The House

Jeffries sketched a first 100 days if Democrats take the House.

The Democratic leader said the party would move at once on health-care tax breaks, Medicaid, a vote against the Iran war, and Trump’s tariffs. He said Democrats will be united right out of the gate.

The states

Suspicious letters reached state election offices.

The FBI and the Postal Inspection Service said Thursday they are investigating mailings, some with an unknown substance, sent to election officials and lawmakers before Nov. 3. A letter to Senator Alex Padilla was intercepted.

The Gulf

A Houthi strike killed 13 at the Riyadh airport.

More than 300 people were wounded at King Khalid International. A second strike hit the same airport. Saudi Arabia is asking how the missiles got through. The Houthis said Saudi bombs on Sanaa killed 10.

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Ukraine

Ukraine hit a Russian refinery. Zelensky said, we’re done.

Kyiv struck a Rosneft plant in Ryazan after three days of holding its fire. The Ukrainian president told the Financial Times the block on refinery strikes is out. He said he would stop only for more Patriot interceptors.

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Prices

Wholesale prices rose 6.3 percent.

The producer-price index jumped 1.3 percent in September, the biggest monthly gain since March 2022. Energy prices for producers rose 10.8 percent. Economists had expected a much smaller move. Social Security’s cost-of-living raise for next year is 3.6 percent.

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.

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The arsenal

Ukraine’s drones still run on Chinese parts.

Magnets, motors, chips, sensors and battery cells still come from China, a dozen makers told the Associated Press. Switching to Western parts could raise the cost by 60 percent and cut production by as much.

The Pacific

Hurricane Simon is crawling off Jalisco.

At 5 a.m. local time the National Hurricane Center put the Category 3 storm 50 miles west-southwest of Cabo Corrientes, with winds of 115 miles an hour. It was moving at 2 miles an hour. The turn inland is expected around midweek.