. There are families that are going to be affected by this.'" Before Trump announced the cancellation of the planned livestream via Truth Social, Vanacker expressed concern that the administration's handling of the execution could have jeopardized it. "Hegseth's obsession with barbaric optics probably put this execution in danger," Vanacker said. "Our tragedy is not your entertainment." She called on Congress to ban livestreamed executions in the military using the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). "I hope they put in the NDAA just banning it outright," she said. "That it can never be considered and not an option ever so it never comes up again. Livestreaming an execution should never be an option." After the planned livestream was canceled, Krueger was relieved. "I'm so, so grateful that President Trump took it down, so that's a good thing." Krueger said. Victims’ families are allowed to witness Hasan’s execution and Marikay has no doubt what she will be doing on Dec. 3. "The date it was announced, I knew I would be heading to Fort Hood one last time, " Marikay said. "This is closure. I'm ready for it to be over." Nov. 5 remains a personal day to the families. For them, this day goes beyond Hasan, focusing on the ones they lost. Krueger remembers her daughter as vivacious and strong, someone who had a way of passing that strength on to others. Today, that same strength continues to carry her mother and how she thinks about what happened. "I hate the idealism that made him do what he did," Krueger said. "But do I hate him? He’s a human being that was swayed by the beliefs of his leaders and had the free will to carry out a devastating, destructive event." To continue Amy’s legacy, they have an annual event to raise money for the scholarship in her honor at the local high school. And just like her daughter, they raise money in a fun way: A bar crawl called Krueg’s Crawl. "It's a bar crawl, and there's prizes, and so it's fun," said Krueger. This year's event took place on Halloween and consisted of a costume contest, keeping the fun alive in her memory. When Nov. 5 hits, the family remains intimate. "We typically do the same thing," Krueger said. "We get together, we go to the cemetery, we talk about her, we remember her, and this year we're doing that as well." Vanacker and her family revisit their traditions by visiting her father. "We go, and we leave flowers, and we have a remembrance," she said. What got her through the first anniversary was her father's four-word sentiment, the same words Cahill had comforted her with through childhood: "It builds character, kid." "I think this year's a little bit different, Vanacker said. "I think with all the other distractions around, it honestly makes it a little harder. There's a lot more emotions pulling this year." Although the media attention surrounding the case has brought back emotions for families, the tragedy and hardship these families faced has brought them together. "We've become like a family," Krueger said. "There was one year and there was a 10-year anniversary to see them and to be with them, that's huge for me." Three families whose lives are forever changed are now connected as they continue to find strength in the values their loved ones left behind. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec640a3830286ffa39c46f Amazon ditches GrubHub, taps Uber Eats for Prime te 2026-11-05T11:10:02.204Z Amazon ditches GrubHub, taps Uber Eats for Prime Amazon has made Uber Eats as its official restaurant delivery partner for Prime members in the United States. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec5d023830286ffa39bf86 Alligator sneaks into North Carolina bagel shop, sends owner scrambling in encounter caught on camera te 2026-11-05T10:40:02.927Z Alligator sneaks into North Carolina bagel shop, sends owner scrambling in encounter caught on camera A North Carolina bagel shop owner got an unexpected scare when a 3-foot alligator wandered into his business, turning an ordinary afternoon into a wildlife encounter caught on surveillance video. The reptile entered Bagel Dock Express in Southport on Oct. 29, slipping through an open back door and making its way through the kitchen toward the front counter. Surveillance video captured owner Jesse Driscoll's startled reaction when he spotted the alligator inside the shop. Driscoll quickly backed away from the animal before calling 911. BEAR CRASHES COUPLE'S ANNIVERSARY GETAWAY, RUMMAGES THROUGH TENNESSEE TEA SHOP BEFORE JUMPING ON COUNTER The business was closed to customers at the time, and Driscoll told WWAY News that he had been distracted by workers installing a new oven when the unexpected visitor appeared. "It's just so far out of the ordinary for a bagel shop," Driscoll told the media outlet. The shop owner said he was accustomed to seeing familiar faces stop by the business, but an alligator was something he never imagined encountering. Southport police and Animal Protective Services responded to the business and removed the reptile. HUGE BULL MOOSE STUCK IN MONTANA SKATE PARK HAD TO BE TRANQUILIZED IN ORDER TO BE RESCUED The Southport Police Department confirmed the incident in a Facebook post, saying officers worked alongside Animal Protective Services Officer Ward to capture the alligator and relocate it. Bagel Dock Express also made light of the encounter in a Facebook post, joking that its reputation had apparently reached beyond its usual customers. FISHERMAN CAPTURES A CRAZY VIDEO OF AN ALLIGATOR CHASING A BEAR ACROSS A FLORIDA RIVER "Apparently, word of our fresh bagels has made its way into the swamp!" the post's caption began. "Our surprise visitor was safely escorted out by local law enforcement. No injuries, no drama… just one VERY unusual customer! Fresh bagels. Wild experiences." The encounter was not Southport's first unusual alligator sighting this year. In April, officers helped remove a 12-foot alligator from a residential property and another alligator found beneath a car at a bank drive-through. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec56073830286ffa39be65 Our View: Don't waste the potential of children who grew up here te 2026-11-05T10:10:15.802Z Our View: Don't waste the potential of children who grew up here We can believe in strong borders and still recognize that a child brought to this country illegally bears no responsibility for that decision. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec56023830286ffa39be19 MEHEK COOKE: Republicans failed the affordability test. This is how to win voters back te 2026-11-05T10:10:10.043Z MEHEK COOKE: Republicans failed the affordability test. This is how to win voters back Republicans lost Tuesday because we forgot the oldest lesson in politics: It is the economy, stupid. Americans did not suddenly embrace socialism or bigger government. Instead, they graded the GOP on a pocketbook scorecard of groceries, gasoline, housing and health care, then punished Republicans for failing to deliver financial relief they could feel. Democrats captured both chambers of Congress, flipped governor’s offices and won statewide races across the country, including in Ohio, which President Donald Trump carried by double digits two years ago. Republicans must recognize that this election was a performance review and not simply the product of media bias, poor turnout or an ideological transformation of the country. The warning was clear before a single vote was counted. A Fox News poll found that 60% of voters considered the cost of living their greatest economic concern, 74% rated the economy negatively and only 18% said their families were better off than two years earlier. Election Day was not a repudiation of every Republican principle. Voters still trusted the GOP more on crime, border security and immigration, but those advantages did not close the affordability gap. TRUMP PLEDGES TO VETO 'INSANE' DEM BILLS, PINPOINTS ISSUE PARTIALLY TO BLAME FOR REPUBLICAN LOSSES Republicans won the White House and both chambers in 2024 by promising economic relief, and voters judged the delivery of that promise through their bank accounts. Abandoning conservative principles would deliver more victories to Democrats and dismissing the losses as nothing more than anti-Trump anger would ignore the financial plea voters made. President Trump delivered tax relief, but Republicans failed to make broader affordability gains arrive quickly enough for families to feel them. Democrats respond to government failure by demanding more government. They point to unaffordable housing and medical bills, invoke affordability and then call for larger budgets, new programs and expanded federal authority. Republicans cannot respond with abstract defenses of limited government while existing institutions remain expensive and unreliable. The next Republican revolution must be a competence revolution focused on lowering the cost of living and putting American interests first. That requires government to perform its essential duties, enforce the law and remove barriers preventing families and businesses from succeeding. While Democrats measure government by how much it spends, Republicans must measure it by what families save. The clearest opportunity to close the delivery gap is health care. A post-election KFF analysis of the national Voter Poll found that voters trusted Democrats over Republicans by 19 points on the issue. More than half said Trump administration policies had made their own health care costs worse, while only 10% said those costs had improved. Health care is a major pocketbook issue and voters judged Republicans by how much they are paying for their medical bills. More promises won’t change that sentiment, but a plan that enforces price transparency, exposes hidden middleman markups, increases competition and requires timely explanations of coverage denials. That is competent government because it gives patients information and choices without creating a larger federal health care system. Democratic control of both chambers of Congress still leaves President Trump with the power of the veto pen even as he pledges to work with Democrats. This gives him significant negotiating leverage because Democrats need his signature to enact legislation unless they secure two-thirds support in both chambers. President Trump’s power to say no allows him to reject legislation that makes life more expensive while demanding affordability provisions that provide measurable relief for families. Democrats are now on notice. They must show voters whether they really stand for affordability or just a larger spending agenda. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION Congressional Republicans face the same affordability mandate. Every spending bill, regulatory proposal and policy should be measured by whether it lowers health care costs, removes barriers to building housing, reduces government waste and allows families to keep more of what they earn. The Trump administration and Republican governors should publish scorecards that measure permit processing times, taxpayer dollars protected from fraud and whether government programs deliver what they promised. Before spending more money on a failing program, Republicans should also require an audit explaining what went wrong, where the existing money went and what taxpayers would receive from any additional spending. The test is not whether a proposal is red or blue, but whether it leaves more green in Americans’ wallets. Democrats failed to offer a coherent governing strategy beyond blaming President Trump, and they are already mistaking Tuesday’s victory for an endorsement of socialism, permission to expand government and a blank check to spend two years investigating the president. That mistake gives Republicans a clear opportunity to prove that conservative principles can make life more affordable. Tuesday was a warning that principles without competent delivery will not earn another majority. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM MEHEK COOKE Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec56013830286ffa39be10 Republicans turn on Trump after devastating midterm losses hand Democrats control of Congress te 2026-11-05T10:10:09.248Z Republicans turn on Trump after devastating midterm losses hand Democrats control of Congress Seismic political change is coming to Washington, D.C., and as Republicans sift through the wreckage that was Election Night, fingers are pointing in several directions over who’s to blame. The blue tsunami Tuesday tore the GOP’s coalition asunder, flipping the balance of power in both chambers heading into the final two years of the Trump administration. And as Republicans search for where things went awry, GOP operatives and insiders told Fox News Digital that it starts at the top with President Donald Trump. "Look, first and foremost, this is a Trump loss," Dan Eberhart, an oil drilling chief executive officer and prominent Republican donor, told Fox News Digital. "He wanted to be — he wanted people to consider him on the ballot. And unfortunately, as a Republican, that's what we got." LIZ PEEK: THERE MAY BE A SILVER LINING IN TRUMP'S BRUTAL MIDTERM DEFEAT In the Senate, Democrats scored seven pickups on Election Night, with outstanding races in Alaska and Mississippi still waiting to be called. And in the House, Democrats roared back into power with 27 pickups, and with several races still outstanding. The Iran war, ignoring the economic hurt squeezing voters, attacking sitting Republicans and more are on the list of grievances from Republicans reeling in the days after. The Senate map, in particular, was at one point favorable for Republicans and viewed as an uphill battle for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Democrats to put a dent in the GOP’s thin, 53-seat majority. But Trump’s decision to go on a "primary revenge tour and antagonizing senators," a GOP aide told Fox News Digital, among several other issues, opened up the field for Democrats to pounce. Indeed, Trump’s handpicked candidates were pummeled in races that were once safe bets for Republicans. DEM FLIPS KEY SENATE SEAT IN BATTLEGROUND NORTH CAROLINA AS COOPER DEFEATS TRUMP ALLY His backing of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., and fight with Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., last year that ultimately led to his retirement and created an opening for Democrats in the Tar Heel State, proved fatal for the GOP, coupled with stunning losses in Maine, Kansas, Ohio and Iowa, kneecapped any chances Republicans had of keeping power in the upper chamber. "Trump ignored affordability completely," another Republican aide told Fox News Digital. "Ousted good members a la Cornyn, Tillis who knew how to win tough races, and poisoned the base’s opinion of our majority with his SAVE Act/filibuster bull----." "We had a great map, and he hijacked [it]," they continued. In the House, where Democrats are on pace to potentially win upward of 250 seats, Fox News Power Rankings projected that Trump’s tariffs and the war in Iran were significant drivers for voting blocs leaving the GOP. TRUMP'S GAMBLE ON KEN PAXTON BACKFIRES AS DEMOCRAT PULLS OFF HISTORIC TEXAS SENATE UPSET One House Republican complained that GOP leaders were too focused on "bluster" rather than "doing the job," though they did not mention Trump by name. "All the name changes were so unnecessary — Gulf of America, Lake of America, Department of War," the GOP lawmaker said. A second House Republican rattled off a lengthy list of shortcomings, including the quality and character of "certain candidates," Trump’s immigration enforcement, tariffs, general affordability issues, historic midterm headwinds, and "departure from traditional conservatism in favor of populism." Meanwhile, people in Trump’s orbit blamed the candidates themselves. Trump outside advisor Alex Bruesewitz posted on X that "most Republican candidates this cycle were uninspiring, lazy, and thoroughly ineffective communicators." "I’m not all that surprised by some of these outcomes," he said. Meanwhile, some are expecting a massive shift in Trump’s base of support in Congress as he heads toward a lame duck likely punctuated by investigations and stalled agendas. "I think Trump being a lame duck starts today," Eberhart said. "You know, if I'm up in the [2028] cycle, I'm waking up today, I'm against the arch. I'm against the ballroom. I want space from Trump." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec56003830286ffa39be07 Fox, USVETS renew 'Make Camo Your Cause' campaign dedicated to ending veteran homelessness te 2026-11-05T10:10:08.468Z Fox, USVETS renew 'Make Camo Your Cause' campaign dedicated to ending veteran homelessness Fox News Channel viewers can once again expect to see a lot of camouflage through Veterans Day on Nov. 11. Fox Corporation is partnering with U.S.VETS for the "Make Camo Your Cause" campaign for the sixth straight year to help end veteran homelessness because too many American heroes who bravely served our country find themselves sleeping on the streets they swore to protect. The "Make Camo Your Cause" campaign is dedicated to ending veteran homelessness in the United States because "veterans" and "homelessness" should never be uttered in the same sentence. 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The "Make Camo Your Cause" campaign offers a variety of camouflage products — from hats and T-shirts to mugs and duffel bags — designed to create awareness of the U.S.VETS Mission. Every purchase helps veterans and their families successfully transition to civilian life by providing housing, counseling, career development and other critical support. DONATE TO ‘MAKE CAMO YOUR CAUSE’ HERE "Make Camo Your Cause" will also appear in on-screen graphics and across Fox News social media platforms and Fox News Digital. Founded in 1993, U.S.VETS is now the largest nonprofit with boots on the ground fighting America’s veteran homelessness crisis. It provides housing, counseling, supportive services and career programs, in addition to supportive services for veterans to rebuild and thrive. