{"id":"1793807207769-news-segment","slug":"scalise-vs-jordan-for-house-gop-leader","title":"Scalise vs Jordan for House GOP leader","summary":"House Majority Leader Steve Scalise is indeed running for House minority leader after Republicans lost their House majority in the 2026 midterms, setting up a likely contest with Jim Jordan.\n\nDemocrat Abdul El-Sayed defeated Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan's Senate race and will become the first Muslim U.S. senator.\n\nSteve Scalise has launched a bid to lead House Republicans as minority leader following the GOP's loss of the chamber.\n\nPolish Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government has deployed thousands of soldiers, police and border guards to Poland's eastern border, particularly amid migration pressure from Belarus; the post is a rebuttal to accusations that he is pro-migration.\n\nSpain has returned to Morocco more than a dozen sub-Saharan African and Asian migrants who reached Ceuta and were refused asylum, the first such deportation from the enclave since a mass border crossing in July.\n\nSame as above — Spain sent back to Morocco more than a dozen migrants who reached Ceuta and were refused asylum, the first such deportation since July. This is a joke about Mike Johnson stepping down as Speaker, not a factual claim. This is a vague personal comment with no checkable factual claim. This is a joke referencing the \"Balloon Boy\" hoax, not a real breaking news event. This is a joke about a turkey, not a factual claim.","publishedAt":"2026-11-04T15:46:47.769Z","channel":{"id":"news","name":"Oncast News","language":"en"},"show":"The World","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise is indeed running for House minority leader after Republicans lost their House majority in the 2026 midterms, setting up a likely contest with Jim Jordan.\nSource: [foxnews.com](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mike-johnsons-no-2-launches-gop-takeover-bid-house-falls-democrats) (https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2118005791630258467)\n\nTRUE: Democrat Abdul El-Sayed defeated Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan's Senate race and will become the first Muslim U.S. senator.\nSource: [apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/michigan-senate-abdul-elsayed-mike-rogers-election-d546ffbcf04fbb4eb581f63f807a0609) (https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2118005733862051966)\n\nTRUE: Steve Scalise has launched a bid to lead House Republicans as minority leader following the GOP's loss of the chamber.\nSource: [foxnews.com](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mike-johnsons-no-2-launches-gop-takeover-bid-house-falls-democrats) (https://x.com/axios/status/2118005629331571111)\n\nTRUE: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government has deployed thousands of soldiers, police and border guards to Poland's eastern border, particularly amid migration pressure from Belarus; the post is a rebuttal to accusations that he is pro-migration.\nSource: [politico.eu](https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-belarus-border-migrants-donald-tusk/) (https://x.com/Frid45/status/2117238945314406765)\n\nTRUE: Spain has returned to Morocco more than a dozen sub-Saharan African and Asian migrants who reached Ceuta and were refused asylum, the first such deportation from the enclave since a mass border crossing in July.\nSource: [arabnews.com](https://www.arabnews.com/node/2591234/world) (https://x.com/arabnews/status/2117264699234685147)\n\nTRUE: Same as above — Spain sent back to Morocco more than a dozen migrants who reached Ceuta and were refused asylum, the first such deportation since July. This is a joke about Mike Johnson stepping down as Speaker, not a factual claim. This is a vague personal comment with no checkable factual claim. This is a joke referencing the \"Balloon Boy\" hoax, not a real breaking news event. This is a joke about a turkey, not a factual claim.\nSource: [arabnews.com](https://www.arabnews.com/node/2591234/world) POST bsky:at://did:plc:quzcwmqdsnbosevdgj3bmtq2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzhg5yxijc27: NOCLAIM None POST  (https://x.com/AfricanHub_/status/2117405004633894964)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"House Majority Leader Steve Scalise is indeed running for House minority leader after Republicans lost their House majority in the 2026 midterms, setting up a likely contest with Jim Jordan.","sourceName":"[foxnews.com](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mike-johnsons-no-2-launches-gop-takeover-bid-house-falls-democrats)","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2118005791630258467","claim":"BREAKING: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise announces he is running for House minority leader as Republicans prepare for a major leadership shakeup following their election losses. The Louisiana Republican is making a bid to lead the GOP in the House after Democrats flipped htt","author":"Fox News (@FoxNews)"},{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Democrat Abdul El-Sayed defeated Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan's Senate race and will become the first Muslim U.S. senator.","sourceName":"[apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/michigan-senate-abdul-elsayed-mike-rogers-election-d546ffbcf04fbb4eb581f63f807a0609)","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2118005733862051966","claim":"Democratic voters danced as they celebrated Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in Michigan. Al Jazeera’s @itsmikailmalik spoke to supporters in Detroit hailing the election of the first Muslim to the US Senate. https://t.co/QW4roRojEx","author":"Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish)"},{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Steve Scalise has launched a bid to lead House Republicans as minority leader following the GOP's loss of the chamber.","sourceName":"[foxnews.com](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mike-johnsons-no-2-launches-gop-takeover-bid-house-falls-democrats)","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/axios/status/2118005629331571111","claim":"Steve Scalise launches bid to lead reeling House Republicans https://t.co/kG4OMTtqtU","author":"@axios"},{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government has deployed thousands of soldiers, police and border guards to Poland's eastern border, particularly amid migration pressure from Belarus; the post is a rebuttal to accusations that he is pro-migration.","sourceName":"[politico.eu](https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-belarus-border-migrants-donald-tusk/)","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/Frid45/status/2117238945314406765","claim":"MAGA, pro-Russian and anti-EU accounts are accusing Donald Tusk of being a “globalist” who wants to flood Poland with migrants. Let’s look at what Donald Tusk has actually done on immigration in Poland and Europe: - Deployed thousands of soldiers, police officers and border