The Evening File — The Desk’s Report
Central Command Denies the Bahrain Radar Was Hit and Says Two Drones Were Shot Down, the President Tells Congress the War Is Terminated on the War Powers Deadline Day, and Wall Street Closes Mixed With Nvidia Down 2.0 Percent
The day whole: a radar claimed in Bahrain in the morning and denied by Central Command by afternoon, with two drones intercepted and no damage reported; a war declared terminated by letter on the day Congress’s 60-day clock ran out, and Congress gone home; a producer print a tenth soft on the month and the highest on the year since 2022; a mixed close with the chips sold again; an oil surplus found by the agency and a second weekly decline; an answer from Mr. Huang due at eight o’clock and not yet in the file; and two counts, in Alaska and Mississippi, spending Friday on their paperwork.
The Evening in Brief: A Denial From Central Command, a Termination by Letter, and a Mixed Close
The day’s two largest open sentences closed in opposite ways by evening: the Bahrain radar, unconfirmed at noon, drew a flat denial from Central Command—two drones intercepted, no injuries, no damage—and the War Powers clock, unreconciled at noon, drew a letter from the President telling Congress the war it was set to judge has terminated. The denial stands in the agency account filed below: American forces shot down two Iranian one-way attack drones headed toward Bahrain, and the command said the radar claim was false, in the CNN account filed below. The Guards’ answer, in the warning account filed below, is readiness to respond without limits. The President’s letter, in the Forbes account filed below, rests on one date: no exchange of fire since the ceasefire of April 7. Congress, for its part, left Washington without acting, in the deadline account filed below. The rest of the day closed on paper: producer prices at 0.3 percent on the month and 6.5 percent on the year, in the Bureau’s release filed below; the Dow up a tenth, the Nasdaq down nine-tenths, and Nvidia down 2.0 percent at $162.85, in the closing account filed below; and Brent at $95.77 in the late print, in the wire account filed below. Mr. Huang’s written answer is due at 2000 tonight and is not in this file. Alaska’s Friday batch is not in this file. Both are recorded as open, at their full size, below.
Bahrain at Evening: The Claim, the Denial, and the Warning That Followed Both
The Bahrain file at evening contains the day’s claim and the day’s denial, and nothing that settles between them. The Guards said their Aerospace Force targeted and destroyed an American early-warning radar on the island of Bahrain, in retaliation for an air attack on a telecommunications tower at Sirik, and called it a serious warning over aerial provocations and oil smuggling in the Strait of Hormuz, in the CNN account above. Central Command answered in the afternoon: the Guards launched two one-way attack drones toward Bahrain, American forces intercepted both, and there were no injuries and no damage, in the agency account above. The command called the radar claim false, in the CNN account. No independent confirmation of either account stands in the evening file; neither side has produced evidence the other accepts, in the three-readings account filed below. Manama’s own word, missing at noon, is still missing at evening: no Bahraini statement stands in any account the desk read. The attempt itself is dated by the coverage as the first Iranian attempt on an American military facility in a Gulf state in more than two months, in the CNN account above.
Tehran’s second word of the day was a warning, and it was addressed to the strait. The Aerospace Force declared itself on full alert to respond without limits to any repeated aggression in the strait, and Commander-in-Chief Vahidi warned through Tasnim that the slightest aggression would draw devastating and painful strikes, in the warning account above. The tanker claim of the morning—a liquefied petroleum gas carrier struck by a mine—stands at evening exactly as at noon: claimed by the Guards, unverified by the Associated Press, and without an immediate report at the British maritime agency. The strait’s traffic stands at roughly 65 percent below pre-conflict levels in the British agency’s weekly report through November 10, in the warning account. On Sirik, Central Command has not publicly acknowledged any strike, in the same account. Settled: two drones were launched toward Bahrain, on both governments’ accounts. Open: everything they hit or did not hit.
The War Powers Day: Terminated by Letter, Unanswered by Congress
The two unreconciled sentences the midday edition carried—a Friday deadline, and a clock already reset—were answered on Friday by one side only. The President wrote to Speaker Johnson on the 60-day deadline day that the hostilities that began on February 28 have terminated, that on April 7 he ordered a ceasefire, and that there has been no exchange of fire between American forces and Iran since April 7, in the Forbes account above and the deadline account above. He wrote that he never needed Congress’s say-so. Secretary Hegseth’s Thursday testimony stands beneath the letter: the ceasefire means the 60-day clock pauses or stops, in the resolution account filed below, which dates the ceasefire to April 8 against the letter’s April 7. The blockade, which the letter does not end, continues to prohibit ships from reaching or leaving Iranian ports, in the same account.
Congress’s answer on its deadline day was absence. The 60-day mark came and went Friday while lawmakers were back home, and Congress left Washington without acting, in the deadline account above. The Senate’s sixth rejection of a war powers resolution, 47 to 50 on Thursday with Senator Collins the only new vote in support, stands as the chamber’s last word, in the resolution account above. The Republican response in preparation is Senator Murkowski’s authorization, described by its author as more than an authorization—as restraint—with a further measure promised when the Senate reconvenes if the deadline passed without a credible plan, in the deadline account. Against the letter, the deadline account states the other reading of the statute in one sentence: without action from Congress, the administration now has 30 days to wind down military actions absent authorization. The paper prints both readings and reconciles neither. Settled: the letter was sent, and Congress did not vote. Open: which reading of the clock governs the next 30 days.
