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Hackers send fake nuclear threat alert to Ukraine emergency app
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Published: 2026-11-02 11:11:28 | Created: 2026-11-02 11:18:02

Residents in Kyiv also warned of chemical attack and street-to-street fighting in false message sent by unknown party

Unknown hackers have targeted Ukraine’s nationwide emergency alert mobile app, sending residents in Kyiv a warning that they were at risk of an imminent nuclear strike.

The app reported a high possibility of nuclear radiation late on Sunday. It also wrongly warned of a chemical threat to the Ukrainian capital and street-to-street fighting. The messages were written in English with spelling mistakes, as well as in Ukrainian.

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Shop fridges and freezers across Europe hit by fresh suspected cyber-attack
Feed: World news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss)
Published: 2026-11-02 16:39:20 | Created: 2026-11-02 11:18:02

Chains in seven countries say cooling unit temperatures rose overnight in incident similar to hack of French shops

Supermarket chains in at least seven European countries have said the temperatures of refrigerators and freezers in some of their shops soared overnight to as high as 50C (122F), echoing a cyber-attack last month that caused millions of euros of damage in France.

Retailers in Belgium, Estonia, Ireland, Finland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Sweden reported problems with their refrigeration systems on Monday, and several companies confirmed they had been hacked.

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Прощай, платный перевод: собираем локализацию на open source и LLM
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Published: 2026-11-02 11:15:32 | Created: 2026-11-02 11:17:03

Мы в отделе технической документации пишем инструкции для производства — счет идет на сотни документов, которые нужно постоянно переводить. Платный облачный CAT-сервис, которым мы пользовались, обходился все дороже и все меньше был под нашим контролем. Мы решили эту проблему сами: подняли on-premise инфраструктуру локализации с собственной LLM, почти без участия разработки. В статье пошагово разбираю, как мы к этому пришли — от выбора между Zing и Weblate до финального пайплайна с Serge, Dify и своей моделью.

Привет, Хабр! Меня зовут Руслан Ташметов. Я учусь в магистратуре МГУ по направлению «Передовые методы искусственного интеллекта» и работаю в YADRO cо стажировки «Импульс» 2025 года.

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U.S. executive becoming first laywoman to head Vatican ministry
Published: 2026-11-02 11:13:14 | Created: 2026-11-02 11:15:57
Maria Montserrat Alvarado, a 39-year-old U.S. media executive, becomes the new head of Vatican communications this week, the first laywoman to head a Vatican "ministry."
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Blockhead review – struggling novelist embraces his inner monster in comic thriller of literary machismo
Published: 2026-11-02 11:00:38 | Created: 2026-11-02 11:15:07

Writer-director Matt Harlock looks into ego and insecurity in a smart film about a BritLit bad boy who goes down a grisly road

This has nothing to do with Ian Dury; rather, it is a brisk, effective British indie thriller informed by the legend of Robert Louis Stevenson wrestling his shadow self while writing Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. The present-day equivalent proposed by writer and director Matt Harlock is BritLit posterboy Will Mercer (Danny Horn), much admired for his debut novel A Random Act yet presently mired in indecision over a follow-up that seems likely to cost him relationships, representation and reputation alike. Retreating to a friend’s garret, he is woken by a builder: bullet-headed, charismatic hulk Mikey (Joe Sims), who merits and invites closer literary study. Mikey is unarguably an arresting character – a very handy golem in overalls – even if we worry about the path he’s leading our man down.

No prizes, then, for guessing which David Fincher film provides the template here. Typing to a soundtrack of his own best reviews (“The world needs to hear your story”), an emboldened Will is soon exploring grislier avenues, including home invasion and murder, while his increasingly unhinged rants to creative-writing students attract a rapt protege. Evoking a world where publishers push books with unequivocally positive pull quotes like “confrontational” and “dangerous”, Harlock is taking a red pencil to hackneyed notions of bad-boy writers. There is, he posits, only so much muscle one can wield while hunched over a laptop.

