More than 500,000 Californians demand voting overhaul, back ‘straightforward’ ID law
FIRST ON FOX: More than 500,000 California voters have signed a petition to amend the state’s constitution to enforce voter ID laws for all elections, leaders of a coalition called Californians for Voter ID told Fox News Digital. “We had a dog that voted in the last couple elections in Costa Mesa,” Republican California state Sen. Tony Strickland told Fox News Digital in a Wednesday phone interview about California’s persistent voter integrity concerns. “We don’t clean up our voter rolls. There are so many times where people move, college kids go out of state, or people move and they don’t clean up the voter rolls. And we mail out to everybody, and so you have a lot of live ballots with ballot harvesting.” “Our initiative will now clean up the voter rolls throughout the state,” he added. Strickland, who represents a district that includes portions of Orange and Los Angeles counties along the Southern California coast, is helping lead the charge to collect more than one million petition signatures from California voters in order to force the issue on the ballot for the 2026 election. The signature collection kicked off Oct. 1, meaning the group collected support from more than half-a-million voters in a one-month span. CALIFORNIA REPUBLICANS LAUNCH VOTER ID BALLOT PUSH, NEED 875K SIGNATURES BY DEADLINE The Californians for Voter ID initiative specifically would amend California’s constitution and require voters to present government-issued IDs before casting a ballot in all future elections in the state. California voters would be required to present a government-issued ID before voting in-person, or provide the last four-digits of a government ID if voting by mail. Election officials, under the initiative, would be required to verify a voter’s citizenship to ensure only legal residents register to vote or receive ballots. Democrats historically have opposed voter ID laws over claims it disenfranchises minority voters, while conservatives argue it will ensure only legal residents are able to cast ballots and further bolster voter integrity. Thirty-six states have voter ID laws already on the books, though such laws vary and have some exceptions. Californians for Voter ID leaders, however, say the issue is not a partisan one, but an effort to protect democracy for all Americans. The lead strategist for the effort, Ryan Erwin, told Fox News Digital that recent polling shows 70% of Californians across the political spectrum support elections requiring IDs to vote, while underscoring the outpouring of support that has led to more than 500,000 signatures already secured. “We are on pace to qualify for the ballot faster than any measure in the history of California,” Erwin said. “Voter ID is a commonsense way to build trust in the election process by requiring election officials to use government data to verify citizenship and voter eligibility, while also requiring identification for every vote counted.” OBAMA ENDORSES NEWSOM CALIFORNIA REDISTRICTING PROP 50 “Californians of all political stripes are eager to improve trust in the system by eliminating abuse and errors while protecting every eligible vote,” he continued. “The volunteer effort is overperforming, we have signatures from all 58 counties, and are on pace to qualify well ahead of our goal.” The group needs a total of 874,641 in order to land the initiative on the 2026 ballot in the Golden State, but is aiming to secure 1.2 million signatures to ensure the support is certified by county officials who will go through the data before it is permitted to land on the ballot. Organizers have until March to secure the needed signatures before potentially getting on the ballot — with Strickland reporting he’s confident they will get the needed support. “You have to be a citizen in order to register to vote,” Strickland said of the nuts and bolts of the amendment itself, calling it “very straightforward.” “You have seven forms of documentation, you get to choose what form of documentation that you use in terms of the last four digits of whatever the documentation is,” he said. “When you go to the polls, you show your ID, and if you mail in your ballot, you show that proof of the documentation of the last four digits that you choose.” “The other part of this initiative is we have a mandatory audit (to) all 58 counties of their election rules after every election,” he added. Strickland is no stranger to voter ID efforts in the deep blue state, including championing a voter ID ballot initiative in Huntington Beach, California, in 2024, when he served on the city council. Voters approved the amendment forcing voters to show their ID when casting ballots in local elections, but the California Court of Appeals struck down the law in November. If the statewide voter ID effort is approved by voters on the ballot in 2026, local lawmakers will be compelled to comply with voter ID