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Americans vote in midterms to decide control of Congress
Americans are voting in the 2026 midterms, which will decide control of Congress for the final two years of Donald Trump’s presidency. All 435 House seats and 35 Senate seats are up for election, the BBC reported. The Justice Department said it is sending about 1,000 election observers and monitors to all 50 states, a broader effort than it has ever deployed before.
Reporting: YouTube, CNBC, ABC7 New York, Al Jazeera, NBC News, BBC News
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The U.S. struck Iran’s Qeshm Island in a limited defensive operation
The U.S. struck Iran’s Qeshm Island on Monday in a limited defensive operation, officials said. Fox News, citing officials, reported the strikes followed Iran firing at a U.S. aircraft. The New York Times said officials reported no immediate plans to escalate. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it shot down two U.S. drones south of Qeshm, according to Tasnim.
Reporting: USA Today, The Times of Israel, The New York Times, The Jerusalem Post, CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, NBC News
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Conservative Supreme Court justices appeared sympathetic to Catholic groups challenging Colorado preschool rules
Conservative Supreme Court justices appeared sympathetic Tuesday to Catholic groups challenging Colorado’s requirement that publicly funded preschools give all children an equal opportunity to enroll, regardless of students’ or parents’ sexual orientation or gender identity, Reuters reported. The dispute tests religious-exercise protections against the state’s anti-discrimination conditions for participating schools.
Reporting: USA Today, Belleville News-Democrat (with Reuters), Politico, Reuters, the74million.org
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The Justice Department issued more than 20 target and preservation letters in Alaska probe
The Justice Department issued more than 20 target and preservation letters in its probe of how independent candidate Daniel J. Sullivan, who shares a name with Alaska’s Senate incumbent, came to run, The Washington Post reported. Attorney Marc Elias, whom other outlets identified as a target, called it a “sham investigation.”
Reporting: ABC News, Spectrum News, The Washington Post, CBS News, CNN, The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Politico
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Westchester County ballot scanners fail to accept paper ballots
Ballot scanners malfunctioned at polling sites across Westchester County, New York, preventing machines from accepting paper ballots, while voting continued through emergency procedures. County Executive Ken Jenkins called the disruption “unacceptable” and pledged a bipartisan investigation. Officials said ballots would be securely stored and counted; Axios said the problem could delay results in the competitive 17th District race.
Reporting: Firstpost, The New York Times, Axios, CBS News, Proto Thema, ABC7 New York, halstonmedia.com
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The Justice Department deployed a record number of election monitors across the country
The Justice Department deployed officials on Tuesday to monitor midterm voting in predominantly Democratic jurisdictions, The Jerusalem Post reported. The Washington Post said the Trump administration sent monitors mostly to Democratic places. Senior officials said observers were sent to ensure compliance with federal law in areas where voters have historically faced access problems or could face intimidation in competitive races.
Reporting: The Jerusalem Post, The Washington Post
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Police arrested a teenager over the Fairfield Spirit Halloween shooting that killed a woman
Fairfield police arrested a 17-year-old boy on Nov. 2 in connection with a shooting at a Spirit Halloween store in Fairfield that killed 31-year-old Constance Hages and injured six others. Hages’ family said she was pregnant. Fairfield Police Chief Dan Marshall said the teen will be charged with one murder count and could face an additional murder count.
Reporting: KTLA 5 Los Angeles, NBC News, USA Today, Los Angeles Times
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Investigators recovered parts of the crashed Learjet's tail control surface miles away
Investigators found most of the Learjet 60’s left elevator, a tail control surface, in three pieces between 1.3 and 3.8 miles from the Palm Beach County crash site, National Transportation Safety Board member Tom Chapman said Tuesday. The discovery indicates the elevator separated before impact. All nine people aboard died, and weather remains a key focus of the investigation.
Reporting: Miami Herald, New York Post, avweb.com, chron.com, sun-sentinel.com
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Google plans to deny Search access to schools that ban AI use
Google plans to deny students access to Search next year at K-12 schools that ban AI, Forbes reported, citing an all-or-nothing policy. Google vice president of education Chris Phillips told The New York Times those schools would lose search access. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani accused Google of using monopoly power to force AI into public schools.
