Hour in Review — 2026-11-03 04:00 UTC 22 sources
Election Day in the US dominated the hour, and a military escalation with Iran landed directly on top of it. Polls began closing at 6 p.m. ET in parts of Indiana and Kentucky, with most states closing at 8 p.m. 1,2. Trump delivered his closing message at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool hours before polls opened 3, and the Supreme Court rejected his emergency request to set aside 20,000 California ballots 4. Late Monday, US strikes hit radar detectors and missile launchers on Iran's Qeshm Island 5. An official described them as defensive and aimed at Iranian forces firing surface-to-air missiles at US assets 6,7. They came hours after Vice President JD Vance said talks had made progress and that he and Trump feel fairly positive about a negotiated settlement 7,8. Rep. Nancy Mace predicted GOP losses that 'started with Epstein files' and end with the 'Iran war' 9. Michigan's Senate race is the sharpest late flashpoint. Rep. Haley Stevens endorsed Republican Mike Rogers over Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed, whom she lost to in the August primary by less than a point 10. Elizabeth Warren campaigned with El-Sayed in Detroit as Democrats rallied behind him 10,11. Separately, an unsealed superseding indictment names a former paid El-Sayed campaign worker among twelve defendants accused of conspiring to threaten University of Michigan leaders 12. On Ukraine, Zelensky warned Moscow is readying another large-scale attack, possibly timed to exploit attention on the midterms 13. In the same hour, a missile strike on a Kharkiv medical facility produced 25 casualties 14. Lavrov said Moscow's war aims are unchanged as US arms flow continues, including an approved sale of 500 Patriot PAC-3 missiles 15. Europe is preparing its first major Multinational Force for Ukraine drill, involving nearly 2,800 troops 16. In crypto, the Binance hack aftermath continued. Tether said it froze more than $1.5 billion in USDT within 30 minutes of the October 29 attack 17. Binance begins a second withdrawal phase Tuesday as outflows level off 18. In markets, a renewed selloff in Asian tech stocks dragged copper and tin lower 19. ASTS, CRWV and RGTI hit 52-week lows on growth and profitability worries 20. Australia's central bank raised rates to an 18-year high 21. Also notable: New York reported its first measles death in 30 years, a child in Lewis County, with the state's outbreak at 178 cases this year 22.
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