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Trump's History With Jeffrey Epstein: Here's The Full Timeline
- Business Trump's History With Jeffrey Epstein: Here's The Full Timeline Updated Nov 12, 2025, 07:53pm EST resident Donald Trump Timeline 1980s in 2002 he had known Epstein for "15 years," calling him a "terrific guy," and adding "it is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side." 1992 Trump and Epstein were spotted laughing together at a party Trump threw at ...

Source: forbes.com
Trump's Transportation Secretary Sends Shameless Message To Air Controllers Who Missed Work During Shutdown
- Join HuffPost. The shutdown may be ending, but the story isn't. A deal's been struck, but serious questions remain. Your membership powers the reporting that digs deeper and follows what happens next. Already a member? Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatened penalties for air traffic controllers who failed to show up for work for during the government shutdown. At Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on ...

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Utah Judge May Face Impeachment After Ruling GOP Maps Were Gerrymandered
- Utah Republicans appear to be readying articles of impeachment against a state judge who ruled the congressional maps they had redrawn were unconstitutional gerrymanders and in violation of a ballot initiative passed by voters seven years ago. On Monday, Judge Dianna Gibson rejected congressional boundaries offered by Republicans in a lawsuit over the party originally drawing maps improperly following the last U.S. ...

Source: truthout.org
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The key to AI implementation might just be a healthy skepticism - here's why
- Even the most technologically focused companies are approaching AI and gen AI with both optimism and caution. Follow ZDNET:  Add us as a preferred source  on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Generative AI is on the boardroom table, and it's taking up a lot of room. However, gen AI is still a relatively untested technological approach to business development, so companies are careful how they roll it out to ...

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Trump vows to proceed with $1B lawsuit against BBC
- Nov. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. President Donald Trump signaled his intention to push ahead with a $1 billion lawsuit against the BBC, saying he had an obligation due to the "fraudulent" way it had edited a speech he made right before the Capitol Hill riots in 2021. Speaking to Fox News on Tuesday night, Trump said he had to take legal action because the public service broadcaster "butchered up" the speech he gave to ...

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WORLD  
Who are India and Pakistan blaming for Delhi, Islamabad blasts?
- A day after a bomb blast in Pakistan's capital , Islamabad, and two days after a similar explosion in India's capital, New Delhi, tensions in South Asia have heightened. A blame game has intensified between the neighbours who are still reeling from a brief but intense conflict just six months ago. Here is more about what happened in Islamabad and Delhi, and what Pakistani and Indian officials are saying about the ...

Source: aljazeera.com
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US Mint Ceases Penny Production, Citing High Costs and Supply Surplus | PYMNTS.com
- The U.S. Treasury announced it would halt the production of the nation's circulating one-cent coin this week, citing escalating manufacturing costs and deeming the currency unnecessary for modern commerce, USA Today reported Wednesday (Nov. 12). According to the report, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach were scheduled to mark the striking of the "final circulating penny" that ...

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US   MARKETS  
What real estate agents need to know about the 50-year mortgage
- 842,242 14,459 Market yield on U.S. treasury securities at 10-year constant maturity. Updated daily. Welcome, + Federal officials are considering 50-year mortgages to boost affordability, reportedly supported by President Trump and FHFA Director Bill Pulte. Critics warn they'd lower monthly payments but greatly increase total interest and slow equity growth. Experts note legal barriers and urge focusing instead on ...

Source: housingwire.com
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Trump pens letter asking Israeli president to pardon Netanyahu in corruption trial
- US President Trump penned a letter asking the Israeli president to grant a full pardon to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his ongoing corruption trial. In a letter distributed by the Israeli president's spokesperson, Trump wrote, "I hereby call on you to fully pardon Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been a formidable and decisive War Time Prime Minister, and is now leading Israel into a time of peace." For any ...

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TECHNOLOGY  
Valve's New Steam Machine Could Disrupt Console Gaming as We Know It
- It's not a "GameCube" per se, but Valve's Steam Machine will bring your Steam library to your living room. Reading time 4 minutes Valve is entering the console race, and it's doing so in the most Valve way possible. The Steam Machine is exactly what it sounds like: a bundle of PC parts inside a pint-sized frame that can play your Steam library natively. The company even has a revised Steam Controller to keep you ...

Source: gizmodo.com
US   HEALTH  
ByHeart Expands Recall of Infant Formula Nationwide as 15 Patients Get Impacted by Botulism Outbreak
- ByHeart infant formula made headlines after two of its lots were recalled over an infant botulism outbreak . Now, the recall is expanded after more cases were reported. This time, all batches of ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula cans and Anywhere Pack are being recalled from across the nation. The company confirmed the expansion after tests by the California Department of Public Health found contaminated ...

Source: greenmatters.com
New bee species has devil-like horns, named after Netflix series
- (TMX) - A striking new bee species with tiny devil-like horns has been discovered in Western Australia's Goldfields, offering fresh insight into how much remains unknown about the country's native pollinators. Named Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer, the newly identified species was found during surveys of the critically endangered wildflower Marianthus aquilonarius, which grows only in the Bremer Range region ...

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'The numbers just don't check out': Economists rip Trump's $2,000 tariff revenue plan
- Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article President Donald Trump has promised Americans that they'll receive a $2,000 check from revenue generated by his controversial tariffs — but financial experts say the numbers just don't add up. "A dividend of at least $2,000 a person (not including high income people!) will ...

Source: independent.co.uk
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Google sues cybercriminal group behind E-ZPass, USPS text phishing scams
- Google filed a lawsuit against a cybercriminal group largely based in China that is behind a massive text message phishing operation, or "smishing." The organization uses a phishing-as-a-service kit named "Lighthouse" to steal sensitive financial information by sending fraudulent text messages. "They were preying on users' trust in reputable brands such as E-ZPass, the U.S. Postal Service, and even us as Google," ...

Source: cnbc.com
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Ex-Gavin Newsom staffer indicted on allegations of stealing hundreds of thousands
- California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks after California's special election on Proposition 50, a measure that would temporarily redraw congressional districts, at the California Democratic Party Headquarters in Sacramento, California on Nov. 4, 2025. REUTERS/Fred Greaves Gov. Gavin Newsom 's former chief of staff was federally indicted on allegations of stealing $225,000 from Xavier Becerra. Dana Williamson, 53, who ...

Source: rawstory.com
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A Proposed Federal THC Ban Would 'Wipe Out' Hemp Products That Get People High
- The provision, tucked into the spending bill that could end the US government shutdown, would ban intoxicating hemp-derived THC products, including gummies and drinks. A provision in the federal spending bill that could end the US government shutdown would effectively destroy the hemp extracts industry by banning intoxicating hemp-based THC products, including gummies and drinks. The provision, part of the funding ...

Source: wired.com
POLITICS  
Immigrants with obesity, diabetes and other health problems may be denied visas
- Foreigners seeking visas to live in the U.S. might be rejected if they have certain medical conditions, including diabetes or obesity, under a directive issued last week by the Trump administration. The guidance, issued in a cable the State Department sent to embassy and consular officials and examined by KFF Health News, directs visa officers to deem applicants ineligible to enter the U.S. for several new reasons, ...

Source: npr.org
POLITICS  
At Brazilian climate summit, Newsom positions California as a stand-in for the U.S.
- The expansive halls of the Amazon's newly built climate summit hub echoed with the hum of air conditioners and the footsteps of delegates from around the world — scientists, diplomats, Indigenous leaders and energy executives, all converging for two frenetic weeks of negotiations. Then Gov. Gavin Newsom rounded the corner, flanked by staff and security. They moved in tandem through the corridors on Tuesday as ...

Source: latimes.com
WORLD  
Israeli president condemns 'serious' attack by settlers on West Bank villages
- Isaac Herzog makes rare statement on often-ignored violence as settlers injure Palestinians and attack soldiers Dozens of masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, injuring four Palestinians and attacking Israeli soldiers in the latest incident of rising settler violence. The settlers attacked the Palestinian villages of Beit Lid and Deir Sharaf, setting vehicles on ...

