Tens of thousands packed Florida’s main square as Leo thanked the mothers and grandmothers who passed on the faith in Latin America’s most secular country; he lands in Buenos Aires this afternoon, where President Milei will greet him at the airport — and where police arrested a man over death threats against the pope.
Official Vatican programme for the trip | Pope Leo heads to a divided Argentina, still reckoning with Francis’ legacy
ELECTIONS & CONGRESS
TWO SENATE RACES STILL UNCALLED AS COUNTS TICK ALONG — Democrat Scott Colom leads Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith by roughly 2,500 votes in Mississippi, with mail ballots accepted through Nov. 10 and certification due Nov. 13; in Alaska, Mary Peltola leads Dan Sullivan by 637, with ranked-choice tabulation not due until Nov. 18.
LEADERSHIP BATTLES TAKE CENTER STAGE AFTER MIDTERMS — Jeffries and Schumer are expected to stay atop the Democratic caucuses, while Scalise and Jordan vie for House GOP minority leader in a vote Nov. 10; Troy Jackson opposes Schumer from the left, and government funding expires Dec. 11.
JEFFRIES LAUNCHES SPEAKER BID, WOULD BE FIRST BLACK SPEAKER — In a letter Wednesday he laid out priorities of “Affordability,” “Accountability” and “American Values,” with a 100-day agenda and impeachment on the table; the floor vote is Jan. 3, 2027, and Katherine Clark is bidding for majority leader.
JEFFRIES HAS A PLAN TO UNDO TRUMP’S POLICIES IN HIS FIRST 100 DAYS — Jeffries pledged Democrats would prioritize reversing Medicaid cuts, restoring SNAP funding, extending ACA tax credits and eliminating Trump-era tariffs in their first 100 days, plus aggressive oversight of the administration.
BUSINESS & YOUR MONEY
CPI TUESDAY IS NEXT TEST FOR FED AFTER HOT JOBS REPORT — October’s 165,000 jobs added against ~65,000 expected put December hike odds near 75–80%; Tuesday’s CPI prints at 8:30 AM ET, with September CPI at 3.7%.
HOME PRICES FALL FOR THIRD STRAIGHT WEEK AS PENDING SALES HIT RECORD LOW — Sale prices kept declining for a third consecutive week while pending sales fell to a record low, as high rates keep buyers on the sidelines.
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2026 MIDTERMS POST-ELECTION REPORT
JOHNSON WON’T SEEK GOP MINORITY LEADER AS SCALISE, JORDAN VIE FOR TOP POST
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
TRUMP OFFERS UFC’S DANA WHITE THE PRESS SECRETARY JOB — Trump posted Saturday that he offered the vacant press secretary job to “the Great Dana White” and asked him to bring UFC fighters as assistants; White, in London for a boxing event, said he will fly to Washington and meet Trump on Monday — without saying whether he will take it.
MILLER TAKES OVER MONDAY AS LAME-DUCK CONGRESS FACES DEC. 11 FUNDING DEADLINE — Stephen Miller replaces Susie Wiles as chief of staff Monday, days after Republicans lost Congress; government funding runs out Dec. 11 and the defense authorization expires Dec. 31, with Democrats taking both chambers in January.
TRUMP SAYS ‘A FEW’ CABINET CHANGES ARE COMING; 60 MINUTES AIRS TONIGHT — In a 60 Minutes interview airing tonight at 7, Trump said he will make “maybe a few changes” to his cabinet after the midterm losses — a shift from election night, when he said the results had nothing to do with his cabinet; he suggested Defense Secretary Hegseth is safe for now.
HOW A CHINESE OPERATIVE CULTIVATED A FED ADVISER — Federal Reserve senior adviser John Harold Rogers, who had FOMC access from 2010 to 2021, was sentenced July 15 to 38 months for lying to investigators and acquitted of economic-espionage conspiracy; a July 15 inspector general report found the Fed is not managing insider risks.
BUSINESS & YOUR MONEY
KOREA MARGIN WAIVER TAKES EFFECT MONDAY AS MARKETS REEL — Mirae Asset cuts its collateral requirement from 140% to 130% from Nov. 9 to Jan. 31, while other brokerages defer forced liquidations only on separate application — relief, not a ban on forced sales — after the KOSPI’s 6% plunge Friday.