laws set forth in the initiative. TRUMP SAYS HE WILL REQUIRE VOTER ID WITH EXECUTIVE ORDER Strickland said the massive amount of support the initiative already has received is on par with a 1978 initiative, Proposition 13, “when the legislature was out of touch with the people, the people rose up” and passed the ballot measure that fundamentally changed how property taxes were assessed and limited in California. Strickland also compared it to the successful recall of former Democratic Gov. Gray Davis in 2003 — California’s first and only successful recall of a governor. Strickland was the first legislator to endorse Davis’ recall as energy and economic woes rocked the state. “Speaking around the state of California, I would equate what’s going on today with voter ID and voter integrity to those two movements in California,” he said. The California state senator also praised California Republican Assemblyman Carl DeMaio and his group, Reform California, for their ongoing efforts championing voter ID laws in the state, describing DeMaio’s work as “relentless.” Strickland and DeMaio are joint authors of the voter ID push and have teamed up to meet with voters at various events
Nancy Pelosi will not seek re-election, ending decades-long House career
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., will not be seeking re-election after completing her current term, she announced in a video Thursday morning. “There has been no greater honor for me than to stand on the House floor and say, ‘I speak for the people of San Francisco.’ I have truly loved serving as your voice in Congress, and I’ve always honored the soul of Saint Francisco — ‘Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.’ The anthem of our city,” Pelosi said in a voiceover. “That is why I want you, my fellow San Franciscans to be the first to know I will not be seeking re-election to Congress. With a grateful heart, I look forward to my final year of service as your proud representative as we go forward.” Pelosi has been a power player in U.S. politics for decades, having served as House speaker from 2007 to 2011 and then again from 2019 to 2023. OBAMA ENDORSES NEWSOM CALIFORNIA REDISTRICTING PROP 50 Her most recent stint in power also saw Pelosi serve as a chief antagonist to President Donald Trump during his first term. Her constant clashes with the president, including tearing up his State of the Union speech while sitting behind him as he delivered it in 2020, earned her the nickname “Crazy Nancy” by the Republican commander-in-chief. Trump cheered Pelosi’s announcement in comments to Fox News, “The retirement of Nancy Pelosi is a great thing for America.” He called her “evil,” “corrupt,” and “only focused on bad things for our country.” OBAMA WAS ‘NOT HAPPY’ WITH QUICK PELOSI ENDORSEMENT OF HARRIS, BOOK SAYS “She was rapidly losing control of her party and it was never coming back. I’m very honored she impeached me twice and failed miserably twice,” Trump said. Pelosi first came to Congress in 1987 after winning a special election to replace the late Rep. Sala Burton, D-Calif. Rumors of her potential retirement had swirled for days ahead of the explosive news on Thursday, but Pelosi’s spokesperson said she would discuss her political future after California voted on a referendum allowing state Democrats to redraw the state’s congressional map. “Speaker Pelosi is fully focused on her mission to win the Yes on 50 election in CA. Any discussion of her future plans beyond that mission is pure speculation. As she has said, Speaker Pelosi will not make any announcements about her future until after Prop 50 is settled,” spokesperson Ian Krager said Monday. That measure, Proposition 50, passed overwhelmingly on Tuesday night. The majority of Pelosi’s five-minute video announcement focused on her career achievements during her decades in Congress. She did not mention Trump or other adversaries, instead discussing reforms focused on San Francisco and some Democratic priorities like climate change. The 85-year-old lawmaker is the second House Democrat to announce they would not seek re-election next year in as many days. Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, one of the most vulnerable Democrats of the 2026 election cycle, announced Wednesday that he would not run for another term. Golden blamed increased extremism by both Democrats and the GOP, as well as heightened political threats against his family and elected officials in general. While Golden’s seat is a prime pickup opportunity for Republicans, Pelosi’s seat is all but assured to stay within Democrats’ hands. And she has already garnered two high-profile primary challengers before announcing her plans. The most recent hopeful is state Sen. Scott Wiener, who announced his campaign late last month. Saikat Chakrabarti, a software engineer and left-wing activist who served as chief of staff to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is also in the race.
