#1Stephen Miller takes the reins as White House chief of staff today
President Trump's hardline immigration architect officially replaces Susie Wiles in the West Wing's top job this morning, with Wiles shifting over to Trump's political operation. The promotion has split the GOP — JD Vance called Miller "an amazing patriot," while retiring Rep. Don Bacon argued Miller flipped immigration from a 2-to-1 winner into a 2-to-1 loser and cost Republicans seats in last week's midterm rout. Source: Fox News — https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-names-stephen-miller-new-white-house-chief-staff-replacing-susie-wiles
#2Congress returns to a lame-duck session stuffed with deadlines
Lawmakers are back on Capitol Hill for the first time since the midterms, staring down a December 11 funding cliff, a debt ceiling deadline in January, the farm bill, a bipartisan tax package and the SAVE America Act. Leadership races are live too: John Thune runs unopposed for Senate minority leader while Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan battle for House minority leader. Sen. Bernie Moreno described the workload as the household closet everyone's been throwing junk into — and the closet is now full. Source: Fox News — https://www.foxnews.com/politics/congress-returns-brutal-lame-duck-stretch-shutdown-deadline-leadership-races-closet-full-s
#3Jobs blow past expectations, but inflation is still eating the paycheck
The economy added 165,000 jobs in October against forecasts near 59,000, and unemployment ticked down from 4.2% to 4.1%, with August and September revised up a combined 84,000. The catch: annual consumer inflation ran 3.7% in September, outpacing nominal wage growth, and the Fed is holding rates at 3.75% to 4.0% while calling inflation "elevated." Source: The Epoch Times — https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/us-economy-adds-165000-new-jobs-in-october-unemployment-rate-dips-to-4-1-percent-6119487
#4A House seat hangs on 99 votes in North Carolina
In North Carolina's 5th District, Democrat Chuck Hubbard leads longtime Republican incumbent Virginia Foxx by just 99 ballots, one of four races still inside a few hundred votes nationwide. The margin has revived the election-integrity fight, with conservatives pointing to New Jersey's discovery of 6,000-plus illegally registered noncitizens — roughly 400 of whom voted — as more than triple the North Carolina gap. Source: The Federalist — https://thefederalist.com/2026/11/09/house-race-separated-by-99-votes-shows-why-rare-noncitizen-voting-does-matter/
Top World Stories
#5Rubio lands in Paris for G7 talks as France burns
Secretary of State Marco Rubio joins foreign ministers from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan today and Tuesday, facing questions on Russia-Ukraine, Iran and energy security. He arrives into chaos: France's "Black Thursday" drew roughly 575,000 cost-of-living protesters, injured more than 100 police officers and produced 1,800 arrests, prompting a US travel warning and synagogues canceling prayers. Source: Fox News — https://www.foxnews.com/politics/photos-show-aftermath-riots-masked-groups-clash-police-across-france
#6Krakow mass shooter dies in hospital as Poland mourns six
The 24-year-old Polish citizen who opened fire in Krakow's historic Main Square on Saturday died in the hospital this morning after multiple surgeries. Six people were killed — four women and two men, including a British man and an Austrian woman — and 15 were wounded; police later found the suspect's mother, father and sister dead at the family home. Prosecutors are investigating it as a possible act of terror, though they say no clear political motive has emerged. Source: Fox News — https://www.foxnews.com/world/poland-krakow-square-shooting-gunman-dies
#7US-mediated Russia-Ukraine talks open tomorrow in Abu Dhabi
Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are set to represent the United States at negotiations November 10 and 11 covering post-war security arrangements, de-escalation and humanitarian steps. Momentum comes off the Oleshky ceasefire, which Zelenskyy's party leader David Arakhamia called the biggest de-escalation since 2022. Source: Fox News — https://www.foxnews.com/world/us-mediate-upcoming-ukraine-russia-talks-abu-dhabi-witkoff-says
Science & Technology
#8NASA accelerates its moon base plans
Administrator Jared Isaacman says NASA will announce more than a dozen unmanned lunar missions, with the first three targeted to launch before the end of this year — including what's billed as the first privately funded lunar lander mission in history. Officials are leaning on the completed Artemis II flight as proof the agency has the fundamentals for a permanent settlement beyond Earth, while Trump has promised a nuclear-powered Mars spacecraft by 2028. Source: Washington Examiner — https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/space/4582732/nasa-plan-moon-base-mission-2026-what-to-know/
#9UCLA researchers find a way to keep cancer-fighting T cells from burning out
Scientists treated human T cells with an experimental drug called navtemadlin, which temporarily boosts the tumor-suppressing protein p53. The treated cells showed fewer signs of exhaustion, held more energy, and killed melanoma cells significantly better than untreated cells — a possible fix for one of immunotherapy's biggest weaknesses. Source: Fox News — https://www.foxnews.com/health/new-cancer-treatment-approach-help-immune-cells-fight-tumors-longer
Wildcard
#10America's top chip executive admits an affair with a suspected Chinese operative
Nvidia has launched an independent probe after CEO Jensen Huang acknowledged a relationship with Alice Huang — no relation — a woman reported to be an asset of China's Ministry of State Security, allegedly tasked with gathering intelligence and pushing Nvidia's most advanced chips toward China. She had moved from Chinese television reporting into a top role at Singapore data-center firm Megaspeed, which bought more than $4.8 billion in Nvidia chips over two years. The board says it does not believe secrets were compromised; Trump says the administration is looking at it "closely." Source: The Epoch Times — https://www.theepochtimes.com/tech/nvidia-to-launch-probe-after-report-ceo-huang-was-target-of-chinese-spy-operation-6122201