GOLD AT $4,045 AFTER HOT JOBS REPORT LIFTS HIKE ODDS — Gold held $4,045 into the weekend as December hike odds rose after the 165,000-jobs report; traders eye $4,135 to the upside and $3,990 below, with Tuesday’s CPI the next catalyst.
DOORDASH STRIKES $17B DEAL FOR INSTACART IN GROCERY BET — DoorDash agreed to buy Instacart for $65 a share, about a 26% premium, in a deal set to close at the end of 2027 or first half of 2028, with regulatory risk and break fees of $650 million and $1.25 billion.
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FED RATE-HIKE ODDS JUMP AFTER OCTOBER JOBS REPORT
THE GLOBAL CLOSE: CHIPS BOUNCE AS HOT PAYROLLS LIFT DECEMBER HIKE ODDS
MILLER PLEDGES “ABSOLUTE LOYALTY” TO TRUMP IN FIRST SPEECH AS CHIEF OF STAFF
TRUMP OPENS DOOR TO TALKS WITH DEMOCRATS, NAMES MILLER CHIEF OF STAFF
GEOPOLITICS
PARAGUAY’S NEW PRESIDENT VOWS FULL REPAYMENT AFTER UENO BANK COLLAPSE — Pedro Alliana, sworn in Friday after Congress removed Santiago Peña, promised millions of Ueno depositors “will be fully compensated” and ordered regulators to speed payouts, starting with low-income savers; the collapse froze the accounts of 2.94 million customers, nearly half the population.
TWO TANKERS HIT MINES IN HORMUZ AS SHIPS BURN — Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said two oil tankers caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz after striking naval mines while using unauthorised routes; Iranian state media reported explosions late Saturday on Qeshm, Jask, Sirik and Bandar Abbas, with the cause still unclear.
EISENKOT GETS THE MANDATE TO FORM ISRAEL’S NEXT GOVERNMENT — President Herzog handed Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot the mandate at a ceremony in Jerusalem on Sunday; he has 28 days to assemble a coalition, with a possible 14-day extension, and is expected to meet Naftali Bennett tonight and Avigdor Liberman on Monday.
SIX KILLED IN KRAKOW SQUARE SHOOTING AS POLAND BEGINS TWO DAYS OF MOURNING — A 24-year-old gunman opened fire from a car in Krakow’s Main Market Square on Saturday, killing six and wounding 17 before police shot and arrested him; three more bodies were found at his home, and the interior minister said everything points to far-right ideology.
BUKELE’S TROOPS IN HAITI: CAN THEY DO WHAT HAITI’S POLICE COULDN’T? — More than 2,000 Salvadoran troops are now backing Haitian police against gangs that control 70% of Port-au-Prince, after four Salvadoran technicians went missing in an Oct. 18 ambush; a gang leader has asked the U.N. to mediate, warning of reprisals, and Haiti has set its first elections in a decade for July 2027.
146,000 MARCH IN FRANCE AS STUDENT PROTESTS SWELL — Some 146,000 people marched nationwide Saturday, the Interior Ministry said, with ~350 arrests and 46,000 in Paris; organizers claimed 250,000-plus, and Prime Minister Lecornu meets unions Monday as the government intends to raise the minimum wage.
BUSINESS & YOUR MONEY
CVS TO SPLIT IN TWO, SEPARATING PHARMACY FROM INSURANCE — CVS Health will split by the first half of 2028, putting its ~9,000 pharmacies into a standalone CVS Pharmacy while Aetna and Caremark stay in CVS Health; shares fell 12.5% to $79.96 on the news.
ASIA’S BAILOUT BRIGADE: TAIWAN CURBS SHORTS, READIES $15B FUND; SEOUL WAIVES MARGIN CALLS — Taiwan will curb short selling from Monday and has a $15 billion stock stabilisation fund ready, while Seoul waives margin calls to stop the rout after the KOSPI’s plunge.