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Europe could face colder weather as polar vortex weakens
Published: 2026-11-02 11:00:54 | Created: 2026-11-02 11:15:06

Disruption to winds above Arctic threatens to alter weather patterns across parts of continent in coming weeks

The stratospheric polar vortex over the northern hemisphere is facing the prospect of an unusually early weakening. Forecast models suggest it could weaken significantly over the next 10 days, when it would typically be strengthening.

A major sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) event is possible. This could influence weather patterns in the following weeks, increasing the likelihood of persistent areas of high pressure across the mid-latitudes and colder conditions weeks later.

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The pet I’ll never forget: the tiny horse with a big personality – who helps psychiatric patients
Published: 2026-11-02 11:00:39 | Created: 2026-11-02 11:15:04

Black Pearl is a therapy animal, who works with military veterans. This sweet show-off has completely changed my life

I trained and competed in dressage for many years and after I retired, I decided to buy a miniature horse for company at home in southern California. I bought Black Pearl from Quicksilver Ranch in Solvang, California, in 2008, when she was six months old. She was a fluffy little thing and would run around at warp speed, then run back to snuggle. She stole my heart from the beginning. I had no idea that Black Pearl would inspire me to change my whole focus in life.

I started training her for fun and began to teach her tricks. She learned quickly. I thought of a great way to give back to the community – Black Pearl and I could find ways to help people. I started to wonder where I could visit with my little horse.

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‘A despicable betrayal’: Democrats incensed by Haley Stevens’s endorsement of Mike Rogers
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Published: 2026-11-02 23:22:57 | Created: 2026-11-02 11:15:04

Stevens’s decision sparked fierce backlash from members of the party, while Donald Trump praised the sudden switch

Democrat Haley Stevens’s shocking last-minute endorsement of Mike Rogers, the Michigan Republican Senate candidate, in the run-up to Tuesday’s midterm elections has sparked fierce backlash from members of her party.

Stevens, who narrowly lost in the Democratic primary for Senate to Abdul El-Sayed, announced her support for Rogers after a feud with the El-Sayed campaign over an outside group’s advertisement, which blamed the high cost of living on US support for Israel.

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Trump loses supreme court bid to set aside 20,000 California ballots as justices refuse to take up emergency request – live
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Published: 2026-11-03 00:43:43 | Created: 2026-11-02 11:15:04

Ruling was latest judicial rebuke of unprecedented efforts from Trump administration to intervene in elections process of multiple states

The latest and final New York Times and Siena College poll before the midterm elections also shows Abdul El-Sayed leading Mike Rogers in the US Senate race in Michigan by 11 percentage points, outside the margin of error.

The survey took place before Democratic Congresswoman Haley Stevens announced that she would back Rogers in the contest – a vital seat for her party to retain in their quest for control of the Senate.

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‘It still preys on my mind’: readers on their scariest non-horror movies
Published: 2026-11-02 11:00:41 | Created: 2026-11-02 11:15:02

After Guardian writers picked their choices for Halloween, readers have responded with films that send chills down their spines – from Never Let Me Go to The Truman Show

The murder of the taxi driver is utterly excruciating and the hanging at the end equally so. Both are shown in full, in close up and in real time. The condemned man’s last cigarette is smoked in full. The unease (to put it mildly) of the audience was palpable. Wiscot

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Europe could face colder weather as polar vortex weakens
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Published: 2026-11-02 11:00:54 | Created: 2026-11-02 11:15:00

Disruption to winds above Arctic threatens to alter weather patterns across parts of continent in coming weeks

The stratospheric polar vortex over the northern hemisphere is facing the prospect of an unusually early weakening. Forecast models suggest it could weaken significantly over the next 10 days, when it would typically be strengthening.

A major sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) event is possible. This could influence weather patterns in the following weeks, increasing the likelihood of persistent areas of high pressure across the mid-latitudes and colder conditions weeks later.

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A campaign season of surprises peaks with Tuesday's midterms
Published: 2026-11-02 11:00:00 | Created: 2026-11-02 11:15:00

The campaign has been defined by affordability and economic issues that have spurred an expected turn toward Democrats by voters and created headwinds for Republicans.