Source: theguardian.com
Apple removes two gay dating apps in China to comply with government order
- HONG KONG — Apple said it has removed two popular gay dating apps from its app store in China, in compliance with an order from the country's cyberspace regulator , stoking fears within the country's LGBTQ community . The same-sex dating and social apps Blued and Finka suddenly became unavailable to download on iOS devices over the weekend, while users of Android devices can still download them from their ...

Source: nbcnews.com
POLITICS  
Judge orders hundreds detained by ICE in Chicago area released over the next week, with hundreds more possible
- A federal judge has ordered that hundreds of people detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement be released from federal facilities in the next week because their arrests by ICE were possibly unlawful and in violation of a federal court order. Attorneys with the National Immigrant Justice Center and ACLU of Illinois say federal agents have arrested thousands of people in Chicago and Illinois during ...

Source: cbsnews.com
DIGITAL  
OpenAI's GPT-5.1 makes ChatGPT 'warmer' and smarter - how its upgraded modes work now
- Users get more personalization options, too. Here's what's new. Follow ZDNET:  Add us as a preferred source  on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Users can also choose from new personalities.  The updates are meant to make ChatGPT more personalized.  OpenAI updated ChatGPT with its  highly-anticipated GPT-5 model over the summer, which was supposed to streamline the user experience by making ...

Source: zdnet.com
BUSINESS  
Kim Kardashian's Skims valued at $5bn after raising new funding
- Skims plans to use new capital to broaden its intimates lines, and expand further into apparel and activewear Skims, founded by reality TV star and entrepreneur Kim Kardashian along with CEO Jens Grede , said on Wednesday it had raised $225m in new capital, valuing the shapewear label at $5bn. Kardashian's ventures, including her cosmetics brand SKKN, have attracted young shoppers and benefited from her vast social ...

Source: theguardian.com
US  
Dem governors unwittingly share DMV data with ICE, lawmakers warn
- A group of 40 congressional Democrats is warning blue-state governors about a data "information gap" that has given U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement unrestricted access to their residents' driver's license and registration information. In letters led by Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Rep. Adriano Espaillat of New York, the lawmakers implored 19 Democratic governors to cut off ICE's access to the International ...

Source: fedscoop.com
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Apple launches Digital ID, a way to carry your passport on your phone for use at TSA checkpoints
- Topics More from TechCrunch Apple Watch and iPhone owners in the United States will now be able to carry a copy of their U.S. passport on their device, which they can then use at TSA checkpoints across more than 250 U.S. airports when traveling domestically. The feature, known as Digital ID, was previously  announced iOS 26 release , and adds passports to the list of existing government IDs supported in Apple ...

Source: techcrunch.com
WORLD  
Congrats, Humanity: We're on Track for Record CO2 Emissions—Again
- Preliminary data on this year's carbon emissions reinforces the fact that we need to act as fast as possible to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. Reading time 3 minutes With the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 30) underway this week, researchers have shared a first look at this year's carbon emissions data. The findings show that global emissions from fossil fuels are on track to hit a ...

Source: gizmodo.com
Which games this week could help the Hurricanes' College Football Playoff case?
- checked in at No. 15 , up three spots from its initial ranking of 18 last week, and was shown on ESPN as being in the 12-team playoff field if the season ended today. However, there's a major caveat. Miami's placement into the playoff field at this moment is solely because it is ranked as the highest team in the Atlantic Coast Conference after leapfrogging Georgia Tech (No. 16), Virginia (No. 19) and Louisville ...

Source: bradenton.com
WORLD  
19 bodies, black box recovered after Turkish army plane crash in Georgia
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that 19 bodies of the 20 soldiers on board a Turkish C-130 military cargo plane that crashed in Georgia had been recovered, along with the aircraft's flight recorder. The Turkish leader gave the update on the recovery efforts on Wednesday at a meeting of provincial heads of his governing Justice and Development (AK) Party in Ankara, the Anadolu news agency reported, ...

Source: aljazeera.com
Ex-NFL star Antonio Brown gets bail and GPS monitor in Miami attempted murder case
- Former NFL star wide receiver Antonio Brown will be released on $25,000 bail and must wear a GPS ankle monitor on an attempted murder charge in Florida, a judge ordered Wednesday. Brown, 37, has pleaded not guilty to the second-degree attempted murder charge, which carries a potential 15-year prison sentence and a fine up to $10,000 if he is convicted. His lawyer, Mark Eiglarsh, said Brown would return to his home ...

