Nation and World
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Ukraine’s army chief visits besieged city as Zelenskyy confronts graft scandal
Nov 13, 2025 8:11 am - Ukraine’s top military commander said Thursday he visited troops holding the front line in a key eastern city besieged by Russian forces, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy grappled with the fallout from a corruption scandal that has engulfed his administration.
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Disney streaming and parks shine in fourth quarter, but some TV networks, movies weaker
Nov 13, 2025 8:09 am - Disney's fourth-quarter performance was mixed as a weaker performance from its television networks and some films was buffered by strength in its streaming business and theme parks.
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Federal workers question whether the longest government shutdown was worth their sacrifice
Nov 13, 2025 7:16 am - With the longest shutdown ever coming to a close, hundreds of thousands of other federal workers who missed paychecks will soon get some relief.
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FAA says flight cuts will stay at 6% because more air traffic controllers are coming to work
Nov 12, 2025 8:06 pm - Flight reductions at 40 major U.S. airports will remain at 6% instead of rising to 10% by the end of the week because more air traffic controllers are coming to work, the Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration announced Wednesday.
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Pritzker worries that Trump will go to extremes to distract from Epstein files
Nov 12, 2025 8:04 pm - Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he’s worried about how President Donald Trump might respond to the growing controversy over documents tying him to Jeffrey Epstein.
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Trump signs funding bill, ending shutdown
Nov 12, 2025 7:33 pm - President Donald Trump signed a government funding bill Wednesday night, ending a record 43-day shutdown that caused financial stress for federal workers who went without paychecks, stranded scores of travelers at airports and generated long lines at some food banks.
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House effort to force vote on releasing Epstein files can advance
Nov 12, 2025 7:26 pm - A bipartisan House effort to force a vote on releasing more files related to the federal government’s investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein can now move forward.
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Catholic bishops launch new program in defense of migrants
Nov 12, 2025 6:37 pm - The Trump administration has deported 400,000 people this year and detained some 60,000 others, part of a crackdown on undocumented immigrants that has also swept up some who are in the country legally. Immigration enforcement officials have blocked priests from offering Communion to some incarcerated immigrants.
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Flight cancellations appear to improve, but disruptions are not over yet
Nov 12, 2025 4:14 pm - Flight operations in the United States appeared to improve Wednesday, with fewer scheduled cancellations on the sixth day of air travel disruptions, though airlines have warned it would take time for normal services to resume.
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US Mint in Philadelphia presses final pennies as the 1-cent coin gets canceled
Nov 12, 2025 4:10 pm - The U.S. Mint on Wednesday ended production of the penny, a change made to save money and because the 1-cent coin that could once buy a snack or a piece of candy had become increasingly irrelevant.