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Citizenship in the Hebrew Bible When thinking of the origins of democracy, as many are doing after election day, most point to ancient Greece. Greece indeed formalized processes and ideals that continue to inspire governance today. The Hebrew Bible, though not focused on democracy, takes a different approach. It cultivates civic life within a covenantal system, managed by various kinds of leaders—prophets, elders, judges, priests, and kings—but also, essentially, by everyday people. Bearing in mind that the Bible weaves many sources and traditions together, I nonetheless discuss here a few important themes it explores about the formation of the civic self vis-à-vis the conscience, public discourse, and community. https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/citizenship-in-the-hebrew-bible/? The Tel Dan Inscription: The First Historical Evidence of King David from the Bible Few modern Biblical archaeology discoveries have caused as much excitement as the Tel Dan inscription—writing on a ninth-century B.C. stone slab (or stela) that furnished the first historical evidence of King David from the Bible. https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/the-tel-dan-inscription-the-first-historical-evidence-of-the-king-david-bible-story/?

Republicans Are Desperate to Pretend They Never Supported the War With Iran To say that Americans were pissed off is an understatement. https://theintercept.com/2026/11/06/jd-vance-midterms-republicans-iran-war/? Pentagon Officials Float Names of Hegseth’s Replacement Replacements for embattled War Secretary Pete Hegseth are increasingly being discussed at the Pentagon, according to current and former defense officials. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is at the top of many lists. Mike Waltz, the disgraced former national security adviser at the center of the 2025 Signalgate messaging scandal and currently U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has also been mentioned. https://theintercept.com/2026/11/06/pentagon-hegseth-replacement-desantis-waltz/? Tons of “Bunker-Buster” Bomb Parts for Israel Go Through JFK Airport An Israeli airline shipped thousands of pounds worth of parts for controversial “bunker-buster” bombs through John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York during the height of the Israeli–U.S. war against Iran, according to a new investigation by a left-wing research group. https://theintercept.com/2026/11/09/israel-weapons-bombs-jfk-airport/? How a Socialist Can Govern a City Under the Thumb of the Trump Administration Socialists will soon govern three of the United States’ most influential cities: Los Angeles, New York City, and the District of Columbia. https://theintercept.com/2026/11/07/janeese-lewis-george-dsa-dc-mayor/? Defeating Zionism to Free Palestine Earlier this week, Abdul El-Sayed defeated Mike Rogers in the U.S. Senate race in Michigan after months of Islamophobic abuse, most notably from President Donald Trump, who referred to El-Sayed as “Mohammed.” https://theintercept.com/2026/11/06/defeating-zionism-to-free-palestine/? The Pressure on LA’s First Self-Proclaimed Socialist Mayor On paper, the second-largest city in the country has its first democratic socialist mayor. https://theintercept.com/2026/11/08/nithya-raman-la-mayor-socialist-progressive/?

Russell Brand is sentenced to 10 1/2 years in British prison for rape and sexual assault LONDON (AP) — Russell Brand was sentenced Monday to 10½ years in prison for raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others during a time when his bawdy behavior was indulged and celebrated during his rise to stardom. https://apnews.com/article/russell-brand-sentenced-convicted-rape-sexual-assault-b1a4d27cbe73ed8b447947fdf9f05d59?

