On Nov. 5, 2026, President Trump met with his national security team at the White House and said he would soon decide whether to resume major military operations against Iran. Senior officials confirmed White House meetings on Wednesday and Thursday, while CENTCOM was finalizing preparations but had not received a new directive. This is a headline teasing a Politico story about Canadian leader Mark Carney's new political message, rather than a specific checkable factual claim.
Trump signed a proclamation Thursday seeking to designate the Oval Office and Cabinet Room as national monuments, aiming to prevent future administrations from changing his gold-covered redesign.
U.S. forces were preparing for possible renewed strikes on Iran, with a third Navy carrier strike group — the USS Theodore Roosevelt — moving toward the Middle East and expected in CENTCOM's area by mid-November. CENTCOM was finalizing preparations but had not received a new directive.
On the first official day of Victoria's election campaign, the Victorian Liberal campaign bus reversed into a shop awning in suburban Melbourne while leader Jess Wilson and journalists were on board.
Trump signed a proclamation Thursday declaring the Oval Office and Cabinet Room national monuments, seeking to preserve his gold-covered redesign from future changes.
On Nov. 5, 2026, Alabama, Florida, and Indiana each carried out an execution. Florida executed Jesse Guardado, tying a record with its 19th execution of the year; three states carrying out executions on the same day last happened in 2010.
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said the number of police forces in England and Wales must be slashed, with a major review expected to propose regional super forces.
BFox News just posted that President Trump met with his national security team today, and the U.S. is weighing whether to resume major military operations against Iran.
BThat's confirmed. Senior officials say meetings happened Wednesday and Thursday. CENTCOM is finalizing preparations, but no new directive yet.
BSo the machinery is moving. A third carrier group, the USS Theodore Roosevelt, is heading toward the Middle East.
BRight. And the president said he'll decide soon. That's the line from Axios.
BHere's what I keep thinking about. We just had a midterm where Democrats took the House. Now suddenly we're talking about resuming major strikes on Iran.
BYou think the timing is political?
BI think the timing is convenient. The president's approval is underwater, his party just got shellacked, and now there's a war decision on the table.
BOr Iran has been escalating for months, and the military was already building toward this. The carrier didn't just appear overnight.
BNo, but the decision to actually pull the trigger—that's a choice. And making it right after losing Congress feels like a distraction.
BI don't buy that. The national security team doesn't meet because of poll numbers. They meet because something's happening.
BSomething's always happening. The question is whether we escalate now, with no clear endgame, right after the American people just voted for a check on this administration.
BAnd if Iran is moving toward a nuclear weapon, waiting isn't an option.
BThat's the same argument we heard in 2003. And look how that ended.
BThis isn't 2003. Iran has proxies all over the region, and they've been attacking shipping and U.S. assets for years.
BSo the answer is another open-ended military campaign? With what troops? What exit strategy?
BThe answer is that the president has to make a call, and he's meeting with the people who know the most. That's not a scandal.
BI'm not saying it's a scandal. I'm saying the timing stinks, and I don't trust the decision-making process right now.
BFair. But let's not pretend the other side has a clean answer either. Doing nothing while Iran gets closer to a bomb is also a choice.
BThat's true. I just wish I believed this was about national security and not about changing the subject.
BSpeaking of changing the subject—Politico has a piece on Mark Carney's new pitch for Canada's future.
BForget 'elbows up.' That was the old line. Now Carney's got a new message.
BThe headline doesn't tell us much, but the gist is he's trying to move past the trade war rhetoric and talk about what Canada actually builds next.
BSmart. 'Elbows up' was a rallying cry, but it doesn't pay the bills. At some point you have to govern.
BAnd Carney's problem is that he's still tied to the same Liberal brand that's been in power for a decade. A new slogan doesn't fix that.
BNo, but it's a start. The question is whether Canadians are listening or just waiting for the next election.
BNext, from the wires: The Guardian reports Alabama, Florida, and Indiana all carried out executions on the same day.
BThat's rare. It doesn't happen very often.
BFlorida executed Jesse Guardado, one of a high number of executions in the state this year.
BNineteen in one year. That's a number that should make everyone pause, whatever you think of the death penalty.
BIt's a reminder that the debate isn't abstract. These are real cases, real families, real final moments.
BAnd it's happening in three different states on the same day. That's not a coincidence—it's a system working as designed.
BOr a system that's become too routine. Depends on your view.
BThat's the argument, isn't it? Whether justice is being served or just being processed.
BWe'll leave that one there. Coming up, we've got more on the fallout from the midterms and what it means for the next two years.