Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Good Morning! On this day in 1980, Ronald Reagan was elected the 40th president of the United States, carrying 44 states and winning the popular vote to defeat incumbent Jimmy Carter.

Whatever the returns looked like where you live, last night’s results are below. If you need a break from all that, look up tonight: the Taurid meteor shower peaks, and it’s known for fireballs that light the sky for seconds. We have details in Science.

Have you heard you’re not supposed to drink coffee on an empty stomach? The warning is all over social media, and it claims that the first cup before breakfast is doing damage you can’t feel. Gastroenterologists just weighed in, and their answer isn’t what the internet says. Researchers performed endoscopies on more than 8,000 people to test the claim. A separate experiment found one common morning combo that backfires, sending blood sugar climbing when you’d least want it. So is your pre-breakfast cup safe or not? Ayla has the full story on today’s episode of The Flyover Podcast. Tune in here!

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Democrats Win House, Senate

Democrats won control of the U.S. House and Senate last night, flipping both chambers and setting up divided government for the final two years of President Trump’s term.

In the House, the party needed a net gain of just three seats. Projections put it far above the 218 needed for a majority, in what could be the party’s biggest House majority in nearly two decades.

The size of the new Senate majority was still awaiting final results at The Flyover’s deadline. Democrats flipped Republican-held seats in North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Ohio, among others. Full results here.

The majority hands Democrats committee gavels and subpoena power over the administration. Hakeem Jeffries is in line to become the first Black speaker when the new Congress convenes Jan. 3.

Upsets Topple GOP in Red Strongholds

Democrats took key victories in GOP strongholds last night, most prominently in Texas, where state Rep. James Talarico defeated Ken Paxton for Senate, becoming the first Democrat to win statewide there since 1994.

Also on the Texas ballot, Gina Hinojosa unseated Gov. Greg Abbott, who was seeking a fourth term, and will be the state’s first Latina governor.

In Kansas, Democrat Adam Hamilton, a Methodist megachurch pastor and first-time candidate, unseated Sen. Roger Marshall, becoming the first Democrat elected to the Senate from the state since 1932.

In Ohio, Democrat Sherrod Brown reclaimed his Senate seat from appointed GOP Sen. Jon Husted, and Amy Acton beat Vivek Ramaswamy for governor.

Maine, Michigan, and Alaska were still too close to call early this morning.

Ukraine Peace Negotiations Set

The United States will mediate peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia next week on Nov. 10 and 11 in Abu Dhabi, according to U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff.

In preparation, American negotiators meet first this week in Brussels, Belgium, with France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the EU, and NATO to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine.

Closer to home, First Lady Melania Trump will host officials from both countries at the White House on Thursday, the White House said, calling it an “extraordinary moment in American history.” She brokered last month’s local ceasefire that moved hundreds of civilians out of Russian-occupied Oleshky.

President Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Chinese President Xi Jinping could also meet about the war in the coming weeks. The Kremlin said yesterday that it hopes to finalize plans for a three-way meeting, which Moscow has proposed to hold at an economic summit in Shenzhen, China, on Nov. 18-19.

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The following stories are featured exclusively on The Flyover Podcast—a daily show that gives you the most important headlines in under 15 minutes.

➤ The warnings about drinking coffee on an empty stomach just ran into some inconvenient science. (Hear Story)

➤ Bomb threats forced diversions and searches on at least four European flights, part of an escalating wave of aviation scares. (Listen Now)

➤ The White House plans to end nearly $4 billion in annual military aid to Israel, upending decades of U.S. policy. (Hear Details)

➤ Georgia elected Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms governor, flipping the office after more than two decades of Republican control. The former Atlanta mayor is the first Black woman elected governor of any state. (More)

➤ Florida Republicans swept the top of the ticket, with Sen. Ashley Moody beating democratic socialist Angie Nixon and Rep. Byron Donalds beating Democrat David Jolly to become the state’s first Black governor. (More)

