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Financial Times: Americans deliver stunning rebuke to Trump as blue wave sweeps country

Democrats take Congress as Republicans routed from Texas to Georgia

Financial Times: The great humbling of Donald Trump

Midterm elections defeat marked a savage rejection from across the country of the president, his allies and his second-term agenda

Financial Times: Trump’s American slapdown for the ages

In multiple midterm races the president’s heavy-handed input boomeranged

Financial Times: Four takeaways from the midterm results

Democrats record broad gains from almost all demographic groups

Financial Times: Stocks fall as Democratic wins stoke fears for AI boom

Traders bet Democrats could slow infrastructure build-out central to economic growth

Financial Times: Democratic governors elected on promises to stop data centre building

Gubernatorial wins in Texas, Georgia and Ohio and local ballot measures show depth of discontent with Trump-backed infrastructure spree

Financial Times: James Talarico’s historic Texas Senate victory deals blow to Elon Musk

Billionaire had ploughed $47mn into bankrolling Republican Ken Paxton’s campaign while fuelling conspiracy theories about his opponent

Estate Agent Today: Dramatic mortgage shake-up considered by Bank of England

The change - if agreed - could mean more and bigger mortgage loans

Estate Agent Today: Shock forecast: House prices and sales to fall further next year

Savills' forecast is considered to be one of the most authoritative

Estate Agent Today: TV star agent returns to firm after nine years with rival

The star of a Channel 4 property show has returned to work at a high-end London agency after nine years away. Aston Chase has welcomed back Lee Koffman, who previously spent 16 years with the business. With 26 years of experience in London’s prime and super-prime residential property market, Koffman is returning to the firm […]

Estate Agent Today: Agency opens latest design-led office with art exhibition

The office is in Islington and its the company's sixth

Estate Agent Today: New agents join brokerage scheme launched by high-end firm

The brokerage scheme was launched earlier this year

Estate Agent Today: Moving costs to rise thanks to soaring diesel prices

Packing materials are more expensive too - adding to a likely rise in moving costs

Estate Agent Today: Agency begins third decade by opening sixth office

The agency is 21 years old now

Financial Times: CVS Health moves to dismantle $117bn healthcare empire

Potential spin-off of drugstore business comes as political pressure mounts on pharmacy benefit managers and health insurers

Financial Times: How Pennsylvania’s bellwether city could decide the US midterms

Democrats eye victory in seat that could tip the balance of power in Washington

Financial Times: Former Weil partners lawyer up over firm’s wind-down

Ex-partners are attempting to learn if their equity in firm will be worth anything

Financial Times: Live US midterm elections results — in charts and maps

The latest updates on the races that will shape the balance of power in Washington

Financial Times: US has no immediate plan to strike Iran, Trump tells FT

President says position with Tehran is ‘brilliant’ in interview just hours before midterm polls close

Financial Times: Trump says US will end military aid to Israel by end of the year

President makes surprise announcement to halt $4bn annual funding, which has featured prominently in midterm campaigning

Persuasion: What the Woke Canon Gets Right—and Wrong

Reading Foucault, Said, Galtung, Crenshaw, and Butler exposes liberalism's real weak points, along with the strongest ways to defend it.

Financial Times: Americans begin voting in elections to decide control of Congress

Americans begin voting in elections to decide control of Congress

Financial Times: US voters prepare to deliver verdict on Trump

Races across nation will decide whether Republicans keep their majorities in Congress

Financial Times: The FT’s guide to election night

From key races to the money and issues at stake, here’s everything you need to know ahead of tonight’s results

Financial Times: Wall Street braces as voters head to high-stakes polls

Vote will set the trajectory for everything from AI to public spending

Financial Times: How common are national exit taxes?

