At the Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington, Trump said Iran “has been waging war on America since 1979,” claimed “we won” and only “total victory” will do, honored the 18 Americans killed in the Iran campaign, and vowed to dedicate his planned triumphal arch to veterans despite the Kennedy family’s lawsuit to block it.
Trump issues warning to ‘horrible’ Democrats, claims ‘we won’ Iran war during Veterans Day speech | Trump touts veterans and his arch
ELECTIONS & CONGRESS
COLOM’S MISSISSIPPI LEAD TOPS 3,000 WITH HINDS COUNTY STILL TO COME — Colom leads Hyde-Smith by 3,041 votes, 49.11% to 48.79% with about 98% counted, up from 2,500 at midday — Hinds County affidavit ballots are expected today and certification is due Friday.
PELTOLA’S ALASKA LEAD NEARLY DOUBLES TO 4,250 — Peltola leads Sullivan 118,926 to 114,676 after Tuesday’s 25,000-ballot batch — her edge now exceeds the 4,027 votes for namesake Dan J. Sullivan, undercutting the DOJ suit to block certification, with ranked-choice tabulation Nov. 18 if nobody tops 50%.
A DOZEN RACES STILL UNCALLED A WEEK AFTER ELECTION DAY — Democrats hold 255 House seats, their largest majority since 2008, with four undecided North Carolina races, a recount in South Carolina’s 2nd, and roughly 300-vote margins in Minnesota’s 1st and Tennessee’s 4th.
“FORGET 2028”: JUSTICE SAYS GOP SENATE MAJORITY IS GONE FOR YEARS — Sen. Jim Justice calls the midterm losses “a colossal blow,” saying Republicans would need to flip five seats in 2028 — as Thune was reelected leader Tuesday and Moreno was tapped to run the 2028 cycle.
BUSINESS & YOUR MONEY
STOCKS SURGE AS COREWEAVE REVIVES THE AI TRADE — Chip and AI-infrastructure stocks led Wall Street sharply higher after CoreWeave beat on Q3 revenue — $3.66 billion vs. $3.56 billion expected — and raised its full-year outlook to $13.0–13.3 billion; the S&P 500 closed up 1.31% and the Nasdaq 1.60%, even with a December hike now priced at 100%.
QUICK HITS
HOUSE KILLS HEGSETH IMPEACHMENT BID, 211–204
GENERIC BALLOT: DEMOCRATS +8.6, TRUMP APPROVAL 37.3%
HOUSE REPUBLICANS PICK JIM JORDAN TO LEAD THEIR INCOMING MINORITY
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
HUANG’S DAY OF RECKONING: HOUSE DEADLINE EXPIRES TODAY — Huang must answer by today whether he’ll take the Nov. 18 closed-door briefing, with Mast vowing “absolutely” to subpoena him if he doesn’t — meanwhile the board hired Wachtell Lipton’s Joon Kim, a shareholder class action was filed Monday, and Baird downgraded the stock Wednesday.
SUPREME COURT CLOSES THE DOOR ON CORPORATE HUMAN-RIGHTS SUITS — The court ruled 6-3 last week in Cisco Systems v. Doe that foreign plaintiffs cannot sue U.S. companies for aiding and abetting abuses abroad under the Alien Tort Statute or the Torture Victim Protection Act — Justice Barrett wrote “we close the door that Sosa cracked,” ending a 2011 case over Cisco’s Golden Shield surveillance gear sold to China.
SUPREME COURT LETS BIG BEND WALL BUILDING RESUME, 8-1 — The justices voted 8-1 Monday to lift a federal judge’s order that had stopped construction across the Big Bend sector for more than a month, holding a 1996 immigration law gives the Homeland Security secretary wide room to waive environmental rules — Justice Jackson alone dissented.
COP31 OPENS IN TURKEY — WITH AMERICA’S SEAT EMPTY — Nearly 200 countries opened COP31 in Antalya under an unusual Turkey–Australia co-presidency, with the U.S. sending no official delegation after withdrawing from the Paris Agreement and world leaders arriving Nov. 11–12.
