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# November 13, 2026
- URL: https://dailybrief.net/november-13-2026/
- Published: 2026-11-13T13:26:46.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-13T13:26:46.000Z
- Description: MIDDLE EAST WAR | UKRAINE | GUN VIOLENCE | IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT | REAL ESTATE | BUDGET DEFICIT | AI INDUSTRY | NEW YORK | NORTH KOREA | VENEZUELA | MEXICO | GLOBAL IT OUTAGE | NORTH AMERICAN MEASLES | U.K. | E.U. | GERMANY | CZECH REPUBLIC | PAKISTAN | BASEBALL | ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS
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**MIDDLE EAST WAR** | Day 259.

- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it struck a U.S. early-warning radar in Bahrain early today in retaliation for a U.S. attack yesterday on a telecommunications tower in southern Iran. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=iran+revolutionary+guard+us+radar+bahrain+sirik&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]
- [Reuters cites](https://www.reuters.com/world/china/iaea-increasingly-concerned-about-iranian-enrichment-plant-its-report-says-2026-11-13/?ref=dailybrief.net) a confidential report by the International Atomic Energy Agency as saying the U.N. nuclear watchdog is "increasingly concerned" that Iran has not let it inspect a uranium-enrichment plant at Isfahan, the exact location and contents of which the agency says it does not know. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=IAEA+report+Isfahan+enrichment+plant+increasingly+concerned&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]
- In a social media post yesterday, U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. does not "need a deal" with Iran and directed Vice President JD Vance, who had led negotiations with Iran, to focus instead on U.S. domestic issues. In an interview later in the day, Trump said he "would not hesitate" to resume strikes on Iran if necessary. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=trump+vance+we+dont+need+a+deal+with+iran&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**UKRAINE** | Today is day 1,721 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Here are your updates:

- After meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow yesterday, U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Dublin, Ireland, where Kushner and Zelenskyy said European representatives will join the next round of peace talks. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=kushner+zelenskyy+dublin+europe+join+next+round+talks+putin&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]
- Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly told U.S. envoys yesterday that any European troops deployed in Ukraine after a ceasefire would be "absolutely unacceptable" and a legitimate target for Russian forces. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=putin+european+troops+ukraine+legitimate+target+witkoff+kushner&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said yesterday that new "systematic" speed restrictions on Starshield, SpaceX's military satellite internet service, are hampering Ukraine's ability to intercept Russian drones. SpaceX has denied any change in its service. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=zelenskyy+starshield+restrictions+speed+drones&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]
- Ukraine's SBU security service says it attacked a Russian warship with drones earlier this week in what is reported to be the first such attack in the Gulf of Finland. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=russian+warship+gulf+of+finland+ukrainian+drone+strike&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**U.S. GUN VIOLENCE** | Police in Washington, D.C., say one person was killed, and four others were wounded, in a shooting in the city's Logan Circle neighborhood yesterday. Authorities say the gunman, a doctor who had been in a dispute with his building's management, killed the building manager and later took his own life. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=dc+logan+circle+shooting+doctor+mold+building+manager&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**U.S. IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT** | According to [Department of Homeland Security figures](https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/11/12/ice-breaks-records-fiscal-year-2026-most-arrests-and-deportations-agencys-history?ref=dailybrief.net) released yesterday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported more than 483,000 people in the fiscal year that ended September 30 – the most in the agency's history and up from about 443,000 the previous year. \[[press release](https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/11/12/ice-breaks-records-fiscal-year-2026-most-arrests-and-deportations-agencys-history?ref=dailybrief.net)\] \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ice+record+deportations+arrests+fiscal+2026&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**U.S. REAL ESTATE** | Mortgage firm Freddie Mac reports that the average interest rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage in the U.S. fell to 7.11% this week – down from 7.18% last week but up from 6.24% a year ago. Also, new [National Association of Realtors data](https://www.nar.realtor/newsroom/existing-home-sales-decreased-5-5-percent-october-nar-report?ref=dailybrief.net) indicate that sales of previously owned homes fell 5.5% in October to their slowest pace since August 2010\. \[[full NAR report](https://www.nar.realtor/newsroom/existing-home-sales-decreased-5-5-percent-october-nar-report?ref=dailybrief.net)\] \[[more on mortgage rates](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=freddie+mac+mortgage+rate+7.11+fourth+straight+decline&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\] \[[more on home sales](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=existing+home+sales+october+slowest+since+2010&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**U.S. BUDGET DEFICIT** | According to [Treasury Department data](https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/monthly-treasury-statement/?ref=dailybrief.net) released yesterday, the U.S. government ran a $404 billion budget deficit in October – a record for the month and up 42% from a year earlier. Receipts fell 9%, while outlays rose 12%. \[[full report](https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/monthly-treasury-statement/?ref=dailybrief.net)\] \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=us+record+october+budget+deficit+404+billion&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**U.S. AI INDUSTRY** | A coalition of advocacy groups [filed a lawsuit](https://www.platkinllp.com/2026/11/12/complaint-for-injunctive-relief-for-violations-of-the-unfair-competition-laws?ref=dailybrief.net) against Anthropic, Google, Meta, OpenAI, and SpaceXSI in a San Francisco court yesterday seeking to halt the development of new artificial intelligence models, alleging that the companies cannot prevent AI from causing "catastrophic" harm. \[[full complaint](https://www.platkinllp.com/2026/11/12/complaint-for-injunctive-relief-for-violations-of-the-unfair-competition-laws?ref=dailybrief.net)\] \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=lawsuit+halt+ai+development+anthropic+openai+google+meta+catastrophic&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**NEW YORK** | The death toll from Wednesday's apartment building collapse in Brooklyn stands at eight, including two children, and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani says the city is investigating five companies linked to a construction site adjacent to the collapsed building. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=brooklyn+building+collapse+eight+dead+investigation+construction+sites&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**U.S. AND NORTH KOREA** | [The Justice Department said](https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-actions-disrupt-north-koreas-massive-theft-cryptocurrency?ref=dailybrief.net) yesterday that it has obtained court approval to seize or restrain more than $1.2 billion in cryptocurrency stolen from the Binance exchange last month by what the FBI says were North Korean hackers, and has disrupted a separate North Korean scheme that stole more than $400 million. North Korea has denied involvement in the Binance theft. \[[press release](https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-actions-disrupt-north-koreas-massive-theft-cryptocurrency?ref=dailybrief.net)\] \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=justice+department+binance+1.2+billion+north+korea+facestealer&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**U.S. AND VENEZUELA** | According to a [State Department report](https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/Report-on-Venezuela-Custody-Account-Operations-January-September-2026.pdf?ref=dailybrief.net) released yesterday, the U.S. has returned to Venezuela almost all of the $12.26 billion in revenue from Venezuelan oil and other resource sales since Nicolás Maduro's ouster in January. \[[full report](https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/Report-on-Venezuela-Custody-Account-Operations-January-September-2026.pdf?ref=dailybrief.net)\] \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=state+department+report+venezuela+oil+revenue+12+billion+returned&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**U.S. AND MEXICO** | U.S. President Donald Trump claimed yesterday that new caravans of migrants are forming and heading through Mexico toward the U.S., and threatened to double tariffs on Mexican goods unless Mexico stops them. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum responded that Mexican authorities are encouraging migrants in the caravans to disperse or return home, and noted that no caravans have reached the U.S. border since Trump returned to office. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=sheinbaum+no+migrant+caravans+trump+tariffs&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**GLOBAL IT OUTAGE** | A Microsoft outage that began yesterday has disrupted Outlook e-mail, Teams, and other services for millions of users worldwide. The company says there is no indication of malicious activity and that it is seeing "early signs of stabilization" in its services this morning. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=microsoft+outage+outlook+teams+global&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**NORTH AMERICAN MEASLES** | Following recent outbreaks in both countries, a Pan American Health Organization commission is ending a closed-door meeting today to determine whether the U.S. and Mexico have lost their measles elimination status. An announcement of the commission's findings is expected next week. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=paho+measles+elimination+us+mexico+meeting&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**EUROPEAN UNION** | Leaders of the E.U.'s 27 nations are meeting in Dublin, Ireland, today for the bloc's first summit on artificial intelligence, with Europe's efforts to catch up with the U.S. and China, as well as potential AI-related regulation, expected to be among the main topics of discussion. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=eu+leaders+first+ai+summit+dublin&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**U.K. AND E.U.** | U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham said yesterday that he believes a "win-win" deal can be agreed with the European Union at a summit next week, where the two sides are expected to sign new agreements on food, energy, and youth mobility. Burnham said such a deal could be "more like the Brexit that people thought they were voting for" in 2016\. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=burnham+win-win+deal+eu+brexit+people+thought&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**GERMANY** | The budget committee of Germany's parliament approved a 2027 budget early today, with €561 billion in proposed spending and more than €210 billion in total new borrowing – the country's second-highest level of annual borrowing since World War II. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=german+2027+budget+committee+borrowing+210+billion&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**CZECH REPUBLIC** | Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to rally in Prague on Sunday against a government bill that critics say would undermine the independence of the Czech Republic's public broadcasters by funding them directly from the state budget. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=prague+protest+public+media+bill+babis+sunday&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**PAKISTAN** | Military officials say Pakistani security forces have killed at least 74 militants in raids on hideouts in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces, along the border with Afghanistan, over the past 10 days. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=pakistan+military+74+militants+killed+raids&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**AI INDUSTRY** | Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang resigned as CEO yesterday following reports of extramarital affairs, including one with a woman U.S. officials reportedly suspect of spying for China. Huang is reported to have indicated that he is willing to testify before Congress regarding investigations into the company. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=jensen+huang+resigns+nvidia+congress+testify&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**BASEBALL** | Chicago Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong won the National League's Most Valuable Player award yesterday, and Houston Astros designated hitter Yordan Alvarez won the American League's – both by unanimous vote. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=crow-armstrong+alvarez+mvp+unanimous&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS** | Spanish singer Rosalía won album of the year for "Lux" and song of the year for "La Perla" at last night's 27th annual [Latin Grammy Awards](https://www.latingrammy.com/en/?ref=dailybrief.net) in Las Vegas, while Milo J's "Niño" won record of the year. \[[full list of Latin Grammy winners](https://www.latingrammy.com/en/awards/27th-annual-latin-grammy-awards/?ref=dailybrief.net)\] \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=latin+grammys+2026+rosalia+lux+album+of+the+year&va=b&t=hc&df=w&ia=web&ref=dailybrief.net)\]

**TODAY IN HISTORY** | On this date in 2015, [Islamic State](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic%5FState?ref=dailybrief.net) terrorists staged [coordinated attacks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November%5F2015%5FParis%5Fattacks?ref=dailybrief.net) in and around Paris, France, with the deadliest occurring at the [Bataclan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataclan%5F%28theatre%29?ref=dailybrief.net) theatre and concert hall. At least 130 people were killed in the attacks, and more than 350 others were wounded. \[[more history](https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/November-13?ref=dailybrief.net)\]