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec55ff3830286ffa39bdfe HUGH HEWITT: The GOP is wounded, not dead — but recovery has to start now te 2026-11-05T10:10:07.743Z HUGH HEWITT: The GOP is wounded, not dead — but recovery has to start now The GOP isn’t dead, but it sure does look and feel that way in the harsh light of the day after Tuesday’s walloping. The myth of Rasputin is that a Russian monk who pretended to mysticism was poisoned, stabbed, shot, beaten and thrown in a river. He somehow climbed out of the drink and survived. He didn’t. Miraculous recoveries only happen in the movies, as with "Boris the Bullet Dodger" in Guy Ritchie’s beloved "Snatch", which starred Jason Statham, Brad Pitt, Benicio del Toro, and Dennis Farina. CONSERVATIVES STUNNED BY 'CATASTROPHIC' MIDTERM BLUE TSUNAMI, BLAME TRUMP'S IRAN WAR, HIGH GAS PRICES If you are a Republican feeling low after Tuesday night’s nationwide wipeout, "Snatch" is a good viewing choice. If you or your boss lost, you need to have a laugh because there is no crying in baseball or politics. Wipeouts happen, and the GOP isn’t going to suddenly pull itself beaten and bruised out of the Potomac. But, the Republican Party isn’t dead. It’s just beaten badly, and it will take some years to mend. A lesson from the endless rebuild of the Cleveland Browns: There aren’t any shortcuts. You need patience, and you have to build through the draft. THUNE PLANS TO RUN FOR REPUBLICAN MINORITY LEADER AFTER DEMS' MIDTERM TAKEOVER The good news: There’s a best player or ten within every state's political leadership, and it’s up to Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno to cheer up the Senate caucus and get to work recruiting and fielding a team of GOP Senate candidates for 2028. The same must go on within the much smaller House GOP conference. It’s up to President Trump to make sure the Republican National Committee, in turn, makes sure that the process of selecting his successor nominee is wide-open and robust. Debates between would-be nominees beginning early in 2027 for an Iowa primary in January 2028, with a New Hampshire primary right behind it will be an excellent forum from which many would-be presidents can test messages and themes with the country as a whole. LIZ PEEK: THERE MAY BE A SILVER LINING IN TRUMP'S BRUTAL MIDTERM DEFEAT President Trump remains the leader of a badly banged-up party, and he’s often been a terrific cheerleader and needs to be so again. Not like the "Black Knight" in 1975’s "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" — Tuesday night wasn’t a flesh wound. President Trump will study the ugly results carefully. Disasters have their own clarity about them. No need for an autopsy when the cause of death is, well, everything. President Trump’s State of the Union early in 2027 will provide an agenda around which would-be leaders-in-waiting can rally or reject. He and his team should start to work on that immediately. It will matter a great deal. The greatness of the Republic is its wonderful resilience. The Constitution is terrifically strong, a work of genius that endures. Parties thought dead beyond recovery indeed do come back. That lesson is not ancient history. No need to recall the eclipse of the GOP after Barry Goldwater’s kamikaze presidential run in 1964, which left the GOP with just 32 senators and 140 members in the House. Really. Republicans under President Reagan lost the Senate majority in 1986 and tumbled to 45 seats. It took eight years to climb back to a majority in the Upper Chamber. The GOP lost that Senate majority again in 2006 and their hole got deeper during the financial crisis in 2008-2008. When President Obama soared to his landslide and was sworn in in 2009, there were only 41 Republican senators in attendance and 178 GOP House members. The silver lining — and it is going to need some polishing to gleam — is that the center-right and conservatives have three cycles before the post-2030 Census national redistricting gets underway. If the ongoing counting of election results in the states brings the worst, Democrats will have "trifectas"— where a party controls the governorship and both houses of the legislature— in 21 states, the GOP will have 19, and 10 will enjoy divided government. Expect redrawing of maps in the 40 states with trifectas that have not done so already, and then wait for the mandatory line drawing in 2032 after the Census. American politics is a dance that never ends. Recovery after a political crash out can be painful, but it’s best undertaken with clear eyes about what ails the GOP body politic. Anyone with a quick remedy or a single villain isn’t comprehending the scale of the rebuke. It isn’t as bad as 2008’s, but that could follow if another Great Recession looms. The only certainty for President Trump seems to be: Win the battle with Iran and do so quickly and in such a fashion that there are no doubters about who won and how. The Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait must be obviously open to all traffic passing through them unmolested by the remnants of the Iranian terrorist regime. No more ill-conceived MOUs. President Trump is the only one who matters on the decision about whether or not to win the battle with Iran and win it quickly. If the new Democratic majorities to be seated in January arrive before the battle is over, they will do their best to interfere with President Trump’s constitutional authority as Commander-in-Chief. So even as he helps his party stand back up, he should pursue the conflict to success. And Republicans smarting from Tuesday night’s beatdown should keep in mind that if you have to choose between running the Congress and having the Presidency, the latter is by far the better choice. Hugh Hewitt is a Fox News contributor and host of "The Hugh Hewitt Show" heard weekday afternoons from 3 PM to 6 PM ET on the Salem Radio Network, and simulcast on Salem News Channel. Hugh drives Americans home on the East Coast and to lunch on the West Coast on over 400 affiliates nationwide, and on all the streaming platforms where SNC can be seen. He is a frequent guest on the Fox News Channel’s news roundtable, hosted by Bret Baier weekdays at 6pm ET. A son of Ohio and a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Michigan Law School, Hewitt has been a Professor of Law at Chapman University’s Fowler School of Law since 1996 where he teaches Constitutional Law. Hewitt launched his eponymous radio show from Los Angeles in 1990. Hewitt has frequently appeared on every major national news television network, hosted television shows for PBS and MSNBC, written for every major American paper, has authored a dozen books and moderated a score of Republican candidate debates, most recently the November 2023 Republican presidential debate in Miami and four Republican presidential debates in the 2015-16 cycle. Hewitt focuses his radio show and his column on the Constitution, national security, American politics and the Cleveland Browns and Guardians. Hewitt has interviewed tens of thousands of guests from Democrats Hillary Clinton and John Kerry to Republican Presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump over his 40 years in broadcasting. This column previews the lead story that will drive his radio/ TV show today. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM HUGH HEWITT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec55fe3830286ffa39bdf3 Latino Voters Reshape Electoral Map Once Again te 2026-11-05T10:10:06.083Z Latino Voters Reshape Electoral Map Once Again In Texas, California and beyond, Hispanic voters shifted their support to Democratic candidates after siding with Republicans in 2024. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec55fd3830286ffa39bdea How Texas Democrats Turned Decades of Defeat Into a Statewide Sweep te 2026-11-05T10:10:05.296Z How Texas Democrats Turned Decades of Defeat Into a Statewide Sweep Years of organizing met a moment of voter discontent, as James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa offered Texans a message of economic relief and political change. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec55fc3830286ffa39bde1 ‘Florida Is the Last Main Anchor Standing’ for Republicans te 2026-11-05T10:10:04.452Z ‘Florida Is the Last Main Anchor Standing’ for Republicans The third most populous state withstood a national Democratic surge on Tuesday, even as Republicans amassed deep losses in Texas and across the electoral map. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec55fb3830286ffa39bdd8 Midterm Election Losses Complicate Trump’s Options on Iran War te 2026-11-05T10:10:03.627Z Midterm Election Losses Complicate Trump’s Options on Iran War The midterm results laid bare the deep unpopularity of the war of choice that President Trump started and is now struggling to end. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec55fa3830286ffa39bdcf Triumphal Arch Set to Win Final Approval Despite Court Challenges te 2026-11-05T10:10:02.792Z Triumphal Arch Set to Win Final Approval Despite Court Challenges President Trump’s 250-foot arch project is expected to win approval on Thursday from a federal planning board. Court action and Democrats’ upcoming control of Congress could halt the plans. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec55f93830286ffa39bdc6 In Victory, Democrats See Economic Mandate to Cut Costs and Curtail Trump te 2026-11-05T10:10:01.939Z In Victory, Democrats See Economic Mandate to Cut Costs and Curtail Trump Some Democrats quickly signaled they could try to roll back the president’s tax and trade policies, ignoring his early veto threats. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec53a33830286ffa39b6ac LEE CARTER: The biggest winner of this election is not who you think te 2026-11-05T10:00:03.029Z LEE CARTER: The biggest winner of this election is not who you think Whether you’re celebrating this week's midterm elections or sniffling into your morning coffee, I have some good news. And no, it has nothing to do with which party won. For years, we’ve been told that America is hopelessly divided. That our politics are tribal. That our opinions are fixed, our loyalties inherited, and our minds about as open as a bank on Christmas. AMERICA SAW THE BLUE WAVE COMING — BUT DRASTICALLY UNDERESTIMATED THE EXTENT OF THE DEM TSUNAMI Democrats vote for Democrats. Republicans vote for Republicans. Independents insist they’re independent while somehow managing to vote for the same party every November. Persuasion? Forget it. Why bother making an argument when everyone has already made up their mind? LEE CARTER: THE SUMMER POLLS MISSED THE POINT: VOTERS ARE MOVING — AND THE MIDTERMS BEGIN Well, guess what? They haven’t. And that may be the most encouraging thing to come out of this election. I’m a researcher and strategist. I spend my life studying what people believe, why they believe it, and what, if anything, might change their minds. I even wrote a book called" Persuasion," which lately has been beginning to sound like a work of historical fiction. JASON CHAFFETZ: FIVE TIMELESS POLITICAL LESSONS THAT GOT LOST IN 2026 But I’ll admit something. Watching our politics harden over the past decade, even I began to wonder just how persuadable America really was. We seemed to have reached a point where facts were filtered through party affiliation, arguments were judged by who made them, and changing your mind was treated less like intellectual growth and more like treason. We’ve stopped debating and started diagnosing. Anyone who disagrees with us must be stupid, evil, brainwashed, or watching the wrong cable news channel. Then voters did something wonderfully inconvenient. They reminded us that they are human beings, not permanent members of political teams. Look at Michigan. Look at Texas. Look at Kansas. EVERYONE IS WATCHING TEXAS AND MICHIGAN. AS A POLLSTER, I KNOW WHERE THE REAL STORY IS Different states. Different political traditions. Different electorates. But each offers a reason to question the assumption that political identity is destiny. Candidates can still reach people who weren’t necessarily inclined to listen. An argument can still break through. A message that speaks to something voters genuinely care about can still make them reconsider what they thought they knew. Of course, an election result alone doesn’t tell us precisely how many voters changed their minds and how many different voters simply showed up. As a researcher, I feel compelled to point that out, even at the risk of ruining a perfectly good argument. But the larger lesson remains. INDEPENDENT VOTERS AREN’T PICKING A POLITICAL TEAM, THEY JUST FEEL PICKED ON Political coalitions are not permanent. And voters are not property. That’s not a flaw in democracy. That’s democracy working. We’ve spent so much time talking about polarization that we’ve started treating it as a permanent condition. As though Americans arrived at the voting booth with their opinions tattooed on their foreheads. But Americans are more complicated than their party registrations. They can be conservative about spending and liberal about health care. Frustrated with immigration and worried about government overreach. Loyal to a president and disappointed in his party. Angry at Washington and hopeful about their hometown. They can hold two seemingly contradictory ideas at once. Imagine that. THE HISPANIC VOTE IS UP FOR GRABS IN 2026. CANDIDATES WHO IGNORE IT WILL LOSE And most importantly, they can change their minds. Not necessarily because someone shouted louder. Not because a campaign spent another $50 million telling them the other guy was terrible. And certainly not because a celebrity told them what to think. But because someone made an argument that connected with their lives. That is what persuasion actually is. It’s not tricking people. It’s not manipulating them. It’s not finding the magic words that make people abandon their values. It’s finding the truth in your argument that connects with the truth in someone else’s life. And when that happens, something remarkable becomes possible. I'M JESSICA TARLOV, AND SOMETIMES I GET IT WRONG. ACCEPTING THAT IS THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS BETTER DEBATES A voter can cross a party line. A lifelong loyalist can reconsider. Someone who has tuned out politics altogether can decide that this time, something is worth paying attention to. None of this means America is suddenly united. Far from it. We still disagree, often fiercely. We still retreat into our corners. We still have a remarkable talent for assuming the worst about people who vote differently from us. And Thanksgiving dinner is still going to require a seating chart and possibly a referee. But disagreement is not the same thing as permanence. And division is not the same thing as hopelessness. The Founders didn’t build a country on the assumption that everyone would agree. They built one in which disagreement could be argued, debated, challenged, and ultimately resolved, at least temporarily, by the people. A country of ideas and ideals. A country where arguments are supposed to matter. Where leaders have to earn support rather than simply inherit it. Where no party owns a voter forever. And where the best ideas have a chance to win, provided someone can make the case for them. That’s the part I hope we don’t miss in all the post-election analysis. Because if minds can change, then our future isn’t predetermined by our divisions. If voters can be persuaded, politicians have a reason to listen. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION If people are willing to reconsider what they believe, the rest of us have a reason to keep talking to one another. And if an election can surprise us, perhaps our neighbors can, too. So, whether your candidates won or lost, whether you’re popping champagne or reaching for the tissues, take a little comfort in this: America isn’t as stuck as we thought. People are still listening. Arguments still matter. Ideas can still change minds. And in a country that has spent years being told it’s hopelessly divided, that might be the most hopeful election result of all. As someone who wrote a book about persuasion, I have to admit I’m particularly relieved. I really wasn’t looking forward to writing the sequel, "Nobody’s Listening." CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM LEE CARTER Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec4a433830286ffa39b4a3 WATCH: Bodycam captures chaotic response to deadly Citibank shooting in Florida te 2026-11-05T09:20:03.307Z WATCH: Bodycam captures chaotic response to deadly Citibank shooting in Florida Newly released body camera footage captures the chaotic moments as Hillsborough County deputies rushed into a Citibank campus in Tampa, Florida, during a deadly shooting Wednesday, searching for the gunman before an officer announced, "Shooter is down." The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office released edited bodycam footage and 911 calls showing the law enforcement response to the shooting at the Sabal Center in Tampa, where a woman was killed, and the gunman was fatally shot by an armed security guard. According to authorities, the suspect drove through a fence at the Sabal Park Office Development, crashed into an outdoor seating area and fatally shot a woman before opening fire inside the building's cafeteria. In the footage, a deputy is heard asking bystanders for a description of the suspect as officers arrive at the sprawling business campus. BODYCAM FOOTAGE CAPTURES MOMENTS AFTER ICE SHOOTING OF VENEZUELAN MIGRANT IN AUSTIN The deputy then reports that a vehicle had crashed into the property and that the suspect was inside the cafeteria. "Shooter is down," an officer later announces, before the video shows deputies escorting people out of the building. The newly released 911 audio captures a caller reporting gunfire at Citibank as authorities coordinate their response, including plans to enter the building. BODYCAM SHOWS LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPUTY STABBED SECONDS AFTER ARRIVING AT KNIFE ATTACK According to the sheriff's office, dispatchers began receiving calls about shots fired at 12:11 p.m., and deputies arrived within one minute. According to the sheriff's office, dispatchers began receiving calls about shots fired at 12:11 p.m., and deputies arrived within one minute. Authorities praised an armed Citibank security guard who shot the suspect during an exchange of gunfire. The gunman was later pronounced dead at Tampa General Hospital. The sheriff's office said more than 3,200 people were on campus when the shooting unfolded, and over 400 law enforcement personnel responded, including 367 sheriff's deputies. "Thanks to the brave actions by the security team