👋 Good morning! Welcome back. In today's edition: NFL Sunday rewind, Alcaraz wins in Paris, Nashville makes MLS history, the cost of CFP expansion, Larson repeats as NASCAR champ, Highlight Zone, and more. Yahoo Sports AM is written by Kendall Baker and Jeff Tracy, with contributions from Neil Paine and Dylan Dittrich. Let's sports...   🚨 ICYMI HEADLINES 🎾 Alcaraz wins in Paris: Carlos Alcaraz defeated Ben Shelton to win the Paris Masters, putting him two 1000-level titles shy (Canada, Shanghai) of winning all nine. It was also his fifth win of the year despite missing over four months with an injury. ⚽️ Last four standing: Three favorites (No. 1 Gotham, No. 3 Washington, No. 4 Kansas City) and one big underdog (No. 7 Utah, which hadn't scored in over a month) won their postseason openers to advance to the NWSL semifinals. ⛳️ Brown makes history: Blades Brown, 19, beat Ben James in a playoff on Sunday to win the World Wide Technology Championship, making him the youngest PGA Tour winner in nearly a century (since 1931) and the fourth-youngest ever. 🏈 College coaching news: NC State is finalizing a deal to hire Philip Rivers as its next head coach 23 years after he became the Wolfpack's all-time passing leader; Michigan fired OC Jason Beck following an ugly 15-6 loss to Michigan State. He's set to be owed up to $10 million. ⚾️ Baseball's best fielders: Cubs CF Pete Crow-Armstrong and Yankees LF Cody Bellinger won MLB's Platinum Glove awards as each league's top overall defender, while the Cubs and Blue Jays won the seventh annual Team Gold Gloves.     💯 STAT SHEET BIG NUMBERS The Bears took down the Buccaneers on "Sunday Night Football." (Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images) 25-8 The Bears (7-2), Lions (6-2) and Packers (6-3) were all victorious on Sunday as the mighty NFC North improved to 25-8 on the season — and 20-3 against teams outside the division. The Vikings (6-1) will look to add to the win column tonight. Wild stat: The 0-8 Chargers have the same number of losses as the entire NFC North. +230 Joe Burrow joined Josh Allen atop the MVP race (+230 at DraftKings) after putting on another masterclass (24/29, 271 yards, 4 total TD) in the Bengals' 34-17 win over the Falcons in Madrid. Allen could pull ahead with another big game tonight, while Brock Purdy (+450), Jordan Love (+650) and Trevor Lawrence (+900) aren't far behind. Exclusive club: Burrow is just the fifth player in NFL history with at least four touchdowns (passing and rushing) in four consecutive games. The others? Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Drew Brees and Dan Marino. (Stephanie Scarbrough/AP Photo) 3 sacks Myles Garrett showed no signs of rust in his first game back since Week 1, sacking Jayden Daniels three times (and forcing one fumble) in the Rams' 20-13 win over the Commanders. Dynamic duo: This was Garrett's first time lining up alongside fellow future Hall of Famer Aaron Donald. The results? In the 30 plays they shared the field, the Rams had four sacks and a 44% pressure rate. 16 straight The Broncos beat the Panthers, 26-21, to win their 16th straight one-score game in the regular season dating back to last year. That breaks a tie with the 2008-09 Colts for the longest such streak in NFL history. Nothing easy: The Broncos beat the Cardinals by 14 points last month, which is their version of a blowout. Their other six wins have come by 7 points, 6 points, 5 points, 4 points (twice) and 3 points. (Michael Owens/Getty Images) 45 points The Packers torched the Patriots, 45-27, for their fifth win in six games. It's the most points New England has allowed in a regular-season contest since 1993, and the most points they've allowed at home since 1970. (Another) dynamic duo: Jordan Love connected with Christian Watson and Matthew Golden 17 times for 335 yards and a pair of scores. Watson (879 yards) and Golden (783) rank third and fourth in the NFL in receiving yards. 