The dates ahead, and the questions still open.
Every story ends with what happens next. We keep the list here and mark each question when it is answered.
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- Election Day: midtermsFederal law
- Federal Reserve rate decisionFederal Reserve FOMC calendar
- Judge throws out Trump’s $10 billion suit against the Wall Street Journal for good; Trump will appealDate named in the story: “Deposition in his separate suit against the BBC go ahead”
Open questions
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Still open
Does gasoline keep easing while diesel climbs, and do prices jump again if strikes on Iran resume after Tuesday?
From: Gas is $4.27 and diesel $6.35 heading into Election Day, up 41% and 71% in a year · asked Nov. 1 -
Still open
Does Washington accept any of the five conditions, or do strikes resume after the vote?
Latest: Iran Says It Would Reopen Strait of Hormuz in 2 Days as Part of U.S. Deal The New York Times
From: Iran offers to reopen Hormuz within two days if the U.S. meets five conditions · asked Nov. 1 -
Still open
How much of the roughly $3 billion that was not frozen can still be traced before it is laundered?
Latest: North Korea denies being behind record $6.3bn Binance hack BBC
From: FBI blames North Korea for $6 billion Binance theft, four times the Bybit hack it also tied to Pyongyang · asked Nov. 1 -
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Will tech companies scale back 2027 spending plans, or will investors keep paying for growth that costs this much?
From: Alphabet lost $500 billion in a day even as revenue rose 25%; investors balked at doubled AI spending · asked Nov. 1 -
Still open
Is the movement growing or fading? France’s turnout has fallen two weeks running, while Germany’s has just started.
Latest: Rioters loot German stores as Gen Z protests turn violent (Video) New York Post
From: Youth protests over living costs and military service reach 30 German cities; Frankfurt stores looted · asked Nov. 1 -
Still open
Will an appeals court revive the claim, and will Trump’s Dec. 11 deposition in his separate suit against the BBC go ahead?
Latest: Federal Judge Dismisses Trump’s $10 Billion Lawsuit Against Wall Street Journal over Epstein Reporting Democracy Now!
From: Judge throws out Trump’s $10 billion suit against the Wall Street Journal for good; Trump will appeal · asked Nov. 1 -
Still open
Can contact tracing recover when four in five new cases come from unknown chains of transmission?
Latest: Ebola Fatality Rate Tops 50% After Hundreds of Deaths Added to Congo Toll Bloomberg.com
From: Congo’s Ebola deaths pass 5,000, with no vaccine for this strain and 80% of new cases untraced · asked Nov. 1 -
Answered
Will Judge Gleason dismiss the case before Tuesday, and if she does not, can a certification be held up by a claim of voter confusion?
Yes. Judge Sharon Gleason dismissed the Justice Department’s lawsuit on Nov. 1; the department said it would appeal. PBS ↗ Reuters ↗ CNBC ↗
From: Justice Department wants Alaska Senate ballots set aside; the state calls it “impossible” · asked Nov. 1 · answered Nov. 1