🇺🇸⚡️- Pete Hegseth also posted "patriots in control" today on twitter.

🇺🇸⚡️- Governor DeSantis is on a hiring spree for his 2028 Presidential campaign and plans on announcing his run sooner rather than later.

Those close to him say that he learned his lesson by waiting too long to announce in 2023 according to the Washington Post.

🇺🇸🇮🇳⚡️- President Trump celebrated Diwali in the Oval Office today.

🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡️- The New York Times now reports that Alice Huang, the Chinese businesswoman who developed a close relationship with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, was recruited by China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) to gather intelligence on him and influence Nvidia into supporting greater access to advanced American AI chips for China.

The chairmen of three House committees have requested that Jensen Huang appear for a closed door briefing on November 18 to explain his relationship with Alice Huang and Nvidia's security measures against Chinese espionage.

🇺🇸⚡️- Elon says Tesla will wind down production of the Cybertruck next year, to make room for the Cybercab.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Three camps are competing to shape President Trump's decision on how to proceed with the Iran war, according to The Wall Street Journal.

One group, including Vice President JD Vance, special envoy Steve Witkoff, and various Gulf leaders, has been advocating for diplomacy. Gulf officials say there are signs that both sides are now looking for an off-ramp, with Qatari mediators working to bridge the remaining gaps. The deal reportedly under discussion would involve just two days of preliminary talks before moving to nuclear negotiations.

A second group, consisting of Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, has pushed the President to tighten sanctions on Tehran and continue the blockade, hoping the strain on Iran's economy forces them to the negotiating table.

The third group, including Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, CENTCOM Commander Brad Cooper, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has been pressing for a return to major combat operations. Both Hegseth and Cooper have advised President Trump that targeting Iranian energy infrastructure, nuclear facilities, and missile and drone arsenals is the only way to make Iran surrender its nuclear material. Several hawkish voices from outside the administration have also called Trump since Election Day, attempting to convince him his legacy depends on Iran surrendering its nuclear program.

BREAKING: The U.S. is offering a $20 million reward and relocation to insiders willing to expose Iran’s nuclear program, including the scientists and networks involved.

@Mena_Live

🇫🇷⚡️- David Lisnard has rapidly emerged as one of the fastest-growing contenders for the 2027 French presidential election. His party, New Energy, recently became France's largest party with 113,000 members, up from just 25,000 in August. His core platform centered on economic reform and downsizing the French state is finding strong traction across both the center and the right.

While polled at around 2% in mid-October, Lisnard has recently jumped to 9% according to a new batch of polls.

Note: Lisnard's latest surge was unaffected by controversial remarks in which he stated he "didn't care" about the 1961 Paris Massacre, when the French police allegedly drowned dozens of Algerians in the Seine.

🇾🇪🇸🇦⚡️- Houthi outlets claim at least 11 people died following a strike in Sana'a.

🇳🇿🗳⚡️- New Zealand General Election:

At 98.7% counted:

Labour: 29.3% (+2.39)
National: 29.26% (-8.8)
Green: 13.3% (+1.7)
ACT: 10.94% (+2.3)
NZF: 9.77% (+3.69)
Opportunity Party: 5.97% (+4.46)
Māori Party: 0.56% (-2.52)

+/- 2023

🇳🇿🗳⚡️- For now, results are too close for an obvious coalition to emerge. Party leaders of both National and Labour have announced they will enter talks with other parties to find a compromise.

🇳🇿🗳⚡️- Current parliamentary composition projection by RNZ.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- BREAKING: US CENTCOM announces the establishment of Task Force Iron Gate, a military initiative to restrict and block all of Iran's borders and to prevent the shipment of "advanced weapons and materials."

CENTCOM says they will only allow the inflow of humanitarian aid into Iranian territory.