13 years The Giants held on to beat the Eagles, 19-11, for their first win in Philadelphia in 13 years. New York (5-2-1) is in first place, while the last-place Birds (2-7) have dropped seven straight games. Helping hand: J.J. McCarthy won his sixth straight game as a starter (longest active NFL streak), but it was Jameis Winston who led New York's only touchdown drive when McCarthy briefly exited with an injury. Sunday recap: Scoreboard Notable plays Winners and losers   ⚽️ MLS CUP PLAYOFFS THE CURSE OF BEING FIRST (Tanner Pearson/Getty Images) Nashville SC wrapped up a record-breaking regular season on Saturday, finishing with 77 points (23-3-8) to break the MLS mark set by Inter Miami two years ago (74 points). Now comes the hard part: turning a historic campaign into a championship. The field is set: Nashville — which also set the record for best winning percentage (.794) and fewest goals allowed (25) — leads the 18-team field for the MLS Cup Playoffs, which kick off next week. East: Nashville, Miami, New England, Chicago, Charlotte, Philadelphia and Columbus qualified for Round One (best-of-three), while Orlando and Cincinnati will face off in the Wild Card Round (single-elimination). West: Vancouver, Dallas, St. Louis, San Jose, Houston, LAFC and Portland qualified for Round One, while Seattle and Salt Lake are the wild cards. Into the record books, out of the playoffs? Nashville's pursuit of its first title comes with a warning: Teams that have posted the best regular season in their league's history (most wins) have rarely seen that dominance carry over to the playoffs. ⚽️ MLS: 2024 Inter Miami (22-4-8) lost to Atlanta in the first round. 🏒 NHL: The 2022-23 Bruins* (65-12-5) lost to the Panthers in the first round. ⚽️ NWSL: 2025 KC Current (21-3-2) lost to Gotham FC in the first round. ⚾️ MLB: The 1906 Cubs (116-36) lost to the White Sox in the World Series, and the 2001 Mariners (116-46) lost to the Yankees in the ALCS. 🏈 NFL: The 2007 Patriots (16-0) lost to the Giants in the Super Bowl. 🏀 NBA: The 2015-16 Warriors (73-9) lost to the Cavaliers in the Finals. The outlier: The WNBA's best regular-season teams have been crowned champs. The 1998 Comets (27-3) won the title with the best winning percentage in league history, and the 2023 Aces (34-6) won the title after setting the record for most wins. *The 2022-23 Bruins, unlike the other teams listed above, do not also hold their league's record for best winning percentage. In the NHL, that mark belongs to the 1929-30… Bruins (38-5-1), who lost the Stanley Cup Final to the Canadiens.   🏈 PLAYOFF EXPANSION WHAT HAPPENS WHEN LOSING MATTERS LESS? Notre Dame stormed the field in South Bend. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images) Saturday's college football slate featured seven matchups between ranked teams, offering a fascinating glimpse at how much the sport's regular season could change under an expanded College Football Playoff. Big picture: The current 12-team format raised Saturday's stakes for several top programs. But what if there were 24 playoff spots up for grabs instead? Let's revisit all seven games through both lenses. Notre Dame 31, Miami 24: This was a potentially season-saving victory for the Fighting Irish, who entered Saturday on the playoff bubble. In a 24-team format? This game would have been largely about seeding. Alabama 31, LSU 13: The Tide may have ended the Tigers' playoff hopes with a convincing win in Baton Rouge. Under a 24-team format, LSU would still be in the mix and Lane Kiffin wouldn't be feeling quite as much heat. Utah 28, BYU 20: The undefeated Utes delivered a "Holy War" haymaker, ensuring a very anxious rest of the season for their rivals. With a 24-team field? BYU would be just fine. Oregon 41, Ohio State 28: The Buckeyes are now firmly on the outside looking in, while the Ducks were already cooked. In a 24-team race, both three-loss teams would still be contending. Georgia 42, Ole Miss 7: The Bulldogs moved up to No. 1 while dealing a potentially fatal blow to the Rebels' playoff hopes. No such drama if the playoff field was double the size. Tennessee 34, Kentucky 6: The Volunteers thrust themselves back into the 12-team mix, while the Wildcats are now in a precarious position. With a 24-team field, both would have been just fine no matter happened. No. 7 Texas 34, No. 18 Missouri 20: The Longhorns won a game they couldn't afford to lose, while Missouri lost a game they desperately needed to win. Another case where the 24-team playoff neuters a meaningful matchup. Utah fans as far as the eye can see. (Chris Gardner/Getty Images) The cost of expansion: Would Notre Dame students have stormed the field with quite as much gusto if Saturday's win had merely improved their playoff seeding? Would Alabama have celebrated as proudly if they hadn't killed LSU's playoff hopes in Death Valley? Would Utah's triumph have felt quite as sweet if there was a chance they'd meet BYU again in the CFP? Maybe. Rivalries are rivalries, after all. But there's something uniquely thrilling about a regular season when every Saturday can make or break a team's championship dreams. Bottom line: Expanding the playoff will create more meaningful games in December. The question is how many meaningful games we'll lose in September, October and November.   