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UNITED STATES | November 11, 2026 · Pastor John Piper's answers

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  Speaker 1: Top Story, Hegseth Impeachment Fight Heads to House Vote Thomas Massey,
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  Speaker 1: Republican Kentucky, reintroduced eight articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary
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  Speaker 1: Pete Hegseth on Monday, forcing House leadership to act within
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  Speaker 1: two legislative days. The articles cite violations of the War
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  Speaker 1: Powers Resolution over the Iran War, lethal strikes on alleged
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  Speaker 1: drug-trafficking boats, the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, operations
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  Speaker 1: in Yemen, civilian casualties, and retaliation against. Senator Mark Kelly.
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  Speaker 1: President Trump called Massey a stone-cold loser and said he
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  Speaker 1: will stand by Hegseth. Hegseth announced a rare press conference
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  Speaker 1: for today, his first in over 180 days, to respond
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  Speaker 1: to the impeachment threat. A House vote could come by midweek. Politics,
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  Speaker 1: midterms aftermath Democrats won control of both chambers in the
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  Speaker 1: November 3 midterms. Two Senate races remain uncalled, Mississippi, where
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  Speaker 1: Democrat Scott Colum leads Senator Cindy Hydesmith by about 2,500
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  Speaker 1: votes with certification due November. 13, and Alaska, where Democrat
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  Speaker 1: Mary Peltola leads Senator Dan Sullivan by fewer than 700 votes.
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  Speaker 1: House Speaker Mike Johnson declined to commit to serving in
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  Speaker 1: the next Congress after the Democratic sweep. In a reversal,
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  Speaker 1: Trump on Monday said his mass deportation policy was, too tough,
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  Speaker 1: after previously defending it. He also reversed his earlier stance
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  Speaker 1: and is now alleging fraud in the recent midterms. California
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  Speaker 1: voters rejected Proposition 40, the billionaire wealth tax, with 53.8%
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  Speaker 1: voting against it. Economy, CPI Day, Last Inflation Read Before
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  Speaker 1: December Fed Meeting The October Consumer Price Index is released
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  Speaker 1: today at 8.30 a.m. ET. Economists expect headline CPI up 0.3%
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  Speaker 1: month-over-month and core CPI up 0.2%. No year-over-year rate will
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  Speaker 1: be published because October 2025 data was lost during last
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  Speaker 1: year's government shutdown. Wall Street rebounded sharply Monday. S &
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  Speaker 1: P 500 plus 2.35% to 7,549.94, NASDAQ plus 2.74% to 25,253.14,
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  Speaker 1: Dow plus 2.15% to 52,389.75, recovering most of last week's
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  Speaker 1: AI-driven losses. The Senate voted 73-25 Monday evening to advance
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  Speaker 1: the bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, aimed at cutting
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  Speaker 1: red tape for energy and infrastructure projects. Also today, Jolt's
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  Speaker 1: job openings at 10 a.m. ET, Fed Governor Waller speaks
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  Speaker 1: after CPI, and Corweave reports after the close. Foreign policy,
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  Speaker 1: Iran war, effectively over, Trump says. After meeting Qatar's prime minister,
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  Speaker 1: Trump said the Iran war is, effectively over, militarily and
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  Speaker 1: that renewed strikes are, highly unlikely, if talks progress. Trump
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  Speaker 1: also said there is positive momentum on Iran after the
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  Speaker 1: Qatar talks. Iran's foreign minister said there have been no
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  Speaker 1: negotiations since the shock of the US midterms. The US
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  Speaker 1: evacuated several military aircraft from RAF Mildenhall in the UK
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  Speaker 1: on Monday following reports of a potential threat from Iran.
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  Speaker 1: The US has also established a military facility near the
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  Speaker 1: Gaza border and received Israeli approval for an initial deployment
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  Speaker 1: of about 250 foreign troops for an international stabilization force
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  Speaker 1: in Gaza. China extended its suspension of the 24% additional
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  Speaker 1: tariff on US imports for two months, while maintaining a
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  Speaker 1: 10% levy, following the September Trump-Xi summit. Tech, Nvidia spy scandal.
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  Speaker 1: Trump said he believes NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang had no
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  Speaker 1: idea a businesswoman he was involved with was allegedly a
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  Speaker 1: Chinese spy, as the FBI probes the relationship. NVIDIA's board
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  Speaker 1: has opened an independent investigation. Supreme Court, Border Wall The
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  Speaker 1: Supreme Court allowed border wall construction in Big Ben National
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  Speaker 1: Park to proceed, rejecting a lawsuit challenging waivers that sidestep
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  Speaker 1: environmental protections. Security Incidents White House, two security breaches prompted
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  Speaker 1: a brief lockdown, a driver crashed into a White House
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  Speaker 1: lawn sign and fought with Secret Service, and a second
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  Speaker 1: individual jumped a barrier. Florida plane crash, the NTSB says
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  Speaker 1: it will investigate whether parts of the Learjet 60 that
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  Speaker 1: crashed in Florida broke off before it nosedived, killing all
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  Speaker 1: nine on board. Ice and turbulence are also being investigated.
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  Speaker 1: Texas cruise ship, The FBI is investigating a suspected homicide
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  Speaker 1: aboard a cruise ship that returned to a Texas port Monday.
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  Speaker 1: Counter-drone push, U.S. agencies vowed to speed up deployment of
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  Speaker 1: counter-drone systems to address threats nationwide. Weather, NO severe storms today,
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  Speaker 1: calm before midweek system The Storm Prediction Center says severe
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  Speaker 1: thunderstorms are not expected today through tonight. Isolated thunderstorms are
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  Speaker 1: possible along the middle Texas coast and into southern Louisiana tonight,
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  Speaker 1: plus isolated lightning in northern New England and the eastern Dakotas.
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  Speaker 1: Houston confirmed an eighth death from the weekend storm, from
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  Speaker 1: carbon monoxide poisoning. WhatTO watched today 8.30 a.m. ET, October CPI.
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  Speaker 1: 10 a.m. ET, Jolt's job openings. Hegseth press conference, first
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  Speaker 1: in 180-plus days. House action on Hegseth impeachment resolution. Core
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  Speaker 1: weave earnings after close.