Exit, pursued by a taxman

Financial Times: Russia unleashes massive attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure

Power plants and substations hit in nine regions as Ukraine’s air force struggles to intercept missiles and drones

Financial Times: US, Russia and China discuss meeting between Trump, Putin and Xi

US president is travelling to Shenzhen in two weeks to attend Apec summit

Financial Times: Nvidia orders data centre clients to reduce China exposure

World’s biggest chipmaker tells cloud computing providers a majority of their clients must be non-Chinese

Financial Times: One battle after another: Trump’s turbulent 21 months

From ‘liberation day’ and bond market turmoil to Maduro’s capture, the goading of Zelenskyy and war in Iran, it has been a head-spinning period in US politics

Financial Times: The AI problem we feared is not the AI problem we got

Lay-offs are low by historical standards but young people may still need help finding a foothold in the labour market

Financial Times: US strikes Iran’s Qeshm Island on eve of election

Oil price steady as Washington says attacks were defensive measure against Tehran’s potential use of surface-to-air missiles

Financial Times: Oil prices steady at $106 after sharp declines

Crude prices stabilise on Tuesday as traders await developments in the Middle East

Financial Times: North Korean hackers expected to take months to launder Binance billions

Tokens are visible on public blockchains and have been split into small packages in an attempt to stop them being traced, experts say

Financial Times: Italy’s ‘exit tax’ plan spooks rich expats

Giorgia Meloni’s government has proposed a special levy for people leaving the country as part of its budget for 2027

Estate Agent Today: Landmark agency platform launched by iamproperty

The platform offers agents 12 solutions to speed up their business and improve revenue

Estate Agent Today: Rightmove legal case – decision date mystery

The Competition Appeal Tribunal concludes today

Estate Agent Today: Longstanding agency names family member as new director

A family-run agency that recently quit a national franchise is reporting an upsurge in business – forcing it to recruit from within the family. Edward Creswick & Sons has appointed Tom Creswick as director. The agency’s head, Edward Creswick,has worked in the Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge property market since 1988.  Earlier this year, he took the […]

Estate Agent Today: New director named by troubled agency giant

The new director has over 20 years of experience in the industry

Estate Agent Today: Man seriously hurt after car crashes into agency

One person was injured

Estate Agent Today: Asking price cuts dominate in south of England

The analysis has looked at 67,000 homes listed as SSTC

Estate Agent Today: Rightmove legal challenge – statement issued

The legal action is led by a former Competition and Markets Authority panel member

Financial Times: ‘A massive piece of pool’: Trump talks algae and grass in final midterm push

US President touts new pipes and ‘great reflectivity’ of Washington’s Reflecting Pool on eve of critical vote

Financial Times: OpenAI hires former US Army secretary as military seeks to expand AI use

Dan Driscoll to join the start-up as senior counsellor for national security modernisation

Financial Times: Apple warns on rising costs from memory chip shortage

Hardware giant predicted robust sales in the holiday season after solid performance in the third quarter

Financial Times: Democrats close ranks after shock Michigan defection

Haley Stevens’ support for Republican candidate instead of Abdul El-Sayed provokes a swift backlash

Financial Times: Anthropic reveals $900bn AI spending commitments ahead of IPO

Claude maker’s infrastructure costs rise faster than revenues, as investors scrutinise economics of AI boom

Financial Times: Key races that will decide the US midterm elections

Will a Democratic ‘blue wave’ sweep Congress away from Republicans — and render the president a lame duck?

Financial Times: Big majority of US voters disapprove of Trump’s handling of inflation: FT poll

On the eve of the midterm elections, Americans say they want politicians who can better handle the economy

Financial Times: European supermarket freezers overheat in fresh cyber attack

Freezer temperatures surge to as high as 55C in dozens of stores across Sweden, Belgium, Ireland and Estonia

Persuasion: America’s Test

Democracy is more resilient than people think. But tomorrow is a dangerous moment.

Financial Times: Donald Trump’s imperial presidency faces a popular uprising

Voters have grown weary of the president’s monument building at a time of high living costs

Financial Times: How Putin has split the west

Three different camps have emerged within the western alliance on how to deal with Russia

Financial Times: Marvell to buy data centre component maker Lumentum in $115bn AI bet

Silicon Valley companies said all-stock deal would create a ‘leader in AI connectivity’

Financial Times: Netanyahu presses Trump for renewed strikes against Iran

Israeli leader and US president talk on phone as mediation efforts led by Qatar seek to broker interim deal between Washington and Tehran

Financial Times: Life in Tehran under Trump’s blockade

The city has recaptured its prewar energy even as residents are gripped by trepidation over what is next

Financial Times: Petrol prices set to hit record high under Trump on eve of US elections

Average fuel costs during president’s second term pass Biden-era levels as affordability issues dominate Tuesday’s midterm polls

Financial Times: The meaning of the midterms

This week will tell us many important things about the future of American politics