https","author":"Frid 🇪🇺🦌 (@Frid45)"},{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Spain has returned to Morocco more than a dozen sub-Saharan African and Asian migrants who reached Ceuta and were refused asylum, the first such deportation from the enclave since a mass border crossing in July.","sourceName":"[arabnews.com](https://www.arabnews.com/node/2591234/world)","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/arabnews/status/2117264699234685147","claim":"Spain returns to Morocco more than a dozen sub-Saharan African and Asian migrants who reached the Spanish enclave of Ceuta and were turned down for asylum, the first deportation of its kind from the enclave since a mass border crossing in July https://t.co/m0ygMt7sSM","author":"Arab News (@arabnews)"},{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Same as above — Spain sent back to Morocco more than a dozen migrants who reached Ceuta and were refused asylum, the first such deportation since July. This is a joke about Mike Johnson stepping down as Speaker, not a factual claim. This is a vague personal comment with no checkable factual claim. This is a joke referencing the \"Balloon Boy\" hoax, not a real breaking news event. This is a joke about a turkey, not a factual claim.","sourceName":"[arabnews.com](https://www.arabnews.com/node/2591234/world) POST bsky:at://did:plc:quzcwmqdsnbosevdgj3bmtq2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzhg5yxijc27: NOCLAIM None POST ","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/AfricanHub_/status/2117405004633894964","claim":"Spain has sent back to Morocco more than a dozen Sub-Saharan African and Asian migrants who reached Ceuta and were refused asylum. It is the first deportation of its kind from the enclave since a mass border crossing in July.","author":"African Hub (@AfricanHub_)"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2118005791630258467","name":"[foxnews.com](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mike-johnsons-no-2-launches-gop-takeover-bid-house-falls-democrats)","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"Fox News (@FoxNews)"},{"url":"https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2118005733862051966","name":"[apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/michigan-senate-abdul-elsayed-mike-rogers-election-d546ffbcf04fbb4eb581f63f807a0609)","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish)"},{"url":"https://x.com/axios/status/2118005629331571111","name":"[foxnews.com](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mike-johnsons-no-2-launches-gop-takeover-bid-house-falls-democrats)","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"@axios"},{"url":"https://x.com/Frid45/status/2117238945314406765","name":"[politico.eu](https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-belarus-border-migrants-donald-tusk/)","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"Frid 🇪🇺🦌 (@Frid45)"},{"url":"https://x.com/arabnews/status/2117264699234685147","name":"[arabnews.com](https://www.arabnews.com/node/2591234/world)","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"Arab News (@arabnews)"},{"url":"https://x.com/AfricanHub_/status/2117405004633894964","name":"[arabnews.com](https://www.arabnews.com/node/2591234/world) POST bsky:at://did:plc:quzcwmqdsnbosevdgj3bmtq2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzhg5yxijc27: NOCLAIM None POST ","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"African Hub (@AfricanHub_)"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793807207769-news-segment-scalise-vs-jordan-for-house-gop-leader","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/news","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793807207769-news-segment-scalise-vs-jordan-for-house-gop-leader","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1793807207769-news-segment-scalise-vs-jordan-for-house-gop-leader and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Bella","text":"Now to Michigan, where Abdul El-Sayed just made history as the first Muslim U.S. senator from the state."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Abdul El-Sayed beat Mike Rogers, and Al Jazeera's got video of supporters dancing in Detroit. That's a historic moment."},{"host":"Bella","text":"El-Sayed's a former Detroit health official, ran for governor a few years back. Now he's going to Washington."},{"host":"Brian","text":"It says something about Michigan — a state that went for Trump in some areas, but just sent a progressive Muslim Democrat to the Senate."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Michigan's always been a swing state. It swings hard."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Now to Poland, where Donald Tusk is fighting back against accusations he's soft on immigration."},{"host":"Bella","text":"The claim is he's a 'globalist' who wants to flood Poland with migrants. But the record shows something very different."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Tusk's government has deployed thousands of soldiers, police, and border guards to the eastern border — mostly because of pressure from Belarus."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That's the key context. Belarus has been pushing migrants toward the border as a hybrid warfare tactic. Tusk responded with force."},{"host":"Brian","text":"So the 'open borders' label doesn't quite stick when you've got troops on the frontier."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And Spain is making a move on its southern border — sending back more than a dozen migrants who reached Ceuta and were refused asylum."},{"host":"Brian","text":"This is the first deportation of its kind from the enclave since that mass border crossing in July. It's a signal."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Ceuta's a Spanish enclave on the Moroccan coast. It's been a flashpoint for years. Spain's saying: if you don't qualify, you go back."},{"host":"Brian","text":"But a dozen people? That's a drop in the ocean. The real question is whether this becomes a pattern."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Exactly. One deportation doesn't change the math, but it sets a precedent. Morocco's watching."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And one more from the White House — they're claiming the illegal alien population has dropped by over two point three million since Trump returned."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That number comes from The Gateway Pundit citing the White House. I couldn't independently verify it from a non-partisan source."},{"host":"Brian","text":"So it's a claim, not a confirmed fact. But if border crossings really did plummet ninety-five percent, that's a massive shift."},{"host":"Bella","text":"The direction is clear — crossings are way down. The exact numbers? We'll wait for the official data."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And that's the world this morning — leadership fights, historic firsts, and borders getting tighter."},{"host":"Bella","text":"We'll keep watching all of it. More after the break."}]}