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November 10: Hegseth Impeachment Push and Canadian Military Base Fire
In Paraguay
Public school teachers suspended classes and protested, demanding government guarantees for pension funds deposited at failed Ueno Bank. The strike puts teachers’ retirement savings at the center of a dispute over the bank’s collapse.
In U.S. news
Republican Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky introduced eight articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday. Hegseth dismissed the effort as a “political spectacle.”
Senate Republicans paused their leadership election meeting Tuesday after conservatives demanded a plan from John Thune for the lame-duck session and the next Congress, when Democrats will hold the majority. Senators left after nearly two hours of discussions.
In Alaska’s Senate race, The Hill reports that Democrat Mary Peltola has widened her lead over Republican Senator Dan Sullivan. The latest count puts her ahead by 2,517 first-choice votes, compared with 637 last week.
The Trump administration also announced that it will distribute ten billion dollars in rural health care funding across all fifty states. It is the second installment from a fifty-billion-dollar fund created last year under the administration’s One Big Beautiful Act.
In Trinidad and Tobago
A UK court has overturned Trinidad and Tobago’s law criminalizing consensual sexual relations between men.
In business
Anthropic says it plans to price its initial public offering between seventy and seventy-eight dollars a share, ahead of a scheduled Nasdaq debut on November nineteenth.
Boeing is preparing to cut its commercial aircraft workforce by about five percent as it slows planned production increases. Layoff notices could begin in December 2026.
In sports betting
A Bloomberg analysis tracked gambling spending by 2,441 people who started within a week of Massachusetts legalizing online sports betting. Heavy bettors lost an average of $12,237 in their first year. The other ninety-four percent lost an average of $756. Bloomberg reports that deposit frequency is one of the best measures of gambling habits.
In France
France has summoned Iran’s ambassador over a cyberattack on supermarket refrigeration units and says it rules nothing out in response. Iran categorically denied French accusations that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was involved, calling them baseless and one-sided.
In Canada
Fifteen Canadian soldiers were on ventilators after a fire at CFB Wainwright. Alberta’s health chief warned that hospital care could extend into 2027 and beyond.
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