VA PROCESSED A RECORD 3.1 MILLION CLAIMS, BACKLOG DOWN 70% — Trump’s Veterans Day proclamation touts a record year for the VA — 3,111,399 disability claims processed in fiscal 2026, the backlog cut more than 70%, 47 new health care facilities opened and nearly 52,000 homeless veterans housed last year.
BUSINESS & YOUR MONEY
GOLDMAN NOW SEES A MARCH HIKE TOO — After a third straight hot CPI print, Goldman reversed its call that hikes end in December and now expects another quarter-point in March, with Deutsche Bank seeing January too and 50-basis-point December odds at 13.5%.
OIL UP 2% AS IRAN SAYS ENRICHED URANIUM STAYS PUT — Brent rose $2.15 to $93.64 and WTI $1.69 to $87.73 by midday after Iran’s security chief said no enriched nuclear material will leave the country — “fading hopes of an imminent de-escalation” — though both are still down about 21% and 17% on the month.
QUICK HITS
SUPREME COURT TOSSES COLORADO TRANSGENDER JAIL RULING
HEGSETH REPRIMANDED BY TOMB GUARD AFTER LAUGHING AT ARLINGTON
FED TO RAISE RATES ONCE MORE IN DECEMBER, REUTERS POLL OF 101 ECONOMISTS
CONGRESS SUMMONS NVIDIA CEO JENSEN HUANG IN LEADERSHIP INQUIRY
GEOPOLITICS
2.5 MILLION PACK LUJÁN AS POPE LEO CLOSES ARGENTINA AND FLIES HOME TO PERU — Leo closed his four-day Argentina visit with an outdoor Mass at the Basilica of Our Lady of Luján — Buenos Aires police put the crowd at 2.5 million — preached “Argentina, rise and walk,” visited a prison that morning, then flew out of Ezeiza at 2 p.m. for Lima, landing this evening for the Peru homecoming: a palace meeting with President Keiko Fujimori tonight, then Chiclayo, Cusco and Pucallpa.
PEÑA’S HIDDEN VAULT OPENED — AND IT WAS EMPTY — Prosecutors opened the concealed armoured room at ex-president Santiago Peña’s San Bernardino summer home Tuesday and found nothing — prosecutor Silvia González called it a new, unused panic room, not a cash store; Peña, in pretrial detention, supplied the unlock codes through his lawyer, and documents and computers were seized. What it held earlier, if anything, is unestablished.
RUSSIA AND UKRAINE AGREE BIGGEST PRISONER SWAP OF THE WAR — BUT NO CEASEFIRE — Two days of U.S.-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi — the first trilateral meeting in nine months — ended with agreement in principle on what Kushner called “the biggest humanitarian release of prisoners” of the war, numbers to be finalized Thursday and the swap expected within two to three weeks — but no breakthrough on a ceasefire or territory; Kushner and Witkoff fly to Moscow Thursday to meet Putin, then to Dublin to meet Zelenskyy.
IRAN UNVEILS UNDERGROUND “MISSILE CITY” AS U.S. WEIGHS NEXT MOVE — The IRGC unveiled a new underground missile complex Tuesday — video of tunnels packed with ballistic and cruise missiles on mobile launchers, toured by the armed forces chief of staff — presenting it as proof its missile programme survived nine months of war and has moved beyond the reach of airstrikes; Tehran gave no location, depth or inventory, so the claims are unverified, and it follows the IRGC lifting its self-imposed 2,000 km missile-range limit.
KREMLIN DENIES ANY LINK TO U.S. SOLDIER HELD ON RUSSIA SPYING SUSPICION — The Kremlin said it has “absolutely nothing to do with” the 41-year-old senior U.S. soldier arrested Tuesday near Gloucester on suspicion of offences under the National Security Act — obtaining protected information and assisting a foreign intelligence service; the soldier, assigned to NATO’s Allied Rapid Reaction Corps at Imjin Barracks, remains in custody in London, uncharged, with two Gloucestershire addresses being searched.
