Kochi Airport: Woman stages kidnapping to smuggle Dubai gold, 12-km chase caught on cam
A Kerala woman staged her own kidnapping to steal 18 sovereigns of gold she brought from Dubai, but was caught after a 12-km police chase near Karipur Airport.
Blinkit ends fully free ambulance rides, introduces Rs 2,500 fee for non-emergency transfers
Blinkit Ambulance will charge Rs 2,500 for routine patient transfers to prevent emergency vehicles from being used for regular hospital visits, while keeping urgent medical rides free.
CJP rejects allegation of ‘foreign funding’, hits back at BJP, denounces union minister’s act as ‘shameful’
CJP activist Saurav Das rejected Union Minister Jitendra Singh’s foreign funding claims as baseless, saying no proof has been given in months.
Dhanteras 2026: When is Dhantrayodashi? Check date, puja timings and rituals
Dhanteras will be celebrated on Friday, November 6, 2026. The Lakshmi-Kubera puja muhurat will be from 6:02 pm to 7:57 pm, according to Drik Panchang.
Bombay HC says ECI cannot reject voter address change requests during SIR; What are Form 6 and Form 8?
The Bombay High Court has ruled that the ECI cannot reject Form 8 applications during SIR or ask existing voters to submit Form 6 for changing their residential address. Know the difference between the two forms and what the ruling means for voters.
‘Save Democracy, Cancel SIR’: CJP announces Kochi protest after Jantar Mantar detentions
The Cockroach Janta Party will hold a protest against the SIR exercise in Kochi on November 7. Here’s why Abhijeet Dipke and other CJP leaders are demonstrating and what happened during their October 13 Jantar Mantar protest in Delhi.
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. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
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.
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.
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.