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White House gives Maduro ultimatum as U.S. moves toward land operations

As Washington prepares to launch land attacks inside Venezuela, a long-awaited phone call between the White House and Caracas aimed at defusing the crisis carried a blunt message for strongman Nicolás Maduro: You can save yourself and those closest to you, but you must leave the country now, sources familiar with the exchange told the Miami Herald. The call — which The New York Times reported took place last week — quickly reached an impasse as it became clear that the two sides’ positions were ...

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Tim Walz Says Trump Must Release Medical Tests Amid Signs He's 'Fading'

Nov 30, 2025, 01:07 PM EST | Updated 3 hours ago Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) accused President Donald Trump of behaving erratically after a Thanksgiving rant where he raged at the Democrat and called him a slur. During a Sunday morning appearance on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” the 2024 vice presidential candidate suggested the president was “fading physically,” and his “mental capacity” should also be serious cause for concern. In a late Thursday evening rant, the president called Walz “seriousl ...

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Power surge: law changes could soon bring balcony solar to millions across US

Sun 30 Nov 2025 07.00 EST Last modified on Sun 30 Nov 2025 07.02 EST Acquiring solar panels at home can be an expensive hassle for people in the US. But small, simple, plug-in solar panels for use on balconies are soon to become available for millions of Americans, with advocates hoping the technology will quickly go mainstream. Earlier this year, Utah became the first state in the country to pass legislation allowing people to purchase and install small, portable solar panels that plug into ...

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Al Gore Steps In to Boost Tennessee Democrat in Crucial Special Election

Published Nov 30, 2025 at 01:01 PM EST updated Nov 30, 2025 at 02:23 PM EST Former Vice President Al Gore will campaign for Democratic State Representative Aftyn Behn in Tennessee’s high-stakes special election—on the same day President Donald Trump holds a rival televised rally for the Republican nominee. Both campaigns are leaning on big-name surrogates to boost turnout in a tightening race. The special election in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District, which Trump carried by 22 points in ...

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How life changed in a rural town that lost its clinic after Trump's megabill

PUBLISHED Nov 30, 2025, 7:01 AM ET Churchville, Virginia — As the final hues of autumn linger in the Blue Ridge Mountains, the 200-person community of Churchville, Virginia, is grappling with the loss of its health clinic. Gone are the days of seniors walking down the road from their house to see the town doctor. Augusta Medical Group cited the health care provisions in President Donald Trump’s signature legislation, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, for closing the rural clinics in Churchvil ...

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

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 visit to Turkey. The first U.S. pope bowed slightly before entering the mosque and was led on a tour of the expansive complex, able to hold 10,000 worshippers, by its imam and the mufti of Istanbul. Leo, walking in white socks, smiled during the 20- ...

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

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 suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea several weeks ago. A live drone feed showed two survivors from the original crew of 11 clinging to the wreckage of their boat after the initial missile attack Sept. 2, The Post reported Friday afternoon. ...

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K-shaped economy and inflation boost Black Friday sales by 4.1% from last year, online spending jumps 9.1%

PUBLISHED Nov 29, 2025, 4:32 PM ET US retail sales on Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year, climbed 4.1% compared with last year, according to data released Saturday by Mastercard SpendingPulse. Online shoppers alone spent $11.8 billion, up 9.1% from 2024, according to data collection platform Adobe Analytics. But those gains don’t account for higher prices due to inflation, so actual spending could be flat. “We have 3% inflation, so maybe (the 4.1% increase in spending) is a r ...

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Top Trump Aides to Meet With Ukrainians in Florida on Sunday

Nov. 29, 2025, 4:41 p.m. ET Top negotiators for President Trump plan to meet with Ukrainian officials in Florida on Sunday to discuss a possible peace settlement to halt Russia's invasion of Ukraine, according to a senior U.S. official. The American negotiators who plan to attend the talks are Secretary of State Marco Rubio; Steve Witkoff, a special envoy for the president; and Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law and a businessman who does some international diplomacy for Mr. Trump. Th ...

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At least 200 border patrol agents to flood New Orleans in coming weeks, report says

Saturday 29 November 2025 15:16 EST More than 200 Border Patrol agents are expected to arrive in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the coming weeks, according to a report. The Big Easy could soon become the next target of the Trump administration’s federal immigration agenda, sources told ABC News. Exactly when the federal agents could be touching down in New Orleans is not immediately apparent. However, speculation has swirled for weeks that agents were heading for Louisiana’s largest city, followi ...

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American and Syrian forces conduct airstrikes on ISIS weapons storage facilities, US military says

1 min ago - Nov. 30, 2025, 4:28 p.m. ET The U.S. military said on Sunday that it recently destroyed 15 sites containing Islamic State weapons caches in southern Syria. U.S. Central Command said it and Syrian forces identified and destroyed the storage facilities ... (USA Today)

Rep. Mike Turner says "you can't be America first and pro-Russia" as negotiators seek to broker end to war in Ukraine

1 hr ago - November 30, 2025 / 3:48 PM EST Washington — GOP Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio expressed concern Sunday that the White House-backed proposed plan to end the war in Ukraine is too pro-Russia, while urging that any peace arrangement must look at Russia ... (CBS News)

Post-Thanksgiving travelers in Chicago see hundreds of flights canceled and delayed after snowstorm

6 hrs ago - By ADAM SCHRECK and NAM Y. HUH Updated 7:14 PM CST, November 30, 2025 Leer en español CHICAGO (AP) — Don Herrian was among the crowds of travelers at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Sunday hoping to make it back home ... (AP)

