Virginia Times published 14 stories on Saturday, November 7, 2026 — a day dominated by President Trump’s Truth Social posts offering Dana White the White House press secretary job and ordering a Justice Department investigation of Democrats, a deadly shooting in Kraków, missile strikes on Kyiv and near Sanaa, Iran’s lifted missile-range limit, a chip-stock rebound on Wall Street, and close election counts from Maryland and South Carolina to New Zealand.
In This Recap
- Trump Says He Offered Dana White the White House Press Secretary Job
- Trump Says He Ordered DOJ to Investigate Democrats
- Iran Says Missile-Range Restriction Has Been Lifted
- Airstrikes Near Sanaa Kill at Least 27, Houthi Official Says
- Trump Backs Gruters to Stay as RNC Chair After Midterm Losses
- Nine Dead in Kraków Square Shooting as Tusk Calls It Terrorism
- Zelenskyy Says Russia Is Readying Strikes on Energy, Bridges
- Nasdaq Bounces 1.1% as Chip Stocks Recover Part of Rout
- Folden Concedes as Westdorp Flips Maryland Senate District 4
- Berkshire Profit Falls as Insurance Income Drops, Buybacks Rise
- Russian Missiles Hit Kyiv, Injure 5 Ahead of Abu Dhabi Talks
- New Zealand Election Too Close to Call as Count Ends Deadlocked
- Nancy Lacore, Admiral Fired by Hegseth, Wins House Seat
- He Admitted Everything but the Killing
1 Trump Says He Offered Dana White the White House Press Secretary Job
President Donald Trump said Saturday on Truth Social that he has offered UFC chief executive Dana White the job of White House press secretary, naming six fighters as assistants White should bring with him. White responded with a photo of himself at the press gallery lectern, though it was not clear whether the offer was meant seriously or whether White would accept.
2 Trump Says He Ordered DOJ to Investigate Democrats
President Donald Trump said Saturday he is ordering the Department of Justice to investigate Democrats, accusing them on Truth Social of threatening the attorney general and others with impeachment and of threatening Republican donors with imprisonment. Trump accused Democrats of extortion and lawfare and named Sen. Elissa Slotkin in the post.
3 Iran Says Missile-Range Restriction Has Been Lifted
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Saturday the restriction on the range of the country’s missiles has been lifted, ending the former 2,000-kilometre limit. Spokesman Hossein Mohebbi said Iran would demonstrate its ability to respond to threats on the battlefield, and cautioned the statement was not itself proof of a new capability.
4 Airstrikes Near Sanaa Kill at Least 27, Houthi Official Says
Airstrikes near Sanaa hit homes in the village of al-Shariya on Saturday, killing at least 27 people and wounding 36, a spokesman for Yemen’s Houthi-run Health Ministry said, accusing Saudi Arabia of the strikes. The spokesman said the toll was expected to rise as rescuers dug, and the Houthi military spokesman claimed attacks on Saudi Arabia in response.
5 Trump Backs Gruters to Stay as RNC Chair After Midterm Losses
President Donald Trump endorsed RNC Chair Joe Gruters for another term on Friday, posting on Truth Social that Gruters has his complete and total endorsement. The backing came three days after Republicans lost control of Congress in the midterms and after RNC co-Chair KC Crosbie announced a January challenge.
6 Nine Dead in Kraków Square Shooting as Tusk Calls It Terrorism
A gunman opened fire in Kraków’s Main Market Square on Saturday, killing six people including a British citizen and wounding at least 15. Police later found three of the suspect’s family members dead at his home, raising the toll to nine, and Prime Minister Donald Tusk called the attack terrorism.
7 Zelenskyy Says Russia Is Readying Strikes on Energy, Bridges
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned on Friday that intelligence shows Russia is preparing a new strike on Ukraine’s energy sector, bridges across the Dnipro and civilian infrastructure. Kyiv is fielding more repair crews and urging partners not to delay Patriot interceptor deliveries.
8 Nasdaq Bounces 1.1% as Chip Stocks Recover Part of Rout
Chip stocks bounced back on Friday and lifted the Nasdaq 1.1%, recovering part of Thursday’s rout. The rebound won back only part of the losses, and the S&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow all finished the week lower.
9 Folden Concedes as Westdorp Flips Maryland Senate District 4
Democrat Lara Westdorp leads Republican Sen. Bill Folden by 897 votes in Maryland’s District 4 after mail-in ballots erased his Election Day lead, and Folden said Saturday he would call her and concede. The flip grows the Senate Democratic majority to 35 of 47 seats.
10 Berkshire Profit Falls as Insurance Income Drops, Buybacks Rise
Berkshire Hathaway’s third-quarter operating earnings fell to $12.705 billion from $13.485 billion a year earlier as insurance underwriting and investment income dropped. Share buybacks rose to $9.6 billion in the quarter, while the railroad, energy and manufacturing units all earned more than a year earlier.
11 Russian Missiles Hit Kyiv, Injure 5 Ahead of Abu Dhabi Talks
Russian missiles struck Kyiv early Saturday, injuring at least five people, damaging homes and a kindergarten, closing a Dnipro bridge and cutting power and water, authorities said. The strikes came three days before U.S.-led talks in Abu Dhabi, and Russia said it hit a bridge and a missile plant.
12 New Zealand Election Too Close to Call as Count Ends Deadlocked
New Zealand’s election ended too close to call on Saturday, with National and Labour deadlocked just under 30% of the vote and a projected two-seat majority for the National-led coalition. National finished on 29.4% and Labour on 29.3%, and official results are not due until Nov. 27.
13 Nancy Lacore, Admiral Fired by Hegseth, Wins House Seat
The Associated Press declared Nancy Lacore the winner in South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District at 6:51 p.m. Friday, with 49.7% to Republican Jenny Costa Honeycutt’s 48.6%. The retired Navy vice admiral, fired by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last year as chief of the Navy Reserve, flips the seat Rep. Nancy Mace is vacating.
14 He Admitted Everything but the Killing
In this Virginia Times opinion piece, Naresh Bhatt’s sworn admissions — the lies, the saw, the trash can, and concealing and defiling his wife Mamta’s body — are now evidence in front of a jury. The piece argues those admissions shadow two of the three charges, while the murder verdict, and the presumption of innocence, remain the jury’s alone to decide.
Editor’s Note: This recap was prepared with the assistance of AI tools. Virginia Times gathered the source material from multiple sources and thoroughly reviewed the information before publication.
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