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Wednesday, November 11, 2026
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NOV 11
Democrat Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate race, unseating Cindy Hyde-Smith
25 verified facts from 6 sources.
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NOV 11
Hyde-Smith called Colom to concede on Wednesday.
NOV 11
Chuck Schumer said "Blue Mississippi is here" in a post on X following Colom's victory.
NOV 11
Democrats won control of both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate in the midterm elections.
NOV 11
Colom was the first Black district attorney for the 16th circuit and had a 94% success rate for convictions.
NOV 11
Joe Biden nominated Colom to be a federal judge in the northern district of Mississippi.
1 fact single-source — treat as provisional.
US charges three men for alleged Iranian-backed plot at UK Fairford air base
31 verified facts from 2 sources.
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NOV 11
The DOJ said the three men acted in support of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah.
NOV 11
The three men were identified as Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, Mohsen Mohajeri, and Mohammad Ali al-Hassani.
NOV 11
Two of the arrested men were subsequently re-arrested on suspicion of assisting Iran's intelligence service and charged under the National Security Act.
3 facts single-source — treat as provisional.
NOV 11
Pakistan's imports from India growing despite tensions
26 verified facts from 1 source.
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NOV 11
A ceasefire ended four days of fighting on May 10, 2025.
NOV 11
Pakistan and India severed most of their remaining links in the spring of 2025.
NOV 11
Pakistan paid $19.5bn for imports from China in 2025-2026, making China its biggest trading partner.
3 facts single-source — treat as provisional.
Palestine Weekly roundup: West Bank and Gaza
53 verified facts from 1 source.
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NOV 10
Abed Abou Shhadeh said his arrest was meant to intimidate Arab society as a whole.
NOV 10
Gaza's Civil Defence warned that more than 2,000 buildings risk collapse.
NOV 10
Peace Now said settlers shot a Palestinian man in the leg during the Ein a-Duyuk a-Tahta takeover.
3 facts single-source — treat as provisional.
NOV 11
FIFA rankings top four to be kept apart until semi-finals at 2027 Women's World Cup
24 verified facts from 1 source.
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NOV 11
The top four ranked teams will be separated until the semi-finals at the 2027 Women's World Cup, provided they each win their group.
NOV 11
England hold a 31-point advantage over fifth-placed Japan in the world rankings before the upcoming round of internationals.
NOV 11
FIFA confirmed that the draw will take place at 1.30pm local time on 11 December at Rio de Janeiro's Museum of Modern Art.
3 facts single-source — treat as provisional.
Kennedy family sues to block Trump's Arlington memorial arch
15 verified facts from 4 sources.
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NOV 11
The White House said it was "unfortunate" to see members of the Kennedy family join litigation against the arch.
NOV 11
The project won approval from the National Capital Planning Commission.
NOV 11
The complaint states the National Park Service and Interior Department authorized construction on 5 November 2026.
On the record
“will permanently cast shadows over and damage historically significant sightlines to the existing gravesites and memorials established in the Kennedy family's honor”
The Kennedy family
Said DATE NOT STATED
Reported NOV 11
verbatim · 1 source
The Kennedy family argues the arch would cast shadows over gravesites and memorials at Arlington National Cemetery.
3 facts single-source — treat as provisional.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent moved to military base due to Iran threats
17 verified facts from 3 sources.
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NOV 11
A senior administration official told Fox News that threats against Bessent had reached 'more than an advanced stage.'
NOV 11
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the US does not need to conduct military strikes if it is achieving the same objective through economic means and economic pressure.
NOV 11
Bessent said the wave of sanctions would bring about the 'asphyxiation' of Iran's economy.
3 facts single-source — treat as provisional.
Russia-Ukraine-US talks in Abu Dhabi yield prisoner exchange deal but no post-war breakthrough
17 verified facts from 3 sources.
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NOV 11
Vladimir Medinsky said the world needed a new and fair security system, referencing the Yalta and Potsdam summits.
NOV 11
Kushner acknowledged that the territorial question remained the hardest issue.
NOV 11
Davyd Arakhamia from Ukraine's negotiating team said this round of talks was one of the hardest.
On the record
“constructive and quite substantive”
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Said NOV 10
Reported NOV 11
verbatim · 2 sources
Zelenskyy described the first day of US-mediated peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi as constructive and quite substantive.
3 facts single-source — treat as provisional.
White House and Democrats clash over congressional oversight and investigation threats
17 verified facts from 3 sources.
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NOV 11
Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that Democrats are threatening people and called it extortion at the highest level.
NOV 11
Garcia said the Trump Administration is weaponizing the government and that Congress is a co-equal branch that will not be deterred by baseless threats.
NOV 11
On Tuesday, House Democrats failed to muster enough votes to keep an impeachment resolution against Pete Hegseth from being shelved.
On the record
“I write to remind you of the foundational limits that the Constitution imposes on congressional investigations and subpoenas, which you and members of the new Congress have evinced a clear intent to transgress,”
William Scharf
Said NOV 09
Reported NOV 11
verbatim · 1 source
Scharf wrote a letter to Garcia warning of constitutional limits on congressional investigations.
3 facts single-source — treat as provisional.
Measles surging in US amid risk of losing measles-free status
20 verified facts from 2 sources.
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NOV 11
Two-thirds of people infected with measles in Pennsylvania are adults.
NOV 11
There are about 95,000 measles deaths globally according to the World Health Organization, mostly in unvaccinated children under five years old.
NOV 11
Trump's first acts in 2024 included withdrawal from the World Health Organization and the Global Vaccine Alliance (GAVI).
3 facts single-source — treat as provisional.
Ukraine peace talks resume with flexibility from warring sides
39 verified facts from 4 sources.
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NOV 10
Wadephul urged Moscow to 'give up maximalist demands' and warned against any 'negotiation show'.
NOV 10
Ministers from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, South Korea and Brazil are also attending the Paris meeting.
NOV 10
The G7 includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.
On the record
“But there is something bigger up for discussion, too: The future of the multilateralism that has dominated relations among these countries for decades.”
Rebecca Collard
Said NOV 10
Reported NOV 10
verbatim · 1 source
Collard said the broader subject of the talks is the future of multilateralism among the G7 countries.
3 facts single-source — treat as provisional.
Iran's Ghalibaf says Hormuz Strait will never return to pre-war status
22 verified facts from 1 source.
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NOV 11
Ghalibaf said US officials asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to mediate direct negotiations with Tehran during a visit to Moscow.
NOV 11
Ghalibaf said Tehran provided a clear response to the US through a Qatari mediator that included its seven conditions for peace talks.
NOV 11
Ghalibaf said Iran and Oman reached an understanding to oversee the Strait of Hormuz as part of Tehran's seven-point proposal to end the eight-month conflict.
On the record
“There are no ‘free waters’ [international waters] there, and the 1982 [UN Convention on the Law of the Sea] does not apply to the strait … The regulations within the Strait of Hormuz are governed by the laws of the two littoral states that border it,”
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
Said NOV 11
Reported NOV 11
verbatim · 1 source
Ghalibaf stated that the Strait of Hormuz's regulations are governed by the laws of its two littoral states, rejecting the notion of free international waters there.
3 facts single-source — treat as provisional.
Quote of the day
“As a matter of his own conscience, he should resign,”
Kevin Cramer
Said NOV 11
Reported NOV 11
verbatim · 2 sources
Cramer told CNBC that Jensen Huang should resign as a matter of conscience following revelations of Huang's affair with an alleged Chinese spy.
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