Trump News for Wednesday, November 11, 2026

The historic victory delivers an eighth US Senate seat to Democrats after last week's pivotal midterm election.

Is Pete Hegseth’s Department of War headed the way of Iran’s military? The post Pentagon, Inc. appeared first on The Intercept.

The BBC denies defamation charge as Trump celebrates “huge victory” in court decision.

House Democrats are already planning to make their impeachment case against the defense secretary as airtight—and appealing to Republicans—as possible.

This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. We’re a week past the midterms now and the dust has largely settled. Sure, you still have some uncalled Hous…

A discharge petition to force a vote on the Epstein Files Transparency Act II has amassed 218 signatures, teeing up additional floor action on the prospective bill.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A soldier guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier issued a verbal reprimand to a group of advisers and staffers with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. Video shows Hegseth takin…

Iran's parliament speaker and top negotiator says Tehran is waiting for an official US response to its seven conditions.

Saudi Arabia reports oil outputs soared to highest levels in months despite continued shipping disruptions.

Democratic lawmaker Robert Garcia denounced a White House letter as an unconstitutional attack on legislative branch.

The group started laughing at one of America's most sacred war memorials, prompting a sentinel to reprimand them

Silicon Valley venture capital, Elon Musk, MAGA tech donors reel as a Democratic blue wave reshapes AI data centers and startup politics.

US President Donald Trump placed a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier before making remarks at the Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.

Democrats have a rare opportunity to pursue lasting reform.

Even on Veterans Day, President Donald Trump couldn’t hide his total disrespect for U.S. military service members.Speaking at a wreath-laying ceremony at the tomb of an unknown soldier at Arlington National Cemetery Wednesday, Trump said they’d gathered to ho…

New research finds that FEMA's climate relocation program moves people out of harm’s way, but its benefits aren’t shared equally.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials deliberately kept certain detainees out of a public database to make them harder to find.The New York Times reports that tens of thousands of people with final deportation orders have been hidden from the database…

US President Donald Trump takes part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during Veterans Day observances at Arlington National Cemetery (MANDEL NGAN) President Donald Trump used a US Veterans Day commemoration Wednesday to defend t…

From left: Nancy Pelosi, Steven Horsford and Haley Stevens missed the vote on Tuesday evening.Composite: Getty Images, Bloomberg Democratic lawmakers expressed outrage at nearly a dozen of their colleagues for missing a vote Tuesday evening to impeach the…

Donald Trump’s pet-free White House puts him alongside James K. Polk and Andrew Johnson, the 2 other presidents with no presidential pets. Trump had none during his first term, from 2017 to 2021, and that’s continued during his second.

Lawmakers have pledged to use new majorities in House and Senate to pursue the investigation into Epstein's network.

Bessent is the latest administration official to move to a military base.

A deportation flight carrying Iranians was abruptly turned around shortly after takeoff Tuesday, according to sources, marking the second such flight to be aborted.

The Republican ran unopposed, despite some GOP lawmaker demands to evaluate the party's stinging midterm losses to Democ

Nov 11 (Reuters) - A week before the United States invaded Venezuela in January and captured its authoritarian leader, US Vice President J. Vance flew in Air...

Palantir CEO Alex Karp told Politico that he's a lifelong Democrat, and that President Donald Trump mishandled immigration.

Bessent is now one of several Trump administration officials to live on military bases due to safety concerns.

The government is defiant and planning for the worst, but a US siege is expected to make most Iranians poorer.

A deliberate expansion of Iran’s campaign of retaliation beyond the Middle East could be taking place, said an expert.

Harris tells IndieWire about the Slamdance winner now rolling out in theaters, a documentary that observes a Southern fringe theater director's attempt to rise from his own ashes via a restaging of the Salem Witch Trials.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has issued a warning to Democrats over their planned probes into the Trump administration, going as far as claiming that such investigations — a standard oversight function of Congress -- may amount to “blatant criminality.” …

Also, Markwayne Mullin promised “zero change” to ICE or the administration’s cruel deportation campaign after a historically bad midterms.

