Seven people were killed, and 16 others were injured across Ukraine over the past day as Russia continues targeting civilian infrastructure and power grids. https://kyivindependent.com/russian-attacks-kill-5-injure-10-in-ukraine-over-the-past-day-striking-zaporizhzhia-oblast-over-700-times/

Apple has a huge undisclosed multilingual censorship list of words and phrases that its iOS keyboard will not autocomplete or swipe-type. It includes in English, ‘Auschwitz,’‘Sleepy Joe,’ ‘Tibetan independence’ and ‘United Ireland.’ https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/apples-predictive-text-restrictions-include-dictator-trump-sleepy-joe-researcher-2026-11-06/

The paper ballots are apparently too thick to be processed by voting machines throughout Westchester County in New York. https://abc7ny.com/post/election-day-scanner-problem-affects-westchester-polling-sites/20011651/

I will be joining the broadcast of Election Night 2026: Independent Edition with full national results live from the National Press Club, starting 6pm EST Tuesday. Register to watch: election2026.live

DoorDash acquiring Instacart for $17 billion. https://about.doordash.com/en-us/news/doordash-to-acquire-instacart

There's a declared emergency at the US Department of Energy Savannah River Site after a fire in a room led to "an unfiltered ground-level radiological release." https://www.wtoc.com/2026/10/28/radiological-release-triggers-emergency-response-srs/

Growing body of evidence demonstrates that Trump was an active participant in Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women and "DOJ and FBI are doing everything they can to keep the American people in the dark about it." - House Judiciary Democrats https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2026-10.hjc-dems-staff-report-epstein-and-trump.pdf

Defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro ordered to surrender his passport. https://g1.globo.com/globonews/globonewsmais/video/moraes-determina-que-flavio-bolsonaro-entregue-passaporte-15132118.ghtml

Two French news channels apologize after misidentifying images of protests in Albania as demonstrations taking place in France. https://www.liberation.fr/economie/medias/ce-netait-pas-a-paris-en-plein-direct-sur-la-mobilisation-du-24-octobre-cnews-et-france-info-diffusent-des-images-de-tensions-en-albanie-20261025_HURKYDBUWVAKFO76IZRMQTNCIU/

Restrictions on Starlink and its military-grade version have not been fully lifted along Ukraine's front lines. https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/23/starlink-restrictions-not-lifted-in-ukraine-despite-trumps-claims-defence-officials-say

Let us count the dangers here for CBS News besides obvious reputational damage: 1) Perceived conflicts of interest 2) Trivializing the democratic process 3) Audience backlash 4) Association with harm 5) Potential market manipulation 6) Jurisdictional advertising bans

Election coverage on CBS’ owned and operated TV stations will be sponsored by the sports gambling site DraftKings. https://www.status.news/p/cbs-draftkings-election-results-data

At least one person was killed and eight others injured after multiple waves of Russian missiles struck Kyiv overnight. https://kyivindependent.com/russian-ballistic-missiles-slam-kyiv-right-as-air-raid-alarms-sound/

TikTok has banned the Musk film advertising account, citing a repeated pattern of political content that violates its policies. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/musk-movie-tiktok-banned-theaters-showtimes-1236734308/

Belgium's foreign minister slams “in the strongest terms” today's attack by rioting Israeli settlers on European diplomats in a West Bank Christian-majority village and will press the EU to impose sanctions on those responsible for the violence. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bkrmczw3gx#autoplay

It was such a great experience taping an episode of America@250: Due Diligence at the National Press Club that we've decided to take the radio show on the road again! Bill Bernardoni and I will be in Pittsburgh on November 5 for a show devoted to the Whiskey Rebellion (1791-1794) and how that event in early American history still resonates. Join us in person: https://bit.ly/whiskey-rebellion

(Reuters) - The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine ​for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/order-limit-starshield-ukraine-came-inside-white-house-sources-say-2026-10-15/

Ukraine's access to Elon Musk’s Starlink has been restricted without warning, according to the presidential office, severely disrupting several military missions. https://kyivindependent.com/this-cannot-be-a-coincidence-ukraines-starlink-access-restricted-without-warning-zelensky-adviser-says/

The new White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia, is at the briefing room lectern for the first time. She lived in China for 3 years as an outside counsel to the World Bank. Last year she called for the US to "suspend habeus corpus" to deal with illegal immigration.

“We won our temporary restraining order and now President Trump's propaganda ads have to stop.” - Common Cause https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.674638/gov.uscourts.nysd.674638.41.0.pdf