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Trump to welcome the Saudi crown prince with arrival ceremony, deal signings and lavish dinner

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Trump to welcome the Saudi crown prince with arrival ceremony, deal signings and lavish dinner
The White House is preparing to host Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman next week with the pomp typical of a state visit.
apnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:10 AM
A South Carolina man is executed by firing squad for 2004 killings

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A South Carolina man is executed by firing squad for 2004 killings
A South Carolina firing squad has executed a man who is the third person to die by that method in the state this year.
apnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:56 AM
When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied.

You have a right to see this file.

(Published May 2023)
Health Insurance Claim Denied? See What Insurers Said Behind the Scenes
Learn how to request your health insurance claim file, which can include details about what your insurer is saying about you and your case.
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 2:47 AM
At Trump’s urging, Bondi says US will investigate Epstein’s ties to Clinton and other political foes

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At Trump’s urging, Bondi says US will investigate Epstein’s ties to Clinton and other political foes
Acceding to President Donald Trump’s demands, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi says she has ordered a top federal prosecutor to investigate sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to Trump political foes, ...
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November 15, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Trump issues order rolling back some of his food tariffs
November 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Trump administration appeals judge's ruling barring troop deployment in Portland

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Trump administration appeals judge's ruling barring troop deployment in Portland
President Donald Trump's administration has appealed a ruling that bars it from deploying the National Guard to Portland, Oregon.
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November 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Immigrant who allegedly dodged ICE with Wisconsin judge's help has been deported

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Immigrant who allegedly dodged ICE with Wisconsin judge's help has been deported
An immigrant who was arrested after a Milwaukee judge allegedly helped him dodge federal agents has been deported. The U.S.
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November 15, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Why are Republicans in the House and Senate so afraid to bring Jack Smith before their committees to testify in public under oath before the American people? Isn’t that what MAGA wants? Don’t you want to “expose” him? What’s going on here?
November 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Top Fannie Mae officials ousted after sounding alarm on sharing confidential housing data

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Top Fannie Mae officials ousted after sounding alarm on sharing confidential housing data
A confidant of Bill Pulte, the Trump administration’s top housing regulator, provided confidential mortgage pricing data from Fannie Mae to a principal competitor.
apnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Wall Street has its worst day in a month on worries about AI stocks and interest rates

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Wall Street has its worst day in a month on worries about AI stocks and interest rates
The U.S. stock market sank to its worst day in a month and its second-worst since April. The S&P 500 fell 1.7% Thursday and pulled further from its all-time high set late last month.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Removing a monument honoring Black US soldiers has nothing to do with DEI. It’s erasure of history and it’s straight-up racism.
November 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Blanche didn’t ask Maxwell a single question about any of these emails. Then he moved her to Club Fed where she is served individual meals and has a puppy and numerous other special privileges while she prepares her clemency petition. WHY?
November 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Parliament votes to suspend president’s flagship law after government surrender that commentators have called an ‘abomination’
Macronism dies a death as MPs freeze reform of retirement age
www.thetimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Trump refusing to use the old system of vetting by DOJ of pardon requests means that the most deserving who used to make the cut out of 1000s - decades old smaller cases of people who turned their lives around - get ignored. Now the pardons go to rich connected Republican felons.
November 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Hegseth throwing away taxpayer money so he can sound like a tough guy with a new title.
November 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Germany will call up all 18-year-old men for a military medical examination and create a mechanism for “emergency conscription” after the ruling coalition ended months of squabbling over the future of national service ⬇️
Germany calls up all men aged 18 for military medical exam
The country has stopped short of reintroducing mandatory conscription but hopes to boost numbers by giving potential recruits an insight into army life
www.thetimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM