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November 9, 2026 Good morning. Nvidia, the computer chip company, opened an investigation into Jensen Huang, its chief executive, after he admitted that he’d had a relationship with a suspected Chinese spy. Russia and Ukraine are restarting peace talks after nine months. And Nicolás Maduro, the jailed Venezuelan leader, is said to be studying religious texts and meeting with clergy as he awaits trial in the United States. Speaking of clergy … let’s look at the next Congress. Adam Hamilton, a senator-elect from Kansas, at a worship service in September. Christopher (KS) Smith for The New York Times Congressional clergy By Lauren Jackson I write the “Believing” newsletter for The Times. Democrats swept the midterms by promising to make America more affordable. But some winners also won with a surprisingly sentimental pitch: to make it more loving. It’s an unlikely suggestion in 2026. The midterms got ugly — with dirty tactics that pulled in a candidate’s estranged mother, peddled Islamophobia and plotted to split votes. A few religious Democrats insisted that a biblical commandment was the solution. “My faith teaches me that love is the strongest force in the universe,” James Talarico, a Presbyterian seminarian in Texas, said in his Senate election victory speech — which included the word love 27 times. “Love can heal what’s broken in America.” Adam Hamilton, a megachurch pastor who won a Senate seat in Kansas, and Sarah Trone Garriott, a Lutheran minister who won an Iowa congressional seat, also cited biblical calls to “love your neighbor” on election night. A wave of religious Democrats will enter Congress next year, and the party will more than triple its number of clergy members in the chambers. They weave scripture into their stump speeches, read progressive policies into the Bible — and offer an alternative to the Christian nationalism that has dominated Republican politics. Their victories have made the religious left more prominent and more powerful — and have given their party, grappling with an identity crisis, one strategy to consider as it maps a path to 2028. Who they are, how they ran Lindsay James, Senator Raphael Warnock, Sarah Trone Garriott and Frederick Haynes III. There will now be at least seven ordained Democratic clergy members in Congress, including Frederick Haynes III of Texas and Lindsay James of Iowa. Two Black pastors already in Congress, Representative Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri and Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia — who calls himself a “Matthew 25 Christian” after the Gospel chapter that says we’ll be judged by how we treat the vulnerable — fuse their faith with their politics. At least three other Democrats have attended seminary or divinity school. And many more Democrats ran faith-forward campaigns, including Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, who will be the first Muslim senator. (He released an ad about prayer in the final days of his campaign and spliced “Alhamdulillah!” — Arabic for “Praise be to God” — into his victory speech.) All of the incoming clergy members, though, are Christian, mostly from shrinking Protestant denominations. They’ll be outliers in a Congress where evangelical Republicans, including Speaker Mike Johnson, have been the most prominent religious voices in recent years. This class of Democrats makes a scriptural argument for progressive policies. Talarico cited Matthew 25 in his pitch for expanding access to health care. Hamilton referenced it to make the case for a more welcoming approach to immigration. “‘I was a stranger’ — and the Greek word is immigrant — ‘and you welcomed me,’” he said during his campaign, quoting the Bible chapter. The approach may have earned the trust of some moderate religious conservatives and independents. In Texas, Talarico helped swing every single county toward the left. At a town hall last month, an audience member asked him: “Do you believe that the Bible is the absolute source of truth and God’s final authoritative word, even when our culture says otherwise?” “Yes,” Talarico said. (My colleague Ruth Graham reports on Talarico’s ability to sway the faithful in this great piece.) A strategy for 2028? Did these religious Democrats flip their seats because voters (including white evangelicals) are broadly frustrated with President Trump, or was it a response to their specific religious pitches? “That’s almost impossible to disentangle,” says Joshua Blank, a polling expert at the University of Texas at Austin. Still, as their party seeks to compete in more swing states after a disastrous 2024 race, their wins suggest one possible path. Any Democratic presidential candidate will need to hold on to young, Black and Latino voters, who have shown they are willing to switch parties. And that candidate will need to win over moderate Republicans, many of them religious, who want to know whether Democrats can be trusted. These candidates did that. They won in red or purple states. They pulled some evangelicals left. And they proved nonreligious Democrats would still turn out for them. In the process, they offered a vision for the party rooted not in individualism or identity politics but in a much older idea. It’s a theology that calls for collectivism and speaks of virtues like love, duty and sacrifice. That’s a sharp contrast to the language of “spiritual warfare” espoused by the vice president, the defense secretary and other top Trump administration officials. For now, the new approach on the left is not widely used. “There were many, many Democrats who won who didn’t have a faith-forward message,” David Campbell, a political scientist at Notre Dame, said. But it is a message that matters to many Americans, about 70 percent of whom are religiously affiliated. Sign up for the Believing newsletter. I explore modern belief — religious, spiritual and secular — each week. Get it in your inbox. For more One Bible chapter helps explain the new Christian left. Here’s how to understand the Matthew 25 Democrats. These voters in Texas didn’t support Democrats. But they’ll pray for them. Watch the video below. The New York Times THE LATEST NEWS Nvidia Jensen Huang Eric Lee for The New York Times Huang, the Nvidia chief executive, has become the maestro of the artificial intelligence boom. Is he too powerful to get fired? Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned top Trump administration officials that Huang was in a relationship with a suspected Chinese spy. The company’s stock is set to drop. Politics Representative Hakeem Jeffries, who is poised to become speaker of the House, joined growing calls to remove Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Stephen Miller starts today as White House chief of staff. He’s the architect of Trump’s mass deportation campaign. He said he was “only kidding” when he offered the press secretary job to the U.F.C. chief Dana White. Joe Biden said his prostate cancer would limit his public appearances to promote his upcoming memoir. Midterms On “60 Minutes,” Trump acknowledged his immigration policies were “too tough” and probably hurt Republicans in the midterm elections. Rob Sand was a Prada runway model. Now he’s going to be Iowa’s governor. Climate Change World leaders are gathering for the annual U.N. climate conference — COP31 — in Turkey this week. The United States won’t be there. The world is on track for 2.8 degrees Celsius of warming, according to scientists. That's almost double the target of 1.5 degrees that world leaders had set. Around the World A Catholic Church social justice march in Buenos Aires Province. Sarah Pabst for The New York Times Pope Leo’s visit to Argentina highlights a growing rift between the nation’s Catholic Church and its libertarian president, Javier Milei. Poland is reeling after a rare mass shooting in which officials say a 24-year-old gunman killed his parents and sister and six other people in Krakow. OPINIONS Republicans lost young men in the midterms for the same reason that Democrats once did, a Harvard polling professor argues: taking them for granted. John Steinbeck’s “East of Eden” mainly focused on fathers and sons. The new Netflix adaptation centers on feminine rage — a timely update, a Hofstra professor writes. Morning readers, don’t miss The Midterms Sale on election coverage and more. What effect will the results have on the country? And on you? Stay informed with our best offer on The Times in full. Subscribe now. MORNING READS Annautaq the walrus. United States Geological Survey Saving an orphan: A baby walrus rescued from a remote Alaskan beach has found a new home — and a companion — in Orlando. Voice clones and deepfakes: Three men were arrested on suspicion of using A.I. to mimic corporate executives and steal more than $129 million. Your pick: The most clicked story in The Morning yesterday was about the text messages at the center of the Cornell rape inquiry. Read them here. TODAY’S NUMBER 3,000 — That’s how many tarantulas the authorities seized in Peru. They were hidden inside socks at a Lima airport. SPORTS N.B.A.: The Miami Heat superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo expressed surprise and shock at criticism from his former Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers on a recent podcast. Golf: A 19-year-old, Blades Brown, just became the youngest player to win a P.G.A. Tour event in 95 years. RECIPE OF THE DAY Armando Rafael for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Anna Billingskog. This dish has everything you want from a hearty sausage and kale pasta, but made in a faster, low-effort way that doesn’t require chopping or boiling a big pot of water. Instead, frozen tortellini simmer with garlic, lemon zest, chicken broth and browned sausage, which all thickens into a rich sauce — no draining! Baby kale adds a hit of green (you don’t have to strip the stems like you would mature kale). Give it a final stir with Parmesan and lemon juice to make the sauce glossy. HIS OWN SECRETS Bob Woodward Andrew Cutraro/Redux The journalist Bob Woodward spent his career trying to expose secrets. In a new memoir, he’s sharing some of his own. On the first page alone, we read about his mother’s nervous breakdowns and the afternoon, at age 11, when he came home and caught her kissing his father’s best friend. The book goes on to reveal two sides of Woodward. One is the dogged investigator who helped uncover the Watergate scandal and bring down President Richard Nixon. The other is what Christopher Hitchens called “a stenographer to the rich and powerful,” our critic writes. Read more here. More on culture “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County.” Maya Dehlin/Disney There’s a new, California-based spinoff of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.” It’s on top of our list of six shows to watch this week. James Talarico, the senator-elect from Texas, appeared on “S.N.L.” THE MORNING RECOMMENDS Cristobal Olivares for The New York Times Visit the Chilean wilderness (worth it for the vistas alone). Browse our best picks for luxury gifts. This is window shopping in 2026. Take our news quiz. GAMES Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangram was applejack. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections, Crossplay and Strands. Sam will be back soon. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times and me. See you tomorrow. Reach our team at themorning@nytimes.com. Host: Sam Sifton Editor: Adam B. Kushner News Editor: Tom Wright-Piersanti News Staff: Evan Gorelick, Brent Lewis, Lara McCoy, Karl Russell Saturday Writer: Melissa Kirsch Editorial Director, Newsletters: Jodi Rudoren Deputy Editorial Director: Lauren Jackson