on-site and more than 365 deputies, this unhinged suspect was stopped before he could harm anyone else," Sheriff Chad Chronister said in a statement. Fox News Digital's Louis Casiano contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec47eb3830286ffa39b424 Three executions scheduled across US on same day for second time this year te 2026-11-05T09:10:03.282Z Three executions scheduled across US on same day for second time this year Florida, Alabama and Indiana are set to carry out executions Thursday, which would mark the second time this year that three death row inmates have been put to death on the same day. The first such day this year took place on August 13, when Oklahoma, Tennessee and Alabama executed three inmates within hours of each other. In Florida, Thursday's execution would be the state's 19th of 2026, matching the record set last year. Alabama is preparing for its third execution of the year, while Indiana is set to carry out its first. Jesse Guardado, 64, is scheduled to be executed in Florida after confessing and pleading guilty to fatally stabbing a 75-year-old woman who had helped him find a job and housing in 2004. FLORIDA PUTS 77-YEAR-OLD MAN TO DEATH FOR DEPUTY'S MURDER AS STATE CLOSES IN ON EXECUTION RECORD Guardado killed Jackie Malone inside her home before stealing her jewelry box, $80 and other items to fund his drug addiction. "Jesse Guardado has accepted responsibility for killing Jackie Malone and has consistently expressed deep remorse. Florida should accept responsibility for what it did to him as a child, too," Grace Hanna, executive director of Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, said in a statement while urging the state to halt the execution. Florida has ramped up executions as Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a series of death warrants since 2025. The state carried out a record 19 executions last year, more than under any other Florida governor in a single year since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. Those executions accounted for roughly 40% of the 47 carried out nationwide in 2025. Florida has also accounted for more than half of the 32 executions carried out nationwide so far in 2026. In July, Florida executed two prisoners on the same day, marking the first double execution by a single state in nearly a decade. In Alabama, Michael Taylor, 54, is scheduled to be executed for the 1991 murders of an older couple who were beaten to death with a metal bar during a robbery inside their home. Authorities caught Taylor in Birmingham, about an hour away, with the victims' Cadillac. Alabama officials plan to execute Taylor by lethal injection after a judge ruled against his attorneys' objections to the method. Taylor had previously requested execution by nitrogen gas, and his attorneys sought to preserve that choice. ALABAMA GOVERNOR COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE AS DOUBTS EMERGE ABOUT EVIDENCE IN MURDER CONVICTION Death penalty opponents urged Republican Gov. Kay Ivey to commute Taylor's sentence to life in prison, arguing that he was too young and immature at 19 to fully appreciate the consequences of his actions. "If the state kills Michael, it is not the 19-year-old who made the worst mistake of his life who it kills. But the mature, well-respected, God-fearing man sitting in that cell today," Esther Brown of Project Hope to Abolish the Death Penalty told The Associated Press. Ivey rejected the clemency requests, clearing the way for Taylor's scheduled execution. In Indiana, Jeffrey Weisheit, 50, faces execution for setting a 2010 house fire that killed his girlfriend's two children, ages 8 and 5, as the couple's relationship deteriorated. His attorneys sought permission for additional brain scans, arguing that his history of head injuries and mental health problems warranted further examination. Republican Gov. Mike Braun denied the request. Braun also rejected appeals to commute Weisheit's death sentence to life in prison. FLORIDA EXECUTES INMATE WHO KILLED CELLMATE BECAUSE HE WANTED DEATH PENALTY Weisheit's lawyers have raised separate concerns about Indiana's planned use of execution drugs obtained from a pharmacy facing a disciplinary hearing before the Indiana Pharmacy Board next week. The Indiana Department of Correction, however, said it remains confident that it can "humanely" carry out the execution. The planned executions come amid renewed scrutiny of lethal injection procedures following a failed execution attempt in Tennessee in September. Death row inmate Christa Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital and was rushed to a hospital. She has since returned to prison. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec30833830286ffa39af7b Former Mesa Solar CEO Ordered To Repay $2.4 Million After Misusing Investor Funds te 2026-11-05T07:30:11.940Z Former Mesa Solar CEO Ordered To Repay $2.4 Million After Misusing Investor Funds By Ethan Faverino | The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) has ordered Tyler Brent Lyman, the former CEO of a Mesa-based solar roofing startup, to pay more than $2.4 million in restitution. An investigation found that Lyman misappropriated nearly $1 million in investor funds for personal expenses, including luxury travel, clothing, and entertainment. The Commission ordered Lyman to pay $2,433,000 in restitution, along with a $50,000 administrative penalty, and permanently cease and desist from violating the Arizona Securities Act. According to an 11-page complaint filed by the ACC’s Securities Division in February 2026, Lyman raised at least $2.43 million from at least 27 investors between June 2021 and January 2023 while serving as the founder, president, and CEO of a startup company developing solar-powered roofing tiles. Investors were offered convertible notes, Simple Agreements for Future Equity (SAFE) contracts, and loan agreements, with representations that their investments would be used exclusively to support the company’s business operations. According to the complaint, Lyman misappropriated at least $984,696 in investor funds for his personal benefit, despite agreements explicitly prohibiting the use of company investments for personal or household expenses. The complaint detailed numerous personal expenditures, including international trips to Singapore, Bali, and Dubai, along with vacations to Cabo San Lucas and Pismo Beach. Regulators also identified spending on luxury clothing, fine dining, entertainment, and family medical expenses. In October 2022, Lyman transferred approximately $31,000 from the company’s business account into his personal bank account to finance trips to Singapore and Bali. Investigators also found that Lyman opened a separate bank account in the company’s name without informing other company officers. He subsequently directed certain investors to deposit their investments into the undisclosed account, allowing him to divert portions of the funds before transferring the remaining money to the company. In one instance, Lyman retained $30,000 from a $100,000 investment in April 2022. In another, he kept approximately $50,750 from two investments totaling $400,000 in October 2022. The alleged misconduct came to light in February 2023 when company officers launched an internal investigation into accounting irregularities involving investor funds. According to the complaint, Lyman acknowledged misappropriating the money when confronted by the company’s chief operating officer. “I was just trying to live above my means,” Lyman stated, according to the complaint. He also indicated that he believed the company’s future success would eventually benefit investors despite his personal use of their money. Following the company’s internal investigation, Lyman was removed from his leadership positions and entered into a settlement agreement with the company and its investors in April 2023, acknowledging that he had misappropriated between $771,000 and $984,696. Under the private settlement agreement, Lyman agreed to repay $771,000 plus 12% annual interest through a structured repayment schedule. The agreement also offered a reduction of up to $250,000 in his repayment obligation if he made timely payments. However, according to the ACC’s February 2026 complaint, Lyman had failed to make any payments toward the settlement as of January 27, 2026. Unlike the 2023 private settlement, the ACC’s subsequent enforcement action addressed alleged violations of Arizona securities laws, and resulted in a restitution order totaling $2,433,000, equivalent to the full amount Lyman raised from investors. The complaint also alleged that Lyman failed to disclose two outstanding civil judgments and a third lawsuit involving unpaid debts, which ultimately resulted in default judgments totaling more than $343,000. Additionally, Lyman was never registered with the Commission as a securities salesman or dealer, and the securities he offered were not registered with the agency. The Commission’s enforcement action follows its investigation into violations of Arizona securities laws involving unregistered securities transactions and fraudulent practices in connection with the sale of investments. Ethan Faverino is a reporter for AZ Free News. You can send him news tips using this link. The post Former Mesa Solar CEO Ordered To Repay $2.4 Million After Misusing Investor Funds first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec307e3830286ffa39af5c Arizona Democrats face budget hurdles as they prepare to take control of Legislature te 2026-11-05T07:30:06.223Z Arizona Democrats face budget hurdles as they prepare to take control of Legislature PHOENIX -- After years in the minority, Democratic lawmakers see the Tuesday election results as a mandate to push forward with all the proposals they could never get heard in the Republican-controlled Legislature. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec307d3830286ffa39af53 Tinsley leads council race as Rooney, Roman hold school board leads te 2026-11-05T07:30:05.288Z Tinsley leads council race as Rooney, Roman hold school board leads Neil Tinsley remained on track to unseat incumbent Jeni Coke on the Lake Havasu City Council early Thursday, holding a nearly 1,700-vote lead as the latest election results remained unchanged. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec307c3830286ffa39af4a California man pleads guilty in Lake Havasu City marijuana trafficking case te 2026-11-05T07:30:04.092Z California man pleads guilty in Lake Havasu City marijuana trafficking case A California resident has entered a plea agreement to resolve a criminal case involving a May 5 marijuana seizure in Lake Havasu City. The vehicle operated by Frank Esinoza, 26, Beaumont, was pulled over for speeding on highway 95. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec1b6297b7902b25a3e7a0 US Marine dies in training incident at Japan military base, officials say te 2026-11-05T06:00:02.860Z US Marine dies in training incident at Japan military base, officials say A U.S. Marine died Tuesday after an incident during training at Camp Schwab in Okinawa, Japan, military officials said. The incident happened in Okinawa, on a Marine Corps base near the northeastern coast of Okinawa Prefecture. The Marine, whose identity has not been released by the military, was with the 3rd Marine Division. ALLEGED KILLING BY MARINE PROMPTS US MILITARY TO RESTRICT OFF-BASE LIBERTY IN OKINAWA "It is with heavy hearts that 3rd Marine Division announces the death of a Marine following a training incident at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, on Nov. 3, 2026," the 3rd Marine Division said in a statement to ABC News. "We express our deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of our Marine," the statement continued. The Marine's death remains under investigation, the 3rd Marine Division said. The Marine's identity is expected to be withheld until 24 hours after their next of kin has been notified, Lt. Tyler Thomas, a spokesperson for the III Marine Expeditionary Force, told the outlet. Military officials have not said whether the Marine died at Camp Schwab or after being transported to a hospital. Thomas also declined to tell ABC News whether anyone else was injured. FOX News Digital has reached out to the 3rd Marine Division. MARINE MISSING FROM USS ANCHORAGE NOW FOCUS OF RECOVERY MISSION OFF CALIFORNIA COAST Roughly 50,000 U.S. troops are stationed in Japan, with most based on Okinawa. The island remained under U.S. control from the end of World War II until 1972. Currently, nearly 80,000 Americans live on Okinawa, including about 30,000 active-duty service members from all four military branches, with the Marine Corps accounting for the largest presence there. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec16b297b7902b25a3e649 Jim Harbaugh Defends Justin Herbert After Quentin Lake’s Criticism te 2026-11-05T05:40:02.898Z Jim Harbaugh Defends Justin Herbert After Quentin Lake’s Criticism Jim Harbaugh rejected Quentin Lake’s criticism of Justin Herbert after the Chargers’ loss to the Rams. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec145d97b7902b25a3e5c4 Democratic L30 candidate: ‘People want change’ te 2026-11-05T05:30:05.627Z Democratic L30 candidate: ‘People want change’ When Democrat and former Buckskin Fire Chief Brian McMahan joined the race for a chance to represent the state’s 30th legislative district, he knew it would be an uphill battle against his entrenched Republican opposition. But what mattered, he said,… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec145a97b7902b25a3e574 Laura Loomer Sounds Alarm Over Democratic Midterm Wins: ‘America Is Over’ te 2026-11-05T05:30:02.745Z Laura Loomer Sounds Alarm Over Democratic Midterm Wins: ‘America Is Over’ Laura Loomer sounded the alarm over GOP midterm losses, even as Nicki Minaj doubled down on her support for Donald Trump. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec0fad97b7902b25a3e43b Ted Cruz says 'blue tsunami' took over Texas after Democrats swept statewide races te 2026-11-05T05:10:05.087Z Ted Cruz says 'blue tsunami' took over Texas after Democrats swept statewide races Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, delivered a scathing assessment on Wednesday of Republicans' sweeping midterm election losses, describing the results as a "blue tsunami" and warning that his party had lost touch with voters, particularly in the Lone Star State. In a lengthy post on X, Cruz acknowledged that Republicans had suffered historic defeats, losing control of both chambers of Congress while Democrats swept statewide races in Texas. "2026 was not simply a blue wave; it was a blue tsunami. It was an ass kicking," Cruz wrote. "It was not simply a bad 2006 midterm election. It was a Watergate-level repudiation." His blunt assessment came after a landmark Democratic breakthrough in traditionally Republican strongholds across the country, including in his home state, where Democrats won every statewide race, ending decades of Republican dominance. FLORIDA'S DESANTIS DESCRIBES GOP MIDTERMS WIPEOUT AS 'CLOSE TO AN EXTINCTION-LEVEL EVENT' FOR REPUBLICANS "Nowhere are the consequences of this election greater than Texas," Cruz wrote. "In the Lone Star State, we lost every single statewide election." "Texas is blue. That is a hard sentence to utter. But Texas, today at least, is blue," he continued.  Democrats scored two major victories in Texas, with James Talarico defeating Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton in the U.S. Senate race — marking the first Democratic Senate victory in the Lone Star State in nearly four decades — and state Rep. Gina Hinojosa unseating longtime Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, according to the Fox News Decision Desk. TRUMP'S GAMBLE ON KEN PAXTON BACKFIRES AS DEMOCRAT PULLS OFF HISTORIC TEXAS SENATE UPSET Cruz argued that Republicans' political defeat stemmed from their failure to address growing frustration over the cost of living, as voters continued struggling with everyday expenses. "Food is too high, gas is too high, diesel is too high, insurance is too high, life is too high," he wrote. "Understandably, people were pissed off, and elected Republicans didn't do enough to address their very real pain," Cruz said. He also criticized tariffs and the prolonged war with Iran, arguing that both had contributed to voter frustration. CONSERVATIVES STUNNED BY 'CATASTROPHIC' MIDTERM BLUE TSUNAMI, BLAME TRUMP'S IRAN WAR, HIGH GAS PRICES He said Republicans had lost support among blue-collar workers, young voters, farmers, ranchers and Hispanic voters, while evangelical Christians failed to turn out with the same enthusiasm as in previous elections, concluding that his party had "alienated rural America." Cruz said he called Talarico after the election to congratulate him on his victory. "Last night, I called James Talarico. I congratulated him on his very impressive victory," Cruz wrote, adding that the two had a "pleasant conversation" and that he was willing to work with the Democrat on issues benefiting Texas. Despite the sweeping losses, which also included Democratic wins in the state's lieutenant governor and attorney general races, Cruz expressed optimism that Republicans could regain ground in Texas. DEMS SEIZE THE SENATE AS BLUE TIDAL WAVE CRASHES DEEP INTO TRUMP COUNTRY, TOPPLES GOP STRONGHOLDS "But hear me now: we will bring Texas back," he wrote. "Texas will be red again." Throughout the campaign, Talarico cast himself as a moderate dedicated to representing Texans rather than Democratic interests in Washington. Paxton, along with President Donald Trump and other national Republicans, labeled Talarico a "communist" and a vegan in barbecue-loving Texas, pointing to his support for the transgender community while in the Texas Legislature and a floor speech in which he said God was "nonbinary." "We have not suddenly become a bunch of tofu-eating, gun-banning, tutu-wearing pinko commie liberals," Cruz wrote. "That ain’t us. Texas is still Texas." "We will rebuild as a true blue-collar party, not by embracing socialism, but by being real free-market conservatives," he continued, predicting a political comeback for Republicans. "It is dark right now, but it is always darkest before the dawn, and morning is coming," he said. Fox News Digital's Alex Miller, Elizabeth Elkind and Amanda Macias contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec0fab97b7902b25a3e419 Alaska Senate Margin Keeps Justice Department Lawsuit Alive te 2026-11-05T05:10:03.295Z Alaska Senate Margin Keeps Justice Department Lawsuit Alive Alaska’s razor-thin Senate race keeps a DOJ legal fight over the two Sullivans alive. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec0d6797b7902b25a3e227 City of Winslow felt hit from expired tax te 2026-11-05T05:00:23.997Z City of Winslow felt hit from expired tax The City of Winslow felt the first bite of its expired 1% sales tax in September, Finance Director Daniel Hendrix told the Winslow City Council last week and he expects revenue to keep sliding until voters decide on a replacement tax Nov. 3. General fund revenue for September was $661,720, bringing the year-to-date total to… Read the full story at the Tribune Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec0d6697b7902b25a3e215 An evening of music, hot cocoa and friends te 2026-11-05T05:00:22.390Z An evening of music, hot cocoa and friends A faith-based community concert organized by Joseph City youth will be held at 6 p.m. this Saturday, Nov. 7, at the north parking lot of the LDS church, located at 8181 Westover St., in Joseph City. Come out and enjoy uplifting music, fire pits, hot chocolate and treats. Bring a friend and enjoy a special… Read the full story at the Tribune Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec0d6597b7902b25a3e203 Lady Lobos take state! te 2026-11-05T05:00:21.034Z Lady Lobos take state! Snowflake's Lady Lobos won their first state soccer championship on a soggy afternoon at Winslow High School. The Ladies took down defending state champion and previously unbeaten St. Johns 4-3 in sudden death.  Third-ranked Snowflake advanced to the title game by beating sixth-seeded Blue Ridge 3-2 in overtime on Tuesday evening at Lobo Stadium.  That win… Read the full story at the Tribune Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec0d6397b7902b25a3e1f1 Lady Wildcats end regular season with two losses te 2026-11-05T05:00:19.466Z Lady Wildcats end regular season with two losses The Lady Wildcats ended the regular season on a down note, losing both matches before the 1A Central tournament, then fell to Ash Fork in the first round.  Playing in rival Mogollon on Monday evening, the Wildcats struggled early, losing the first two games, 25-17 and 25-19, then played better in game three, though they… Read the full story at the Tribune Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec0d6297b7902b25a3e1df Lady Lobos head to state after splitting two matches te 2026-11-05T05:00:18.027Z Lady Lobos head to state after splitting two matches Snowflake is headed to the 3A State tournament after splitting its two final regular-season matches, both against top-10 teams.  Hosting ninth-ranked Blue Ridge on Monday evening, the fifth-ranked Lobos prevailed in three straight games: 26-24, 25-23 and 25-13.  Tuesday, the Ladies travel to Payson to face the fourth-ranked Longhorns. Payson proved they belong in the… Read the full story at the Tribune Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec0d6097b7902b25a3e1cd Lady Roadrunners end their season against the Scouts te 2026-11-05T05:00:16.443Z Lady Roadrunners end their season against the Scouts Holbrook's volleyball season ended Thursday evening in Window Rock, where they fell to the Scouts in the first round of the 3A North Region tournament. Before the tournament, the Lady Birds split their final two regular-season matches. Playing at St. Johns on Monday, the team didn't play well, losing in three straight games: 8-25, 12-25… Read the full story at the Tribune Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec0d5e97b7902b25a3e1bb Wildcat’s season ends at state playoffs te 2026-11-05T05:00:14.906Z Wildcat’s season ends at state playoffs Joseph City had a solid season, advancing to the second round of the 1A State playoffs, where they lost to Hayden on Friday night. As the seventh seed in the 12-team bracket, the Wildcats beat 10th-seeded Salome 32-26 in the first round, but their matchup with second-seeded and unbeaten Hayden on Friday night in round… Read the full story at the Tribune Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec0d5d97b7902b25a3e1a9 Lady bulldogs fall in first round te 2026-11-05T05:00:13.246Z Lady bulldogs fall in first round On Oct. 29, the Winslow Lady Bulldogs volleyball team traveled to Kayenta for the 3A North Volleyball Regional Tournament. The Bulldogs would go in as the seventh seed and face the two seeded Tuba City Lady Warriors. The Warriors would take all three sets: 25-9, 25-14 and 25-20. Winslow stats include 5 aces led by… Read the full story at the Tribune Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec0d5b97b7902b25a3e197 Bulldogs have a narrow 53-52 loss to Window Rock te 2026-11-05T05:00:11.819Z Bulldogs have a narrow 53-52 loss to Window Rock On Oct. 30, the Winslow Bulldogs would host the Window Rock Scouts in their final game of the season. Prior to the game Winslow High School honored the seniors of the football team: Nicholas Alberry, Elijah Faber and Eli Nelson. Seniors on the swim team: Caleb Osuna, Kaylen Roanhorse, Evan Sanchez and Kale Rivera, who… Read the full story at the Tribune Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec0d5a97b7902b25a3e185 Lobos claim region crown, favored to take state title te 2026-11-05T05:00:10.102Z Lobos claim region crown, favored to take state title Last season, Arcadia took the 4A Desert Sky Region title away from Snowflake in the final week of the regular season. Friday night, the Lobos made sure it didn't happen again, routing the Titans 50-21on their own turf, claiming the region crown in the process. Along with the region title, the Lobos remained unbeaten and… Read the full story at the Tribune Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec064c97b7902b25a3dcfb Hobbs celebrates victory, shares centrist message scant on plans for trifecta te 2026-11-05T04:30:04.821Z Hobbs celebrates victory, shares centrist message scant on plans for trifecta Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs celebrates her election victory with supporters on Nov. 4, 2026, at the Carpenters Local 1912 hall in Phoenix. (Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy/Arizona Mirror) Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs celebrated a decisive victory over her Republican opponent Andy Biggs Wednesday night at a local carpenter’s union, but stressed to a room full of supporters that she and her lieutenant governor plan to govern for “all Arizonans.”  “I think I may be the only non-Democrat who had a good night last night,” former Republican Mesa Mayor John Giles, Hobbs’ lieutenant governor pick, said to the room of Hobbs volunteers and supporters to cheers.  Hobbs’ race to retain the governorship was called early Wednesday morning by the Associated Press with her receiving 56% to Biggs’ 43%.  GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. SUBSCRIBE Her win came alongside a wave of victories for Democratic politicians across the country and in Arizona, where early returns show Democrats gained a trifecta in the state, controlling all branches of government.  Democrats are poised to gain control of both chambers of the state legislature for the first time in 60 years.  Hobbs has spent the last term dealing with a divided government in which Republicans, who controlled the state’s legislature, often clashed with Hobbs, who ended up making a record-setting number of vetoes of legislation sent to her by Republicans.  Now, Hobbs is likely to be free to push more of her agenda, but she didn’t elaborate on what that was Wednesday night.  Instead, both Hobbs and Giles said they intend to work as a “team” and spoke about their desire to move past partisan politics, saying they intend to work for those who didn’t vote for them this midterm as well as those who did.  “You elected a Democratic governor and a former Republican mayor, now independent, on the same ticket,” Giles said, later noting that most of the country in recent years has been “retreating to their partisan corners.”  “Arizona has chosen a different path. You have chosen unity over division,” he said.  Hobbs, who started her political career in the Arizona legislature, made similar remarks, while also noting the massive shift in political makeup that the state has seen in the past few decades.  “Sixty years, I want you to understand what that means to me,” Hobbs said, recalling that during her tenure in the legislature the entire Democratic caucus could be fed with one pizza. “We have gone from a one-pizza caucus to a majority in both chambers.”  Hobbs, like Giles, also spoke of a need for unity.  “What unites us is so much stronger than what divides us,” she said, adding that issues like affordability, education and a “secure border” were key.  Hobbs served as the state’s top election official during the 2020 presidential election, when the state dealt with unsubstantiated claims of fraud from President Donald Trump and his supporters. She stressed that with her win, alongside other Democrats, the state will avoid any controversy over certifying the results of the 2028 presidential election.  “The people certifying your vote will answer to you and not anyone in Washington,” Hobbs said.  Hobbs’ speech was light on details of what her administration plans to do with a Democratic-controlled legislature, but she did say she intends to take on the state’s Empowerment Scholarship Account Program.  Arizona’s school voucher program has seen ballooning costs and reports of fraud since it was expanded to be available to any public school student in 2022.  As for the Democratic legislature Hobbs will be working with come January?  “My door is open, just as it has been for four years,” she said.  But she issued a warning to those who may look to “obstruct” or cause chaos, telling them to “look at the results of this election.”  “I’ve seen what this state can do when people stop asking what side you’re on and ask ‘what does Arizona need?’” Hobbs said. “Let’s keep moving Arizona forward.”  YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec064b97b7902b25a3dcda Warriors coach Steve Kerr laughs at GOP midterms after begging reporters for political questions te 2026-11-05T04:30:03.644Z Warriors coach Steve Kerr laughs at GOP midterms after begging reporters for political questions Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr couldn’t help himself on Wednesday. Reporters at Chase Center were already packing up after practice. Recorders were off, notebooks were closed and nobody had asked about Washington. Kerr stopped the room anyway, asking why there were no questions on Tuesday’s midterms before launching straight into his routine. "I'm disappointed, because I was looking forward to that $5,000 check that we were all gonna get," Kerr said, taking a swipe at President Trump. "I already spent it, in fact. And I was so excited and sure about it that I spent it already. So now I'm gonna have to figure something out." THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Republicans had just gotten shellacked at the ballot box, and Kerr was dying to talk about it. Don't kid yourself: if Democrats had lost, he would’ve clammed up and kept politics far away from the microphone, just like he did with China. But with the GOP taking a beating, Kerr wasn't about to walk off without taking a victory lap. It's no secret Kerr is a bleed-blue lib, and midterm thumpings are par for the course. What made his post-practice comedy set so grating wasn't who won or lost on Tuesday. It was the shameless double standard on full display. STEVE KERR ADMITS HE WAS 'WRONG' ON HONG KONG, REGRETS CALLING TRUMP A 'BUFFOON' After endorsing Kamala Harris, taking the stage as a featured speaker at the Democratic National Convention, and co-opting Stephen Curry’s signature "night night" celebration to mock Donald Trump, Kerr suddenly tried to play the elder statesman. Even Warriors brass and league figures had grown visibly exhausted by the routine, with team owner Joe Lacob publicly conceding Kerr "sometimes goes a little far" with his political diatribes. Confronted with his own record, Kerr’s moral posturing dissolved into corporate cowardice. He admitted his silence on China’s atrocities in Hong Kong was transactional, aimed solely at protecting the NBA’s financial interests. To complete the convenient rebrand, he claimed he regretted calling Trump a "buffoon," piously lecturing that political debate should rise above the very insults he had spent years dishing out. The real issue is that Kerr loves playing political commentator only when he controls the script and faces zero pushback. When actually held to the facts, the highbrow disappears. Back in January, I pressed Kerr at Chase Center over his comments regarding federal immigration enforcement. After a road trip to Minnesota, he told reporters that ICE agents were not rooting out violent criminals, claiming instead that they were taking 5-year-old kindergartners and American citizens. Confronted with the agency's actual enforcement record and criminal arrest numbers, Kerr folded. "You're right, I definitely misspoke, and I knew that ICE was arresting some criminals," Kerr admitted. "I misspoke, and I apologize for the misinformation..." When I pressed for a follow-up question, Kerr shut down the exchange entirely, abruptly telling the room to move on: "All right, let's talk about basketball." That pivot was his immediate exit ramp the moment he got caught spreading misinformation. He used the sport as a shield to kill the scrutiny. Yet on Wednesday, when a room full of sports reporters actually stuck to basketball, Kerr went out of his way to drag politics right back to the podium. If Kerr wants to treat the post-practice podium like his personal open-mic night, he can't cry foul and sprint back to basketball the second he gets fact-checked. Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com / Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aec03f297b7902b25a3dc26 Myles Garrett Returns to Limited Rams Practice Ahead of Commanders Trip te 2026-11-05T04:20:02.877Z Myles Garrett Returns to Limited Rams Practice Ahead of Commanders Trip Myles Garrett returned to limited Rams practice Wednesday. Sean McVay outlined a gradual plan before Sunday at Washington. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebfcec97b7902b25a3d9d6 Patriots WR AJ Brown Misses Practice as Mike Vrabel Addresses IR Question te 2026-11-05T03:50:04.176Z Patriots WR AJ Brown Misses Practice as Mike Vrabel Addresses IR Question A.J. Brown missed Patriots practice Wednesday. Mike Vrabel addressed the receiver’s status before Sunday’s Packers game. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebfa9697b7902b25a3d879 Ted Cruz is Lonely in Texas: 'The Radicals Are In Charge' te 2026-11-05T03:40:06.616Z Ted Cruz is Lonely in Texas: 'The Radicals Are In Charge' Senator Ted Cruz weighs in on being the lone statewide Republican left in Texas after Tuesday's midterms. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebfa9597b7902b25a3d870 Nancy Lacore, Admiral Fired by Pete Hegseth, Projected to Flip GOP Seat te 2026-11-05T03:40:05.255Z Nancy Lacore, Admiral Fired by Pete Hegseth, Projected to Flip GOP Seat Nancy Lacore, a former Navy admiral, is expected to flip a GOP-held South Carolina district after being fired by Pete Hegseth. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebf83e97b7902b25a3d80f ‘It’s a daunting task’: Democrats prep to lead Arizona legislature for first time in 60 years te 2026-11-05T03:30:06.595Z ‘It’s a daunting task’: Democrats prep to lead Arizona legislature for first time in 60 years A supporter holds a sign at the Arizona Democratic Party watch party on Nov. 3, 2026 in Phoenix. Now that Democrats have a trifecta, the hard job of setting policy for the state begins. (Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy/Arizona Mirror) For the first time in six decades, Democrats control the Arizona legislature and will be able to turn their policy priorities into state law. But doing so without ostracizing the Republican and independent voters who helped elect them may prove difficult as the party grapples with governing a state where Republican voters still outnumber registered Democrats.  Tuesday’s election was a boon for Democrats up and down the ballot. The state’s three top Democratic incumbents easily trounced their GOP challengers, and the party is poised to wrest two extra congressional seats and the Superintendent of Public Instruction’s Office from Republicans.  At the state legislature, Democrats outperformed their electoral goals. The party needed to flip three seats in the Arizona Senate and four in the Arizona House of Representatives to upend 60 years of GOP control; as of Wednesday, they were on pace to capture six seats in the state senate and 10 in the lower legislative chamber.  GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. SUBSCRIBE After years of facing legislative gridlock under Republicans, who refused to so much as discuss Democratic proposals they ideologically opposed, party leaders are excited at the prospect of finally advancing their policy wishlist. Rep. Nancy Gutierrez, the assistant minority leader in the House, said that Democrats are looking forward to making their vision for Arizona a reality.  “Democrats really get to do some good things for the people of Arizona,” the Tucson Democrat said. “The people of Arizona will have their voices heard in our Arizona state legislature.”  Among the party’s key priorities, Gutierrez said, are affordability solutions, reproductive healthcare protections, and gun safety legislation. Gutierrez emphasized that legislation aimed at addressing Arizonans’ affordability concerns is at the top of that list.  Last year, Democratic lawmakers proposed bills that would have made it more difficult for corporations to purchase single-family homes, sought to prohibit manufacturers and distributors from price gouging generic drugs, and would have set aside funding to resolve the state’s backed up child care assistance waiting list. None of those bills were ever granted an initial hearing.  Democrats have also pushed to make access to contraception a right for years, but have been repeatedly shut down by opponents across the aisle. And while Arizonans voted two years ago to make abortion a fundamental right and outlaw any unnecessary restrictions on the procedure, Republicans have refused to repeal the dozens of anti-abortion laws that remain on the books.  