The House sent Thomas Massie’s eight impeachment articles to the Judiciary Committee, ending the drive in this Congress — but only because 11 Democrats, Nancy Pelosi included, missed the vote, and Democrats promise to revive it in January.
House votes to effectively end the impeachment effort against Pete Hegseth | House votes to effectively end the impeachment effort against Pete Hegseth
ELECTIONS & CONGRESS
JORDAN WINS HOUSE GOP LEADERSHIP IN CLOSED-DOOR VOTE, BEATING SCALISE 106-73 — Jordan, Trump’s top defender in the House, beat Majority Leader Steve Scalise 106-73 in a secret ballot to lead the GOP minority next year, after Speaker Mike Johnson stepped aside.
THUNE REELECTED TO LEAD SENATE REPUBLICANS — UNOPPOSED, BUT AFTER SOUL-SEARCHING — Thune was reelected Nov 10 after three GOP meetings, with senators openly asking why the same leadership should stay after losing both chambers, but no challenger emerged.
JEFFRIES: DEMOCRATS WILL “VISIT ACCOUNTABILITY ON THE WRONGDOERS” — On PBS, Jeffries called himself a “hard yes” on impeaching Hegseth, said nothing is ruled in or out on further impeachments, and put affordability first, citing a 258-seat House majority and counting.
DEMOCRATS SWEPT POWER — NOW THEY HAVE TO DELIVER — DNC chair Ken Martin calls it the party’s biggest cycle ever, built on affordability and ending the Iran war, with the South — Black turnout, Georgia’s first Black female governor — now central to holding the majority.
MILLER AT THE WHITE HOUSE, JORDAN IN THE HOUSE: GOP DOUBLES DOWN — AURN’s AP-based report ties the two picks together — Trump elevating Stephen Miller to chief of staff plus Jordan’s 106-73 win — as a lineup pointing to “more confrontation than compromise” when Democrats take over in January.
BUSINESS & YOUR MONEY
HOUSING FREEZE DEEPENS: BUYERS AND SELLERS BOTH HIT PAUSE — October data show pending sales down 10.5% and contract signings down 17% year over year, new listings down 7.5%, with mortgage rates above 7% — while rental demand per listing surged 22% as would-be buyers stay renters.
HEALTH PREMIUMS UP 5% — WORKERS’ SHARE JUMPED NEARLY TWICE AS FAST — KFF finds workers now pay $7,471 a year toward family coverage, up 9% ($621) from 2025, while total family premiums rose 5% to $28,303 — eroding wage gains during open enrollment.
QUICK HITS
MISSISSIPPI AND ALASKA SENATE RACES STILL UNCALLED
HOUSE REPUBLICANS PICK JIM JORDAN TO LEAD THEIR INCOMING MINORITY
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
HOT OCTOBER CPI SEALS A DECEMBER FED HIKE — THE ONLY QUESTION IS THE SIZE — CPI rose 0.4% in October vs 0.3% expected, core 0.3% vs 0.2%, with no year-over-year figure (last year’s shutdown broke collection); traders now fully price a quarter-point Dec 8-9 hike, with 13.6% odds on a half-point.
EVEN FED DOVES NOW FLOAT A HALF-POINT HIKE AFTER HOT CPI — Gov. Waller — long seen as a dove — said a core print around 0.3% meant a 50bp December hike “should be considered,” and October’s core met that bar exactly; Dallas Fed chief Logan wants at least two more quarter-point hikes.
TRUMP PROCLAIMS VETERANS DAY, TOUTS VA BACKLOG CUT BY 70% — Trump’s Nov 10 proclamation for Veterans Day says the VA processed a record 3.1 million disability claims this year, slashed its backlog by more than 70%, and opened 47 new facilities; he lays a wreath at Arlington today.
SHORT SELLER FLAGGED HUANG’S “UNCOMFORTABLY CLOSE” TIES MONTHS AGO — Culper Research’s May 2026 report “NVIDIA: The China Problem” noted Huang’s close ties to Megaspeed’s Alice Huang and alleged the Singapore chip buyer was financed by Alibaba through shell companies — months before the affair became public.
NVIDIA CEO FACES SUBPOENA THREAT AS TODAY’S DEADLINE ARRIVES — House Foreign Affairs chairman Mast told ABC he is prepared to compel Huang’s appearance if he does not respond by today, Nov 11, to the request for a Nov 18 closed-door briefing; no subpoena has been issued and the board probe continues.
BUSINESS & YOUR MONEY
TECH SELLOFF WIPES OUT HEDGE FUNDS’ GAINS, FORCING RISK CUTS AND LAYOFFS — Reuters wire carried in full — tech long-short funds fell over 4% in a day, leaving yearly returns “roughly flat” vs a 24% peak in June; Walleye Capital lost 5.9% in October, its worst month since March 2020, and will return capital and cut its equity team.
