The Trump administration told a judge that construction on the president's controversial 250-foot triumphal arch could begin in just two weeks, days after the midterm elections. cnn.it/4BliMrp

Michigan and Kansas held some of the final major Senate debates of the 2026 midterm elections on Wednesday night. And they were a study in contrasts. Takeaways from the two crucial debates: cnn.it/4BrQbkv

A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion after the company was found to have misled users about its privacy practices in a case related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal. cnn.it/4jvalU9

The State Department publicly warns Americans about violence in parts of Latin America. Privately, it tells officers reviewing asylum claims a different story, according to internal documents reviewed by CNN. cnn.it/487Hb6n

Pope Leo XIV’s lung cancer surgery last week was a success and no further treatment is required, the Vatican press office said in a bulletin. cnn.it/4jzPpvk

Scandals about suspected AI use have spread up and down the writing industry this year. cnn.it/4yWsX45

Supreme Court blocks President Trump from suspending hormone therapy and other treatments for transgender inmates in federal prisons. cnn.it/4yWvX0o

France's President Emmanuel Macron has slammed what he called "stupid comments" from some foreign leaders over the protests sweeping the country, after his US counterpart Donald Trump claimed migrants were fueling the unrest. cnn.it/4yFrb6B

The Stanford Prison Experiment lasted less than a week in 1971, but its claims about human nature endured for decades. Now, a new Netflix series is bringing one of psychology's most controversial studies, and some of the biggest concerns surrounding it, back into the spotlight. cnn.it/3UITLGd