10 Things To Know For Thursday - 26 October 2017

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Thursday:

1. GOP RESPONDS TO DIGRUNTLED SENATORS

Most Republican lawmakers rally around Trump and his agenda, with one all but saying "good riddance" to Jeff Flake and Bob Corker.

A man holds up a banner during a protest called by pro-independence groups outside of the Palau Generalitat in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017. Catalonia's vice president says Spanish authorities are giving separatists in the prosperous northeastern region "no other option" but to push ahead with proclaiming a new republic. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

2. HOW TAX PLAN IS PLAYING ACROSS US

Most Americans say they believe Trump's tax overhaul would benefit the wealthy and corporations, according to an AP-NORC poll.

3. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SETS NEW FLIGHT RULES

All incoming flights to the United States will be subject to new security screening procedures before takeoff.

4. AID FINALLY TRICKLING DOWN TO REAL PEOPLE

Nearly a year after Congress approved an extraordinary $1 billion to tackle the opioid crisis, the money is gradually reaching places where it can do some good.

5. WHICH INSURANCE COSTS ARE GOING UP

An independent analysis finds that premiums for the most popular health plans under "Obamacare" will rise by an average 34 percent next year.

6. 'NO OTHER OPTION'

The vice president of Catalonia tells the AP that Spanish authorities have left the region's separatist government no choice but secession.

7. NIKKI HALEY EVACUATED FROM UN CAMP

The ambassador is flown by helicopter from the camp for displaced people in South Sudan because of a volatile demonstration against the country's president.

8. WHO'S CONFUSING POLITICS WATCHERS

Joe Biden hasn't decided to run for president in 2020. But he's decided that he's "not going to decide not to run."

9. FATS DOMINO DEAD AT 89

The amiable rock 'n' roll pioneer's steady, referensi situs poker online pounding piano and easy baritone helped change popular music while honoring the traditions of New Orleans, his hometown.

10. NEW HOTBED FOR 'BEAUTIFUL GAME'

Atlanta United, averaging 48,200 fans a game, has been a shining star amid a year of intense disappointment for American soccer.

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, right, meets South Sudanese officials on her arrival in Juba, South Sudan, Wednesday, Oct.25, 2017. The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, has been evacuated from a U.N. camp for displaced people in South Sudan because of a volatile demonstration against President Salva Kiir. An aid worker at the camp says U.N. security guards fired tear gas to disperse the crowd of more than 100 people shortly after Haley left. The ambassador, on a three-country Africa visit, met earlier with Kiir over the country's long civil war. (AP Photo)

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2008 file photo, Fats Domino waves to fans before a ceremony re-presenting two Grammy awards to replace the ones that he lost from Hurricane Katrina's flooding in New Orleans. Domino, the amiable rock 'n' roll pioneer whose steady, pounding piano and easy baritone helped change popular music even as it honored the grand, good-humored tradition of the Crescent City, has died. He was 89. Mark Bone, chief investigator with the Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, coroner's office, said Domino died Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Cheryl Gerber)