Semafor's Washington, DC newsletter from 5 November 2026 leads with the unfinished Mississippi Senate count, where Democrat Scott Colom's lead over Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith has grown to 1,724 votes, drawing Sen. Maria Cantwell to the state as the NRSC asks county clerks to preserve provisional ballots. It also rounds up the Democratic wave and Hakeem Jeffries' plans, a Nasdaq selloff on AI fears, data center ballot bans, and reactions from Tehran to Europe.