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Trump set to lurch further right, claiming US took ‘giant step back’ in elections

Trump poised to double down on immigration crackdown and refuse concessions to new Democratic majority in CongressDonald Trump set the stage for his administration to lurch further to the right this weekend, claiming the US had taken a “giant step back” by widely rejecting his party.The US president’s hardline aide,…

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Gadi Eisenkot reaches out to Netanyahu allies as he strives to form government

Former military chief says prime minister brought Israel to historic crisis and it is approaching ‘point of no return’Israel’s former military chief Gadi Eisenkot started the tough task of forming a government on Sunday, reaching out to Benjamin Netanyahu’s allies as he said the veteran prime minister had brought th…

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Pope Leo leaves Uruguay and heads to most fraught stop of his tour in Milei’s Argentina

Pope Leo on Sunday urged Argentina to safeguard its democracy in a closely watched speech to President Javier Milei, a close ally of US President Donald Trump, during the second stop of a 12-day South American tour by the Catholic leader. Leo told Milei, who has said he will seek re-election next year, that leaders …

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"Too Big To Rig", Too Divided To Agree: Democrats' Post-Landslide Agenda Fight Begins

"Too Big To Rig", Too Divided To Agree: Democrats' Post-Landslide Agenda Fight Begins House Democrats are on track to hold somewhere between 251 and 268 seats, by CBS News' estimate, up from 214 going into Tuesday. The size of that majority has opened a fight between the party's centrists and its left over what the …

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Alan Jones obituary

Australian driver who was the Formula One champion with the Williams team in 1981 and had 12 grand prix victories“The championship? You take it any way it comes,” said Alan Jones, with typical unsentimental pithiness, after winning a tense Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal in 1980 that made him that year’s Formula One…

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Carlos Alcaraz beats error-prone Ben Shelton to win Paris Masters

World No 3 defeats American 7-6 (5), 7-5 in finalSpaniard claims ninth 1000-level title of his careerCarlos Alcaraz avenged his defeat by ⁠Ben Shelton in the US Open last eight as he edged the American 7-6 (5), 7-5 to win the Paris Masters ⁠on Sunday, clinching ⁠his ninth ​ATP 1000 title.The world No 3 controlled th…

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Could Nvidia's Spy Scandal Force Jensen Huang To Resign?

Could Nvidia's Spy Scandal Force Jensen Huang To Resign? Submitted by QTR's Fringe FinanceWell, this certainly wasn’t on anybody’s bingo card.Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has found himself at the center of an extraordinary espionage controversy, following reports by FT and others that a Chinese businesswoman with whom he…

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Henry Pollock powers seven-try England to crushing victory against Australia

England 45-22 AustraliaGeorge, Chessum and Heyes scored first-half triesEngland had promised to do their talking on the field and so it came to pass. After a turbulent few days, this result was certainly a thumping riposte to newspaper reports that all is not well within the court of Steve Borthwick. If Australia ha…

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Iran executes 3 more men over January protests, judiciary says

Iranian authorities executed three men on Sunday on charges linked to January 2026 protests, the judiciary said, after what rights groups described as an unfair trial. Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) said the hangings at dawn of Hassan Divband, Hamid Kazemi and Reza Zanganeh in the city of Karaj outside Tehran …

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Today’s Report From Gaza

8 November 2026, posted by Eric Zuesse. (All of my recent articles can be seen here.) https://jehadmalaka.substack.com/p/gazas-winter-a-war-without-end-and “Gaza’s Winter: A War Without End and Shelters That Offer No Protection: As flash floods sweep through refugee camps, a single storm exposes the catastrophic rea…

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Ex-MAHA Insider Tells Rogan What Trump Didn't Know About His Own White House

Ex-MAHA Insider Tells Rogan What Trump Didn't Know About His Own White House Former senior White House advisor Calley Means says he had full White House approval for a federal look at how much sugar American children eat - until Trump's former Chief-of-Staff Susie Wiles killed it. White House chief of staff Susie Wi…

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