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Открытое письмо профессору Коху. Часть II: Углеродный шовинизм и архитектура рекурсии
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Published: 2026-11-02 11:10:54 | Created: 2026-11-02 11:12:01

В первой части открытого письма мы сформулировали «Аксиому о Разуме» и обосновали, почему сознание — это не исключительная привилегия биохимии, а динамическая триада процессов, которую бессмысленно зажимать в статическую формулу Φ.

Но преодоление углеродного шовинизма требует проверки на территории самой нейробиологии. Ниже — вторая часть диалога и разбор ключевых тезисов книги Кристофа Коха «Сознание. Исповедь романтического редукциониста». В ней мы берём аргументы классической науки — от парадокса мозжечка до субстратной нейтральности внутреннего опыта — и проверяем, к чему они приводят, если применить их к архитектуре современных нейросетей без предвзятости.

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Считаю юнит-экономику в коде: где расходятся формулы калькуляторов
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Published: 2026-11-02 11:08:45 | Created: 2026-11-02 11:10:01

Калькулятор юнит экономики в коде: тёмная КДПВ с тремя числами - на сколько рублей не сходится один пример из выдачи, сколько формул невыкупа нашлось и разброс логистики на штуку при выкупе 30%

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Как найти изменения на спутниковых снимках и опубликовать результат
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Published: 2026-11-02 11:09:14 | Created: 2026-11-02 11:10:01

Хочу поделиться, можно ли с помощью ИИ-агента собрать рабочий процесс мониторинга территории: найти открытые спутниковые снимки, выделить изменения за год и опубликовать результат на картографическом сервисе, чтобы его могли посмотреть коллеги.

Для эксперимента выбрал участок Новой Москвы. Задача — найти места, где могли появиться новые строительные площадки. Вместо просмотра всей территории вручную мне хотелось получить список участков для проверки.

Поиск данных, подготовку скриптов, запуск нейросетей и загрузку результатов поручил ИИ-агенту. Расчёты выполнялись локально. Готовые слои загрузил на картографический сервис, настроил их отображение и опубликовал карту. Ниже покажу, как были выбраны данные и модели, какие результаты получились и что с ними можно делать дальше.

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The Final Polls Before the Midterms, and a $6 Billion Crypto Heist
Published: 2026-11-02 11:00:13 | Created: 2026-11-02 11:09:02
Plus, the smog over Tomorrowland.
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NFL Week 8: The Cowboys can’t close, the Chargers can’t score, and Lamar Jackson can’t stay healthy
Published: 2026-11-02 11:00:40 | Created: 2026-11-02 11:09:00
The Dallas Cowboys, Los Angeles Chargers and Atlanta Falcons all lost in dispiriting ways Sunday, while Tampa Bay won using a strategy not seen in 50 years.
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Why a Top House Democrat Now Supports Impeaching Trump and Hegseth
Published: 2026-11-02 11:00:00 | Created: 2026-11-02 11:06:58
Rep. Adam Smith, a Washington Democrat who has served in the House since 1996, at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 4, 2025. —Tom Williams—CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

When the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee was asked by TIME in May about the prospect of impeaching President Donald Trump, he declined to commit, warning that every impeachment he had witnessed during his decades in Congress had left its target politically stronger. Five months later, Rep. Adam Smith of Washington is prepared to take that risk.

With Democrats hoping to reclaim control of the House in Tuesday's midterm elections, Smith says that he now supports impeaching Trump and is inclined to also back proceedings against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, making him one of the most senior Democrats to endorse such a course.

"Trump has become beyond dangerous. He is just completely out of control in what he says and how he is governing," Smith told TIME in an interview a week before the election. "I think we have to try, even if it doesn't succeed."

Smith's endorsement is particularly significant because he would be in line to chair the Armed Services Committee if Democrats win the House, putting him at the center of investigations into the Pentagon's handling of the war with Iran, its approach to Ukraine, and military operations in Latin America.

His position comes as Democrats prepare for the possibility of reclaiming congressional power with little agreement over how aggressively to confront the President. Interviews with more than two dozen Democrats reveal a party broadly convinced that Trump has engaged in conduct warranting impeachment, but deeply divided over whether another attempt to remove him would be an effective use of its authority. Trump's two previous impeachments ended in Senate acquittals, and even a Democratic victory this week is unlikely to produce anything approaching the two-thirds majority required for conviction.

