Morning Brief: Trump calls Iran war "effectively over"; U.S. moves tankers off RAF Mildenhall; Ukraine talks open in Abu Dhabi; Court hears farmworker-penalty case
Plus Trump's defense of Hegseth, his push to confirm 25 judges and his latest on deportations.
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I'm Nora Vale with your 6 AM World Brief for Tuesday, November 10. Trump: Iran war "effectively over"; blockade stays. U.S. moves tankers off RAF Mildenhall after Iran threat. Ukraine peace talks open in Abu Dhabi. Trump defends Hegseth against Massie impeachment push. Court hears Labor Dept. v. Sun Valley Orchards today. In national weather, from the National Weather Service: Tropical Storm Pena, with top winds near 40 mph, may bring impacts to parts of Hawaii. Active Pacific storm track will bring more rain and mountain snow to the Pacific Northwest over the next couple of days. Our opinion. Pressure on Iran, a lasting peace for Ukraine, and limits on agency power. Full stories and sources at WorldBriefNow.com. I'm Nora Vale.
President Trump said Monday that "Iran militarily is effectively over" but that the U.S. will keep the "status quo" of a naval blockade plus the new Operation Iron Gate effort to cut Iran's overland trade routes, the New York Post reported. Trump said he chose not to resume strikes after talking with Qatar's prime minister, and that Iran "will never have a nuclear weapon," calling that non-negotiable. He told C-SPAN that Gulf neighbors would rather keep the pressure on than see another strike he said would be about five times bigger than the first, Fox News reported.
The U.S. military removed some aircraft from RAF Mildenhall in England on Monday after a threat from Iran, the Wall Street Journal reported, according to the New York Post; two refueling tankers headed there were diverted to Germany and others were moved off the base later in the day. Congress's "Gang of Eight" leaders were briefed on Iran's threats Monday, the Journal reported. In early October the U.S. pulled 12 B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford after an alleged Iranian drone plot and a foiled van-bomb plot near that base.
U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff meet Ukrainian negotiator Rustem Umerov and Putin aide Vladimir Medinsky in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday and Wednesday, the first trilateral talks since February in Geneva, Fox News reported. A U.S. official said Washington has asked Russia to accept an "Article Four and an Article Five-like" security guarantee for Ukraine and that both sides have shown "a little bit of flexibility privately" on territory, though no final deal is expected this week. Officials said sanctions on Russia could be eased over time but "spring back" if Moscow breaks a deal.
President Trump wrote on Truth Social Monday that War Secretary Pete Hegseth "should be praised, not Impeached," calling outgoing Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., "a total loser," Fox News reported. Massie, who lost his primary this year, said his effort is "a much gentler version" of what Democrats will do when they take control of Congress next year; the House could take up his resolution as early as Tuesday. Hegseth thanked the president and said there will be a Pentagon press conference Tuesday morning.
President Trump posted Monday evening that it is "very important" for the Senate to confirm all 161 pending nominations, including 25 federal judges, before Republicans give up their majority in January, the Washington Examiner reported. The report said resistance from Arkansas's senators threatens one appeals court nominee whose confirmation would give Trump appointees a majority on a federal appeals court for the first time.
Asked by C-SPAN Monday night about longtime, taxpaying migrants, President Trump said, "We certainly haven't put the same push on them as we have on the murderers or the drug dealers," Fox News reported. In a "60 Minutes" interview aired Sunday he said he would "love to do something on immigration" and floated a deal for people in the country illegally for "10 and 15 years," but told a White House briefing Monday that "there won't be amnesty" and his policy "hasn't changed."
The Supreme Court hears argument Tuesday, Nov. 10, in Department of Labor v. Sun Valley Orchards (No. 25-966), an appeal from the Third Circuit, according to the SCOTUSblog case file. The justices will decide whether Article III of the Constitution bars the Labor Department from using its own in-house proceedings to collect money from employers accused of violating H-2A worker terms, and whether federal law authorizes those proceedings. The Court granted review on April 27.
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