FAA halted every U.S. departure for more than four hours after a telecom failure hit all 22 high-altitude control centers

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FAA halted every U.S. departure for more than four hours after a telecom failure hit all 22 high-altitude control centers

More than 6,300 flights were canceled and 9,500 delayed by the time it lifted, per FlightAware; the U.S. system handles about 45,000 flights on a typical day.

Canceled flight, or a domestic arrival 3+ hours late: you can decline the trip and get a cash refund, even on a nonrefundable ticket, per DOT rules.

ContextThe last nationwide ground stop came in January 2023, when the Notice to Air Missions system failed. That system sends pilots safety alerts before they fly. This time the failure hit all 22 high-altitude control centers at once. Former NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board, which investigates crashes) chair Robert Sumwalt called it "absolutely unprecedented." When the stop began, about 3,100 aircraft were in the air bound for U.S. airports, per Flightradar24 data cited by CBS News. The Guardian put the figure at more than 1,000. The flights canceled and delayed on Friday, Nov. 13, add up to about a third of the roughly 45,000 the U.S. system handles on a typical day.

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Bessent says four agencies wanted Nvidia buyer Megaspeed blacklisted for months but Lutnick's Commerce Department 'has the pen'

Bessent told CNBC he was "frustrated" by the delay, and Bloomberg traced banned Nvidia chips to a Shanghai company Alice Huang founded.

- Oct. 30 — The New York Times reported Trump held back on intelligence that an executive close to then-Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was gathering information for Beijing. - Nov. 8 — House Republican chairs asked Huang to brief them on Megaspeed executive Alice Huang. U.S. intelligence reportedly believes her ties to him were romantic. - Nov. 9 — Huang admitted an affair. Nvidia's board opened an independent probe, and Trump said Huang did nothing wrong. - Nov. 10 — Trump said the FBI is looking into the matter, and China denied espionage. Nvidia stock fell that day. - Nov. 11 — Lutnick had received a classified memo on Huang's ties. Yet Commerce held off blacklisting Megaspeed as other departments pushed for it. - Nov. 12 — Axios reported Bessent pressed Lutnick in the Situation Room. Trump then authorized a crackdown that officials say Lutnick is stalling. - Nov. 12 — Nvidia announced that Huang had resigned as CEO and left the board. CFO Colette Kress became interim CEO.

ContextCommerce chairs the End-User Review Committee. But entity-list additions need a majority vote of its member agencies: Commerce, State, Defense and Energy. Listing would make Megaspeed itself a license trigger, even for gear meant to stay in Singapore or Malaysia. Nvidia says Commerce still let replacement parts reach Megaspeed after Nvidia cut off sales in June 2025.

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Supreme Court agrees to rule on Trump's ban on asylum claims by people who cross the border between official crossings

Two lower courts called the ban unlawful, but it has stayed in force throughout the case and keeps running until the justices rule.

Beyond whether the ban is legal: Whether a provision of immigration law (§1252(f)(1)) that limits court orders against immigration operations bars relief for a whole class of migrants, not just the named plaintiffs Torture screening survives either way: agents must refer anyone who shows fear to a screening under the Convention Against Torture, but are told not to ask

ContextNeither lower-court ruling paused the ban while the case went on. If the justices rule by the end of June 2027, it will have run for nearly two and a half years before a final answer. NBC News counts this as the third significant Trump immigration case on the court's docket. The other two ask whether the government can deport people to countries they have no tie to, and whether it can hold detainees without a bond hearing (where a judge decides whether someone can go free while the case goes on).

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4uscontestedMedicaid and ACA cuts

Trump administration lets states wait until July 1, 2027 to drop anyone from Medicaid for missing new work hours

The 80-hour monthly rule still formally starts Jan. 1, 2027; states that opt in keep checking hours but cannot cut coverage through June 30.

Who the 80-hour rule excuses from reporting hours: Parents and caretakers of children under 14, or of a disabled person Anyone earning at least $580 a month in 2026 meets the rule without counting hours

ContextArkansas's 2018 work rule cost 18,164 people coverage within months, and a New England Journal of Medicine study found no measurable rise in employment. Nebraska started early, on May 1. Of its 1,090 work-rule denials and closures through August, 956 were coded as no response, per preliminary state data. The Congressional Budget Office projects the requirement alone will add 5.3 million people to the uninsured in 2034.

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Trump, Xi and Putin will meet together on Thursday, Nov. 19, in Shenzhen; Trump wants it to start three-way nuclear arms talks

A senior U.S. official said no agreements are expected from the meeting.

Where deployed warheads stood a month before New START's limits lapsed: United States: 1,670 strategic warheads on missiles or at bomber bases (SIPRI, Jan. 2026) Russia: 1,796 (SIPRI, Jan. 2026) China: about 34, up from about 24 a year earlier (SIPRI, Jan. 2026)

ContextChina has refused three-way arms talks for years, citing its far smaller arsenal. Its April 2026 report to the Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference rejected trilateral disarmament talks "at the present stage." On Oct. 16, its Foreign Ministry said it is "neither fair, reasonable nor realistic" to ask China to join such talks "at this stage." Trump said in September, after hosting Xi, that he had "advocated for trilateral arms control negotiations." On Nov. 11, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Foreign Minister Wang Yi agreed that leader-level talks on denuclearization matter, including at any three-way meeting with Russia, the State Department said.

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Trump's disclosures show he bought $1 million–$5 million of Nvidia stock days before rescinding Biden's AI-chip export rule in May 2025

At least three more Nvidia purchases, each $250,001–$500,000, followed his December 2025 decision to let Nvidia sell H200 chips to China.

