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Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
President Donald Trump appears unfazed that a envoy appeared to be advising the other side in ongoing foreign-policy negotiations. After Bloomberg published a bombshell report on Tuesday revealing a purported transcript of U.S. Special Envoy for Peace Missions Steve Witkoff, who has been credited with helping to broker the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and who is currently working on U.S. efforts to ...
Source: aol.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Fani Willis was the only prosecutor to seriously challenge Trump over Jan. 6 — and she completely botched it Willis had her eye on the ball early, but a stunning error of judgement 'stabbed the case right in the heart', John Bowden writes. F ani Willis' effort to prosecute ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
National park passes are getting an overhaul next year, including a new digital system, steeper rates for non-U.S. residents and new artwork that features President Donald Trump. Under this new "America-first" park policy, annual passes for non-U.S. residents will cost $250 — more than three times the $80 rate for residents, according to a news release from the Interior Department on Tuesday. Non-U.S. ...
Source: sltrib.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
Wegovy injection pens arranged in Waterbury, Vermont, US, on Monday, April 28, 2025. The IRA from 2022 allows the CMS to negotiate prices for a number of drugs each year for patients in Medicare. Late Tuesday, the agency announced newly negotiated prices for 15 blockbuster drugs from 2027, including Novo Nordisk's mega bestseller Ozempic which will see a 71% discount to its list price. Trump has made it a priority ...
Source: cnbc.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a social media video urging U.S. troops to defy "illegal orders" say the FBI has contacted them to begin scheduling interviews, signaling a possible inquiry into the matter. It would mark the second investigation tied to the video, coming a day after the Pentagon said it was reviewing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over potential ...
Source: wfla.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
The criminal cases against former FBI director James B. Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James may be over for now. But a federal judge's ruling Monday disqualifying the U.S. attorney overseeing their prosecutions and dismissing the charges left a number of questions unresolved. Most significantly: What happens next? The Justice Department spent Tuesday mulling options, including a possible appeal of ...
Source: abajournal.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
Editor's note: The West Virginia governor initially said that the 2 Guard members had died but has since said there is conflicting information about their conditions. Two National Guard members from West Virginia were in critical condition Wednesday after a gunman opened fire on them in an apparent "targeted shooting" near the White House, officials said. In an address Wednesday night, President Donald Trump called ...
Source: aol.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
Bruna Ferreira came to the US from Brazil as a child, and by all accounts, lived a life like any American: playing on the high school tennis team, getting married and divorced, building a small business and helping raise her son. When she was taken into custody by ICE agents earlier this month as she left her home in a Boston suburb to pick up her son from school, it didn't make headlines: she was another immigrant ...
Source: aol.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article The flights, this past March, have become a flashpoint in President Donald Trump's mass deportation strategy, and his administration's pattern of apparently defying court orders. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was behind a decision not to turn deportation flights around ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account's 'Saved for Later' section. During the 2016 campaign, Donald Trump 's personal physician released a letter claiming that he would be the "healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency." This assertion (which, we later learned, Trump dictated) has only become more ridiculous as the president has displayed health issues typical of a ...
Source: nymag.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
TAMPA, Fla. (WWSB) - The U.S. Justice Department is investigating claims that area theme parks are violating disabled persons' rights by banning certain rolling walkers. The probe will determine whether it violates Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act by discriminating against guests with disabilities. The investigation names United Parks & Resorts Inc., which owns Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, SeaWorld in ...
Source: mysuncoast.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
During a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden on 25 November, Trump pardoned this year's Thanksgiving turkeys, Waddle and Gobble. During the televised pardon, Waddle, apparently, was nowhere to be found. "Waddle, by the way, is missing in action, but that's okay," the president said. The annual event is a White House tradition going back years when the US president pardons turkeys in the days before ...
Source: bbc.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday called for state lawmakers to address pet-breeding facilities, derided as "puppy mills," during the upcoming legislative session. "Now, many breeders take care of their animals and treat them with dignity and respect," DeSantis said during an appearance at Big Dog Ranch Rescue in Loxahatchee Groves. "No doubt, there are some bad actors who keep ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
Scouting America decries accusations by defense secretary that the organization is attacking 'boy-friendly spaces' Scouting America, formerly known as the Boy Scouts of America, has said it is "surprised and disappointed" by a report that the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth , could sever all military ties to the organization for being "genderless" and failing to "cultivate masculine values". In a draft memo to ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
News / Pixabay Attorneys general warn against blocking state AI regulation State attorneys general across the US signed a bipartisan letter on Tuesday urging Congress to "not inject an AI moratorium" into the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The letter expressed concern about numerous risks posed by AI, including "scams" and "delusional generative AI outputs" which endanger mental health, and AI tools ...
Source: jurist.org
Tuesday, Nov 25th, 2025 -
Pa. joins states suing Trump administration, with $17M in Pittsburgh funding on the line Gov. Josh Shapiro on Tuesday joined several states in a lawsuit against the Trump administration over policy changes and proposed cuts in federal housing that state officials say jeopardize $100 million that helps provide housing and prevents across Pennsylvania, including $17 million in Pittsburgh. After previously fighting ...
Source: post-gazette.com
Tuesday, Nov 25th, 2025 -
Poland has been told to recognise same-sex marriages registered elsewhere in the European Union, in a ruling by the EU's top court. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) said that EU member states were obliged to recognise a same-sex marriage between two EU citizens that had been "lawfully concluded in another member state". The ruling covers the case of a Polish couple who married in Berlin in 2018. When they ...
Source: bbc.com