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Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article The House and the Senate have opened inquiries into the reported 'double tap strike' on the alleged drug vessel in the Caribbean President Donald Trump has defended Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over reports that he ordered a second military strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
Diplomats face an uphill battle to reconcile Russian and Ukrainian "red lines" as a renewed U.S.-led push to end the war gathers steam, with Ukrainian officials attending talks in the U.S. over the weekend and Washington officials expected in Moscow early this week . U.S. President Donald Trump's peace plan became public last month , sparking alarm that it was too favorable to Moscow. It was revised following talks ...
Source: military.com
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally requested a pardon in his long-running corruption trial, arguing it was in the "public interest." In a letter addressed to President Isaac Herzog, Netanyahu wrote that his trial has become "a focal point of fierce controversy" for which he bears "broad public and more responsibility, with an understanding of the overall ramifications of these events." Netanyahu ...
Source: aol.com
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
President Donald Trump's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Monday that his October medical imaging was of his cardiovascular and abdominal systems and that both showed "perfectly normal" results. "President Trump's cardiovascular imaging is perfectly normal. There is no evidence of arterial narrowing impairing blood flow or abnormalities in the heart or major vessels. The heart chambers are ...
Source: aol.com
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted an AI image of popular children's character Franklin the Turtle extrajudicially blowing up "drug boats," just days after it was revealed he potentially committed a war crime of his own. Hegseth's post—another installment in the GOP's AI image fetish—is modeled after the cover of the Franklin children's books, and reads "A Classic Franklin Story: Franklin ...
Source: newrepublic.com
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a lower court's ruling finding that acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba lacks the authority to prosecute federal cases in New Jersey. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Habba, a former personal attorney for President Donald Trump , is unqualified to be a U.S. attorney and should be disqualified from cases going forward. The decision upholds the August ...
Source: upi.com
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025 -
Your Party has established its foundations, with members voting on the party's name, leadership structure, membership status and a party constitution at its inaugural conference in Liverpool. But by the end of the weekend cracks were already beginning to show. Politico . However, if the antics at the conference were anything to go by, it is "mixing deep idealism with the kind of factional splits that would make ...
Source: theweek.com
Sunday, Nov 30th, 2025 -
Ludwig Minelli, whose work had lasting influence on Swiss law, dies just days before his 93rd birthday The head of the Swiss right-to-die organisation Dignitas has ended his life through an assisted death, the group has said. Ludwig Minelli, who founded the group in 1998, died on Saturday, days before his 93rd birthday, Dignitas said. It added: "Right up to the end of his life, he continued to search for further ...
Source: theguardian.com