Democrats see mandate after 2025 wins — Republicans say it’s a mirage
The battle for control of the House is set to kick into high gear with the 2025 elections in the rearview mirror, and both sides are optimistic about their chances after Tuesday night. Democrats are flying high after their victories in key elections in Virginia, California and New Jersey, celebrating those wins as a decisive rejection of President Donald Trump’s administration. But Republicans are still confident in their chances of keeping the House next year and are poised to use the far-left’s success in New York City as a nationwide political cudgel. “Yesterday was a big night for America and a big night for the Democratic Party, as candidates across the country, up and down the ballot, decisively defeated MAGA Republicans in an extraordinary rejection of the extremism that the American people have been experiencing since Day 1 of Donald Trump’s presidency,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said at a press conference Wednesday. A memo circulated by the Jeffries-aligned House Majority PAC and obtained by Fox News Digital exuded confidence: “With less than one year until Election Day, Democrats remain poised to take back the House in 2026 and elect Leader Hakeem Jeffries as the next Speaker.” KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THE 2025 ELECTIONS But Jeffries’ counterpart, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., had a very different interpretation. “There’s no surprises. What happened last night was blue states and blue cities voted blue. We all saw that coming, and no one should read too much into last night’s election results. Off-year elections are not indicative of what’s to come,” Johnson said at his own news conference. “I think that when we go into next year in the midterms, we’re very bullish about the outcome. We have an extraordinary record to run on.” A House GOP campaign operative who spoke with Fox News Digital was also confident about Republicans’ ability to keep the majority next November, arguing the key lies in voter turnout. THE RESULTS ARE IN: 2025’S BIGGEST WINNER AND LOSERS FROM THE OFF-YEAR ELECTIONS “I think we actually had a good turnout night. They just had a monster one,” the GOP operative said of New Jersey, where Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill defeated Republican Jack Ciattarelli. “They had midterm turnout in an off-year [governor] race. And so I think it comes down to us continuing to do the work to show that we need people to show up when the president is not on the ballot.” They also dismissed Democrats’ inroads with Hispanic and Latino voters in New Jersey as recoverable for the GOP. “I think it goes back to, across-the-board, getting our voters to show up,” the GOP operative said. “With Hispanic voters specifically, keep putting in the work, and we can’t take them for granted… it’s felt like, in some of those races, that they were not making the attempt to talk to them on our side.” On the other side, an operative familiar with House Democrat campaigns said they’re taking lessons from a renewed surge of enthusiasm by two groups — Hispanic voters and women. And while acknowledging the groups were not monolithic, the Democratic operative said most Americans were all focused on the same issue: cost of living. MARK PENN: DEMOCRATS WIN THE MOMENT, BUT LEFT-WING TILT THREATENS THEIR FUTURE “I think it’s just like a very helpful reminder to double down on the issues that people care about most. Poll after poll, public and private, is telling you that Americans in any district care most about the cost of living and rising costs and being able to afford things,” they said. “I think those are the solutions that people want to hear, and we should be proactive in speaking to them.” The Democratic operative argued that issue drove the successes of Sherrill and former Rep. Abigail Spanberger, who defeated GOP Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears in Virginia and became a main facet of House Democrats’ most contentious campaigns. Another issue being viewed in opposing lights by both sides is the victory of socialist Zohran Mamdani in the New York City mayoral race. “The biggest takeaway I have is that not a day should go by when a Republican candidate, a member on the trail, a member of leadership, whoever, whatever branch they’re in, whether state, local, federal, House, Senate, governors, whatever, should talk about Zohran Mamdani,” the GOP operative said. “I think he is the party now, frankly.” The Democratic source said, “We just kind of saw a proof point that it’s not effective, because they were trying this in races across the country here, and it didn’t work.” They pointed to Republicans’ attempts to tie Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., to vulnerable Democrats nationally after her upset victory in 2018. “It just doesn’t work,” they said. “Somebody in the Virginia Beach area of the country does not give a s— about who the mayor of New York City is. They care about the cost of living.”
Death toll from Kentucky UPS plane crash rises to 12, black box recovered
Airport CCTV footage shows the UPS cargo plane’s left engine fell off during takeoff, according to investigators. Published On 6 Nov 20256 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Federal investigators say they have recovered the flight recorder from the wreckage of a UPS cargo plane that crashed in Louisville, Kentucky, killing at least 12 people. UPS Flight 2976 crashed shortly after takeoff on Tuesday as it departed from Louisville’s Muhammad Ali airport bound for Honolulu, Hawaii. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list CCTV footage from the airport showed that the plane’s “left engine detaching from the wing during the takeoff roll” before it caught fire, according to National Transportation Safety Board member Todd Inman. “After being cleared for takeoff, a large plume of fire in the area of the left wing occurred during the takeoff roll. The plane lifted off and gained enough altitude to clear the fence at the end of runway 17R,” Inman said at a news conference on Wednesday. The NTSB is an independent US government agency that investigates all civilian plane crashes alongside the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Inman said investigators found the plane’s engine on the airfield, but he did not explain how or why it may have detached from the 31-year-old McDonnell Douglas MD-11 wide-body aircraft during takeoff or how the plane’s wing caught fire. A satellite image shows the crash site of a UPS cargo plane at Muhammad Ali international airport in Louisville, Kentucky, US, on November 5, 2025 [Handout/Satellite image ©2025 Vantor via Reuters] Authorities have also recovered the plane’s data recorder and cockpit voice recorder, which have been sent to the lab for processing, he said. It will be months, however, before the investigation concludes. Advertisement Flight 2976 hit several buildings near the airport as it crashed, leaving an 800-metre trail of fire and destruction, according to authorities. Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg told local news outlet WHAS-TV on Wednesday that 12 people were confirmed dead, while 15 people from the nearby area have been reported missing. “We believe that three of [confirmed fatalities] are likely the crew, and nine others, all of whom those nine are unidentified at this time,” Greenberg said. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear earlier told a news conference that the deaths had risen to 11, but said he expected it “to reach 12 possibly by the end of the day”. Among the buildings hit by the plane were a petroleum recycling company and an auto parts company, but it missed hitting a nearby Ford Motor factory and a convention centre, Beshear said. “I’ve walked the line of an F4 tornado through my dad’s hometown. I’ve seen towns hit by flooding we’d only describe as biblical. What this scene is is violent,” Beshear told the media. “Where the initial explosion happened, you have significant damage. And then, like a lot of these disasters, just five or six feet [1.5 to 1.8 metres] away, not even the paint disturbed on another vehicle.” UPS said Wednesday that it will soon reopen its facility at Louisville airport, after suspending operations following the accident, according to the Reuters news agency. The airport is home to UPS Worldport, a global distribution centre that processes millions of packages each day and sees upwards of 300 daily cargo flights, according to the agency. Adblock test (Why?)
