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Top News Stories for Monday, November 17th 2025
Sunday, Nov 16th, 2025 -
When the House votes this week on a bill to compel the release of the full Justice Department files related to Jeffrey Epstein, Washington D.C. may witness something exceedingly rare in this Trump era: a sizable bloc of Republican lawmakers openly breaking with President Donald Trump. During this administration, House Republicans rarely buck Trump. A vote in ...
Source: aol.com
Sunday, Nov 16th, 2025 -
Britain has announced plans to carry out the most significant reform of its asylum seeker policies in years, overhauling immigration rules in response to surging anti-immigrant sentiment and challenges from right-wing parties. The new policy, which will be unveiled by the ruling Labour government in full on Monday, is partially modeled on Denmark's approach, which has one of Europe's toughest rules for refugees. ...
Source: aol.com
Sunday, Nov 16th, 2025 -
Not 'appropriate' to use licence fee payer's money to pay US president after threat to sue for up to $5bn, says peer The BBC should not pay any money to Donald Trump , the former BBC director general Tony Hall has said. The US president has said he plans to sue the BBC for up to $5bn (£3.8bn) despite receiving the apology he demanded over a misleading Panorama edit of his 6 January speech. Speaking to BBC ...
Source: theguardian.com
Sunday, Nov 16th, 2025 -
The United States' most advanced aircraft carrier has arrived in the Caribbean Sea in a flex of military power by the President Donald Trump administration, as it raises pressure on Venezuela and prompts questions about what the influx of troops and armoury could portend. The arrival of the USS Gerald R Ford and other warships, announced by the US Navy in a statement on Sunday, marks a potentially pivotal moment in ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Sunday, Nov 16th, 2025 -
The latest showcases new teams in top spots: Georgia inched up to No. 4, Ole Miss cracked the top five and Oklahoma slid into the top 10 at No. 8. Georgia's move comes thanks to its win over Texas, which dropped to No. 17, and to Oklahoma beating Alabama, which pushed the Crimson Tide down to No. 10. Further down in the poll, No. 22 North Texas is ranked for the first time since 1959. That brings the number of ...
Source: news4jax.com
Sunday, Nov 16th, 2025 -
( The Hill ) — President Trump over the weekend pardoned two individuals charged in connection with the investigation into the 2021 riots at the U.S. Capitol. The president issued pardons for Suzanne Ellen Kaye, who served an 18-month sentence for threatening to shoot FBI agents amid an investigation into her involvement in the riots, and Daniel Edwin Wilson, who remained imprisoned, despite Trump's ...
Source: wfla.com
Sunday, Nov 16th, 2025 -
Chinese Coast Guard vessels have sailed through the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands amid rising tensions between the two countries over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's about Taiwan. The China Coast Guard said in a statement on Sunday that it "conducted patrols" around the Senkaku Islands , which Beijing claims as its own and refers to as the Diaoyu Islands. "China Coast Guard vessel 1307 formation ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Sunday, Nov 16th, 2025 -
The player, who bought their ticket in Newnan, matched all six numbers during a Friday evening drawing and won a jackpot worth an estimated $980 million. It has an estimated cash value of $452.2 million. "We are thrilled to congratulate the largest winner in our state's history," Georgia Lottery President and CEO Gretchen Corbin said in a news release. "With every Mega Millions ticket sold in Georgia supporting ...
Source: bradenton.com
Sunday, Nov 16th, 2025 -
Playtime is canceled for 69 schools in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) on Monday morning thanks to a colorful but potentially risky batch of sand. Kmart and Target issued product recalls Saturday after samples of a widely used play sand were found to have traces of asbestos, forcing the schools to close, the state government said Sunday. Inspections are underway and could "take days," ACT Education Minister ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Sunday, Nov 16th, 2025 -
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum accused right-wing parties of trying to infiltrate the Gen Z movement, and of using bots on social media to try to increase attendance. Several thousand people took to the streets of Mexico City on Saturday to protest crime, corruption and impunity in a demonstration organized by members of Generation Z, but which ended with strong backing from older supporters of opposition ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, Nov 15th, 2025 -
By ERIK VERDUZCO CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Federal officials confirmed Saturday that a surge of immigration enforcement in North Carolina's largest city has begun, as agents were seen making arrests in multiple locations. "Americans should be able to live without fear of violent criminal illegal aliens hurting them, their families, or their neighbors," Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Saturday, Nov 15th, 2025 -
A newly public financial disclosure filing has put a spotlight on the stock trades of one of the Federal Reserve's recently departed governors. Adriana Kugler — who stepped down from her post as the Fed's governor in August after being appointed in 2023 — filed a financial disclosure form that ethics officials declined to certify and referred to the central bank's inspector general's office for review. ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Saturday, Nov 15th, 2025 -
The incident, which happened during a forensic examination of seized explosives, has destroyed buildings and vehicles, days after a deadly car blast in New Delhi linked to a suspected militant cell. At least nine people have been killed and 32 injured after a cache of confiscated explosives detonated inside a police station in Indian-administered Kashmir. The accidental blast occurred late on Friday in the Nowgam ...
Source: news.sky.com