With Democrats at the helm, those changes are now almost certain to occur.  But some warn that winning a legislative majority won’t automatically make the party’s political agenda a reality, at least not without some hard work. Chuck Coughlin, a Republican political consultant, said that Democrats have an unprecedented opportunity to advance their solutions to some of the state’s most pressing problems, including water conservation and education funding. But he noted that the party leaders will need to learn how to wrangle their caucus members in both chambers to arrive at a consensus; just because the party has a majority in both chambers doesn’t guarantee they will always agree with each other.  “They’re going to have to work with themselves and figure out how the caucus can govern in both bodies, which is going to require something we don’t see often in politics: patience and humility to try and work with one another to help the governor fashion an agenda,” Coughlin said. Republicans themselves, despite 60 years of dominating the legislature, faced intraparty friction at times. In the past few years, members of the party’s far-right fringe increasingly threw a wrench into policymaking, particularly when it came to money for schools. Republicans were unable to put together a plan to renew Proposition 123, an initiative that public schools depend on for $300 million in annual revenue, despite three years of heated debate on the subject.  Coughlin added that Democrats and Gov. Katie Hobbs are under unique pressure to deliver results for voters, who expect them to succeed where they feel Republicans didn’t. And he said that, because many Democrats were awarded wins in red districts, the party will have to balance bold moves against a long-term strategy to preserve its majority. “If the caucus is going to maintain those voter majorities they’ll have to be respectful of their colleagues and who they represent,” he said.  But Democrats and their supporters feel the party is ready to meet that challenge.  “It’s a daunting task but it’s a task that we are up to,” Gutierrez said. “We might have bumps in the road but everybody does. Even people who had been leading for decades had missteps.” “There’s going to be a learning curve on the governing side, but it’s not insurmountable,” echoed Liz Goodman, a lobbyist who has worked closely with Democrats for more than a decade.   Goodman pointed out that Democratic leaders have already proven they can work within the confines that Democrats who represent conservative constituencies may find themselves in. Two years ago, Rep. Kevin Volk flipped a Republican seat in a Tucson district where registered Republicans far outnumber Democrats — 69,719 to 52,862, according to the latest voter registration report. Volk later went on to establish a reputation as a moderate, at times going against his party.  The first-time legislator once earned repudiation from progressive organizations when he joined Republicans as the lone Democrat to support funding a budget line item that sets aside money to address drug trafficking as well as to “deter and apprehend” people who cross the state’s southern border without authorization. The money, which is disbursed by the Hobbs administration, is strictly reserved for drug interdiction initiatives but the language was previously passed by Republicans and has long been opposed by Democrats.  Despite his actions drawing condemnation from progressive activists, who vowed to defeat him in the next election, no such movement emerged against Volk and he earned reelection on Tuesday.  “Leadership understands that the Democrats in the state represent vastly different constituencies,” Goodman said.  At the same time that Democrats will be learning how to navigate a near-legislative supermajority, they’ll need to contend with obstacles from the federal level.  Goodman noted that while state lawmakers have no control over what the Trump administration does, they will have to figure out how to implement the coming Medicaid cuts in a way that causes the least impact on the state’s healthcare system and Arizonans themselves — amid an ongoing economic downturn and the cuts to federal food assistance, which hit the Grand Canyon State particularly hard.  The biggest question is where Democrats will funnel state revenue.  Some Republicans have already admonished voters for awarding the party control of the state, warning them that Democrats will only deepen Arizona’s affordability issues by overspending. But Goodman said that the social safety programs that Democrats want to fund, like free and reduced meals for students, child care assistance and programs that help low income Arizonans afford health insurance, help prevent more expensive problems down the road and reduce the strain on the state’s infrastructure, including hospital emergency rooms.  Gutierrez added that Democrats are focused on spending money to improve the lives of Arizonans.  “Democrats are fiscally responsible, we just will spend differently than the Republicans did because our focus is on the people,” she said. “Their focus was on their rich friends and huge corporations.” YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebf83b97b7902b25a3d7d4 Miami Star WR Malachi Toney's Injury Status Takes Unexpected Turn te 2026-11-05T03:30:03.418Z Miami Star WR Malachi Toney's Injury Status Takes Unexpected Turn Miami star WR Malachi Toney is expected to miss the next four weeks with an ankle injury suffered in practice on Wednesday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebf5e597b7902b25a3d778 Why Flagstaff residents chose to vote in-person for the 2026 midterm elections te 2026-11-05T03:20:05.786Z Why Flagstaff residents chose to vote in-person for the 2026 midterm elections Voters had the chance to decide on elected officials at the federal, state and local levels while also taking a stance in a dozen state-level propositions. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebf38c97b7902b25a3d69b John Cornyn Warns GOP Forgot 4 'Basic' Rules After Midterm Bloodbath te 2026-11-05T03:10:04.859Z John Cornyn Warns GOP Forgot 4 'Basic' Rules After Midterm Bloodbath Tuesday night resulted in sweeping losses for the Republican Party as they lost control of both the House and the Senate. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebf38b97b7902b25a3d692 Forget the Second Dan Sullivan. Eric Hafner Was Alaska’s Bigger Spoiler te 2026-11-05T03:10:03.234Z Forget the Second Dan Sullivan. Eric Hafner Was Alaska’s Bigger Spoiler The second Dan Sullivan drew 1.7%. Jailed Democrat Eric Hafner drew 7.3%, Alaska’s bigger spoiler. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebf1332f83a5a5824915e2 The Districts That Reveal Latinos' Rebellion Against Donald Trump te 2026-11-05T03:00:03.572Z The Districts That Reveal Latinos' Rebellion Against Donald Trump From South Texas to Miami and New Jersey, these districts show how far Latino voters moved away from Trump and the GOP on Tuesday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebec8a2f83a5a5824914f1 City Council candidates keep trading places in tight race te 2026-11-05T02:40:10.281Z City Council candidates keep trading places in tight race Maricopa’s City Council race has a case of election-day déjà vu: The names keep changing places. Another round of unofficial election results has reshuffled the Maricopa City Council standings, with Councilmember Henry Wade moving back into second place and Vice Mayor Vincent Manfredi slipping to third. A screenshot from a live feed of election workers inside the signature verification room on Nov. 4, 2026. [Pinal County]Tena Dugan continues to lead the four-candidate race, now holding a 365-vote advantage over Wade. The gap between the candidates in second and third is even tighter, with just 49 votes separating Wade and Manfredi. The standings in the Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board race remain unchanged, with incumbent Lisa Garcia and challenger Loraine Conley holding the two leading positions. Propositions 414 and 416 — measures approving Maricopa’s General Plan update and MUSD’s override — also continue to pass, with support for each measure holding above 55%. Here’s where the races stand in the latest unofficial results.   Maricopa City Council  Tena Dugan: 7,935 votes (26.01%) Henry Wade: 7,570 votes (24.82%) Vincent Manfredi: 7,521 votes (24.66%) Chrystal O’Jon: 7,275 votes (23.85%)   Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board  Lisa Garcia: 7,039 votes (24%) Loraine Conley: 6,141 votes (20.93%)  Latrinda Williams: 5,760 votes (19.64%)  Patti Coutre: 5,554 votes (18.93%) Nicolas Yendrzeski: 4,599 votes (15.68%)    Proposition 414  Yes: 10,867 votes (60.32%) No: 7,148 votes (39.68%)   Proposition 416  Yes: 10,651 votes (55.24%)  No: 8,630 votes (44.76 %)    Vincent Manfredi is the owner of InMaricopa. The post City Council candidates keep trading places in tight race appeared first on InMaricopa.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebec852f83a5a582491497 Luka Doncic Leads NBA in Stunning Defensive Stat Amid Criticism te 2026-11-05T02:40:05.035Z Luka Doncic Leads NBA in Stunning Defensive Stat Amid Criticism Lakers star Luka Doncic leads the NBA in a surprising defensive category just days after responding to his critics. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebec832f83a5a58249148e LeBron James Achieves Historic NBA Feat With 76ers Against Pistons te 2026-11-05T02:40:03.574Z LeBron James Achieves Historic NBA Feat With 76ers Against Pistons LeBron James achieved a historic feat in the NBA play-by-play era during the Philadelphia 76ers' clash with the Detroit Pistons. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebea302f83a5a5824913fe Charlamagne Tha God warns Democrats 'don't get comfortable' after winning House and Senate te 2026-11-05T02:30:08.999Z Charlamagne Tha God warns Democrats 'don't get comfortable' after winning House and Senate Radio host Charlamagne Tha God warned Democrats not to let their midterm success go to their head, warning that they need to take action to show they are committed to serving their voters. "But here's why I need Democrats to pay close attention. Don't get comfortable because, you know, a Democrat victory has not proved that they've earned lasting trust. Americans rejected MAGA and Republicans, but that doesn't automatically mean they trust Democrats," he warned. "I don't want to hear another two years of Democrats telling us how dangerous Donald Trump is. We know that. OK? That's why there was such a rebuke of Trump last night," he said. "We know he's dangerous. That's why y'all won. I have one question. OK? What the F are you going to do with the power that we the people just gave you, Democrats? OK?" WHOOPI GOLDBERG WARNS DEMOCRATS TO 'TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS' AFTER MIDTERM WINS Charlamagne then demanded Democrats address a number of issues when they take office. "You got the House, you got the Senate. So, come January, I want to see an actual agenda. What's your plan to lower housing costs? Are you going to build more affordable housing? What about healthcare? Are you going to fight to lower premiums, protect Medicaid? Are you going to stop Americans from going broke because they got sick? What about wages?" he asked. "People are working two and three jobs and still can't afford to live. What are you going to do to make sure a full-time job can actually support a family?" Charlamagne continued. "And while we're at it, what about all this corruption we've seen? And are we going to get real investigations into conflicts of interest? Huh? Government contracts and politicians using public office to enrich themselves? I hope so." Theo Wold, a former White House deputy assistant for domestic policy in Trump’s first term, called Charlamagne's comments "clueless" in comments to Fox News Digital. "Once again, Charlamagne shows how clueless he is," Wold said. "He, like so many voters who cast ballots for Democrats, labors under the misunderstanding that Democrats have a platform or any intention of addressing affordability, healthcare, or the flat-lining wages for working families. Democrats will do exactly what revolutionary ideologues have always done: move to consolidate their power and permanently alter governing institutions." PROGRESSIVES FUME AT HAKEEM JEFFRIES FOR SAYING DEMOCRATS WON'T 'GET EVEN' WITH TRUMP Wold warned that Democrats would try to push radical changes like abolishing the electoral college as a pretext for tackling affordability concerns. "But in reality, Democrats will do exactly as they’ve promised: punish their enemies and radically transform our nation," he added. Charlamagne also credited Democrats for shifting away from culture war messaging and focusing on voters' economic concerns. "Ain't no talk of wokeness," he said. "There's no talk [of] identity politics. They're out there talking about affordability. And you got some really great quality candidates on the Democratic side. And man, last night people voted their interest. It wasn't about party. It wasn't about, you know, that MAGA cult. It was about, you know what, I got to go out here and vote my interest, I'm getting my a-- kicked financially.’" CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebea2d2f83a5a5824913dd Trump Reveals Why He Paused Senate Debate on Daylight Saving Time te 2026-11-05T02:30:05.991Z Trump Reveals Why He Paused Senate Debate on Daylight Saving Time Donald Trump has explained why he held back from making daylight saving time a major issue before the midterm elections. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebea2c2f83a5a5824913d4 Mike Norvell Firing Leaves Florida State With $30 Million Silver Lining te 2026-11-05T02:30:04.394Z Mike Norvell Firing Leaves Florida State With $30 Million Silver Lining Florida State fired head coach Mike Norvell, but its roster budget of up to $30 million could help whoever takes over. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebe7d5811c471ac68069d9 Giants’ JJ McCarthy Makes Feelings Clear on Eagles QB Joe Milton te 2026-11-05T02:20:05.229Z Giants’ JJ McCarthy Makes Feelings Clear on Eagles QB Joe Milton Giants quarterback JJ McCarthy reacted to the announcement of Joe Milton as the Eagles' starting quarterback. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebe7d3811c471ac68069d0 Oregon Suffers Major Injury Blow Ahead of Ohio State Showdown te 2026-11-05T02:20:03.637Z Oregon Suffers Major Injury Blow Ahead of Ohio State Showdown Oregon is expected to be without leading rusher Jordon Davison against Ohio State following a lower-extremity injury. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebe57d811c471ac680693e Eagles' Dallas Goedert Has Telling Reaction to Joe Milton Starting te 2026-11-05T02:10:05.727Z Eagles' Dallas Goedert Has Telling Reaction to Joe Milton Starting Dallas Goedert shared his thoughts on the Eagles decision to start Joe Milton at quarterback over Tanner McKee. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebe57c811c471ac6806935 How Blue Tsunami in State Legislatures Could Impact National Politics te 2026-11-05T02:10:04.466Z How Blue Tsunami in State Legislatures Could Impact National Politics "The Democratic gains in state houses are important because state legislatures do much of the policymaking in this country," an expert told Newsweek. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebe57b811c471ac680692c Saints QB Tyler Shough Sends Strong Message About Jordyn Tyson te 2026-11-05T02:10:03.108Z Saints QB Tyler Shough Sends Strong Message About Jordyn Tyson Saints quarterback Tyler Shough had strong praise for rookie WR Jordyn Tyson after the first-round pick returned to practice. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebe32bb3c2f972e38c37ba Explore local art at Studio Tour te 2026-11-05T02:00:11.026Z Explore local art at Studio Tour The Camelback Studio Tour and Art Sale is a self-guided art sale and shopping experience with 15 stops throughout familiar Phoenix and Scottsdale neighborhoods. The 19th annual event takes place Saturday, Nov. 7, and Sunday, Nov. 8. The event features many returning studio stops and local artists with global talent, in addition to new participants – 41 artists in total. The experience highlights a wide range of one-of-a-kind art, ideal for collectors and gift-givers alike. “Each year we as artists strive to create an improved experience for our art community,” said Lynn Gustafson, owner of the Camelback Studio Tour and Art Sale and member of the South Scottsdale Art Alliance. “So even if you have been to all of our previous events, we encourage you to return to find something new you love, meet a new artist or connect with our local art community in a valuable and memorable way.” The two-day event began as a small walkable and bikeable tour that has grown to attract thousands of art collectors, lovers and shoppers. Throughout the event, attendees can walk or drive to any of the stops at any time during each day’s timeframe. They will be invited to stroll through local artists’ home studios as well as meet and mingle with multiple artists who live and work in the area. The art represented at the event is constantly evolving and ever wide-ranging, including a variety of mediums and handmade works. Guests can expect to view and purchase fine art pieces such as wearable art, jewelry, handcrafted gifts, painting, glass art, sculptures and more. Studios can be visited in any order over the course of the event, so attendees can begin at any point, visit just their favorites or make their way through all 15 stops at their leisure. The event is open to the public and free to attend. Find hours and printable guide maps online at www.camelbackstudiotour.com. Feature photo: Detail of artwork by K. Harris Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebe324b3c2f972e38c3762 Long-Time NFL Cornerback Announces Sudden Retirement te 2026-11-05T02:00:04.111Z Long-Time NFL Cornerback Announces Sudden Retirement A long-time NFL cornerback has surprisingly decided to call it a career. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebe0d0b3c2f972e38c3690 New Jersey pre-K aide faces 61 charges, accused of filming himself sexually assaulting students at school te 2026-11-05T01:50:08.091Z New Jersey pre-K aide faces 61 charges, accused of filming himself sexually assaulting students at school A former New Jersey elementary school aide who worked with pre-K students for roughly four years is facing dozens of criminal charges, including aggravated sexual assault and manufacturing child sexual abuse material, after investigators discovered numerous images and videos of students on his electronic devices, prosecutors said. Shaun M. Stebbins, 44, worked at Woodbine Elementary School in Cape May County from February 2022, until his arrest in neighboring Atlantic County on March 29, according to the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office. The investigation expanded into Cape May County after authorities in Atlantic County and Somers Point notified prosecutors in April that a separate sexual assault investigation involving Stebbins at his home had uncovered suspected crimes in the neighboring county. FORMER NEW JERSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER INDICTED ON NEW CHARGES INCLUDING MANUFACTURING CHILD ABUSE MATERIAL A search of Stebbins' devices allegedly revealed numerous images and videos of Woodbine Elementary School students, prosecutors said. Authorities did not disclose how many students were involved or provide details about when the material was recorded. According to court documents, Stebbins allegedly filmed and performed sex acts on children in a school bathroom and during nap time, ABC7 reported. Cape May County prosecutors announced 61 charges against Stebbins on Oct. 30, including 29 counts of manufacturing child pornography, five counts of aggravated sexual assault, 13 counts of sexual assault by sexual contact and 14 counts of endangering the welfare of a child. The manufacturing and aggravated sexual assault charges are first-degree offenses, which can carry prison sentences of 10 to 20 years under New Jersey law. The remaining charges are second-degree offenses, typically punishable by five to 10 years in prison. SCHOOL EMPLOYEE ACCUSED OF SECRETLY FILMING 12 GIRLS IN CHANGING ROOM FACES NEW CHARGES Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland said his office continues to investigate the case. "Children are among our most vulnerable population and we have a responsibility to protect their safety and well-being. Anyone who harms a child will be held accountable through our justice system." Stebbins remains in the Atlantic County Correctional Facility pending court proceedings. The Woodbine School District, the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office and the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's requests for comment. Prosecutors are asking anyone with information about the investigation to contact the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office Special Victims Unit at 609-465-1135 or submit an anonymous tip at cmcpo.tips. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebe0cdb3c2f972e38c3682 Moderate Democrats Increase Their Numbers, and Their Clout te 2026-11-05T01:50:05.809Z Moderate Democrats Increase Their Numbers, and Their Clout Victories by moderates in competitive or Republican-leaning states and districts paved the way for large new Democratic majorities likely to be shaped by their priorities. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebe0ccb3c2f972e38c3667 Raiders CB Darien Porter Misses Practice Before 49ers Game te 2026-11-05T01:50:04.619Z Raiders CB Darien Porter Misses Practice Before 49ers Game Darien Porter missed the start of Raiders practice with a groin injury as Las Vegas prepares to face San Francisco. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebe0cbb3c2f972e38c365e 49ers' Nick Bosa Says He's 'Ready to Go' After Five-Game Absence te 2026-11-05T01:50:03.394Z 49ers' Nick Bosa Says He's 'Ready to Go' After Five-Game Absence Nick Bosa says he is ready to return as the 49ers prepare for Las Vegas after five games without their defensive end. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebde76b3c2f972e38c31e1 West Hollywood unanimously passes ordinance granting protections for polyamorous relationships te 2026-11-05T01:40:06.468Z West Hollywood unanimously passes ordinance granting protections for polyamorous relationships West Hollywood, California, unanimously passed a city ordinance Monday that would allow citizens in "multi-partner domestic relationships" to receive protections under city law. "It is hereby declared as the public policy of the City of West Hollywood that it is necessary to recognize and protect the right and opportunity of all persons to have multi-partner domestic relationships formally recognized and respected, and to be free from discrimination on account of their partnership in a multi-partner domestic relationship," the ordinance read.  "Diverse relationship structures, including relationship structures involving more than two adults engaged in a loving, committed, and consensual relationship, are becoming increasingly common," it continued.  PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH FACES INTERNAL REVOLT AFTER PROPOSING CLERGY MUST BE IN MONOGAMOUS RELATIONSHIPS The West Hollywood City Council voted 5-0 to allow people within a relationship involving three or more people to sign a statement with the city clerk. The declaration would grant qualifying partners certain rights, including hospital and jail visitation rights. However, the ordinance would not officially recognize polyamorous relationships as a "marriage" or a registered domestic partnership in violation of state or federal law. Still, West Hollywood is one of only a handful of local governments that have enacted some form of protection for multi-partner relationships. Fox News Digital reached out to the City of West Hollywood's communications department for comment but did not immediately receive a response. POLYAMOROUS ‘THROUPLE’ FIRE BACK AT CRITICS OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP: ‘WE COME FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT’ In a comments to Fox News Digital, University of Virginia professor and Institute for Family Studies senior fellow Brad Wilcox lamented the passing of this ordinance for potentially normalizing polyamory and paving the way for polygamy. "The dangers of legally recognizing polyamorous relationships are twofold," he said. "First, it normalizes households where children live with adults who are not related to them by birth or adoption, an arrangement the research consistently links to higher risks for kids."  "Second, it paves the way for polygamy, which the scholarly literature shows fuels gender inequality and hurts child well-being, because wives and children end up competing for a man’s attention and resources," Wilcox continued. "So what seems like a progressive move here in West Hollywood can lead to some illiberal destinations that are bad for women and children," he added.  MASSACHUSETTS CITY RECOGNIZES POLYAMOROUS RELATIONSHIPS IN NEW DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP ORDINANCE West Hollywood first passed an anti-discrimination ordinance to protect polyamorous relationships in March. This latest ordinance will go into effect 30 days after it was adopted. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebde74b3c2f972e38c31d3 Moderate Democrats Increase Their Numbers, and Their Clout te 2026-11-05T01:40:04.127Z Moderate Democrats Increase Their Numbers, and Their Clout Victories by moderates in competitive or Republican-leaning states and districts paved the way for large new Democratic majorities likely to be shaped by their priorities. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebde72b3c2f972e38c31b7 Stephen A. Smith Delivers Warning to LSU HC Lane Kiffin Before Alabama Clash te 2026-11-05T01:40:02.787Z Stephen A. Smith Delivers Warning to LSU HC Lane Kiffin Before Alabama Clash Stephen A. Smith warns LSU's Lane Kiffin, claiming he needs to bring the program a National Championship early in his tenure. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebdc24b3c2f972e38c313c Top-ranked Miami faces nightmare injury concern as star receiver Malachi Toney set to undergo ankle surgery te 2026-11-05T01:30:12.013Z Top-ranked Miami faces nightmare injury concern as star receiver Malachi Toney set to undergo ankle surgery Miami's highly anticipated showdown against Notre Dame on Saturday night had another layer added to the storylines on Wednesday, as the health of Heisman Trophy contender Malachi Toney will now linger over the next month. The No. 1 Hurricanes were already underdogs heading into the matchup in South Bend, but now head coach Mario Cristobal will be without his top playmaker on offense besides quarterback Darian Mensah. During practice on Wednesday, Malachi Toney suffered an injury to his ankle that forced the wide receiver to leave practice and head straight to a local facility to be evaluated for what could be a massive hit to the Hurricanes' national title hopes. CFP RANKINGS: NOTRE DAME FACES SUDDEN DEATH, SEC FEELING GOOD, AND BIG TEN CLOSE TO HITTING THE PANIC BUTTON While there was some optimism earlier in the afternoon that this could end up being an injury that doesn’t keep Toney off the field on Saturday night, there was obviously growing concern later on in the day that this could potentially keep Malachi off the field for an extended period of time. "Malachi Toney sustained an injury during Wednesday’s practice and is currently undergoing further evaluation by the team’s medical staff," Miami said in a statement earlier on Wednesday. "We will share additional updates as appropriate." Now, the star wide receiver will undergo surgery on his ankle, after an MRI and X-ray were done on Wednesday evening, as CBS Sports first reported. Toney suffered a high-ankle sprain, according to sources, and will undergo the infamous "TightRope" surgery that Miami is hoping will have the star wide receiver return for the College Football Playoff in four to six weeks. But, this is obviously a "hopeful" mindset by Miami football officials. Multiple gambling establishments had already bumped Notre Dame from 5-point favorites to 6.5-point favorites by Wednesday evening. The health of Malachi Toney will be one of the most talked about subjects over the next month, given the initial CFP rankings that were released on Tuesday night. Following the win last weekend against North Carolina, the Miami wide receiver has now accounted for 1,027 yards receiving, with 13 touchdowns on 73 receptions. What does this Hurricanes offense look like without its star wide receiver? We're about to find out, given the unfortunate news that he will be undergoing surgery. Just like any other player at this time, Toney was dealing with the type on bumps and bruises you would expect eight games into the season. If the Hurricanes were to lose on Saturday night without Malachi on the field, the subsequent three weeks would be interesting to watch unfold from a rankings standpoint. We've already seen Ohio State be punished for not having Julian Sayin at quarterback, coming off the loss to USC. OHIO STATE'S NATIONAL TITLE HOPES ARE RIGHTFULLY FADING AFTER USC DELIVERS REALITY CHECK IN SHOCKING UPSET What would the committee have to say when it comes to Miami not having a Heisman Trophy candidate on the field if the injury were to keep Toney out for at least a few weeks? These are all questions that will be answered one way or another in the coming weeks. On the other side, this is setting up to be a pivotal game for Notre Dame after being ranked 11th in the first CFP poll of 2026. There is no sugarcoating the fact that the Fighting Irish do not have a signature win this season, and their strength of schedule leaves much to be desired. BYU is the only ranked team they have played that appears in the College Football Playoff top 25. "But when you look at Notre Dame’s schedule and the wins that they have, vs. the teams that are ahead of them, they don’t have that signature win right now. They lost in their only Top-25 matchup at BYU. The next best win as on a neutral site against Wisconsin," CFP chairman Hunter Yurachek noted. "They’ve a great opportunity in front of them this weekend at home vs. Miami to get that signature win that I think they need to move up in the rankings. But the committee is very impressed by them. They wouldn’t be 11th if we were not." Following the game against No. 1 Miami, the remaining schedule for Notre Dame will see them play Boston College, SMU and Syracuse, with the Mustangs currently having the only winning record out of the three. Just when you thought Notre Dame's college football playoff standings would be the main storyline heading into Saturday’s showdown, we are now paying attention to see how Miami responds without its Heisman Trophy candidate. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebdc21b3c2f972e38c3130 Immigration Tactics Motivated Voters, Near and Far From Southern Border te 2026-11-05T01:30:09.593Z Immigration Tactics Motivated Voters, Near and Far From Southern Border Trump’s aggressive ICE raids brought border battles to city streets, sparking fierce backlash over overreach. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebdc20b3c2f972e38c3127 ‘I Have Seen the Enemy, and It Is Us’: Inside Team Trump’s Historic Collapse te 2026-11-05T01:30:08.472Z ‘I Have Seen the Enemy, and It Is Us’: Inside Team Trump’s Historic Collapse How an unpopular president and an unpopular war provided an opening for Democrats to make sweeping gains in the midterms. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebdc1fb3c2f972e38c310c Micah Parsons Addresses His Return Timeline After First Day of Practice te 2026-11-05T01:30:07.056Z Micah Parsons Addresses His Return Timeline After First Day of Practice Parsons made his long-awaited return to practice after being out since last December when he tore his ACL. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebdc1db3c2f972e38c3103 Eagles OT Makes Bold Statement on QB Decision Before Giants Clash te 2026-11-05T01:30:05.219Z Eagles OT Makes Bold Statement on QB Decision Before Giants Clash Eagles offensive tackle Jordan Mailata shared his blunt assessment of the team's quarterback for the Giants game. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebdc1ab3c2f972e38c30e7 Apple is reportedly cutting budgets for its internal AI usage te 2026-11-05T01:30:02.590Z Apple is reportedly cutting budgets for its internal AI usage The company is said to be significantly dropping the amount it's spending on AI for its engineering teams. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebd9cab3c2f972e38c3073 Tony Butala, voice behind 'The Way You Look Tonight' and The Lettermen co-founder, dead at 87 te 2026-11-05T01:20:10.045Z Tony Butala, voice behind 'The Way You Look Tonight' and The Lettermen co-founder, dead at 87 The Lettermen co-founder, Tony Butala, died on Sunday, November 1 at the age of 87. Tracy Clark, the band's media coordinator, confirmed his death to The Associated Press with a statement, saying, "We have lost an integral member of The Lettermen family." "It is with profound sadness that we announce the recent passing of Tony Butala, founding member of the international recording artists ‘The Lettermen,’ and recipient of a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame," the statement read. It continued: "Our most heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with his children, grandchildren, siblings, the love of his life, the entire Lettermen organization and all who knew and loved him." JOHN ANDERSON, COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAMER, DEAD AT 71 A cause of death was not disclosed, and there will be no public viewing. Details about celebrations of life in both Wisconsin and California will be announced at a later date. He co-founded The Lettermen in the late 1950s with Jim Pike and Bob Engemann, and the group released its first hit, a rendition of Fred Astaire's "The Way You Look Tonight," in 1961, which earned the trio a Grammy nomination. The band went on to have 20 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and earned four Grammy Award nominations. GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE Butala remained a member of the group for over 60 years, releasing hits such as "Goin' Out of My Head/Can't Take My Eyes off You," "Everything Is Good About You," "Come Back Silly Girl," "Theme from a Summer Place" and "Hurt So Bad." He retired from performing with the band in 2019, the same year Pike died at the age 82 from complications associated with Parkinson's Disease. Engemann died in 2013. A year after retiring, Butala attended the ceremony honoring the band with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Following his retirement, the band continued on with new faces, and the current lineup includes Donovan Tea, Bobby Poynton and Rob Gulack. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "Tony never met a stranger," the official band statement continued. "His life was a living example of talent, perseverance, and refinement. But above all, his true joy was entertaining and sharing his music with audiences worldwide." PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE Butala began his professional singing career as a child, performing on KDKA Radio in Pittsburgh at the age of eight and moving to Los Angeles with his mother at 10 to further his career. Once in Los Angeles, Butala joined the Mitchell Boys Choir, and they appeared in classic films like "White Christmas," "Peter Pan," "War of the Worlds" and "On Moonlight Bay." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebd9c8b3c2f972e38c306a Grocery store cyberattacks are ‘psychological warfare’ that could strike US, former FBI agent warns te 2026-11-05T01:20:08.997Z Grocery store cyberattacks are ‘psychological warfare’ that could strike US, former FBI agent warns Former FBI special agent Nicole Parker warned that the next attack on Americans’ sense of security could come through the grocery aisle, as suspected hackers turn up supermarket freezer temperatures in Europe and fuel fears that everyday necessities could become weapons of "psychological warfare." Parker warned that cyberattacks targeting the systems people rely on for food and other essentials could also strike the United States. "Every human being has to eat," Parker told Fox News Digital. "This is the grocery store." HACKERS COULD ALREADY BE INSIDE AMERICAN UTILITIES, CYBER EXPERTS WARN OF 'TROJAN HORSE' THREAT Her warning comes as the Army Criminal Investigation Division’s Cyber Field Office works with the Defense Commissary Agency and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service to determine what caused refrigeration failures at military commissaries in August, an Army CID spokesperson confirmed to Fox News Digital. Investigators are also working with French law enforcement as they examine whether the U.S. failures could be connected to refrigeration outages in Europe. A cyberattack has not been established as the cause of the military commissary malfunctions. MAJOR US GROCERY CHAINS HIT BY CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT At least six commissaries, grocery stores on military bases serving military personnel, experienced refrigeration problems in late August. "ALL frozen food has spoiled," Fort Huachuca in Arizona said in an Aug. 26 Facebook post. FOREIGN HACKERS BREACH TWO MORE US WATER UTILITIES, THREATEN SAFETY OF COLORADO RESIDENTS Other affected locations included F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming, Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island, Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi, and Travis Air Force Base and Fort Irwin in California. Fort Irwin limited commissary sales to dry goods following its malfunction. In at least one case, refrigeration units were set to higher temperatures overnight rather than simply shutting off, Reuters reported. HOW FOREIGN HACKERS COULD 'CRUMBLE' AMERICA BY TARGETING ONE ESSENTIAL UTILITY Separately, refrigeration systems at European supermarkets were disrupted Monday, forcing some retailers to discard food. Reuters reported that affected businesses included stores in Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg, with temperatures in some systems reaching 122 degrees Fahrenheit. Parker said the incidents underscore a threat she has long discussed with former FBI colleagues: cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure. AMERICA'S NEXT WAR COULD REACH US SOIL, TOP ARMY GENERAL WARNS "What we're seeing right now is in Europe and other places, but it can very well happen on our soil," she said. She described the danger as "asymmetrical warfare," in which an attacker can disrupt daily life without firing a missile or sending troops onto a battlefield. AN AI CYBERATTACK COULD TURN OFF AMERICA'S LIGHTS BEFORE WASHINGTON EVEN UNDERSTANDS WHY "No one in law enforcement underestimates the harm that could be caused by a cyberattack against our country or against our allies," Parker said. The identity of those behind the European incidents remained unknown, Reuters reported Wednesday. Parker also cautioned against drawing conclusions about who was responsible. UKRAINE SAYS AIR ALERT SYSTEM HACKED AFTER FALSE RADIATION WARNING IN KYIV "Again, we don't know who did this," she said. For Parker, the potential damage goes beyond spoiled food. Targeting a basic necessity can also shake the public’s sense of security. IF HACKERS CRIPPLE AMERICA'S WATER, THE CONSEQUENCES COULD BE CATASTROPHIC "This asymmetrical warfare has a very strong psychological impact, but we're Americans. We will not falter ever," she said. Parker said the response must extend beyond investigators tracking down hackers. Elected officials and local leaders responsible for keeping communities running need training and plans to help residents if essential services are disrupted. "We're in a place now where it's not just enough for law enforcement to be prepared," she said. City managers, mayors and city council members must understand potential threats and how they would take care of their communities, Parker said. She stressed the need to identify vulnerabilities and stop attacks before they happen. Parker urged families to keep basic supplies on hand and have a plan in case a cyberattack disrupts essential services. "I think if you are prepared, you do not have to fear," Parker said. She encouraged Americans to keep food, water and needed medicine on hand, gather important documents in a designated location and talk through how family members would communicate during a power outage. She also suggested having a battery-operated AM radio. "I'm not saying that, you know, you need to go buy everything off of the shelves," Parker said. Instead, she urged people to think about practical preparations as they go about their routines. For Parker, who lives in Florida, the approach is familiar. "We're used to hurricanes," she said. "The preparation would be very much the same." Fox News Digital's Bonny Chu contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebd9c6b3c2f972e38c304d Dodgers Predicted to Lose Tarik Skubal, Sign $110 Million Pitcher te 2026-11-05T01:20:06.412Z Dodgers Predicted to Lose Tarik Skubal, Sign $110 Million Pitcher An MLB analyst has the Los Angeles Dodgers pivoting to another free-agent starting pitcher with Tarik Skubal signing elsewhere. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebd9c5b3c2f972e38c3044 David Pollack Explains Why SEC's Era of Dominance Is 'Gone' te 2026-11-05T01:20:05.079Z David Pollack Explains Why SEC's Era of Dominance Is 'Gone' The SEC was the national champion in college football almost every year. That hasn't been the case recently. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebd9c3b3c2f972e38c303b Packers Star Josh Jacobs Makes Feelings Clear on Potential NFL Suspension te 2026-11-05T01:20:03.666Z Packers Star Josh Jacobs Makes Feelings Clear on Potential NFL Suspension Josh Jacobs addressed the new legal allegations against him and shared his thoughts on the possibility of an NFL suspension. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebd770b3c2f972e38c2fab Hornets Get Major Kon Knueppel Boost After Eight-Game Absence te 2026-11-05T01:10:08.541Z Hornets Get Major Kon Knueppel Boost After Eight-Game Absence Hornets standout Kon Knueppel is cleared to make his season debut against Brooklyn after missing 8 games with a hamstring injury. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebd76fb3c2f972e38c2fa2 Pete Hegseth Impeachment Increasingly Likely as Trump Rules Out Firing te 2026-11-05T01:10:07.070Z Pete Hegseth Impeachment Increasingly Likely as Trump Rules Out Firing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing mounting calls for impeachment following Republicans' midterm election losses Tuesday, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebd76db3c2f972e38c2f99 Kyle Shanahan Spoke With WR Jauan Jennings About Possible 49ers Reunion te 2026-11-05T01:10:05.437Z Kyle Shanahan Spoke With WR Jauan Jennings About Possible 49ers Reunion The 49ers are looking for a wide receiver to add to the team before the NFL trade deadline. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebd76ab3c2f972e38c2f7d After the midterms, a bigger clash over data centers could be coming te 2026-11-05T01:10:02.946Z After the midterms, a bigger clash over data centers could be coming Data center opposition crossed party lines in Tuesday’s midterms. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebd517b3c2f972e38c2f11 Four dead, including Washington deputy, following domestic call shooting; another deputy on life support te 2026-11-05T01:00:07.714Z Four dead, including Washington deputy, following domestic call shooting; another deputy on life support A Washington state sheriff's deputy has died and another remains on life support after they were ambushed while responding to a domestic violence call that turned deadly, authorities said Wednesday. Spokane County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a home Tuesday after a woman ran to a neighbor's house reporting that her brother had shot her, FOX 13 Seattle reported. Responding officers learned the suspect had an active felony arrest warrant and had access to multiple guns and additional victims could be inside the home. NYPD OFFICER SHOT, GUNMAN KILLED AFTER ARMED BARRICADED STANDOFF IN BROOKLYN: POLICE The Spokane County Sheriff's Office deployed a SWAT team to assist at the home. As SWAT officers approached the house, a gunman opened fire from inside. "SWAT team members and deputies approached the house, attempted to breach the door and were met with gunfire," Spokane County Sheriff John Nowels said during a news conference. PHILADELPHIA POLICE OFFICER KILLED, PARTNER SHOT 12 TIMES IN AMBUSH; SUSPECT FOUND HIDING IN TREE Deputies returned fire and pulled the two wounded deputies to safety. Both deputies were rushed to a hospital along with the initial female victim who was treated for injuries that were not life-threatening. Inside the home, investigators found one person dead, while another body was found in the yard. The suspect was also found dead on the property. Authorities have not released the identities of those who died. PHILLY OFFICER MURDERED IN LINE OF DUTY PROMOTED TO SERGEANT AS POLICE FROM AROUND US ATTEND HIS FUNERAL On Wednesday, the sheriff's office confirmed that one of the wounded deputies succumbed to his injuries. He is survived by his wife and two children. "Although we know our deputies knew the risks, they bravely moved toward danger to protect others they did not know," the sheriff's office said in a statement.  "They did this with honor and with an unwavering sense of duty to their oath to serve and protect the citizens of Spokane County; they heroically placed themselves in mortal danger." The second deputy remains on life support but is not expected to survive, according to officials. INDIANA SHERIFF'S DEPUTY SHOT THREE TIMES IN HOSPITAL ER AFTER STOPPING TO HELP STRANDED MOTORIST "As an organ donor, arrangements are being made, and he will continue to serve others with the gift of life," the agency added. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebd513b3c2f972e38c2ef2 Kirk Herbstreit Not Throwing in Towel on Oregon’s CFP Hopes te 2026-11-05T01:00:03.894Z Kirk Herbstreit Not Throwing in Towel on Oregon’s CFP Hopes Oregon needs to beat these 4 teams, answer 3 riddles from a talking snail and fist fight the 1988 Detroit Pistons and they’re in. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebd2c0b3c2f972e38c2e95 Arizona Democrats could sweep statewide races with eyes on reshaping policy te 2026-11-05T00:50:08.164Z Arizona Democrats could sweep statewide races with eyes on reshaping policy Key Points: The Associated Press has called Democratic victories in the Arizona governor, attorney general and secretary of state races Democrats also hold smaller leads in superintendent of public instruction, treasurer and mine inspector The party has not held all these positions in many decades, creating the possibility of ambitious policy proposals Arizona Democrats are on the verge of a historic sweep of statewide offices, putting the party in position to reshape state policy after years of Republican control of the Legislature and other statewide offices. The Associated Press called the races for governor, attorney general, and secretary of state early Wednesday morning, declaring victories for Democratic incumbents Katie Hobbs, Kris Mayes, and Adrian Fontes. All three maintained double-digit leads over Congressman Andy Biggs, Senate President Warren Petersen and Rep. Alexander Kolodin, respectively. Unlike in 2022, when the three Democrats eked out narrow victories, this year’s definitive wins sent waves down the ballot. The party is now positioned to flip the races for superintendent of public instruction, treasurer and mine inspector. As of Wednesday afternoon, Teresa Leyba Ruiz led State Treasurer Kimberly Lee 53%-47% in the school chief race, Nick Mansour led Elijah Norton 53.6% to 46.3% to replace Yee, and Brian Matlock led Les Presmyk 52.5% to 47.3% in the mine inspector race. Luis Alberto, a Democratic operative and state director for Sen. Mark Kelly, reviewed the historic records and found that Democrats haven’t held all those offices, along with the two U.S. Senate seats, since 1948. Hobbs, Mayes and Fontes will be termed out after their second terms, and with a potentially friendlier Legislature under Democratic control, they could focus on loftier policies over the next four years. Attorney General Kris Mayes speaks to reporters Tuesday during the state Democrats’ watch party. (Carsten Oyer/Arizona Capitol Times) Mayes rallied the crowd at an Arizona Democratic Party Election Night event Tuesday, promising a statewide data center moratorium, prevailing wage statutes, and a right-to-organize amendment. She also vowed to keep fighting in court. “Arizonans know that I don’t care how powerful you are or how big the corporation or how overbearing the federal government is, I’m not afraid to file a lawsuit against them,” she said. “If they’re harming Arizonans, I’m going to sue them and do everything I can to protect this state.” Fontes, meanwhile, was also feeling good about how smoothly Tuesday’s election ran and the potential failure of Proposition 144, which would change Arizona’s election laws. Fontes had opposed the ballot measure, arguing it would make voting less convenient. As of Wednesday afternoon, the proposition had only received 46.8% support. “We will make sure Arizona’s elections, as they have always been, continue to be free, fair and secure,” he said Tuesday after thanking his family, campaign staff and supporters. At a news conference Wednesday, Fontes said he looked forward to the possibility of working with a Democrat-controlled Legislature on election security, election access, and improvements to the secretary of state’s information technology systems. State treasurer candidate Nick Mansour speaks at the Arizona Democratic Party’s Election Night event. (Carsten Oyer/Arizona Capitol Times) Mansour, while happy with the results, was waiting to see more before declaring victory. If he wins, he would be the first Democrat to become state treasurer since 1964. “There’s a lot of people that are just sick of the direction of our country and our state, and they’re ready for a change,” Mansour said Tuesday. “Hopefully, that holds up.” If Democrats control the Legislature and Ruiz wins the state superintendent race, it could mean major changes to the Empowerment Scholarship Account program, which funds tuition and other costs for students outside the public school system. Ruiz said Tuesday she doesn’t know what the ESA program’s future will look like.  “What I will do as superintendent, if I’m elected, is make sure that our taxpayer resources are really focused on education,” Ruiz said. “So let’s hold the system accountable, so that for those parents who are using it the right way, they can continue.” Rachel Ohm, Reagan Priest and Carsten Oyer contributed to this report. The post Arizona Democrats could sweep statewide races with eyes on reshaping policy first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebd2beb3c2f972e38c2e67 DSA accused of ‘elevating’ antisemitic, pro-terror rhetoric after Hasan Piker hosts election stream te 2026-11-05T00:50:06.805Z DSA accused of ‘elevating’ antisemitic, pro-terror rhetoric after Hasan Piker hosts election stream The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) chose controversial Twitch streamer Hasan Piker to host its official election night livestream, drawing a blunt response from Anti-Defamation League (ADL) CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, who accused the group of elevating rhetoric supportive of terrorism and antisemitism. "Of all the people the DSA could have chosen to host its official election night livestream, it chose Hasan Piker, someone who proudly expresses support for terrorist organizations and traffics in antisemitism," Greenblatt wrote in a post on X. "Let that sink in. The DSA isn't distancing itself from this kind of rhetoric. It's elevating it." The DSA saw several of its endorsed or supported candidates win on Tuesday night, including Chris Rabb in Pennsylvania, Melat Kiros in Colorado, Donavan McKinney in Michigan, Claire Valdez in New York and Darializa Avila Chevalier in New York. HASAN PIKER DECLARES 'WOKE IS BACK,' FANTASIZES ABOUT PUTTING DONALD TRUMP IN PRISON In his post, Greenblatt included a link to an ADL article statements by Piker that the organization criticized, including comments the ADL said said have "alluded to classic antisemitic tropes and conspiracy theories." The article contains some of Piker's more infamous remarks, such as when he referred to Orthodox Jews as "inbred" and his classification of Zionism as "an exterminationist ideology built around ethnoreligious supremacist values." Piker did not hold back in his response to Greenblatt, writing, "Suck it Jonathan, your best friend Elon burned 450 million to lose races all over the country tonight you bald piece of s---!!!" The ADL did not immediately respond to Piker’s remarks about Greenblatt. On Tuesday, Piker described the election as a "blue-clear apocalypse" as Democrats saw major gains in the House and Senate. Pike livestreamed for more than 13 hours, offering his signature political commentary as votes were tallied. "Trumpism is dying, and I could not feel any better," Piker told his audience. At one point, he suggested, "Just imagine a world where Donald Trump is in f---ing prison." He also gloated over Republicans' defeat, saying, "This is perhaps the worst possible scenario for the Republican Party, I think their odious agenda, their corruption, the destabilizing impact that they’ve had, the endless warfare and its consequences on the American economy, are finally coming back to bite them." RADICAL SOCIALIST WING'S HUGE NIGHT REVEALS ASCENDING CLOUT WITHIN DEMOCRATIC PARTY Ahead of the midterm elections, Piker drew attention in political circles as he interviewed and even campaigned with DSA-backed and DSA-aligned candidates. Piker came to national prominence after he campaigned with now-Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan. While his race was not explicitly DSA-backed, the organization said that El-Sayed "supports DSA priorities like Medicare for All." El-Sayed's decision to appear with Piker drew criticism. The candidate appeared to distance himself from the streamer, holding no additional campaign events with him toward the end of the election cycle. This came after critics accused Piker of suggesting that Jewish Americans' support for Israel could lead to antisemitic violence against them. DEMOCRATS CONDEMNING HASAN PIKER AS BACKLASH SPREADS THROUGH PARTY "People don't f--- with Israel any longer. And if Jews in America keep putting this idea out there that they're singularly invested in Israel, eventually someone will come around and take action not against Israel, mind you, but against American Jews," Piker said during a Twitch stream in August. While El-Sayed did not outright condemn the comments, he responded to Piker, saying, "I believe all Americans deserve the right to advocate for what they believe without fear of violence. This is particularly true for communities that have been intimidated for their beliefs in the past." "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same as my commitment to the safety of my own daughters," he added. "Antisemitism is a scourge, and we need to address it in all its forms. And I stand against any rhetoric that puts the community at risk." Fox News Digital reached out to the DSA for comment but did not immediately receive a response. