Seven Lights Daily Brief

Ten top stories for Saturday, November fourteenth: President Trump, President Putin and President Xi prepare their first three-way meeting on nuclear arms in Shenzhen; a nationwide ground stop held American flights on the ground for four hours after air traffic routers failed; a tanker capsized a river cruise ship in New Orleans and thirty-two people went to hospitals; Alaska elected its first Democratic governor in more than two decades; the administration delayed Medicaid work requirements by six months; investors say Jensen Huang's departure blows a hole in artificial intelligence funding; SpaceX reached orbit on Starship flight fifteen but lost its booster; Uber driver licenses were stolen in a breach at a data provider; Manchester United hired Mauricio Pochettino; and Shane Gillis broke his silence about his Saturday Night Live monologue.

Thirteen top stories for Friday, November thirteenth: an Israeli strike on a Khan Younis hospital kills six, including a surgeon; a physician kills a gym manager outside a Washington fitness studio; the president pulls the vice-president from the Iran file to police Democratic cities; a Democrat wins the Kansas governor's race after a two-day count; a Maryland senator challenges Chuck Schumer for Senate leadership; Nvidia's chief executive resigns and shares fall sixteen percent; Microsoft mail and Teams fail around the world; Google deploys a new search model called Gemini four Hydrogen; Google's smart glasses open for preorder; England beats Croatia to reach the Nations League quarter-finals; Jessica Pegula saves a match point to reach the WTA semis; the Writers Guild adds Reynolds and Jackman to Doomsday's credits; and critics find Ti West's Christmas Carol cold.

Fifteen top stories for Thursday, November twelfth: Indonesia's vice-president resigns amid a credential dispute, millions join Spain's first general strike in fourteen years, a Brooklyn building collapse kills at least two, the Treasury Secretary moves to a military base after Iranian threats, a Tomb of the Unknown Soldier sentinel rebukes Hegseth's group, the SS United States becomes the world's largest artificial reef, Scott Colom flips a Mississippi Senate seat, a White House oversight letter draws a counterattack, Nvidia's board moves toward replacing Huang, a suspected Chinese spy's chip channel is detailed, Curry leaves with an abdominal injury, Doncic plays through an ankle injury, Russell Brand is jailed, Anthony Clark dies at sixty-two, and a VisionQuest post-credits scene reveals Wanda is alive.

Twelve top stories for Wednesday, November eleventh: a senior US Army officer arrested in England on suspicion of spying for Russia, the Kennedy family moves to join the lawsuits over the Arlington arch, Thomas Markle is jailed over his ankle monitor, Jim Jordan is elected House Republican leader, the House shelves the Hegseth impeachment push, Bernie Sanders withholds support for Chuck Schumer, Anthropic files for a trillion-dollar listing, a December Fed rate hike looks all but certain, shareholders sue Nvidia over the spy scandal, Google's Pixel Tag goes on sale, the NFL trade deadline reshapes the field, and Stacy Keach dies at 85.

Ten top stories for Tuesday, November tenth: trilateral peace talks open in Abu Dhabi, France accuses Iran's Revolutionary Guard of freezer cyberattacks, an 81-year-old wins the Booker Prize, California rejects the billionaire tax, the Supreme Court clears the Big Bend wall, Boeing cuts its airplane workforce and more.

Eleven top stories for Monday, November ninth: Russian energy strikes black out Ukraine before the Abu Dhabi talks, the Krakow shooting suspect dies, a deadly train collision near Cairo, Stephen Miller takes over the West Wing, scrutiny of Nvidia's chief executive widens, Lando Norris wins in Sao Paulo and more.

Fifteen top stories for Sunday, November eighth: Israel's government-formation decision, the Krakow attack probe, Pope Leo's tour, Miller fallout, Cybertruck's end, a market rout, GPT-6 Cyber, Messi's Golden Boot and more.

A third wave of hoax bomb threats disrupts eighteen more flights across Europe, Thomas Markle is charged in federal court, Houston limits police cooperation with ICE, Stephen Miller becomes White House chief of staff, and Anthropic's trillion-dollar listing faces investor pushback.

Paraguay's president resigns as the Ueno Bank collapse freezes three million savings accounts, Pope Leo opens a 12-day Latin America tour weeks after cancer surgery, Newsom commutes all 548 California death sentences, and chip stocks lead a three-trillion-dollar Wall Street wipeout.

Vice President JD Vance calls the Iran war the real reason for the Republican midterm defeat, Speaker Mike Johnson steps down as House Republicans choose new leadership, Hong Kong jails Joshua Wong for 10 years in a second security-law case, and voters rebuke AI data centres 44 to 1 at the midterm ballot.