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  1. World · Sat, Nov 14 · 6 AM CTUpdate: Iran says three more oil tankers hit mines and caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz; U.S. says main routes are cleared
  2. World · Sat, Nov 14 · 6 AM CTUpdate: Zelenskyy says U.S. negotiators asked for the first time whether Ukraine would leave Donbas in exchange for NATO membership
  3. World · Sat, Nov 14 · 6 AM CTStarship stays in orbit after Friday's launch from Starbase, Texas; SpaceX could try the first-ever ship catch around 3:15 p.m. CT today
  4. World · Sat, Nov 14 · 6 AM CTU.S. loses measles elimination status after 26 years, report says, as 2026 cases top 5,400
  5. White House · Sat, Nov 14 · 6 AM CTUpdate: Airspace reopens after nearly five-hour nationwide ground stop; Duffy asks Congress for $50 billion in emergency money to replace air traffic systems
  6. White House · Sat, Nov 14 · 6 AM CTTrump tells advisers he may hold off on new Iran strikes if there are no new provocations, Reuters reports; "We don't need a deal with Iran," he posts
  7. White House · Sat, Nov 14 · 6 AM CTUpdate: Trump leaves Monday for Manila and Shenzhen; officials say Iran is on the agenda for the Xi-Putin summit but Ukraine and the Nvidia spy scandal are not
  8. White House · Sat, Nov 14 · 6 AM CTTrump extends Jones Act waiver another 90 days to hold down fuel prices
  9. White House · Sat, Nov 14 · 6 AM CTRubio warns the International Criminal Court: "Stop quoting laws to men with swords"
  10. Supreme Court · Sat, Nov 14 · 6 AM CTNext at the Supreme Court: orders from Friday's conference due Monday at 9:30 a.m. ET, after the justices agreed to hear Trump's border asylum case
  11. World · Fri, Nov 13Analysis: Microsoft says its global outage was 'not related to cyber.' Five questions before its report comes out
  12. White House · Fri, Nov 13FAA lifts nationwide ground stop after air traffic communications outage; departures resume
  13. Breaking World · Fri, Nov 13World News Update: SpaceX launches Starship Flight 15 from Starbase, Texas, and the ship reaches orbit; FAA halts flights nationwide
  14. White House · Fri, Nov 13 · 5 PM CTFAA halts departures at every U.S. airport after a communications outage hits air traffic control centers; DHS says no sign yet of an attack
  15. Supreme Court · Fri, Nov 13 · 5 PM CTSupreme Court agrees to decide whether Trump can suspend asylum at the southern border
  16. White House · Fri, Nov 13 · 5 PM CTTrump to hold first-ever three-way summit with Xi and Putin next Thursday in Shenzhen, focused on nuclear arms control, Post reports
  17. White House · Fri, Nov 13 · 5 PM CTUpdate: Bessent reportedly confronted Lutnick in the Situation Room over delays in blacklisting Megaspeed, the chip firm tied to the Huang spy scandal
  18. World · Fri, Nov 13 · 5 PM CTUpdate: Gulf states tell the UN Security Council Iran has fired more than 7,000 missiles and drones at them; Iran says two more tankers hit mines in Hormuz
  19. World · Fri, Nov 13 · 5 PM CTSpaceX launches Starship Flight 15 from Starbase, Texas; booster catch aborted and Super Heavy splashes down in the Gulf, while the ship reaches orbit
  20. World · Fri, Nov 13 · 5 PM CTU.S. troops respond to "unauthorized drone activity" at RAF Lakenheath in Britain; Air Force says no one was harmed