https://smartaiintel.com/US news, world affairs, security, technology, business and sports from SmartAIIntel.en-usWed, 11 Nov 2026 17:26:32 GMThttps://smartaiintel.com/articles/white-house-warns-oversight-chair-robert-garcia-trump-probes-criminality/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/white-house-warns-oversight-chair-robert-garcia-trump-probes-criminality/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 17:26:32 GMT2026-11-11T17:26:32.176ZUS NewsWhite House Counsel Will Scharf warned Rep. Robert Garcia that incoming House Democratic investigations without a legitimate legislative purpose may cross into blatant criminality, setting up a fierce constitutional separation-of-powers clash.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/paul-george-36-points-tatum-celtics-rout-jaylen-brown-76ers/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/paul-george-36-points-tatum-celtics-rout-jaylen-brown-76ers/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 17:26:29 GMT2026-11-11T17:26:29.989ZFootball & SportsPaul George scored 36 points in 30 minutes in his return to Philadelphia and Jayson Tatum outplayed former Boston co-star Jaylen Brown after a frosty pregame snub as the Celtics routed the 76ers 123-101.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/oil-tanker-burns-mine-strait-of-hormuz-iran-threatens-europe-bases/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/oil-tanker-burns-mine-strait-of-hormuz-iran-threatens-europe-bases/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 17:26:29 GMT2026-11-11T17:26:29.898ZWar & SecurityAn oil tanker caught fire east of the Strait of Hormuz after striking a naval mine on Wednesday, while Iranian security chief Mohsen Rezaei threatened strikes on distant US airbases in Europe and ruled out exporting enriched nuclear material.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/eisenkot-bloc-seizes-knesset-committees-netanyahu-gradual-us-military-aid/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/eisenkot-bloc-seizes-knesset-committees-netanyahu-gradual-us-military-aid/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 17:26:27 GMT2026-11-11T17:26:27.301ZWorld & Global AffairsGadi Eisenkot's opposition bloc captured temporary Knesset defense and finance committees in a 13-9 vote on Wednesday, while Benjamin Netanyahu's office stated Israel plans to phase out American military aid gradually rather than abruptly.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/coreweave-surges-22-percent-9-billion-prepayments-micron-wall-street/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/coreweave-surges-22-percent-9-billion-prepayments-micron-wall-street/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 17:26:27 GMT2026-11-11T17:26:27.204ZBusiness & EconomyCoreWeave shares leaped 21.9 percent on Wednesday after CEO Michael Intrator detailed $9 billion in near-term customer deposits, sparking a broad AI rally across Micron, Broadcom, GE Vernova, and Nvidia that lifted the S&P 500 and Nasdaq.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/appeals-court-blocks-doj-blanket-demand-journalists-linkedin-data/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/appeals-court-blocks-doj-blanket-demand-journalists-linkedin-data/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 17:26:26 GMT2026-11-11T17:26:26.026ZTechnology & AIWriting for a unanimous 4th Circuit panel, Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III blocked a sweeping Justice Department order requiring LinkedIn to disclose 18 months of journalists' records across nearly 1,000 stories.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/vikings-trade-kirk-cousins-49ers-keenan-allen-pat-murphy-mlb-history/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/vikings-trade-kirk-cousins-49ers-keenan-allen-pat-murphy-mlb-history/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 16:13:24 GMT2026-11-11T16:13:24.133ZFootball & SportsMinnesota brought back quarterback Kirk Cousins from the Raiders as NFL contenders loaded up at the trade deadline, while World Series champion Pat Murphy made MLB history with his third consecutive NL Manager of the Year trophy.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/trump-vance-veterans-day-arlington-kennedy-lawsuit-250-foot-arch/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/trump-vance-veterans-day-arlington-kennedy-lawsuit-250-foot-arch/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 16:13:23 GMT2026-11-11T16:13:23.335ZUS NewsDonald Trump and JD Vance marked Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery as nine Kennedy family members filed suit in Washington federal court to stop construction of a 250 foot Memorial Circle arch near JFK's Eternal Flame.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/spain-first-general-strike-14-years-housing-crisis-election/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/spain-first-general-strike-14-years-housing-crisis-election/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 16:13:22 GMT2026-11-11T16:13:22.273ZWorld & Global AffairsSpain's two largest labor unions, UGT and CCOO, launched the nation's first general strike in 14 years on Wednesday over spiraling housing costs and stagnant wages ahead of the November 29 national vote.