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Tuesday, Nov 25th, 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/KYIV, Nov 25 (Reuters) - U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has held unannounced talks with Russian officials in Abu Dhabi as part of an intense new ...

Tuesday, Nov 25th, 2025 - The Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute announced on Nov. 24 that one of its Asian elephants is expecting, marking the first time an elephant calf will be born at the zoo in nearly 25 years. Animal care staff at the zoo, which is located in Washington, D.C., are preparing for the "highly anticipated" birth of an Asian elephant calf, according to a . The zoo said its male elephant, Spike, ...

Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 - WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI director James Comey  and  New York Attorney General Letitia James , concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges at President Donald Trump's urging was illegally appointed by the Justice Department. The rulings from U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie halt at least for now a ...

Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 - The mayor-elect called a "communist" by President Trump and the president deemed a "fascist" by the mayor-elect met up at the White House — and a good time was had by all. Last week's session between Trump and Zohran Mamdani, the incoming mayor of New York City, was remarkable and yet, in some ways, unremarkable. On one hand, these two men are sworn political enemies, with nothing in common, generationally or ...

Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 - Investigation of Mark Kelly after Trump accused Democrats in video of 'seditious behavior, punishable by death' The Pentagon says it is investigating the Arizona senator Mark Kelly for possible breaches of military law after the federal lawmaker joined a handful of other Democrats in a video calling for US troops to refuse unlawful orders. It is extraordinary for the Pentagon to directly threaten a sitting member ...

Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 - Elon Musk reacts during a press conference with U.S. President Donald Trump (not pictured), at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 30, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard Elon Musk's government body, DOGE, has been quietly dumped by the Trump administration, eight months before it was set to close. The Tesla CEO had initially headed up a directive in the president's administration to cut government spending. But ...

Monday, Nov 24th, 2025 - The Justice Department again asked federal judges to unseal grand jury material from the criminal cases against Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell , citing the recently enacted law on Epstein documents. US Attorney General Pam Bondi on Monday filed requests with a pair of New York judges overseeing the Epstein and Maxwell cases who in August rejected DOJ requests to release the grand materials. Late last week, ...