More weather extremes expected in 2027 The planet is on track for another year of punishing heat and extreme weather, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization. The findings come as world leaders are gathering in Turkey this week for the COP31 climate summit, where efforts to address the crisis will take center stage. + Read more: Planetary extremes are ‘off the charts’ as world’s biggest climate talks kick off + Coming soon: A super-sized El Niño

Pope arrives in Argentina and tells Milei that people, not the economy, should come first BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Pope Leo XIV delivered a diplomatic but subtly strong critique of Argentine President Javier Milei’s austerity measures and libertarian agenda as he arrived Sunday in Argentina, insisting that political leaders must put people, not the economy, first. https://apnews.com/article/uruguay-argentina-pope-milei-trump-artificial-intelligence-cc1937bec636468892ac71bf5d59ea88?

Polish gunman who killed 6 in Krakow square dies in a hospital KRAKOW, Poland (AP) — People gathered in Krakow ’s main square on Monday evening for a silent march to commemorate the victims of Saturday’s mass shooting, in which a 24-year-old Polish gunman killed six people and wounded 15 others. https://apnews.com/article/poland-krakow-shooting-489bc2e25a2684b96b59682d0faee3e8?

Prominent government critics across Africa are facing treason charges. It’s often to silence them, according to rights groups Veteran Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu was acquitted of treason on Friday but sentenced to four years in prison for inciting others to disrupt last year’s elections. The 58-year-old Lissu had faced the death penalty on the treason charge. Read more. Why this matters: His case mirrors others in Africa where opposition leaders and other critics have been charged with treason or similar offenses and have faced the death penalty. Many of the cases are attempts by leaders to silence or remove the opposition, according to rights groups. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ WATCH: ‘He has committed no crime. He is not a traitor,’ said Lissu’s sister South Africa’s ANC is humbled by its worst election results as it continues its decline

Nvidia investigates whether CEO Jensen Huang was targeted by Chinese spy with whom he had an affair Nvidia is opening an investigation into reports that CEO Jensen Huang was the “target of a foreign intelligence effort,” the company's board of directors said Sunday. Read more. What to know: The announcement came after Huang, 63, acknowledged to the board that he had been intimate with a business executive who, according to The New York Times, U.S. intelligence determined was gathering information for Beijing. Nvidia has become a central player in the global race to develop artificial intelligence, with its chips powering many of the data centers and computing systems used to train and run AI models. Its advanced processors have also been a focus of U.S. export restrictions aimed at limiting China’s access to cutting-edge semiconductor technology. Nvidia’s board said it has “no reason to believe" that either national security or Nvidia secrets were compromised, but that its inquiry would examine all available information. Huang will remain CEO during the investigation. “I love our country and our company,” Jensen Huang said. “I am committed to protecting Nvidia and supporting America’s national security.” RELATED COVERAGE ➤ China dismisses a spy plot claim as smear campaign Staff at the US center for AI safety are reporting to the White House, raising independence concerns

