Germany’s Scholz wants fractured parliament to act to shield top court from extremists https://t.co/KUsJ03mxna pic.twitter.com/DqCzVjespY

— Reuters (@Reuters) November 15, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump selects vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Bond markets are reacting to Trump’s economic proposals, with fears of rising inflation and higher borrowing costs that could affect everyday Americans. And, President Biden meets China’s Xi Jinping in Peru for a final summit, aiming to maintain stability during the transition of power to a new administration. Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter . Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Diane Webber, Pallavi Gogoi, Roberta Rampton, Mohamad ElBardicy, and Alice Woelfle. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Julie Depenbrock. And our Executive Producer is Erika Aguilar. We get engineering support from Robert Rodriguez. And our technical director is Zac Coleman. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Ukrainian SBU: AFU Lt. Colonel arrested under suspicion of spying for Russia

“SBU detains Russian GRU mole who passed plans of special operations of the Defense Forces to the enemy

The Security Service of Ukraine, with the assistance of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed… pic.twitter.com/wTPCsuN0qD

— OSINT (Uri Kikaski) 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 (@UKikaski) November 15, 2024

The Democratic Party is sifting through the rubble of its sweeping election loss and trying to work out what went wrong.

On “The Daily,” Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont discusses how Democrats can chart a path back to power. https://t.co/3HrDeR08eV

— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 15, 2024