What the H200 rule required before chips could ship to China: China and Macau shipments of a product are capped at 50% of shipments to US end users Every shipment needs testing by an independent US lab; the rule took effect Jan. 15, 2026

ContextThe president is exempt from the main federal conflict-of-interest law. The ethics office says it can neither investigate him nor order him to sell, though the 2012 STOCK Act bars presidents from trading on inside government information. The White House says outside managers run the accounts by copying stock indexes such as the Schwab 1000. If so, the Nvidia buys would track the index, not policy news. At a June 3, 2026 hearing, Elizabeth Warren (Sen-D Massachusetts) asked whether the SEC should investigate a Jan. 6, 2026 Nvidia purchase.

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FAA halted every U.S. departure for more than four hours after a telecom failure hit all 22 high-altitude control centers

More than 6,300 flights were canceled and 9,500 delayed by the time it lifted, per FlightAware; the U.S. system handles about 45,000 flights on a typical day.

The FAA ordered a nationwide ground stop (no departures anywhere) on Friday, Nov. 13, citing "extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety." A communications failure had hit all 22 Air Route Traffic Control Centers, which guide planes flying above 18,000 feet. Controllers were told of a "rolling frequency outage in multiple centers." The FAA lifted it Friday night. "At 8:15 tonight, Eastern time, we've opened up the airspace," Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said, warning that departures would resume slowly.

The cause. Duffy blamed an "incredibly old" system whose routers "got overloaded with data." Multiple sources told CBS News that an update to the network, which contractor L3Harris runs, made it reboot and crash. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin called it a telecommunications outage, with no sign yet of a "nefarious act" and "no connection" to this week's Microsoft outage.

“This isn't another 9/11. I just can't repeat that enough.”Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin

Still open. Asked about a possible AI link, Mullin said "you just can't rule out anything at this point."

Canceled flight, or a domestic arrival 3+ hours late: .

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Nov 12UpdateBessent pressed Lutnick at a Situation Room meeting over why Commerce hasn't blacklisted Nvidia buyer Megaspeed, Axios reports
Nov 14UpdateBessent says four agencies wanted Nvidia buyer Megaspeed blacklisted for months but Lutnick's Commerce Department 'has the pen' — this issue

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Bessent says four agencies wanted Nvidia buyer Megaspeed blacklisted for months but Lutnick's Commerce Department 'has the pen'

Bessent told CNBC he was "frustrated" by the delay, and Bloomberg traced banned Nvidia chips to a Shanghai company Alice Huang founded.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on CNBC that four agencies favored putting Megaspeed on the entity list for months: Treasury, the War Department, State and the U.S. Trade Representative. But Commerce, he said, "has the pen." ([TS]USTR doesn't sit on the committee that votes on listings; Energy does, per the federal rule.) Megaspeed is a Singapore-based buyer of Nvidia chips. The U.S. has identified its former chief executive, Alice Huang, as a suspected Chinese intelligence asset, per Axios. The entity list is Commerce's trade blacklist. Bessent said Trump made clear China should not get Nvidia chips above the H100 class. He added: "The real story here should be: Did Nvidia know their client?"

The servers. Bloomberg reports that Dell sold 22 servers carrying Nvidia H800 chips, barred from sale to China since 2023, to Aperia Cloud Services, a Singapore Nvidia partner. Chinese filings list them among servers in Shanghai pledged as loan collateral by a unit of a company Alice Huang founded in 2016. She gave up her stake in 2017, and the filings do not show how the chips got there. CBS reports Singapore held her passport for eight months from June 2025. Its sources say Washington gave Singapore's probe no meaningful help.

What next. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has agreed to appear before the Senate Banking Committee, which asked for Thursday, Dec. 10. It asked former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang for Thursday, Dec. 3. Chair Tim Scott (Sen-R South Carolina) has said he would consider a subpoena if Huang does not come on his own.

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Oct. 30 — The New York Times reported Trump held back on intelligence that an executive close to then-Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was gathering information for Beijing.
Nov. 8 — House Republican chairs asked Huang to brief them on Megaspeed executive Alice Huang. U.S. intelligence reportedly believes her ties to him were romantic.
Nov. 9 — Huang admitted an affair. Nvidia's board opened an independent probe, and Trump said Huang did nothing wrong.
Nov. 10 — Trump said the FBI is looking into the matter, and China denied espionage. Nvidia stock fell that day.
Nov. 11 — Lutnick had received a classified memo on Huang's ties. Yet Commerce held off blacklisting Megaspeed as other departments pushed for it.
Nov. 12 — Axios reported Bessent pressed Lutnick in the Situation Room. Trump then authorized a crackdown that officials say Lutnick is stalling.
Nov. 12 — Nvidia announced that Huang had resigned as CEO and left the board. CFO Colette Kress became interim CEO.

Nov 12UpdateBessent pressed Lutnick at a Situation Room meeting over why Commerce hasn't blacklisted Nvidia buyer Megaspeed, Axios reports

BackgroundWhat the Shanghai collateral filings hold beyond the 22 servers3 facts

The 22 Dell machines were part of 193 servers pledged as loan collateral in January 2025 by a Shanghai subsidiary.
52 were Super Micro servers with H100 or H200 chips; 119 Gigabyte servers had unidentified chips.
The reported 485 million yuan ($73 million) values all 193 servers, not the 22 Dell machines.

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Supreme Court agrees to rule on Trump's ban on asylum claims by people who cross the border between official crossings

Two lower courts called the ban unlawful, but it has stayed in force throughout the case and keeps running until the justices rule.