Financial Times: The race to keep AI under control

Safety breaches are raising doubts about the ability of leading labs to keep increasingly powerful systems in check

Financial Times: Why rich Ireland still feels poor

Dublin is precariously reliant on corporation taxes, with half coming from Apple, Eli Lilly and Microsoft

Financial Times: AI mania can’t survive higher interest rates

The price of money is the pin that deflates market bubbles

Financial Times: Global AI sell-off eases after Nasdaq’s worst month in over a year

US tech stocks set to start week higher following bruising rout

Financial Times: Unpicking Microsoft’s free cash flow

Plus: stock-bond correlations (again)

Financial Times: BCG hit with tax probe as HMRC steps up scrutiny of consultants

Agency scrutinising whether some UK partners at elite consultancy should be treated as employees for tax purposes

Estate Agent Today: Rightmove legal challenge begins today

Rightmove is the number one portal in the UK

Estate Agent Today: eXp UK launches two-tier self-employed commission

The brand is also investing in more AI

Estate Agent Today: Knight Frank drops ad with ‘misleading’ image

The ad carried the image of a famous restaurant

Estate Agent Today: Market to get worse over winter, warns top economist

The warning comes from the Nationwide's chief economist

Estate Agent Today: First 2027 housing market forecast just released

Connells Group leads the way with a forecast

Estate Agent Today: Inflation takes pressure off asking price cuts – analysis

Inflation has far outstripped house price growth in recent years

Financial Times: Gulf braced for escalation of war between US-Israel alliance and Iran

Diplomats warn that renewed conflict would be even more damaging than previous rounds of fighting

Financial Times: Inside the leaderless movement set to govern Serbia

Secretive ‘plenums’, code names based on Teletubbies, and fury over corruption: how student rebels won a parliamentary victory

Financial Times: France and the UK require a new entente

The Suez crisis offers valuable lessons on troubled relations since the birth of the European project

Financial Times: Trump loses Latino support

Latino voters are shifting back to the Democrats ahead of the US midterm elections

Financial Times: Weil Gotshal: what happens now at the troubled Wall St law firm?

The New York legal powerhouse is shutting down after 95 years in business after an exodus of top talent

Financial Times: Gen Z protests turn violent in Germany

Young demonstrators clash with police in Berlin and shops are looted in Frankfurt in echo of last month’s French riots

Financial Times: Junk debt rout sparks ‘bloodbath’ for credit investors

Aggressive tactics to shift assets beyond reach of creditors have added fuel to sell-off

Financial Times: Trump makes final pitch to restive voters in midterms campaign

Republican Party is defending its control of Congress against signs of a backlash to the president

Financial Times: Binance restarts customer withdrawals after $6.3bn heist

Crypto exchange to reimburse users whose assets were stolen in hack blamed on North Korea-linked group

Persuasion: Episode 194: D. J. Taylor on J. R. R. Tolkien

Bookstack at Persuasion is delivered to you every other Sunday at 6am EST.

Financial Times: Russia forced to ship grain via Arctic as Black Sea battles rage

Farmers are exporting agricultural goods from ports thousands of miles away, driving up costs for overseas buyers

Financial Times: Military briefing: what would another US-Iran conflict look like?

US and Israeli options to escalate range from maritime campaigns to attempting regime change but risk provoking retaliation

Financial Times: EU leaders risk breaking their promise to help European start-ups

The bloc is addressing the funding gap for innovators but going the wrong way on harmonising rules to help them stay in Europe

Financial Times: Oil majors resist pressure to invest in new refineries as fuel prices keep rising

Conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine have slashed fuel production capacity and sent margins way up

Financial Times: Germany fails to meet Winter gas storage target

Prices could rise for other EU countries as bloc’s biggest economy will be forced to rely on more spot market purchases

Financial Times: Bond investors sit out ‘most consequential’ US midterm elections in years

Big fund managers are pressing ‘pause’ as vote and economic data releases loom

Financial Times: Michigan feud threatens Democratic unity in key Senate race

Abdul El-Sayed disinvites former primary rival Haley Stevens from campaign event amid war of words over Israel

Financial Times: Quant hedge fund to spin out of Tudor in record $9bn launch

Xantium to separate from company controlled by billionaire Paul Tudor Jones II next year