BUKELE’S TROOPS SMASH HAITI GANG HQ AFTER AN X POST POINTED THE WAY — Bukele says Salvadoran troops and Haitian police destroyed the 400 Mawozo gang’s headquarters and its leader’s mansion days after he asked an X user for the address, as about 2,000 Salvadoran troops operate in Haiti.
BUSINESS & YOUR MONEY
KOSPI RALLIES AGAIN — UP 2.6% AS CHIP STOCKS LEAD SECOND-DAY SURGE — The KOSPI closed at 5,375.36, up 136.23 points (+2.60%), its second straight sharp gain after Tuesday’s 4.39% snap-back — Samsung +3.57%, SK hynix +5.36%, KOSDAQ +5.62% — as CoreWeave’s earnings and the upcoming Anthropic listing revived AI demand hopes.
SENATE CONFIRMS SCHREINER TO RUN CENTRAL BANK AFTER UENO COLLAPSE — The Senate gave constitutional consent Monday for economist Jorge Luis Schreiner Marengo to head the Banco Central del Paraguay — 31 votes to one, with one abstention — with Fernando Rivarola, the former banking supervisor who had warned about Ueno in July, joining the board; Alliana pitched it as restoring confidence, while teachers struck Monday demanding protection for pension money exposed to Ueno.
QUICK HITS
95% OF UENO SAVERS REPAID — BUT MARKET VENDORS SAY THE DAMAGE IS DONE
TEHRAN DISMISSES TRUMP’S “EFFECTIVELY OVER” CLAIM
SPORTS
MICHIGAN STATE STUNS NO. 2 DUKE, TEXAS TECH TOPPLES NO. 3 ILLINOIS — No. 5 Michigan State never trailed in a 79-73 win over No. 2 Duke behind Jeremy Fears Jr.’s 18 points and 11 assists, while No. 16 Texas Tech erased a 20-point halftime deficit to beat No. 3 Illinois 84-78.
PHILIP RIVERS IS COMING HOME TO COACH NC STATE — The 17-year NFL quarterback and NC State legend has agreed to become the Wolfpack’s next head coach, replacing Dave Doeren — and his son Gunner, a four-star QB commit, is set to join the program.
MERCER HAUNTS HIS OLD TEAM AS THE JETS COOL OFF THE DEVILS — Dawson Mercer scored twice, including the third-period winner, in his first game against New Jersey since the Hellebuyck trade, as Winnipeg beat the Devils 4-2 for its fourth straight win after losing nine in a row.
KAPRIZOV STRIKES 21 SECONDS INTO OVERTIME AS THE WILD STAY HOT — Kirill Kaprizov’s power-play goal 21 seconds into overtime lifted Minnesota past Montreal 2-1, extending the Wild’s point streak to nine games — even as the Canadiens stretched theirs to 11.
STROUD’S FIVE TOUCHDOWNS AND REESE’S THREE SACKS EARN WEEKLY HONORS — C.J. Stroud threw for 384 yards and five touchdowns in Houston’s 44-22 win over the Chargers to win AFC Offensive Player of the Week, while rookie Arvell Reese’s 12 tackles and three sacks for the Giants earned NFC Defensive Player of the Week.
TRAVEL
PIRATES WEEK DROPS ANCHOR IN THE CAYMAN ISLANDS TODAY — The 49th Pirates Week Festival runs November 11–15 in Georgetown, Grand Cayman, with parades, street dancing, fancy-dress contests, local food and a mock pirate invasion complete with a life-size pirate ship.
TWO HUNDRED BALLOONS WILL FILL THE SKY OVER LEÓN THIS WEEKEND — The 25th Festival Internacional del Globo, November 13–16 in León, Mexico, brings more than 200 hot-air balloons and pilots from about 25 countries, with sunrise mass launches and evening “Noche Mágica” night-glows set to music.
