The FAA says airline operations should largely return to normal by late Sunday, but the backlog is still biting: more than 6,400 flights were canceled Saturday and 8,000-plus delayed as of 9:35 p.m. ET, on top of about 9,200 canceled Friday, and 875 Sunday flights were already scrubbed Saturday night. Duffy traced the failure to an L3Harris router that flooded the system with 1,000-plus connection attempts every few seconds, hitting 17 of 22 en route centers — with no sign of a cyberattack.
PortCalls: Airlines expect full schedule integrity by close of business Sunday | Fox Weather: Duffy blames copper-to-fiber swap that flooded the system
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
VAN HOLLEN WOULD USE DEC. 11 FUNDING FIGHT TO CUT OFF IRAN WAR MONEY
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
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.
GROUND STOP WILL TAKE ‘SOME TIME’ TO UNWIND — Duffy warned normal operations will take “some time” to restore but expects conditions back by the time Thanksgiving travel begins; it was only the second nationwide ground stop since 9/11, and FEMA activated centers so stranded travelers wouldn’t miss medications.
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: COPPER-TO-FIBER SWAP FLOODED THE SYSTEM — A contractor router swapped during a copper-to-fiber change flooded the air-traffic system with more than 1,000 connection attempts every few seconds; Bedford says there is zero evidence of a cyberattack or anything AI-related, and the FAA is doing additional testing with L3Harris to check for further risk.
BUSINESS & YOUR MONEY
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%.
NVIDIA BELOW $4 TRILLION AS AI-BOOM DOUBTS GROW — The chipmaker fell 2.01% Friday to $162.85, down 12.75% on the week — its sixth straight weekly decline — after HSBC cut it to hold with a $170 target; interim CEO Colette Kress reports earnings Tuesday, the first test of whether the business is still growing into its valuation.
QUICK HITS
MULLIN: NO EVIDENCE OF A CYBER ATTACK
AMTRAK SAW HIGHER-THAN-NORMAL CALL VOLUMES FRIDAY
SUPREME COURT’S ORDER LIST DUE MONDAY AT 9:30 A.M.
FED CHAIR WARSH SPEAKS MONDAY AT NOON IN SAN FRANCISCO
GEOPOLITICS
POPE IN THE ANDES AND THE AMAZON ON HIS PENULTIMATE DAY — Leo crosses Peru today, 2,270 km in 12 hours for four events: a meeting on popular devotion at Saqsayhuamán and the Angelus at Cusco Cathedral, then Pucallpa to meet missionaries and Amazonian peoples with a Mass to close the day — a month after lung surgery, with crowds across the trip now around 12 million, by Reuters’ count; his final Mass is in Lima on Monday.
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
POPE POSED FOR A PHOTO WITH EACH OF 140 PRIESTS AT FRIDAY DINNER
INDONESIA’S VICE-PRESIDENT RESIGNS; MPR MUST ELECT A SUCCESSOR WITHIN 60 DAYS
CHINA’S ARSENAL ~620 WARHEADS VS 5,000+ EACH FOR U.S., RUSSIA
SPORTS
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.
FLORIDA UPSETS NO. 11 KENTUCKY, 21-14, AND GOES BOWLING — Aaron Philo ran for 102 yards and a touchdown in Florida’s first win in Lexington since 2019; a trick-play two-point conversion — receiver Kahleil Jackson throwing to Dallas Wilson — put the Gators ahead 21-14, and Kentucky’s playoff hopes dipped to 9%.
NO. 1 GEORGIA ROLLS MISSOURI, 48-21 — The Bulldogs scored on their first five possessions and led 31-0 midway through the second quarter before 93,033 at Sanford Stadium; Gunner Stockton went 18-of-24 for 252 yards and a touchdown, and Nate Frazier ran for three scores.
NO. 9 INDIANA ENDS USC’S PLAYOFF HOPES, 27-13 — Jayden Maiava threw three interceptions and USC went 2-of-11 on third down; Lincoln Riley fell to 6-15 against ranked opponents as Trojans head coach.
OLE MISS–OKLAHOMA PUSHED TO SUNDAY BY 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.
FERRIS STATE SETS DII RECORD: 41 STRAIGHT WINS — The Bulldogs routed Roosevelt 63-20 for their 41st consecutive win, breaking Grand Valley State’s Division II record; it’s been 805 days since their last loss, and 35 straight home wins is also a DII record.
TRAVEL
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.
EUROPE’S CHRISTMAS MARKETS: VIENNA OPEN, COLOGNE MONDAY — Vienna’s Christkindlmarkt and Copenhagen’s Tivoli opened Friday; Cologne’s cathedral market opens Monday, Nov. 16; Nuremberg and Strasbourg open Nov. 27, Prague on Nov. 28.
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.
THREE MILLION LIGHTS: ST. AUGUSTINE’S NIGHTS OF LIGHTS RETURNS NOV. 21 — The 33rd annual display runs Nov. 21, 2026 through Jan. 18, 2027, draping the nation’s oldest city in more than three million white lights, kicking off with Light-Up! Night at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 21, plus a Christmas parade Dec. 5 and a Regatta of Lights Dec. 12.
FOOD
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.
12 SIDES TO PERK UP YOUR TURKEY — Cacio e pepe Brussels sprouts, Hawaiian sweet roll stuffing, baked feta mashed potatoes, cranberry-brie knots and hasselback sweet potatoes with roasted marshmallows — a dozen wildcards for the table.
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.
OUR CORNBREAD AND SAUSAGE STUFFING — An Alabama cornbread tradition meets six sweet Italian sausages, sage and red pepper — a two-dish recipe that feeds 24 and bakes separately from the bird.
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