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U.S. Edition · LATEST HEADLINES · Monday, November 9, 2026

President Trump speaks with reporters, mouth open, before boarding Air Force One at President Donald J. Trump International Airport in West Palm Beach, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026. Jacquelyn Martin, AP. Dana White is not in the frame. It is not Monday.

West Palm Beach

He said he was only kidding.

Reuters, Sunday: Trump said the offer to Dana White was “just a little fun.” White visits the White House on Monday. The meeting, Trump said, was planned for other reasons.

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Desks

Politics More

President Trump waves beside Dana White as they arrive for UFC Freedom 250 on the South Lawn of the White House, June 14, 2026. Both men are in the frame. Mark Schiefelbein, AP, file. It is not Saturday, and it is not London.

The briefing room

Trump offered the job to Dana White.

The AP, Saturday: the president posted the offer from Florida. White, in London, said he would meet Trump on Monday. He has not said yes.

The staff

Miller replaces Wiles.

Stephen Miller outside the White House, Oct. 12, 2026. Sunglasses, mouth closed, looking down. Annabelle Gordon, Reuters, file. It is not Friday, and it is not Susie Wiles.

The projects

He called the columns Corinthian.

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 prices

Two-thirds said his policies fueled inflation.

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.

States More

Scott Colom smiling, talking to two people, a camera behind him. A campaign photograph, as published by National Review on Oct. 20, 2026. It is not Friday’s count. Cindy Hyde-Smith is not in the frame.

Mississippi

Mississippi is still counting.

The AP, Friday evening: nearly 2,500 votes separated Scott Colom and Cindy Hyde-Smith. The outstanding estimate was closer to 30,000. The photograph is not the count.

Florida

The Miami prosecutor resigned. The photograph is from 2025.

Jason Reding Quiñones, an official Department of Justice portrait, 2025. A slight smile, flag behind him. It is not Friday, not Brooklyn, and not the resignation.

Texas

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

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.

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

Kyiv

Four of the missiles were shot down.

The AP, Saturday: Zelenskyy said 36 ballistic missiles were fired at Kyiv and the region. Four were intercepted. He called the North Korean finding preliminary.

Kyiv

Kyiv was hit before the talks. The counts do not match.

Hormuz

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

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.

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

Hawaii

The bird uses the whole body.

Reuters, Thursday: the ʻakiapōlāʻau hacks with the lower bill and probes with the upper one. The paper is Nov. 5. The bird in the photograph is from 2022.

The arms

The octopuses changed the plan when the hole got smaller.

An octopus arm through the opening of a vessel, Vienna, July 17, 2025. Michael Kuba, handout via Reuters. It is not Saturday, and it is not the whole animal.

Orbit

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

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.

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.

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

Mexico City

October prices rose to 3.75 percent.

Reuters, Monday, Mexico City: annual inflation was 3.75 percent in October, above the poll. The core index was 3.8 percent. Both are inside the bank’s range. The photograph is a file.

Mexico City

Jokic heard “MVP” in Mexico City.

Nikola Jokic, Nuggets 15, shooting, Indiana in yellow beside him, Arena CDMX, Nov. 7, 2026. Raquel Cunha, Reuters. It is that game.

The sale

Washington approved a possible sale. The helicopter is in Lithuania.

A UH-60M Black Hawk over Akmenynai, Lithuania, May 6, 2026, during Brave Griffin, near the Suwałki gap. Soldiers on ropes. Ints Kalnins, Reuters, file. It is not Mexico, and it is not Friday.

Yucatán

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

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.

Sports More

Indian Wells

Gauff took the first match.

Reuters, Sunday night: Coco Gauff beat Jessica Pegula, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-2, to open the WTA Finals at Indian Wells. The photograph is that match. Pegula is not in the frame.

NBA

The Lakers beat Portland, 124-118.

Luka Dončić, No. 77, shoots over Damian Lillard, No. 0, Friday, Nov. 6, 2026, in Los Angeles. Mark J. Terrill, AP. It is that game. It is not Saturday morning.

NFL

Jacksonville beat Baltimore, 33-10.

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.

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.