Security cabinet directs strike preparations while Tehran threatens retaliation beyond Middle East. Netanyahu faces domestic warnings against escalation during political transition.
PLA executed major naval and air operations throughout early November without standard warnings, simulating Taiwan isolation in shift from previous announced exercises.
Government funding expires December 11 as lawmakers navigate debt limits, judicial confirmations, and collapsed reconciliation ambitions in compressed post-election session.
Democrats flipped deep-red Senate seats in Texas, South Carolina, Kansas, Ohio, and Iowa, securing unified congressional control for the first time since 2025.
U.S.-mediated negotiations produced agreement on detainee swaps but left fundamental disputes over territory and security guarantees unresolved as the war nears its fifth year.
Chinese President Xi Jinping invoked revolutionary symbolism to declare Taiwan reunification inevitable, warning against separatism as military tensions around the island reach highest levels in decades.
Republicans return to Washington with a December 11 funding deadline, divided over whether to avert a shutdown or hand the budget battle to the incoming Democratic majority.
Democrat Scott Colom's Senate victory marks the first time a Black candidate has won statewide office in Mississippi since 1885, delivering Democrats their eighth midterm flip.