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Top News Stories for Sunday, November 16th 2025
Sunday, Nov 16th, 2025 -
America were already seething about the shutdown and the economy. Then they saw Epstein write that Trump "knew about the girls." November 16 2025, 6:00 a.m. Alain Stephens is an investigative reporter covering gun violence, arms trafficking, and federal law enforcement. imagine a worse moment for Donald Trump to be caught in the Epstein dragnet than at the tail end of the longest government shutdown in U.S. ...
Source: theintercept.com
Sunday, Nov 16th, 2025 -
Britain has announced plans to carry out the most significant reform of its asylum seeker policies in years, overhauling immigration rules in response to surging anti-immigrant sentiment and challenges from right-wing parties. The new policy, which will be unveiled by the ruling Labour government in full on Monday, is partially modeled on Denmark's approach, which has one of Europe's toughest rules for refugees. ...
Source: aol.com
Sunday, Nov 16th, 2025 -
Activity around Japanese-held islands, also claimed by China, comes after PM Sanae Takaichi said Japan might respond militarily to an invasion of Taiwan China has sent its coast guard through the waters of the Senkaku islands and military drones past outlying Japanese territory as Beijing ramps up tensions over the Japanese prime minister's remarks on Taiwan . On Sunday the Chinese coast guard said its ships made a ...
Source: theguardian.com
Sunday, Nov 16th, 2025 -
The player, who bought their ticket in Newnan, matched all six numbers during a Friday evening drawing and won a jackpot worth an estimated $980 million. It has an estimated cash value of $452.2 million. "We are thrilled to congratulate the largest winner in our state's history," Georgia Lottery President and CEO Gretchen Corbin said in a news release. "With every Mega Millions ticket sold in Georgia supporting ...
Source: bradenton.com
Sunday, Nov 16th, 2025 -
More than 100 people were injured and 20 arrested during a massive protest on Saturday in Mexico City against the president's handling of violent crime, local government officials said. Thousands marched on the capital's historic main public square, the Zocalo, in a demonstration fueled by young Mexicans with ties to a global wave of Generation Z protests as well as supporters of the domestic "Sombrero Movement," ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Saturday, Nov 15th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was scrapping U.S. tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruits and a broad swath of other commodities — a dramatic move that comes amid mounting pressure on his administration to better combat high consumer prices. Trump has built his second term around imposing steep levies on goods imported into the U.S. in hopes of encouraging domestic ...
Source: cleveland.com
Saturday, Nov 15th, 2025 -
United States President Donald Trump says he would likely sue the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) next week for as much as $5bn after the British broadcaster admitted it wrongly edited a video of a speech he gave, but insisted there was no legal basis for his claim. "We will sue them for anywhere between a billion and five billion dollars, probably sometime next week. I think I have to do it. They have even ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Saturday, Nov 15th, 2025 -
. YouTube TV announced the deal in an email to subscribers on Friday evening, noting that channels like ABC and ESPN are once again available to watch. Additionally, any previously recorded programs from Disney-owned channels on YouTube TV's cloud-based DVR are accessible once again. Because many YouTube TV subscribers signed up specifically for ESPN, YouTube TV early last week announced that all subscribers are ...
Source: bgr.com
Saturday, Nov 15th, 2025 -
Nine people were killed and 31 injured when confiscated explosives accidentally blew up at a police station in Indian-administered Kashmir, police said Saturday, just days after a car blast in Delhi killed a dozen people. The incident happened in Nowgam and the explosives at the police station were recovered from Faridabad in the northern state of Haryana earlier this week, just hours before the powerful blast in ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Saturday, Nov 15th, 2025 -
Now we know. abruptly resigned in August on a "personal matter" and returned to academia. And there's more. Fed Chair Jerome Powell refused to grant Kugler's request for a waiver from the central bank's beefed-up ethics rules, according to Kugler, a Biden appointee, joined the central bank in September 2023. She announced on Aug. 1 that she would effective Aug. 8, without citing a reason. The surprise resignation ...
Source: bradenton.com
Saturday, Nov 15th, 2025 -
We'll keep digging -- no matter who wants the truth buried. Become a HuffPost member and fuel reporting they can't silence. Already a member? WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump issued a second pardon to a Jan. 6 defendant who had remained behind bars despite the because of a separate conviction for illegally possessing firearms. The decision is the latest example of Trump's willingness to use his ...
Source: huffpost.com
Saturday, Nov 15th, 2025 -
Local reports say targets include church parishioners doing yard work and workers hanging Christmas lights Federal immigration officers on Saturday began a sweep through Charlotte, the largest city in North Carolina , federal officials confirmed. Local media reports said that among the locations targeted by masked federal agents was a church in east Charlotte , where an arrest was made while about 15 to 20 church ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Nov 15th, 2025 -
Federal judge Rita Lin cites playbook designed to bring universities 'to their knees' and force them to 'change their ideological tune' A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from withholding federal funding and threatening hefty fines against the University of California amid the administration's attempts to coerce elite US universities into adopting and promoting conservative ideals. US district ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Nov 15th, 2025 -
By We hate to be the killjoy, but if you've heard about the idea of a 50-year mortgage, start right now by taking a deep breath. There are many, many questions about the idea and problems that need to be overcome. And for many would-be borrowers the idea makes no sense. President Trump over the weekend floated the idea after Bill Pulte, the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, tossed the idea at him on ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Saturday, Nov 15th, 2025 -
The most powerful band of a large atmospheric river storm slammed into Southern California on Saturday, dumping much-needed rain across the region but also bringing mudslide dangers to communities still reeling from January's firestorms. The storm flooded some streets and highways, sent mud and rocks sliding onto some canyon roads and made for treacherous driving conditions. The weather probably contributed to at ...
Source: latimes.com
Friday, Nov 14th, 2025 -
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Oakland's celebrated former football coach John Beam, who was featured in the Netflix series "Last Chance U" that showcased his success with players others wouldn't gamble on, died Friday, a day after being shot on the college campus where he worked. Police arrested the 27-year-old suspect Friday. Authorities said he knew the 66-year-old coach, and it was a targeted attack. The shooting ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Nov 14th, 2025 -
A South Carolina man convicted of killing three people over five days more than 20 years ago was executed by a firing squad on Friday evening. Stephen Bryant , 44, was executed for killing a man in his home and writing "catch me if u can" on the wall with the victim's blood. He was pronounced dead at 6:05 p.m. following a firing squad. Three prison employees, all with live ammunition, volunteered to carry out the ...
Source: cbsnews.com