Financial Times: New Zealand’s kingmaker could be a 38-year-old ex-KPMG consultant

Fiji-born Qiulae Wong backs ‘land tax’ to fund universal basic income and push down housing prices

Financial Times: Tusk vows to press on with overhaul of Poland’s judiciary

Prime minister defends suspension of constitutional court’s president as opposition accuses him of staging an institutional coup

Financial Times: Evacuees from Russian-occupied city arrive in Ukraine

Complex humanitarian mission extracted hundreds of people from Oleshky during rare local ceasefire between Moscow and Kyiv

Financial Times: Investors trim growth bets over fears of US economy’s AI exposure

Return to bonds after long sell-off comes as concern rises about over-reliance on tech spending

Financial Times: US midterms loom over jittery investors

Caution certainly seems warranted for the coming weeks

Financial Times: Iran warns it will retaliate without ‘geographical limitations’ if attacked

Ayatollah Khamenei tells military commanders response will be ‘immediate’ as Qatari mediators seek to avert a feared US-Israeli bombing campaign

Financial Times: Steve Bannon: Republicans will erupt in ‘civil war’ after midterm elections

Former White House chief strategist predicts ‘monster’ legislative battles before new Congress is sworn in

Persuasion: Dan Williams on Why AI (Probably) Won’t Kill Us

Yascha Mounk and Dan Williams discuss the impact of AI on society, education, and politics.

Financial Times: OpenAI slashes funding target by $10bn as tech anxieties mount

ChatGPT maker is now seeking about $20bn at a $1.25tn valuation as it tempers its ambitions

Financial Times: The right to be apolitical

The film ‘Fatherland’ is too harsh on the uncommitted

Financial Times: Russia observes rare Ukraine ceasefire to allow evacuations

Hundreds of residents from Russian-occupied Oleshky to be repatriated to Ukraine via Russia and Belarus

Financial Times: Lula, Brazil’s 81-year-old comeback kid

The four-time president has pulled off one of the greatest unexpected victories in modern democratic politics

Financial Times: Lula’s surprise election victory sends agri-commodities tumbling

Steep fall in Brazilian real has made the country’s exports more competitive, undermining pricing power for farmers in other countries

Financial Times: Donald Trump’s endgame

What will the US president’s last two years in Washington look like?

Financial Times: Is this the first clear evidence of AI’s impact on the labour market?

Productivity is up and employment is down in the tech sector but elsewhere the picture is muddier

Financial Times: US greenlights $2.1bn sale of Patriot interceptors to Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy had accused Trump administration of delaying the weapons as relations deteriorated between the countries

Financial Times: CD&R pursues buyout of $40bn card processor Global Payments

Deal for US company would rank among largest buyouts in history

Financial Times: How North Korea became a hacking superpower

Cash-strapped state, cut off by sanctions, has invested heavily in cyber warfare to help support itself

Financial Times: Anthropic may not secure investment-grade rating after IPO, Blackstone says

Private capital giant says AI group is expected to receive ‘high’ junk rating in shift from previous guidance

Financial Times: $6.3bn in 30 minutes: how the world’s biggest heist unfolded

North Korean hackers’ attack on Binance takes crypto theft to an unprecedented scale

Financial Times: Pensioners bet on a lifetime cruise. They ended up in a Cambodian scam town

Many passengers on the Odyssey hoped to spend the rest of their lives at sea but high oil prices got in the way

Persuasion: How a 1906 Book Predicted the DSA

Socialism was never popular in the U.S. Now it is.

Financial Times: Did Anthropic value itself at $1.2tn in August?

Not quite Navier-Stokes

Financial Times: What we know about the $6.3bn Binance hack

Analysis suggests hackers bypassed standard methods used in crypto thefts

Financial Times: Weil’s Ramona Nee in talks to join Kirkland & Ellis

Co-managing partner decided in August not to take over as law firm’s chair

Financial Times: Qatari mediators return to Tehran in last-ditch effort to broker interim deal

Talks ahead of next week’s US midterm elections aimed at preventing an intense new round of war

Financial Times: Binance halts withdrawals after record $6.3bn heist

World’s largest crypto exchange says an engineer’s laptop was compromised in one of sector’s biggest security breaches

Financial Times: Why Trump’s tech dreams are quietly crumbling

Tariffs, immigration restrictions and skilled labour shortages make it hard for the US to boost production

