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While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Nov 3, 2026

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Donald Trump delivered a final speech near Washington's Reflecting Pool on November 2, 2026, as midterm elections neared, focusing on his renovation projects rather than economic or political issues. Polls predict Democratic victories that would constrain the president politically. Meanwhile, Ukraine reported Russian strikes in Kherson that killed at least 26 people and halted fragile peace talks. Additionally, Yemen's Houthis advanced within 80km of Aden, their closest approach since early 2015, deepening regional conflicts. UN reports also warned of irreversible damage to Earth’s ice if global warming exceeds 1.5 degrees Celsius.
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President Donald Trump held his final campaign rally on November 3, 2026, at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., to highlight his administration's costly and controversial renovation project there. Despite criticism that he was focusing too much on construction projects rather than addressing pressing issues like rising living costs, Trump continued to tout these renovations as part of his closing arguments before Election Day. Polls indicated a strong possibility that Democrats would win control of Congress, with Democrats having a 74% chance of taking the Senate and a 94% chance of capturing the House according to prediction platform Kalshi. The rally came after Trump had held 28 campaign stops across over 20 states in his last-ditch effort to secure Republican support for the midterms.

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Anthropic says revenue surged 1,100% ahead of IPO Anthropic, one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence companies, on Nov 2 reported a more than 1,100 per cent surge in quarterly revenue and nearly US$900 billion (S$1.1 trillion) in spending commitments as it counts down to its Wall Street listing later in November.
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🔮 While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Nov 3, 2026 Trump makes final US midterm pitch at troubled Reflecting Pool Donald Trump chose Washington’s Reflecting Pool – an iconic landmark where botched repairs came to symbolise the 80-year-old’s chaotic presidency – for a final speech on Nov 2 to rally Republicans against a predicted tide of Democratic victories in midterm elections.
2026-11-03 · The Straits Times
While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Nov 3, 2026 · assertive framing

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While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Nov 3, 2026 Trump makes final US midterm pitch at troubled Reflecting Pool Donald Trump chose Washington’s Reflecting Pool – an iconic landmark where botched repairs came to symbolise the 80-year-old’s chaotic presidency – for a final speech on Nov 2 to rally Republicans against a predicted tide of Democratic victories in midterm elections. uncertain
repairs → sleep → elections
“This is the last day before the midterm elections, the most important midterm I believe in our lifetime,” Trump said 26 minutes into a rambling speech which focused on his project to renovate monuments in the US capital, rather than inflation, the Iran war and other issues driving voters. asserted
which → believe → voters
Polls show Democrats poised to seize the House of Representatives and within reach of the Senate in the Nov 3 vote – a shift that would impose tight political constraints on the president since he took office nearly two years ago. asserted
he → show → office
Americans are increasingly dissatisfied with the economy, while Trump’s own approval ratings have hit record lows. asserted
ratings → hit → lows
Ukraine says Russian strikes dash peace progress hopes after 26 killed Ukraine on Nov 2 said multiple Russian strikes on a school where humanitarian aid was distributed killed at least 26 people and dashed fragile hopes of “progress toward peace” after a local ceasefire in the south expired without violations. asserted
ceasefire → say → violations
Russia resumed its strikes on the southern region of Kherson after the end of a local ceasefire in the area, the longest truce in the war raging between the neighbours since Russia’s 2022 invasion, Kyiv said. asserted
Kyiv → resume → invasion
A rare pause in the fighting, brokered by US First Lady Melania Trump to enable a mission to the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky, ended on Nov 1, with neither side reporting breaches. asserted
side → broker → breaches
Yemen’s Houthis advance to within 80km of Aden, sources say Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis have advanced to within 80km of Aden, the main stronghold and temporary capital of the country’s internationally recognised government, four military sources told Reuters on Nov 2. asserted
sources → advance → Nov
The advance brings the Houthis closer to Aden than at any point since the early months of the war in 2015, when they briefly entered the city before being driven out. asserted
they → bring → city
The latest offensive has opened a volatile new front in the wider US-Israeli war on Iran, drawing both the Houthis and Saudi Arabia deeper into the regional conflict. asserted
offensive → open → conflict
UN reports warn of large-scale damage to Earth’s ice from climate change Exceeding 1.5 deg C of global warming will have “irreversible” consequences for glaciers, sea ice and the Earth’s frozen regions, two UN reports warned on Nov 2, calling for urgent action. asserted
reports → warn → action
The landmark 2015 Paris Agreement commits the world to limiting warming to well below 2 deg C and pursuing efforts to hold it at 1.5 deg C to try to avoid the worst effects of climate change. asserted
Agreement → commit → change
One of the reports said overshooting the 1.5 deg C target “will bring large-scale and in many cases irreversible impacts” for the cryosphere – Earth’s ice in all its forms. asserted
overshooting → say → forms
Anthropic says revenue surged 1,100% ahead of IPO Anthropic, one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence companies, on Nov 2 reported a more than 1,100 per cent surge in quarterly revenue and nearly US$900 billion (S$1.1 trillion) in spending commitments as it counts down to its Wall Street listing later in November. asserted
it → say → November
The San Francisco-based company was founded in 2021 by former OpenAI researchers led by chief executive Dario Amodei and his sister Daniela, now its president, with AI safety as its focus. asserted
company → base → focus
The listing comes amid growing nervousness among investors about the huge sums being poured into AI. asserted
listing → come → AI
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