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U.S. Edition · LATEST HEADLINES · Friday, November 6, 2026

President Trump speaks as the final steel beam goes into the White House ballroom, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026. Evan Vucci, Reuters. Mouth open, microphone in hand. It is not Friday, and it is not Chuck Schumer.

The projects

He called the columns Corinthian.

AP, Friday morning: the first appearance after the midterms was the ballroom, on Wednesday. Reuters has the words. Schumer told the AP the next Senate will not seat a “right-winger.”

The Rocket News · Washington · November 6, 2026

Desks

Politics More

Michael Carman votes at a Checkers grocery store on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, in Lawrence, Kan. Charlie Riedel, AP. He is looking down at the booth. No one else is named. It is not Thursday.

The prices

Two-thirds said his policies fueled inflation.

The AP Voter Poll, about 100,000 midterm voters. Consumer prices are up 3.7% over 12 months. They were 3% when the term began. Trump said Wednesday he would fight the war again.

The midterms

Democrats took the House and the Senate.

Election night

Cooper took the seat. Control is not called.

Video · CNBC Television

Roy Cooper waves at an election night event, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, in Raleigh, N.C. Matt Ramey, AP. His mouth is open. A woman is partly behind the podium and is not named. Michael Whatley is not in the frame.

Election Day

Trump held up the pool. That was Monday.

President Trump speaks at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and holds up a photograph of the pool, Monday, Nov. 2, 2026. Mark Schiefelbein, AP. It is not Tuesday. The people in the photograph are not at the lectern.

States More

Texas

The signs said no data center. The servers were not on the ballot.

AP, Friday: regulation of data centers was not on most ballots. Democrats who took the governorships in Texas, Ohio, Georgia, Nevada, and Iowa had campaigned against the warehouses.

California

The maps did not hold the House.

Voters at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. Yuki Iwamura, AP. No one is named. It is not a map, and it is not California.

Texas

Talarico took the Texas seat.

James Talarico speaks after his Senate win at a rally in Austin, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. Mike Segar, Reuters. He is at the microphone in a dark jacket. The crowd behind him is not named one by one. Ken Paxton is not in the frame.

California

The Supreme Court left 20,000 California ballots in the count.

The Justice Department seal on a podium before a news conference, May 4, 2026, in Washington. Julia Demaree Nikhinson, AP. It is not Monday’s order, and no justice is in the frame.

World More

Traffic passes a banner of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei in Tehran, Oct. 26, 2026. Majid Asgaripour, WANA, via Reuters. It is not Doha, and the negotiators are not in this frame.

Iran

Iran's negotiators spent a third day in Doha.

Reuters, Sunday: a third day of talks with Qatar, aimed at ending the war. The two-day plan to reopen Hormuz is not a deal. The photograph is Tehran on Oct. 26, not Doha.

Diplomacy

The G20 skipped the photograph with Lavrov.

Ed Miliband, Radoslaw Sikorski and Marco Rubio at the G20 head table in Atlanta, Oct. 30, 2026. Megan Varner, pool, Reuters. Nameplates also read African Union and Argentina. Sergei Lavrov is not in this frame.

Diplomacy

Witkoff shook Putin's hand, and Hubbard is free.

Steve Witkoff and Vladimir Putin shake hands at Constantine Palace, both men in dark suits, curtains behind them.

Canada

Alberta voted to stay in Canada.

A voter walks toward the doors of a polling place behind a yellow Elections Alberta sign.

World War More

Hormuz

Tehran says more tankers hit mines. This desk does not confirm it.

Reuters, Thursday afternoon: Iran reported three more tankers damaged that day. The Guards said two hit mines and one caught fire. UKMTO counts at least five incidents since Sunday. The claims are not a confirmed toll.

Iran

Tehran said the vote was no to the war.

Government supporters stand on U.S. and Israeli flags outside the former U.S. embassy in Tehran, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026. Vahid Salemi, AP. No one in the frame is named. It is not a strike photograph, and it is not Thursday.

Iran

Tehran marked the embassy anniversary. No new strike is in this note.

Government supporters stand on U.S. and Israeli flags outside the former U.S. embassy in Tehran, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026. Vahid Salemi, AP. It is the anniversary of the 1979 embassy seizure. No one in the frame is named. It is not a strike photograph.

Iran

The United States struck Qeshm. Officials call the strikes defensive.

Economy More

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, seen from Musandam, Oman, Oct. 2, 2026. Reuters. It is a file photograph. It is not Wednesday’s trade, and no one is named.

Oil

Brent was $104.36 at 0730 GMT.

