More than 5,200 flights were already affected Sunday — 1,600-plus canceled and nearly 3,600 delayed by mid-morning — as the FAA said it had disabled the faulty routers and about 60 similar ones; Trump broke his silence to demand Congress fund a full air-traffic overhaul “all at once, not in drips and drabs,” while Duffy told the Sunday shows flights should be “fully normal” Monday.
The Points Guy: Sunday cancellations hit 1,600, 17,000-plus scrubbed since Friday | AP: Trump breaks silence, demands money from Congress
ELECTIONS & CONGRESS
PELTOLA’S ALASKA LEAD GROWS TO 11,213 VOTES — The latest batch added 2,397 votes for Peltola and 1,596 for Sullivan, stretching her lead to 140,637 (49.94%) against 129,424 (45.96%); NBC moved the race to “likely Peltola,” but the AP still has not called it — ranked-choice tabulation is Wednesday, Nov. 18, and a win gives Democrats a 56th Senate seat.
VAN HOLLEN TAKES ON SCHUMER FOR SENATE TOP JOB — The Maryland senator announced Thursday he’ll challenge Schumer for majority leader, saying voters want the Iran war ended now, not in January; Schumer says he has the votes, but Sanders, Slotkin and four incoming senators say they won’t back him — and Van Hollen says “more than 10” members are in his corner ahead of the secret-ballot vote in early December.
SENATE’S FIRST AFFORDABILITY TEST COMES MONDAY — The Senate returns Monday at 3 p.m. with two votes expected around 5:30 p.m.: confirmation of Tenth Circuit nominee Daniel Domenico, then cloture on the Capito substitute to the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act — the first floor vote on the affordability fight since the enhanced credits expired, and it needs 60 votes.
ELEVEN HOUSE RACES STILL UNCALLED, ELEVEN DAYS ON — Democrats have won 256 House seats and at least 55 in the Senate, but eleven House contests are still open: North Carolina holds four of them, split 2–2, Democrats lead narrowly in Tennessee’s 4th and Minnesota’s 1st, and Louisiana’s 5th and 6th districts head to December 12 runoffs.
BUSINESS & YOUR MONEY
HOME SALES CRASH TO 16-YEAR LOW — Existing-home sales fell 5.5% in October to a 3.75 million pace, the weakest since August 2010, as the 30-year mortgage hovered above 7.1% — first-time buyers were just 27% of purchases, and the median price still ticked up to $416,700.
KOSPI REBOUNDS 4.6% — BUT NVIDIA EARNINGS WILL DECIDE — The KOSPI closed Friday at 5,290.53, down 0.98% on the day but up 4.56% on the week after touching 5,504 intraday, as foreign investors turned net buyers; Nvidia reports Tuesday — the first test under interim CEO Colette Kress — and analysts say it decides where Korean chip stocks head from here.
QUICK HITS
PELTOLA CAMPAIGN DECLARES VICTORY: ‘NO MATHEMATICAL PATH’ FOR SULLIVAN
FAIRVOTE: PELTOLA WINS ALASKA 51.5–48.5 IN RANKED-CHOICE TALLY
DECISION DESK HQ: DEMS TO HOLD BIGGEST MAJORITY SINCE THE 1990s — AT LEAST 259 SEATS
RANKED-CHOICE TABULATION SET FOR WEDNESDAY IF PELTOLA STAYS UNDER 50%
VAN HOLLEN WOULD USE DEC. 11 FUNDING FIGHT TO CUT OFF IRAN WAR MONEY
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
TRUMP BREAKS SILENCE, DEMANDS CONGRESS FUND AIR-TRAFFIC OVERHAUL — Trump said his administration has begun upgrading the system but it should not be done in “drips and drabs” — Congress approved $12.5 billion last year, but Duffy calls that a down payment; Trump also blamed the Biden administration for making “an old and broken system worse than when they began.”
TRUMP LEAVES MONDAY FOR ASIA: MANILA, THEN SHENZHEN — The week-long trip opens Monday in Manila for the ASEAN summit and a bilateral with President Marcos, then Shenzhen for APEC — a bilateral and working lunch with Xi on Thursday, followed by the first-ever three-way session with Putin; no separate Trump-Putin one-on-one is planned.
DUFFY DOUBLES DOWN ON $50 BILLION ASK — At Saturday’s briefing the Transportation secretary doubled down on $50 billion for air-traffic upgrades, calling it bipartisan; Gov. Hochul demanded his resignation Saturday morning, ex-Rep. Greene called the ask a “shakedown” — and Speaker Johnson says he supports approving more funding this year.
BUSINESS & YOUR MONEY
NVIDIA CEO SEARCH: BOARD SOUNDS OUT ARM’S HAAS — BUT SAYS NOTHING IS SETTLED — The FT reports the board approached Arm CEO Rene Haas about the top job — the first external executive sounded out since Huang resigned Nov. 12 — but the board says it has “not formally engaged any potential candidates” and is still choosing a search firm; big shareholders Gerstner and Baker urged a slow process that keeps Huang’s return open, and Nvidia has lost about $573 billion in market value this week.