The Supreme Court agreed to review Trump's Jan. 20, 2025 proclamation. It declares an "invasion" at the southern border and bars asylum (legal protection for people fleeing danger at home) for anyone who crosses between ports of entry, the official crossings staffed by U.S. officers. District Judge Randolph Moss found the policy unlawful in July 2025, and the D.C. Circuit appeals court upheld him in April 2026. The ban stayed in force throughout. The case, Mullin v. Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services, was brought by 13 unnamed migrants and three immigration nonprofits, represented by the ACLU.

The government. Solicitor General D. John Sauer, the administration's top lawyer before the Supreme Court, called the ban the president's "main tool" against illegal crossings and warned that a loss would "open the floodgates."

The challengers. "The president does not have the right to unilaterally override the protections Congress has afforded those fleeing danger," said the ACLU's Lee Gelernt.

What next. Arguments are likely between February and April 2027, per the Washington Examiner, with a ruling due by the end of June.

Beyond whether the ban is legalWhether a provision of immigration law (§1252(f)(1)) that limits court orders against immigration operations bars relief for a…2 details

Whether a provision of immigration law (§1252(f)(1)) that limits court orders against immigration operations bars relief for a whole class of migrants, not just the named plaintiffs
Torture screening survives either way:

Red take

The justices should leave this ban standing, because Congress gave presidents the power to suspend entry and limited what courts may order against immigration operations. The lower courts instead certified a class of roughly anyone in the U.S. who would seek asylum but for the ban, aiming at what Solicitor General D. John Sauer calls the president's "main tool" against illegal crossings. If that holds, a single trial judge can disarm a president's border policy for every migrant at once.

Blue take

A proclamation declaring an "invasion" cannot repeal an act of Congress, and federal asylum law lets anyone on U.S. soil apply wherever they crossed. A federal trial judge and the appeals court in Washington both found the ban unlawful, yet under it agents are told not even to ask migrants whether they fear torture. If the justices bless it, asylum becomes a protection any president can erase with his signature.

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Sep 29Six Republican-led states will require documentation from Medicaid enrollees who claim to be too sick to work, instead of accepting their word as federal rules allow in 2027
Oct 30Federal judge strikes Trump administration rule making disabled and chronically ill Medicaid enrollees prove they can't meet work requirements
Nov 14Trump administration lets states wait until July 1, 2027 to drop anyone from Medicaid for missing new work hours — this issue

THE WASHINGTON POSTMedicaid and ACA cuts

Trump administration lets states wait until July 1, 2027 to drop anyone from Medicaid for missing new work hours

The 80-hour monthly rule still formally starts Jan. 1, 2027; states that opt in keep checking hours but cannot cut coverage through June 30.

The delay. On Friday, Nov. 13, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS, the federal agency that runs Medicaid) . States that take it will check whether enrollees meet the new requirement of 80 hours a month of work, volunteering or school. They will not deny or end anyone's coverage for falling short through June 30, 2027.

The law. The rule comes from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Trump's 2025 tax-and-spending law) and covers adults 19 to 64 who got Medicaid through the Affordable Care Act expansion. States and Democrats had warned the rollout was rushed.

The records. CMS also told states to check records they already hold, like payroll files, before asking people for proof.

“If the state can use data to show that someone is working or qualifies for an exclusion, that person should not have to track down paperwork to prove it.”Dan Brillman, CMS

Where it stands. The announcement names no states that plan to use the delay. Enforcement resumes for applications and renewals started on or after July 1, 2027.

Who the 80-hour rule excuses from reporting hoursParents and caretakers of children under 14, or of a disabled person2 details

Anyone earning at least $580 a month in 2026 meets the rule without counting hours

Red take

Medicaid's work rule should take hold on Jan. 1, 2027, the date Trump's 2025 tax-and-spending law set, because the federal Medicaid agency tells states to clear people with payroll records before asking anyone for paperwork, and an adult earning $580 a month passes without logging an hour. A state that spends six months counting hours no one can lose coverage over teaches able-bodied adults the rule is a bluff, then enforces it in July.

Blue take

Nebraska, which started early on May 1, denied or closed 1,090 Medicaid cases through August, and 956 were for verification that never came back, which is reason enough for every state to take the six-month pause on cutoffs. Arkansas's 2018 rule cost 18,164 people coverage, and a New England Journal of Medicine study found no rise in employment. If states enforce in January, they risk stripping coverage over unanswered forms while producing no work.

THE WASHINGTON POSTChina trade truce

Trump, Xi and Putin will meet together on Thursday, Nov. 19, in Shenzhen; Trump wants it to start three-way nuclear arms talks

A senior U.S. official said no agreements are expected from the meeting.

The meeting. The White House confirmed that Donald Trump will meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin together on Thursday, Nov. 19. They will meet on the sidelines of the APEC summit (the yearly meeting of Asia-Pacific leaders on trade) in Shenzhen, China. NBC and The Washington Post report it will be the first time the three leaders meet as a group.

The aim. Trump said on Oct. 19 that he wanted a three-way meeting "to talk about denuclearization," not Ukraine. The U.S.-Russia nuclear treaty New START (it capped each side's deployed long-range warheads and allowed inspections) expired in February 2026.

The arsenals. China has about 620 nuclear warheads, SIPRI estimated in January 2026. The U.S. has about 5,040 and Russia about 5,420.

