The day after the midterms dominated a 20-story Wednesday at Virginia Times: Democrats’ capture of Congress lifted the Dow by 1,569 points, JD Vance blamed the Iran war for Republican losses, and Virginia re-elected Mark Warner, while Naresh Bhatt testified in his own defense, Zelenskyy moved toward trilateral talks, and CVS, the trade gap and a UK cyber warning rounded out the day.
In This Recap
- WHO Verifies New Attacks on Health Care in Ukraine
- Zelenskyy Talks With Witkoff, Kushner as Trilateral Nears
- Israel Certifies Election Results as Coalition Talks Begin
- U.S. Sanctions India-Based Network Over Iran Shadow Fleet Claims
- Naresh Bhatt Testifies in His Own Defense on Day 16 of Murder Trial
- Dow Jumps 1,569 Points After Democrats Win Control of Congress
- Vance Says Iran War Cost Republicans the Midterms
- Pochettino Picks 25 Players for U.S. Nations League Games With Haiti
- EU Accession Roadmaps Set Milestones for Four Candidates
- Two Dead, Including Suspect, at Tampa-Area Citibank Center
- Mike Johnson Bows Out of Minority Leader Race
- CVS Posts a $108.4 Billion Quarter and Raises Its Outlook
- Sanchez Puts Deputy in Charge of Transport After Puente Quits
- Trade Gap Narrows Slightly in September, to $105 Billion
- Zelenskyy Power Outages: Action Sought on Lagging Utilities
- Warner Wins in Virginia; Voters Back Marriage Equality
- Democrats Capture House and Senate in Midterm Elections
- Democrats Win Congress; Jeffries Poised to Be First Black Speaker
- UK Cyber Chief Warns of AI Attack on Infrastructure by 2028
- AMD Rides Data Center Surge to a Record $13.4 Billion Quarter
1 WHO Verifies New Attacks on Health Care in Ukraine
The WHO has verified new attacks on health care in Kharkiv and Dnipro on Nov. 3 and in Komyshuvakha on Nov. 2, where four health workers remain missing, Tedros said. The agency says more than 3,400 attacks on health care in Ukraine have been verified since February 2022.
2 Zelenskyy Talks With Witkoff, Kushner as Trilateral Nears
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he held a detailed 90-minute conversation with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, as Ukraine, the United States and Russia prepare trilateral team talks within a week. Brussels meetings on postwar recovery and security guarantees followed.
3 Israel Certifies Election Results as Coalition Talks Begin
Israel certified the Oct. 27 parliamentary election results, giving Likud 27 seats and Yashar 21. President Isaac Herzog began consultations on who should try to form a government.
4 U.S. Sanctions India-Based Network Over Iran Shadow Fleet Claims
The Treasury Department sanctioned four Indian nationals, nine related entities and a Turkish aviation services company over alleged support for Iran’s oil shipping and aviation sectors.
5 Naresh Bhatt Testifies in His Own Defense on Day 16 of Murder Trial
Naresh Bhatt testified in his own defense Wednesday on Day 16 of his murder trial, telling jurors he had always wanted to testify. He described his childhood in Nepal, how he met Mamta Kafle Bhatt, and denied ever physically abusing her.
6 Dow Jumps 1,569 Points After Democrats Win Control of Congress
The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 1,569.40 points Wednesday, its best session since April 2025, after Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress. Stocks added to their gains as U.S. crude fell more than 8% after Vice President JD Vance blamed the Iran war for Republican losses.
7 Vance Says Iran War Cost Republicans the Midterms
Vice President JD Vance said on Wednesday that the war with Iran is the reason Republicans lost the midterm elections, writing that voters who backed the Trump-Vance ticket in 2024 switched to Democrats over the war, living costs and the U.S. relationship with Israel.
8 Pochettino Picks 25 Players for U.S. Nations League Games With Haiti
Mauricio Pochettino selected 25 players for the U.S. training camp before November’s Concacaf Nations League quarterfinals against Haiti. The teams meet Nov. 14 in Miami and Nov. 17 in Cincinnati.
9 EU Accession Roadmaps Set Milestones for Four Candidates
The European Commission laid out one-year accession roadmaps for Montenegro, Albania, Moldova and Ukraine. The plans remain conditional on reform progress and decisions by EU member states.
10 Two Dead, Including Suspect, at Tampa-Area Citibank Center
A suspect and one other person died Wednesday after an active threat was reported at the Citibank Center in Brandon, Florida, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, which said preliminary information pointed to a targeted incident.
11 Mike Johnson Bows Out of Minority Leader Race
House Speaker Mike Johnson told his staff Wednesday that he will not run for minority leader in the next Congress after Republicans lost the House. Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan are expected to contest the job, with the vote set for Nov. 10.
12 CVS Posts a $108.4 Billion Quarter and Raises Its Outlook
CVS Health reported third-quarter revenue of $108.4 billion, up 5.4%, and raised its full-year 2026 guidance, lifting its cash-flow target to at least $15.5 billion as its Aetna insurance unit’s adjusted operating income nearly tripled.
13 Sanchez Puts Deputy in Charge of Transport After Puente Quits
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Wednesday that his deputy, Carlos Cuerpo, will provisionally run the Transport Ministry after Oscar Puente resigned following two deadly high-speed train crashes that killed 115 people combined.
14 Trade Gap Narrows Slightly in September, to $105 Billion
The U.S. trade deficit narrowed to $105.0 billion in September as exports rose $5.8 billion to $321.5 billion and imports reached a record $426.6 billion, the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis said.
15 Zelenskyy Power Outages: Action Sought on Lagging Utilities
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ordered the government and law enforcement to propose steps by day’s end to secure cooperation from utilities falling behind on repairs, as Russian strikes leave Kyiv facing long power and water outages. Ukraine’s military also reported hitting two Pantsir air defense systems in occupied Crimea.
16 Warner Wins in Virginia; Voters Back Marriage Equality
Virginia voters returned Mark Warner to the Senate and approved a marriage equality amendment. Seven Democrats and two Republicans were projected to win House seats, while the 1st and 5th districts remained uncalled in the available reporting.
17 Democrats Capture House and Senate in Midterm Elections
Democrats won control of the House and Senate in Tuesday’s midterm elections, giving the party authority over congressional committees, investigations and Senate confirmation votes.
18 Democrats Win Congress; Jeffries Poised to Be First Black Speaker
Democrats will run both chambers of Congress next year after The Associated Press called the Senate and the House for the party — 222 House seats called to Republicans’ 138 — putting Hakeem Jeffries in line to become the first Black House speaker. In Virginia, Mark Warner won a fourth Senate term, 61.1% to Bert Mizusawa’s 38.9%, and nine of 11 House races have been called, seven for Democrats and two for Republicans, with the 1st and 5th districts still too early to call.
19 UK Cyber Chief Warns of AI Attack on Infrastructure by 2028
Britain should be ready for a ransomware attack using AI-powered malware against its critical infrastructure within two years, the National Cyber Security Centre said in its annual review, judging such an attack highly likely by 2028 and warning of an unprecedented rise in cyber incidents in the coming months.
20 AMD Rides Data Center Surge to a Record $13.4 Billion Quarter
AMD rode a near-doubling of Data Center revenue to a record $13.4 billion third quarter, up 45%, and forecast about $17 billion in fourth-quarter revenue.
Editor’s Note: This recap was prepared with the assistance of AI tools. Virginia Times gathered the source material from multiple sources and thoroughly reviewed the information before publication.
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