Nation and World
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Trump weighs Venezuela strikes as US forces prepare for attack order
Nov 14, 2025 7:11 pm - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine returned to the White House on Friday for a second consecutive day of deliberations centered on potential military action in Venezuela, as U.S. forces in the region prepared for possible attack orders, according to people familiar with the matter.
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US military’s 20th strike on alleged drug-running boat kills 4 in the Caribbean
Nov 14, 2025 7:09 pm - The U.S. military's 20th strike on a boat accused of transporting drugs has killed four people in the Caribbean Sea, the U.S. military said Friday, coming as the Trump administration escalates its campaign in South American waters.
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Trump asks Justice to examine Democrats’ ties to Epstein; Bondi complies
Nov 14, 2025 6:47 pm - President Donald Trump called on the Justice Department on Friday to examine the relationships between deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and several prominent Democrats, including former president Bill Clinton, and Attorney General Pam Bondi quickly tapped federal prosecutors in Manhattan to take on the job.
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Wall Street scrambles back from a big morning loss as Nvidia and bitcoin swing
Nov 14, 2025 4:45 pm - An early swoon shook the U.S. stock market on Friday, as Nvidia, bitcoin, gold and other high flyers swung on an increasingly antsy Wall Street, but it quickly calmed.
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Officials in North Carolina city vow to resist looming federal immigration crackdown
Nov 14, 2025 4:04 pm - Officials and community leaders opposing a pending federal immigration crackdown in North Carolina’s largest city characterized it Friday as an invasion, and urged Charlotte residents to protest peacefully and record agents' actions from a distance.
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Israel returns 15 Palestinian bodies to Gaza, where displaced families endure winter rains
Nov 14, 2025 3:59 pm - KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza — Israel returned the bodies of 15 Palestinians to Gaza on Friday, officials at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis said, in the latest step to fulfilling th...
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Judge says he’ll approve opioid settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue and Sackler family
Nov 14, 2025 3:53 pm - A federal bankruptcy court judge on Friday said he will approve OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma’s latest deal to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids that includes some money for thousands of victims of the epidemic.
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Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv kills 6 people and injures at least 35
Nov 14, 2025 3:46 pm - Russia unleashed a major missile and drone barrage on Kyiv early Friday, killing six people, leaving gaping holes in apartment buildings and starting fires as the sound of explosions boomed across the city and lit up the night sky. A pregnant woman was among at least 35 people wounded, Ukrainian authorities said.
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Emails reveal Epstein's network of the rich and powerful despite sex offender status
Nov 14, 2025 9:17 am - By the time Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to soliciting prostitution from an underage girl, he had established an enormous network of wealthy and influential fri...
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Congress tightens THC restrictions on hemp, closing farm bill loophole
Nov 13, 2025 8:18 pm - Congress on Wednesday stiffened restrictions on hemp, a form of the cannabis plant that was legalized in the 2018 farm bill, in a provision tucked into the legislation signed into law by President Donald Trump that ended the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.