The Day Whole on Prices and Markets: A Tenth Soft on the Month, the Year at a Four-Year High, and the Chips Sold Again
The producer print that opened the day stands as the midday edition printed it, and the evening adds only its close. Final demand rose 0.3 percent in October against 0.4 percent expected, September stands revised to 1.4 percent, and the year stands at 6.5 percent, the largest 12-month rise since November 2022, in the Bureau’s release above. The wire’s reading of the annual figure is that it supports expectations the Federal Reserve could continue raising rates after December’s widely expected increase, in the wire account filed below. The close: the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.10 percent to 52,347.55; the S&P 500 fell 0.40 percent to 7,561.67; the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.91 percent to 25,136.27, in the closing account above and in the movers account filed below. The day’s range ran through a morning low in the wire’s 1123 print—the S&P 500 down 1.01 percent and the Nasdaq down 1.74 percent—before the indexes recovered part of the loss into the close, in the wire account.
The selling was in the chips, for the second day, and the desk prints its measures with their hours. Nvidia closed at $162.85, down $3.34, or 2.0 percent, from Thursday’s $166.19, with the session’s low at $158.39 and the after-hours print at $161.9299 at 1655, in the market data page filed below. The wire’s intraday account puts the shares down 4.3 percent at their worst, on track for the longest streak of weekly losses since October 2012, with the Philadelphia semiconductor index down 6 percent and AMD and Broadcom down 10 and 7 percent, in the wire account above. The closing account puts AMD down 8.75 percent at $534.06, in the closing account above; the midday chip account puts AMD down 10.5 percent and Broadcom down 5.3 percent at 1225, with the semiconductor index down 4.5 percent at that hour, in the chip account filed below. The closing digest adds the Russell 2000 down 0.31 percent at 2,790.49, the VIX up 3.16 percent at 19.29, and gold down 0.17 percent at $3,878.70, in the digest filed below. Yields stand where the midday file left them, above five percent on the ten-year. The company’s November 17 report, the first under Ms. Kress, is the next dated fact in the file.
Oil at Evening: A Surplus on the Agency’s Balances and a Second Weekly Decline on the Tape
The agency’s morning finding survived the day’s trading, and the price ended the week the way the balances said it should. The International Energy Agency’s November report, in the report filed below, puts global supply above demand for the first time since the war began: inventories up 52 million barrels in October, supply up 2.3 million barrels a day to 105.4 million, fourth-quarter supply estimates raised by 3.3 million a day, and a return to surplus in the fourth quarter with a more substantial build in 2027—with the severe tightness in diesel named as the overriding concern in the same report. The late wire print, timed 1746 GMT, puts Brent down 5 cents at $95.77 and West Texas Intermediate down 17 cents at $88.57, in the wire account at the top of this report. For the week, both benchmarks stand down about 2 percent, after falls of 16 and 13 percent the week before, in the same account. The day’s earlier prints—Brent at $95.77 at 0950 GMT after a range of $95.07 to $96.75, and at $96.67 at 1414 GMT in another wire update—stand in the Cocked Hat. The wire’s sentence on the week’s direction is that Washington’s focus on the blockade, over renewed fighting, allayed fears of renewed hostilities while the surplus grew. Settled: the surplus, on the agency’s balances, and the second weekly decline. Open: whether Friday’s drones change the blockade’s arithmetic.
Nvidia at Evening: The Confirmation Due at Eight, the Calendar in December, and No Answer Yet in the File
At 1800 the Nvidia file’s clock has two hours left on it, and the desk files the deadline unstruck. Three House chairs—Mr. Mast, Mr. Moolenaar and Mr. Crawford—require Mr. Huang’s written confirmation by 8 p.m. Eastern tonight of a closed-door, transcribed interview on December 1, or the Foreign Affairs Committee issues a subpoena, in the deadline account filed below. No written confirmation stands in any account the desk read at collection. The agreement in principle stands as it stood Thursday: Mr. Huang has agreed to answer lawmakers’ questions, Mr. Mast said, and a briefing before Thanksgiving remains under negotiation, in the testimony account filed below. The calendar around the deadline filled in on Friday: Nvidia’s general counsel, Mr. Teter, is asked for December 2 on the same terms; Under Secretary Kessler is called to a December 3 hearing at 10 a.m. on chip smuggling, adversary military use of advanced chips, reported interference by private companies in export control enforcement, and Megaspeed; and Senator Scott’s Senate track asks Mr. Huang on December 3 and Secretary Lutnick on December 10, in the summons account filed below and the deadline account above. The chairs tie the affair to four named bills for the defense authorization, in the deadline account. Inside the company, nothing in the evening file moves the record: Mr. Huang resigned, Ms. Kress is interim chief executive, the Justice Department has reached no conclusion on Ms. Alice Huang, and Beijing’s denial stands. No finding has been made by the board, by any committee or by any court on any allegation in this file.
