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Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate election over incumbent Republican Hyde-Smith cnbc.com/2026/11/11/democrat…
Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate election over incumbent Republican Hyde-Smith

Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate election over incumbent Republican Hyde-Smith

Scott Colom will be the first Democrat elected to the Senate from the state since 1982, and Mississippi's first Black senator since Reconstruction.

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Jensen Huang affair in DC: Resignation calls and moves to tighten Nvidia China exports cnbc.com/2026/11/11/nvidia-j…
Jensen Huang affair in DC: Resignation calls and moves to tighten Nvidia China exports

Jensen Huang affair in DC: Resignation calls and moves to tighten Nvidia China exports

Huang was notably opposed to strict export controls on AI chips to China, which ruffled feathers with congressional China hawks.

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Canada’s ambassador warns Trump tariffs are driving up costs, threatening U.S. investment cnbc.com/2026/11/11/canada-a…
Canada’s ambassador warns Trump tariffs are driving up costs, threatening U.S. investment

Canada’s ambassador warns Trump tariffs are driving up costs, threatening U.S. investment

U.S.-Canada trade tensions persist as Trump's tariffs drive up costs, threaten investment and complicate negotiations between the two countries.

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Prediction markets tied to clinical trials and drug approvals draw lawmakers' ire cnbc.com/2026/11/11/kalsi-po…
Prediction markets tied to clinical trials and drug approvals draw lawmakers' ire

Prediction markets tied to clinical trials and drug approvals draw lawmakers' ire

Sens. Angela Alsobrooks and Ron Wyden are asking what steps the Department of Health and Human Services has taken to mitigate risks from the markets.

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General strikes to paralyze Spain as protestors clash with police ahead of election campaign cnbc.com/2026/11/11/spain-pr…
General strikes to paralyze Spain as protestors clash with police ahead of election campaign

General strikes to paralyze Spain as protestors clash with police ahead of election campaign

Spanish workers are expected to turn out in their millions on Wednesday for the country's first general strike in 14 years.

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Zelenskyy warns Ukraine is 'not real estate' as experts say a Russia peace deal remains elusive cnbc.com/2026/11/11/ukraine-…
Zelenskyy warns Ukraine is 'not real estate' as experts say a Russia peace deal remains elusive

Zelenskyy warns Ukraine is 'not real estate' as experts say a Russia peace deal remains elusive

President Zelenskyy warned Tuesday that his country "was not real estate," as a second and final day of U.S.-brokered peace talks got underway.

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Hundreds of schools in Italy, UK evacuated over 'hoax' bomb threats cnbc.com/2026/11/11/hoax-bom…
Hundreds of schools in Italy, UK evacuated over 'hoax' bomb threats

Hundreds of schools in Italy, UK evacuated over 'hoax' bomb threats

Hundreds of schools across Europe were evacuated on Wednesday after receiving bomb threats, police forces say, in the latest wave of efforts to intimidate populations. 

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How Democrats could snarl Trump administration stakes in private-sector companies cnbc.com/2026/11/11/trump-co…
How Democrats could snarl Trump administration stakes in private-sector companies

How Democrats could snarl Trump administration stakes in private-sector companies

The Trump administration had established some form of equity position in 41 companies as of November, according to the CATO Institute's tally.

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American soldier arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia cnbc.com/2026/11/11/us-army-…
American soldier arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia

American soldier arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia

The 41-year-old man is being detained in London under the U.K.'s National Security Act.

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U.S., China should ‘harbor no illusions’ as they cooperate, compete on AI, Bessent says cnbc.com/2026/11/11/trump-xi…
U.S., China should ‘harbor no illusions’ as they cooperate, compete on AI, Bessent says

U.S., China should ‘harbor no illusions’ as they cooperate, compete on AI, Bessent says

During Xi's September visit, Washington and Beijing agreed to launch an AI dialogue with a communications channel to help defuse serious incidents.