Reuters, Wednesday morning: up 76 cents. WTI was $96.72. That is not a New York close. The photograph is Oct. 2, not today’s trade.

Markets

Brent was $105.19 in Asia. That is not a New York close.

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Nov. 2, 2026. Brendan McDermid, Reuters. It is not Tuesday’s Asian print, and no trader is named.

The budget

The deficit is still about 6 percent. That count is Friday's.

The U.S. Capitol, framed by fall foliage, Sept. 28, 2026. Kylie Cooper, Reuters. It is not a trading floor, and it is not Sunday’s session. Markets were closed.

Oil

Brent settled at $117.64. WTI settled at $104.12.

A pumpjack in the Permian Basin near Midland, Texas, October 8, 2025. It is not Friday’s settlement, and it is not the Strait of Hormuz.

Science More

The LINK rescue spacecraft, built for a failed attempt to boost NASA’s Swift observatory, awaits encapsulation at Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, June 8, 2026. Ron Beard, NASA, via Reuters. It is not the satellite, and it is not the re-entry.

Orbit

Swift burned up on Wednesday. The rescue had already failed.

Reuters and NASA: the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory re-entered at 7:39 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday over North Sumatra. About 3,200 pounds. No injuries reported. A rescue craft had already failed.

Evolution

One protein letter from Peking Man is still in living genomes.

A Homo erectus tooth from Zhoukoudian, China, one of the specimens in the Nature analysis published May 13, 2026. It is not a portrait and not a stock drawing.

Space

Four astronauts splashed down off California.

Video · Associated Press

Crew Dragon Freedom hits the Pacific under its parachutes, bringing four astronauts home.

Maryland

Maryland now flags a heart warning on a mammogram.

Technology More

Rescuers and residents shelter in an underground garage during an air-raid alert in Kyiv, Sept. 28, 2026. Gleb Garanich, Reuters. It is not Monday’s hack, and no one in this frame is named.

Cyber

False alerts went out on Ukraine's air-raid app.

Reuters: Ukraine’s air force said the public alert app was hacked, with false nuclear, chemical and Oreshnik warnings. Russia said its own emergencies app was hit. The photograph is Kyiv on Sept. 28, not the hack.

The arsenal

Ukraine’s drones still run on Chinese parts.

A Ukrainian soldier kneels in a field and works on a small drone.

Visas

Vance suspended Microsoft from a green-card program.

Video · The White House

Vice President JD Vance, hands raised at the lectern, said Microsoft abused the visa system.

Technology

Google wants Hollywood to stop being afraid of its tools.

Google is funding films and shorts, through a venture called 100 Zeros, to make Hollywood less afraid of its tools.

Mexico More

A laying hen, a USDA file photograph carried with a reprint of the Reuters dispatch. It is not the farm in Umán, not the cull, and not Friday.

Yucatán

The hens in Umán were culled. The wire carried no photograph of the farm.

Reuters, Friday: Mexico reported H5N1 in 225,860 laying hens in Umán, Yucatán. The first poultry outbreak in more than two years. All of the birds were culled. No human case is in the dispatch.

Mexico

Trudy is a tropical storm, and the warnings are down.

Mexico

Hurricane Trudy is 150 miles west of Manzanillo.

Hurricane Trudy’s eye sits offshore on a Sunday morning satellite, the Mexican coast to the right of the storm.

Pacific

Hurricane Trudy is 170 miles south of Manzanillo.

Hurricane Trudy, seen from a satellite, still offshore south of Manzanillo on Saturday morning.

Sports More

Thursday night, Nov. 5, 2026, Jacksonville at Baltimore. Rain is in the frame. A Ravens ballcarrier in purple is taken down. The club published the picture. This desk does not have a photographer’s name for this frame. It is not Friday.

NFL

Jacksonville beat Baltimore, 33-10.

AP, Thursday night: Trevor Lawrence threw for 242 yards and a touchdown. Joe Fagnano, in his first start, threw for 60. Baltimore has lost four straight.

Baseball

Milwaukee schools are closed. The Brewers parade is today.

Brewers fans at Tropicana Field after Game 5, Wednesday, Oct. 28, one holding a sign that reads World Series champs. It is not Friday's parade in Milwaukee. This caption does not name a face.

Baseball

The Brewers won the Series, 4-1.

Brewers players in World Series hoodies celebrate on the field after the last out. Wednesday night, Oct. 28, Tropicana Field. It is not the first pitch.

Baseball

The Rays walked off the Brewers, 4-3.

Ben Williamson, in a white Rays jersey, is doused after a walk-off. His face is in the frame.