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Trump’s Midterm Disaster
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Democrats Didn't Win, Republicans Lost. There's a Way To Fix This
Tech, Media & Telecom Roundup: Market Talk
Find insight on BT Group, SK Telecom and more in the latest Market Talks covering Technology, Media and Telecom.

US Marine killed during fast-rope training in Japan ID’d as 25-year-old Maryland native
The US Marine who was killed in a training accident died from injuries he sustained in a fast-rope exercise while deployed in Japan.

Optimizing Trump’s Strategy to ‘Rot Iran’s Economy’
Brian G. Chow, RealClearDefense To compel a fair, durable settlement without open-ended military entanglements, Washington must execute a high-leverage, low-cost strategy that systematically...
How the Data Center Backlash Could Play Into the Hands of Big Tech
Giants like Amazon and Microsoft stand to benefit from a shakeout.

Herbert Blomstedt, who headed San Francisco Symphony, dead at 99
Herbert Blomstedt, the former San Francisco Symphony music director whose conducting career spanned seven decades, has died at age 99.
Politics
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Trump’s Midterm Disaster
What comes next for the GOP?

Democrats Didn't Win, Republicans Lost. There's a Way To Fix This

California’s wealth tax fails — but the damage remains
California is a stronghold of the American Left. Yet even there, a wealth tax on billionaires appears to have been rejected by voters. The tax was supported, among others, by economists Gabriel Zucman and Emmanuel Saez, who have been campaigning for higher…

Why Adam Hamilton Made History in Kansas
Economy
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The Business Fallout from a Blue Tidal Wave
Andrew Ross Sorkin, The New York Times Big money lost last night. Most notably, Elon Musk's record-breaking spending spree — including roughly $224 million <a...

The Data Center Boom Is Rescuing Forgotten American Towns
Chris Johnson, Fox From Ellendale, North Dakota, to Loudoun County, Virginia, data centers are transforming communities with billions in tax revenue and lower property taxes.

Wealth Tax or None, Tech Revolt Is In California's Future
Joel Kotkin, California Post The sad reality is that without windfall tech profits, the state — whose overall economy is mediocre at best — faces a looming budget crisis.

New Democratic Senate Spells Doom for Trump's Judicial Nominees
The Senate's new Democratic majority is unlikely to approve any Republican judges.
Finance
All finance →Stock Market Today: AI Stocks Under Pressure as Investors Rotate Into Other Trades
Chipmaker Qualcomm's earnings disappoint
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Midterms Set Stage for Debt-Ceiling Clash
Some of the best analysis and insight on investing, the wealth-management business and more.

Dow Rallies 1,569 Points on Midterm Relief: Stock Market Today
Stocks of just about all sectors and sizes rose in the wake of a "blue wave" that resolved midterm election uncertainty. But AI and oil are still big variables.
National Security
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Optimizing Trump’s Strategy to ‘Rot Iran’s Economy’
Brian G. Chow, RealClearDefense To compel a fair, durable settlement without open-ended military entanglements, Washington must execute a high-leverage, low-cost strategy that systematically...

CIA and Mossad must eliminate Ghalibaf to break Iran’s continuity machine
Iran’s Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf is the ultimate linchpin binding the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ wartime command network, its post-war construction monopoly, and the legislative machinery anchoring both. While dominating Tehran as mayor from 2005 to…

Ukraine rushes to develop defenses against Russian jet-powered drones
Russian forces struck a train platform at Dnipro’s main railway station in central Ukraine last week, killing at least 15 people and wounding at least 14 others. Russia targeted the train with its potent new weapon, a jet-powered drone. For almost five year…
Hong Kong activist sentenced in 2nd national security case
Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday for his second conviction under a Beijing-imposed national security law, in a case that critics say reflects the crackdown on the city's once-thriving pro-democracy movement.
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