Headlines for November 11, 2026

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Nov 11, 2026

Vermont’s independent Senator Bernie Sanders stated Tuesday he will not back Senator Chuck Schumer for Senate bulk leader. Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan likewise stated she will not support Schumer till he provides a strategy to govern in a different way. Senators-elect Peggy Flanagan of Minnesota, Troy Jackson of Maine, Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan, Juliana Stratton of Illinois and Adam Hamilton of Kansas have all stated they will not support Schumer, as has Senate prospect Scott Colom of Mississippi. This comes as Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland suggested Monday he’s open to running for Senate bulk leader when the brand-new Congress assembles in January. This is Senator Sanders.

Sen. Bernie Sanders: “If this project had to do with anything, it had to do with modification and the requirement for the Democratic Party, in my view, to relocate a brand-new and strong instructions. I personally have actually understood Chuck Schumer for over 30 years, and I like Chuck. No one who works more difficult than Chuck Schumer. In my view, the time is now for modification, and I will not be supporting Chuck to be reelected as the Democratic leader.”

Home Republicans chose Congressmember Jim Jordan, a strong Trump ally, as their leader after recently’s sweeping midterm losses. Jordan will change Speaker Mike Johnson come January when a brand-new Democratic bulk takes workplace with a minimum of 256 seats in your home. In the Senate, Republicans reelected Senator John Thune of South Dakota as leader. Democrats presently have a 54-seat bulk in the Senate, with the races in Alaska and Mississippi favoring Democrats. The Democratic Senate prospect in Mississippi, Scott Colom, leads his Republican challenger by 3,000 votes.

President Trump’s previous attorney Alina Habba Mildon has actually been fired by Concord Partners, a deceptive business without any public profile, established by a popular and rich Venezuelan household, which had actually formerly signed Habba Mildon to a $50 million offer. Habba Mildon had actually gotten the agreement soon before Trump pardoned the head of the household, Julio Herrera Velutini, who was dealing with felony bribery charges in Puerto Rico. According to The New York Times, Trump just recently emerged in anger after learning more about Habba Mildon’s $50 million agreement. In a letter from recently, Concord Partners stated that Habba Mildon was fired due to a “failure to carry out responsibilities.” She will still keep $6.5 million that was paid to her, in addition to an $8 million finalizing reward.

The U.S. federal government got over $12 billion in income from exports of Venezuela’s natural deposits in the very first 9 months of this year, following the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. That’s according to a report by the worldwide monetary company KPMGwhich is amongst the very first to supply comprehensive insight into the Trump administration’s monetary holdings in Venezuela. The report was examined by The New York Times. After the U.S. eliminated Maduro from power in January, the Treasury Department supposedly developed a “Venezuela Custody Account,” at first based in Qatar and after that relocated to Citibank in New York.

The New York Times reports that foreign federal governments are accepting U.S. deportees and after that sending them to their home nations, where they run the risk of abuse, sexual assault or persecution. The Times determined more than 110 immigrants who were deported from the U.S. to third-party nations and after that handed down to their home nations in spite of U.S. court orders. Alma David, a specialist with the National Immigration Litigation Alliance, stated, “It’s migration manifest destiny– making these federal governments do the grunt work.”

An examination by The Washington Post exposes ICE worked with a minimum of 19 officers who had previous accusations of misbehavior, violence and criminal charges throughout a mass employing spree after Trump took workplace in 2025. The findings follow a Homeland Security Department information breach in October dripped the names of an approximated 1,500 brand-new ICE hires. The Washington Post ran a background look at about 300 of them, with over a lots officers returning with warnings, consisting of a previous Detroit law enforcement officer associated with a deadly shooting that led to a $2.5 million wrongful-death settlement.

A group of immigrants imprisoned at the struggling Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, have actually been on a cravings strike for over 8 days knocking due procedure offenses, medical disregard and inhumane conditions. They’re likewise requiring all ICE prisons be closed down. This is at least the 22nd cravings strike inside the Northwest ICE prison this year alone. In spite of installing reports of abuse, Northwest will continue to run for another 10 years, after the for-profit jail business GEO Group signed a $1.5 billion agreement with the federal government in October.