Where deployed warheads stood a month before New START's limits lapsedUnited States: 1,670 strategic warheads on missiles or at bomber bases (SIPRI, Jan. 2026)3 details

United States: 1,670 strategic warheads on missiles or at bomber bases (SIPRI, Jan. 2026)
Russia: 1,796 (SIPRI, Jan. 2026)
China: about 34, up from about 24 a year earlier (SIPRI, Jan. 2026)

Nuclear warheads, January 2026: deployed, stockpiled, total

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Inflation and the Fed2 bites

Producer prices rose 6.5% from a year earlier in October, the fastest pace since November 2022
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
Core producer prices, which exclude food and energy, held at 5% a year. "Consumers will be on the hook for a fresh burst of factory inflation," wrote FWDBONDS' Chris Rupkey. CNN ties the fuel spike to the Iran war's energy shock. Food prices rose 1.3% in October alone, the fastest monthly jump since July 2022, per CNN.
Where the pressure sitsGasoline averages $3.90 a gallon, up 27% from a year earlier (Washington Examiner).3 details

Gasoline averages $3.90 a gallon, up 27% from a year earlier (Washington Examiner).

Stage 4 intermediate-demand prices, which are costs one step before finished goods, are up 8% from a year earlier (@ernietedeschi).

Heather Long: businesses will 'almost certainly' pass costs on, 'and no, it's not all diesel/gas.'
Bank of America and TD now forecast three straight quarter-point Fed hikes, through March, after 0.4% October inflation
CBS NEWSUpdateInflation and rates
TD Securities had expected two. "Price pressures appear to be broadening," it told clients on Friday, Nov. 13, per CBS News. Futures traders also see a better-than-even chance of a second hike at the Jan. 26-27 meeting, according to CME FedWatch. The December odds come from CME FedWatch, per CBS News and Bloomberg. Waller has said a quarter-point hike in December "would put our credibility at risk."
Nov. 10 — Speaking in London hours before the CPI report, Waller said a half-point hike should be considered in December if inflation ran hot. Core prices then rose 0.3% for a third straight month. A half-point move would be the Fed's largest since 2022.

Democratic leadership races2 bites

Van Hollen challenges Schumer for Senate Democratic leader; Schumer leads public endorsements 14 to 5
FOX NEWSUpdate
Chris Van Hollen (Sen-D Maryland) announced on Thursday, Nov. 12, that he will challenge Chuck Schumer, the first contested race for the post since 1994. Van Hollen told MS NOW he has "more than 10" senators. Axios counts 14 public backers for Schumer and five for Van Hollen, each counting himself. The Dec. 1 vote is a secret ballot, and a winner needs 28 or 29 votes, depending on Alaska's result.
Catch upwhat happened before · 1 earlier issue
Before Van Hollen announced, Bernie Sanders (Sen-I Vermont) said he would vote for him if he ran. Kansas Sen.-elect Adam Hamilton (D-KS) said he would not back Schumer.
Nov 12UpdateSanders pledges his vote to Chris Van Hollen for majority leader if Van Hollen challenges Schumer
Who's lining upVan Hollen's public backers, per Axios: Sanders, who endorsed him the night of Nov. 12; Jeff Merkley (Sen-D Oregon) and Sen.-elect…3 details

Van Hollen's public backers, per Axios: Sanders, who endorsed him the night of Nov. 12; Jeff Merkley (Sen-D Oregon) and Sen.-elect Peggy Flanagan (D-MN), both on Friday, Nov. 13; and Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed (D-MI).

Elissa Slotkin (Sen-D Michigan), who has not endorsed Van Hollen: "I've been open that I'm not voting for Sen. Schumer." Angus King (Sen-I Maine), backing Schumer: "Why would you fire the manager when you just won the World Series?"

Van Hollen is 67; Schumer is 75. Van Hollen says "not a penny" of the funding bill due Dec. 11 should pay for the Iran war.

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Nov 12UpdateSanders pledges his vote to Chris Van Hollen for majority leader if Van Hollen challenges Schumer
Nov 14UpdateVan Hollen challenges Schumer for Senate Democratic leader; Schumer leads public endorsements 14 to 5 — this issue
No House Democrat has declared a run against Hakeem Jeffries for speaker; Raskin backs him
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Jamie Raskin (Rep-D Maryland) said he is not a candidate and will vote for Jeffries. A spokesperson for Ayanna Pressley (Rep-D Massachusetts) announced no bid, saying only that she is "in active conversations with Leader Jeffries."
On the recordAdelita Grijalva (Rep-D Arizona): "He's the only one running." (Axios)2 details

Adelita Grijalva (Rep-D Arizona): "He's the only one running." (Axios)

Jeffries says there are no declared challengers (NYT)

The Ukraine talks2 bites

Europe will send an EU plus five-country team to the next Ukraine talks, not one envoy
NBC NEWSUpdateRussia-Ukraine war
Europe will send a six-part team to the next U.S.-led round of talks. It will include diplomats from the EU, the U.K., France, Germany, Italy and Poland. Washington and Moscow had asked for one envoy. European Council President Antonio Costa announced the plan after a summit in Dublin. The Kremlin has not said it will accept the team. Kushner said Russia had agreed to European participation; that was before Europe chose a six-part team.
Catch upwhat happened before · 4 earlier issues

Nov. 10 — Before talks opened in Abu Dhabi, U.S. officials said they would ask Russia to accept NATO-style security guarantees for Ukraine, per Politico and Fox News.

Nov. 10–11 — Russia and Ukraine held two days of U.S.-mediated talks, their first three-way round since February. European officials were in Abu Dhabi, but the Kremlin said its delegation had no contact with them, per the BBC.

Nov. 11 — The round ended with a prisoner swap agreed in principle and no breakthrough on territory or security, Russian official Alexander Zorin said, per PBS NewsHour.

Nov. 12 — Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Putin for two hours; Putin called foreign peacekeepers a "continuation of war," and the envoys said a European representative would join the next round.

