The Rocket News

U.S. Edition · LATEST HEADLINES · Saturday, November 7, 2026

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 staff

Miller replaces Wiles.

Reuters and the AP, Friday: Trump named Stephen Miller chief of staff. The job starts Monday. Wiles, the first woman in the post, resigned Thursday night.

The Rocket News · Washington · November 7, 2026

Desks

Politics More

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 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.

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.

States More

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.

Florida

The Miami prosecutor resigned. The photograph is from 2025.

Reuters and the AP, Friday: Jason Reding Quiñones left the Southern District of Florida. John Eisenberg left the same day. The picture is an official portrait, 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.

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.

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

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

Reuters, early Saturday: the city said two people were injured. The AP, later: at least nine wounded across Ukraine. Those numbers are not added.

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.

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.

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

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.

The arms

The octopuses changed the plan when the hole got smaller.

Reuters, Friday: three common octopuses used three steps when the opening was wider than the eyes, and four when it was narrower. The picture is from Vienna, in 2025.

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.

Space

Four astronauts splashed down off California.

Video · Associated Press

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

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 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.

The sale

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

Reuters, Friday night: a potential sale of UH-60M Black Hawks to Mexico, estimated at $1.08 billion. Sikorsky would build them. The wire did not say how many.

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.

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.

Sports More

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.

NBA

The Lakers beat Portland, 124-118.

AP: Luka Dončić scored 53 on Friday night, including a jumper with 28 seconds left. Austin Reaves scored 25. Thursday’s football score stays where it was.

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.

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.