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/red-hat-nvidia-hybrid-ai-factory-google-tpu-8tx-8i-max-chips/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/red-hat-nvidia-hybrid-ai-factory-google-tpu-8tx-8i-max-chips/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 16:13:21 GMT2026-11-11T16:13:21.381ZTechnology & AIIBM unit Red Hat unveiled Red Hat AI 3.4 and a co-engineered AI Factory with Nvidia for hybrid cloud AI agents on Wednesday, as Google expanded its custom eighth-generation TPU family with AMD-hosted TPU 8tx and dual-chip TPU 8i Max.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/microsoft-patches-1259-flaws-outlook-zero-day-railway-ai-key-breach/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/microsoft-patches-1259-flaws-outlook-zero-day-railway-ai-key-breach/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 16:13:20 GMT2026-11-11T16:13:20.966ZWar & SecurityMicrosoft patched 1,259 vulnerabilities including actively exploited Outlook zero-day CVE-2026-124194 added to CISA's KEV catalog, as cloud provider Railway disclosed an October breach that drained $740,000 via stolen AI API keys.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/exxonmobil-signs-pdvsa-deal-historic-venezuela-oil-return/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/exxonmobil-signs-pdvsa-deal-historic-venezuela-oil-return/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 16:13:18 GMT2026-11-11T16:13:18.247ZBusiness & EconomyExxonMobil signed a preliminary agreement with PDVSA in Caracas presided over by interim President Delcy Rodriguez to study brownfield and greenfield oil projects following Nicolas Maduro's January removal, while demanding strict legal protections.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/supreme-court-allows-big-bend-texas-border-wall-construction/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/supreme-court-allows-big-bend-texas-border-wall-construction/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 12:52:12 GMT2026-11-11T12:52:12.763ZUS NewsThe US Supreme Court voted 8 to 1, with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissenting, to stay a federal judge's injunction and allow border barrier construction to resume across Texas's Big Bend sector.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/russia-ukraine-agree-major-prisoner-exchange-abu-dhabi-talks/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/russia-ukraine-agree-major-prisoner-exchange-abu-dhabi-talks/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 12:52:12 GMT2026-11-11T12:52:12.471ZWorld & Global AffairsDelegations from Russia and Ukraine agreed to a large scale prisoner of war exchange following two days of US mediated negotiations in Abu Dhabi led by Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/nvidia-rebounds-wachtell-lipton-probe-trump-defends-jensen-huang/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/nvidia-rebounds-wachtell-lipton-probe-trump-defends-jensen-huang/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 12:52:12 GMT2026-11-11T12:52:12.390ZTechnology & AINvidia shares rebounded over 5 percent Wednesday after retaining Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz for an internal security investigation as Donald Trump defended CEO Jensen Huang and GOP Senator Kevin Cramer urged his resignation.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/judge-rejects-bbc-bid-dismiss-trump-10-billion-defamation-lawsuit/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/judge-rejects-bbc-bid-dismiss-trump-10-billion-defamation-lawsuit/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 12:52:12 GMT2026-11-11T12:52:12.200ZUS NewsFlorida federal judge Jeffrey T. Kuntz denied the BBC's motion to dismiss President Donald Trump's defamation lawsuit over a Panorama documentary edit of his January 6, 2021 speech, keeping a 5 billion dollar claim alive ahead of a December 11 deposition deadline.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/france-accuses-iran-irgc-cyberattack-700-supermarket-refrigerators/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/france-accuses-iran-irgc-cyberattack-700-supermarket-refrigerators/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 12:52:11 GMT2026-11-11T12:52:11.618ZWar & SecurityFrance formally blamed Iran's IRGC Shahid Kaveh cyber unit for sabotaging refrigeration controllers at over 700 supermarkets, spoiling tens of millions of euros in food and sparking equipment fires, as Tehran rejected the charge.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/boeing-cuts-2500-commercial-jet-jobs-softbank-7-billion-ai-loss/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/boeing-cuts-2500-commercial-jet-jobs-softbank-7-billion-ai-loss/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 12:52:11 GMT2026-11-11T12:52:11.147ZBusiness & EconomyBoeing is eliminating roughly 2,500 Commercial Airplanes positions as 737 output increases slip to early 2027, while SoftBank Group posted a 7 billion dollar quarterly loss amid record 56.5 billion dollar US AI infrastructure fundraising.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/world-leaders-cop31-antalya-turkey-2035-electrification-climate-deal/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/world-leaders-cop31-antalya-turkey-2035-electrification-climate-deal/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 11:50:50 GMT2026-11-11T11:50:50.580ZWorld & Global AffairsWorld leaders including Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen addressed COP31 in Antalya as negotiators debated a 2035 global electrification target and fossil fuel transition roadmap.