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November 19th, 2025

What happened today 🇺🇸,

• The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced it will not release a full jobs report for October due to the 43-day government shutdown, which prevented the collection of essential household survey data used to calculate the unemployment rate

• Axios reported that the Trump administration has been secretly working with Russia to draft a new 28-point peace plan to end the war in Ukraine, the proposed plan reportedly involves Ukraine ceding control of part of its eastern Donbas region…read more here

• It was announced today that Jessica Tisch will remain the New York City Police Commissioner under incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani

• Former-FBI employee with 16 years of service, David Maltinsky, has filed a lawsuit claiming he was fired last month for displaying a Pride flag near his workspace

• Billionaire climate activist and former Democratic presidential candidate, Tom Steyer, has officially entered the 2026 California governor’s race

• President Trump has nominated Stuart Levenbach, an associate director at the Office of Management and Budget, to be the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

• The U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange, Kraken, has confidentially filed a draft registration statement (Form S-1) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering (IPO), potentially valuing the company at $20 billion after its recent $800 million fundraising round…the IPO is expected in early 2026

• JetBlue will launch seasonal nonstop flights from Boston Logan International Airport to Barcelona starting April 16th, 2026 and to Milan beginning May 11th, 2026…read more here

• DOW up .10% / S&P up .38%

• Israel has carried out airstrikes targeting Hamas and Hezbollah in Gaza and Lebanon amid ongoing conflict escalation…the Israeli airstrike killed 13 people in southern Lebanon, which Israel said targeted a Hamas training compound, while strikes also hit multiple Hezbollah locations in Lebanon…in Gaza, Israeli airstrikes killed at least 25 people despite the fragile ceasefire

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