US Grounds All Flights for Hours: What Caused the Longest Stop Since 9/11

The FAA grounded every departing U.S. flight on Friday in the longest nationwide ground stop since 9/11. Here's what officials say caused the more than four-hour stop, and why airlines were still cancelling flights on Saturday. Then the rest of today's top US news for Saturday, November 14, 2026, explained in under five minutes. Short: https://youtube.com/shorts/La902-a7uPg Also today: 2. Miracle on the Mississippi: tanker hits docked New Orleans cruise ship; all accounted for, 32 hospitalized (BBC) 3. SpaceX Starship Flight 15 reaches orbit, deploys 26 Starlinks; booster explodes in the Gulf (AP / NPR) 4. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns; Colette Kress is interim CEO (NVIDIA / AP) 5. Treasury's Bessent says Commerce had the pen on a Megaspeed blacklist; White House backs Lutnick (BBC / CNBC) 6. White House: Trump, Putin and Xi plan a first-of-its-kind meeting in Shenzhen next week (BBC) 7. AP: Democrat Eileen Laubacher defeats Rep. Lauren Boebert in Colorado 8. Sen. Chris Van Hollen challenges Chuck Schumer for Democratic leader (BBC) 9. ICE reports record FY2026 arrests and deportations (AP / DHS) 10. U.S. Air Force responds to suspected drones over RAF Lakenheath; no damage (BBC) CHAPTERS 0:00 US Grounds All Flights 0:40 Miracle On The Mississippi 1:07 Starship Booster Explodes 1:34 Nvidia CEO Huang Resigns 1:58 Pressure On Lutnick 2:24 Trump, Putin And Xi To Meet 2:49 Boebert Loses Colorado Seat 3:09 Van Hollen Challenges Schumer 3:32 ICE Reports Record Deportations 3:59 Suspected Drones Over US Base 4:26 What To Watch Next SOURCES https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqx2wyvyr3zzo https://apnews.com/article/flights-halted-airports-faa-f81b0904331dafad6133f291e5f531a8 https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/faa-statement-nationwide-ground-stop https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw20xmy0m5yyo https://apnews.com/article/spacex-starship-rocket-elon-musk-f9452dd86770dda36828a35bb27d65ee https://www.npr.org/2026/11/14/nx-s1-6038958/spacex-deploys-starlink-satellites-in-starship-test-but-booster-crashes-into-gulf https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/11/13/live-coverage-starship-flight-15-attempts-to-recover-full-vehicle-in-double-launch-pad-catch/ https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-announces-ceo-transition https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-huang-nvidia-china-manila-4f8d5b5886bf4f097969a3249a45528e https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c67429m3vem3o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckz74jzpy18do https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6j9mlldgpgjo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cmy4930jq749o https://apnews.com/article/ice-immigration-deportation-arrests-homeland-security-trump-2e8f9b619c009ddc183d1a80eb21629a https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-breaks-records-fiscal-year-2026-most-arrests-and-deportations-agencys-history https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6jd75geegzyo 🔔 Subscribe to latest.actuality for a new US news recap every day! #faa #groundstop #flights #nvidia #starship #news #usnews #breakingnews Music: background audio supplied by the channel owner (son-2), linear gain 0.15. Narration: synthetic voice (en-US-AndrewNeural). Photos (Wikimedia Commons, illustrative/archive — not footage of these events): 1. DOT-FAA Headquarters by Matthew Bisanz.JPG — MBisanz (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DOT-FAA_Headquarters_by_Matthew_Bisanz.JPG 2. Aerial - New Orleans Skyline 2013 - panoramio.jpg — ---=XEON=--- (CC BY 3.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aerial_-_New_Orleans_Skyline_2013_-_panoramio.jpg 3. Starship lifted off from Starbase during flight test 11.jpg — Shujianyang (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Starship_lifted_off_from_Starbase_during_flight_test_11.jpg 4. NVIDIA Headquarters.jpg — Coolcaesar (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NVIDIA_Headquarters.jpg 5. Howard Lutnick 2025.jpg — Daniel Torok (Public domain) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Howard_Lutnick_2025.jpg 6. Skyline in Shenzhen (20250327).jpg — Fumikas Sagisavas (CC0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skyline_in_Shenzhen_(20250327).jpg 7. Lauren Boebert 117th U.S Congress.jpg — House Creative Services (Public domain) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lauren_Boebert_117th_U.S_Congress.jpg 8. Chris Van Hollen official portrait, 2010.jpg — U.S. House of Representatives (Public domain) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chris_Van_Hollen_official_portrait,_2010.jpg 9. ICE Headquarters in Washington DC 2009.jpg — Ser Amantio di Nicolao (CC BY 3.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ICE_Headquarters_in_Washington_DC_2009.jpg 10. F-15 Eagle - RAF Lakenheath (23418526264).jpg — Airwolfhound from Hertfordshire, UK (CC BY-SA 2.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:F-15_Eagle_-_RAF_Lakenheath_(23418526264).jpg