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November 15, 2026

06:50 PM A New Yalta? Trump and Putin Want to Reshape World Politics With Xi, but China Is Pushing Back

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are pushing for a three-way meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the upcoming summit in Shenzhen. Putin wants to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine on Russia's terms, while Trump is hoping for nuclear arms talks and a foreign policy victory after his election defeat. Xi is wary of the meeting because China, with around 500 nuclear warheads, is far behind the United States and Russia, which each have more than 5,000. Beijing therefore opposes negotiations that would impose comparable restrictions and also wants to keep the war in Ukraine off the agenda. In Kyiv and other capitals, fears are growing of a new Yalta, where major powers could make decisions over the heads of smaller countries, just as they did in 1945. Russian nationalists are already celebrating the prospect of Moscow once again being treated as a superpower on equal footing with Washington and Beijing. Volodymyr Zelenskyy explicitly warned against a new division of international spheres of influence. So far, neither an agenda nor a format for the talks has been agreed upon, and even Washington considers a breakthrough on nuclear arms control unlikely.

07:25 AM Judge Blocks Trump's Golf Course Plans Again: Says Administration Used Bogus Excuses and Broke Federal Laws

U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes on Saturday temporarily blocked the planned closure of the historic East Potomac Park in Washington, D.C. Donald Trump wanted to shut down the golf course for 15 months and replace its existing 36 holes with a luxurious 18-hole championship course. The judge called the administration's justifications bogus and found that it had violated at least two federal laws. The administration had already ordered hundreds of trees cut down, which Reyes said had completely destroyed its credibility in court. A court-ordered investigation is now underway into government attorneys involved in the case over allegations that they may have misled the court. The Justice Department then tried to have the judge removed from the case, but failed. The park must remain open to the public, while Trump's plans for a world-class, prestigious golf course have once again hit a roadblock in federal court.

November 14, 2026

08:05 PM Trump Wants to Strip Judges of Even More Power: The Supreme Court Could Let Unlawful Government Policies Stay in Effect

Donald Trump is making another push to weaken the power of federal judges. After the Supreme Court limited judges' ability to block government policies nationwide in June 2025, the Justice Department now wants to restrict their authority to strike down unlawful federal agency regulations altogether. At the center of the dispute is the Administrative Procedure Act of 1946, which allows courts to invalidate agency regulations that violate the law. Trump wants such rulings to apply only to the specific people who brought the lawsuit. That could allow the government to keep enforcing regulations against millions of people even after a court has ruled them unlawful. The case stems from a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans, which struck down parts of a regulation aimed at preventing surprise medical bills nationwide in August. Trump is directly challenging the courts' authority without disputing their finding that the regulation was unlawful. The consequences could reach far beyond health care, particularly in cases involving deportations and restrictions on immigration status. Even Republican-led states like Texas and Florida are warning against weakening judicial oversight. The Supreme Court is expected to decide in early 2027 whether to take up the case. If Trump succeeds, unlawful government policies could remain in effect for everyone who cannot fight for their rights in court themselves.

05:45 AM Climate Summit at a Deadlock: The Planet Keeps Heating Up While the Oil Powers Protect Their Business

As the world heads toward warming of more than 1.5 degrees Celsius, major oil and gas producers at the COP31 UN climate summit in Antalya are fighting binding commitments to phase out fossil fuels. UN Secretary-General António Guterres called Friday for an "immediate and drastic reduction" in greenhouse gas emissions. "The future of our planet cannot be negotiated on the terms of those profiting from its destruction." Saudi Arabia and Russia have resisted such commitments for years, while India opposes binding requirements. Under Donald Trump, the United States is skipping the conference for the second year in a row. Host country Turkey is pushing for widespread electrification without requiring that the electricity come from renewable sources. Brazil, meanwhile, is demanding a concrete roadmap for moving away from coal and oil. Australia is expected to present an initial negotiating draft early next week. While diplomats continue arguing over wording, climate change has long since found a language of its own: extreme heat waves across Western Europe and a glacier disaster in Nepal that killed more than 1,450 people.

November 13, 2026

06:24 PM Europe's Security on Putin's Negotiating Table: 40 Countries Draw a Red Line Against Moscow

Russia wants to put Europe's entire security order on the negotiating table as part of peace talks over Ukraine. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz firmly rejected that demand at the EU summit in Dublin. There would be no negotiations about Ukraine without Ukraine, and no negotiations about Europe without Europe. Even before its 2022 invasion, Moscow had demanded the withdrawal of NATO troops from countries that joined the alliance after 1997. Now the Kremlin is once again trying to make Europe's security part of its demands. Forty European countries signed a declaration insisting that Europe must have a seat at the table when decisions about the continent's security are made. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas warned of a Russian attempt to distract attention, while Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs called the debate a trap. At the very moment Europe is defending its right to have a say, it remains unclear who is even supposed to negotiate on the continent's behalf. Meanwhile, U.S. negotiator Jared Kushner has already begun talks in Moscow about Europe's security architecture. Europe is drawing red lines while others are already discussing where those lines should be drawn.

05:00 AM Global Microsoft Outage Hits Australia's Intelligence Agency and Federal Police: Government Activates Emergency Agreement

A global Microsoft outage also hit Australia's security agencies on Friday, November 13, 2026. The domestic intelligence agency ASIO and the Australian Federal Police confirmed that their systems were affected. Users around the world had been unable to access Microsoft 365, Outlook, and Teams for hours. ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess and Australian Federal Police Commissioner Krissy Barrett confirmed the outages at a joint news conference. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said Microsoft did not believe the outage was caused by a cyberattack. The government activated an existing agreement with Microsoft to ensure Australian agencies would receive priority in restoring services. How long the disruptions would last and which specific security functions were affected remained unclear.

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