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# November 11, 2026
- URL: https://dailybrief.net/november-11-2026/
- Published: 2026-11-11T13:04:55.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-11T13:04:55.000Z
- Description: MIDDLE EAST WAR | UKRAINE | MILITARY | CONGRESS | FOOD ASSISTANCE | INTERIOR DEPARTMENT | FINANCIAL REGULATION | UNITED NATIONS | U.K. | NATO | RUSSIA | GLOBAL CLIMATE | SPAIN | SOUTH CHINA SEA | ISRAEL | GAZA | SAUDI ARABIA | YEMEN | CONGO | COLLEGE FOOTBALL | BASEBALL | R.I.P.
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**MIDDLE EAST WAR** | Day 257.

- U.S. federal prosecutors yesterday [unsealed an indictment](https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/three-iranian-backed-operatives-indicted-their-roles-nearly-20-terrorist-attacks-and?ref=dailybrief.net) charging three alleged Iran-backed operatives with plotting nearly 20 attacks on Jewish communities in Europe and the United States, as well as an attack on the RAF Fairford air base in England, from which U.S. bombers were withdrawn in September. \[[DOJ press release](https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/three-iranian-backed-operatives-indicted-their-roles-nearly-20-terrorist-attacks-and?ref=dailybrief.net)\] \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=iran+backed+plot+raf+fairford+indictment+al-saadi&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]
- Mohsen Rezaei, the head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said again yesterday that the Strait of Hormuz will not reopen until the U.S. meets the seven conditions Iran has set for ending the war and called reports of continuing negotiations with the U.S. "a pure lie." \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=iran+rezaei+hormuz+seven+conditions+pure+lie&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]
- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says at least two more oil tankers caught fire yesterday after striking naval mines while using what it calls an "unauthorized route" through the Strait of Hormuz. According to [data compiled by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy](https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/menamaritime/?ref=dailybrief.net), 37 ships were attacked in the region in October – the highest monthly total since the war began. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=hormuz+tankers+fire+naval+mines+unauthorized+route&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**UKRAINE** | Today is day 1,719 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Here are your updates:

- U.S.-mediated talks between Russia and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, entered their second and final scheduled day today, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying the delegations are working toward a "large-scale exchange of prisoners." Reports note that neither side has yet shown a willingness to compromise on its main demands. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=abu+dhabi+talks+second+day+russia+ukraine+prisoner+exchange&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]
- Officials on both sides say Russia and Ukraine continued to exchange long-range strikes overnight amidst talks in Abu Dhabi, with Ukrainian drones starting a fire at Russia's Ust-Luga oil export port in the Leningrad region and Russian strikes hitting six large electricity substations in central Ukraine. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ust-luga+port+drone+fire+substations+strikes+abu+dhabi+talks&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**U.S. MILITARY AND CONGRESS** | The House voted, 211-204, yesterday, largely along party lines, to refer Republican Representative Thomas Massie's resolution to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to the Judiciary Committee, effectively ending the effort in the current Congress. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, who is expected to become speaker when Democrats take control of the House in January, said Democrats will discuss a new impeachment effort "at the appropriate time." \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=house+blocks+hegseth+impeachment+211-204+judiciary+committee&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**U.S. CONGRESS** | House Republicans chose Ohio Representative Jim Jordan yesterday to be their leader in the next Congress, and Senate Republicans reelected South Dakota Senator John Thune as theirs, a week after midterm election losses that will cost the party its majorities in both chambers in January. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=jim+jordan+house+minority+leader+thune+reelected+senate+republican+leader&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**U.S. FOOD ASSISTANCE** | The U.S. Department of Agriculture [proposed a rule](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/11/10/2026-22936/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-reforming-categorical-eligibility?ref=dailybrief.net) yesterday that would end automatic eligibility for [Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supplemental%5FNutrition%5FAssistance%5FProgram?ref=dailybrief.net) (SNAP) benefits for households receiving cash aid through the [Temporary Assistance for Needy Families](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporary%5FAssistance%5Ffor%5FNeedy%5FFamilies?ref=dailybrief.net) (TANF) program. The department estimates that about 6.3 million people would lose SNAP benefits under the change, and that 1.8 million children would lose eligibility for free school lunches. \[[full proposed rule](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/11/10/2026-22936/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-reforming-categorical-eligibility?ref=dailybrief.net)\] \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=usda+proposed+rule+snap+6.3+million+tanf+eligibility&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**U.S. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT** | [CNN cites](https://www.cnn.com/2026/11/10/politics/trump-building-investigation-democrats-house-natural-resources?ref=dailybrief.net) congressional sources as saying that whistleblowers have warned House Democrats that the Interior Department has destroyed records related to President Donald Trump's construction projects in Washington, D.C., ahead of the Democrats' takeover of Congress in January and anticipated related investigations. The department has denied the allegations. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=interior+department+records+destroyed+whistleblowers+huffman+trump+construction+projects&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**U.S. FINANCIAL REGULATION** | The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission [said yesterday](https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2026-113-sec-announces-enforcement-annual-results-fiscal-year-2026?ref=dailybrief.net) that it brought 348 enforcement actions in fiscal year 2026 – down from 456 a year earlier and the fewest since 1991\. Fines and other financial remedies for the year totaled nearly $1.1 billion, the lowest level since 2008\. \[[SEC press release](https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2026-113-sec-announces-enforcement-annual-results-fiscal-year-2026?ref=dailybrief.net)\] \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=sec+enforcement+actions+348+fiscal+2026+fewest+since+1991&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**U.S. AND UNITED NATIONS** | The U.N. Human Rights Council agreed yesterday to postpone its [scheduled review](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal%5FPeriodic%5FReview?ref=dailybrief.net) of the United States' human rights record until January, after the Trump administration declined to take part in the review process. The delay, according to reports, is meant to give the council more time to persuade the U.S. to reverse its decision. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=un+human+rights+council+postpones+us+review+january&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**U.S., U.K., NATO, AND RUSSIA** | A senior U.S. Army officer assigned to a NATO rapid reaction force was arrested in England yesterday on suspicion of espionage linked to Russia. Reports say the yet-unnamed soldier is suspected of obtaining or disclosing protected information and assisting a foreign intelligence service in violation of the U.K.'s [National Security Act 2023](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%5FSecurity%5FAct%5F2023?ref=dailybrief.net). \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=us+army+soldier+arrested+gloucester+nato+russia+espionage&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**GLOBAL CLIMATE** | World leaders begin two days of speeches today at the COP31 U.N. climate summit in Antalya, Turkey, where negotiators are seeking agreement on reviving stalled efforts to move away from fossil fuels and on a proposal from host country Turkey to have electricity, rather than burned fuels, meet 35% of the world's energy needs by 2035, up from about a fifth now. The U.S. is not taking part in the talks for the second year in a row. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=cop31+world+leaders+speeches+antalya+guterres&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**SPAIN** | Workers across Spain are taking part in the country's first general strike in 14 years today to demand government action on the nation's housing crisis. The strike comes less than three weeks before Spain's national election. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=spain+general+strike+housing+first+in+14+years&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**SOUTH CHINA SEA** | [The Associated Press cites](https://apnews.com/article/south-china-sea-code-of-conduct-southeast-asia-8ef757e6ed486a5632e4c2299ee00064?ref=dailybrief.net) three senior Southeast Asian diplomats as saying that China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have provisionally agreed on about 80% of a long-negotiated code of conduct for the South China Sea, but will not conclude the talks this year as planned. The remaining sticking points are reported to include the agreement's geographic scope and whether it should be legally binding. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=south+china+sea+code+of+conduct+asean+china+80+percent+not+this+year&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**ISRAEL** | Gadi Eisenkot, the former military chief tasked with forming Israel's next government, pledged yesterday to reverse many of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's policies as the country's new parliament was sworn in. Eisenkot's bloc also introduced bills to launch an official inquiry into the Hamas-led attacks of October 7, 2023, and to set term limits for prime ministers. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=eisenkot+knesset+sworn+in+october+7+inquiry+bills&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**ISRAEL AND GAZA** | Palestinian health officials say five people were killed yesterday in Israeli airstrikes and gunfire in Gaza. Reports cite the Israeli military as saying it struck militants in Gaza City. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%22israeli+strikes+and+gunfire+in+gaza+kill+5%22&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**SAUDI ARABIA AND YEMEN** | Yemen's Houthi rebels say Saudi-led forces carried out 109 airstrikes and missile attacks yesterday on the capital, Sanaa, and on Houthi positions in five provinces, while forces aligned with Yemen's Saudi-backed government say their recent attacks have killed or wounded about 190 Houthi fighters. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=houthis+109+airstrikes+sanaa+saudi+190+fighters&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**CONGO** | Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo said today that 11,042 cases and 5,387 deaths have been recorded in the country's ongoing Ebola outbreak, which was declared in mid-May. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=congo+ebola+outbreak+tops+11000+cases&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**COLLEGE FOOTBALL** | The latest [College Football Playoff rankings](https://collegefootballplayoff.com/rankings?ref=dailybrief.net) were released yesterday, with Georgia at No. 1, followed by Utah, Alabama, UCLA, and Notre Dame. \[[full rankings](https://collegefootballplayoff.com/rankings?ref=dailybrief.net)\] \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=college+football+playoff+rankings+georgia+no+1+utah+alabama+ucla&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**BASEBALL** | The Milwaukee Brewers' Pat Murphy yesterday became the first Major League Baseball manager to win a Manager of the Year award three years in a row, taking the National League honor, while the Chicago White Sox's Will Venable was named the American League's Manager of the Year. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=pat+murphy+manager+of+the+year+third+straight+will+venable&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**R.I.P.** | Actor [Stacy Keach](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacy%5FKeach?ref=dailybrief.net), best known for his role as private detective [Mike Hammer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%5FHammer%5F%28character%29?ref=dailybrief.net) on television in the 1980s and for his Shakespearean stage roles, died yesterday at the age of 85\. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=stacy+keach+dies+85&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**TODAY IN HISTORY** | On this date in 1918, the [Allied powers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies%5Fof%5FWorld%5FWar%5FI?ref=dailybrief.net) and Germany signed an [armistice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice%5Fof%5F11%5FNovember%5F1918?ref=dailybrief.net) document in the railway carriage of [Ferdinand Foch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand%5FFoch?ref=dailybrief.net), the commander of the Allied armies, ending [World War I](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%5FWar%5FI?ref=dailybrief.net). \[[more history](https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/November-11?ref=dailybrief.net)\]