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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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  1. 21 ยท Digiday

    In Graphic Detail: What Apple's identity block means for the ad money
    Why it matters

    Apple's Safari now blocks identity-resolution domains used to match people across websites, hitting publisher revenue.

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  2. 22 ยท Business Insider

    Skydance's 5-day RTO order comes with buyouts
    Why it matters

    Skydance told employees to return to the office five days a week or take a buyout.

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  3. 23 ยท The Washington Post

    Costs outpaced wages in more GOP-held battlegrounds
    Why it matters

    A Post analysis finds costs outpaced wages in more Republican-held battleground districts.

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  4. 24 ยท Semafor

    Why Jeffries and other top Democrats are heading to red states
    Why it matters

    Hakeem Jeffries campaigned in a redrawn Texas district Trump won by 10 points, testing whether mid-decade redistricting backfires.

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  5. 25 ยท Semafor

    Josh Turek is running a radically centrist campaign
    Why it matters

    Iowa Democratic Senate nominee Josh Turek is running as a 'prairie populist' in an open-seat race.

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  6. 26 ยท NBC News

    Early vote tracker
    Why it matters

    More than 30 million early votes are in, with Democrats ahead in eight of ten Senate battleground states.

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  7. 27 ยท NBC News

    Former FBI Director James Comey charged a third time
    Why it matters

    The Justice Department charged James Comey a third time, this time by criminal information rather than a grand jury indictment.

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  8. 28 ยท The Washington Post

    Trump's arch would cast shadow on Arlington Cemetery
    Why it matters

    Trump's planned arch would shade Arlington National Cemetery on more than 280 mornings a year, a Post analysis finds.

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  9. 29 ยท The Washington Post

    Trump defends White House redecorating โ€” and Cheesecake Factory โ€” from Obama's mocking
    Why it matters

    The administration fought back after Obama said Trump's White House renovations looked like a Cheesecake Factory opened by Saddam Hussein.

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  10. 30 ยท Axios

    Netanyahu trails Eisenkot in Israel election exit polls
    Why 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.

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  11. 31 ยท Vox

    Netanyahu's reelection bid and Israel's deeper democratic problem
    Why it matters

    Vox explains how Arab parties may decide Israel's coalition math and the 'deeper foundational problem' in its democracy.

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  12. 32 ยท Bloomberg

    China to dispatch envoys to the Middle East
    Why it matters

    China will send envoys to the Middle East as it tries to protect energy ties with both Iran and the Gulf states.

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  13. 33 ยท Financial Times

    Brazil's real suffers worst day this century after Lula win
    Why it matters

    Brazil's real had its worst day this century and stocks fell 14% after Lula's surprise reelection.

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  14. 34 ยท Semafor

    Trump administration pushes for Venezuela elections
    Why it matters

    The US blueprint for Venezuelan elections starts with a new supreme court by mid-December.

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  15. 35 ยท Reuters

    World food prices near four-year high in September, UN says
    Why 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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