Thursday, November 5, 2026
All World Brief Now updates for this day, Central Time.
- 6 AM CTMorning Brief: Alaska and Mississippi Senate races still on a knife's edge; Jeffries bids for speaker; Massie targets Hegseth
- Update: Peltola leads Sullivan by 626 votes in Alaska; Colom up 65 in Mississippi as Democrats eye a 56-seat Senate
- Hakeem Jeffries formally announces his bid for House speaker
- Massie tells Hegseth to resign or face impeachment as GOP blames Iran war for losses
- U.S. plan to pull nearly $4 billion a year in Israel aid was months in the making, official says
- 5 PM CTEvening Brief: Vance pins midterm losses on Iran war; Alaska and Mississippi Senate counts still razor-thin; Alito says he is not retiring
- Update: Peltola leads Sullivan by 637 in Alaska; Colom's Mississippi lead grows past 1,000 as 'Decoy Dan' draws 3,600 votes
- Vance says Iran war is 'the reason we lost'; Trump says that is 'largely true' but defends the fight
- IRGC says two tankers and a tugboat caught fire in Hormuz; Tehran sends nuclear proposal via Qatar
- Melania Trump hosts Russian and Ukrainian officials at the White House after the Oleshky ceasefire