Financial Times: ‘A pile of muscle’: Trump closes midterm pitch with surreal messaging

Voters want lower prices. Trump has other things on his mind, like backsides and the Nobel Peace Prize

Financial Times: Inside the make-or-break AI mega-project behind Nscale’s $35bn IPO

Nvidia-backed neocloud bets on West Virginia data centre campus hit by construction issues, local opposition and financing risks

Financial Times: Global tech rout deepens as US earnings stoke AI spending fears

Wall Street set to open lower as Japan’s tech-heavy Nikkei 225 index declines

Financial Times: French economy contracts 0.1% in third quarter

Eurozone’s second-largest economy is grappling with high energy prices and a surge in borrowing costs

Financial Times: Europe divided over how to influence US-Russia talks

Fears of continent being sidelined in Ukraine peace negotiations prompt disjointed outreach to Vladimir Putin

Estate Agent Today: Interest rates may rise again after bleak figures

Mortgage approvals are still below 60,000 per month

Estate Agent Today: MPs mock government’s latest housing market “fiasco”

The latest government demand will increase agents' workload - by a huge margin

Estate Agent Today: Agents share Google tips after celebrating 12,000 reviews

The network has given tips for agents to repeat its success

Estate Agent Today: Major agency launches innovative property search system

The system avoids dropdown menus and filters, it's claimed

Estate Agent Today: Agency to invest in sales after disposal of lettings division

The financial terms of the sell-off have not been released

Estate Agent Today: Architect of agencies’ merger wins property personality award

This was at The Yorkshires Residential Real Estate Awards

Financial Times: Google is eating itself — but it could still eat everyone else too

Leadership in the AI race can be won, lost and won again at speed

Financial Times: Intel shares fall 22% as weak sales outlook dents turnaround

Chipmaker forecasts lower than expected PC chip sales and falling margins

Financial Times: Starbucks to resume share buybacks but China shift clouds growth outlook

US same-store sales rise 7.7% as CEO touts progress in coffee chain turnaround

Financial Times: ExxonMobil boss pulls out of Gulf energy conference over security concerns

Darren Woods was scheduled to speak at the Adipec conference in Abu Dhabi on Monday

Financial Times: Amazon shares slide on lower Christmas sales forecast

Ecommerce giant posts disappointing sales and guidance despite booming cloud unit

Financial Times: Uproar in Alaska sparks Democratic fears for Senate majority

Campaign mishaps and infighting could undermine party’s push to take Republican strongholds

Financial Times: New Jersey governor threatens to block delivery of Russian diesel cargoes

Mikie Sherrill calls Trump’s deal with Putin ‘corrupt and illegal’ as she weighs moves to stop shipment to east coast port

Financial Times: What killed Weil Gotshal?

Partners were stunned by the realisation that a profitable 95-year-old firm with 1,200 lawyers could be felled by a string of departures

Persuasion: Eizenkot’s Choice

Will Israel ever move on from Netanyahu?

Financial Times: US economy beats forecasts to grow at 3.4% rate in third quarter

AI investment boom and solid consumer spending continue to fuel growth in world’s largest economy

Financial Times: Two fears will decide the fate of Anthropic’s giant IPO

Investors must weigh missing out on extraordinary AI growth against potential pitfalls that include “existential” risks to humanity

Financial Times: Christine Lagarde to step down as ECB president in February

Departure announced just hours before central bank held interest rates at 2.5%

Financial Times: The two pragmatists leading the race to run the ECB

Pablo Hernández de Cos and Klaas Knot are currently frontrunners to become the fifth president of Europe’s top monetary institution

Financial Times: Netanyahu’s party claims election ‘stolen’ by ‘foreign entities’

Security service probes allegations of interference after high turnout by Palestinian citizens of Israel prevented outright victory for premier

Financial Times: Israel’s ‘Houdini’ and his latest escape

Ever the political survivor, Benjamin Netanyahu retains a chance at a fresh term even after the failures of October 7

Financial Times: DoorDash to acquire Instacart for $17bn

Deal further consolidates the fiercely competitive US food delivery market

Financial Times: Israel vote leaves door open to Iran attack

Netanyahu could launch fresh bombing campaign with US while he serves as caretaker prime minister during coalition talks, security experts say

