•Head judge Bogdan Swieczkowski was suspended Friday after blocking judges elected by the current parliamentary majority from taking up their duties for six months.
•Police entered the court premises after objects were thrown during protests; three people were detained.
•Justice Minister Waldemar Zurek said he had requested that Swieczkowski’s and his deputy’s immunity be lifted over the obstruction of judges’ work.
•Judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska, one of three nominees President Karol Nawrocki refused to swear in, was placed in charge of the tribunal.
•Voters approved Proposition 50 in 2025, suspending the state’s nonpartisan redistricting commission until 2030 and introducing maps designed to gain Democrats at least five House seats.
•Republicans hold eight of California’s 52 House seats; redrawn districts have made several Republican strongholds competitive.
•Voters will decide on a proposed one-time billionaire tax to fund healthcare and education, plus a measure requiring government-issued voter ID.
•Mail ballots must be postmarked by Election Day; polls are open from 7am to 8pm.
•The Republican campaign committee asked the FEC to investigate Mary Peltola’s campaign and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee over Dan J. Sullivan’s candidacy.
•The complaint alleges Peltola allies recruited Sullivan to mislead voters and improperly coordinated with outside groups; it also names another alleged spoiler candidate, Gerald Heikes.
•The NRSC asked the FEC to refer the case to the Justice Department if it finds knowing and willful violations. The Justice Department is already investigating.
•The DSCC says the FEC lacks a quorum and called the complaint an effort to interfere in the race.
•Ukraine’s military estimated 49,040 Russian troops killed or incapacitated by October 28, above the previous monthly high of 46,230 in September; the figures could not be independently verified.
•Ukraine asked European allies to fund a doubling of drone production next year, to about 16 million units.
•The Netherlands pledged €500 million in immediate military aid and €1.2 billion in financing; the UK added £10 billion to commitments over three years, including £3 billion for weapons.
•The Justice Department filed an amended lawsuit days before the November 3 midterm, citing allegations that Democratic operatives recruited a same-name challenger to confuse voters.
•The department issued 40 subpoenas and document-preservation requests; Alaska’s governor ordered a criminal investigation.
•Mary Peltola’s campaign denies involvement. Alaska’s Supreme Court ruled in June that Dan J Sullivan Jr could run.
•The October 20 order is the fifth exclusion order against Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, barring him from praying or preaching at the site.
•A Palestinian monitoring group says Israeli authorities issued more than 1,000 exclusion orders covering Al-Aqsa and Jerusalem’s Old City since the start of 2026.
•A Jerusalem Governorate adviser says fewer than 15 Waqf guards now work morning shifts, down from about 50 previously.
•The Palestinian Authority’s Jerusalem Governorate recorded nearly 28,000 Israeli settler visits to Al-Aqsa from July to September.
•Houthi attacks forced the postponement of Saudi Arabia’s annual FII investment conference.
•Apollo’s Marc Rowan, BlackRock’s Larry Fink, Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman and KKR’s Scott Nuttall traveled to the region; executives were seen in Abu Dhabi and Kuwait.
•Rowan estimates Gulf states will spend $1 trillion on infrastructure resilience and alternative transport routes.
•Schwarzman expects a “very substantial construction boom” as countries move vulnerable infrastructure underground.
•New Delhi has openly criticized Trump’s policies after years of close ties, amid stalled trade talks, tariffs and disputes over Russia, Pakistan and immigration.
•India’s finance minister said trade negotiations had reached a plateau, with further concessions difficult.
•Trump paused a law allowing tariffs of up to 100% on countries buying Russian oil, but his secretary of state did not rule out similar measures returning.
•Analysts say India may benefit from a weakened Trump, though they disagree on whether midterm losses would moderate his policy toward India.
•On Tuesday, the Nasdaq gained 1.18%, the S&P 500 rose 0.6% and the Dow edged up 0.03%.
•On Wednesday, South Korea’s KOSPI climbed 5.84%; SK Hynix reported third-quarter operating profit of 83.33 trillion won ($62.8bn), up about 630% year-on-year, and its shares rose more than 8%.
•Microsoft and Alphabet were due to report results Wednesday, Amazon Thursday and Apple Monday.
•Nvidia rose almost 1% after announcing a $3bn investment in Meta’s equity offering.