Crypto PACs spent $170 million on the midterms—and came up nearly dry In Ohio, $40 million in support couldn’t save crypto PACs’ preferred candidate. Fortune · Nov 4
Michael Rubin wants Fanatics to be No. 1 in betting. Tuesday’s results in Nebraska and Congress made that climb steeper Fanatics backed Nebraska's failed mobile betting push, and a projected Democratic Congress has prediction markets, Rubin's newest bet, in its sights. Fortune · Nov 4
James Talarico was a 23-year-old middle school teacher when an 11-year-old inspired him to run for office—now he's making history in Texas as Senator James Talarico is now Texas’ first elected Democratic Senator in nearly four decades. And it all started when one struggling student’s story inspired him. Fortune · Nov 4
Rhode Island’s new Governor Helena Foulkes spent 25 years at CVS and lost her first election—she says failure and bad bosses made her a better leader Helena Foulkes spent decades in corporate before making a run for governor: ‘You can go for something and it doesn't work, and yet other gifts come’ Fortune · Nov 4
Ray Dalio: why I recommend being a catalytic leader The World Economic Forum provides a great example of catalytic leadership in action via its Global Accelerator for Earth Action (GAEA) initiative. Fortune · Nov 4
Weil Gotshal is a canary in the legal coal mine With the profession's traditional business model under strain, the taboo against outside capital is overdue for a reckoning. Fortune · Nov 4
The midterms won't ease borrowing costs. Here's what CFOs should do now A former Fed bank examiner and two EY-Parthenon leaders explain how to stress-test investments, shore up liquidity and rethink AI spending. Fortune · Nov 4
Bond market bounces as investors flee to safety amid concerns of a fiscal gridlock "Fiscal gridlock seems the likely default." Fortune · Nov 4
Current price of oil as of Nov. 4, 2026 When oil prices change, it affects your energy costs—and even the price of everyday items. Here’s why. Fortune · Nov 4
‘The opportunity outweighs the challenge’: Bahrain leads drive to restore tourism in the Gulf after eight months of conflict and collapsing visitor numbers The six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council are betting on multi-country trips to revive a tourism market that generated over $130 billion last year. Fortune · Nov 4
Reed Jobs’s Yosemite raises $350 million second fund to make cancer non-lethal Yosemite has closed its cancer-focused second fund at $350 million, a serious jump from January’s first close at $200 million, investor Reed Jobs exclusively told Fortune. Fortune · Nov 4
Dario Amodei wants 'a country of geniuses in a data center.' Realizing that vision requires risky financial mechanics, Anthropic's IPO filing shows The company has used convertible notes and a complex financing deal with Broadcom to backstop its AI infrastructure buildout. But analysts question whether it will be able to continue to tap funding at competitive interest rates. Fortune · Nov 4
Stock markets celebrate a ‘stunning rebuke’: Trump says he will accept midterm losses—but don’t expect defeat to change him Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning. Fortune · Nov 4
ADNOC to become first energy company to deploy OpenAI’s Frontier technology In this week’s Fortune Gulf Brief. Fortune · Nov 4
Fortune · Nov 4 CEOs need a new playbook after a midterm rebuke of Trump Also: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune.
Fortune · Nov 4 AMC’s A-List members now make up 20% of its U.S. attendance. Its $4 billion debt is the harder test The typical subscriber sees two or three films a month. Record revenue hasn’t yet erased AMC’s losses or the roughly $4 billion it owes.
Fortune · Nov 4 ‘Eventually I won’t have a choice’: Car subscriptions for remote start and extra horsepower pile on top of a record $787 average payment Automakers are charging monthly for remote start and extra horsepower already built into cars. Next to a record $787 average car payment, the fees are easy to overlook.
Fortune · Nov 4 MacKenzie Scott’s gifts come with no strings—but the four biggest donors to democracy programs put $189 million into institutes bearing their names The four largest gifts to democracy programs from 2021 to 2025 created or expanded university institutes named for Leonard Schaeffer, the Rooneys, the Karshes, and the Kinders, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
Fortune · Nov 4 ‘People really effing hate data centers’: How the AI buildout became the midterms’ affordability issue Abdul El-Sayed, Sherrod Brown and Amy Acton all campaigned against data centers, and even some Republicans moved their way.
Fortune · Nov 4 ‘This might just be the biggest defeat for big money in politics': Billionaires poured hundreds of millions into Tuesday’s races and still lost Elon Musk’s pick lost in Texas and billionaires Vivek Ramaswamy and Rick Jackson lost their own races, though California’s wealth tax is trailing.
Fortune · Nov 4 Voters were sick of incumbents. Tuesday was only the third time in 50 years a party lost control of both chambers of Congress at once Republicans lost a six-term senator, a three-term governor and two appointed senators as voters named the cost of living a top issue.
Fortune · Nov 4 Ohio just poured onto its existing 125 data center moratoriums. Transparency pushes and grid safeguards could now 'dominate policy agendas' nationwide The Buckeye State has become the prototype for how the country will respond to the rapid buildout of AI.
Fortune · Nov 4 Susan Collins’ Maine concession could leave New England without a Republican in Congress for the first time since the 1850s “It has been the honor of my life,” Collins said. One uncalled Maine House race will decide whether a GOP streak dating to 1854 ends.
Fortune · Nov 4 Trump personally chose several candidates who just got crushed — and he's already blaming Republicans for a stunning midterm wipeout "I wasn’t on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE!"
Fortune · Nov 4 Asked about the cost of living, JD Vance joked about Jon Husted’s butt, then admitted Republicans fell short. Days later, Husted lost Ohio Voters named the cost of living a top issue. In Ohio, the Democrat who ran on grocery, gas and electric bills beat Trump’s Senate pick.