BOOMERS STILL HOLD OVER HALF OF AMERICA’S WEALTH — Fed data for Q2 2026 show Boomers hold $97.4 trillion, or 52% of U.S. household net worth, despite being just 30% of households, while Millennials and Gen Z are 37% of households but hold only 11% of the wealth.
WORKERS WILL SHOULDER MORE OF THEIR HEALTH COSTS, EMPLOYERS SAY — WTW’s survey of 471 employers projects health costs up 11.1% in 2027 before plan changes and 9.7% after — the highest since the early 2000s — with 85% planning or considering shifting premium costs to workers by 2028, vs 44% today.
QUICK HITS
FED TO RAISE RATES ONCE MORE IN DECEMBER, REUTERS POLL OF 101 ECONOMISTS SAYS
CONGRESS SUMMONS NVIDIA CEO JENSEN HUANG IN LEADERSHIP INQUIRY
GEOPOLITICS
RAID ON OUSTED PARAGUAY PRESIDENT’S MANSION FINDS VAULT HIDDEN BEHIND A FALSE WALL — Prosecutors searched Peña’s San Bernardino summer home Sunday, found a vault behind a fitted panel — first door opened, second still shut Monday — and asked the U.S., Luxembourg and Argentina to help trace assets abroad; teachers struck Monday over ~$60M in pension funds stuck at Ueno.
POPE LEO DRAWS 650,000 IN CÓRDOBA, A DAY AFTER 2.5 MILLION IN BUENOS AIRES — Leo celebrated Mass for an estimated 650,000 in Córdoba on Nov 10, holding up Argentina’s saints Brochero and Mama Antula as mission models; today, his last day in Argentina, he visits a Buenos Aires prison, then Mass at Luján before flying to Peru.
RUSSIA, UKRAINE AND U.S. RESUME PEACE TALKS IN ABU DHABI — Delegations sat down Tuesday for the first trilateral talks in almost nine months, with security guarantees at the center; Zelenskyy called day one “constructive and quite substantive,” but Putin still demands full control of four annexed regions and no ceasefire first.
CLASHES ERUPT ACROSS FRANCE AS 146,000 PROTEST THE COST OF LIVING — A fourth straight weekend of protests saw clashes in Paris and Marseille, ~70,000 police deployed and tear gas used, as the movement that began over schools now targets living costs — with Le Pen’s far right leading polls six months before the presidential election.
ISRAEL’S NEW PARLIAMENT SWORN IN — STILL NO GOVERNMENT — Reuters wire carried in full — the Knesset was sworn in Tuesday with neither side holding a majority (Netanyahu bloc 53, Eisenkot bloc 48, Arab parties 19); Eisenkot has until Dec 6 to form a government and immediately filed bills for an Oct 7 inquiry and prime-minister term limits.
PARAGUAY PROBE WIDENS: BROKERAGE RAIDED, NEW CENTRAL BANK CHIEF CONFIRMED — Prosecutors raided Ueno’s brokerage arm Monday, recovering ripped-up documents, and Congress confirmed Jorge Schreiner as central bank chief; investigators also found two safes at Ueno HQ, one hidden behind a bathroom wall.
LEAKED RUSSIAN RECORDS SUGGEST MORE THAN 400,000 WAR DEAD — Hacked Rosstat death certificates point to 412,576 combat-linked Russian deaths since Feb 2022, with the true toll likely near 500,000; the figures are leaked and unverified by the outlet itself.
BUSINESS & YOUR MONEY
KOSPI SURGES 4.39% TO 5,239.13, ENDING THREE-DAY SLIDE — South Korean stocks rebounded Tuesday as foreign investors returned after seven straight sessions of selling; SK hynix rose 6.95% and Samsung 4.9%, with the index briefly topping 5,300 and triggering a buy-side trading curb.
NVIDIA SHARES FALL AS BOARD PROBES CEO’S TIES TO ALLEGED CHINESE SPY — Nvidia fell more than 4% Monday after its board opened an independent investigation into CEO Jensen Huang’s relationship with alleged Chinese intelligence asset Alice Huang; Huang apologized for infidelity and pledged to cooperate.
QUICK HITS
U.S. NUCLEAR SUB DOCKS IN AUSTRALIA TO COUNTER CHINA
COLOMBIA’S EX-PRESIDENT PETRO UNDER SUPREME COURT INVESTIGATION
ARGENTINA HITS THE ROAD TO SEE POPE LEO XIV: PACKED BUSES AND TIGHT SECURITY
SEOUL SHARES SOAR OVER 4 PCT TO SNAP 3-DAY SLIDE ON TECH RALLY, OIL PRICES FALL
SPORTS
NOTRE DAME STUNS NO. 1 MIAMI 31-24 IN SOUTH BEND, ENDING THE CANES’ PERFECT SEASON — Notre Dame raced to a 24-3 lead, then held on as Miami’s last-second end-zone pass was swatted away, handing the No. 1 Hurricanes their first loss and putting the Irish squarely in the playoff race.
