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US Representative Troy Nehls announces retirement

November 29, 2025 12:59 PM EST Updated 1 hour ago WASHINGTON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Troy Nehls announced on Saturday that he would not seek re-election at the end of the current congressional term. "I have made the decision, after conversations with my beautiful bride and my girls over the Thanksgiving holiday, to focus on my family and return home after this Congress," Nehls said in a statement. Nehls, a Texas Republican, said he spoke to President Donald Trump be ...

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British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won Academy Award for 'Shakespeare In Love,' has died at 88

British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won Academy Award for 'Shakespeare In Love,' has died at 88 The Associated Press November 29, 2025, 1:38 PM FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2012 file photo, British playwright Tom Stoppard poses as he arrives for the world premiere of "Anna Karenina," in London. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)(AP/Sang Tan) LONDON (AP) -- British playwright Tom Stoppard, a playful, probing dramatist who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998's "Shakespeare In Lo ...

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Major 401(k) Changes Being Considered By Congress

Published Nov 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM EST Congress is weighing a plan that could let workers move money from their 401(k) plans into personal annuities without leaving their jobs, in a shift that could reshape how Americans save for retirement. The proposal, which was reintroduced in the House this week and has now been referred to a Congressional committee, would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for "in-service rollovers," giving employees more flexibility to lock in ...

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Group launches targeted ad to spoil Trump's Thanksgiving weekend at resort

November 29, 2025 12:09PM ET The Women’s March WIN political action committee launched an ad campaign this weekend with an ad encouraging Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officers to quit their jobs, and kicked off the campaign with ads running in West Palm Beach, Florida, where President Donald Trump is spending his Thanksgiving weekend. “Our goal behind this is not to agitate the public to dislike ICE – I think that ICE is doing that on its own,” said Rachel O’Leary Carmona, the executiv ...

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National Guard victim's ex-boyfriend says she described limits of DC deployment as 'pointless'

National Guard victim's ex-boyfriend says she described limits of DC deployment as 'pointless' Adam Carr, the former boyfriend of US Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom -- the National Guard member killed in an ambush-style attack in Washington, DC -- spoke to CNN's Gabe Cohen about her deployment to DC. 0:45 Source: CNN {video} ...

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Trump takes populist turn against health insurers

11/28/25 5:00 PM ET President Trump is blaming health insurers for rising health care costs, adopting a populist approach as he seeks to counter attacks by Democrats that the GOP has done too little to keep health care affordable. Democrats are pushing Congress to quickly hold a vote on extending the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits scheduled to expire at the end of this year. Trump is reportedly preparing a proposal that would extend the subsidies for two years, along ...

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FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements, claiming child covid shot deaths

FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements, claiming child covid shot deaths Vinay Prasad, the nation's top vaccine regulator, said his team concluded that coronavirus shots were linked to children's deaths, necessitating a new approach. November 29, 2025 at 12:05 a.m. EST Today at 12:05 a.m. EST 6 min Moderna coronavirus vaccines are displayed during a 2021 vaccination campaign in California. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post) By Dan Diamond and Rachel Roubein The nation's top vaccine r ...

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Rubio plans to skip NATO meeting at key moment for Ukraine, sources say

November 28, 2025 3:26 PM EST Updated 11 hours ago WASHINGTON, Nov 28 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to skip a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels next week, two U.S. officials said, in a highly unusual absence of the top U.S. diplomat from a key transatlantic gathering. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau will represent Washington instead, said one of the officials, who requested anonymity to discuss matters that have not yet been made public. It wa ...

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Trump ramps up reporter attacks with White House media bias tracker

Media Trump ramps up reporter attacks with White House media bias tracker A new White House webpage presents a "Hall of Shame" for news reports the president disagrees with, coming after the president has voiced personal attacks on female reporters at ABC, CBS, the New York Times and Bloomberg. November 28, 2025 at 9:42 p.m. EST Yesterday at 9:42 p.m. EST 3 min President Donald Trump speaks at the White House on Tuesday. (Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post) By Scott Nover The Whi ...

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No West Virginia National Guard troops deployed in D.C. have asked to leave since deadly shooting, governor says

November 28, 2025 / 8:26 PM EST / CBS News Gov. Patrick Morrisey said Friday that no West Virginia National Guard members deployed to Washington, D.C., have requested to return home in the wake of Wednesday's shooting of two West Virginia Guard members that left one dead and the second critically wounded. "I haven't heard of anyone step back," Morrisey told CBS News in an interview. "They wanted to stay. They wanted to complete the mission and serve their state and country.& ...

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Congressional committees to scrutinize U.S. killing of boat strike survivors

47 sec ago - Republican-led committees in the Senate and the House say they will amplify their scrutiny of the Pentagon after a Washington Post report revealing that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a spoken order to kill all crew members aboard a vessel suspe ... (Washington Post)

Pope removes shoes but doesn't pray on visit to Istanbul's Blue Mosque

42 min ago - ISTANBUL, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Pope Leo visited Istanbul's Blue Mosque on Saturday, removing his shoes in a sign of respect but not appearing to pray in his first visit as leader of the Catholic Church to a Muslim place of worship during his four-day v ... (Reuters)

Palestinian death toll has surpassed 70,000 since the Israel-Hamas war began, Gaza ministry says

3 hrs ago - By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Updated 2:01 PM CST, November 29, 2025 Leer en español DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Palestinian death toll has surpassed 70,000 since the Israel-Hamas war began, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Sa ... (AP)