Financial Times: How Flávio Bolsonaro fled Brazil

Facing a money laundering probe, the losing presidential candidate said he had never thought of leaving. The next day he was gone

Financial Times: Private equity grows up

The past decade has demonstrated that PE at scale is a differentiated asset class — not a better form of capitalism

Financial Times: US tech stocks set to fall after earnings fuel AI spending concerns

Nasdaq 100 to open 1% down after Google parent Alphabet and Microsoft report lower than expected capex

Financial Times: The Fed plays for time (but doesn’t have much)

Plus, tech results and UK bank taxes

Financial Times: Debt woes throttle European commercial property market

Office transactions slide to lowest level since 2009 in third quarter

Estate Agent Today: Growing outrage over latest tax on property income

John Healey effectively doubled next year's tax rise

Estate Agent Today: Propertymark says the Budget wasn’t all bad…

But the whole industry is angry at the latest tax hit on landlords...

Estate Agent Today: New London agency guru has over two decades of experience

He has 20 years of experience at London agencies

Estate Agent Today: Agency club to launch with £100 and £250 monthly fees

The platform is declining to reveal its revenue projections

Estate Agent Today: Property SigNATure: Healey’s Budget diner – plenty of appetisers, but no main course

The Chancellor offers first-time buyer support but fails to address stamp duty reform, rising landlord taxes and sluggish property transactions.

Estate Agent Today: Agency expansion bid undeterred by looting and rioting

The event takes place next week

Estate Agent Today: Bleak housing market forecast from Office for Budget Responsibility

The ‘small print’ analysis of the economy has been released by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). This is traditionally released at the same time as the Budget – but it often fails to make the same headlines. Today’s OBR analysis makes mostly depressing reading for those seeking an improvement in the housing market. […]

Estate Agent Today: Budget announcements at a glance

Key measures from the Budget 2026

Financial Times: Israel’s Arabs seek a slice of power

Arab parties are eyeing a record number of Knesset seats and potential kingmaker role after a surge in Palestinian Israeli votes

Financial Times: Weil leadership tells partners firm should be dissolved

Decision marks stunning downfall for near-century-old law firm that was among America’s largest and most prestigious

Financial Times: How Israel’s opposition fell short against Netanyahu

Those long opposed to the prime minister fear they have missed a historic opportunity to oust him

Financial Times: Fed holds fire on interest rates despite intensifying inflation

Central bank to vote on monetary policy seven times next year in shift from decades-old custom of having eight such meetings

Financial Times: Google shares tumble 10% after $51bn AI outlay deepens cash burn

Search giant admits its ‘AI mode’ has hurt traditional search as sales and profits undershoot expectations

Financial Times: Republicans seek to deflect Epstein anger on to Democrats

Donald Trump’s party targets opponents over mega-donor Reid Hoffman’s support for midterms campaign

Financial Times: Trump calls for Alaska Democratic candidate to be banned from Senate race

Report alleges that Mary Peltola’s campaign recruited other contenders to mislead Republican opponent’s supporters

Financial Times: Microsoft blames data centre delays for lower capital expenditure

Software group reports overall revenue rose 19% to $92.3bn in quarter to the end of September

Persuasion: How to Think about Giorgia Meloni, Four Years On

Italy’s prime minister has lasted so long in office by abandoning almost everything she promised.

Persuasion: The Banker Trying To Save Liberalism

While poll-tested liberal leaders fell to populism around the world, Mark Carney has done the opposite—by giving liberalism a moral core.

@vanityfair: A former employee says there’s a “knights will be knights” attitude at Medieval Times, the dinner-and-a-tournament show that spans 10 castles across North Ameri

A former employee says there’s a “knights will be knights” attitude at Medieval Times, the dinner-and-a-tournament show that spans 10 castles across North America and draws 2.5M guests annually into a geeky fairy tale of feudal cosplay. As serfs, wenches, queens, and knights on horseback bring a feudal fantasy to life, away from the spotlight, lawsuits, allegations of sexual harassment and animal · 5980 likes · 98 comments

@vanityfair: From stratospheric spending to an Alaskan Senate candidate’s crickets, here’s what you need to know—and plenty you don’t—about a hugely consequential and very w

