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U.S. Edition · LATEST HEADLINES · Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Abdul El-Sayed speaks at an election night event, early Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026, in Detroit. Julia Demaree Nikhinson, AP. His mouth is open and both hands are up. Mike Rogers is not in the frame. The people in the crowd are not named.

The midterms

Democrats took the House and the Senate.

The Associated Press called both chambers on Wednesday morning. It named seven Senate flips. This desk does not print a House seat total.

The Rocket News · Washington · November 4, 2026

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Politics More

Election night

Cooper took the seat. Control is not called.

AP called North Carolina for Roy Cooper at 8:23 p.m. Eastern. Democrats still need three more Senate seats. This desk does not print a House net, and it does not print a second board.

Video · CNBC Television

Election Day

Trump held up the pool. That was Monday.

President Trump speaks at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and holds up a photograph of the pool, Monday, Nov. 2, 2026. Mark Schiefelbein, AP. It is not Tuesday. The people in the photograph are not at the lectern.

Election Day

Voters lined up in Bangor. That was the morning poll.

The midterms

Trump spoke in Iowa and Kansas. More than 54 million have voted.

President Trump walks the South Lawn after stepping off Marine One, Monday, Nov. 2, 2026. Allison Robbert, AP. He is not speaking. It is not Dubuque, not Salina, and not the reflecting pool.

States More

James Talarico speaks after his Senate win at a rally in Austin, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. Mike Segar, Reuters. He is at the microphone in a dark jacket. The crowd behind him is not named one by one. Ken Paxton is not in the frame.

Texas

Talarico took the Texas seat.

Reuters: the first Democrat to win statewide in Texas since 1994. He defeated Ken Paxton. AP also called the governorship for Gina Hinojosa.

California

The Supreme Court left 20,000 California ballots in the count.

The Justice Department seal on a podium before a news conference, May 4, 2026, in Washington. Julia Demaree Nikhinson, AP. It is not Monday’s order, and no justice is in the frame.

Alaska

A judge threw out the Alaska ballot suit.

People vote at Midtown Mall in Anchorage, Oct. 30, 2026. Emily Mesner, Reuters. It is not Sunday’s ruling. The judge and the two Sullivans are not in this frame.

Alaska

The Justice Department pressed Alaska. More than 49 million have voted.

Voters arrive at Midtown Mall in Anchorage on Oct. 30, 2026. Emily Mesner, Reuters. It is not the two Dan Sullivans, and Mary Peltola is not in the frame.

World More

Traffic passes a banner of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei in Tehran, Oct. 26, 2026. Majid Asgaripour, WANA, via Reuters. It is not Doha, and the negotiators are not in this frame.

Iran

Iran's negotiators spent a third day in Doha.

Reuters, Sunday: a third day of talks with Qatar, aimed at ending the war. The two-day plan to reopen Hormuz is not a deal. The photograph is Tehran on Oct. 26, not Doha.

Diplomacy

The G20 skipped the photograph with Lavrov.

Ed Miliband, Radoslaw Sikorski and Marco Rubio at the G20 head table in Atlanta, Oct. 30, 2026. Megan Varner, pool, Reuters. Nameplates also read African Union and Argentina. Sergei Lavrov is not in this frame.

Diplomacy

Witkoff shook Putin's hand, and Hubbard is free.

Steve Witkoff and Vladimir Putin shake hands at Constantine Palace, both men in dark suits, curtains behind them.

Canada

Alberta voted to stay in Canada.

A voter walks toward the doors of a polling place behind a yellow Elections Alberta sign.

World War More

Government supporters stand on U.S. and Israeli flags outside the former U.S. embassy in Tehran, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026. Vahid Salemi, AP. It is the anniversary of the 1979 embassy seizure. No one in the frame is named. It is not a strike photograph.

Iran

Tehran marked the embassy anniversary. No new strike is in this note.

AP, Wednesday: government supporters stood on U.S. and Israeli flags outside the former embassy. A diplomat called the midterm result a significant shift. Monday’s Qeshm strikes stay in Tuesday’s note.

Iran

The United States struck Qeshm. Officials call the strikes defensive.

Hormuz

Iran's Guard says two tankers exploded on mines.

Ukraine

Russian strikes cut power to hundreds of thousands.

Economy More

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, seen from Musandam, Oman, Oct. 2, 2026. Reuters. It is a file photograph. It is not Wednesday’s trade, and no one is named.