IN A TINY ITALIAN VILLAGE, THE LIGHTS GO OUT AND THE CANDLES TAKE OVER — At Candele a Candelara in the medieval hill village above Pesaro, Marche, the streetlights are switched off at 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. and the village glows with thousands of candles, on ten selected days from November 28 to December 20.
ALPINE HELEN, GEORGIA, KEEPS CHRISTMAS GOING INTO FEBRUARY — The storybook Bavarian village in the North Georgia mountains lights its 20-foot tree on November 27 and keeps the whole town illuminated until February, followed by a New Year’s Eve Dropping of the Edelweiss and German Fasching celebrations.
JAPAN’S MAPLES ARE TURNING — LAKE KAWAGUCHI FIRST, KYOTO NEXT — Lake Kawaguchi’s lakeshore is about half-coloured and forecast for good viewing around November 9, with its Autumn Leaves Festival running to November 29, while Kyoto’s temples follow around November 23–24.
FOOD
A JAMES BEARD WINNER’S THANKSGIVING SIDES: CHICKEN-FAT MASHED POTATOES AND CREAMED CORN BISCUITS — TikTok chef Hailee Catalano shares three sides from her award-winning cookbook By Heart — steamed kabocha squash with herby Marcona almonds, mashed potatoes enriched with rendered chicken fat and crispy skins, and creamed-corn drop biscuits with Calabrian chile honey butter.
TIKTOK’S VIRAL THANKSGIVING TABLE: HONEY-GARLIC HAM, CRÈME BRÛLÉE SWEET POTATOES AND A 100-YEAR-OLD STUFFING — Food Network invited seven TikTok creators to share their most-watched holiday dishes, from Gideon General’s honey-garlic ham and Jose Xiloj’s crème brûlée sweet potatoes to Nonna Gracie’s century-old Italian stuffing and a turkey with over 100 million views.
NINE YOUNG CHEFS REINVENT THE DISHES THEY GREW UP EATING — At the Flavour Without Borders showcase in Kuala Lumpur on November 2–3, nine emerging chefs from Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand reworked familiar flavours — Richelle Venkatesh’s nasi kerabu with avocado won Most Popular Dish — and the recipes are now in a free digital cookbook.
A MICHELIN-RECOGNISED CHEF SERVES UP PALESTINIAN HOME COOKING, LAYER BY LAYER — Chef Salam Daqqaq cooked traditional chicken maqlouba live at the Sharjah International Book Fair, layering chicken, cauliflower and seven-spice rice, then flipping the pot onto a platter — a dish she says preserves family memory and cultural identity.
NEW YORK’S 15 BEST NEW DISHES OF 2026 — FROM A PACMAN GORDITA TO A 10-OUNCE BURGER — The Infatuation’s year-end list crowns a late-night Nabulsi kunafa truck in Astoria and a peppercorn-draped 10-ounce brisket burger in Red Hook, alongside a Pacman-shaped gordita, a goat thali and a tableside chocolate-sauced profiterole.
HUANG’S DEADLINE EXPIRES WITH NO ANSWER — THE SUBPOENA CLOCK STARTS — Huang had until the end of the day to agree to the Nov. 18 closed-door briefing, and as of this afternoon neither he nor Nvidia had answered; House China chair Moolenaar says he will “likely” be subpoenaed if he doesn’t, Foreign Affairs chair Mast says a subpoena is already being prepared, and the board’s Wachtell probe continues — while the shares snapped their slide, closing up 2.87% at $173.73. The thread’s question, sharpened: the backlash now has a deadline and a subpoena pen, and the test is whether Congress uses them before a single bill is filed.
AI AGENTS DID THE HACKING: KAZAKH-LINKED SPIES LOOT 2,000 TAJIK GOVERNMENT FILES — CloudSek reports the “Silent Lynx” group used the Hermes AI-agent framework to break into Tajikistan’s document system and steal more than 2,000 national-security files. It is the Economist’s cyber-disaster warning, now with a free matching story — and the other front of the backlash: the technology turning on its own makers faster than the defenses can patch.
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