Reporting: Forbes, CBS News, Associated Press, futurism.com
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Voters in several states are considering ballot measures on abortion, voter identification and redistricting
Voters across states are deciding measures on abortion, redistricting and voter ID, the Toronto Star reported. Republican-led legislatures in North Carolina and Ohio referred proposals to add existing voter ID requirements to state constitutions. Redistricting measures could affect 2028 elections; abortion measures are on ballots in Idaho, Nevada and Virginia. The votes coincide with midterms that will determine control of Congress.
Reporting: Toronto Star
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Rep. Haley Stevens requested U.S. Marshals protection after receiving death threats
Rep. Haley Stevens requested U.S. Marshals Service protection after death threats following her endorsement of Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan’s Senate race, Axios reported, citing two senior Trump administration officials. One official said the request is expected to be granted. VIN News reported Stevens said she remains a Democrat and called it a personal decision for this race.
Reporting: The Washington Times, Mezha, Axios, VIN News, TMZ, Times Now
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Voters prioritized the economy and democracy in the 2026 midterm elections
An AP Voter Poll found the economy and the state of democracy are voters' top issues in the 2026 U.S. midterm elections. Voters overwhelmingly said they feel frustrated with the country's direction and are pessimistic about the future. Roughly three-quarters rated the economy “not so good” or “poor,” in line with recent AP-NORC polling.
Reporting: PBS News, BBC News, daytondailynews.com
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California voters cast ballots on a measure to tax billionaires' net worth
California voters considered Proposition 40 Tuesday, which could make the state the first to tax billionaires’ net worth. The measure would impose a one-time 5% tax on Californians with net worth above $1 billion, with most revenue intended to replace federal health-care funding cuts. The proposal has divided liberal leaders and become one of the state’s most expensive ballot fights.
Reporting: France 24, PBS News
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Missouri State Highway Patrol captured escaped Tennessee prisoner Jacob Allen Morley
Jacob Allen Morley, a Tennessee inmate serving a life sentence for murdering co-worker Cody Birchfield in 2022, was captured Tuesday in Carroll County, Missouri, near Norborne. He escaped the Northwest Correctional Complex on Oct. 25. Authorities said he stole a pickup truck in Illinois; Missouri officers located the vehicle using license plate readers.
Reporting: NBC News, Action News 5, CNN, PBS News, CBS News, ABC7 Chicago, kmbc.com
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Poland launched a special operation to bolster security on its northern border
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Poland launched a special operation to bolster security on its northern border with Russia, involving counterterrorism police and intelligence officers. He said guards saw suspicious activity overnight and may have prevented a provocation, but authorities could not establish whether it constituted one. Polish media reported GROM special forces were deployed.
Reporting: The New York Times, Ukrainska Pravda, nationalsecuritynews.com
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Russian strikes killed at least 38 civilians in Ukraine over 24 hours
The BBC reported attacks on an aid centre, hospice and hospital, killing at least 38 civilians and injuring scores in Ukraine in 24 hours. The later BBC report said at least 33 people had died in the Komyshuvakha strike. Zelensky said over 50 may remain trapped under rubble.
Reporting: AOL, BBC News, Operativ Məlumat Mərkəzi, The Kyiv Independent, cedarnews.net, nacionale.com
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Russia bombarded Ukraine’s power grid ahead of talks in Abu Dhabi
Russia bombarded Ukraine’s power grid before talks in Abu Dhabi, amid a broader campaign against the country’s energy system. The article says Russia has repeatedly targeted energy generation, distribution and heating facilities during more than four years of war, with attacks worsening each year as winter approaches. Russian officials said Ukraine set fire overnight to a major oil refinery in Yaroslavl.
Reporting: U.S. News & World Report
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Czech public media workers staged a one-day strike over a funding overhaul
Employees of Czech Television and Czech Radio staged a one-day strike Tuesday over a government plan to replace license fees with state-budget funding, while thousands protested in Prague, Brno and Ostrava. Workers say the proposed model would provide substantially less money and threaten the broadcasters’ independence. The bill remains under parliamentary consideration.
Reporting: ABC News, theprint.in (with Reuters), euobserver.com, expats.cz
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European troops will rehearse in Poland for a possible Ukraine deployment
Thousands of European troops will take part in a military exercise in Poland this month, led by Britain and France, to test plans for a possible postwar deployment to Ukraine, the Associated Press and ABC News reported. Western officials said the force would reassure Ukraine and help rebuild its armed forces, not conduct offensive operations or peacekeeping.
