The 7 leads with Tennessee's request that a judge bar Christa Pike's attorneys from inspecting the pentobarbital used in her botched execution, saying disclosure could unmask the supplier. The digest also covers the Congress funding impasse before Dec. 11, Democrats' sweep of endangered House seats, Trump's Veterans Day remarks on Iran, Grand Theft Auto VI's record preorders, Gwyneth Paltrow's new vodcast, and a sheet-pan hash recipe.