RED SEA SHIPPING RECOVERS, BUT COSTS REMAIN HIGH Bank of America reports Red Sea shipping traffic has recovered to 65% of normal levels, up from 50% in September. However, oil tanker rates remain elevated at up to $650,000 per day, while dry bulk rates are up 31% year-over-year. The key takeaway: Shipping is recovering, but high freight costs continue to threaten global inflation. Source: Bank of America Research

Today’s mention count tracked certain topics and segments across all Fox News programming from 12 p.m. ET to 10 p.m. ET (Outnumbered to Hannity). The WNBA was mentioned around 74 times, and the story around Enes Kanter Freedom was mentioned across almost every show. The only show where I didn’t see any mention of the WNBA was Jesse Watters Primetime. Most of that show’s time was allocated to an interview with Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed. A variation of a segment portraying socialists as rich—“LuLu Lenin” was the subject of some of these segments—played across a few of the shows (Outnumbered, America Reports, Will Cain, and The Ingraham Angle). Bessent’s Economic D-Day announcement was the lead story on America Reports, The Story, Will Cain, and Special Report. Here are the topics they focused on during the openings for the evening shows: The Ingraham Angle: WNBA Jesse Watters Primetime: Communists/Angie Nixon. El-Sayed was mentioned toward the end of the monologue as an introduction to the Abdul El-Sayed interview. Hannity: Abdul El-Sayed/Hasan Piker