Ukraine hits tankers in Black Sea in escalation against Russia

5 hrs ago - Ukrainian naval drones hit two oil tankers from Russia's so-called "shadow fleet" as they travelled through the Black Sea, Ukrainian officials have said. Footage verified by the BBC shows waterborne drones speeding through the waves into the vessels, ... (BBC)

Experts doubt the Pentagon can punish Kelly over the 'illegal orders' video

6 hrs ago - Updated 8:29 AM EST, November 29, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon’s investigation of Sen. Mark Kelly over a video that urges American troops to defy “illegal orders” has raised a slew of questions, and some criticism, from leg ... (AP)

WSJ Bombshell: Trump Chiefs Met With Putin Honcho On Peace Plan To Access Billions Frozen In Europe

6 hrs ago - Nov 29th, 2025, 10:26 am President Donald Trump’s top envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner met with Putin negotiator Kirill Dmitriev to hammer out a peace deal that would unlock hundreds of billions in funds frozen in Europe, accordi ... (MEDIAite)

'What's going on with this place?': GOP faces a House in chaos

7 hrs ago - PUBLISHED Nov 29, 2025, 7:01 AM ET House Speaker Mike Johnson already had one of the toughest jobs in Washington: controlling an unruly GOP conference, with its razor-thin majority on the line next November. Now, with tensions sharply rising inside ... (CNN Politics)

Protesters arrested in NYC over possible ICE-related activity near Chinatown

7 hrs ago - November 29, 2025, 3:45 PM Multiple people who were protesting possible Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in Lower Manhattan were arrested Saturday, the New York Police Department said. The protesters were seen near Centre Street in Chinat ... (ABC News)

State lawmakers grapple with rise in threats

8 hrs ago - 11/29/25 6:00 AM ET State lawmakers are increasingly concerned about the level of threats directed at them amid an uptick in political violence around the country. The most recent incidents occurred in Indiana, where a number of Republican legislato ... (The Hill)

America stares down erasure of Black history and progress

9 hrs ago - 8h In the past year, federal, state and institutional decisions have gutted major pillars of America's civil rights protections and racial equity infrastructure, wiping away public data, slashing research funding and erasing Black history. Why it ma ... (msn/Axios)

Major 401(k) Changes Being Considered By Congress

10 hrs ago - Published Nov 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM EST Congress is weighing a plan that could let workers move money from their 401(k) plans into personal annuities without leaving their jobs, in a shift that could reshape how Americans save for retirement. The prop ... (Newsweek)

British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won Academy Award for 'Shakespeare In Love,' has died at 88

10 hrs ago - British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won Academy Award for 'Shakespeare In Love,' has died at 88 The Associated Press November 29, 2025, 1:38 PM FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2012 file photo, British playwright Tom Stoppard poses as he arrives for the worl ... (Associated Press, via WTOP)

Group launches targeted ad to spoil Trump's Thanksgiving weekend at resort

11 hrs ago - November 29, 2025 12:09PM ET The Women’s March WIN political action committee launched an ad campaign this weekend with an ad encouraging Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officers to quit their jobs, and kicked off the campaign with ads runni ... (Raw Story)

National Guard victim's ex-boyfriend says she described limits of DC deployment as 'pointless'

11 hrs ago - National Guard victim's ex-boyfriend says she described limits of DC deployment as 'pointless' Adam Carr, the former boyfriend of US Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom -- the National Guard member killed in an ambush-style attack in Washington, DC -- spoke to ... (CNN)

US Representative Troy Nehls announces retirement

11 hrs ago - November 29, 2025 12:59 PM EST Updated 1 hour ago WASHINGTON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Troy Nehls announced on Saturday that he would not seek re-election at the end of the current congressional term. "I have made the decision, after co ... (Reuters)

US small businesses sound alarm over Trump's tariffs amid crucial holiday season

12 hrs ago - Sat 29 Nov 2025 05.00 EST Last modified on Sat 29 Nov 2025 05.02 EST Donald Trump’s tariffs have increased prices on an array of popular holiday goods and driven a “massive” number of small firms out of business, industry leaders have ... (The Guardian)

Congressional Black Caucus fears GOP redistricting will shrink its numbers

13 hrs ago - November 29, 2025, 5:07 AM President Donald Trump's redistricting push to preserve a Republican majority in Congress and allied voting rights cases in Texas and Louisiana could wipe out nearly a third of the 62-member Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) ... (ABC News)

Flooding in southern Asia leaves hundreds dead

14 hrs ago - Torrential rains have triggered floods and landslides across parts of southern Asia, killing about 600 people. Monsoon rain exacerbated by tropical storms caused some of the region's worst flooding in years, with millions affected in Indonesia, Malay ... (BBC)

Senate committee vows 'vigorous oversight' in killing of boat strike survivors

15 hrs ago - National Senate committee vows 'vigorous oversight' in killing of boat strike survivors The Republican-led Senate Armed Service Committee's pledge came after The Post reported that the defense secretary ordered that a U.S. strike on an alleged narcot ... (Washington Post)

Trump Again Funneling Money From Political Committees He Runs Into His Own Pocket

16 hrs ago - Nov 29, 2025, 08:00 AM EST WASHINGTON – Even as he leverages his presidency to make himself millions, perhaps even billions of dollars, Donald Trump is also funneling Republican donor money into his own cash registers through the political commi ... (Huff Post)