Noem says deportation operation decisions are hers amid case over flights to El Salvador

7 hrs ago - Nov. 30, 2025, 9:50 AM EST WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said that deportation operations are her decision and denied defying a court order to halt deportation flights to El Salvador earlier this year, attacking “radi ... (NBC News)

Idaho bar offering a month of free drinks to customers who help ICE make arrests

9 hrs ago - Sunday 30 November 2025 14:09 EST An Idaho bar made a splash on social media after offering a month of free beer to customers who helped Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest undocumented immigrants. The Old State Saloon in Eagle, a suburb of ... (The Independent)

Rep. Don Bacon says White House lacks 'moral clarity' on Ukraine

9 hrs ago - 11/30/2025 11:44 AM EST Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) called Sunday on the Trump administration to refocus its energy on defending Ukraine’s sovereignty in peace talks with Russia. Bacon said the White House was sending “mixed signals” regar ... (Politico)

Three children among dead in mass shooting at California birthday party

9 hrs ago - Stockton, California: Four people have been killed, including three children, in a mass shooting at a birthday party in the US that investigators have described as a "targeted incident". "It's heartbreaking," said Heather Brent, a spokesperson for th ... (The Age)

How life changed in a rural town that lost its clinic after Trump's megabill

9 hrs ago - PUBLISHED Nov 30, 2025, 7:01 AM ET Churchville, Virginia — As the final hues of autumn linger in the Blue Ridge Mountains, the 200-person community of Churchville, Virginia, is grappling with the loss of its health clinic. Gone are the days of ... (CNN Politics)

Leavitt Accused of Burying Ties to ICE-Detained Relative

10 hrs ago - Updated Nov. 30 2025 1:43PM EST Published Nov. 30 2025 10:00AM EST The mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew has accused the White House press secretary of trying to downplay their relationship after she was detained by ICE —despite her att ... (Daily Beast)

Tim Walz Says Trump Must Release Medical Tests Amid Signs He's 'Fading'

11 hrs ago - Nov 30, 2025, 01:07 PM EST | Updated 3 hours ago Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) accused President Donald Trump of behaving erratically after a Thanksgiving rant where he raged at the Democrat and called him a slur. During a Sunday morning appearance on NBC ... (Huff Post)

White House gives Maduro ultimatum as U.S. moves toward land operations

11 hrs ago - As Washington prepares to launch land attacks inside Venezuela, a long-awaited phone call between the White House and Caracas aimed at defusing the crisis carried a blunt message for strongman Nicolás Maduro: You can save yourself and those cl ... (Miami Herald)

Klobuchar says Senate ACA vote 'will happen' before New Year

11 hrs ago - 11/30/25 1:36 PM ET Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) predicted Sunday that the Senate will hold a vote on extending subsidies offered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) this year. “That vote will happen. And whether it will pass is in the hands of ... (The Hill)

Van Hollen: 'Very possible there was a war crime committed' in Venezuela boat strike

12 hrs ago - November 30, 2025, 12:21 PM Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., said Sunday he believes "it's very possible there was a war crime committed" in the administration's first strike against an alleged drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean Sea in September. " ... (ABC News)

Silicon Valley's Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends

12 hrs ago - Nov. 30, 2025 Updated 2:54 p.m. ET In July, David Sacks, one of the Trump administration's top technology officials, beamed as he strode onstage at a neoclassical auditorium just blocks from the White House. He had convened top government officials a ... (New York Times)

Al Gore Steps In to Boost Tennessee Democrat in Crucial Special Election

13 hrs ago - Published Nov 30, 2025 at 01:01 PM EST updated Nov 30, 2025 at 02:23 PM EST Former Vice President Al Gore will campaign for Democratic State Representative Aftyn Behn in Tennessee’s high-stakes special election—on the same day President Don ... (Newsweek)

Power surge: law changes could soon bring balcony solar to millions across US

13 hrs ago - Sun 30 Nov 2025 07.00 EST Last modified on Sun 30 Nov 2025 07.02 EST Acquiring solar panels at home can be an expensive hassle for people in the US. But small, simple, plug-in solar panels for use on balconies are soon to become available for million ... (The Guardian)

The 2025 hurricane season is over. It was worse than you might think.

13 hrs ago - Nov. 30, 2025, 6:02 a.m. ET The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season that ends Nov. 30 was one for the record books, but maybe not in the way anyone expected when it began June 1. For the first time in a decade, no hurricane made landfall in the United Sta ... (USA Today)

Gutting of key US watchdog could pave way for grave immigration abuses, experts warn

14 hrs ago - Sun 30 Nov 2025 06.00 EST Last modified on Sun 30 Nov 2025 06.01 EST The federal watchdog system at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that oversees complaints about civil rights violations, including in immigration detention, has been gutted ... (The Guardian)

Sen. Tim Kaine says reported second strike on alleged drug boat "rises to the level of a war crime if it's true"

15 hrs ago - November 30, 2025 / 11:44 AM EST / CBS News Washington — Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia said Sunday that a reported U.S. follow-on strike on an alleged drug boat earlier this year "rises to the level of a war crime if it's true." "If that ... (CBS News)

Luigi Mangione in NY state court this week to argue over backpack evidence

16 hrs ago - Luigi Mangione in NY state court this week to argue over backpack evidence {pivture} Luigi Mangione attends a hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court on February 21, 2025 in New York City. Photo by Steven Hirsch - Pool/Getty Images By Walter Wuthmann Pub ... (Gothamist)

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