The hour was dominated by US midterm election night, and the early signal pointed toward Democrats. Mark Warner won a fourth Virginia Senate term over Bert Mizusawa in the night's first call ^1,2. Jon Ossoff held Georgia against Republican Rep. Mike Collins, the president's handpicked candidate ^3,4. Early Indiana and Kentucky returns showed Republican vote share down since 2024 ⁵, although Trump-backed Ed Gallrein is projected to take Kentucky's 4th District, Massie's seat ⁶. Democrats need a net gain of three House seats, and Republicans hold a 53-47 Senate edge . Early exit polls put Trump's approval at 38 percent, below the previous four presidents ⁷, and a CBS exit poll placed it below Biden's 2022 level ⁸. Markets reacted directly: equity futures erased gains and the dollar weakened as first counts and prediction markets pointed to a Democratic victory ⁹. Before the vote, Polymarket had given Democrats 96% odds for the House and 74% for the Senate ¹⁰. Voting was described as mostly smooth despite about 1,000 Justice Department monitors deployed nationwide ^11,12. The main exception is Westchester County, New York, where machines could not scan as many as 250,000 ballots and local results could slip by days ¹³. Paper ballot shortages also turned away voters in Kansas ¹⁴ and Illinois . Separately, the Justice Department sent more than 20 target and preservation letters in its probe of Daniel J. Sullivan's Alaska Senate campaign ^15,16. Abroad, US-Iran tension ran in parallel. Trump said there are no immediate strike plans but the US is 'locked and loaded' ¹⁷. Tehran said it has a 'maximum deterrence' plan ready ¹⁸, and Qalibaf said the onus is on Washington to prevent renewed war ¹⁹. Qatar said mediation continues ²⁰, and an Iranian lawmaker said Hormuz restrictions were eased for ships from India, China, Iraq and Qatar ²¹. Trump also said US aid of $4 billion a year to Israel would be suspended next year, though arms sales would continue ²². In crypto, Binance said attackers exploited its internal AI tools to compromise engineers before the $6.34 billion theft ²³, with a fake job interview as an entry point ²⁴. Net inflows have since flipped positive at about $3.25 billion ²⁵. Kraken froze over $133 million tied to an alleged theft ²⁶, and Mercado Bitcoin reported a roughly $38 million breach ²⁷. In corporate news, 3M settled PFAS injury claims for about $7.4 billion over nine years ^28,29. Super Micro's quarterly revenue nearly quadrupled to $20 billion on AI server demand ³⁰, and Greenland's parliament voted 16-0 for a US-Denmark security deal paving the way for two new US bases ³¹.