Dublin at Evening: A Day of Responses, and the Chair, the Number and the Date Still Open
Friday added responses to Thursday’s announcements and no machinery to them. The wire account of the shuttle, in the Australian agency account filed below, carries the shape whole: Mr. Kushner indicated President Putin is willing to accept European involvement; the Abu Dhabi session produced agreement to swap a large number of prisoners with the exact figure still to be announced; the United States and President Zelenskyy want Europe to appoint a single person; and President Putin reaffirmed to the envoys that European troops in Ukraine after a ceasefire would be absolutely unacceptable and a legitimate target. One account of the day carries the envoys’ claim in its headline form—President Putin has agreed to let Europe join—in the agreement account filed below, while Moscow’s own readout, from Mr. Ushakov, confirms no European seat and says the Europeans must decide whether they want peace or the continuation of the war, in the talks account filed below. The envoys will speak to Moscow again before the Presidents meet at APEC in Shenzhen on November 18 and 19, in the agreement account. Europe’s seat stands unnamed: Ms. Kallas’s treaty reading, Chancellor Merz’s E3 and five, and President Macron’s format-to-be-determined all stand as the midday file left them, and the Coalition of the Willing in Berlin next week is the next occasion in the file for the chair to be filled. Settled: the expansion is announced in Washington and Kyiv and welcomed there. Open: the name, the number, the date, the place, the land and the ceasefire.
The Count at Evening: Alaska’s Batch Still to Come, Mississippi’s Counties on Their Day, and the President’s Praise for the Winner
Alaska’s Friday produced no new figures in any account the desk read by 1800 Eastern, and the desk records the wait at its full size. The official total stands at Ms. Peltola 125,157 to Senator Dan S. Sullivan’s 119,357, a lead of 5,800 on the Division’s summary timed Thursday at 6:36 p.m., in the official summary filed below. Another batch was expected to be reported later Friday, in the widening account filed below, which adds the day’s arithmetic: the lead puts Ms. Peltola ahead of both Sullivans combined by 1,601 votes, and less than a point from the 50 percent that wins outright. Friday is the deadline for most mailed ballots to arrive; overseas ballots may arrive through November 18, the ranked-choice tabulation runs November 18, and certification is targeted for November 25. The race remains uncalled and remains the only uncalled Senate contest.
Mississippi’s day was its counties’ deadline, and the evening file carries the race’s considered responses rather than a certified total. The counties were to submit certified results today; no statewide certified total stands in the evening file, and statewide certification is scheduled for December 3. The unofficial tallies moved during the day and stand in the Cocked Hat: 479,197 votes for Mr. Colom in the Associated Press record, in the results record filed below; 49.3 to 48.6 percent, a margin of 7,200, at 1252 Eastern, in the results page filed below; and 477,717 votes at 49.3 percent in a count last changed at 1031 Eastern, in the county account filed below. The day’s response came from the President, whose candidate lost: Mr. Colom campaigned on the line outside the President’s own October rally, telling everybody in the line what a good job he did, and the President gives him a lot of credit for it—“I don’t know the gentleman, but I give him credit”—in the praise account filed below and in the state account filed below. Senator Hyde-Smith’s concession of Wednesday stands. The Democratic caucus stands at 55, and Alaska decides 55 or 56.
Spain at Evening: The Prime Minister in Arnedo and Pamplona, 176 Seats Asked, and the Average of Fifteen Polls
Spain’s first full campaign day belonged, in the evening file, to the Prime Minister’s two frontóns. In Arnedo, La Rioja, from 17:00, Mr. Sánchez took up Mr. Feijóo’s interview of the day—his explanations of photographs with Marcial Dorado, and his acknowledgment that he does not know English—and set two figures for his campaign: 75 percent turnout and 176 seats, an absolute majority to stop a government of Mr. Feijóo and Mr. Abascal, with Mr. Abascal warned into the Vice Presidency in such a government and Mr. Carlos Cuerpo named as his own bet for that office, in the Arnedo account filed below and in the 176 account filed below. The second stop of the evening was the Labrit frontón in Pamplona, in the 176 account. Mr. Feijóo’s launch stands in the file at a sports centre in Badalona, under the slogan El cambio necesario, in the campaign account filed below; the midday edition’s expectation of a rally in Madrid’s Plaza de Colón stands unconfirmed beside it, and this edition does not reconcile the two. The day’s poll arithmetic is now an average with a date on it: the mean of the latest study from each of 15 institutes, as of November 13, gives the Popular Party 31.4 percent, the Socialists 26.8, Vox 19.1, Frente Amplio 6.3 and ERC 2.4, in the Arnedo account. Against it stands the state survey’s 33.3 percent for the Socialists, as the earlier editions printed it. The two men debate on Monday, November 16; the campaign runs to November 27 and Spain votes on November 29.
