Portal:Current events/2018 November 13
November 13, 2018 (Tuesday)
Business and economy
- Amazon HQ2
- Amazon announces it will split their second headquarters in New York and National Landing in northern Virginia (outside Washington D.C.) (CNN)
Law and crime
- CNN files a lawsuit against the Trump administration, claiming its revocation of reporter Jim Acosta's press pass on November 7 violated their First and Fifth Amendment rights. (The Washington Post)
Politics and elections
- 2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis
- The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka reverses President Maithripala Sirisena's decisions to dissolve Parliament and to hold snap elections. (Al Jazeera)
- Brexit
- The Government of the United Kingdom says that UK and EU negotiators reached a draft agreement and that it will be discussed by Cabinet tomorrow. (AP via ABC News)
- 2026 Winter Olympics
- Residents of the city of Calgary head to the polls to vote on a non-binding plebiscite to determine if the city should make a bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympic Games. (CTV News)
- First Lady of the United States Melania Trump calls for the ouster of Deputy National Security Advisor Mira Ricardel. (Toronto Star) (Reuters)