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  Sen. Bernie Sanders says he won’t support Minority Leader Chuck Schumer as leader of the Democratic caucus next year. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/11/10/congress/sanders-dings-schumer-01159546

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  NYT - Alina Habba Mildon, one of Donald Trump’s former lawyers, was fired last week by the family company that gave her a $50 million contract weeks before the president granted a pardon to the family’s patriarch. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/10/us/politics/alina-habba-fired-pardon.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20261110&instance_id=184985&nl=breaking-news&regi_id=61081641&segment_id=229532&user_id=1aa0e7750bb1c186130bb6a1f3edcb83#:~:text=4:49%20min-,Share,-full%20art...

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  A senior US army soldier has been arrested in the UK on suspicion of spying for Russia. https://news.sky.com/story/member-of-us-army-arrested-in-uk-over-allegations-of-espionage-involving-russia-13610748

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  House Republicans select Ohio's Jim Jordan as their leader. https://thehill.com/the-120/6211341-republicans-elect-jim-jordan-minority-leader/

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  The Online News Association (ONA) will not hold an annual conference or any other in-person event in 2027 and its "long-time staff will leave the organization," announces CEO/Exec Director Niketa Patel. https://mailchi.mp/d03d5843cab3/onas-new-strategic-shift-11-10-2026?e=44d1efe9a7

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  The Desk - A federal appeals court ruled today that the Trump administration cannot fire the director of the Voice of America without approval from an independent oversight board, which the president effectively dismantled. https://thedesk.net/2026/11/voice-of-america-appeal-court-order-blocking-firing/

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  WaPo - Several US military aircraft have left a British air force base in England — the second such redeployment from the UK in two months. wapo.st/4taOy77

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  WaPo - Several US military aircraft have left a British air force base in England — the second time such redeployment from UK bases in two months. https://wapo.st/4taOy77

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  Costs for goods and services in the US rose more than expected in October, a fresh warning for the Federal Reserve in the fight to lower inflation. https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm

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  Anthropic is targeting a valuation of up to $1.4 trillion in its IPO. https://www.anthropic.com/news/roadshow-launch

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  A suspect has been taken into federal custody after a woman died aboard the MSC Seascape, which returned to Galveston today as the FBI investigates a suspected homicide. https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/msc-seascape-suspected-homicide-fbi-galveston/285-0bf56013-22b6-47d2-891b-cf166941c17b

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  Ohio State fraternity suspended after video shows two men on fire. https://www.dispatch.com/story/opinion/columns/2026/11/09/ohio-state-sigma-alpha-epsilon-fire-video-frat-party-buckeyes/92691424007/

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  France's foreign minister accuses the IRGC of being involved in “unprecedented" cyberattacks targeting supermarket fridges, vowing to hit Iran with sanctions in response. https://f24.my/CGzO

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  Nick Berardini's New Yorker piece on how sports betting apps prey on gambling addicts should be read by every member of Congress and their staffers. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/11/16/the-nba-player-who-got-hooked-on-sports-betting

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  Judo Olympic gold medalist announces bid for presidency of France. https://www.france24.com/en/france/20261109-french-judo-star-teddy-riner-announces-bid-for-presidency

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  NVIDIA plunges 7% in opening minutes of trading. https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/NVDA

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  "Of course, I was kidding." - President Trump to reporters on his offer to mixed martial arts mogul Dana White to be White House press secretary.

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  In the latest episode of America at 250: Due Diligence, we chat with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jack Rakove and Princeton professor Frances Lee to explore the history behind the ballot. We dive into: 🏛️ The Founding Fathers' debates over term lengths 📜 When U.S. Senators were finally elected by the people (1913) 🛑 LBJ's failed 1966 push for four-year House terms ⚖️ Why midterms act as a powerful check on the presidency https://newsguy.substack.com/p/why-do-we-vote-every-two-years?r...

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  I'm a day late preparing to post to social media our latest episode of America at 250: Due Diligence but in the meantime you can read about the hourlong program we taped last week in Pittsburgh: https://pittnews.com/article/204375/top-stories/america-at-250-podcast-recorded-at-barco-law-discussed-the-first-clash-over-constitutional-power/

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  NYT - Secretary of State Rubio oversaw the drafting of the highly classified memo this spring warning top Trump administration officials that Nvidia’s chief executive was in a close relationship with a Chinese spy. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/08/us/politics/rubio-nvidia-ceo-chinese-spy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.O1E.xaEW.M-FV8DMZTGNa&smid=nytcore-ios-share

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  The largest expansion of legalized gambling in US history has experts warning that we are on the precipice of a public-health crisis with addiction rates spiking. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/11/16/the-nba-player-who-got-hooked-on-sports-betting?utm_mailing=tny_nl_6667_daily_110826_cu5xcsmke5&utm_source=nl&utm_brand=tny&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&utm_content=tny_nl_6667_daily_110826_cu5xcsmke5&cndid=93861420&utm_term=6667

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  Seven people were killed, and 16 others were injured across Ukraine over the past day as Russia continues targeting civilian infrastructure and power grids. https://kyivindependent.com/russian-attacks-kill-5-injure-10-in-ukraine-over-the-past-day-striking-zaporizhzhia-oblast-over-700-times/

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  After exiting the National Radio Quiet Zone in West Virginia after 20 hours of no internet access, I belatedly learned of the death of one of the state’s former US senators, Jay Rockefeller at the age of 89. I got to know him as an AP correspondent there in the late 1980s. (1/3)

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  Central Japan earthquake injures 20+ people. https://english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/90709

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  President Herzog will task Yashar chairman Eisenkot with forming Israel’s next government. https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-november-07-2026/

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  The Duchess of Sussex's father, Thomas Markle Snr, has been charged by the FBI in Florida over child sexual abuse material. https://news.sky.com/story/thomas-markle-snr-arrested-by-fbi-in-florida-report-13608900

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  Apple has a huge undisclosed multilingual censorship list of words and phrases that its iOS keyboard will not autocomplete or swipe-type. It includes in English, ‘Auschwitz,’‘Sleepy Joe,’ ‘Tibetan independence’ and ‘United Ireland.’ https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/apples-predictive-text-restrictions-include-dictator-trump-sleepy-joe-researcher-2026-11-06/

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  A federal judge has halted construction on President Trump’s planned 250-foot-tall triumphal arch. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/11/05/trump-wants-his-arch-approved-thursday-and-immediately-start-work/

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  CEO Elon Musk announces Tesla plans to wind down production of its ridiculed and recall-riddled Cybertruck at its Texas gigafactory. https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-wind-down-cybertruck-production-texas-gigafactory-next-year-musk-says-2026-11-06/

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  The president of Paraguay has resigned. https://asunciontimes.com/paraguay-news/national-news/santiago-pena-resigns-as-president-of-paraguay-following-ueno-bank-collapse/