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Top News Stories for Tuesday, November 18th 2025
Tuesday, Nov 18th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two Democratic U.S. senators wrote to President Donald Trump's administration on Monday raising "serious concerns" about Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff's potential financial conflicts of interest. "As U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East, Mr. Witkoff was a chief architect of a deal that appears to have aided a foreign power's effort to acquire U.S. technology with serious ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Nov 18th, 2025 -
Larry Summers, who was treasury secretary under President Bill Clinton, said Monday that he will be stepping back from public commitments following the recent publication of his correspondence with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein . "I am deeply ashamed of my actions and recognize the pain they have caused. I take full responsibility for my misguided decision to continue communicating with Mr. Epstein," ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Nov 18th, 2025 -
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Federal immigration authorities will expand their enforcement action in North Carolina to Raleigh as soon as Tuesday, the mayor of the state's capital city said, while Customs and Border Protection agents continue operating in Charlotte following a weekend that saw arrests of more than 130 people in that city. Mayor Janet Cowell said Monday that she didn't know how large the operation ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Tuesday, Nov 18th, 2025 -
Israel on Tuesday hailed Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan after its endorsement by the UN Security Council, as Hamas rejected the resolution which calls for the deployment of an international force in the Palestinian territory. The United Nations Security Council voted on Monday in favour of a US-drafted resolution bolstering President Trump's plan for the Gaza Strip — which has allowed for a fragile ceasefire ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Tuesday, Nov 18th, 2025 -
United States President Donald Trump says he may expand his unprecedented strikes against Latin American drug cartels to include Mexico, the Reuters news agency and the TV network NBC report. "Would I launch strikes in Mexico to stop drugs? It's OK with me. I've been speaking to Mexico. They know how I stand," he told reporters at the Oval Office on Monday. "We're losing hundreds of thousands of people to drugs. So ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Monday, Nov 17th, 2025 -
Judge ruled DoJ engaged in 'profound investigative missteps' on way to indicting the former FBI director A US judge on Monday found evidence of "government misconduct" in how a prosecutor aligned with Donald Trump secured criminal charges against James Comey , the former FBI director, and ordered that grand jury materials be turned over to Comey's defense team. Last week, prosecutors were ordered to produce a trove ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Nov 17th, 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? In a turn of events, President Trump says he now has plans to meet with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) in Washington, D.C. "The mayor of New York, I will say, would like to meet with us and we'll work something out," Trump told reporters Sunday night, seemingly ...
Source: huffpost.com
Monday, Nov 17th, 2025 -
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday the U.S. "may be having some discussions" with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, a potential diplomatic avenue as the U.S. further builds up its military presence near the South American country with the arrival of its most advanced aircraft carrier. Trump didn't offer details about the possible discussions with Maduro, but he said ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Nov 17th, 2025 -
Bishop of Edmonton says people coming to UK are being 'scapegoated' for years of policy failures A Church of England bishop has said Shabana Mahmood's comments on asylum seekers have shaken him "to the core" and argued people coming to the UK are being "scapegoated" for years of government policy failures. Mahmood is expected to announce measures under which people's refugee status would be reviewed every two and a ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Nov 17th, 2025 -
YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul will fight recent world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua in a professional bout on Dec. 19. The heavyweight bout, which will consist of eight three-minute rounds, will take place at Kaseya Center in Miami and will be streamed live on Netflix. It will be the toughest fight yet for the 28-year-old Paul, who has a 12-1 record (7 KOs) and last fought in June when he beat former ...
Source: apnews.com
Monday, Nov 17th, 2025 -
News / Pixabay US Supreme Court agrees to hear case on turning away asylum seekers at border The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear Noem v. Al Otro Lado , a case reviewing a policy used by past administrations to deny immigrants a chance to apply for asylum on the Mexican border until space opened to process claims. The Trump administration is appealing a decision made by the Ninth Circuit on October 23, 2024, to ...
Source: jurist.org
Monday, Nov 17th, 2025 -
The number of Palestinians dying in Israeli custody surged to nearly 100 people since the start of the war in Gaza , according to a report published Monday by a human rights group that says systematic violence and denial of medical care at prisons and detention centers contributed to many of the deaths it examined. The picture that emerges from the report by Physicians for Human Rights -Israel is consistent with ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Nov 17th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday it is redefining the scope of the nation's bedrock clean water law to limit the wetlands it covers, building on a Supreme Court decision two years ago that removed federal protections for significant areas. When finalized, the new "Waters of the United States" rule will ensure that federal jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act is focused on ...
Source: wfla.com
Monday, Nov 17th, 2025 -
SAN DIEGO — The acting chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency left his job Monday after just six months, according to the Department of Homeland Security, the latest disruption in a year of mass staff departures, program cuts and policy upheaval at the agency charged with managing federal disaster response. David Richardson is leaving the post after replacing previous acting head Cameron Hamilton . ...
Source: chicago.suntimes.com