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Top News Stories for Sunday, November 16th 2025
Sunday, Nov 16th, 2025 -
America were already seething about the shutdown and the economy. Then they saw Epstein write that Trump "knew about the girls." November 16 2025, 6:00 a.m. Alain Stephens is an investigative reporter covering gun violence, arms trafficking, and federal law enforcement. imagine a worse moment for Donald Trump to be caught in the Epstein dragnet than at the tail end of the longest government shutdown in U.S. ...
Source: theintercept.com
Sunday, Nov 16th, 2025 -
The United Kingdom has announced a drastic reduction in the protections for asylum seekers and refugees under a new plan aimed at slashing irregular immigration and countering the far right. The measures, modelled on Denmark's strict asylum system , were announced late on Saturday as Prime Minister Keir Starmer comes under pressure from surging popularity for the anti-immigrant Reform UK party. "I'll end UK's ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Sunday, Nov 16th, 2025 -
Activity around Japanese-held islands, also claimed by China, comes after PM Sanae Takaichi said Japan might respond militarily to an invasion of Taiwan China has sent its coast guard through the waters of the Senkaku islands and military drones past outlying Japanese territory as Beijing ramps up tensions over the Japanese prime minister's remarks on Taiwan . On Sunday the Chinese coast guard said its ships made a ...
Source: theguardian.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 -
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 -
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was scrapping U.S. tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruits and a broad swath of other commodities — a dramatic move that comes amid mounting pressure on his administration to better combat high consumer prices. Trump has built his second term around imposing steep levies on goods imported into the U.S. in hopes of encouraging domestic ...
Source: cleveland.com
Saturday, Nov 15th, 2025 -
LONDON — President Donald Trump has said he will sue the BBC for billions of dollars after the British public broadcaster published a misleading edit of one of his speeches. The BBC has apologized to Trump for the edit but said it had not defamed him and would not pay financial compensation. The broadcaster's director-general and head of news both resigned in the wake of the incident. "We'll sue them for ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, Nov 15th, 2025 -
. YouTube TV announced the deal in an email to subscribers on Friday evening, noting that channels like ABC and ESPN are once again available to watch. Additionally, any previously recorded programs from Disney-owned channels on YouTube TV's cloud-based DVR are accessible once again. Because many YouTube TV subscribers signed up specifically for ESPN, YouTube TV early last week announced that all subscribers are ...
Source: bgr.com
Saturday, Nov 15th, 2025 -
Nine people were killed and 31 injured when confiscated explosives accidentally blew up at a police station in Indian-administered Kashmir, police said Saturday, just days after a car blast in Delhi killed a dozen people. The incident happened in Nowgam and the explosives at the police station were recovered from Faridabad in the northern state of Haryana earlier this week, just hours before the powerful blast in ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Saturday, Nov 15th, 2025 -
Former Federal Reserve governor Adriana Kugler, who resigned abruptly in August, repeatedly broke the central bank's strict trading rules before stepping down, according to new disclosures released by US ethics authorities. A report by the US Office of Government Ethics, reviewed after the Federal Reserve referred the matter earlier this year, outlines multiple stock transactions in 2024 that violated Fed policy, ...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Saturday, Nov 15th, 2025 -
President Donald Trump has issued a new pardon to a militia member involved in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot , covering separate Kentucky firearms offenses that were not included in his initial Inauguration Day pardon. In April, the appeals court for the District of Columbia rejected Dan Wilson's attempt to vacate his firearms-related sentences from the Western District of Kentucky that were transferred to DC. ...
Source: aol.com
Saturday, Nov 15th, 2025 -
United States federal officials have confirmed that an immigration crackdown – the latest by President Donald Trump's administration – is under way in North Carolina's largest city, Charlotte, 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 ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Saturday, Nov 15th, 2025 -
A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from imposing a $1.2-billion fine on UCLA along with stipulations for deep campus changes in exchange for being eligible for federal grants. The decision is a major win for universities that have struggled to resist President Trump's attempt to discipline "very bad" universities that he claims have mistreated Jewish students, forcing the schools to pay ...
Source: latimes.com
Saturday, Nov 15th, 2025 -
By We hate to be the killjoy, but if you've heard about the idea of a 50-year mortgage, start right now by taking a deep breath. There are many, many questions about the idea and problems that need to be overcome. And for many would-be borrowers the idea makes no sense. President Trump over the weekend floated the idea after Bill Pulte, the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, tossed the idea at him on ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Saturday, Nov 15th, 2025 -
The most powerful band of a large atmospheric river storm slammed into Southern California on Saturday, dumping much-needed rain across the region but also bringing mudslide dangers to communities still reeling from January's firestorms. The storm flooded some streets and highways, sent mud and rocks sliding onto some canyon roads and made for treacherous driving conditions. The weather probably contributed to at ...
Source: latimes.com
Friday, Nov 14th, 2025 -
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Oakland's celebrated former football coach John Beam, who was featured in the Netflix series "Last Chance U" that showcased his success with players others wouldn't gamble on, died Friday, a day after being shot on the college campus where he worked. Police arrested the 27-year-old suspect Friday. Authorities said he knew the 66-year-old coach, and it was a targeted attack. The shooting ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Nov 14th, 2025 -
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina firing squad has executed a man Friday, the third person to die by that method in the state this year. Three prison employees, all with live ammunition, volunteered to carry out the execution of Stephen Bryant, 44, who was pronounced dead at 6:05 p.m. Bryant killed three people in five days in a rural area of the state in 2004. Bryant chose to die by firing squad instead of ...
Source: nbcnews.com