Polkadot News
With one day left to go in the current parachain lease auction, Hashed Network is in the lead, but OmniBTC has also been in the lead in the Ending Period. Polkadot/Substrate Portal
This means that either Hashed Network or OmniBTC could win this auction, depending on the ending block. For details on how candle auctions such as this work, see Web3 and Polkadot - Polkadot Wiki
Referendum 91 is a new Council-initiated referendum to increase the maximum number of nomination pools to 64. It is currently passing unanimously with 27 days left to vote. Increasing Max Number of Nomination Pools | Polkassembly
Referendum 85, seeking to allow Kapex Parachain to upgrade itself via runtime upgrade, is passing with almost 100% in favor and 2 days left to vote. Kapex Parachain - Validation Code Substitution to fix broken upgrade mechanism and permit XCM Security Vulnerability upgrade. | Polkassembly
Referendum 88, proposing to approve a Treasury Proposal for Snowbridge, a trustless Polkadot-Ethereum bridge, is passing with 99% in favor and 19 days left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/88
Referendum 89, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot runtime to v9320, is passing with 76% in favor with 8 days left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/89
Note that after submission, it was realized that this Referendum will fail, so the original submitter is asking people to reject it. See the Polkassembly link above for details.
Kusama News
Last night, 334 validators were reported offline and slashed. Polkadot/Substrate Portal
Note that slashes are not applied for 7 days (28 eras), during which time they can be cancelled by governance. In the past, slashes associated with software issues have always been cancelled on Kusama. Staking on Polkadot - Polkadot Wiki
There are 13 active OpenGov Referenda on which you can vote. You can see and vote on them here: Polkadot/Substrate Portal