Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
This push is for a moratorium on state AI laws either in the annual defense policy bill or through an executive order directing the Justice Department to challenge the state-level laws. (TNS) — The White House is pushing for a moratorium on state artificial intelligence laws either in the annual defense policy bill or through an executive order directing the Justice Department to challenge state laws as ...
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Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
The U.S. Coast Guard is scrambling to clarify proposed internal policy changes that appeared to loosen how the service branch handles the conduct within its ranks involving hate symbols including nooses, swastikas, and other extremist symbols — touching off a political firestorm inside the nation's smallest military branch after the Space Force. The controversy centers on a little-noticed personnel directive ...
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Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
Washington — Former FBI Director James Comey is seeking to dismiss the criminal case against him because of what he claims were "fundamental errors" in the grand-jury process and interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan's handling of the indictment. Comey's filing, submitted to the federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, on Friday, reflects information revealed during a court proceeding earlier this week, during ...
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Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
By Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Offshore oil and gas drilling might resume in federally controlled waters near California and in some waters near Florida after being banned for decades. The Interior Department released a five-year plan Thursday supporting offshore drilling leases, which would include up to 34 lease auctions in federal waters sometime between 2026 and 2031, according to Politico . The auctions would include up ...
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Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
The back and forth between President Donald Trump and Jimmy Kimmel continued Thursday with Kimmel offering to leave his late-night show if Trump also agrees to leave the White House. "Mr. President, I admire your tenacity," Kimmel said after Trump, yet again, implored ABC to " get the bum off the air " in a Truth Social post. "I'll go when you go, OK?" Kimmel said Thursday. "We'll be a team. Let's ride off into the ...
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Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered President Donald Trump to end the deployment of National Guard troops to the nation's capital. But the ruling is unlikely to be the final word by the courts, the president or local leaders in the contentious duel over the federal district. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb put her order on hold for 21 days to allow the Trump administration time to either remove ...
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Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
World awaits fresh Epstein cache – but could Trump officials block full release? Experts say files certain to contain revelations but warn disclosures could still leave critical questions unanswered T hey are the files that America – and the world – has long waited to see: a huge cache of documents at the Department of Justice related to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, whom a judge once ...
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Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
Chicago Federation of Labor President Bob Reiter urged Chicago City Council members on Friday to not rule out a property tax increase, arguing there are ways to protect Black homeowners hit hardest by what he called "out of whack assessments." Reiter acknowledged that he urged alderpersons before Mayor Brandon Johnson's Oct. 16 budget address to avoid layoffs and furlough days that would impact his members, and ...
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Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
By Proponents of a cut in interest rates by the Federal Reserve in December gained a powerful backer Friday, when a top official said the central bank had scope to lower borrowing costs "in the near term." John C. Williams is president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and a close ally of Jerome Powell, the Fed chair. He emphasized in a speech that he was more concerned about the labor market weakening than ...
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Friday, Nov 21st, 2025 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — Grammy-winning rapper Prakazrel "Pras" Michel of the Fugees was sentenced on Thursday to 14 years in prison for a case in which he was convicted of illegally funneling millions of dollars in foreign contributions to former President Barack Obama's 2012 reelection campaign. Michel, 52, declined to address the court before U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly sentenced him. In April ...
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Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
Total nonfarm payroll jobs rose 119,000 in September, continuing a trend of little net job growth since April, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics report released Thursday. The unemployment rate ticked slightly up to 4.4%, from 4.3% the prior month. With 7.6 million people unemployed, unemployment was higher than a year earlier. BLS noted that the six-week release delay caused by the federal shutdown raised ...
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Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
Friends, family and a few former presidents are gathering in Washington, D.C., Thursday for former Vice President Dick Cheney's funeral. , a dominant figure in Republican politics for more than three decades and one of the most influential vice presidents, died on Nov. 3 at age 84 of complications from pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease. Cheney had received a heart transplant in 2012. Cheney's funeral ...
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Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed federal charges against a woman shot by a Customs and Border Protection agent in Chicago after allegedly ramming into his car . The ruling from US District Judge Georgia Alexakis came hours after prosecutors filed a motion to dismiss the charges in a striking reversal by the US government, court documents show. Marimar Martinez, a 30-year-old American citizen, and her ...
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Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
Officials in North Carolina have signalled that the federal immigration crackdown in the city of Charlotte has wound down, ending five days of immigration raids and protests. On Thursday, Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles said that the United States Border Patrol had seemingly ended its crackdown on the Democrat-led city. "It appears that U.S. Border Patrol has ceased its operations in Charlotte. I'm relieved for our ...
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Thursday, Nov 20th, 2025 -
The handling of the federal investigation into Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff of California is being reviewed by Justice Department investigators, three sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. A Republican congressional candidate who lives in California, Christine Bish, submitted a tip to the Federal Housing Finance Agency, alleging fraud in Schiff's mortgage documentation. She told CBS News that she was ...
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