PACKERS STEAMROLL PATRIOTS 45-27 AS GREEN BAY’S DEFENSE PICKS OFF MAYE THREE TIMES — Green Bay made New England’s defense “look like it was playing with nine players” and forced four turnovers, including three Drake Maye interceptions, in a 45-27 rout that capped a full Week 9 Sunday slate.
BILLS GRIND PAST VIKINGS 23-6 ON MONDAY NIGHT TO REACH 7-1 — James Cook carried 31 times for 107 yards and a late score while Josh Allen threw a TD just before halftime, as Buffalo matched its best eight-game start since 1993 and Minnesota managed just 178 total yards.
MICHIGAN STATE SHOCKS MICHIGAN 15-6 — ALL 15 POINTS ON FIELD GOALS — Liam Boyd kicked five field goals and the Spartans forced four turnovers with five sacks to snap a six-game losing streak and beat their rivals for the first time since 2021 — without scoring a touchdown.
GIANTS END 13-YEAR PHILLY DROUGHT, BEAT EAGLES 19-11 AS PHILLY’S FREEFALL HITS SEVEN STRAIGHT — New York won in South Philadelphia for the first time since 2013, handing the reeling 2-7 Eagles a seventh straight loss, while coach Nick Sirianni denied flipping off booing home fans after the final whistle.
TRAVEL
HONG KONG GOES BIGGEST-EVER FOR WINTERFEST, WITH THREE WINTER WONDERLANDS AND A 22-METRE TREE — Hong Kong WinterFest runs Nov 18–Jan 5 with light shows in Central, Tsim Sha Tsui and Causeway Bay, a tallest-ever 22-metre outdoor Christmas tree, a European-style Christmas market and a New Year countdown fireworks finale.
TAIPEI’S CHRISTMASLAND TURNS INTO A MAGICAL HOT-AIR BALLOON JOURNEY FOR THE HOLIDAYS — New Taipei City’s Christmasland, Nov 13–Dec 27, is travel-themed this year with a giant hot-air balloon centerpiece, a pink fantasy harbor, an enchanted forest and a Christmas travel wonderland with a snowfall show.
GRENADA BLOOMS FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH A NATIONAL FLOWER FESTIVAL — Grenada’s first-ever national Flower Festival, Nov 8–15, celebrates the island’s botanical heritage with a rainforest family day, garden tours, a rum-factory visit and a beachside rum tasting at sunset.
THIS ILLINOIS TOWN TURNS INTO A HALLMARK CHRISTMAS, AN HOUR FROM CHICAGO — Long Grove’s Vintage Holidays return Nov 20–Dec 24, opening with Light Up Long Grove, horse-drawn carriage rides, carolers and Santa visits in a historic downtown named one of America’s best Christmas towns.
SIEM REAP’S LOTUS FESTIVAL TURNS A FLOWER INTO CRAFT, MUSIC AND A SUNSET BOAT RIDE — The Lotus Festival at Lotus Silk Farm, running through Nov 25 near Angkor, brings 200+ artisans together for free workshops, Khmer music, Apsara dance and monk blessings, plus a sunset lake boat ride and lotus desserts in the evening.
FOOD
TIKTOK’S VIRAL THANKSGIVING RECIPES, FROM HONEY-GARLIC HAM TO CRÈME BRÛLÉE SWEET POTATOES — Food Network gathered seven TikTok creators’ most-watched holiday dishes — honey-garlic ham, French onion mashed potatoes, crème brûlée sweet potatoes, a 100-year-old Italian stuffing and buffalo chicken mac and cheese.
AUSTIN SWEEPS THE EATER AWARDS, FROM RAMEN DEL BARRIO TO A PERSIAN CHEF OF THE YEAR — Ramen Del Barrio made Eater’s Best New Restaurants list and Roya’s Amir Hajimaleki was named a Chef of the Year, with Clams Diablo at Austin Oyster Co. winning the local Dish of the Year.
FROM JAMÓN TO SUCKLING PIG, A MANILA MENU TELLS SPAIN’S NORTH-TO-SOUTH PORK STORY — Chefs Chele Gonzalez and Álvaro Romero-Abreu built a Nov 5–30 menu around regional Spanish pork — Serrano ham, pork trotters, roast suckling pig and Cantabria’s butter-rich sobao pasiego cake — rooted in the chicucos who travelled from Cantabria to Cádiz.
THANKSGIVING, WITH A TWIST: CRANBERRY DIP AND APPLE SKILLET CAKE INSTEAD OF THE USUAL SIDES — Instead of cranberry sauce, try a cranberry bliss dip with shortbread cookies, and instead of apples in the stuffing, bake them into a skillet cake — two familiar Thanksgiving ingredients served up differently.
A CHEF’S FOUR FAST DISHES SHOW HOW A FEW GOOD SAUCES CAN CARRY DINNER — Chef Patrick Co demoed four quick dishes — Davao-style seafood paella, grilled tuna panga, sweet-soy chicken barbecue with garlic fried rice, and creamy aligue pasta — built on eight new affordable sauces and cake spreads.
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