From stratospheric spending to an Alaskan Senate candidate’s crickets, here’s what you need to know—and plenty you don’t—about a hugely consequential and very weird political season. Swipe for Vanity Fair’s 2026 Midterms Cheat Sheet. SOURCES: Trump approval/disapproval recorded in a Reuters/Ipsos poll published October 19; Jon Ossoff’s and Mike Collins’s cash on hand reported in FEC filings; 71% · 3410 likes · 70 comments

@vanityfair: Since 2018, Jack Shainman has collaborated with the Gordon Parks Foundation, an organization dedicated to preserving the work of the New York legend who shot so

Since 2018, Jack Shainman has collaborated with the Gordon Parks Foundation, an organization dedicated to preserving the work of the New York legend who shot some of the most iconic images of the Civil Rights Era. Each time Shainman conceives a show for the gallery, he wants to make sure it’s something unprecedented. His latest, “Gordon Parks: Voices in the Mirror,” opened in the banking hall of · 8481 likes · 42 comments

@vanityfair: At Medieval Times, a dinner-theater kingdom faces a reckoning.

At Medieval Times, a dinner-theater kingdom faces a reckoning. Alessandra Schade spent months reporting on the people who worked inside the popular themed restaurant, and what she found was lawsuits, allegations of sexual harassment and animal abuse, and a workplace some employees found to be as medieval as it’s namesake. @alischade investigates how a place built around a fairy tale became a nig · 215 likes · 1 comments

@vanityfair: For months, the heads of frontier AI labs have been warning us that incidents like this summer’s Hugging Face hack could represent “early warning shots” before

For months, the heads of frontier AI labs have been warning us that incidents like this summer’s Hugging Face hack could represent “early warning shots” before more menacing attacks in the years to come. Equipped with their own doomsday bunkers, some CEOs have begun instructing their teams to run preparedness scenarios for the day after a “catastrophic AI incident.” Those warning shots are gettin · 558 likes · 7 comments

@vanityfair: Once a darling of the city’s liberal elite, Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass is facing a challenge from a younger progressive who has friends of her own in the ente

Once a darling of the city’s liberal elite, Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass is facing a challenge from a younger progressive who has friends of her own in the entertainment industry. With her political future on the line, Bass sits down with Vanity Fair’s @maxwell_b_adler to discuss her radical past, her powerful allies, and the fight to keep her job. Read more at our link in bio. Illustrator @andre · 363 likes · 63 comments

@1stdibs: Updated by @bishopthestudio for the first time since its 1966 construction, this meticulously preserved ranch embraces its original design by famed architect Do

Updated by @bishopthestudio for the first time since its 1966 construction, this meticulously preserved ranch embraces its original design by famed architect Don Erickson. Honoring Erickson's vision was paramount—the team sanded the brick paver floors back to their original coloring and preserved the distinct cedar wall paneling. Two copper fireplace hoods remain untouched, serving as striking acc · 896 likes · 9 comments

@1stdibs: Kyle O’Donnell of @gramercydesign, a 2026 #1stDibs50 honoree, introduced mood and mystery to this Manhattan bedroom. Chocolate-brown-lacquered walls provide a

Kyle O’Donnell of @gramercydesign, a 2026 #1stDibs50 honoree, introduced mood and mystery to this Manhattan bedroom. Chocolate-brown-lacquered walls provide a backdrop for a custom bed, a Stephane Parmentier for Giobagnara Orion chandelier, and a Luigi Massoni for Poltrona Frau Dilly Dally vanity. Swipe to see the details, then tap the link in bio to meet the other honorees. 📸: @matthewplacek · 718 likes · 17 comments · #1stDibs50

@1stdibs: Art Deco meets eclectic soul in this San Francisco Mission District home by @anotherhumandesign. Geometric details and vintage-inspired elements layer beautiful

Art Deco meets eclectic soul in this San Francisco Mission District home by @anotherhumandesign. Geometric details and vintage-inspired elements layer beautifully with contemporary comfort and create spaces that feel both timeless and wholly personal. Statement ceilings and curated accents celebrate design that doesn’t follow the rules. Discover the full project and find pieces that speak to your · 2538 likes · 40 comments

@1stdibs: On the outskirts of London, @hutch.design has transformed a forgotten piggery into The Makers Barn—a study in elemental architecture that honors its agricultura