The Cocked Hat
Where the evening’s bearings do not meet, the desk prints the triangle. On Bahrain: a radar destroyed, in the Guards’ statement, against two drones intercepted with no injuries and no damage, in Central Command’s—each side’s account complete, neither side’s evidence produced. On the war’s clock: hostilities terminated with the April 7 ceasefire, in the President’s letter, against a 30-day wind-down now running, in the deadline account’s reading of the statute; and inside the letter’s own side, the ceasefire dated April 7 by the President and April 8 in the Secretary’s testimony. On Nvidia at the worst of the day: down 4.3 percent in the wire’s intraday account, down 3.1 percent at 1225 in the chip account, and down 2.0 percent at the $162.85 close in the closing accounts. On the semiconductor index: down 6 percent in the wire, down 4.5 percent at 1225 in the chip account. On AMD: down 10 percent in the wire, down 10.5 percent at 1225, down 10.4 percent in the closing digest, and down 8.75 percent at $534.06 in the closing account. On Brent: $96.43 in early European trading, $96.67 at 1414 GMT, $95.77 at 0950 GMT and $95.77 again at 1746 GMT. On the Senate dates: Secretary Lutnick on December 10 in the Friday accounts, against the week’s earlier filings of his agreement without that date; and Mr. Huang’s briefing before Thanksgiving, under negotiation, beside the December 1 interview his written confirmation is due on tonight. On Europe’s chair: agreed, in the envoys’ headline account, against confirmed in no Moscow readout. On Mississippi: Mr. Colom at 479,197 votes in the Associated Press record, 477,717 in the county count of 1031, and a 7,200-vote margin at 1252—three tallies of a race already called, on a day given to certification. On Spain: the Socialists at 26.8 percent in the fifteen-institute average and at 33.3 percent in the state survey. Against the triangle, the evening’s single-valued facts are these: Central Command denied the radar claim and reported two drones intercepted without damage; the President’s letter to Congress was sent on deadline day and Congress did not act; producer prices rose 0.3 percent in October and 6.5 percent on the year; the Dow closed up 0.10 percent, the S&P 500 down 0.40 percent and the Nasdaq down 0.91 percent, with Nvidia at $162.85; Brent stood at $95.77 in the late print, down about 2 percent on the week; Mr. Huang’s confirmation is due at 2000 and had not been reported at collection; Alaska’s official total stands at 125,157 to 119,357, uncalled, with Friday’s batch still to come; Mississippi’s counties spent Friday certifying, with December 3 the state’s date; and Spain’s campaign completed its first full day. The midnight edition collects at 0000.
The Clippings Filed With This Edition
Everything the desk read for the report above, clipped and filed as a bureau files it. Each item is stamped subjective—a source with a position, printed because it is useful—and described by what it says. The desk’s report is the only item in this edition stamped objective. 33 items.
Military.com, from the Associated Press — the military downs two Iranian attack drones as Iran claims a strike on a radar in Bahrain
The United States military said it intercepted two Iranian attack drones headed toward Bahrain, as the Revolutionary Guard claimed it struck an American early warning radar system in the kingdom. Central Command said there were no injuries or damage. Iran’s official IRNA news agency quoted a Guard statement saying the attack on the radar system followed an American strike on a telecommunications pole in the southern Iranian port of Sirik. Neither Iran’s claim of striking the radar nor its account of the tanker incident could be independently verified.
CNN — Iran targets an American military site in the Gulf for the first time in two months as hopes for a deal fade
Iran said it targeted an American military installation in Bahrain early Friday in retaliation for what it described as an American attack on Iranian territory, marking its first attempt to strike a military facility in a Gulf state in more than two months. Central Command said later Friday that American forces shot down two Iranian drones launched toward Bahrain, reporting no injuries or damage, and said the claim that Iran attacked a radar system was false. The Guards, carried by Tasnim, called the action a serious warning to Washington.
House of Saud — the Guards warn of an unlimited response over the Strait of Hormuz
The Guards’ Aerospace Force declared on Friday that it stands on full alert to respond without limits to any repeated aggression in the Strait of Hormuz, hours after the Guards claimed a destroyed American radar in Bahrain; Central Command denied the claim, saying it intercepted two Iranian one-way attack drones with no injuries or damage. Commander-in-Chief Ahmad Vahidi separately warned through Tasnim that the slightest aggression would draw devastating and painful strikes. The account puts commercial transits in the strait at roughly 65 percent below pre-conflict baselines in the British agency’s weekly report through November 10, and notes the Guards did not name the United States specifically over Sirik and Central Command has not publicly acknowledged the Sirik strike.
Magna Bureau — Iran says it destroyed a radar in Bahrain; Washington says it shot the drones down
The Guards said on Friday, November 13, 2026, that they targeted and destroyed an American early-warning radar in Bahrain in retaliation for an air attack on a telecommunications tower in Sirik, and framed the strike as a warning over aerial provocations and oil smuggling in the Strait of Hormuz. Several hours later Central Command denied any radar was destroyed and said two one-way attack drones were launched toward Bahrain and both intercepted, with no casualties and no damage. Neither side has produced evidence the other accepts, and neither claim has been independently confirmed.
Forbes, mirrored — the President tells Congress the Iran war is terminated
President Trump said the war in Iran has been terminated, in a letter to Congress on Friday as the administration argues it does not need congressional approval to continue the military operation. The letter, to Speaker Mike Johnson, was issued on the 60-day deadline established by the War Powers Act, which requires congressional approval to continue military operations. The President noted there has been no exchange of fire between the United States and Iran since a ceasefire began on April 7. Secretary Hegseth said Thursday the April 7 ceasefire means the 60-day clock pauses or stops, a position that drew pushback from some Republicans. The Senate rejected the Iran War Powers Resolution for a sixth time on Thursday.
