Thursday, November 5, 2026
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• Democrats sweep the midterms and take both chambers of Congress• Bomb threats divert at least 19 passenger flights across Europe• Wall Street reverses as AI chip stocks sink the Nasdaq• Vance blames the Iran war for the Republican wipeout• OpenAI rolls out faster image model that also makes GIFs• Pungent gas over Mars fissures hints the planet is still volcanically active• Democrats sweep the midterms and take both chambers of Congress• Bomb threats divert at least 19 passenger flights across Europe• Wall Street reverses as AI chip stocks sink the Nasdaq• Vance blames the Iran war for the Republican wipeout• OpenAI rolls out faster image model that also makes GIFs• Pungent gas over Mars fissures hints the planet is still volcanically active

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Democrats outline congressional probes of Trump business deals

Reuters reports that incoming Democratic committee leaders are planning investigations and drug-pricing scrutiny.

  • ■Democrats won control of the House and Senate, Reuters reports
  • ■Incoming committee leaders are outlining an oversight agenda
  • ■The White House denies wrongdoing and criticizes the proposed investigations

3h ago · 1 min brief