November 10, 2025

UKRAINE | Today is day 1,355 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Here are your updates:

• Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Saturday that Russian drone and missile strikes hit power substations that supply two of Ukraine's nuclear power plants on Friday and accused Russia of "deliberately endangering nuclear safety in Europe." [more]
• Amidst ongoing targeting of energy infrastructure by both sides in the conflict, Russian officials say Ukrainian drone and missile strikes caused power outages in tens of thousands of homes in the cities of Voronezh, Belgorod, Taganrog, and Rostov yesterday. [more]

U.S. PARDONS | President Donald Trump has pardoned his former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, his former chief of staff Mark Meadows, and more than 70 other people accused of backing the Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to a presidential proclamation posted online by Justice Department pardon official Ed Martin. [more]

U.S. SAME-SEX MARRIAGE | In a ruling rejecting an appeal by a former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, the U.S. Supreme Court today rejected a call to overturn its 2015 landmark decision in Obergefell v. Hodges that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. [more]

U.S. GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN | Day 41. The U.S. Senate voted, 60-40, last night to advance a bill that would fund government operations through late January and approve three bipartisan annual spending bills. The measure, which still must achieve final approval in the Senate and then the House, does not extend health insurance subsidies that Democrats have been demanding. Reports note that the agreement to advance the bill promises a December vote on extending health insurance subsidies, reverses the firing of federal workers since the current shutdown began, and ensures that federal workers receive back pay. [more]

U.S. FOOD ASSISTANCE | The Trump administration has told multiple states to "undo" full benefits paid recently under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program during a one-day window between when a federal judge ordered full funding and a Supreme Court justice put a temporary pause on that order. Early this morning, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani temporarily blocked the government order to "undo" the already-made payments pending an additional hearing on the issue later today. [more]

U.S. AIR TRAVEL | More than 4,000 flights were cancelled by U.S. airlines over the weekend amidst the FAA-mandated cuts linked to the ongoing government shutdown. As of early this morning, airlines have already canceled about 1,500 flights for today and 1,000 for tomorrow. [more]

U.S. MILITARIZATION | U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut made permanent on Friday her earlier temporary ruling blocking the Trump administration from deploying federalized National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon. In her ruling, Immergut said there was neither a rebellion or danger of a rebellion where President Donald Trump intended to deploy troops and that such deployment would violate the 10th amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which gives states any powers not explicitly granted to the federal government. [more]

U.S. INFANT BOTULISM | Federal health officials say at least 13 cases of infant botulism in 10 states have been linked to consumption of ByHeart-brand powdered infant formula, multiple lots of which have been recalled. [CDC info] [FDA info] [more]

U.S. AND SYRIA | Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa is scheduled to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House today. Reports note that this will be the first visit to the White House by a Syrian head of state since the Middle Eastern country gained independence from France in 1946. [more]

GLOBAL CLIMATE | The two-week COP30 U.N. climate summit opens today in Belem, Brazil, with representatives of more than 190 nations in attendance. [more]

INDIA | Reports cite local officials as saying at least eight people have died in an explosion near a metro station in Delhi, India, this morning. The cause of the explosion remains under investigation and a state of alert has been declared in the capital city. [more]

E.U. AND LATIN AMERICA | A two day summit of Community of Latin American and Caribbean States and European Union leaders began yesterday in Bogota, Colombia, with renewable energy, food security, financing, technological cooperation, and the U.S. military targeting of alleged drug-carrying boats among the major topics expected to be discussed. [more]

U.K. | BBC Director-General Tim Davie and news CEO Deborah Turness both resigned yesterday following criticism of the editing of a speech made by U.S. President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021, before protesters attacked the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. Reports say the BBC clip was edited to remove a section where Trump said he wanted supporters to demonstrate peacefully. Reports further note that BBC News says it received a letter from President Trump threatening legal action over the editing and that it has acknowledged the speech edit gave a misleading impression. [more]

PHILIPPINES | At least six people have died, and some 1.4 million others have been displaced, in the northern Philippines in flooding, landslides, and other damaged caused by Typhoon Fung-wong, which made landfall overnight with sustained winds of up to 115 mph. [more]

THAILAND AND CAMBODIA | Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul threatened today to suspend a U.N.-brokered cease-fire agreement with neighboring Cambodia after two Thai soldiers were injured in a land mine explosion along the two countries' shared border earlier in the day. [more]

DENMARK | Caroline Stage, Denmark’s minister for digital affairs, says the Danish government is preparing to move forward with legislation that would ban access to social media for Danish children under the age of 15, citing mental health risks and other safety issues as reasons for the move. [more]

BASEBALL | According to a federal indictment unsealed yesterday, Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz have been indicted on charges they took bribes from sports bettors to throw certain types of pitches to ensure successful bets. Attorneys for both players have denied the charges. [more]

COLLEGE FOOTBALL | Following weekend games, Ohio State remains at No. 1 atop the AP Top 25 College Football Poll, followed by Indiana, Texas A&M, Alabama, and Georgia. [full rankings] [more]

R.I.P. | James D. Watson, who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Medicine with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins for their co-discovery of the double helix structure of DNA, died late last week at the age of 97. [more]

TODAY IN HISTORY | On this date in 1775, the United States Marine Corps was founded when the Continental Congress ordered that two battalions of marines be raised for service during the American Revolution. [more history]