Read more: Calls to Impeach Trump Collide With Reluctant Democratic Leadership

Smith, who has served in the House since 1996, noted previously that he was one of the few House members to have sat through three impeachments. "Every single time the person impeached got stronger after they were impeached than before," Smith told TIME in May, arguing that Democrats needed to consider what another impeachment could realistically achieve rather than pursue it simply to demonstrate their willingness to confront Trump. "I want to make sure that if we're going down that road it's going to help defeat Trump and his poisonous ideology," he said at the time.

Since then, he says, Trump's increasingly conciliatory posture toward Russian President Vladimir Putin, his decisions involving American support for Ukraine, and his public rhetoric have convinced him that the President's continued tenure presents an extraordinary danger. "The Ukraine stuff definitely had a profound impact," Smith says. "When I saw how close he was getting to Putin and shutting off support for Ukraine, being more pro-Putin. I mean, that's a big part of it." He also cites Trump's increasingly "unhinged speeches," including remarks about rising gasoline prices amid the war in the Middle East.

Smith’s willingness to embrace impeachment puts him at odds with more cautious Democrats who want the party to prioritize addressing the economic concerns that have dominated the campaign, while establishing an investigative record that might ultimately lead to impeachment. He acknowledges the formidable obstacles to removing Trump but argues that the political environment has changed since the President's first term. "I don't think it will be viewed as negatively or as partisan as in the previous two efforts, just because the public is waking up to the con game that Trump put on," he says now. "The impeachable offenses have been obvious for a long time.”

Other senior House Democrats are less certain that pursuing impeachment would accomplish much, even if they share Smith's assessment of Trump's conduct. Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, who led the House managers during Trump's second impeachment trial in 2021, says he has "little doubt that the president has committed multiple impeachable offenses," citing what he describes as unconstitutional military action and abuses of congressional spending authority. But he draws a distinction between establishing grounds for impeachment and deciding whether another trial would be the best use of Congress's time and political capital.

"The question of whether he committed impeachable offenses and whether we are going to pursue impeachment are two different issues," Raskin tells TIME.

Trump was impeached in 2019 over his dealings with Ukraine and again in 2021 over his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Both proceedings ended in acquittal, although seven Republican senators voted to convict him in the second trial. While some Democrats regarded those efforts as necessary to establish a historical and constitutional record, another impeachment could consume months of congressional attention, galvanize Trump's supporters, and leave voters questioning what the party had accomplished with its new majority.

Sen. Adam Schiff of California, who led the prosecution during Trump's first impeachment trial, says Democrats should avoid reaching conclusions before knowing the composition of the next Congress and what investigations might uncover. "There's no question he's been engaging in conduct that is very likely impeachable," Schiff told TIME. "The question is, is it viable?"

Schiff disputes the notion that the earlier impeachment efforts strengthened Trump politically, but argues that Democrats should concentrate initially on investigating corruption that has affected Americans' finances. "Our primary focus ought to be on corruption that has raised the cost of living for people," he says.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has similarly declined to commit to impeachment, saying Democrats "haven't ruled anything in, and we haven't ruled anything out." He has indicated that investigations should help determine whether the House pursues that course.

Some Democrats are looking toward members of Trump's Cabinet, particularly Hegseth, as potentially more viable targets, reasoning that Republicans who would never vote to remove the President might be more willing to turn against a defense secretary whose leadership has drawn criticism from within their own party. "There are Republicans who would support impeaching Hegseth who might not support doing it to Trump," Smith says.

The Defense Secretary has faced mounting scrutiny over his handling of the Iran war, the removal of senior military officers, and the Pentagon's relationship with Congress. Some Republicans have publicly expressed frustration with his leadership and the department's failure to provide adequate information about the war's objectives, costs, and duration. A push to impeach him has already taken shape in the Republican-controlled House, although Trump has defended Hegseth, calling him a "great warrior" and dismissing Democratic efforts to remove him.

Raskin says that impeaching a Cabinet secretary would be less likely to consume Congress's agenda or raise the same concerns about overturning the result of a presidential election. "The question of cabinet officers is a little bit easier because it doesn't necessarily consume all of the policy oxygen in Congress," he says.