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/china-snubs-japan-takaichi-shenzhen-apec-summit-carney-xi-talks/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/china-snubs-japan-takaichi-shenzhen-apec-summit-carney-xi-talks/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 11:50:45 GMT2026-11-11T11:50:45.518ZWorld & Global AffairsChina has rebuffed Japanese requests for formal talks between Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the Shenzhen APEC summit over Taiwan, while confirming a bilateral meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/us-charges-three-iranian-backed-operatives-uk-raf-fairford-plot/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/us-charges-three-iranian-backed-operatives-uk-raf-fairford-plot/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 05:38:10 GMT2026-11-11T05:38:10.695ZWar & SecurityThe US Justice Department unsealed an eight count terrorism indictment in Manhattan charging three operatives backed by Iran over an alleged fuel van bomb plot targeting RAF Fairford in England.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/senate-advances-energy-permitting-bill-62-21-ai-data-center-grid-costs/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/senate-advances-energy-permitting-bill-62-21-ai-data-center-grid-costs/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 05:38:10 GMT2026-11-11T05:38:10.153ZBusiness & EconomyThe US Senate voted 62 to 21 to advance bipartisan energy permitting legislation that accelerates transmission approvals and directs FERC to make AI data centers pay $55 billion in grid costs.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/iraq-bars-iran-national-football-team-plane-basra-us-sanctions/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/iraq-bars-iran-national-football-team-plane-basra-us-sanctions/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 05:38:09 GMT2026-11-11T05:38:09.644ZFootball & SportsIraq's Civil Aviation Authority barred a plane carrying Iran's national football team from landing at Basra International Airport over US sanctions fears ahead of a four nation tournament.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/treasury-secretary-scott-bessent-moves-military-base-iran-threats/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/treasury-secretary-scott-bessent-moves-military-base-iran-threats/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 04:06:06 GMT2026-11-11T04:06:06.996ZWar & SecurityTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent relocated to protected housing on a US military base following Iranian threats against his life as Tehran plots reach advanced stages amid the ongoing conflict.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/ibm-ends-us-visa-green-card-sponsorship-consulting-roles/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/ibm-ends-us-visa-green-card-sponsorship-consulting-roles/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 04:06:04 GMT2026-11-11T04:06:04.305ZTechnology & AIIBM is ending H1B visa and green card sponsorship for most roles in its 150,000 person IBM Consulting division, citing evolving skill availability and client needs amid tighter federal immigration rules.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/house-blocks-pete-hegseth-impeachment-211-204-judiciary-vote/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/house-blocks-pete-hegseth-impeachment-211-204-judiciary-vote/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 04:06:04 GMT2026-11-11T04:06:04.232ZUS NewsThe US House voted 211 to 204 on Tuesday evening to refer Rep. Thomas Massie's eight impeachment articles against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to the Judiciary Committee, effectively shelving the effort until January.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/anthropic-claude-sheets-whiteboards-data-microsoft-office-rival/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/anthropic-claude-sheets-whiteboards-data-microsoft-office-rival/Tue, 10 Nov 2026 21:58:15 GMT2026-11-10T21:58:15.956ZTechnology & AIAnthropic unveiled Claude Sheets, Claude Whiteboards, Claude Data, and interactive Model Context Protocol app connectors on Tuesday, pressuring Microsoft shares as enterprise AI moves into core office workflows.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/coreweave-q3-revenue-366-billion-ai-backlog-132-billion-outlook/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/coreweave-q3-revenue-366-billion-ai-backlog-132-billion-outlook/Tue, 10 Nov 2026 21:43:03 GMT2026-11-10T21:43:03.786ZBusiness & EconomyCoreWeave reported third quarter 2026 revenue of 3.66 billion dollars, up 168 percent year over year, expanded contracted backlog to 132.5 billion dollars, and raised its 2026 revenue outlook.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/senate-republicans-reelect-john-thune-minority-leader-acclamation/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/senate-republicans-reelect-john-thune-minority-leader-acclamation/Tue, 10 Nov 2026 21:17:29 GMT2026-11-10T21:17:29.708ZUS NewsSenate Republicans reelected John Thune as leader by acclamation on Tuesday after defeating a conservative push to delay voting following midterm losses of at least seven Senate seats.https://smartaiintel.com/articles/us-army-soldier-arrested-uk-suspected-russian-intelligence-espionage/https://smartaiintel.com/articles/us-army-soldier-arrested-uk-suspected-russian-intelligence-espionage/Tue, 10 Nov 2026 20:13:56 GMT2026-11-10T20:13:56.446ZWar & SecurityBritish counterterrorism police arrested a 41 year old senior US Army soldier near Gloucester on suspicion of assisting Russian intelligence and disclosing protected information under the National Security Act.