An analysis by USDA estimates that over 6 million people could lose benefits.

The FTC sent warning letters to 25 companies over misleading health insurance ads as open enrollment brings a surge of deceptive offers online.

The warning came in a Monday letter from White House counsel Will Scharf.

The White House is threatening Democrats in Congress, warning them that investigating President Trump could cross the line into criminal action. Punchbowl News reports that White House counsel Will Scharf sent a letter to Democratic Representative Robert Garc…

Torn between military action and diplomacy, US appears to settle for drawn-out economic pressure campaign, blockade.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has 11 Democratic House members to thank for tanking the nascent effort to impeach him. House Republicans blocked Representative Thomas Massie’s articles of impeachment against Hegseth from reaching the floor by a 211-204 vote. …

An anonymous art collective called Secret Handshake has installed a golden statue of US President Donald Trump.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been spared from the House's impeachment effort, at least for now. And, federal prosecutors arrested three men accused of being Iran-backed operatives.

The White House sent a letter threatening the House Democrats who plan on investigating the Trump administration.

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Eleven Democrats are absent from procedural vote that narrowly shelves House impeachment vote against defence secretary.

Iran is said to have geo-located Bessent's $12.5m mansion in Washington, DC after a photo of it was published.

Former DHS advisor Corey Lewandowski ordered to preserve all records related to his time at DHS by incoming Senate Committee Chair

Republicans block Hegseth impeachment, Trump ally picked to lead House GOP minority, UK investigates alleged Iran-backed plot.

The DOJ moved to dismiss criminal convictions of former Trump adviser Steve Bannon and of the Oath Keepers, in what it calls "the interests of justice." Critics are crying foul.

The News Senate Republicans spent this week wrestling through divisions, reelecting John Thune as their leader, and pledging to confirm conservative judges while avoiding a government shutdown during their last two months in the majority. They still haven’t…

US President Donald Trump says post-war Ukraine will have a 'different shape' ahead of peace talks in Abu Dhabi.

The Russian leader still believes he can outlast Western support for Ukraine.

Mohsen Rezaei's comments come as the IRGC said at least three ships had hit mines and caught fire in the Hormuz strait.

US voters rejected AI and Big Tech power. Which Dems are poseurs who will make only Potemkin reforms?

By David Lawder and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has recently moved from his Washington, DC residence to a US military base ‌after Iranian threats against his life, two people familiar with the matter said …

US President Donald Trump has announced plans to end the billions of dollars in annual US military aid to Israel.

Kennedy dynasty has filed a motion to stop Trump's arch from obscuring JFK Eternal Flame and family gravesites.

Decades of preferential treatment shielded Epstein and his associates, GOP-led report finds.

Republicans refused to break with Donald Trump—and Democrats failed an attendance test.

A federal judge on Tuesday declined to dismiss Donald Trump’s defamation claim against the BBC over edits made to a documentary about January 6th that aired in advance of the 2024 election. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Kuntz rejected the BBC’s efforts to toss …

The Republican chair of the House Oversight Committee released a scathing report after a 15-month investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and his associates. It faulted the federal government with decades of failing to hold Epstein accountable.

Nine Kennedy family members have asked a judge to block President Trump's plan to build a 250-foot memorial arch

House Republicans effectively shelved Rep. Thomas Massie’s 8 impeachment articles against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday, November 10, 2026. The House approved a motion to refer the articles to the Judiciary Committee, 211-204.

Trump welcomes the outcome, praising Hegseth as a "Great American Patriot", but Democrats can try again next year.

House Republicans voted together to sideline an attempt by Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., to impeach War Secretary Pete Hegseth. The post Hegseth Survives Impeachment Attempt appeared first on The Intercept.

A group of Democratic lawmakers is seeking information from the Trump administration after an 8-year-old Haitian boy was taken into government custody last week.