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The unpopular and politically weak 90-year-old Palestinian leader struggles for a role in Gaza

By LEE KEATH
Nov 15, 2025 7:35 pm - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas turned 90 on Saturday, still holding authoritarian power in tiny pockets of the West Bank, but marginalized and weakened by Israel, deeply unpopular among Palestinians, and struggling for a say in a postwar Gaza Strip.
First strong winter rains soak Gaza’s makeshift shelters

By WAFAA SHURAFA
Nov 15, 2025 6:29 pm - Winter's first strong rainfall sent water cascading through parts of Gaza's sprawling Muwasi tent camp on Saturday, as the territory struggles to cope with flooding and devastated infrastructure after two years of war.
Once a shadowy dealmaker, former Zelenskyy associate is accused in Ukrainian corruption scandal

By SAMYA KULLAB
Nov 15, 2025 4:05 pm - Before the revelation of a multimillion dollar embezzlement and kickbacks scandal involving Ukraine's state nuclear energy company brought his name to the forefront, Tymur Mindich was a shadowy presence — navigating deals and moving behind the scenes with unseen influence, known to many, yet rarely spoken of.
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s alliance with Trump breaks down in insults

By Frances Vinall and Maegan Vazquez
Nov 15, 2025 3:45 pm - President Donald Trump has stunned Washington after he turned his back on one of his staunchest allies in Congress, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, calling the Georgia Republican a “traitor” and withdrawing his endorsement over what the congresswoman says is a form of backlash over her support of the release of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Arachnid super-web reveals the surprising ‘constant party’ life of cohabiting spiders

By STEPHEN McGRATH
Nov 15, 2025 3:38 pm - What is thought to be the world’s largest-known spider's web, housing tens of thousands of arachnids, has been discovered in a cave on the Albanian-Greek border.
Federal officials confirm Homeland Security officers are in Charlotte for immigration enforcement

Nov 15, 2025 2:48 pm - Federal officials confirmed that a surge of immigration enforcement in North Carolina’s largest city had begun as agents were seen making arrests in multiple locations Saturday.
Trump, like Biden before him, finds there’s no quick fix on inflation

By JOSH BOAK
Nov 15, 2025 2:47 pm - President Donald Trump's problems with fixing the high cost of living might be giving voters a feeling of déjà vu.Just like the president who came before him, Trump is trying to sell the country on his plans to create factory jobs. The Republican wants to lower prescription drug costs, as did Democratic President Joe Biden. Both tried to shame companies for price increases.Trump is even leaning on a message that echoes Biden’s claims in 2021 that elevated inflation is simply a “transitory” problem that will soon vanish.
Epstein appeared to text with House member during Cohen hearing, documents show

By Amy B Wang, Aaron Schaffer, Maegan Vazquez and JM Rieger
Nov 14, 2025 7:26 pm - The newly released documents from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate show that the convicted sex offender appeared to be texting with a member of Congress during a congressional hearing with Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney and fixer, and that those text messages may have influenced the lawmaker’s questions of Cohen.
Georgia prosecutor keeps case against Trump alive for now

By Patrick Marley
Nov 14, 2025 7:16 pm - The head of a Georgia prosecutors board assigned himself Friday to oversee a sprawling racketeering case against President Donald Trump and his allies over their attempts to overturn the 2020 election, keeping alive for now litigation that has long faced trouble.
Trump weighs Venezuela strikes as US forces prepare for attack order

By Dan Lamothe, Tara Copp and Michael Birnbaum
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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