Politics & World Affairs

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> Italy deploys 500 troops to Milan amid unrest and looting over rising fuel prices, cost of living (More) | See footage, including clashes with police (More via YouTube) | ... and France expands curfew to more cities, parts of Paris and Lyon (More)

> The UK will deploy fighter jets to Saudi Arabia to help protect cities and critical infrastructure from attacks by Houthi rebels (More) | Elon Musk personally ordered last week's Starlink slowdown in Ukraine, new report finds (More)

> President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff flies to Russia after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Norway in revamped effort to pursue Russia-Ukraine ceasefire (More)

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> Federal officials charge 82-year-old Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas (D) and family members over alleged corruption scheme relating to marijuana business (More)

> President Donald Trump must sit for deposition in his $10B lawsuit against the BBC by Dec. 11, federal judge says (More) | Watch the clip at the heart of the defamation case (More via YouTube)

> France bans some protests across multiple cities after days of riots, looting (More) | See photos of unrest from across Europe (More) | ... and a map of protests across the continent (More)

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> Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado returns from exile; President Donald Trump does not indicate foreknowledge while US Secretary of State Marco Rubio credits US reconciliation talks (More)

> Shooting near Florida A&M University's football stadium wounds at least 12 people, including six children; fight reportedly broke out prior to the shooting, police say (More)

> France arrests more than 1,000 people amid confrontations between demonstrators and authorities in several cities over the weekend (More) | See photos (More)

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> Israelis vote in their first election since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks and war in Gaza; polls suggest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or main opposition candidate Gadi Eisenkot will need to woo coalition parties to govern (More)

> Federal judge orders the Justice Department to reinstate prosecutor Maurene Comey, daughter of former FBI Director James Comey (More) | DOJ charges Comey for third time over allegations he shared classified information (More)

> Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee kicks off its four-day, closed-door plenum, with agenda covering party discipline and corruption (More)

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> Staffers affiliated with Alaska's Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola were reportedly directed to recruit candidates named Dan Sullivan to run in order to divert votes from incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK); the New York Times investigation challenges the Peltola campaign's claims it was not involved (More, free w/email)

> Labor rights activist Dolores Huerta dies at age 96; Huerta cofounded the United Farm Workers alongside César Chávez, coined the slogan “sí se puede” (“yes we can”) before accusing Chávez of sexual assault this year (More)

> At least three documents from the Justice Department's investigation into late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein indicate the files included classified information, report finds (More)

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> Pentagon fires Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia, refers him for potential criminal prosecution over alleged leaking of classified information on Iran, Ukraine (More) | See list of high-profile departures under Secretary Pete Hegseth (More)

> Russian drone strike on civilian train station in Dnipro, central Ukraine, kills at least 14 people, per Ukrainian authorities (More) | See war updates (More, scroll for maps)

> Israel's governing Likud Party claims fraud, foreign interference lifted Arab voter participation in this week's elections; Israeli police dispute the allegations (More)

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> Supermarkets in seven European countries—Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Sweden—report suspected cyberhacks that caused freezers to overheat, requiring them to toss inventory (More)

> Supreme Court will hear case today over whether Colorado must include schools that bar LGBTQ+ families in its publicly funded universal pre-K program (More)

> Lindsay Clancy reappears in Massachusetts court as prosecutors seek to retry her over the deaths of her three children (More)

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> US strikes Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz (More) | President Donald Trump says the US will end nearly $4B annual aid package to Israel by the end of this year (More) | How much foreign aid does the US provide Israel? (More, w/graphs)

> Parts of Learjet plane were found miles from Florida crash site, suggesting the aircraft was breaking apart before Sunday's crash, federal investigators say (More) | See inside the final seconds before the crash (More, scroll for flight path)

> Authorities recapture Tennessee inmate days after he escaped from custody; Jacob Allen Morley was convicted of murdering his coworker in 2022 (More) | See previous write-up (More)

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> President Donald Trump reportedly floats possibility of firing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth with advisers following Tuesday's electoral losses, anticipated congressional action over Iran war; Trump publicly denies considering the move (More)

> Montenegro is on track to become the EU's next member by 2028, European Commission says, leading a pack of nine candidates including Albania, Moldova (More) | How do countries join the EU? (More)

> Russia and Ukraine confirm they will send delegations to Abu Dhabi early next week to engage in US-mediated peace talks (More) | See war updates (More)