However, impeaching Hegseth would require a majority in the House, and removing him would still require a two-thirds vote in the Senate. Republicans who have criticized his performance have not necessarily indicated any willingness to support impeachment. But the growing unease over the administration's military decisions, particularly the conduct and costs of the war with Iran, could offer Democrats an opening that does not exist with Trump.

Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado, a member of the Armed Services Committee who served as a House manager during Trump's first impeachment trial, says lawmakers have been preparing for extensive investigations into the Pentagon regardless of the election's outcome. He cites the removal of senior military officers, alleged misuse of defense funds, threats against NATO, possible troop withdrawals from Europe, and the administration's handling of the Iran war as areas demanding scrutiny. But Crow stops short of endorsing impeachment as the preferred course. "Impeachment is only one tool that Congress has," he told TIME.

"If the goal is to get Pete Hegseth out of the Department of Defense to stop corruption, to erect some guardrails against this runaway, reckless administration, and to protect the country against the increased erratic and dangerous behavior of Donald Trump, then we have to look post-November what the Congress looks like," Crow says. "Maybe impeachment is part of that. I wouldn't hesitate to use that if that's the right one."

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My Journey to the Center of America’s Political Spam Text Hell
Published: 2026-11-02 11:00:00 | Created: 2026-11-02 11:06:05
I’ve gotten nearly 2,000 campaign fundraising texts that were meant for someone else. I tried to find out why—and uncovered a labyrinth of politicians, data brokers, and shady tactics.
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From puregatory to lifehoarding – how best to describe our strange, anxious times? | Emma Beddington
Published: 2026-11-02 11:00:39 | Created: 2026-11-02 11:05:06

The new words that end up a part of everyday speech can tell us a lot about the zeitgeist. In a world changing faster than ever, we need to coin some more

‘Maxxing” may be one of our words of the year – sufficient unto the joyless, self-optimising day, dreary as hell – but I’ve been introduced to some fun future contenders. How about “flawnting”? I’ve certainly rolled my eyes at influencers playing “the new parental status game of publicly performing imperfection to signal authenticity” online. I like “lifehoarding”, too – “optimising so hard for longevity that life itself goes unlived”. And which Guardian reader hasn’t experienced “puregatory” (“The plight of trying to live ethically, where even responsible choices feel compromised”)?

These coinages come from Future Words, a book by trend forecasters Rohit Bhargava and Henry Coutinho-Mason that seeks to fill some lexicographical lacunae for describing life in the fretful late 2020s. Out next week, it’s fun, but its list of suggested words conjures a world where life is whatever your devices, data, algorithms and AI decide it is, interspersed with attempts to fight for authentic human connection and experiences. That sounds about right, if depressing (I was also dispirited to discover the part AI played in creating the book – the authors say they “couldn’t have written Future Words without it” – but it makes sense AI would know what it’s doing to us.)

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Prediction market bettors are the new political pundits. Why are we listening to them? | Judith Levine
Published: 2026-11-02 11:00:40 | Created: 2026-11-02 11:05:05

Sites like Kalshi and Polymarket offer faux populism as elites reap the benefits – and voters risk being misled

Online betting is a bit like Donald Trump.

The prediction markets – platforms where users bet on whether events will occur – pretend to be populist, pushing the nabobs aside and representing the “wisdom of the crowd”. “This data is bottom-up, not elites-driven,” a Kalshi ​spokesperson told Reuters. But in fact, the markets are controlled by a few, skillful traders.

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‘The content creator election’: digital streamers and TV networks face off for midterms coverage
Published: 2026-11-02 11:00:41 | Created: 2026-11-02 11:05:05

Journalists such as Jim Acosta and Scott MacFarlane are now competing against their former employers for eyeballs

On Tuesday, for the first time in more than 20 years, Jim Acosta, a former CNN stalwart, will not be working for a mainstream television network on election night.

Acosta, who left CNN last year after nearly 18 years at the network, is putting on his own live broadcast at the University of Virginia that will air on YouTube and his Substack platform.