Gold Coast Vets News — Congress ignores the key deadline as Republicans ready restraint on the war
Congress left Washington without acting against the President’s Iran war, despite growing concern among Republicans about what comes next. The 60-day deadline in the War Powers Resolution, requiring Congress to authorize or halt the war, came and went Friday while lawmakers were back home. Senator Murkowski has been working on an Authorization for Use of Military Force that she describes as more than an authorization, as restraint; a senator quoted in the account intends to introduce a measure once the Senate reconvenes if the 60-day mark passes without a credible plan. The President wrote to congressional leaders Friday that he never needed their say-so and that hostilities, despite scant skirmishes and an ongoing blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, had terminated: there has been no exchange of fire since April 7, and the hostilities that began on February 28 have terminated. Without action from Congress, the account states, the administration now has 30 days to wind down military actions absent authorization.
Outside the Beltway — the War Powers Resolution and the Friday deadline
Under the 1973 War Powers Resolution, the President must notify Congress within 48 hours of military action and withdraw troops 60 days later unless lawmakers declare war or authorize force; the expectation on Capitol Hill was that the deadline expires on Friday. In testimony Thursday, Secretary Hegseth said the ceasefire with Iran, which he dated to April 8, stopped the countdown. While airstrikes have halted, the American military continues to enforce a blockade prohibiting ships from reaching or leaving Iranian ports. A Senate measure to halt the conflict failed for the sixth time on Thursday, by 47 to 50, with Senator Collins the only new vote in support.
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Producer Price Indexes, October 2026
The Producer Price Index for final demand rose 0.3 percent in October, seasonally adjusted. Final demand prices advanced 1.4 percent in September and 0.4 percent in August. On an unadjusted basis, the index for final demand increased 6.5 percent for the 12 months ended in October, the largest 12-month rise since moving up 7.4 percent in November 2022. For the 12 months ended in October, the index for final demand goods increased 10.2 percent, the largest 12-month rise since advancing 10.5 percent in October 2022. The November release is scheduled for December 15.
Reuters, via SRN News — Wall Street slides as the Nvidia overhang weighs on technology shares
The major American stock indexes fell on Friday as fresh concerns about Nvidia reignited a selloff in technology shares, while softer October producer prices offered little relief. Nvidia’s shares plunged 4.3 percent intraday and were on track for their longest streak of weekly losses since October 2012 after Mr. Huang’s resignation on Thursday, following scrutiny of his relationship with a businesswoman suspected by the United States of spying for Beijing. The Philadelphia semiconductor index fell 6 percent, with Advanced Micro Devices and Broadcom dropping 10 and 7 percent respectively. At 11:23 a.m. Eastern, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 122.12 points, or 0.23 percent, to 52,174.97, the S&P 500 lost 76.88 points, or 1.01 percent, to 7,515.49, and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 441.78 points, or 1.74 percent, to 24,923.79. The technology index was the biggest loser on the S&P 500, dropping 3 percent. The producer index shot up 6.5 percent year over year, its largest annual gain since November 2022.
TradingKey — the Nasdaq extends its drop as technology leads the declines at the close
On Friday, November 13, American stocks diverged as Nvidia extended its decline, dragging down the Nasdaq and the S&P 500, while the Dow closed slightly higher. At the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.10 percent to 52,347.55, the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.91 percent to 25,136.27, and the S&P 500 fell 0.40 percent to 7,561.67. Advanced Micro Devices fell 8.75 percent to $534.06. The October producer index rose less than expected on the month, which had lifted stocks in early trading; the year-over-year increase climbed to its highest since November 2022, keeping inflation pressure and the Federal Reserve outlook in focus.
SMW Markets — the biggest movers of November 13, at the close
Wall Street finished mixed on Friday, November 13, as the selling in artificial intelligence stocks picked up again. The S&P 500 slipped 0.40 percent to 7,561.67 and the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.91 percent to 25,136.27, while the Dow edged up 0.10 percent. Nvidia closed down 2.0 percent at $162.85 in the closing table, sourced to Yahoo Finance at the 4:00 p.m. Eastern close, a second day of losses after Mr. Huang’s resignation, with the finance chief, Ms. Kress, stepping in as interim chief executive.
Stock Market Watch — market digest, Friday, November 13, 2026
The closing digest gives the Dow Jones at 52,347.55, up 0.10 percent; the S&P 500 at 7,561.67, down 0.40 percent; the Nasdaq at 25,136.27, down 0.91 percent; the Russell 2000 at 2,790.49, down 0.31 percent; the VIX at 19.29, up 3.16 percent; gold at $3,878.70, down 0.17 percent; and West Texas Intermediate crude at $89.01, up 0.30 percent. The digest describes a fractured close, with a shock resignation in the technology sector and sticky inflation data, and notes semiconductor peers AMD down 10.4 percent and Broadcom down 5.3 percent in its account of the selloff.
Finnhub — Nvidia market data, November 13
The market closed at 4:00 p.m. Eastern on November 13 with the latest price at $162.85, a reported change of minus $3.34, or minus 2.0097 percent, from the previous close of $166.19; the session is given open $169.905, high $170, low $158.39. The after-hours price at 4:55 p.m. is given at $161.9299, down 0.56 percent from the regular close. The November 12 session closed at $166.19 and November 11 at $173.73. Market value is given at $4.19 trillion, the five-session return at minus 10.32 percent, and third-quarter results are estimated for November 17, with expected earnings per share of 2.523 on revenue of $111.203 billion.