Nov 13UpdateAfter two hours with Putin, U.S. envoys Witkoff and Kushner say a European representative will join the next Ukraine talks
3 earlier issues
Nov 10UpdateU.S. asks Russia to accept NATO-style security guarantees for Ukraine before Abu Dhabi talks
Nov 11UpdateRussia and Ukraine hold 4 hours of U.S.-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi, their first since February
Nov 12UpdateRussia-Ukraine talks end with a prisoner swap agreed in principle; Kushner and Witkoff head to Putin
On the recordKushner: "If Europe could identify one person to speak on their behalf, that would be a bigger achievement than getting the…2 details

Kushner: "If Europe could identify one person to speak on their behalf, that would be a bigger achievement than getting the Russians to include them."

Emmanuel Macron (President, France): "Without Europeans, there is no support for Ukraine. There is no more U.S. support."

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Nov 10UpdateU.S. asks Russia to accept NATO-style security guarantees for Ukraine before Abu Dhabi talks
Nov 11UpdateRussia and Ukraine hold 4 hours of U.S.-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi, their first since February
Nov 12UpdateRussia-Ukraine talks end with a prisoner swap agreed in principle; Kushner and Witkoff head to Putin
Nov 13UpdateAfter two hours with Putin, U.S. envoys Witkoff and Kushner say a European representative will join the next Ukraine talks
Nov 14UpdateEurope will send an EU plus five-country team to the next Ukraine talks, not one envoy — this issue
Kremlin revives its 2021 demand to bar Ukraine and Georgia from NATO as the price of a deal
BBC NEWSUpdateRussia-Ukraine war
After Putin met U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on Thursday, Nov. 12, the Kremlin put its December 2021 draft treaties back on the table. The drafts would bar Ukraine, Georgia and other former Soviet states from NATO and roll back alliance infrastructure in Central and Eastern Europe. Yuri Ushakov (Foreign Policy Aide, Russia) said Moscow will 'add certain new considerations' to the 2021 demands. He did not say what they are.
How we got herethe story so far

Dec. 17, 2021 — Russia's Foreign Ministry published two draft treaties, one with the U.S. and one with NATO.

Jan. 12, 2022 — The NATO-Russia Council met in Brussels; NATO refused to close its door to new members, per Al Jazeera.

Jan. 26, 2022 — The U.S. and NATO sent written replies that rejected the core demands.

Feb. 24, 2022 — Russia invaded Ukraine.

Also tonight6 bites

Iran fires two drones at a U.S. radar site in Bahrain; CENTCOM says both were shot down
WSJ Iran war
CENTCOM says both Iranian drones fired at a U.S. radar site in Bahrain were shot down, with no injuries or damage. The IRGC claims it destroyed the radar in payback for an air strike on a telecommunications tower at Sirik, on the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's IRNA news agency reported an "enemy" strike on Sirik without naming the attacker, per RFE/RL.
The claimsIRGC statement: "a serious warning to the aggressor enemy to end its aerial mischief and oil smuggling in the strait of Hormuz."3 details

IRGC statement: "a serious warning to the aggressor enemy to end its aerial mischief and oil smuggling in the strait of Hormuz."

Iran's previous attack on Bahrain was about two months ago, per WSJ and CNN.

CENTCOM's statement did not mention Sirik, per RFE/RL.

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Jul 23Trump Threatens to Bomb Iranian Bridges and Power Plants for Every Ship Hit in Strait of Hormuz
Jul 28Iran fires multiple ballistic missiles at U.S. base in Jordan; all are intercepted
Aug 4Iran denies Trump’s claim that new U.S. talks would start Monday
Aug 5Cargo ship is struck in the Strait of Hormuz
Aug 9Vance says the Iran talks are moving, then calls the war only half over
Aug 10Iran won't reopen Hormuz until the US unfreezes its assets and lifts the blockade
Aug 18Trump threatens to bomb Oman, the U.S. ally brokering the deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
Aug 20Trump declares an "economic D-Day" on Iran as Hormuz traffic runs 85% below normal
Aug 29UpdateU.S. goes nearly a month without large Iran strikes as Trump shifts back to sanctions; Hormuz remains closed
Aug 31U.S. destroys two Iranian rocket launchers loaded to mine the Strait of Hormuz; Iran fires eight missiles at bases in Jordan, all intercepted
Sep 1UpdateU.S. bombs two Iranian rocket sites near the Strait of Hormuz; Iran fires eight missiles at Jordan
Sep 2UpdateU.S. forces struck IRGC air-defense, radar, maritime and mine-laying sites on Iran's southern coast starting at noon on Sept. 1
Sep 3UpdateU.S. hits about 100 Iranian targets; Iran fires back at American bases in four countries, and a cruise missile kills 4 at a wedding
Sep 4Reuters weapons experts say a US munition made a direct hit on the Iranian wedding house that killed 5
Sep 6US destroys or disables 3 Iranian oil tankers after Iran fired ballistic missiles at a US carrier and destroyer
Sep 7UpdateIran says it hit an unmanned US vessel a day after the tanker strikes; Central Command calls the claim "a total lie"
Sep 8UpdateIran says it will declare a restricted zone near the Strait of Hormuz and will strike threats "even before" they are carried out
Sep 9Iran says it seized a US sea drone in Hormuz; CENTCOM says it malfunctioned a day earlier
Sep 10UpdateIran fires 20 missiles at a US base in Jordan; Jordan says it intercepted 18
Sep 11UpdateNavy plans to keep 2 carrier groups near Iran at least through 2026
Sep 14UpdateUnidentified projectile hits Iranian container ship off Hengam Island, killing 1 and wounding 4
Sep 20UpdateOil's chokepoint shifts to refineries and tankers as JPMorgan drops its baseline oil forecast
Sep 22UpdateTrump says he is choosing among wiping Iran out, letting it rot economically, or a deal, and would "probably" meet Pezeshkian at the UN this week
Sep 23UpdateIran offers to reopen the Strait of Hormuz if the U.S. lifts its naval blockade as traffic falls to two ships
Sep 25Iran proposes seven-day ceasefire plan to reopen Strait of Hormuz and revive nuclear talks
Sep 27UpdateTrump rejects Iran's offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days in exchange for ending the U.S. blockade
Sep 28Trump expects more Iran talks this week after rejecting Iran's Hormuz offer; Iran won't soften its terms
Sep 29UpdateIran says its UN delegation has no talks planned with the US and will fly home Tuesday, Sept. 29; mediators keep working
Sep 30UpdateQatari compromise to end the U.S.-Iran war stalls; Trump denies aides' account that he offered Iran sanctions relief
Oct 2Rubio orders Iran's UN delegation out of New York; Trump says Iran will "sign a very fair deal, or they won't exist any longer"
Oct 8UpdateCRS: 81 U.S. aircraft and drones lost or damaged in Iran war, up from 42 in May
Oct 12Iran's security chief, Mohsen Rezaei, calls the U.S. reply to Tehran's plan to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz insufficient and says Iran has stopped responding
Oct 14UpdateIran targeted 24 ships in the Strait of Hormuz in two weeks, its most since the war began, by the FT's count
Oct 15UpdateSingapore-flagged container ship GFS Pride sinks in the Strait of Hormuz; Singapore says projectiles hit it, Iran says mines
Oct 18Iranian attacks on Strait of Hormuz shipping hit a record high, NBC News reports; Iran's Guards say two tankers hit mines
Oct 23UpdateIran says its forces damaged seven oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz overnight; AP could not confirm any of them
Oct 24UpdateUS moves diplomats out of five Middle East countries and sends more warships as Trump says another Iran operation may come
Oct 31Speedboat crew damages a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz with limpet mines, in what the Financial Times calls the region's first such attack since 2019
Nov 14Iran fires two drones at a U.S. radar site in Bahrain; CENTCOM says both were shot down — this issue
Trump's intel chiefs ask Congress to renew FISA Section 702 surveillance by Dec. 9
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Three top officials wrote to congressional leaders about Section 702. They are Attorney General Todd Blanche, DNI Jay Clayton and CIA Director John Ratcliffe. They called the law "the single most indispensable tool we have to keep our homeland and the American people safe." It lets agencies collect the messages of foreigners abroad without a warrant. It sweeps in Americans' messages too. Lawmakers in both parties have fought over that. The White House calls renewal a "huge priority."

