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Congress flips • Texas results • Wall Street rally 👇
📅 November 4th, 2026AD
THE FIVE NATIONAL STORIES AMERICANS SHOULD KNOW TODAY
📋 TONIGHT’S FIVE
1. 🗳️ Congress projected to flip
2. 🤠 Democrats win Texas races
3. 🏛️ Johnson plans leadership exit
4. 🌐 Iran tanker claim unverified
5. 📈 Dow jumps 1,569 points
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🗳️ DEMOCRATS PROJECTED TO TAKE CONGRESS
Democrats will take control of the House and the Senate in January, NBC News projected Wednesday.
NBC estimated Democrats would win at least 259 House seats. Reuters reported a Senate majority of at least 54-44, with Alaska and Mississippi still uncalled as of Wednesday morning.
Those are projections, not final certified totals.
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries is on track to become speaker. If elected, he would be the first Black speaker of the House, Reuters reported.
President Donald Trump said he could get along with Democrats, "but I have the power of the veto," Reuters reported.
Before the new Congress arrives, Republicans still have to fund the federal government past December.
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🤠 HINOJOSA AND TALARICO WIN TEXAS RACES
Democrat Gina Hinojosa defeated Gov. Greg Abbott Tuesday, denying the Republican a record fourth term, the Texas Tribune reported.
Abbott conceded at 10 p.m. Tuesday. Hinojosa will become the first Latina governor of Texas.
Unofficial Texas Secretary of State results, updated at 4:59 p.m. Central Wednesday with 100% of polling locations reporting, showed Hinojosa with 5,230,789 votes and Abbott with 4,524,527.
In the U.S. Senate race, the same results showed James Talarico with 5,444,982 votes and Ken Paxton with 4,249,373.
Reuters reported Democrats won their first Senate seat in Texas since 1988. The state figures remain unofficial; reporting from all polling locations does not make them certified totals.
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🏛️ JOHNSON PLANS TO LEAVE GOP LEADERSHIP
House Speaker Mike Johnson told his staff Wednesday morning that he will not stay on as Republican leader in the new Congress, NBC News reported, citing four sources on the call.
Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Rep. Jim Jordan have already jumped in to run for the post, according to NBC.
House Republicans plan to hold their leadership elections Tuesday, Nov. 10, CBS News reported, citing a GOP aide familiar with the planning.
The reports concern leadership in the next Congress. They do not describe Johnson leaving the speakership immediately.
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🌐 IRAN TALKS CONTINUE; TANKER CLAIM UNVERIFIED
Iran called the U.S. response to its seven conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz "unconvincing," Al Jazeera reported.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard said four oil tankers caught fire after hitting mines, CBS News reported. BBC Verify said it has not found any evidence that four tankers were destroyed. The claim remains unverified.
Trump told the Financial Times he had no immediate plans to order new strikes on Iran, CBS reported.
Iran's chief negotiator said the U.S. election results reflected Americans' rejection of the war, CBS reported. That was his interpretation, not an established explanation of voters' choices.
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📈 DOW JUMPS 1,569 POINTS AFTER ELECTION
U.S. stocks rallied Wednesday after the 2026 midterm elections. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 1,569.40 points, or 3.03%, to close at 53,356.12, CNBC reported.
Meanwhile, the S&P 500 gained 1.58% to end at 7,688.62, and the Nasdaq Composite jumped 1.44% to 25,736.51.
CNBC said it was the Dow's best day since April 9, 2025, and reported that U.S. crude oil fell more than 8%.
Xinhua reported that nine of the S&P 500's 11 primary sectors ended in the green.
These are Wednesday's closing market figures, not a forecast of Thursday's trading or of gasoline prices.
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WASHINGTON WATCH
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5th, 2026AD
🗳️ Alaska and Mississippi: Senate races remained uncalled in Wednesday's reporting; the final balance is still being counted.
📅 November 10: House Republicans plan their leadership elections, CBS News reports.
🌡️ CURRENT: 63° at the Granbury airport at 7:15 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.
That’s America Tonight.
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