Triumphal arch's groundbreaking date is November 5; plaintiffs say the court isn't finished, and the administration isn't waiting ◆ Israelis vote again, and treat it like a commute; turnout strong, coalition math starts after midnight as usual ◆ IRS puts a citizenship question on page one of the 1040; Americans respond by bringing birth certificates to the tax preparer ◆ Thanksgiving dinner falls to $55.18; one shopper says a prayer became a price comparison, economists call that a recovery ◆ Researchers implant tiny magnets in muscles; bionic hand now reports its own position, and has never once been wrong ◆ Chinese brands drop a soccer player for telling a joke; risk analysts coin the term joke exposure, the laugh survives ◆ Congress forms an election task force eight days before the election; poll workers, who have protected elections since 1984, request cake ◆ Sonic serves a Santa slush float before Halloween; the calendar files a grievance, Sonic declines to comment ◆ Trump renews demand that New Mexico rename itself New America; the governor calls it a tired bit, the precinct chairs call it overdue ◆ Monarch butterflies given cellphones; roaming charges zero, and one butterfly was delivered to Mexico by a storm ◆