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Top News Stories for Friday, November 28th 2025
Thursday, Nov 27th, 2025 -
Unlock more this Holiday Season while supporting the journalism you rely on. For a limited time, new Platinum members can unlock one month free. Support the newsroom that works every day to bring clarity and accountability to the headlines. Already a member? WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said that one of the two West Virginia National Guard members shot by an Afghan national near the White House ...
Source: huffpost.com
Thursday, Nov 27th, 2025 -
U.S. proposals to end the war between Russia and Ukraine offer a starting point for talks, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday. "We need to sit down and discuss this seriously," Putin told reporters at the end of a three-day visit to Kyrgyzstan. He described U.S. President Donald Trump's 28-point peace plan as "a set of issues put forward for discussion" rather than a draft agreement. "If Ukrainian ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Thursday, Nov 27th, 2025 -
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru's Supreme Court sentenced former President Pedro Castillo to 11.5 years in prison for conspiracy to commit a rebellion in 2022, as lawmakers prepared to impeach him. A special panel of the highest court also banned Castillo,56, from public office for two years. He has been in custody since being arrested in December 2022. Two of Castillo's former ministers were also sentenced to 11.5 ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Thursday, Nov 27th, 2025 -
Military officials in the small West African nation of Guinea-Bissau have announced a new leader one day after seizing power in a military coup . General Horta Inta-A was named as the head of a one-year transitional government at about noon (12:00 GMT) on Thursday. In a statement, he justified the seizure of power and said the army had taken charge in the face of threats to Guinea-Bissau's stability. On Wednesday, ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Thursday, Nov 27th, 2025 -
Unlock more this Holiday Season while supporting the journalism you rely on. For a limited time, new Platinum members can unlock one month free. Support the newsroom that works every day to bring clarity and accountability to the headlines. Already a member? Several Jeffrey Epstein survivors experienced "widespread panic" after the House Oversight Committee released 20,000 files earlier this month without redacting ...
Source: huffpost.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
State prosecutor dismisses charges against US president and others in election interference case The case against Donald Trump and his co-defendants in Georgia ended on Wednesday with a filing for dismissal by the state prosecutor who took over after the removal of Fani Willis, the Fulton county district attorney. Pete Skandalakis, the prosecutor and the executive director of the prosecuting attorneys' council of ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
Ideas Why Does Steve Witkoff Keep Taking Russia's Side? Trump's envoy isn't promoting peace. His interventions are helping Vladimir Putin. Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Kevin Dietsch / Getty. November 26, 2025, 4:28 PM ET Save Pay attention to the dates, because the timing matters. Steve Witkoff spoke with Yuri Ushakov, a Russian official, on October 14. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting ...
Source: theatlantic.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
The unprecedented push to create new congressional districts mid-decade is hitting roadblocks in the form of local elected officials from both parties. Republicans face headwinds in the 2026 midterms: the party in power often loses ground in the election after a presidential win, and Trump's agenda isn't going over well. The 2025 off-year elections showed voters favoring Democrats at higher-than-expected margins. ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
The second round of IRA negotiations brings the total number of negotiated drugs to 25. As the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the new prices for 15 drugs that have been added to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) an expert questions how closely these impact the Trump administration's Most Favored Nation (MFN) policy. With the second round of IRA negotiations having been ...
Source: pharmaceutical-technology.com
Kristi Noem made final call on deportation flights after judge ordered planes to turn back, DOJ says
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
The Justice Department said Tuesday that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was the Trump administration official behind the decision not to comply with a federal judge's order to halt the deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act. In a court filing, the Justice Department said administration officials conveyed U.S. District Judge James Boasberg's March 15 oral ...
Source: nbcnews.com