Man City’s Foden scores two goals in win over Dortmund in Champions League
Phil Foden’s dazzling double against Borussia Dortmund kept Manchester City unbeaten in UEFA Champions League after four matches. By News Agencies Published On 6 Nov 20256 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Phil Foden sent an emphatic reminder to England’s head coach Thomas Tuchel with two brilliantly taken goals in Manchester City’s 4-1 win over Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Wednesday. “He is back,” City manager Pep Guardiola said. “He is a special player.” Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list Tuchel will name his latest England squad this week after overlooking Foden so far this season, and with time running out before next year’s World Cup. But the City forward strengthened his case for a recall with an inspired performance against Dortmund. He scored in each half at the Etihad Stadium, with star striker Erling Haaland smashing home his 27th of the season in between. Substitute Rayan Cherki got the other after Waldemar Anton scored for Dortmund. Tuchel is set to announce his squad on Friday for the final World Cup qualifiers against Serbia and Albania, with England having already secured qualification. Foden has rediscovered some of his best form this season after enduring a frustrating campaign last term as City relinquished the Premier League title. His goals on Tuesday – both swept low into the bottom corner – took his tally on the season to four and could have come at just the right time to capture Tuchel’s attention. “There’s no person in this country or around the world that doesn’t know his quality and ability, but England is so lucky to have this amount of good players,” Guardiola said. “In his position there are a lot, and that’s why he has to push himself to be better and better and better.” Foden’s omission from England’s four games this season has been a talking point, with players like Eberechi Eze, Marcus Rashford and Anthony Gordon all adding to the competition for places. Advertisement Despite being widely regarded as one of the most gifted English players of his generation, Foden is still to consistently perform for England. And it appears he is yet to convince Tuchel after being given chances in the German’s first games in charge earlier this season. “Thomas is so smart and wise and knows exactly what the team needs,” Guardiola said. “I think Thomas knows perfectly [about] Phil. What Phil wants to do is play better and better and better.” Foden, right, scores Manchester City’s third goal in the 57th minute [Phil Noble/Reuters] Haaland achieves new goal record Haaland set another scoring benchmark in the Champions League after finding the back of the net for the fifth consecutive game for City in European club football’s elite club tournament. According to City, he is the first player to achieve that feat with three different teams, having previously done so with former clubs RB Salzburg and Dortmund. His latest goal – a powerfully struck effort from close range – was his 54th in 52 games in the Champions League. Lionel Messi has the record for reaching 60 goals in the fewest number of games, at 80. Haaland looks certain to beat that – possibly before the league phase of this year’s tournament is completed. Rodri didn’t even make the bench after returning from a hamstring injury against Bournemouth last weekend. Guardiola said City was being cautious about the Spain international, but his absence raises doubts over whether he will be available for the league clash against Liverpool on Sunday. Rodri missed the majority of last season with an ACL injury, and his contribution has been limited this term. Manchester City’s Erling Haaland, right, scores their second goal as Borussia Dortmund’s Gregor Kobel attempts to make a save [Jason Cairnduff/Action Images via Reuters] Adblock test (Why?)
