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Top News Stories for Wednesday, November 26th 2025
Tuesday, Nov 25th, 2025 -
The biggest question about President Donald Trump 's payback prosecutions of James Comey and Letitia James was not so much whether they'd fail but how. And now, much as common earthly bacteria foiled the alien invasion in War of the Worlds , the Comey and James cases have died (for the moment) for the most fundamental and unremarkable of reasons: The prosecutor who indicted them wasn't actually a proper prosecutor ...
Source: nymag.com
Tuesday, Nov 25th, 2025 -
Despite recent efforts and White House optimism, recent negotiations have failed to secure a breakthrough on key issues Donald Trump said he would send special envoy Steve Witkoff to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow to discuss developing proposals to end the Ukraine war, but despite White House optimism there was little sign of progress on core sticking points. The US president said negotiations had left "only a few ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Nov 25th, 2025 -
Senator hits back at Trump administration after Pentagon launches investigation for possible breaches of military law Senator Mark Kelly said it was "non-controversial" for him and other congressional Democrats to implore military personnel to disobey "illegal orders" from the Trump administration – hitting back at accusations of "serious allegations of misconduct" leveled against him by the Pentagon. "I said ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Nov 25th, 2025 -
President Trump's germinal proposal to extend ObamaCare subsidies has created new headaches for GOP leaders on Capitol Hill. Since 2010, when the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was enacted by former President Obama, Republicans have hammered the law as a government takeover of the nation's health care system that's eroded patient liberties and undermined the quality of care while increasing costs for individuals ...
Source: wfla.com
Tuesday, Nov 25th, 2025 -
HONG KONG — President Donald Trump has spoken with the leaders of U.S. ally Japan and rival superpower China amid the pair's escalating dispute over Taiwan . Trump's surprise call Monday with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping , was followed by a call with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi , who angered China earlier this month with comments on the Beijing-claimed island democracy. Both China and Japan ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Nov 25th, 2025 -
NEW YORK – A federal judge in Manhattan is demanding more information from the Justice Department as he weighs its request to unseal records from the sex trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein's longtime confidante Judge Paul A. Engelmayer on Tuesday ordered the Justice Department to tell him what materials it plans to publicly release that were subject to secrecy orders in the British socialite's case. The ...
Source: news4jax.com
Tuesday, Nov 25th, 2025 -
during the Biden administration, according to a memo reviewed by NBC News. It is the latest in a series of actions taken by the administration to The decision would potentially affect more than 200,000 refugees who began the process of legally immigrating to the U.S. over the last four years. In order to receive refugee status, applicants first must go through an extensive vetting process that often takes years to ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Nov 25th, 2025 -
In July, analysis from Sky News' Data and Forensics team found that aid distributions by GHF correlated with a significant increase in deaths. The IDF said earlier this year it only fired warning shots. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a controversial US and Israeli-backed aid distribution group, has said it will permanently cease operations. Set up as an alternative to United Nations aid ...
Source: news.sky.com
Tuesday, Nov 25th, 2025 -
Nov. 25 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump , with First Lady Melania Trump , on Tuesday continued a White House tradition that dates to the 1800s -- pardoning a turkey from the dinner table ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. This year's turkeys, named Gobble and Waddle, were given "full, absolute and unconditional" pardons by Trump during the midday ceremony in the newly renovated White House Rose Garden . "This is a ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Nov 25th, 2025 -
Chip giant disputes claims that it is artificially inflating revenues Nvidia has insisted it is not facing an Enron-style financial scandal, as the chipmaker hit back at short-sellers betting against an AI bubble. The world's most valuable company has sought to ease market concerns by writing to analysts to contest , the trader who predicted the 2008 housing crisis. In particular, Nvidia said it is not artificially ...
Source: telegraph.co.uk
Tuesday, Nov 25th, 2025 -
Across the political spectrum—with alarm on the right and delight on the left—the display of warmth from President Trump toward Zohran Mamdani on Friday set off shock waves. Trump's lavish praise of New York's mayor-elect in the Oval Office was a 180-degree turn from his condemnation of the democratic socialist as "a pure true communist" and "a total nut job." The stunning about-face made for a great ...
Source: commondreams.org
Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 -
The United States has designated what Venezuelans call the "Cartel de los Soles", or "Cartel of the Suns", a "foreign terrorist organization". President Donald Trump's administration added the "cartel", which it asserts is linked to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, to the list on Monday, according to a notice published in the Federal Register. However, the entity is not actually a cartel but rather a common ...
Source: aljazeera.com