Democrats are set to hand Hakeem Jeffries a commanding House majority after flipping Trump-won districts. The New York Times projects as many as 256 Democratic seats, with Republicans at 178.
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Iran’s supreme leader ordered a maximum response to any renewed U.S. and Israeli attack, according to his office. The statement followed his first disclosed meeting with all top armed forces commanders since the war began.
Binance reopened after a hack that hit $6.3 billion in digital assets. Customers pulled a net $3.6 billion on Nov. 1, even as the exchange said withdrawals were stabilizing.
Former Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia is under federal investigation and may face court-martial over alleged leaks to Wall Street Journal and New York Times reporters. Axios says he failed four polygraphs and discussed incidents in two videotaped interviews totaling more than two hours.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth may face impeachment as soon as next week. Rep. Thomas Massie is sponsoring a measure over claims that Hegseth defied Congress and kept the Iran war going illegally.
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"Bitcoin" came up in 5 editions.
- 2026-11-01: Binance starts the long reboot
- 2026-11-03: Bitcoin's losing week deepens
- 2026-11-04: Bitcoin ETFs bleed cash
- 2026-11-05: Bitcoin cleanup nears center stage
- 2026-11-06: Bitcoin claws back key line
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Marketecture: Episode 198: Alex Cone from Google on Their New Data Set CrUX, Which Really Should be Called CUXr
The main subtext is Google presenting CrUX ad-load metrics as ecosystem infrastructure, not as a Google ads product, while still encouraging ad tech products and buyers to adopt them. Cohn's language is careful: he says Google has no business around the metrics, says they are not a direct viewability solution, and says Google's own ads teams are exploring them rather than already using them. The practical test is adoption outside the interview: whether these metrics get baked into DSPs, SSPs, agency workflows, publisher packaging, or public outcome studies.
The Daily: Chuck Schumer on Governing With (Or Without) Trump
The literal surface is a post-election Schumer interview about how Democrats won and how they plan to govern with Trump still in the White House. The signal is Schumer treating the new majority as a platform to force cost, tariff, health care and war-funding votes, while also keeping corruption investigations in view. The conversational fodder is the office tour, audio setup, Brooklyn language and recruitment stories, which add texture and political self-portrait more than legislative detail. Charitably, Schumer is saying Democrats now have to prove they can deliver on the costs voters care about. The boring read is that this is standard majority-leader positioning before hard negotiations. The skeptical read is that the plan may rely heavily on public contrast if Trump vetoes bills or Republicans do not cross over, because the transcript gives few named commitments from the other side.
Decoder with Nilay Patel: The hidden supply chain costs of the AI boom
Charitably, Shih is giving policymakers a practical lesson in why supply chains do not move just because a tariff changes. Boringly, the episode is a book conversation built around examples that show production follows cost, capability, scale, and stability. Skeptically, the conversation names many mechanisms, but it does not quantify the scale of rerouting or the AI memory squeeze. The strongest read is that Shih thinks reshoring can happen only where policy matches how products are actually made.
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