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Bessent reportedly moved to military base over Iranian threats on his life cnbc.com/2026/11/11/us-iran-…
Bessent reportedly moved to military base over Iranian threats on his life

Bessent reportedly moved to military base over Iranian threats on his life

The move comes as the Department of Justice said late Tuesday that three Iranian nationals have been indicted on terrorism-related charges.

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Mississippi Senate: Scott Colom extends tight lead over Hyde-Smith as ballot deadlines hit cnbc.com/2026/11/10/mississi…
Mississippi Senate: Scott Colom extends tight lead over Hyde-Smith as ballot deadlines hit

Mississippi Senate: Scott Colom extends tight lead over Hyde-Smith as ballot deadlines hit

Tuesday was the deadline for provisional ballots to be resolved in Mississippi, and the deadline for the receipt of mail-in absentee ballots.

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White House vows to press ahead with tariffs despite midterm backlash over rising prices cnbc.com/2026/11/10/trump-ta…
White House vows to press ahead with tariffs despite midterm backlash over rising prices

White House vows to press ahead with tariffs despite midterm backlash over rising prices

Business executives warned at a Washington summit of rising costs and shifting supply chains as polls showed growing opposition to Trump's tariffs.

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Jim Jordan elected House GOP leader cnbc.com/2026/11/10/jim-jord…
Jim Jordan elected House GOP leader

Jim Jordan elected House GOP leader

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., announced the day after Election Day he would not run for minority leader in the 120th Congress.

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House Oversight calls on DOJ to interview key Epstein witnesses, says govt. ‘failed’ survivors cnbc.com/2026/11/10/jeffrey-…
House Oversight calls on DOJ to interview key Epstein witnesses, says govt. ‘failed’ survivors

House Oversight calls on DOJ to interview key Epstein witnesses, says govt. ‘failed’ survivors

"The federal government has failed the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's horrific crimes for decades," Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., said.

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Pete Hegseth decries impeachment push, defends Iran war handling cnbc.com/2026/11/10/pete-heg…
Pete Hegseth decries impeachment push, defends Iran war handling

Pete Hegseth decries impeachment push, defends Iran war handling

GOP Rep. Thomas Massie, who has clashed with President Donald Trump, kicked off the Hegseth impeachment fight days after a blue-wave midterm election.

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Rep. Moolenaar speaks to CNBC on congressional investigation into Nvidia CEO Huang's affair with alleged Chinese spy cnbc.com/2026/11/10/moolenaa…
Rep. Moolenaar speaks to CNBC on congressional investigation into Nvidia CEO Huang's affair with...

Rep. Moolenaar speaks to CNBC on congressional investigation into Nvidia CEO Huang's affair with...

Moolenaar is the chairman of the Select Committee on China.

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Trump's 2028 successors are already fighting over who to blame for GOP midterm wipeout cnbc.com/2026/11/10/trump-va…
Trump's 2028 successors are already fighting over who to blame for GOP midterm wipeout

Trump's 2028 successors are already fighting over who to blame for GOP midterm wipeout

JD Vance, Marco Rubio and Ron DeSantis offer competing explanations for the GOP's midterm defeat as Trump keeps his potential successors guessing.

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France blames Iran for supermarket refrigerator cyberattacks, weighs sanctions cnbc.com/2026/11/10/iran-fri…
France blames Iran for supermarket refrigerator cyberattacks, weighs sanctions

France blames Iran for supermarket refrigerator cyberattacks, weighs sanctions

France said the cyber unit of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps carried out an "unprecedented campaign" that caused millions of euros in damage.

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Trump says Iran war to end 'fairly soon,' plays down prospects of new strikes cnbc.com/2026/11/10/trump-ir…
Trump says Iran war to end 'fairly soon,' plays down prospects of new strikes

Trump says Iran war to end 'fairly soon,' plays down prospects of new strikes

“Iran militarily is effectively over,” Trump said, citing the destruction of its navy and surging inflation that he said has hollowed out Tehran's economy.

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