Trump says his deportation policy ‘might have been too tough’ for voters in the election President Donald Trump in his first major interview since the midterm elections told CBS’s “60 Minutes” that he thinks his administration was too aggressive on deportations. He added he thinks he can work with Democrats in the new Congress on some kind of immigration deal. Read more. What to know: Trump said his deportation policy was part of the reason Republicans lost, in the interview that aired on Sunday. Trump did not give specifics about what a deal with the new Democratic majority would look like — and shortly after taping the interview on Friday, Trump named the key architect of his hard-line immigration agenda, Stephen Miller, as his new chief of staff. “Apparently, his solution was to put the man responsible for it in charge of the White House. That’s not a course correction. That’s a promotion,” Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer scoffed on social media Sunday after the interview aired. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Democrats face limits in trying to rein in Trump's immigration agenda Trump says he was just kidding about making UFC’s Dana White his press secretary Trump’s war against Iran not ‘necessarily popular’ but needed to stop a nuclear threat, Rubio says Democrats plan to push clean energy to lower bills and challenge Trump’s fossil fuel agenda Native American women made history in tribal, state and federal elections Still hitting refresh on our election results page waiting for the final calls in Alaska and Mississippi? Sign up for news alerts here, and we’ll bring the latest updates to your inbox.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 9 1938 Nazis launch Kristallnacht German Nazis launch a campaign of terror against Jewish people and their homes and businesses in Germany and Austria. The violence continued through November 10 and was later dubbed “Kristallnacht,” or “Night of Broken Glass." Read More Arts & Entertainment 1990 Willie Nelson’s assets are seized by the IRS 2004 Bestselling Millennium trilogy author Stieg Larsson dies at 50 Civil War 1862 Ambrose Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac Cold War 1989 East Germany opens the Berlin Wall Crime 1971 A Sunday school teacher murders his family and goes undercover for 18 years European History 1956 Jean-Paul Sartre denounces communism Inventions & Science 1925 American scientist Robert Millikan confirms the existence of cosmic rays Natural Disasters & Environment 1965 The Great Northeast Blackout Vietnam War 1965 Antiwar protestor sets himself afire 1970 Supreme Court refuses to rule on legality of Vietnam War

Abdul El-Sayed didn't 'fail' Senate background check. He doesn't need one Claim: Michigan Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed failed the background check required for classified Senate briefings. Rating: False After Michigan voters elected Democrat Abdul El-Sayed as senator in November 2026, a claim (archived) circulated online that he had failed the background check required for classified Senate briefings. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/abdul-el-sayed-background-check/?

Nithya Raman was elected to fix LA. Her first move should infuriate voters Nithya Raman was elected to fix LA — not to bring more conflict to the streets of the city. Yet her first act as mayor-elect was to join an absurd anti-ICE protest at a hospital this weekend. Left-wing activists created the false impression that ICE agents had raided a hospital. Nothing like that happened — in fact, it was closer to the opposite, as anti-ICE activists tried to invade an emergency room. What really took place was that ICE agents brought a detainee to the hospital for medical attention. They weren’t raiding the hospital, at all; they were trying to provide aid. They were doing their humanitarian duty.

🏛️ Thune's post-election test Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios. Photo: Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images Sen. Dave McCormick (R-Pa.) last night called for a delay in tomorrow's Senate GOP leadership elections, injecting a surprise note of uncertainty into what had been a largely foregone conclusion before Republicans' devastating midterm defeat, Axios' Hans Nichols writes. Why it matters: No one has officially challenged Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.). But the push to delay — also backed by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) — signals growing unease with plans to quickly reelect him. 🖼️ The big picture: President Trump clashed repeatedly with Thune over his resistance to eliminating the filibuster and the Senate's failure to pass parts of his agenda, like the SAVE America Act. Trump renewed his criticism after the midterms, blaming the Senate in part for Republicans' election losses. Read McCormick's post ... ps:Well I think he should be elect leader, he's done a good job! He's not afraid of standing up to trump!!

⚡ Elon braces for Dem crackdown Photo illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios. Photos: Getty Images Elon Musk's sprawling empire — from rockets to robots, electric cars to AI — is facing a political onslaught with few parallels in modern corporate history, Axios' Zachary Basu writes: 💰 1. Political: Musk's most humiliating defeat came in Texas, where a $160 million bet on Ken Paxton ended in a Democratic sweep of the Senate seat, governorship and attorney general's office. In a hint of a possible détente, Sen.-elect James Talarico praised the billionaire as a "great business leader and entrepreneur," and offered to work with him on technology and innovation. ⚖️ 2. Congressional: Armed with subpoena power, Democrats are preparing to investigate Musk's DOGE operation, its access to sensitive government data and whether his companies benefited from his extraordinary influence over the Trump administration. Screenshot via X 🏭 3. Regulatory: Musk moved his home and the headquarters of Tesla, SpaceX and X to Texas, betting on a safe haven for his expanding empire. Now, the Democratic takeover threatens to turn his political sanctuary into a regulatory minefield. 📉 4. Financial: Tesla and SpaceX shed roughly $460 billion in combined market value in the two days after the election, then rebounded Friday as investors raced to reassess the risks to Musk's business empire. Wall Street is especially concerned that Democratic scrutiny could complicate a potential Tesla-SpaceX merger. Keep reading.

