Election eve, and the blue wave everyone's watching
Today is Tuesday, November 3, 2026
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- Good morning, and welcome to Hark News. Here's what the world got up to while you slept. First, the weather in New York. A high of 69 and a low of 49, with clear skies.
- Tomorrow is Election Day, and nearly every poll points the same way. The New York Times and Siena findings show Democrats ahead in five of seven key Senate races, and the House looks favored to flip.
- Trump gave his final midterm speech at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, with a sparse crowd and photos of repairs. Heather Cox Richardson called it a long detour into his Washington projects.
- Politico and Axios both report Republicans bracing for heavy losses and already privately blaming Trump, over the war with Iran, gas prices and tariffs. Publicly, senators are unlikely to point at the president.
- Democrat Haley Stevens endorsed Republican Mike Rogers over Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan Senate race, less than 48 hours before the vote. Michigan Democrats responded by expelling her from the state party.
- Axios reports the Iran war and resulting gas and diesel price spikes have become a political liability for Republican Senate nominees, including Mike Rogers in Michigan and Ken Paxton in Texas.
- The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to force California to segregate about 20,000 ballots it says may belong to noncitizens. Lower courts have repeatedly rejected similar requests, and election officials call the federal data flawed.
- A federal magistrate judge dismissed charges against two former FBI officials accused of lying to Congress about the Hunter Biden laptop probe. The judge sharply criticized prosecutors.
- CNN reports election officials are planning for trouble, including the possibility that federal agents could show up at polling places. Minnesota's Secretary of State told CNN the federal government itself is now a hazard.
- More than 50 million Americans have already voted. CNN's political unit says early voters skew more Democratic and less white than in 2022, though the advantage is not insurmountable.
- Over the last stretch, the latest polling in the Minnesota Senate race and the Rhode Island lieutenant governor contest has shown Democrats pulling away after months of near ties.
- At an Iowa rally, Trump again called for the New York Times to be prosecuted over fabricated polls from Wedgewood. CNN notes there is no evidence the paper knew the data was fake, and the Times removed it after Wedgewood admitted the fraud.
- Axios scooped that the top Senate GOP super PAC nearly tripled its streaming and social spending to more than $200 million this cycle. Senate Majority PAC says it also invested more in digital, across 12 states.
- Semafor reports Democrats are already preparing investigations into the Trump administration if they win Congress, while the White House has planned for such probes. Nate Silver calls a big Democratic win a super lame-duck scenario for Trump.
- In a Pod Force One interview, Trump said he would move to protect Elon Musk if Democrats investigate him, and he would not rule out preemptive pardons for allies.
- Oil prices dropped to a two-week low on Monday. Trump hinted at progress in talks with Tehran, and Iran's top leader gave the government more room to pursue peace.
- Binance suffered the largest crypto theft on record, about $6.3 billion, attributed to North Korean hackers. Matt Levine explains that Tether and Circle froze roughly $3 billion, and Binance's shareholders are covering the rest.
- Apple reported $114.5 billion in quarterly revenue, up 11.7%, ahead of expectations, with iPhone and Mac sales up sharply. The December outlook of 7 to 10 percent growth disappointed, and the stock fell about 4 percent after hours.
- Marvell said it will buy optical component maker Lumentum for $115 billion in stock, the largest merger ever between public tech companies. Marvell shares fell nearly 13 percent and Lumentum nearly 19 percent on the day.
- Anthropic reported third-quarter revenue near $17 billion, and its contractual AI infrastructure commitments grew to about $900 billion, according to amended pre-IPO paperwork. Broadcom is a big winner, with about $161 billion in lease agreements.
- Kalshi and Polymarket have staked more than $1.4 billion on midterm contracts. Their odds have missed several recent elections, and news partners like CNN and CNBC are now tied to them.
- US stocks lost about $1.8 trillion in value after weak Big Tech earnings and huge AI spending forecasts. Intel fell 29 percent in its worst day since the 1970s.
- Axios says billions in planned data center projects hinge on tomorrow's governor races, especially Texas. Democrat Gina Hinojosa backs a moratorium while Greg Abbott has paused permits.
- NOAA says a very strong El Niño is strengthening and may last into spring 2027, favoring a wetter California and Southwest and a warmer northern US.
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