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Ground Signal — October 29, 2026 · Ground Signal FM

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  This is Ground Signal, your daily briefing for
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  Thursday, October 29, 2026. I am Harper. Today,
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  the Pentagon shakeup meets Iran strike planning,
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  the Fed holds with two dissents, and Google Cloud
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  doubles. Global news. Signal 4. Defense Secretary
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  Pete Hegseth fired the Pentagon's top military
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  planner, while President Trump weighs renewed
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  strikes on Iran, according to the Associated
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  Press. The AP also reports Washington warned
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  allies to prepare for possible Iranian retaliation.
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  Trump has made no final decision. The United
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  States has not struck Iran since early September.
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  Diplomacy is running in parallel. Reuters' linked
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  reports say the European Union's top diplomat
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  is preparing a trade offer if Iran suspends enrichment.
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  The U .N. nuclear watchdog found no sign Iran
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  repaired damaged sites. Signal 3. Ukraine and
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  Russia began a local ceasefire around Oleshki,
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  while strikes continue elsewhere, including Kiev.
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  A Kremlin aide says the next round of talks depends
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  on Middle East developments. Signal 3. In Latin
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  America, AP says Lula's win in Brazil bucks the
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  regional shift right and denies Trump an ally.
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  A bomb near Colombia's Venezuela border injured
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  at least four police officers in Cucuta. Signal
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  3. In Mexico, the head of the National Electoral
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  Institute resigned amid allegations of irregularities
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  and corruption. the agency now faces an overhaul.
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  Markets and crypto. The Federal Reserve held
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  rates at 3 .75 to 4 % on Wednesday. The vote
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  was 10 to 2, and Lisa Cook and Beth Hammock dissented
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  in favor of a quarter -point hike. The S &P 500
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  closed at 7 ,744, and the Nasdaq at 26 ,550.
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  The 10 -year Treasury yield held just above 5%,
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  around 5 .04. The dollar index sat near 102 .1.
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  Brent crude settled near $115 a barrel. Bitcoin
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  traded around $81 ,000. Oil stays elevated while
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  Iran's strike risk is live, and yields above
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  5 % keep pressure on stocks. Tech and future.
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  Alphabet missed Wall Street expectations and
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  fell after hours. Yet Google Cloud revenue more
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  than doubled to $30 .7 billion, and free cash
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  flow turned negative at minus $9 .1 billion.
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  Microsoft beat expectations and rose after the
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  bell. Its capital spending was $45 .2 billion,
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  below its $50 billion projection, because third
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  -party capacity deliveries slipped. Investors
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  are watching how AI spending pays back. Mobility.
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  I found no new official change today. The State
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  Department's expanded online presence review
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  for certain non -immigrant visa applicants has
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  applied since October 1. Expect deeper social
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  media screening. For Europe, the entry -exit
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  system has been fully operational since April
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  10. Non -EU short -stay visitors are biometrically
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  registered at the Schengen external border. Allow
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  extra time at arrival. Forward signal. Today
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  brings the European Central Bank decision. plus
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  U .S. third -quarter GDP and September PCE inflation.
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  The Bank of Japan decides Friday. The big watch
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  is Iran. Any strike decision would hit oil first,
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  then yields and equities. That is signal four
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  until Washington decides. This content was generated
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  using AI. This was Ground Signal. Until tomorrow.