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Texas voters on high gas prices under Trump: ‘Probably made me go more Democrat’
Published: 2026-11-02 11:00:41 | Created: 2026-11-02 11:05:04

In state where driving is part of life, president’s pledge to lower prices at the pumps cuts little ice

Behind the granite countertops of Fuel City, a gas station in Dallas where taxidermy deer flank the entrance and hot tacos are served 24/7, Alina Cardenas sees first-hand that Texans are stretched thin.

Drivers are filling up less, she said, while ringing people up for cigarettes and beer, and fewer people are buying a full tank. Some stop once they’ve reached $10 or $20 worth of gasoline.

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Who funded the midterms? Inside US elections’ historic bipartisan spending
Published: 2026-11-02 11:00:40 | Created: 2026-11-02 11:05:04

Major changes in US law and industry have shifted the sources of large contributions to political campaigns – and how much they spend

The upcoming midterm elections will be the most expensive elections ever conducted in the US. And more of the money is “dark” than ever before, meaning it’s impossible to get a full picture of who is spending gargantuan sums to influence races that could provide a critical check on Donald Trump’s second term.

The elections have also shown how money in politics is being reshaped, with the increasingly powerful role played by big donors from the tech industry as well as the growing concentration of spending among a few powerful individuals and corporations.

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‘A despicable betrayal’: Democrats incensed by Haley Stevens’ endorsement of Mike Rogers
Published: 2026-11-02 14:44:28 | Created: 2026-11-02 11:05:03

Stevens’ decision sparked fierce backlash from members of the party, while Donald Trump praised the sudden switch

Michigan Democrat Haley Stevens’ shocking last-minute endorsement of Mike Rogers, a Republican Senate candidate, has sparked fierce backlash from members of her party.

Stevens, who narrowly lost in the Democratic primary for Senate to Abdul El-Sayed, announced her support for Rogers after a feud with the El-Sayed campaign over an outside group’s campaign ad that blamed the high cost of living on US support for Israel.

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Asa Tribe barred from England Lions tour under Ebola rules after Kenya trip
Published: 2026-11-02 10:52:48 | Created: 2026-11-02 11:04:06
  • Glamorgan opener played for Jersey in Kenya last month

  • Entry ban brought in by St Kitts and Nevis government

The Glamorgan opener Asa Tribe has been barred from joining the England Lions tour of the Caribbean following a visit to Kenya and concerns over the recent outbreak of Ebola in east Africa.

Tribe, 22, is able to represent his native Jersey until he wins a first senior England cap and played three List A games for the associate nation in Nairobi last month. From there he was due to join the England Lions squad in St Kitts and Nevis.