➤ North Carolina’s Senate seat flipped as former Gov. Roy Cooper beat Michael Whatley, the former RNC chairman President Trump recruited, giving Democrats their first Senate win there since 2008. (More)

➤ Democrat Chris Pappas beat Republican John Sununu in New Hampshire, keeping retiring Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s seat in Democratic hands. (More)

➤ Miami opened at No. 1 in this season’s first College Football Playoff rankings, the first time the Hurricanes have ever held the top spot. Georgia, Utah, and Indiana round out the top four. (More)

➤ MLB announced its 2026 award finalists this week, with Shohei Ohtani and Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong among the NL MVP contenders. Winners, including the first-ever Reliever of the Year, will be revealed next week. (More)

➤ The NFL unveiled Premier Flag, a professional flag football league for men and women set to begin play in summer 2027. NFL team owners will back the league, which launches a year before flag football makes its Olympic debut in Los Angeles. (More)

➤ College basketball tipped off this week amid roughly 200 lawsuits challenging the NCAA’s new eligibility rules. Nearly half of the basketball players suing have won court orders to play, though appeals could still sideline them midseason. (More)

Daily Market Report 11/03/2026

▲	NASDAQ National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations	25,372.01	0.83%
▲	SPX S&P 500	7,568.92	0.36%
▼	DJI Dow Jones Industrial Average	51,786.70	-0.38%
▲	BTC Bitcoin	$76,774.63	0.13%
▼	GOLD Per Ounce	$3,950.20	-0.49%
▼	SILVER Per Ounce	$49.30	-2.80%
▼	OIL West Texas Intermediate Crude	$95.22	-1.29%
▲	10Y 10-Year US Treasury Yield	4.95%	1.14%
▲	GPK Graphic Packaging	$11.30	+21.11%

Bitcoin, gold, silver, and oil are traded 24 hours a day.

➤ Big Stock Move: Graphic Packaging (GPK) jumped 21.11% after the paperboard maker posted improving margins for a second straight quarter and held its full-year cash flow forecast, a relief for a stock that had lost roughly half its value this year. (See Details)

➤ CVR Energy is buying two refineries and a fuel marketing business from Marathon Petroleum for $4.2 billion, nearly doubling the Carl Icahn-controlled company’s refining capacity. (More)

➤ Disney is planning thousands of layoffs, its fourth round this year, with some managers told to find 20% in annual savings, according to people familiar with the plans. (More)

➤ Chipmaker Marvell will buy Lumentum, which makes lasers and switches for data centers, in a $115 billion all-stock deal that’s one of the biggest tech industry deals ever. (See Details)

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➤ Physicists at CERN found the first evidence of a particle decay so rare it happens about once in every 10 billion “beauty” particles, ending a 42-year search. (See Details)

➤ The Southern Taurid meteor shower peaks tonight into early Thursday. It averages only about five meteors an hour, but they are known for fireballs that light the sky for seconds. (See Viewing Tips)

➤ Fake job interviews cracked Binance. The exchange says hackers courted an engineer on a legitimate job site, then had him download malware disguised as an interview assignment, opening the door to the $6.3 billion theft. (See Findings)

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➤ Friedrich Nietzsche said a good marriage comes down to one question, and it has nothing to do with romance. One writer put the 148-year-old test to work on her own husband. (See Question)

➤ Stressed out? A Stanford psychiatrist says the fastest way to calm down may run through a single nerve, and the best-tested trick takes about a minute. (See Techniques)

➤ Deep thinkers tend to struggle with 11 everyday things most people never give a second thought to. (See List)

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➤ Five people, including two children, were rescued in the South Pacific after three months adrift in a 20-foot skiff. Four others are still missing. (More)

➤ A thief in Tokyo, Japan, tried on a $290,000 Swiss watch and then fled the store while wearing it. Days later, he mailed it back with a handwritten apology. (See Details)

➤ A retired tax man from Pennsylvania went daily to his local multiplexes, averaging 3.3 films a day, and walked away with a world record for seeing 1,207 movies in one year. (More)

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