🏁 BACK-TO-BACK LARSON REPEATS AS NASCAR CHAMP (Chris Graythen/Getty Images) Kyle Larson clinched his third NASCAR Cup Series title (2021, 2025, 2026) on Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway, becoming the first driver to win back-to-back championships since Jimmie Johnson capped his historic five-year run in 2010. On track: The back-to-back titles keep Larson, 33, on a strong pace to contend with the winningest champions in NASCAR history by the time his career is over. Consider the sport's three 7-time champs: Johnson was 32 when he won his third title, "King" Richard Petty was 33 and Dale Earnhardt Sr. was 36. Aging with grace: Unlike in other sports — such as, say, the NBA — an elite NASCAR driver peaks later, with about half of their career wins coming from age 34 onward. So Larson's three titles (and 35 career wins) through age 33 actually have him ahead of schedule to assail some big names on the all-time list. (Even if nobody is catching Petty's 200 Cup Series victories.) The agony of defeat… on repeat: Three titles for Larson. Still zero for Denny Hamlin, whose third-place finish extended his unfortunate reign as the Greatest Driver Never to Win a Championship. In 22 Cup seasons, Hamlin has now finished second or third in the title standings six times — but never first.   📺 VIEWING GUIDE WATCHLIST: MONDAY, NOV. 9 U.S. Bank Stadium before the Vikings' home opener. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images) 🏈 Bills at Vikings Minnesota hosts Buffalo on "Monday Night Football" (8:15pm ET, ABC/ESPN) in a game between 6-1 Super Bowl hopefuls with very different strengths. Offense vs. defense: Buffalo scores an NFL-best 33.3 points per game, but its porous defense allows 25.9 (bottom 10); Minnesota allows an NFL-best 13.3 points per game, but its woeful offense scores just 20.0 (bottom 10). 🎾 WTA Finals, Day 2 The season-ending championship is underway at Indian Wells, where the top eight women — well, eight of the top nine, after No. 1 Elena Rybakina withdrew for medical reasons — are competing for an $8 million purse. Today's slate: No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka vs. No. 7 Karolína Muchová (3pm, Tennis) and No. 3 Mirra Andreeva vs. No. 6 Elina Svitolina (4:10pm) in their opening round-robin matches. More to watch: 🏀 NBA: Wizards at Pistons (7pm, NBCSN); Pelicans at Warriors (10pm, NBA) … Steph Curry (31.3 ppg) ranks second in scoring… at age 38. 🏒 NHL: Rangers at Oilers (8pm, ESPN+) … Connor McDavid has 47 points… in 18 games. 🏒 Women's World Championships: USA vs. Austria (1pm, NHL) … Group stage in Denmark. Got plans tonight? Gametime is the best place to score last-minute tickets to the events in your city.   🏈 LET'S PLAY NFL TRIVIA Bills WR James Lofton after losing to the Cowboys in Super Bowl XXVII. (Focus on Sport/Getty Images) The Bills and Vikings, who square off tonight, are tied for the most Super Bowl appearances without a win (4). Question: Which team is next on that list, with three winless appearances? Hint: One appearance this century. Answer at the bottom.   🍿 TOP PLAYS HIGHLIGHT ZONE (ESPN+) Bang!!! Brandon Stores Jr. hit a buzzer beater from half court on Sunday to lift NJIT past Saint Peter's, 54-52. More highlights: Did you see Harold Fannin Jr. go "Beast Mode" in overtime? Or how about this 86-yard punt from Philadelphia's Braden Mann? Carlos Alcaraz may have hit the drop shot of the year, and Hulk smashed a free kick from 40 yards out.   Trivia answer: Bengals (1982, 1989, 2022)

Trump’s gerrymandering push flops as Democrats win redrawn seats Alabama Republicans had hoped Rep. Shomari Figures would deliver a concession speech on Tuesday night after the state legislature redrew his district to be more GOP-friendly. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/11/06/repub/trumps-gerrymandering-push-flops-as-democrats-win-redrawn-seats/?

Florida’s statewide seats remain red. How? Republicans mostly staved off what Gov. Ron DeSantis called a “meteor strike” of national Democratic success last week. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/11/09/floridas-statewide-seats-remain-red-how/? Florida bucked the trend toward sanity Americans launched an almighty middle finger at the Mob Boss of Mar-a-Lago, repudiating him and his congressional Flying Monkey squad. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/11/09/florida-bucked-the-trend-toward-sanity/?

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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