Trump's Jensen loyalty President Trump stood by Jensen Huang last night, telling reporters that the Nvidia CEO is "an honorable guy" and "probably has an excuse" for his infidelity, Axios' Zachary Basu writes. Why it matters: Huang has become one of Trump's closest corporate allies, fashioning himself as a leader with unparalleled clout in Silicon Valley, on Wall Street and inside the White House. 🔭 Zoom in: The New York Times first exposed the suspected Chinese espionage operation on Oct. 29, reporting that a woman believed to be working for Beijing had developed a close relationship with Nvidia's CEO. The company portrayed their interactions as routine business dealings — an account now under scrutiny after Huang admitted he was "unfaithful" to his wife. U.S. officials believe Beijing's top spy agency recruited Alice Huang, an executive at Nvidia customer Megaspeed, to gather information and potentially influence Nvidia's campaign to expand advanced chip sales to China. The intrigue: The Trump administration reportedly knew about the suspected Chinese intelligence operation long before it became public. Trump was briefed in 2025, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio personally oversaw a classified intelligence memo warning senior officials this spring, according to the Times. Yet Trump continued to embrace Huang as a trusted adviser, welcoming him to the White House as the Nvidia chief pressed to loosen restrictions on advanced chip exports to China. 🥊 Reality check: There's no public evidence that Huang's relationship influenced his advocacy for selling to China, a longstanding commercial priority for Nvidia. John Rizzo, the company's head of public policy communications, said in a statement yesterday: "Today's news will not slow NVIDIA. Jensen is committed to continuing to lead NVIDIA as CEO without interruption."

Jensen's "too-big-to-fail" test Photo illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios. Photo: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images 🇨🇳 New overnight: China Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Guo Jiakun denied today that there was a spy plot to ensnare Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, calling the reports "nothing but smears against China." Axios managing editor for AI & tech Bradley Olson, writing from the Bay Area, zooms out to help us think about yesterday's bombshell news about Nvidia, which goes back and forth with Apple as the world's most valuable company: There's no Nvidia — or AI boom as we know it — without Jensen Huang. He has reassured jittery markets with his words, bankrolled a trillion-dollar buildout and put economies on his shoulders. Why it matters: The AI ecosystem's first "too big to fail" executive is suddenly vulnerable, with no visible, viable backup plan if he's forced to step down. Jensen Huang (pronounced wong), the founder and CEO, says he leads by "extreme co-design" with a "direct staff" of 60 people. ⚡ Catch up quick: Huang, 63, apologized to his staff yesterday after admitting to a relationship with an alleged Chinese operative. Nvidia's board launched an independent probe. (Read his letter.) The board expressed confidence in his leadership and said it had no reason to believe national security or company secrets were compromised. 💡 Three questions now loom over the AI boom: 1. What happens to Nvidia? The 33-year-old chip company — based in Santa Clara, Calif., in Silicon Valley — is uniquely founder-driven, making any potential leadership transition incredibly perilous. Huang eschews traditional corporate layers and hasn't publicly groomed a successor. Investors have little precedent for valuing Nvidia without him. 2. What happens to the market? Huang has repeatedly rescued the AI trade from bearish sentiment. In July, he argued that cheaper open models would boost demand for Nvidia's chips, pushing back against a market scare. Last month, he toured Europe pitching national AI projects as debt investors signaled limits to their appetite for AI financing. 3. What happens to the companies that depend on him? "Neoclouds" like CoreWeave, which rent out computing power, have the least room to maneuver. Nvidia has provided crucial backstops to many of them. AI giants have more options: Anthropic already uses chips from Google and Amazon, and OpenAI is developing its own. But replacing Nvidia isn't in the cards in the near term.

