Hundreds of commercial airline flights canceled today after the FAA ordered the cuts amid the US government shutdown. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/airlines-cancellations-flights-faa-shutdown.html

No, the Walmart promotional Thanksgiving meal basket is not really 25% cheaper than last year, as claimed by President Trump and others. https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/politics/walmart-thanksgiving-trump-fact-check

White House economic ‌adviser Kevin Hassett tells Fox Business that the impact of the government shutdown is far ​worse than expected.

NYT - The Serbian Parliament approves a new law to tear down an architectural landmark that NATO bombed in 1999, stripping it of cultural protections and clearing the way for President Trump’s family to replace it with a luxury hotel […]

Olivier Rioux makes NCAA history as the tallest player to ever step on the court. The Florida player is 7’9” (2.36 m). https://www.gainesville.com/story/sports/college/basketball/2025/11/06/florida-basketballs-olivier-rioux-becomes-tallest-player-in-ncaa-history/87138345007/

Seven people hospitalized after a suspicious package was sent to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/national/military-news/joint-base-andrews-suspicious-package/65-5b5672b9-4d02-44cb-af1e-80c831fd96c2

Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, reports Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-is-earning-fortune-deluge-fraudulent-ads-documents-show-2025-11-06/

Former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown extradited from Dubai to Miami to face an attempted murder charge in connection with a shooting outside a celebrity boxing event. https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/ex-nfl-star-antonio-brown-being-extradited-to-miami-in-attempted-murder-case-police/3717585/

NYT - Federal prosecutors have opened a corruption investigation into DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, examining a foreign trip she took with members of her staff that was paid for by Qatar […]

FBI seeks to discover who owns popular archiving site. https://archive.is/TFqAx

WaPo - CBO hacked by a suspected foreign actor. https://wapo.st/3Lpfmyx

Kazakhstan to join Abraham Accords. http://qazinform.com/news/kazakhstan-to-join-abraham-accords-4e4adc

(AP) — Federal judge orders Trump administration to fully fund SNAP benefits in November.

SCOTUS allows the Trump administration to restrict designations on passports to “male” and “female” based on sex assigned at birth. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25a319_i4dj.pdf

The former DoJ employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during President Trump’s law enforcement surge in DC has been found not guilty of assault. https://wtop.com/dc/2025/11/man-who-threw-sandwich-at-federal-agent-in-washington-is-found-not-guilty-of-assault-charge/

One of the officials attending the GLP-1 announcement collapses in the Oval Office and the press pool is hastily ushered out of the room.

One of the officials attending the GLP-1 announcement collapses in the Oval Office and the press pool is hastily ushered out of the room.

President Trump announces that the world's two largest pharmaceutical companies will sell the "fat drug" (GLP-1 agonists) in the US "at drastic discounts."

Airports in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago along with hubs across the US are among the 40 that will see flights cut starting tomorrow due to the government shutdown, according to a list distributed to the airlines and obtained by The Associated Press.

Former US House Speaker Pelosi retiring. https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/nancy-pelosi-retires-21138453.php

Rules revised in Japan to allow riot police to use rifles to shoot wild bears amid a series of ursine attacks on people. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/06/japan/society/japan-riot-police-cull-bears/

CNBC - US job cuts last month surged 183% from September and went up 175% from than the same month a year ago. This is now the worst year for layoffs since 2009. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/job-cuts-in-october-hit-highest-level-for-the-month-in-22-years-challenger-says.html

Typhoon death toll exceeds 140 in the Philippines as the country prepares for another powerful storm to hit. https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/11/6/marcos-oks-declaration-state-of-national-calamity-over-tino-upcoming-typhoon-1012

The Independent - US President Trump confuses South America with South Africa during a speech to a business forum in Miami. https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/donald-trump-south-africa-south-america-b2859462.html

Shelter in place advised in Yazoo City, Mississippi, after an explosion at the CF ammonia plant. https://www.wlbt.com/2025/11/05/residents-ordered-evacuate-following-ammonia-leak-yazoo-co/

The self-appointed “acting CEO” of USAGM, Kari Lake, has notified Congress she’s ending funding for the Hungarian Service of RFE/RL (which was launched in the first Trump administration), alleging it has been trying to destabilize the authoritarian Orban regime.