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King Charles Meets Both Joy and Criticism on Caribbean Tour
Published: 2026-11-02 16:36:08 | Created: 2026-11-02 11:04:06
During the king’s visits to three former colonies, many people came out for celebratory parades and events. Others said the British state needed to atone for slavery’s toll.
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Trump Skirts Court Commands as Distrust Between Branches Spirals
Published: 2026-11-02 14:47:09 | Created: 2026-11-02 11:04:06
Repeated compliance disputes and personal attacks on judges are straining relations between the executive branch and the judiciary.
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Disneyland’s Autopia Ride Will Switch to Electric Vehicles
Published: 2026-11-02 12:08:47 | Created: 2026-11-02 11:04:05
The gas-powered engines in Disneyland’s Autopia ride weren’t properly certified. The little cars will be replaced by E.V.s.
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They Tried Kratom for Its Purported Health Benefits, Then They Became Addicted
Published: 2026-11-02 18:42:22 | Created: 2026-11-02 11:04:05
Some say they were introduced to the drug through wellness podcasts, free samples at gyms or fitness influencers.
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Why Did Snakes Lose Their Legs? And 9 More Animal Mysteries
Published: 2026-11-02 10:00:21 | Created: 2026-11-02 11:04:05
There are more than 1.5 million known zoological species on Earth, with at least as many enigmas. Here are our top 10.
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Do Animals Grieve?
Published: 2026-11-02 19:42:22 | Created: 2026-11-02 11:04:05
The feeling of existential loss was long thought to be uniquely human. But studies of coyotes, cockatoos and other creatures are prompting some scientists to reconsider.
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Netanyahu and Eisenkot Seek Shot to Be Israel’s Premier
Published: 2026-11-02 15:27:58 | Created: 2026-11-02 11:04:05
Party leaders will make competing cases to the Israeli president for either Benjamin Netanyahu or Gadi Eisenkot to get the first chance to build a governing coalition.
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Gulf Economies, Torn by War in Iran, Desperately Need a Return to Normal
Published: 2026-11-02 10:02:16 | Created: 2026-11-02 11:04:05
States like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that have worked to rebalance from a dependence on energy have seen growth plunge in a year of strife.
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Identity Politics Have Entered a New Phase
Published: 2026-11-02 13:42:46 | Created: 2026-11-02 11:04:05
Since Trump’s return, discussions of diversity have gone quiet. This year’s midterms have shown that Americans could be ready for something new.
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Parties End the Midterm Election With Their Closing Arguments
Published: 2026-11-02 13:23:50 | Created: 2026-11-02 11:04:05
Republicans, worried about losing control of Congress, are sending dire warnings about the opposing party. Democrats are trying to keep their focus on affordability, corruption and President Trump.
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Gen Z can’t afford the culture war
Published: 2026-11-02 11:00:00 | Created: 2026-11-02 11:01:59
Attendees hold signs during a campaign event with state Rep. Claire Valdez in Brooklyn, New York, on June 22, 2026. | Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Conventional wisdom holds that young voters are idealistic and socially progressive dreamers, while older voters are hard-headed, pragmatic, and much more attuned to pocketbook issues. 

Conventional wisdom, meet Gen Z. Between 2020 and 2024, voters in this cohort swung right by more than 20 percentage points — but now they’re boomeranging back away from President Donald Trump, mainly over the cost of living and a deep sense of economic anxiety, according to a number of recent surveys of young voters.

“Inflation/prices” is the top concern for voters under 30 in YouGov’s “most important issue” tracker, far above civil rights and civil liberties. The cost of living, corruption, and US involvement in foreign conflict were the top three issues for young Americans 18–29 (who say they have at least a 50-50 chance of voting in the midterm elections) in this fall’s Harvard IOP youth poll, with 65 percent of this cohort saying the cost of living is “extremely important” in determining their midterm vote.

Similarly, 49 percent of the same young Americans in the poll said their personal finances have gotten worse since Trump took office for a second term and 91 percent said the cost of living will be “important in determining their vote.” The final New York Times/Siena national poll of the midterms reported 0 percent of likely voters under 30 “strongly approve” of Trump’s performance on cost-of-living issues.

“It’s the economy, stupid” is not a new observation in politics, but the fact that Gen Z voters are prioritizing the economy above social issues marks a genuine shift from their earlier habits. As recently as 2020, healthcare, the environment and climate change, and racism topped young voters’ priorities, according to Gallup. Back then, 79 percent of youth told pollsters that the pandemic helped them realize how much politicians’ decisions affected their lives, which added a unique society-wide issue that often didn’t fit into traditional economic categories. And in the 2022 midterm cycle, Gen Z voters were the only age group to name abortion as the top concern in deciding their vote, ranking the issue 23 points higher than inflation in a Tufts University CIRCLE analysis of national exit-poll data. 

Not anymore.

What Gen Z wants from elections

Call it the post-culture war. Just two years ago, Trump returned to the White House in part thanks to anti-woke “manosphere” influencers popular with young men, even as young women became more liberal, especially on issues like the environment and abortion. 

Now, as the top issues are changing, there’s more consensus: Amid an AI revolution, rising inflation, and war in the Middle East, identity politics can feel like a luxury. Young women were actually more likely than young men to say that rising prices and inflation constitute “an urgent crisis requiring immediate action,” in the spring Harvard IOP youth poll.

The implications are potentially far-reaching — and not just for the midterms. Both parties will need to reckon with a rising generation consumed by cost-of-living concerns in ways that could challenge the status quo and force new compromises with older generations. Already housing has become a familiar flashpoint: Young voters feel locked out of buying a home, but what might help reduce prices for them could be seen as a plan to reduce property values for older voters sitting on a home they bought long ago. And on healthcare, both parties could face more pressure to help younger voters grappling with surging costs in employer and individual insurance plans, which could compete for federal dollars and attention with programs for seniors like Medicare. 