In news from Gaza, Israeli forces have actually eliminated a minimum of 8 Palestinians, consisting of a daddy and his 13-year-old child, in attacks on Gaza City and Khan Younis. Israel has actually carried out near-daily attacks on Gaza in spite of a so-called ceasefire brokered by the U.S., eliminating more than 1,600 Palestinians considering that the offer entered into result last October. This comes as damage and damage triggered by Israel’s ruthless battles on Gaza’s facilities given that 2023 have actually added to getting worse flash floods as the enclave deals with another winter season with downpours. Gaza’s stormwater and sewage networks are so shabby that countless camping tents are being flooded. This is UNICEF representative James Elder.

James Elder: “So, poisonous sewage might stream into the streets and camping tents of Gaza City, requiring kids and households from their makeshift home once again and grossly increasing the hazard of illness. We’re a bit baffled. Let’s do the rehab before this ends up being another totally avoidable killer of ladies and young boys in Gaza.”

In the occupied West Bank, Israeli soldiers have actually eliminated a 14-year-old Palestinian kid and injured 2 other teenagers throughout a raid on the town of Burqa Tuesday. The kid was determined as Moataz Iyad Daghlas. This comes as more than 50 prohibited Israeli inhabitants assaulted a town south of Nablus, setting lorries on fire. The U.N. has actually alerted that attacks by Israeli inhabitants have actually intensified to an “extraordinary level,” with a minimum of 1,143 Palestinians eliminated in the occupied West Bank because October 2023, consisting of 250 kids.

Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday held their very first peace talks in 9 months in Abu Dhabi. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was not in presence at the top, where Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and envoy Steve Witkoff restored pressure to end the war.

In associated news, a senior U.S. Army soldier was detained in Britain for supposedly trying to take secret NATO info and provide it to Russia. The 41-year-old has actually not been recognized. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov rejected any links in between Russia and the suspect.

In more news from Russia, the independent paper Novaya Gazeta closed its Moscow workplace on Monday, stating it was unable to continue running due to a project of state persecution. The investigative outlet was co-founded by the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, with cash from his 1990 Nobel Peace Prize. Russian President Vladimir Putin had actually designated the paper as a “foreign representative.” Last month, Novaya Gazeta’s property manager declined to restore the news outlet’s lease. Russian banks stated that they would stop processing contributions from readers. In October, Russian authorities robbed the home of editor-in-chief Sergei Sokolov and took him in for questioning. Another editor, Oleg Roldugin, was detained in April.

Dmitry Muratov, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning editor of Novaya Gazeta, stated, “Those in our nation who promote for peace have actually been rejected the right to read what they pick, as we see taking place today. We are presently at a point where the area of the Russian constitution that ensures political and civil liberties has actually stopped to operate.”

A federal appeals court panel ruled on Tuesday that the Trump administration unlawfully fired the head of Voice of America (VOAMichael Abramowitz, in 2015. Previously this year, a federal judge likewise withdrawed the shooting of more than 1,000 reporters at VOA and voided Trump’s installation of his ally to work as the interim chief of the United States Agency for Global Media, which is the moms and dad firm of VOAIn a declaration, Abramowitz stated, “There is no longer any factor for the federal government to avoid me from getting the job done for which I was lawfully set up on a bipartisan basis more than 2 years back.”

As world leaders and delegates from over 190 countries began the U.N. environment top in Antalya, Turkey, today, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğa seized the day to commemorate the discovery of 2 brand-new oil fields in the Gabar Mountains and the possibility of future nonrenewable fuel source tasks. Phasing out nonrenewable fuel sources has actually been a main proposition at the yearly environment talks pressed by Indigenous and ecological activists who are once again requiring immediate environment options.

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg got to COP31 on Tuesday. It is the very first time she is going to the environment top given that 2021.

Greta Thunberg: “In all the disasters we are dealing with, it is clinical truth that if we continue like now, things like food, tidy water, operating facilities will end up being high-end.”

In Indonesia, countless trainees and activists rallied throughout the nation on Tuesday over the federal government’s insufficient reaction to forest and land fires. They required that the federal government state a nationwide catastrophe and penalize those accountable for the blazes. The protesters likewise required more tasks and financial relief.

Faturrohman Jaguna: “We get in touch with the city government and the Yogyakarta Regional House of Representatives to enhance the well-being of little and medium-sized business, pedicab chauffeurs and all individuals of Yogyakarta who today are dealing with challenges from a damaging economy. We advise the federal government to bring back the individuals’s economy in Yogyakarta and throughout Indonesia.”