Saturday, November 7, 2026

Summary

While lame-duck presidents still wield considerable foreign policy autonomy, the Democrats’ hold on both incoming houses of Congress will give them substantial influence over issues from Iran and Ukraine to corruption and ambassadorships. Also: today’s stories, including why students in France are viewing recent protests through the lens of the country’s May 1968 protests and how a historical tension is resurfacing as the US seeks uranium sitting under Navajo land. Two Monitor writers also ask: amid rumors of multiple actors auditioning to inherit the iconic role of James Bond, what sort of…

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