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1Co 14:34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but [they are commanded] to be under obedience <5293>, as also saith the law. Eph 5:22 Wives, submit yourselves <5293> unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. Eph 5:24 Therefore as the church is subject <5293> unto Christ, so [let] the wives [be] to their own husbands in every thing. Col 3:18 Wives, submit yourselves <5293> unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. Tit 2:5 [To be] discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient <5293> to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. 1Pe 3:1 Likewise, ye wives, [be] in subjection <5293> to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; 1Pe 3:5 For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection <5293> unto their own husbands:

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It is really tough to have sympathy for people that are going to get exactly what they voted for. Many should be doing the happy dance while the illusion lasts . California’s put a hardcore socialist in charge of its broken insurance market. Now homeowners face a dangerous experiment California voters decided to put a socialist in charge of the state’s insurance industry — not even two years after fires tore through the Pacific Palisades and Altadena. California homeowners are still opening non-renewal letters. Premiums keep climbing. Companies that once competed for business here have pulled back. Apparently, voters decided the answer was to put a radical in charge. California insurance commissioner candidate Jane Kim speaks during a wealth tax rally at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026. San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images Jane Kim, the former San Francisco supervisor who served as Bernie Sanders’ California political director in 2020, has declared victory in the race for insurance commissioner. Her opponent, Democratic State Senator Ben Allen, who actually represents Pacific Palisades, called to congratulate her, although the count isn’t final. After working for Sanders, Kim went on to run the California Working Families Party, and the Democratic Socialists of America recommended her for this job. Even the California Democratic Party wouldn’t go there. It endorsed Allen. Voters went further left anyway. The DSA’s objective is to replace capitalism. The organization’s platform calls for democratic control over private resources such as insurance and credit. Now a candidate it backed will regulate every private insurer in California. The San Francisco Chronicle said that Kim would be a “disaster.” She won anyway. Democratic Socialists of America counterprotesters hold signs and flags while marching against an alt-right rally in Berkeley, Calif., Aug. 5, 2018. AFP via Getty Images

Rockefeller Tree Arrives The Rockefeller Christmas tree arrived in New York City Saturday, kicking off a tourist season that will see up to an estimated 750,000 people visit daily. The tradition dates back to 1931, when construction workers at what would become Rockefeller Plaza pooled resources to buy a 20-foot balsam fir tree (see more via YouTube). Since then, the tradition has involved larger trees, typically a Norway spruce lit with more than 50,000 LED lights and topped with a roughly 900-pound Swarovski-crystal star. This year’s tree is a 76-foot-tall, 11-ton Norway spruce from West Edmeston, New York, planted around 75 years ago. The tree will be lit from Dec. 2 to Jan. 9, after which the wood will be donated to Habitat for Humanity.

Ukraine-Russia Negotiations Resume Representatives from the US, Ukraine, and Russia will meet in Abu Dhabi tomorrow for a new round of talks. The two-day meeting is the fourth round of US-brokered trilateral negotiations organized by the Trump administration and the first since February. President Donald Trump predicted an agreement could be produced soon, potentially involving all of Europe, after meeting with a Russian envoy at the White House last week. Special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected to participate in the US delegation, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggesting progress has already been made on what postwar security infrastructure could look like. France said yesterday Europe will be represented, although it is not clear to what extent it will be involved in negotiations. Kyiv and Moscow continued engaging in attacks over the weekend, including through drone strikes and ballistic missiles. See the latest war updates here.

Polish gunman who killed 6 in Krakow square dies in a hospital KRAKOW, Poland (AP) — People gathered in Krakow ’s main square on Monday evening for a silent march to commemorate the victims of Saturday’s mass shooting, in which a 24-year-old Polish gunman killed six people and wounded 15 others. https://apnews.com/article/poland-krakow-shooting-489bc2e25a2684b96b59682d0faee3e8? Krakow Shooting Polish prosecutors opened a terrorism investigation yesterday into a mass shooting in Krakow’s main market square that killed at least six people and wounded 15 others. It marks Poland’s deadliest shooting since the post-communism era began in 1989. Around 3 pm local time Saturday, a 24-year-old Polish man opened fire from his car by Rynek Główny, a historic plaza that attracts more than 40,000 visitors daily. He used an automatic weapon to shoot randomly (see video—warning, sensitive). Police later searched the suspect’s home about 93 miles northeast of Krakow and found the bodies of his father, mother, and younger sister. The gunman is in critical condition as of this writing after being shot by police. Authorities described him as having ultranationalistic views. Roughly 1% of Poland’s approximately 37 million people hold gun permits. Approximately 32% of US adults say they own a gun. See how gun ownership policies and homicide rates differ across several countries here.

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