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KOREA EASES MARGIN-CALL RULES AS KOSPI CLINGS TO 5,000
BUKELE USES X TO CROWDSOURCE COORDINATES IN HAITI
PARAGUAY’S EX-PRESIDENT PEÑA CHARGED OVER UENO BANK COLLAPSE
MORE THAN 40,000 GATHER AS POPE LEO XIV CELEBRATES MASS IN URUGUAY
FRONTLINE: 187 CLASHES, 30 RUSSIAN ASSAULTS ON THREE AXES ON NOV. 7
SPORTS
BENGALS, FALCONS PUT ON A SHOW IN MADRID — Bijan Robinson ran for 80 yards and caught for 50 more, his third-quarter touchdown pulling Atlanta within 24-17, while Ja’Marr Chase starred for Cincinnati in the NFL’s first game at the Bernabéu.
NO. 11 NOTRE DAME 31, NO. 1 MIAMI 24 — CANES’ PERFECT SEASON ENDS — CJ Carr threw for 319 yards and 3 touchdowns as the Irish handed Miami its first loss; only Utah and UCLA remain unbeaten.
SATURDAY ROUNDUP: GEORGIA ROUTS OLE MISS, UTAH WINS HOLY WAR — Georgia crushed Ole Miss 42–7, Utah beat BYU 28–20, Alabama topped LSU 31–13, Oregon stormed back to beat Ohio State 41–28, and UCLA moved to 9–0 for the first time since 1998.
DONCIC DROPS 53 AS LAKERS BEAT FIRST-SEEDED BLAZERS — Luka Doncic scored 53, including a banked 61-foot buzzer-beater to end the first half, as the Lakers beat Portland 124–118; it’s his fourth straight 40-point game, the first Laker to do that since Kobe Bryant in 2012.
PROJECTED AP TOP 25: IRISH SOAR, OHIO STATE TUMBLES — Notre Dame’s upset of No. 1 Miami shakes up the poll, with Oregon re-entering after beating Ohio State and Arizona surviving a wild finish against TCU.
TRAVEL
NINE ENCHANTING EUROPEAN CHRISTMAS MARKETS — From Vienna (Nov. 13–Dec. 26) and Prague to a cave market in Valkenburg and Rome’s Piazza Navona, the season’s markets are opening across Europe.
14 FAMILY CHRISTMAS MARKET BREAKS FOR THE HOLIDAYS — Strasbourg from Nov. 27, Vienna’s Schönbrunn already open, Cologne, Bruges, Basel and Innsbruck — the best markets for a trip with the kids.
THE BUSIEST THANKSGIVING AIRPORTS — AND SMARTER ALTERNATIVES — AAA expects ~6 million domestic flyers and ~82 million total travelers; the busiest days are the Tuesday and Wednesday before and the Sunday after — with smaller-airport swaps for Atlanta, O’Hare and DFW.
11 BEST PLACES TO TRAVEL IN NOVEMBER — Kyoto’s autumn maples, Chiang Mai’s lantern festival Nov. 23–25, Dubai’s sunshine, Cape Town’s spring coast and Vienna’s early markets — November is one of the year’s most underrated travel months.
FOOD
72 THANKSGIVING RECIPES, FROM TURKEY TO LEFTOVER SANDWICHES — A full Thanksgiving playbook: roast turkey to 165°F, copycat Cracker Barrel and Texas Roadhouse sides, make-ahead casseroles and a day-by-day timeline.
40 SOUTHERN THANKSGIVING RECIPES FOR THE HOLIDAY TABLE — Deep-fried turkey, cornbread dressing, candied yams, collard greens, creamy pumpkin flan and pecan pie bars — the classics and a few new twists.
THE BEST THANKSGIVING DINNERS TO ORDER IN FOR 2026 — Don’t want to cook? Legendary restaurants ship the feast: Commander’s Palace in New Orleans, Feges BBQ in Houston, Zahav in Philadelphia — most arrive fully cooked, ready to reheat.
THE THANKSGIVING MENU PLANNER: WHAT TO MAKE AND WHEN — One main, a handful of sides, two sauces and dessert — with oven slots, make-ahead days and quantities per guest for a 4 PM dinner on Thursday, Nov. 26.
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