Democrats won control of the US House and Senate in the 2026 midterm elections held on 3 November. The party flipped seven Senate seats, including Maine, where Democrat Troy Jackson defeated incumbent Republican Susan Collins. Democrats also secured full control of state governments in Arizona, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and flipped at least 11 state legislative chambers. In Texas, Democrat Gina Hinojosa defeated Republican Governor Greg Abbott. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is expected to become Speaker. Election results are reported as a referendum on President Trump's performance.
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5 November 2026
A Seoul High Court has sentenced a former Samsung Electronics worker to five years in prison after he leaked technology to Chinese chipmaker ChangXin Memory Technologies. The penalty was lowered from an initial seven‑year term handed down in April. The employee had moved to ChangXin in 2016. Samsung’s practice of imposing two‑year non‑compete clauses on staff is highlighted by a 2023 ruling that barred a former DRAM researcher from joining Micron for the same period.
30 October 2026
Intel shares fell 29.9% to $64.54 on 30 Oct 2026, the steepest one-day drop since 1974 according to Fortune, after the chipmaker warned of negative cash flow this year and forecast fourth-quarter revenue of $15 billion to $16 billion, below analyst expectations of about $17 billion. Third-quarter revenue rose 21% to $16.51 billion from $13.7 billion a year earlier. Intel says an October explosion at its Israel fab will cost about $600 million in revenue over two quarters. Peer chipmakers including Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom also fell, and the S&P 500 dropped 1.8%.