Oil

Brent was $104.36 at 0730 GMT.

Reuters, Wednesday morning: up 76 cents. WTI was $96.72. That is not a New York close. The photograph is Oct. 2, not today’s trade.

Markets

Brent was $105.19 in Asia. That is not a New York close.

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Nov. 2, 2026. Brendan McDermid, Reuters. It is not Tuesday’s Asian print, and no trader is named.

The budget

The deficit is still about 6 percent. That count is Friday's.

The U.S. Capitol, framed by fall foliage, Sept. 28, 2026. Kylie Cooper, Reuters. It is not a trading floor, and it is not Sunday’s session. Markets were closed.

Oil

Brent settled at $117.64. WTI settled at $104.12.

A pumpjack in the Permian Basin near Midland, Texas, October 8, 2025. It is not Friday’s settlement, and it is not the Strait of Hormuz.

Science More

Crew Dragon Freedom hits the Pacific under its parachutes, bringing four astronauts home.

Space

Four astronauts splashed down off California.

SpaceX brought Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot, and Andrey Fedyaev home on Thursday after eight months. They had gone up in February to replace a crew sent home when a NASA astronaut fell ill.

Video · Associated Press

Maryland

Maryland now flags a heart warning on a mammogram.

The Court

The Supreme Court heard Boulder’s climate suit and did not decide it.

The Supreme Court on Monday heard Boulder’s suit to make Exxon and Suncor help pay for climate damage. It did not rule.

Science

Wildfire smoke is lifting ground-level ozone, researchers say.

Wildfire smoke over Lower Manhattan. Researchers say that haze is also lifting ground-level ozone.

Technology More

Rescuers and residents shelter in an underground garage during an air-raid alert in Kyiv, Sept. 28, 2026. Gleb Garanich, Reuters. It is not Monday’s hack, and no one in this frame is named.

Cyber

False alerts went out on Ukraine's air-raid app.

Reuters: Ukraine’s air force said the public alert app was hacked, with false nuclear, chemical and Oreshnik warnings. Russia said its own emergencies app was hit. The photograph is Kyiv on Sept. 28, not the hack.

The arsenal

Ukraine’s drones still run on Chinese parts.

A Ukrainian soldier kneels in a field and works on a small drone.

Visas

Vance suspended Microsoft from a green-card program.

Video · The White House

Vice President JD Vance, hands raised at the lectern, said Microsoft abused the visa system.

Technology

Google wants Hollywood to stop being afraid of its tools.

Google is funding films and shorts, through a venture called 100 Zeros, to make Hollywood less afraid of its tools.

Mexico More

Mexico

Trudy is a tropical storm, and the warnings are down.

At 8 a.m. Mountain time the center was about 190 miles west-southwest of Cabo Corrientes, with winds near 60 mph. No coastal watches or warnings were in effect. The National Hurricane Center said it should become post-tropical by early Tuesday.

Mexico

Hurricane Trudy is 150 miles west of Manzanillo.

Hurricane Trudy’s eye sits offshore on a Sunday morning satellite, the Mexican coast to the right of the storm.

Pacific

Hurricane Trudy is 170 miles south of Manzanillo.

Hurricane Trudy, seen from a satellite, still offshore south of Manzanillo on Saturday morning.

The Pacific

Hurricane Simon is crawling off Jalisco.

A wave from Hurricane Simon breaks over a Pacific seawall as two people watch from the walk.

Sports More

Brewers fans at Tropicana Field after Game 5, Wednesday, Oct. 28, one holding a sign that reads World Series champs. It is not Friday's parade in Milwaukee. This caption does not name a face.

Baseball

Milwaukee schools are closed. The Brewers parade is today.

The Associated Press: Milwaukee Public Schools canceled Friday classes for a downtown parade and a fan fest at Henry Maier Festival Park. The photograph is Wednesday night in St. Petersburg, not the parade.

Baseball

The Brewers won the Series, 4-1.

Brewers players in World Series hoodies celebrate on the field after the last out. Wednesday night, Oct. 28, Tropicana Field. It is not the first pitch.

Baseball

The Rays walked off the Brewers, 4-3.

Ben Williamson, in a white Rays jersey, is doused after a walk-off. His face is in the frame.

Baseball

Milwaukee beat the Rays, 10-1.

Robert Gasser, number 54, in a navy Brewers jersey and a yellow cap, delivers a pitch in the World Series.