Miller Named Chief of Staff, Jobs Beat, Rare Earths, Measles

Trump names Stephen Miller White House chief of staff from November 9 as Susie Wiles moves to his political team

At Kennedy Space Center, Trump says 'I was not on the ballot' after signing an Election Day space proclamation

Trump spoke at NASA's UP Summit at Kennedy Space Center in Florida at about 6 p.m. on November 6.

White House scraps a PCAST meeting with Jensen Huang and Mark Zuckerberg, then retracts a November 13 date

The November 6 meeting of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology was canceled, an Energy Department spokesperson confirmed.

October payrolls jump 165,000, nearly triple forecasts, as unemployment dips to 4.1% and sentiment hits a three-month high

The Labor Department said on November 6 that nonfarm payrolls rose 165,000 in October against a 59,000 forecast. Private employers added 159,000, far above the 64,000 expected; government added just 6,000.

Nasdaq rebounds 1.09% and AMD jumps 11% as the Dow slips and December hike odds rise to about 80%

On Friday the Nasdaq rose 1.09% to 24,579.42 and the S&P 500 gained 0.31% to 7,376.86. The Dow fell 237.33 points, or 0.46%, to 51,285.73.

OpenAI closes $11 billion at a $1.25 trillion valuation after cutting its target as Microsoft winds down an Oracle compute deal

Bloomberg reported on November 6 that OpenAI closed the first $11 billion of a new round at a $1.25 trillion valuation, with the full round possibly reaching $20 billion.

Bessent and Greer tell He Lifeng to meet rare-earth pledges fully and immediately, saying Beijing has met about two-thirds

Treasury Secretary Bessent and Trade Representative Greer held a video call with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng on November 6. They told Beijing to implement its Busan commitments fully and immediately.

Iranian media say two missiles hit Qeshm Island as Iran's army claims an MQ-9 kill and CENTCOM calls the area calm

Iran's Tasnim news agency said initial reports showed two missiles struck Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, giving no origin or damage.

Paraguay's Peña skips his Senate trial after the lower house unanimously impeaches him over the Ueno bank collapse

Paraguay's President Santiago Peña offered his resignation on November 5, and minutes later the Chamber of Deputies unanimously impeached him.

US measles cases reach 5,182, the most since 1991, with 96% of patients unvaccinated or of unknown status

The CDC reported 5,182 confirmed measles cases for 2026 on November 6, the most in any year since 1991. Cases span 46 states and Washington, DC, with 18 among international travelers.

Manhattan prosecutors charge three men in a $129 million AI voice-cloning scam that took $4.8 million from a Missouri hospital

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan charged Jacob Soall, Sharon Hazan and Guy Sheetrit with using AI to impersonate executives and lawyers in a roughly $129 million scheme.

Parents of a Seattle woman with epilepsy sue OpenAI, saying ChatGPT built a 25-day taper and told her not to tell her doctor

Bowen Wan, 31, of Seattle, had taken the anti-seizure drug lamotrigine for years. Her parents, Qun Wan and Meiqin Xu, sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman in San Francisco Superior Court on October 27.