"I made a mistake and I let you down and I let down this institution. Period. Full Stop," Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts tells his staff, a full week after posting a video decrying a "venomous" coalition attacking the right-wing podcast host Tucker Carlson […]

Next stop on our speaking tour is Springfield, Illinois. https://www.nprillinois.org/springfield-il/2025-11-04/former-voice-of-america-journalist-to-speak-in-springfield-nov-12

FAA to reduce air traffic by 10% across 40 “high-volume” markets beginning Friday morning to maintain safety during the ongoing US government shutdown.

Libyan warlord Osama Al-Masri Njeem, controversially released from jail by Italian authorities in January, was arrested today in Tripoli on charges of torture and violence against prisoners. https://www.politico.eu/article/libya-warlord-who-italy-giorgia-meloni-released-jail-now-arrested-tripoli/

Front page of this morning’s Murdoch-owned New York Post.

Update: At least seven people are dead and 11 others injured after a UPS cargo plane crashed near Louisville’s international airport. https://www.whas11.com/article/news/local/louisville-plane-crash-near-muhammad-ali-international-airport/417-a0b0a715-b95e-40ea-864d-a729933e6c25

NBC News projects the Democratic Socialist, Zohran Mamdani, will win the NYC mayor’s race.

Mikie Sherrill, born in Virginia, is elected governor of New Jersey. Abigail Spanberger, born in New Jersey, is elected governor of Virginia. #election2025

I am live momentarily on Hofstra’s WRHU Radio to talk about the election results here in Virginia where the commonwealth is electing its first female governor. https://www.hofstra.edu/wrhu

NBC projects Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic Party’s nominee, will be elected governor of Virginia.

A UPS plane has crashed at the Louisville airport in Kentucky. https://www.wlky.com/article/plane-crash-explosion-louisville-airport/69255042

Most US vice presidents are not consequential (unless they move up the organization chart). Dick Cheney never was president, but he upstaged one. https://open.substack.com/pub/newsguy/p/deconstructing-dick-cheney?r=1g77q&utm_medium=ios

Going live on BBC momentarily to talk about the life of Dick Cheney.

Police searching a truck for suspicious objects just south of Union Station near the US Capitol.

North Koreans left in the dark after the US and South Korea silence their broadcasts that were beamed to the totalitarian state. https://www.dw.com/en/north-koreans-left-in-the-dark-as-foreign-broadcasts-cut/a-74596803

Pope Leo instructs the world's 1.4 billion Catholics not to refer to the Virgin Mary as the "co-redeemer" of the world. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2025-11/doctrinal-note-mother-of-the-faithful-not-co-redemptrix.html

An American teacher and his teenage son have been killed by hornets while ziplining in Laos, which the tourist park’s operator calls an “unforeseeable and extraordinary natural occurrence.” https://www.thetimes.com/world/asia/article/hornets-deaths-laos-daniel-owen-asian-giants-z0khnmglw

Former US VP Dick Cheney has died. https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/politics/dick-cheney-death-obit

Threads beat X (the former Twitter) in the number of average daily active users on mobile devices worldwide for the first time last month. https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/11/03/threads-passes-x-in-key-monthly-metric-for-first-time-in-zuckerberg-vs-musk-battle/

North Korea’s ceremonial head of state has died. http://kcna.kp/en/article/q/8cd639de7f3d9affa07e05fe9c69758c.kcmsf

WaPo - Far right political activist Laura Loomer has been granted DoD press credentials. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/11/03/laura-loomer-pentagon-credentials/

Teen Vogue’s labor union says changes in the newsroom announced by Condé Nast will throttle staff diversity and mute the magazine’s progressive political bent. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/conde-nast-teen-vogue-newsguild-1236417079/

As many as 11 climbers may be dead following an avalanche near the base camp of the Yalung Ri mountain in Nepal. https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/three-dead-eight-missing-in-avalanche-near-yalung-ri-base-camp

Paramount has renewed Jon Stewart’s deal to continue hosting Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” once a week through the 2026 midterms, resolving months of speculation about the media company’s plans for the late-night show […]