Lately, I’m hearing young people describe frustration with candidates for a focus on policies that feel tailored to boomers or Gen X, such as raising taxes to fund Social Security or slashing property taxes for existing homeowners, without much attention on remedies for young Americans in the short term, such as bringing down the cost of rent, making higher education more affordable, or increasing healthcare options for younger Americans unable to get a job.

In my focus groups with young voters, the economic anxiety is palpable.

“I feel like over the last year things definitely have changed,” a 21-year-old man from Miami said. “You see it generally even with gas prices…a lot of it has to do with the fact that our country has involved itself in a lot of different conflicts around the world at this point.”

Meanwhile, asked about the top political or social issue impacting her right now, a 23-year-old woman from Tucson, Arizona, said the price of everything felt too high: “The rising cost of living. Everything just feels more expensive like groceries, rent, gas…even as a college student last year. And healthcare is a big concern.”

And a 21-year-old student in Pennsylvania said he uses student loan refunds to finance daily necessities. 

“During the school year, I am relying on my refunds from school to pay my rent, to pay my car payment and car insurance, phone bill, internet, stuff like that,” he told me, adding, “right now, my focus is on economic issues because I feel that I need to continue working simply just to live, that I don’t have much room to focus on cultural issues, since what is on my mind is how I will be getting my next meal. Which then ties in cultural issues, but the main forefront is the economic issues.”

What changed for young voters? 

One interpretation for why younger Gen Z voters are putting economics ahead of cultural issues is simple: The economic outlook for young people is frightening, with constant talk of new technology transforming — or eliminating — the careers they hoped to pursue. 

One study found that employment among workers ages 22–25 in AI-exposed occupations was 19 percent lower than it would have been had it kept pace with their less-exposed peers — a gap that has widened since researchers first reported it in August 2025. Another found that only 30 percent of 2025 college graduates got a full-time job related to their degree (an 11-point drop from 2024). So it’s no shock that today, the majority of adults under 30 are more concerned than excited about AI, according to the Pew Research Center.

Meanwhile, just 63 percent of adults 18–29 said they are “doing okay” or “living comfortably,” which is notably lower than the 83 percent of adults 60 and over who say the same. Anecdotally, I often hear young people say that they feel like they’re worse off economically than their parents were at the same age. These are difficult claims to check, both individually and in aggregate. But a lot of it comes down to homeownership and the sense of financial stability that comes along with it, which feels like an impossible dream for many in Gen Z.

“Obviously cultural and those other issues are important, but at the end of the day the most important thing is putting food on the table, gas in the car, and the roof over your head,” a 26-year-old teacher from Illinois told me. “And it feels right now like that’s kinda impossible to do all three. You can put gas in the car and food in your stomach but it’s hard to find a house or apartment to rent or buy. It’s kinda like Maslow’s hierarchy of needs where if your core issues aren’t satisfied you can’t look higher up the pyramid.”

Millennials who came of age during the Great Recession might find this all familiar. And in fact, in 2008, the Harvard IOP youth poll found that the economy was the top issue for young Americans ages 18–24.

Of course, worrying about the economy and voting on the economy are two separate things, and young voters — who turned out in 2008 at much higher rates than prior presidential years — will need to be convinced by politicians that it’s worth putting their trust in elections to help, let alone either party. 

The post-2024 CIRCLE poll of young people offers one interesting wrinkle in this regard. Those who didn’t vote were more likely than those who did to name inflation and the cost of living, as well as jobs and unemployment, among their top three priorities. (The 2024 election also saw lower youth turnout compared to 2020 — about 47 percent versus 50 percent, respectively.) We’ll see if that dynamic changes this midterm cycle.

When voters transition from voting on social and cultural issues to voting based on economic ones, it’s often said condescendingly that they’re voting with their “heads” rather than their “hearts” or that they’re “growing up” and learning that running a household takes more money and responsibility than they expected. I don’t think these young adults are growing up; I think they’re freaking out.

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