AI Stock Wire — AMD and Broadcom erase the post-resignation rally as the chips slide
Chip stocks fell sharply on November 13, and the two rivals that rallied the day Mr. Huang resigned gave the rally back: AMD was down 10.5 percent at $524.09 at 12:25 p.m. Eastern, and Broadcom was down 5.3 percent at $344.90, with the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index down 4.5 percent at that hour. Nvidia was down 3.1 percent at $161.07 at the same hour and on track for its longest streak of weekly losses since October 2012; it had closed lower in each of the previous five weeks and stood well below its November 6 close of $186.64. The Nasdaq Composite was down 1.3 percent and the S&P 500 down 0.8 percent at 12:25 p.m.
Reuters, via Euronext Live — oil set for a second straight weekly decline on growing signs of surplus
Oil prices sagged on Friday, set for a second straight weekly decline, as signs of a growing global supply surplus weighed on the market and Washington’s focus on blockading Iran while ramping up other economic pressures allayed fears of renewed hostilities in the nine-month war. Brent futures were down 5 cents, or 0.05 percent, to $95.77 a barrel at 11:46 a.m. Central time (1746 GMT); West Texas Intermediate futures fell 17 cents, or 0.19 percent, to $88.57. For the week, both benchmarks were on track for a drop of around 2 percent, after falls of 16 and 13 percent the previous week. American crude and fuel inventories rose last week, the Energy Information Administration said Thursday.
Invezz — Brent holds near $96 as the agency sees the first surplus since the war
Oil prices fell slightly, with Brent just below $96 a barrel on Friday, close to Thursday’s settlement of $95.82; the January contract traded at $95.77 at 0950 GMT and ranged between $95.07 and $96.75 on the day. West Texas Intermediate for December was at $88.45, down 0.3 percent from $88.74. Brent climbed 3.3 percent on Thursday but remains 2.4 percent below last Friday’s close of $98.32, on course for a second weekly decline after a 16 percent fall the week before. The agency said global oil supply rose by 2.3 million barrels a day to 105.4 million in October, after a 3 million-a-day jump in September; it raised its fourth-quarter supply estimate by 3.3 million a day and kept a forecast 2027 demand rebound of about 2 million a day, with demand returning to growth around March.
International Energy Agency — Oil Market Report, November 2026
The oil market is showing tentative signs of rebalancing, with global oil supplies surpassing demand for the first time since the outbreak of the war in Iran. Observed oil inventories rose by 52 million barrels, or 1.7 million barrels a day, in October as Gulf exports recovered much faster than global oil demand. North Sea Dated prices plunged by more than 30 percent from a high of $136 a barrel on October 8 to around $93 at the time of writing, but remained $22 above pre-war levels. Global supplies surged by 2.3 million barrels a day to 105.4 million a day in October, lifting output by 5.3 million a day since August. Fourth-quarter supply estimates were raised by 3.3 million a day; the balances suggest a return to surplus in the fourth quarter, with a more substantial build in 2027, while the severe tightness in product supply, especially diesel, remains the overriding concern.
Sovereign Magazine — Mr. Huang and Secretary Lutnick agree to testify
Mr. Huang has agreed to answer lawmakers’ questions, Chairman Mast said on Thursday, the day Mr. Huang resigned as Nvidia’s chief executive. In a letter dated the same day, Mr. Mast and the chairs of the House intelligence and China committees asked Mr. Huang to sit for a closed-door, transcribed interview on December 1, and gave him until 8 p.m. Eastern on Friday to confirm in writing or face a subpoena. Secretary Lutnick, who oversees approval of Nvidia’s exports to China, has also agreed to testify; his spokeswoman said he has proactively agreed to appear voluntarily before the Senate Banking Committee, whose chairman, Senator Scott, has asked the Secretary to a public hearing on December 10 and Mr. Huang to appear on December 3. Their questions concern Ms. Alice Huang, a former executive of the Nvidia customer Megaspeed, whom a classified American memo describes as a recruit of China’s Ministry of State Security, according to the New York Times and the Financial Times.
Decrypt — Congress summons the former Nvidia chief and Secretary Lutnick over chip exports to China
Senator Scott has asked the former Nvidia chief executive and Secretary Lutnick to testify in December, warning of subpoenas. The chairs of three House committees separately want Mr. Huang and Nvidia’s general counsel, Mr. Teter, to sit for closed-door interviews on December 1 and 2. The inquiries focus on export controls and Megaspeed, a Singapore-based Nvidia customer whose former executive American officials suspect of spying for China. In a letter dated November 12, Senator Scott asked Mr. Huang to appear voluntarily at a public hearing on December 3; he asked Secretary Lutnick to testify on December 10, noting the Commerce Department’s role. On Thursday, the Republican chairs of the House Foreign Affairs, China and Intelligence committees wrote to Mr. Huang, Mr. Teter and Under Secretary Kessler. Mr. Huang was asked to sit for the December 1 interview and Mr. Teter for December 2, each given until 8 p.m. on Friday to agree or face a subpoena; Mr. Kessler was invited to a hearing on December 3. A first letter, dated November 4, had asked Mr. Huang to brief the committees on November 18.