Source: theguardian.com
Meta's star AI scientist Yann LeCun plans to leave for own startup
- AI pioneer reportedly frustrated with Meta's shift from research to rapid product releases. Meta's chief AI scientist and Turing Award winner plans to leave the company to launch his own startup focused on a different type of AI called "world models," the Financial Times reported . The French-US scientist has reportedly told associates he will depart in the coming months and is already in early talks to raise funds ...

Source: arstechnica.com
Kansas county apologizes over raid on a small-town newspaper, agrees to pay over $3 million
- A rural Kansas county has agreed to pay a little more than $3 million and apologize over a law enforcement raid on a small-town weekly newspaper  in August 2023 that sparked an outcry over press freedom. Marion County sheriff's officers were involved in the raid on the Marion County Record and helped draft search warrants used by Marion city police to enter the newspaper's offices, the publisher's home and the ...

Source: cbsnews.com
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Google Finally Introduces Its Own Version Of Apple's Private Cloud Compute
- Private Cloud Compute is one of the things that stood out when Apple unveiled its initial Apple Intelligence vision at WWDC 2024. Apple devised a private cloud computing platform for AI tasks that can't be performed on the iPhone, iPad, or Mac. The data exchanged between the user and is secure and private. Nobody can see it, not even Apple. When Apple unveiled its secure AI cloud platform, none of its competitors ...

Source: bgr.com
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Trump requests Supreme Court overturn E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse and defamation verdict
- An appeals court last year upheld a lower court's judgment that Trump sexually abused Carroll in the 1990s, and later defamed her after she went public with her allegations. President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Monday to review a $5 million civil judgment that found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll. A jury in 2023 awarded the judgment after it found Trump liable of ...

Source: nbcnews.com
DIGITAL   BUSINESS  
SoftBank sells its entire stake in Nvidia for $5.83 billion
- SoftBank sold 32.1 million shares of Nvidia in October. It also sold part of its stake in T-Mobile for $9.17 billion. This is not the first time SoftBank has cashed out of the chipmaker. Despite the sale, SoftBank remains tied to Nvidia through its other artificial intelligence ventures. In this article Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (L) and the CEO of the SoftBank Group Masayoshi Son pose during an AI event in Tokyo on ...

Source: cnbc.com
DIGITAL   TECHNOLOGY  
Google announces even more AI in Photos app, powered by Nano Banana
- Google's Nano Banana is powering a raft of new features in the app. We're running out of ways to tell you that Google is releasing more generative AI features, but that's what's happening in Google Photos today. The Big G is finally making good on its promise to add its market-leading image-editing model to the app. The model powers a couple of features, and it's not just for Google's Android platform. Nano Banana ...

Source: arstechnica.com
US  
Mavericks fire GM who traded Luka Doncic to the Lakers
- The Dallas Mavericks have fired general manager Nico Harrison nine months after he made a trade that roiled the franchise and shocked the NBA, the team announced Tuesday . Michael Finley and Matt Riccardi will serve as co-interim general managers to oversee basketball operations. "This decision reflects our continued commitment to building a championship-caliber organization, one that delivers for our players, our ...

Source: nbcnews.com
Obama surprises veterans on flight to DC with special Veterans Day salute
- The veterans were on an honor flight to D.C. to visit the capital's monuments. President Barack Obama gave a group of war heroes a surprise they will never forget. The former president surprised a flight of Korean and Vietnam War veterans on an honor flight from Madison, Wisconsin, to Washington, D.C., ahead of Veterans Day, according to a video he posted on X. "Ahead of Veterans Day, I was ...

Source: abcnews.go.com
Trump Defends Stand On Controversial Student Visa Plan After MAGA Backlash
- Join HuffPost. The shutdown may be ending, but the story isn't. A deal's been struck, but serious questions remain. Your membership powers the reporting that digs deeper and follows what happens next. Already a member? President Donald Trump is defending his plan to bring hundreds of thousands of Chinese students into the country after facing backlash from prominent MAGA voices. Appearing Monday's episode of on Fox ...

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