Reporting: BBC News, Associated Press, ABC News
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Donald Trump said the United States would stop payments to Israel by late 2026
Donald Trump said on Election Day that the United States would end its military aid to Israel by year’s end, well before the existing $3.8 billion-a-year agreement expires in 2028. Israel Hayom reported Trump said he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed a month earlier, but Israel has not confirmed that account; Reuters said Trump offered no details on implementation.
Reporting: Israel Hayom, Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, Haaretz, The Australian, Reuters, israelnationalnews.com
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Iranian Security Chief Mohsen Rezaei criticized the U.S. response to Iran peace proposal
Iran criticized the U.S. response to its latest peace proposal, with Iranian Security Chief Mohsen Rezaei saying on X that it was “not convincing” and calling on the United States to fully and explicitly address and act on Iran’s seven conditions. The New York Post reported these were the same demands Donald Trump rejected last month.
Reporting: New York Post
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Iranian clerics and officials urged the country to acquire nuclear arms
Some Iranian clerics and officials are calling for Iran to pursue nuclear weapons, arguing it should rebuild deterrence by abandoning its longstanding pledge not to build a bomb after its war with the United States, The New York Times reports. NCRI’s news site also describes growing calls among Friday prayer leaders and parliament members to revise Iran’s nuclear doctrine.
Reporting: The New York Times, ncr-iran.org
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Israel warned the United States that Iran is considering using chemical weapons
Israel shared intelligence with the United States that Iran is considering using chemical weapons, The New York Times reported. Israeli officials framed the threat as more urgent than Iran’s nuclear ambitions. U.S. intelligence agencies largely agree Iran is developing chemical weapons but dispute whether its leaders would use them; Gulf governments reportedly viewed the claims as lacking seriousness.
Reporting: The Jerusalem Post, Haaretz
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The Asian Football Confederation postponed the 2027 Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia
The Asian Football Confederation postponed the 2027 Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia by nearly a year, rescheduling it for Dec. 23, 2027, through Jan. 21, 2028, pending FIFA approval. The AFC cited regional developments, logistical complexities and travel disruptions. The BBC reported that a Houthi missile attack on Riyadh’s airport in October killed 13 people.
Reporting: Facebook, Killeen Daily Herald, Around Prague, BBC News, The New York Times, USA Today, Deutsche Welle
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Bukele confirmed a deployment of 2,500 Salvadoran troops to Haiti
El Salvador has deployed 2,500 troops to Haiti, President Nayib Bukele confirmed, after four Salvadoran military-aviation technicians disappeared in an Oct. 18 ambush east of Port-au-Prince. Salvadoran forces launched a ground combat operation against gangs on Nov. 2, killing at least a dozen fighters, the Latin Times reported. The U.N. distanced itself from the buildup, the Miami Herald reported.
Reporting: Miami Herald, Latin Times, The Wall Street Journal
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Meta sought up to $25 billion in a bond sale to fund AI spending
Meta is seeking to raise $20 billion to $25 billion through a bond sale to fund spending on AI infrastructure, models and services, CNBC reported, citing people familiar with the matter. S&P Global Ratings shifted Meta’s outlook to negative last week, citing concerns that its AI infrastructure spending could squeeze free cash flow.
Reporting: Pluang, TradingView, CNBC, The Financial News (South Korea), storyboard18.com, techbuzz.ai
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AMD beat Wall Street forecasts in its third-quarter report
AMD reported third-quarter results on Nov. 3 that beat Wall Street expectations, as data center revenue surged 97% year over year to $8.55 billion, accounting for 64% of sales. Total revenue rose 45% to $13.4 billion, and non-GAAP earnings were $2.09 a share, above the $1.94 estimate. AMD forecast fourth-quarter revenue of about $17 billion, plus or minus 3%.
Reporting: Beinsure, Quartz, Investing.com News, CNBC
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Binance said hackers used fake job interviews, malware and internal AI to steal $6.3 billion
Binance said hackers stole $6.3 billion in cryptocurrency after using a fake job interview to infect an engineer’s work computer, then exploiting that computer and a compromised internal AI tool to reach its wallet systems. The FBI attributed the attack to North Korean hacking unit TraderTraitor; North Korea has denied the accusation.
Reporting: NBC News (with Reuters), The Washington Post, The New York Times, BBC News, Axios, CNBC, nextgov.com
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