THE WEEK AHEAD: NVIDIA, RETAIL SALES, FOMC MINUTES, ANTHROPIC — The KOSPI’s 4.56% rebound faces three tests this week: Nvidia earnings Tuesday, Anthropic’s Nasdaq listing Thursday (up to $64.35 billion at the top of its range) and the U.S.-China summit Wednesday–Thursday; U.S. retail sales land Tuesday, FOMC minutes Wednesday, and the 10-year yield is back above 5%.
QUICK HITS
SPACEX CATCHES STARSHIP UPPER STAGE IN HISTORIC FIRST
SUPREME COURT’S ORDER LIST DUE MONDAY AT 9:30 A.M.
FED CHAIR WARSH SPEAKS MONDAY AT NOON IN SAN FRANCISCO
RETAIL SALES TUESDAY; NVIDIA EARNINGS TUESDAY AFTER CLOSE
GEOPOLITICS
POPE IN CUSCO: ‘SUFFERING’ WARNING AS HE REACHES THE INCA HEARTLAND — At Saturday’s open-air Mass in Santa Cruz de Succhabamba, Leo warned the Inca heartland was “suffering” as villages empty — over 40% of Cajamarca lives in poverty and 729,000 born there now live elsewhere; today he meets the faithful at Sacsayhuamán and prays the Angelus in Cusco before flying to Pucallpa to meet Amazonian peoples.
PARAGUAY: ASSETS FOUND ABROAD AS PEÑA FACES NEW CHARGE — Prosecutors added criminal association Friday against Peña, ex-central bank chief Carvallo, three former central bank board members and the former banking-regulator head, alleging Peña headed an organization favoring ueno and Grupo Vazquez, with clandestine meetings at the residence and $200,000 cash envelopes alleged; prosecutors also say they have located ueno-linked assets abroad and are asking the U.S., Luxembourg and Argentina for help freezing them, while Fitch put Paraguay on negative watch.
ZELENSKYY: U.S. RAISED DONBAS-FOR-NATO TRADE — Zelenskyy says U.S. negotiators asked whether Ukraine would withdraw from the Donbas areas it still holds in exchange for NATO membership — the first time the question was raised in that form; Kyiv won’t surrender territory, but a package with security guarantees, a strong army and reconstruction money could go to a referendum; the Abu Dhabi talks ended with no breakthrough, though prisoner-exchange progress of 1,000-plus.
TRUMP, XI AND PUTIN TO MEET THURSDAY IN SHENZHEN — The White House confirmed Friday the first-ever three-way meeting of the leaders of the world’s three largest nuclear powers, Nov. 19 on the APEC sidelines; nuclear arms and Iran are on the agenda, Ukraine will not be discussed in the forum, and officials say no deal is expected — “the entry point, the first conversation” — nine months after New START expired.
FRANCE: FIFTH SATURDAY, TURNOUT FALLS, TEAR GAS ANYWAY — The interior ministry counted 106,000 protesters nationwide, 24,000 in Paris — the lowest turnout in weeks — while student unions put it at 200,000; police fired tear gas in Paris, Bordeaux and Nantes over a bill giving officers greater legal protection, and unions called strikes for Tuesday.
BUSINESS & YOUR MONEY
OIL CLIMBS AS TRUMP SAYS NO IRAN DEAL NEEDED — WTI settled up 2.55% at $88.74 on Nov. 12; energy was the week’s best sector, up 5.42%, with refiners Marathon and Valero leading the gains.
QUICK HITS
ZELENSKYY WORRIED ABOUT DECISIONS ON UKRAINE WITHOUT KYIV
KREMLIN DISMISSES YALTA COMPARISONS
LEAKED RECORDS PUT RUSSIAN WAR DEAD NEAR 400,000
INDONESIA’S VICE-PRESIDENT RESIGNS; MPR MUST ELECT A SUCCESSOR WITHIN 60 DAYS
POPE POSED FOR A PHOTO WITH EACH OF 140 PRIESTS AT FRIDAY DINNER
CHINA’S ARSENAL ~620 WARHEADS VS 5,000+ EACH FOR U.S., RUSSIA
SPORTS
OHIO STATE ESCAPES NORTHWESTERN 28-19 — WILDCATS SCORE AT THE GUN TO BEAT THE SPREAD — The Buckeyes led 28-13 with 1:05 left and looked set to cover the 14-point spread — then Northwestern drove 90-plus yards and scored on the final play, a 17-yard touchdown, to make it 28-19 and hand Ohio State bettors the worst bad beat of the day.
OREGON ROLLS MICHIGAN 31-7 AS RAIOLA THROWS FOR 341 AND 4 TDS — Oregon is flying toward an improbable playoff berth after a dominant 31-7 win over Michigan — Dylan Raiola threw for 341 yards and four touchdowns, and the Wolverines hadn’t allowed more than 21 points in a game all year.
WEEK 11 SCOREBOARD: UTAH EDGES ARIZONA 40-39; NOTRE DAME 41, BOSTON COLLEGE 7 — 66 of 67 FBS games are final, with Ole Miss at Oklahoma the lone holdout, pushed to Sunday at 1 p.m. ET after the ground stop; Utah edged Arizona 40-39 in a late-night thriller, Notre Dame rolled Boston College 41-7, and Alabama beat Vanderbilt 21-6.
