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Authorities probe corruption and negligence in Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades

By CHAN HO-HIM and HUIZHONG WU
Nov 29, 2025 7:55 pm - Hong Kong's deadliest fire in decades has raised questions about corruption and negligence in the renovations of the apartment complex where at least 128 people died.
Blaming some child deaths on COVID shots, FDA vows stricter vaccine rules

By Dan Diamond and Rachel Roubein
Nov 29, 2025 7:25 pm - The nation’s top vaccine regulator on Friday laid out a stricter approach for federal vaccine approvals, citing his team’s conclusion, without detailing the evidence, that coronavirus vaccines had contributed to the deaths of at least 10 children, according to an internal Food and Drug Administration email obtained by The Washington Post.
Trump says airlines should consider Venezuelan airspace closed

By Michael Birnbaum, Tara Copp, Victoria Bisset and Samantha Schmidt
Nov 29, 2025 5:56 pm - President Donald Trump on Saturday said that commercial airlines should consider Venezuelan airspace closed, increasing pressure on the country’s leadership after weeks of escalating tensions between Washington and Caracas and the growing threat of a U.S. attack against the country.
Trump ramps up reporter attacks with White House media bias tracker

By Scott Nover
Nov 29, 2025 5:01 pm - The White House launched a page on its website Friday devoted to naming and shaming media outlets and reporters that publish stories it disagrees with.
Why a 400-mile long fog bank lingered over California for a week

By Matthew Cappucci
Nov 29, 2025 4:47 pm - A fog bank hundreds of miles long in California’s Central Valley reappeared every day for a week and was likely to linger into the weekend.
She’s torn between her love for Trump and her work with migrants

By Ben Strauss
Nov 29, 2025 4:37 pm - In the streets outside, agents — sent by the president she had voted for — were rounding up suspected undocumented workers. But here, in a small basement apartment, Aleah Arundale found herself hatching an escape plan for a Venezuelan woman and her family.“It will be calmer there,” Arundale said into a translation app on her phone that showed the words on the screen in Spanish. “And there is a school 10 minutes away.”
The US has been cutting cyber defenses as AI boosts attacks

By Joseph Menn
Nov 29, 2025 3:29 pm - The federal government’s ability to counter cyberespionage, destructive hacks and organized criminal scams is declining under the Trump administration just as artificial intelligence supercharges those threats, according to interviews with current and former officials as well as outside cybersecurity experts.
Trump wants a bigger White House ballroom. His architect disagrees.

By Jonathan Edwards and Dan Diamond
Nov 29, 2025 3:12 pm - President Donald Trump has argued with the architect he handpicked to design a White House ballroom over the size of the project, reflecting a conflict between architectural norms and Trump’s grandiose aesthetic, according to four people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe internal conversations.
Scientists capture the crackling sounds of what they believe is lightning on Mars

By MARCIA DUNN
Nov 29, 2025 3:11 pm - Scientists have detected what they believe to be lightning on Mars by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by NASA's Perseverance rover.The crackling of electrical discharges was captured by a microphone on the rover, a French-led team reported Wednesday.
Trump says he wants to ‘permanently pause’ migration to the US from poorer countries

By JOSH BOAK
Nov 29, 2025 1:06 pm - President Donald Trump says he wants to “permanently pause migration” from poorer nations and is promising to seek to expel millions of immigrants from the United States by revoking their legal status. He is blaming immigrants for problems from crime to housing shortages as part of “social dysfunction” in America and demanding “REVERSE MIGRATION.”

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