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebd2bcb3c2f972e38c2e5c In a City of Start-Ups, the Golden State Valkyries Reign Supreme te 2026-11-05T00:50:04.417Z In a City of Start-Ups, the Golden State Valkyries Reign Supreme San Francisco hosted a victory parade on Wednesday for the new W.N.B.A. champions, a team that’s not even two years old but has made the Bay Area swoon. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebd2bbb3c2f972e38c2e40 Rams Lose Starting Cornerback for Rest of Season te 2026-11-05T00:50:03.071Z Rams Lose Starting Cornerback for Rest of Season The Los Angeles Rams have been struck with some bad injury luck once again. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebd06db3c2f972e38c2df6 Global Water customers will pay more for water next month te 2026-11-05T00:40:13.597Z Global Water customers will pay more for water next month Global Water Resources customers will pay more for water after the Arizona Corporation Commission approved new rates today. The increase will add less than $3 per month to a typical residential customer’s water bill beginning Dec. 1, according to a press release from Global Water.  The impact on customers who also receive wastewater service could be smaller, however. Global Water expects a larger wastewater credit to take effect in December, pending commission approval. If approved, the combined changes would increase a typical residential customer’s monthly bill by about $1.56. The rate adjustment follows months of review and negotiations over Global Water’s proposed increase. In June, the company told customers a revised settlement would result in an average combined water and wastewater bill increase of about $1.56 per month. Global Water President and CEO Ron Fleming said inflation has risen 25% since the company’s last rate adjustment. “We know families are watching costs across the board. The increase works out to only about 9 cents per day and only 5 cents per day when you consider the larger credit for wastewater service,” Fleming said. “That helps us keep delivering the safe, dependable water service our communities count on.” Global Water provides water service to Maricopa, neighborhoods southwest of the city and the Red Rock community. Customers with questions can contact Global Water Resources at CustomerService@gwresources.com or 866-940-1102. The post Global Water customers will pay more for water next month appeared first on InMaricopa.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebd065b3c2f972e38c2daa All the NFL Backup Quarterbacks Expected to Start This Weekend te 2026-11-05T00:40:05.794Z All the NFL Backup Quarterbacks Expected to Start This Weekend There will be six quarterbacks starting this weekend who were not originally named their team's QB1 this season. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebd064b3c2f972e38c2da1 California Prop 40 Results: Billionaire Wealth Tax Explained te 2026-11-05T00:40:04.441Z California Prop 40 Results: Billionaire Wealth Tax Explained The measure trailed in early returns Wednesday as California voters weighed a proposed one-time tax on billionaires. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebd062b3c2f972e38c2d98 Drake Maye Reacts to Tom Brady’s Foxborough Return for Patriots/Packers Game te 2026-11-05T00:40:02.951Z Drake Maye Reacts to Tom Brady’s Foxborough Return for Patriots/Packers Game New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye discussed Tom Brady's "cool" return to Gillette Stadium to call Sunday's game for Fox. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebce0bb3c2f972e38c2cec Albert Pujols Interviewing For Astros’ Manager Job: Report te 2026-11-05T00:30:03.738Z Albert Pujols Interviewing For Astros’ Manager Job: Report St. Louis Cardinals legend and future Hall-of-Famer Albert Pujols is reportedly interviewing for the Houston Astros' manager job. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebcbb5b3c2f972e38c2c5a These Republicans Bet Big on Trump. It Didn’t Pay Off. te 2026-11-05T00:20:05.562Z These Republicans Bet Big on Trump. It Didn’t Pay Off. The president’s approval was essential to winning Republican Senate primaries. It became lethal in competitive general-election races. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebcbb4b3c2f972e38c2c3e Cincinnati Bengals React to NFL's Tee Higgins Announcement te 2026-11-05T00:20:04.245Z Cincinnati Bengals React to NFL's Tee Higgins Announcement The Cincinnati Bengals took to social media to react to some NFL recognition for star wide receiver Tee Higgins. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebc961b3c2f972e38c2b7e Erika Kirk channels Charlie with blunt message to conservatives after GOP midterm losses te 2026-11-05T00:10:09.114Z Erika Kirk channels Charlie with blunt message to conservatives after GOP midterm losses Erika Kirk had a message for conservatives reeling from Republican election setbacks, and she turned to her late husband Charlie’s words to deliver it. "I miss Charlie so much every single day, but especially on a day like today," she wrote. "He always said that when things are going well, we need to stay humble. And when things aren’t going the way we want, we need to stay positive, keep our faith, and get back to work." ERIKA KIRK URGES CONSERVATIVE STUDENTS NOT TO BACK DOWN IN FIRST SCHOOL YEAR SINCE CHARLIE'S ASSASSINATION The widow of Turning Point USA CEO and founder Charlie Kirk said her husband had built a political operation meant to endure both victories and defeats. "Charlie’s vision for Turning Point Action was always bigger than one election," she wrote. "He wanted a permanent, year-round operation with the people, relationships, and resources to compete in every cycle." INSIDE CHARLIE KIRK’S EFFORT TO DEVELOP THE NEXT GENERATION OF CONSERVATIVE VOICES "He knew there would be victories and setbacks because he had experienced both and that’s why he built for both." Kirk also thanked the staff, students, volunteers and ballot chasers who worked during the election cycle. ERIKA KIRK SAYS PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY-STYLE TRIBUTE TO CHARLIE KIRK IS 'IN THE WORKS' AS TPUSA EXPANDS "I know Charlie would be unbelievably proud of each and every one of you, and I am, too," she wrote. In a lengthy post on X, Erika Kirk said Republicans saw once comfortable races tighten or flip as candidates she described as democratic socialists campaigned on the cost of gas, groceries and housing. FLORIDA CONGRESSMAN DIAGNOSES GOP'S BLUE TSUNAMI LOSSES: 'WE FAILED TO MAKE THEM THINK WE CARED ABOUT THEM' "A rising stock market doesn’t mean much when nearly half of Americans don’t have a 401K and just want to put gas in their trucks, put food on the table, and provide a good life for their families," she wrote. Erika Kirk paired her warning with a defense of free enterprise, arguing conservatives must understand why voters looked elsewhere without embracing the policies their opponents offered. CALLING DEMOCRATS ‘COMMUNISTS’ WON’T WIN GEN Z — REPUBLICANS NEED A BETTER OFFER "We can disagree with the solutions voters were offered while still recognizing why they were looking elsewhere for answers," she wrote. Erika Kirk warned conservatives against turning on one another as she urged them to take voters’ frustrations seriously. JASON CHAFFETZ: FIVE TIMELESS POLITICAL LESSONS THAT GOT LOST IN 2026 "The biggest mistake conservatives can make right now would be to allow this moment to become another exercise in finger-pointing, in-fighting, or trying to secure their own political preservation," she wrote. "That does not solve the problems the American people are demanding be solved." Erika Kirk said exit polls showed voters were concerned about the economy and the war in Iran.  FOX NEWS VOTER POLL: 2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS USHER IN A BLUE WAVE AS DEMOCRATS WIN CONTROL OF CONGRESS She said those concerns echoed what Turning Point had been hearing from students around the country for months. "This isn’t a surprise to us because we’ve heard the same concerns from our students around the country for months and we’ve been concerned about it too," she wrote. JONATHAN TURLEY: SOCIALISM IS BACK IN STYLE AND DEMOCRATS ARE BUYING THE PITCH Erika Kirk rejected socialism as an answer, arguing it places economic power in government hands rather than allowing individuals and families to build prosperity. She said that approach conflicts with the free enterprise, individual liberty and opportunity at the heart of the country. But she also warned that Americans will not simply stick with a party out of habit. "Americans are not looking for labels and don’t subscribe to unquestioned party loyalty anymore either," she wrote. "They will support the candidates who can both speak to their concerns and deliver on what THEY need and dream about for their families." She identified affordable homes, safe communities and greater opportunity for the next generation as the promises voters want fulfilled. Erika Kirk said the organization would study the results, listen to voters and spend the next two years making the case that conservative policies and free markets can address the problems Americans face. She pledged to continue building relationships in communities across the country and preparing for "2028 and beyond." "Our principles haven’t changed and neither has our mission," she wrote. "Onward." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebc95fb3c2f972e38c2b75 Lions star Amon-Ra St Brown says Jack Campbell's harrowing neck injury puts things into perspective te 2026-11-05T00:10:07.794Z Lions star Amon-Ra St Brown says Jack Campbell's harrowing neck injury puts things into perspective Detroit Lions star wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown said teammate Jack Campbell's neck injury "makes you put things into perspective." St. Brown said his thoughts turned to Campbell's young family as he watched his teammate lying on the ground following the harrowing injury. "I remember being out there on the field, watching him, seeing him on the ground from a distance, and now all I keep thinking about (is), you know, his wife and his newborn baby that he just had, what, a few months ago?" St. Brown said on a recent episode of his "St. Brown Podcast." CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE "I just want him to be OK, to be able to play with his kid honestly and be normal." Campbell released an extensive statement about his injury on Wednesday, saying he has full movement in his lower body and is continuing to make progress with movement in his upper body. "My family and I want to sincerely thank everyone for the overwhelming amount of love, prayers, and support we’ve received over the past few days. It means more to us than words can express," Campbell said. "I’m incredibly encouraged by the progress I’ve made in such a short period of time. I have full movement in my lower body, and I’m continuing to make progress with movement in my upper body. I know there’s still work ahead, but I remain very optimistic. I’m taking things one day at a time, staying positive, and focusing on getting better." Campbell went limp while attempting to tackle Minnesota Vikings tight end T.J. Hockenson and fell face down on the field before medical staff attended to him. St. Brown said it was difficult to return to the game after watching Campbell's gut-wrenching injury. THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! "When things like that happen throughout the game or throughout the season, it’s like — it does make it hard, I feel like, for us to go back and play," St. Brown said. "It’s like, damn, we just — we took care of him, put him on a stretcher, sent him out back to the hospital, and now we gotta go play again. So, that kinda sucks, I feel like." Although St. Brown said returning to the game was difficult, the 27-year-old acknowledged that injuries are part of playing such a violent sport. "But, you know, it’s what I signed up for; it’s what we signed up for. We get paid a lot of money to play this sport that we love. And so, we’ve gotta finish the game and things like that. But I think injuries like that make it — it makes you put things into perspective, and I think he has done that for a lot of us on our team." "I’m thinking about Jack; we’re all thinking about Jack. We hope he continues to get better, and yeah, all we can do is pray for him." Campbell expressed his love for his teammates and the Detroit community after receiving an outpouring of support following his injury. "To my teammates, coaches, and everyone in the Lions organization, I want you to know how much I love and appreciate you. This team is a family to me, and the way everyone has been there for me means everything. I’m proud to be a Detroit Lion and couldn’t ask to be surrounded by a better group of people. One thing I’ve learned about Detroit is that this city is built on toughness, resilience, and grit. That’s exactly how I’m going to approach this challenge," Campbell said in the statement. "Please continue to keep me and my family in your prayers. We feel the love, and I can’t thank everyone enough. God is good. My faith is strong." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebc95cb3c2f972e38c2b42 What Donald Trump’s Pregnancy Rule Could Mean for Miscarriages te 2026-11-05T00:10:04.780Z What Donald Trump’s Pregnancy Rule Could Mean for Miscarriages Trump is eyeing changes to pregnancy workplace rules. Here’s what they could mean for miscarriage protections. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebc95bb3c2f972e38c2b39 Midterms Were Horrific for Vance, Great for Rubio te 2026-11-05T00:10:03.321Z Midterms Were Horrific for Vance, Great for Rubio Will voters stick with a candidate loyal to President Donald Trump and his MAGA movement or will the GOP move away from Trumpism? Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebc706b3c2f972e38c2a93 DSA leader dismisses $49T cost estimate for socialist policies as a 'made-up number' te 2026-11-05T00:00:06.823Z DSA leader dismisses $49T cost estimate for socialist policies as a 'made-up number' Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) national co-chair Megan Romer was pressed on Fox News about how much socialist policies will cost American taxpayers after DSA-backed candidates made significant gains in midterm elections. The White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) estimated that DSA policy proposals, including Medicare for All and student debt cancellation, would cost taxpayers $49 trillion. Romer, who said the group's incoming lawmakers will prioritize affordability, dismissed the staggering price tag as "outrageous," calling it a "made-up number." "The White House, who does not like us very much, managed to come up with some math that made us look bad," Romer said on "The Story." "But we don't agree with these numbers." RADICAL SOCIALIST WING'S HUGE NIGHT REVEALS ASCENDING CLOUT WITHIN DEMOCRATIC PARTY The CEA’s report estimated the DSA’s policy wish list will cost about $355,000 per American household over the next decade. After rejecting the administration's figures, Romer declined to offer an independent estimate of her own when pressed by Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum, saying the cost "depends." DSA-BACKED CANDIDATES ARE WINNING PRIMARIES AND THEIR VISION FOR AMERICA IS VERY DIFFERENT "There's no, like, one, solid number because it depends on what pieces we can build in the meantime," the DSA leader said. "So it's about building up programs and then sunsetting old, bad programs, and that number is going to shift as we pass various things." "I'm not going to give you a solid number. That's not what I'm here to do," she continued. "What I'm here to do is talk about how we collectively can democratically decide how we want our money to be spent." SOCIALIST PRIMARY SWEEP SPARKS LAUNCH OF NEW RESOURCE LAYING OUT WHAT’S AT STAKE IN 2026 Romer criticized the scale of U.S. military spending, arguing that federal resources devoted to overseas military operations would be better redirected toward the DSA's policy priorities, including amnesty for illegal immigrants and abolishing the Senate. "We don't believe in having 800 U.S. military bases around the world," Romer said. "That is an insane amount of money to spend… Our military spending is outrageous, and most of that money is going to defense contractors. It is making a handful of billionaires richer." SEN DEB FISCHER: THE LEFT'S WAR ON THE SENATE AND SUPREME COURT PUTS OUR REPUBLIC AT RISK MacCallum countered her claims about excessive military spending, saying the U.S. defense budget is only $961 billion compared to an estimated $47 trillion for DSA policies to be funded. In a July interview with Fox News, Romer stood by her positions to abolish the Senate, replace the presidency and Supreme Court, and to eradicate Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). She also defended wanting to abolish borders and grant amnesty to illegal immigrants in the United States. "We do agree that it will cost money to provide healthcare to everyone, but it will cause less money than we spend on the military and on these illegal wars right now," Romer said Wednesday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6aebc703b3c2f972e38c2a7c How Kansas Democrats Laid the Groundwork for Adam Hamilton’s Senate Upset te 2026-11-05T00:00:03.497Z How Kansas Democrats Laid the Groundwork for Adam Hamilton’s Senate Upset A two-term Democratic governor and a suburban revolt against President Trump laid the groundwork for Adam Hamilton’s victory. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/home