The law's statutory authority lapsed earlier this year, the letter says. Collection goes on under court certifications that expire March 16, 2027. Renewing them takes months of court review, so the officials say Congress must act by Dec. 9 to avoid a gap. Democrats take the House majority in January.
USDA gives small SNAP stores nationwide 90 more days to meet stocking rules; Mamdani says he asked Trump
THE GUARDIAN Medicaid and ACA cuts
Stores had faced a Nov. 4 deadline to stock at least seven varieties in each staple category (dairy, grains, protein, and fruits or vegetables). Mamdani warned the rule threatened New York City's bodegas and corner stores, more than 10,000 of them by the city planning department's count.
Who the rule hitsThe 90-day extension started Friday, Nov. 13, Mamdani said, and covers small retailers nationwide, not just New York (Politico,…2 details

The 90-day extension started Friday, Nov. 13, Mamdani said, and covers small retailers nationwide, not just New York (Politico, The Guardian).

Bodegas, convenience stores and small groceries make up about 70% of the stores that accept SNAP, per the Food Research & Action Center. That is a count of stores, not a share of SNAP dollars spent (The Guardian).
U.S. measles deaths this year reach 10 after new deaths in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
NBC NEWSUpdateMeasles outbreak
Pennsylvania and Wisconsin each reported a measles death Friday, Nov. 13, bringing the U.S. toll for 2026 to 10. Wisconsin's was a child; Pennsylvania's was an unvaccinated Montour County resident, state health officials said.
States had reported eight measles deaths this year before the two reported Friday, Nov. 13; 2025 had three. U.S. cases passed 5,400 as of Thursday, Nov. 12, more than double last year's count and the most since 1991, per NBC News.
The toll and what's nextDeaths by state: Pennsylvania 7, Wisconsin 2, New York 1, per NBC News.2 details

Deaths by state: Pennsylvania 7, Wisconsin 2, New York 1, per NBC News. None of the three had a measles death in more than 30 years before this year.

PAHO, the Pan American Health Organization, is expected to announce on Tuesday, Nov. 17, whether the U.S. keeps its measles-elimination status, per NBC News.
Prosecutors add a D.C. terrorism count against Cole Allen, accused of trying to assassinate Trump
NBC NEWS
A superseding indictment brings Allen to five counts, and his trial before Judge Trevor McFadden is set for Sept. 7, 2027.
The new chargeNo federal law broadly outlaws domestic terrorism, so the count uses D.C.'s local terrorism statute, per NBC News.3 details

No federal law broadly outlaws domestic terrorism, so the count uses D.C.'s local terrorism statute, per NBC News. The same law was used against Floyd Corkins, who shot a guard at the Family Research Council in 2012.

Allen has pleaded not guilty to the earlier counts and has not entered a plea on the new one.

Next status conference: Dec. 4.
Six days into the job, chief of staff Stephen Miller makes White House staff get counsel's approval before meeting registered lobbyists
POLITICO
Trump named Miller chief of staff on Friday, Nov. 6, after Republicans lost both chambers. He replaced Susie Wiles, who had drawn criticism from some administration officials over her ties to lobbying groups, The Hill reports. A White House official told The Hill the memo sets a "much stricter process than before."