Agenccy — the House chairs give Mr. Huang a Friday deadline or a subpoena
Three Republican committee chairs told the former Nvidia chief to confirm a closed-door interview by 8 p.m. Eastern on November 13 or face a subpoena, and called the Commerce export chief to a December 3 hearing on Megaspeed. The letters, to Mr. Huang, Nvidia’s general counsel and Under Secretary Kessler, were released at 0038 UTC on November 13 and call the request a second request. The letter to Mr. Huang, dated November 12 and addressed to him as founder through his lawyers at Paul, Weiss, asks him to appear for a closed-door, transcribed interview on December 1, 2026, and states that failure to cooperate will result in the House Foreign Affairs Committee issuing a subpoena; written confirmation is required by 8 p.m. Eastern on November 13, 01:00 UTC on November 14. Mr. Mast separately asked Mr. Kessler, who runs the Bureau of Industry and Security, to appear at 10 a.m. on December 3 for a hearing on chip smuggling, adversary military use of advanced chips, reported interference by private companies into export control policy and enforcement investigations, and Megaspeed. The chairs tie the affair to legislation: the AI OVERWATCH Act, the Chip Security Act, the MATCH Act and the Remote Access Security Act, to be passed in the defense authorization.
Australian Associated Press — Europe to have a voice in the peace talks
Europe now looks set to play a role when peace negotiations resume between Russia, Ukraine and the United States, after a round of shuttle diplomacy by Mr. Witkoff and Mr. Kushner, who held talks with President Zelenskyy in Ireland directly after meeting President Putin in the Kremlin. Mr. Kushner indicated on Thursday night that President Putin is willing to accept the bloc’s involvement. The American-brokered session in Abu Dhabi this week brought the first direct discussions between Ukrainian and Russian representatives in nine months; it produced no major breakthrough aside from agreement to swap a large number of prisoners, the exact figure still to be announced. Mr. Kushner said one goal of the Kremlin meeting was to get the Russian leader’s blessing for European representatives to take part, and that the talks are looking at the continent’s broader security arrangements. The United States and President Zelenskyy want Europe to appoint a single person to negotiate with Moscow. Russia did not want European countries involved in the direct negotiations, complaining they finance and supply Ukraine’s military effort. President Putin reaffirmed to the envoys that any European troops sent to Ukraine after a ceasefire would be absolutely unacceptable and would be regarded as a legitimate target.
Silent Dossier — the peace talks: will Europe join the next round?
President Zelenskyy came out of an hour with the President’s envoys on Thursday night and said the exchange will be the biggest yet and that Europe will be in the negotiating team at the next meeting, at Casement Aerodrome in Baldonnel, west of Dublin, on November 12. Mr. Kushner, standing beside him, said the envoys had put the point to President Putin in the Kremlin a few hours earlier, that the deal cannot be concluded without the Europeans at the table, and of President Putin, that he is willing to give it a try. Mr. Witkoff said another meeting is on the schedule. Mr. Ushakov gave Moscow’s account the same evening: the Europeans must decide whether they want peace or the continuation of the war. In Dublin, more than 40 European leaders ended their summit without naming anyone to take the seat. Ms. Kallas said the treaties give the seat to Mr. Costa and herself; Chancellor Merz named the E3 and a group of five; President Macron said the format will be determined later. None of the three men at Baldonnel gave a number for the exchange.
NewsPulse — President Putin agrees to let Europe join the next talks, the envoys say
President Putin has agreed to let European representatives join the next round of Ukraine peace talks, Mr. Witkoff said on Thursday, November 12, after a day that took the envoys from the Kremlin to a military airfield outside Dublin. The envoys spent about two and a half hours with President Putin, then flew to Dublin for about an hour with President Zelenskyy and his negotiator, Mr. Umerov. President Zelenskyy said Europe will be in the negotiating team at the next meeting and that the exchange would be the biggest of the war; he put the figure at 1,000 to 1,200 prisoners released by each side. Moscow’s own account, from Mr. Ushakov, confirmed no European seat: the Europeans must decide whether they want peace or the continuation of the war, and the parameters of the exchange were still being agreed. Mr. Witkoff said the next round is on the schedule but gave no date or place; the envoys will speak to Moscow again before Presidents Putin and Trump meet at APEC in Shenzhen on November 18 and 19.
Democracy Docket — Ms. Peltola widens her lead over both Sullivans combined in Alaska
Ms. Peltola has widened her lead over both Senator Dan Sullivan and another candidate named Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. According to the Associated Press, she now leads by 5,800 votes with 49.2 percent of the total vote, putting her ahead of both Sullivans combined by 1,601 votes. She stands less than one percentage point from the 50 percent threshold required to win outright without further rounds under Alaska’s ranked-choice system. The Associated Press count gives Ms. Peltola 125,157 votes, Senator Sullivan 119,357, Mr. Daniel J. Sullivan 4,199 and Mr. Heikes 5,490. Another batch of votes is expected to be reported later Friday.
Alaska Division of Elections — Election Summary Report, November 12, 6:36 p.m.
The unofficial summary, timed November 12, 2026 at 6:36:41 p.m., carries all 401 precincts reported, with 256,823 voters cast of 605,433. In the Senate race, on 255,010 total votes: Mr. Heikes 5,490, or 2.15 percent; Ms. Peltola 125,157, or 49.08 percent; Mr. Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. 4,199, or 1.65 percent; Senator Dan S. Sullivan 119,357, or 46.80 percent; and write-ins 807, or 0.32 percent.
