🇺🇸America Tonight🇺🇸
Stocks plunge • Congress plans probes • Senate counts continue 👇
📅 November 5th, 2026AD
THE FIVE NATIONAL STORIES AMERICANS SHOULD KNOW TODAY
📋 TONIGHT’S FIVE
1. 📉 Wall Street plunges
2. 🏛️ Democrats outline investigations
3. 🗳️ Two Senate races remain uncalled
4. 🇺🇸 Oval Office monument declared
5. ⚖️ Dhillon leaves civil rights post
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📉 WALL STREET PLUNGES AS AI FEARS GROW
Wall Street posted heavy losses Thursday, a drop not seen since April 2025, CNBC reported. Reuters linked the selloff to AI and data center regulation concerns after Democratic wins in the 2026 midterm elections.
The Nasdaq fell 5.52% to 24,315.00, entering correction territory. Meanwhile, the Dow lost 1,833.06 points, or 3.44%, to 51,523.06. The S&P 500 dropped 4.36% to 7,353.73, according to CNBC’s closing figures.
CNBC reported that the Magnificent Seven stocks lost more than $1 trillion in combined market value, led by Nvidia.
Reuters reported that Gina Hinojosa had pledged to halt new data center construction in Texas.
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🏛️ DEMOCRATS OUTLINE POST-MIDTERM PROBES
Democrats are preparing investigations of Trump family business deals and the administration when the new Congress takes office in January, Reuters reported.
Rep. Robert Garcia, set to chair House Oversight, posted “LAWYER UP” on X.
Sen. Ron Wyden, expected to lead Senate Finance, posted “Subpoenas,” according to Reuters.
Drug-pricing deals with pharmaceutical companies are among Wyden’s targets for scrutiny.
The White House denied wrongdoing. Reuters reported that Democrats are pursuing investigations rather than immediate impeachment, with an eye toward the 2028 presidential campaign.
Republicans still control the lame-duck Congress. The planned probes concern the incoming Congress, not a change in committee control this week.
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🗳️ ALASKA AND MISSISSIPPI SENATE RACES UNCALLED
Senate races in Alaska and Mississippi remained uncalled Thursday, with narrow, unofficial leads for the Democratic candidates.
Scott Colom led Cindy Hyde-Smith by about 1,138 votes in Mississippi, Al Jazeera reported. Hindustan Times, citing AP figures, listed Colom at 464,926 votes and Hyde-Smith at 463,788.
In Alaska, Thursday reports put Mary Peltola’s lead over Dan Sullivan at about 626 to 637 votes. Al Jazeera reported that Alaska’s ranked-choice results would not be published until Nov. 18.
Democratic control of the Senate has already been decided, Reuters reported. These outstanding races will determine the size of that majority, not which party controls the chamber.
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🇺🇸 TRUMP DESIGNATES OVAL OFFICE NATIONAL MONUMENT
President Donald Trump established the Oval Office National Monument in a proclamation dated Nov. 5, invoking the Antiquities Act.
The designation covers the Oval Office, Outer Oval and Cabinet Room. Management falls to the Interior Department through the National Park Service, according to the proclamation.
Presidents retain authority to redecorate, provided the changes do not substantially impair the historic structure or architectural character.
The designation does not prohibit all future changes to the rooms.
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⚖️ DHILLON RESIGNS FROM DOJ CIVIL RIGHTS POST
Harmeet Dhillon resigned Thursday as assistant attorney general leading the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, CBS News reported.
Attorney General Todd Blanche said he accepted her resignation and praised her leadership over the past 18 months, according to CBS.
In her resignation letter, Dhillon said she told White House chief of staff Susie Wiles in early October that she intended to leave after the midterms, CBS reported.
Her departure came two days after Democrats won majorities in both chambers of Congress, NBC News reported.
CBS reported that more than 75% of the division’s staff departed during her tenure.
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WASHINGTON WATCH
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6th, 2026AD
📅 December 11: The lame-duck Congress still must fund the federal government past this date, Reuters reports.
🗳️ November 18: Al Jazeera reports that Alaska’s ranked-choice results will not be published until this date.
🌡️ CURRENT: 70° at the Granbury airport at 7:15 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.
That’s America Tonight.
The headlines change every day.
The consequences last for years.
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