Ballard Partners lobbyist Hunter Morgen told Politico that Miller "doesn't operate based on relationships."

Elections3 bites

Democrat Eileen Laubacher unseats Lauren Boebert by under one point in Colorado's 4th District
THE GUARDIAN
Laubacher, a retired Navy rear admiral who was senior director for South Asia on Biden's National Security Council, led 48.8% to 47.9% when the AP called the race on Friday, Nov. 13, with 99% of the vote counted, per Colorado Newsline.

CBS News has her ahead 184,609 to 181,143, a margin of 3,466 votes; ABC puts it at about 3,400. Fox News has her share at 48.7%.

Fox News counts 256 Democrats and 169 Republicans in the next House. That leaves 10 of 435 seats uncalled; 218 is a majority.

Boebert had moved into the 4th District in 2024, according to the Washington Examiner.
Georgia election board's vice chair, a former member and at least 3 of 8 staffers attended Cleta Mitchell network meetings, ProPublica reports
PROPUBLICA
ProPublica reviewed recordings of private calls and events. Georgia State Election Board Vice Chair Janelle King and her predecessor, Janice Johnston, attended meetings of Mitchell's Election Integrity Network or the allied VoterGA. So did at least 3 of the board's 8 professional staffers. ProPublica says their shared priorities included ELLY, error-prone software that searches voter rolls for supposedly suspicious voters.
On the recordMitchell at an August 2025 VoterGA fundraiser, about King and Johnston, as heard in recordings ProPublica reviewed: "You know,…2 details

Mitchell at an August 2025 VoterGA fundraiser, about King and Johnston, as heard in recordings ProPublica reviewed: "You know, we've worked so hard together."

Mitchell on X, after ProPublica sent her questions: "An election integrity group is working with election officials to oversee elections. Wow! What a discovery!!! Pulitzer anyone?"
Mary Peltola (D-AK) widens her lead over Dan Sullivan (Sen-R Alaska) to 5,800 votes after the Nov. 12 count
THE HILLUpdateAlaska Senate race
After the count on Thursday, Nov. 12, Peltola has 125,157 votes (49.2%) to Sullivan's 119,357 (47%). Her lead grew by about 1,800 votes, from 3,975 to 5,800, per The Hill. Neither tops 50%, so ranked-choice tabulation follows on Nov. 18, after overseas ballots arrive.
After the count on Wednesday, Nov. 11, Peltola's lead had shrunk to 3,975 votes, 121,487 to 117,512, from 4,250 on Nov. 10, per Fox News. Alaska is the last uncalled Senate race, per The Hill.
Where the count standsAP estimates 88% of the expected vote is counted; DDHQ puts it at 84%.2 details

AP estimates 88% of the expected vote is counted; DDHQ puts it at 84%.

24 Alaska federal and state races remain uncalled, The Hill reports, including the governor's race and the state's House seat.

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2 closest races

qAlaska governor99.7%Wilson 0.17%Begich 0.05%

POLYMARKET: Alaska governor — general election

Bernadette Wilson (R) faces Tom Begich (D).

A dead heat — the two sides are priced within a point of each other.

Two markets, one question

Alaska governor

Nov 13, 10:26 PM CT
widest venue gap 0.1pp

Polymarket, solid
Kalshi, dashed
shaded = the gap between them

Alaska governor. Bernadette Wilson (R): Polymarket 0.20%, Kalshi 0.15%; Tom Begich (D): Polymarket 0.05%, Kalshi 0.05%. Widest disagreement between the two venues: 0.1pp. Full history is in the table below.

Day7 days ago

Market-implied chance of winning, out of 100 — prices, not polls. Source: Polymarket · Kalshi.

Prices are what each venue’s traders were paying, right-aligned to the snapshot: the last sample is today, the one before it yesterday. Series run 2–8 samples because the venues listed these markets on different days; a short line starts late rather than being stretched across a week it was never priced over.

Money-weighted: Bernadette Wilson 0.2% · Tom Begich 0.05%. Volume is each venue's own reported figure — Polymarket in USD, Kalshi in contracts. They are not a common unit, so read the weighting as a tilt, not a conversion.

Bernadette Wilson (R)7 days ago

Polymarket$334K0.45%

Kalshi285K contracts · 0.1%/0.2%0.40%

venue gap0.0pp

7-day move-0.2pp

Tom Begich (D)7 days ago

Polymarket$175K0.05%

Kalshi276K contracts · 0%/0.1%—

venue gap—

7-day move0.0pp

Every sample behind the chart. Alaska governor, snapshot Nov 13, 10:26 PM CT.
Day	Bernadette Wilson · Polymarket	Bernadette Wilson · Kalshi	Tom Begich · Polymarket	Tom Begich · Kalshi
7 days ago	0.45%	0.40%	0.05%	—
6 days ago	0.65%	1.30%	0.05%	—
5 days ago	0.35%	1.10%	0.05%	—
4 days ago	0.25%	0.80%	0.05%	—
3 days ago	0.25%	0.30%	0.05%	—
2 days ago	0.10%	0.10%	0.05%	—
yesterday	0.20%	0.30%	0.05%	0.10%
today	0.20%	0.15%	0.05%	0.05%

pAlaska SenateMary Peltola 99.60%▲1.6Sullivan 0.50%

POLYMARKET: Alaska Senate — general election

Mary Peltola (D) faces Dan Sullivan (R).

A sitting Republican senator is defending this seat, and Peltola holds a commanding lead that has barely moved in a week.

