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Edition No. 128 ยท Wed 28 Oct 2026 ยท 54 stories ยท Source: Daily Newsletter Digest
Edition No. 128
Wednesday 28 October 2026
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21 ยท Digiday
In Graphic Detail: What Apple's identity block means for the ad moneyWhy it matters
Apple's Safari now blocks identity-resolution domains used to match people across websites, hitting publisher revenue.
Story page โ22 ยท Business Insider
Skydance's 5-day RTO order comes with buyoutsWhy it matters
Skydance told employees to return to the office five days a week or take a buyout.
Story page โ23 ยท The Washington Post
Costs outpaced wages in more GOP-held battlegroundsWhy it matters
A Post analysis finds costs outpaced wages in more Republican-held battleground districts.
Story page โ24 ยท Semafor
Why Jeffries and other top Democrats are heading to red statesWhy it matters
Hakeem Jeffries campaigned in a redrawn Texas district Trump won by 10 points, testing whether mid-decade redistricting backfires.
Story page โ25 ยท Semafor
Josh Turek is running a radically centrist campaignWhy it matters
Iowa Democratic Senate nominee Josh Turek is running as a 'prairie populist' in an open-seat race.
Story page โ26 ยท NBC News
Early vote trackerWhy it matters
More than 30 million early votes are in, with Democrats ahead in eight of ten Senate battleground states.
Story page โ27 ยท NBC News
Former FBI Director James Comey charged a third timeWhy it matters
The Justice Department charged James Comey a third time, this time by criminal information rather than a grand jury indictment.
Story page โ28 ยท The Washington Post
Trump's arch would cast shadow on Arlington CemeteryWhy it matters
Trump's planned arch would shade Arlington National Cemetery on more than 280 mornings a year, a Post analysis finds.
Story page โ29 ยท The Washington Post
Trump defends White House redecorating โ and Cheesecake Factory โ from Obama's mockingWhy it matters
The administration fought back after Obama said Trump's White House renovations looked like a Cheesecake Factory opened by Saddam Hussein.
Story page โ30 ยท Axios
Netanyahu trails Eisenkot in Israel election exit pollsWhy it matters
Exit polls from Israel's record-turnout election put Gadi Eisenkot's bloc ahead of Netanyahu's, with no clear path to a government.
Story page โ31 ยท Vox
Netanyahu's reelection bid and Israel's deeper democratic problemWhy it matters
Vox explains how Arab parties may decide Israel's coalition math and the 'deeper foundational problem' in its democracy.
Story page โ32 ยท Bloomberg
China to dispatch envoys to the Middle EastWhy it matters
China will send envoys to the Middle East as it tries to protect energy ties with both Iran and the Gulf states.
Story page โ33 ยท Financial Times
Brazil's real suffers worst day this century after Lula winWhy it matters
Brazil's real had its worst day this century and stocks fell 14% after Lula's surprise reelection.
Story page โ34 ยท Semafor
Trump administration pushes for Venezuela electionsWhy it matters
The US blueprint for Venezuelan elections starts with a new supreme court by mid-December.
Story page โ35 ยท Reuters
World food prices near four-year high in September, UN saysWhy it matters
Food prices hit a nearly four-year high in September on fuel and fertilizer costs tied to the Iran war and El Niรฑo.
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