On the outskirts of London, @hutch.design has transformed a forgotten piggery into The Makers Barn—a study in elemental architecture that honors its agricultural past. Every detail is purposeful in its making: a midcentury modular sofa lit by a root-like, iconic late-80s floor lamp, a sunken bath that mirrors a natural hot spring, end-grain mosaic wood floors, and frameless windows that dissolve t · 434 likes · 13 comments

@1stdibs: Is Victorian hair jewelry creepy chic? We think so, and @1stDibs’ LA-based seller, @jackweirandsons, may agree. Hair was popularized during Queen Victoria’s rei

Is Victorian hair jewelry creepy chic? We think so, and @1stDibs’ LA-based seller, @jackweirandsons, may agree. Hair was popularized during Queen Victoria’s reign for being one of the few deeply personal yet everlasting materials that could be braided and ultimately made into or added to jewelry. These pieces were given as tokens of affection in life or mementos following a loved one’s passing. Sh · 130 likes · 0 comments

Financial Times: Why even America’s ‘haves’ are feeling the squeeze

Rising costs everywhere from insurance to lawn care mean almost half of US homeowners lack financial breathing room

Financial Times: The fear factor giving Netanyahu the edge

Despite liberal hopes, the veteran leader appears to have a path back to government after Israel’s vote

Financial Times: Zelenskyy opens door to security guarantees for Russia

Ukrainian president acknowledges Moscow could also receive security guarantees as part of peace deal

Financial Times: At least 68 killed in collision of high-speed trains in Spain

Crash near Toledo south of Madrid follows death of 46 in Andalusia rail accident in January

Financial Times: Healey hits banks and savers with tax rises in Budget ‘for working people’

Scale of chancellor’s plans was modest compared with recent fiscal events

Financial Times: Britain needs a coherent economic strategy — can Healey deliver one?

The chancellor’s first priority in the Budget is to make the UK look prudent again

Financial Times: Bolsonaro lands in US after fleeing Brazil following election defeat

Rightwing politician and son of jailed ex-president Jair Bolsonaro arrived in Florida on Tuesday evening

Financial Times: Israel’s election: what happens next?

Exit polls suggest neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor his rivals have a simple path to form a government

Financial Times: The globetrotting Trump brothers

The president’s sons Donald Jr and Eric have met world leaders and foreign officials while building a lucrative web of financial interests

Financial Times: Anthropic’s seven founders tighten grip ahead of blockbuster IPO

From a rebellion at OpenAI to building the Claude-maker, the new billionaires are betting their future on staying united

Financial Times: European banks boost profits but fail to match Wall Street boom

Lenders benefit from investments by wealthy clients and resilient corporate and investment banking activity

Financial Times: China rushes to shore up struggling markets

‘National team’ of funds and brokers buy stocks as investors turn away from AI trade

Financial Times: The AI bubble already popped — in China

Plus, two cheers for CGBs

Financial Times: Polymarket’s top trader is sports gambler ‘Swiss Tony’

FT analysis shows biggest winners on prediction platform are a mixture of long-shot bettors and high-frequency traders

Estate Agent Today: Agency with previously struck-off director acquired by rival firm

The acquisition has been described as "fantastic"

Estate Agent Today: Heroic agency reveals survival story as new branch opens

Almost exactly four years after being bought out of administration, a Staffordshire agency is about to open a new branch.  Managing director Alistair Trippett bought Heywoods – founded back in 1881 and once boasting eight local branches – out of administration in 2022. He was just 26 at the time. In four years the Heywoods […]

Estate Agent Today: What today’s Budget means – a top agent writes

The Budget is a delicate balancing act says our agent

Estate Agent Today: Budget for mortgages, taxes and buyers – finance guru predictions

Mortgages are bad enough - but there's a remortgage time bomb coming along

Estate Agent Today: Self-employed broker brand rolls out AI-based tech

The technology has global potential, accommodating languages and different agency commission models

Estate Agent Today: Ultra-wealthy buyers luke warm about London

Savills' research paints a mixed picture

Financial Times: No clear winner in Israeli parliamentary election, exit polls suggest

Gadi Eisenkot’s bloc slightly ahead of Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition, but neither forecast to secure a majority, according to TV surveys

Financial Times: Washington to issue Flávio Bolsonaro US visa after election loss

Defeated rightwing presidential candidate is under investigation by Brazilian police over alleged corruption and money laundering