The hour's dominant thread is a US midterm heading into Tuesday with the fight over counting already moving through the courts. Federal Judge Sharon Gleason dismissed the Justice Department's suit seeking to block certification of Alaska's Senate election, ruling the DOJ lacked the capacity to bring it ^1,2,3. The suit targeted a third-party candidate who shares incumbent Dan Sullivan's name, and the judge found the DOJ offered no workable plan to segregate those ballots while preserving voter secrecy ¹. Sullivan says he will accept the result of his tight race with Mary Peltola even as he suggests it could be stolen ⁴. In California, Judge Trina Thompson temporarily barred the administration from intimidating election officials who refuse its ballot-handling instructions, a restraining order that expires November 16 and that the DOJ has appealed to the 9th Circuit . A separate judge denied the DOJ's request to block more than 20,000 California ballots from alleged non-citizens ⁵. DNC Chair Ken Martin is standing by Peltola and Abdul El-Sayed as Democrats brace for post-election litigation ⁶. RNC Chair Joe Gruters concedes a Republican turnout problem ⁷. More than 50 million Americans have already voted ⁸, and the administration has pledged $15 billion to farmers weeks before the vote ⁹. Separately, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro addressed threats against him and his family over their religion . Abroad, the item with the widest potential reach is Iran. Trump says he is contemplating another attack after the midterms, and Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has vowed retaliation without geographical limits that could hit financial assets . Iran has named undersea internet cables and data centers as targets, while US interceptor stockpiles are reported critically low and a third carrier has deployed ¹⁰. In a separate AI-infrastructure strand, Morgan Stanley projects a 70 GW power shortfall for US data centers by 2028 ¹¹. Aramco took a 49% stake in Saudi AI firm HUMAIN for $2.6 billion plus assets ¹². Stocks swung after disappointing big-tech results unsettled the AI rally ¹³, and dealers brace for the largest Treasury issuance revision since early 2024 ¹⁴. On Ukraine, Zelenskyy says he would meet Putin in Turkey under Erdoğan's mediation but wants a ceasefire first ¹⁵. A localized Oleshky truce expired with no violations ¹⁶. Power outages persist ^17,18, and Kyiv's air-raid app pushed nuclear and chemical warnings that may stem from a hack ¹⁹. Also notable: a private jet carrying nine crashed in a fireball about nine miles from Mar-a-Lago ²⁰, and Sen. Chris Murphy is hospitalized with a stroke, though doctors expect a full recovery ²¹.