Typhoon Kalmaegi bears down on Vietnam after 114 killed in the Philippines
Meteorologists have warned that the typhoon has regained strength as it barrels towards Vietnam’s central regions. The Philippines’ disaster agency has confirmed that at least 114 people have been killed by Typhoon Kalmaegi, with another 127 people still missing, as President Ferdinand Marcos Jr declared a state of emergency and warned of another incoming super typhoon. The worst may also be yet to come with Kalmaegi, as meteorologists with the United States military’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) reported that the storm had regained strength as it now bears down on Vietnam’s central regions. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list In its most recent alert on Thursday morning at 10am local time in Vietnam (03:00 GMT), the JTWC said that Kalmaegi is “barrelling towards the Vietnamese coast and reaching peak intensity”. Upgrading the storm to Category 4, the JTWC said “Typhoon Kalmaegi will continue rapid progress … and slam into the Vietnamese coast” just north of the city of Quy Nhon in central Vietnam. The typhoon, named Tino locally, devastated large areas of the Philippines as it made landfall in eight areas in the centre of the country on Tuesday, in what is officially the deadliest natural disaster to hit the Southeast Asian archipelago nation this year. Scenes of widespread destruction have begun to emerge from the hardest-hit Philippine province of Cebu, from where the storm receded on Wednesday. Many of the more than 200,000 people who were evacuated have returned to find their homes destroyed, vehicles overturned, and streets blocked with piles of debris. The arduous cleanup effort has begun, with communities scraping mud from their homes and removing large pieces of debris from the streets. Advertisement “The challenge now is debris clearing,” Raffy Alejandro, a senior civil defence official, told local radio news outlet DZBB. “These need to be cleared immediately, not only to account for the missing who may be among the debris or may have reached safe areas but also to allow relief operations to move forward,” he said. Talking to news media following his meeting with disaster-response officials, President Marcos described the storm as a “national calamity”. He said declaring a national emergency will give the government “quicker access to some of the emergency funds” and prevent food hoarding and overpricing. Marcos also warned of another storm approaching the northern Philippines – known internationally as Typhoon Fung-wong, and locally as Uwan – which he said “could be even stronger” than Kalmaegi. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said it expects Fung-wong to develop into a super typhoon by Saturday. PAGASA said it could enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility late on Friday or early Saturday, and has “an increasing chance of landfall” in northern or central Luzon, the island on which the country’s capital Manila is located. On Al Jazeera. Typhoon Kalmaegi #TinoPH has moved away from the Philippines but left a trail of death and destruction. At least 85 people are confirmed dead but that toll is likely to rise. Search and rescue workers are clearing mud and debris to find those who remain missing…… pic.twitter.com/gdX7enp49l — Barnaby Lo 吳宗鴻 (@barnabychuck) November 5, 2025 As Kalmaegi moved over the South China Sea in advance of its landfall in Vietnam on Thursday, authorities there have begun mobilising thousands of Vietnamese soldiers to assist in the evacuation of some 350,000 people in the central highland province of Gia Lai. Authorities have warned that heavy rains and damaging winds will impact several central provinces, potentially causing flooding in low-lying areas and disrupting agricultural activity, including in the key coffee harvest, which is currently under way. Vietnam’s aviation authorities also warned that operations at eight airports, including the international airport in the city of Da Nang, are likely to be affected. Adblock test (Why?)
Bihar’s ‘honey man’ earns in crores, gives beekeeping training, salary is Rs…, know all about his honey-making business
Sanjay Chaudhary, identified as the ‘honey man’ of Bhagalpur, is grabbing the attention of fellow villagers as well as the authorities because of his tremendously successful honey venture. he took advantage of a government welfare programme through which he received guidance.
Rahul Gandhi’s ‘vote-chori’ allegation backfires, woman in Congress MP’s video clip denies his claims, says, ‘My vote was…’
Ahead of the Bihar Election phase 1 voting, a woman whose video clip was used by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to allege “vote-chori” in his today’s press conference on Haryana assembly elections, denied the accusation, prompting an aggressive counter-attack from the BJP.
Bihar Assembly Election 2025: Ahead of first phase of polls, NDA candidate Jyoti Manjhi attacked; check update
A day before the Bihar Election 2025 Phase 1 Voting, the vehicle of Jyoti Baleshwar Manjhi, MLA from Barachatti and a candidate of Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustan Awam Morcha (HAM), came under attack by unidentified miscreants on Wednesday night, resulting in several serious in serious injuries.
GOOD News for Uttar Pradesh residents: Lucknow to get THIS new 6-lane highway, will cut short travel time between THESE 5 districts, here’s all you need to now
The Indian National Highway Authority (NHAI) has decided to upgrade the corridor from a four?lane to a six?lane configuration. The NHAI has chosen to widen the highway in order to boost vehicle speeds and alleviate the chronic jam problem. Read here to know more about this project.