Two markets, one question

Alaska Senate

Nov 13, 10:26 PM CT
widest venue gap 0.1pp

Polymarket, solid
Kalshi, dashed
shaded = the gap between them

Alaska Senate. Mary Peltola (D): Polymarket 99.55%, Kalshi 99.65%; Dan Sullivan (R): Polymarket 0.45%, Kalshi 0.55%. Widest disagreement between the two venues: 0.1pp. Full history is in the table below.

Day7 days ago

Market-implied chance of winning, out of 100 — prices, not polls. Source: Polymarket · Kalshi.

Prices are what each venue’s traders were paying, right-aligned to the snapshot: the last sample is today, the one before it yesterday. Every series here is 8 samples long.

Money-weighted: Mary Peltola 99.6% · Dan Sullivan 0.5%. Volume is each venue's own reported figure — Polymarket in USD, Kalshi in contracts. They are not a common unit, so read the weighting as a tilt, not a conversion.

Mary Peltola (D)7 days ago

Polymarket$5.6M98.6%

Kalshi1.5M contracts · 99.6%/99.7%97.3%

venue gap1.3pp

7-day move+1.0pp

Dan Sullivan (R)7 days ago

Polymarket$3.5M1.5%

Kalshi4.8M contracts · 0.4%/0.7%2.8%

venue gap1.3pp

7-day move-1.0pp

Every sample behind the chart. Alaska Senate, snapshot Nov 13, 10:26 PM CT.
Day	Mary Peltola · Polymarket	Mary Peltola · Kalshi	Dan Sullivan · Polymarket	Dan Sullivan · Kalshi
7 days ago	98.60%	97.30%	1.50%	2.80%
6 days ago	98.15%	96.40%	1.95%	3.50%
5 days ago	98.75%	97.00%	1.20%	3.20%
4 days ago	98.95%	97.40%	0.80%	2.50%
3 days ago	99.55%	98.20%	0.35%	1.50%
2 days ago	99.65%	99.10%	0.35%	1.00%
yesterday	99.55%	99.20%	0.45%	0.80%
today	99.55%	99.65%	0.45%	0.55%

“Still in doubt” means no leader above 80% on either book. Prices captured Nov 13, 10:26 PM CT. These are trader-implied estimates, not polls. Separate contracts trade independently, so opposing prices may not add to exactly 100%.

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THE GUARDIAN

Trump's disclosures show he bought $1 million–$5 million of Nvidia stock days before rescinding Biden's AI-chip export rule in May 2025

The same review counts at least three more Nvidia purchases, each $250,001–$500,000, dated after his December 2025 decision to let Nvidia sell H200 chips to China.

The source. An analysis by the anti-corruption group DeKleptocracy, reported by the Guardian on Friday, Nov. 13, matched Trump's financial disclosures against his chip-export decisions.

The timing. By the group's count, the first purchase landed days before his administration rescinded the Biden "diffusion rule" (a cap on how many advanced AI chips could go to most countries) in May 2025. The group dates the later purchases to after he cleared sales to China of Nvidia's H200, one of its advanced AI chips.

The limits. The disclosures report dates and dollar ranges, not exact amounts. The timing finding rests on this one group's reading of those dates. The Guardian notes he also bought Apple, Meta and Microsoft shares, and appears to have made dozens of Nvidia trades since taking office.

What the H200 rule required before chips could ship to ChinaChina and Macau shipments of a product are capped at 50% of shipments to US end users2 details

China and Macau shipments of a product are capped at 50% of shipments to US end users
Every shipment needs testing by an independent US lab; the rule took effect Jan. 15, 2026

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More than 6,300 flights were canceled and 9,500 delayed by the time it lifted, per FlightAware; the U.S. system handles about 45,000 flights on a typical day.

Bessent told CNBC he was "frustrated" by the delay, and Bloomberg traced banned Nvidia chips to a Shanghai company Alice Huang founded.

Two lower courts called the ban unlawful, but it has stayed in force throughout the case and keeps running until the justices rule.

The 80-hour monthly rule still formally starts Jan. 1, 2027; states that opt in keep checking hours but cannot cut coverage through June 30.

A senior U.S. official said no agreements are expected from the meeting.

Quick bites15

Producer prices rose 6.5% from a year earlier in October, the fastest pace since November 2022

Bank of America and TD now forecast three straight quarter-point Fed hikes, through March, after 0.4% October inflation

Van Hollen challenges Schumer for Senate Democratic leader; Schumer leads public endorsements 14 to 5

No House Democrat has declared a run against Hakeem Jeffries for speaker; Raskin backs him

Europe will send an EU plus five-country team to the next Ukraine talks, not one envoy

Kremlin revives its 2021 demand to bar Ukraine and Georgia from NATO as the price of a deal

Iran fires two drones at a U.S. radar site in Bahrain; CENTCOM says both were shot down

Trump's intel chiefs ask Congress to renew FISA Section 702 surveillance by Dec. 9

USDA gives small SNAP stores nationwide 90 more days to meet stocking rules; Mamdani says he asked Trump

U.S. measles deaths this year reach 10 after new deaths in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin

Prosecutors add a D.C. terrorism count against Cole Allen, accused of trying to assassinate Trump

Six days into the job, chief of staff Stephen Miller makes White House staff get counsel's approval before meeting registered lobbyists

Democrat Eileen Laubacher unseats Lauren Boebert by under one point in Colorado's 4th District

Georgia election board's vice chair, a former member and at least 3 of 8 staffers attended Cleta Mitchell network meetings, ProPublica reports

Mary Peltola (D-AK) widens her lead over Dan Sullivan (Sen-R Alaska) to 5,800 votes after the Nov. 12 count

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The same review counts at least three more Nvidia purchases, each $250,001–$500,000, dated after his December 2025 decision to let Nvidia sell H200 chips to China.

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