OLE MISS–OKLAHOMA FINALLY KICKS OFF TODAY AT 1 P.M. AFTER THE GROUND STOP — The ground stop threw Week 11 into chaos: Ole Miss couldn’t get to Norman, so the game moved to Sunday, with Commissioner Sankey threatening the Sooners with forfeiture if they objected — while almost every other team made it.
NFL SUNDAY: STEELERS-BENGALS FOR FIRST PLACE; 49ERS-COWBOYS HEADLINE — First place in the AFC North is on the line Sunday night — Steelers and Bengals are both 6-2 on four-game win streaks — while the 49ers (7-1) visit Dallas as 4.5-point favorites and the Vikings start Kirk Cousins at Lambeau with Kyler Murray out.
MANNING’S LAST-SECOND TD LIFTS TEXAS PAST LSU, 22-21 — Arch Manning, after three interceptions, found Raleek Brown for a 4-yard touchdown with four seconds left in Death Valley; Texas had trailed 21-10 in the third quarter, and LSU safety Ty Benefield had two picks and a sack in the loss.
TRAVEL
SMALL-TOWN CHRISTMAS MARKETS: EASTON, CARMEL, MEDINA, FRANKLIN — Five walkable historic downtowns where the season feels most real — Easton Winter Village opens Nov. 27, Carmel’s Christkindlmarkt Nov. 21, Medina’s Candlelight Walk Nov. 20–22, and Franklin’s Dickens of a Christmas Dec. 12–13 — every date checked against the organizer’s own site.
SEVEN CHRISTMAS TOWNS NEAR ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA — From Lanesboro’s Legion Lights to Northfield’s 28th annual Winter Walk with horse-drawn wagon rides and a gingerbread contest, seven towns within about two hours of Rochester pull out all the stops — carolers, sleigh rides and holiday markets included.
EIGHT SMALL-TOWN CHRISTMAS FESTIVALS NEAR INDIANAPOLIS — Eight small-town festivals within a day trip of Indianapolis, all starting Thanksgiving weekend or the first weekend of December — Light Up Corydon and Huntington’s Christmas in the City on Nov. 28, plus free carriage parades in Lebanon, Ohio, on Dec. 5.
PERU KILLS THE MACHU PICCHU ‘MAFIAS’ TICKET RACKET — Peru scrapped the advance reservation system after an audit found 62.9% of 209,051 tickets held by eight tour companies were later cancelled — operators were blocking inventory to resell at inflated prices; now you have 15 minutes to pay or lose the ticket, and the culture minister declared “the issue of mafias is over.”
EDINBURGH’S CHRISTMAS MARKETS ARE OPEN — Opened Saturday, Nov. 14, running through Jan. 3 across Princes Street Gardens and George Street, 10 a.m.–10 p.m., with 70 stalls of food, drink and handmade goods — though the George Street ice rink is not returning this year.
NEW ORLEANS LIGHTS UP THE NIGHT AS LUNA FÊTE RUNS THROUGH SUNDAY — The free festival of light, art and technology runs Friday through Sunday, Nov. 13–15, 6–10 p.m. nightly from Gallier Hall to Piazza d’Italia, with projection mapping, illuminated puppets in the Puppetry Parade, and interactive installations.
FOOD
A NEW MEXICO THANKSGIVING: GREEN CHILE GRAVY AND CHORIZO STUFFING — Red and green chile on everything — a roast turkey with green chile gravy, butternut squash and goat cheese enchiladas, chorizo stuffing, and a bizcochito tart with caramelized apples: New Mexico does Thanksgiving its own way.
23 THANKSGIVING RECIPES, COURSE BY COURSE — INCLUDING AN ITALIAN-AMERICAN TABLE — A full holiday menu course by course from one test kitchen — long hot peppers stuffed with Italian sausage, butternut squash lasagna before the turkey, New England oyster stuffing, and apple cider donuts for the morning after.
SIDES WORTH FIGHTING OVER: SOUTHERN DRESSING, COMTÉ GRATIN, DUCK-FAT POTATOES — The sides steal the show: classic Southern cornbread and sausage stuffing, Comté potato gratin, duck-fat roasted potatoes, a cheesy caramelized onion soufflé and Gruyère creamed spinach — most of it prepped ahead.
TIKTOK’S THANKSGIVING: HONEY-GARLIC HAM AND A 100-MILLION-VIEW TURKEY — Food Network’s TikTok creators share their most-watched holiday dishes — a honey-garlic ham, French onion mashed potatoes, crème brûlée sweet potatoes, Nonna Gracie’s 100-year-old Italian stuffing, and a turkey with more than 100 million views.
A FLORIDA STAFF’S THANKSGIVING TABLE — A magazine staff shares family recipes — a cheesy bacon Brussels sprouts casserole, stuffed acorn squash with wild rice and cranberries, classic deviled eggs, Mom’s from-scratch pumpkin pie and a pumpkin cheesecake parfait.
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