Call the Map — Mississippi Senate election results 2026
Mr. Colom, the Democrat, leads in the race for Mississippi’s Senate seat, with 477,717 votes and 49.3 percent in the page’s count, and 968,975 votes counted in total. The count last changed on November 13 at 10:31 a.m. Eastern. Nineteen counties President Trump carried in 2024 are led by Mr. Colom this year; DeSoto County moved most, from Republican by 24.1 points for president in 2024 to Democratic by 7.4 points, adding 23,179 net votes for Mr. Colom against the 2024 margin. The page carries the race as not called under its own rule, within 1.5 points, and notes counts are unofficial until the state certifies them.
Movement.vote — Mississippi 2026 election results, from the Associated Press
The results page, carrying Associated Press results as of November 13 at 12:52 p.m. Eastern, records the Senate race as flipped and won by Mr. Colom, at 49.3 percent to Senator Hyde-Smith’s 48.6 percent, a margin of 7.2 thousand votes, or 0.7 points, with 99 percent counted.
Associated Press — election results, Senate, Mississippi, Mr. Colom
The Associated Press results record for Mr. Colom carries a vote count of 479,197, a call marker, and the race status called, with precincts reporting at 100.0 percent, 1,736 of 1,736, and an estimated vote percentage of 99.0.
Clarion Ledger — President Trump praises Mr. Colom after the Mississippi Senate win: why?
President Trump has praised Mississippi’s senator-elect, Mr. Colom, who secured victory in the Senate race on Wednesday, November 11, in a race too close to call for a full week after Election Day; it widened on Veterans Day, multiple outlets called it for Mr. Colom, and the President’s backed candidate, Senator Hyde-Smith, conceded. The President spoke on Stephen A. Smith’s podcast on Thursday, November 12. Asked about the first Black senator elected from the state in more than 150 years, he said he had a rally there with lines that went 10 miles long, and Mr. Colom campaigned on that line telling everybody what a good job he did; he gives him a lot of credit for that. The President spoke at an October 26 rally in support of Senator Hyde-Smith. The account notes the final, certified results were still rolling in as of Friday, November 13, with Mr. Colom in the lead.
People — the President offers praise to Mr. Colom after his Mississippi election win
President Trump praised Mr. Colom after he beat Senator Hyde-Smith to become the first Black senator from Mississippi since the years immediately following the Civil War. During a Thursday, November 12 interview with Stephen A. Smith’s SiriusXM radio show, the President said he does not know the gentleman, but gives him credit, and gives him a lot of credit for campaigning on the lines outside the President’s October rally for Senator Hyde-Smith, telling everybody in the line what a good job he did. Mr. Colom, 43, will be the first Black senator from Mississippi since Blanche K. Bruce left office in 1881, according to the Associated Press. The race was called on Wednesday, November 11. As of Friday morning, the senator-elect held a roughly 7,000-vote lead. Representatives for the senator-elect did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday, November 13.
Demócrata — Mr. Sánchez takes aim at Mr. Feijóo in La Rioja, and the poll average of November 13
Prime Minister Sánchez took advantage of his Friday rally in Arnedo, La Rioja, to attack Mr. Feijóo for the explanations offered about his relationship with Marcial Dorado and for acknowledging that he does not know English, in his interview with Jordi Wild. The rally was held Friday from 17:00 at the frontón in Arnedo, on the first day of campaigning for the November 29 elections; the Prime Minister shared the event with the La Rioja party secretary, the mayor of Arnedo and the lead candidates for Congress and the Senate. The page’s average of the latest study from each of 15 institutes, as of November 13, gives the Popular Party 31.4 percent, the Socialists 26.8 percent, Vox 19.1 percent, Frente Amplio 6.3 percent and ERC 2.4 percent.
El Constitucional — Mr. Sánchez opens the campaign in La Rioja and asks for 176 seats
Prime Minister Sánchez set two figures for his campaign launch this Friday in Arnedo, La Rioja: 75 percent participation and 176 seats for the Socialists. In his first rally after the official start of the campaign, he called for mobilization to achieve an absolute majority and prevent a Popular Party government with Vox; if Mr. Feijóo reaches La Moncloa with Mr. Abascal, he warned, the Vox leader could end in the Vice Presidency, and his own bet for that office is Mr. Carlos Cuerpo. The Socialists chose the municipal frontón of Arnedo for the first stop after Thursday’s opening event in Seville. After Arnedo, the next stop on Friday is the Labrit frontón in Pamplona, with the Navarrese president and the Socialist candidates.
Brussels Signal — Spain’s campaign opens with polls pointing to a right-wing majority
The general election campaign has officially begun, with the main parties holding opening rallies across the country ahead of the November 29 vote; the campaign started at midnight on November 13 and runs until November 27. Prime Minister Sánchez called the snap vote on October 5 after Congress rejected two housing decrees, and opened his campaign on Thursday evening at the Fibes congress centre in Seville before about 4,000 supporters, according to EFE. Mr. Feijóo launched his bid at a sports centre in Badalona, near Barcelona, alongside the city’s mayor and the party’s lead candidate for Barcelona, under the slogan El cambio necesario. All 15 private polls published up to November 12 gave the Popular Party and Vox a combined absolute majority, averaging 50.6 percent of the vote; a Sigma Dos survey for El Mundo on November 9 put the Popular Party on 131 seats, the Socialists on 105 and Vox on 68, giving the two parties 199 seats, above the 176 needed. The state survey put the Socialists first on 33.3 percent.