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Criminal charges against James Comey and Letitia James have been tossed after a judge ruled Trump’s appointed prosecutor was unlawfully installed.

Judge overturns controversial Trump-era indictments

A federal judge has thrown out criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James, ruling that Donald Trump’s hand-picked prosecutor had no legal authority to charge them.

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Men stand in the apartment attacked by the Israeli military on November 23, 2025 in Beirut, Lebanon.

Israel assassinates top Hezbollah commander near Beirut

Lebanon’s state-run news agency said at least five people were killed in the airstrike, which the Lebanese militant group says ‘breaches a new red line’.

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President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a conference in Washington on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. While Trump has suggested at times he was willing to bolster support for Ukraine, he has gravitated back repeatedly to RussiaÕs demands. (Allison Robbert/The New York Times)

Trump shows power and one Republican reveals his weakness

Just when it appeared that US President Donald Trump’s hold over his party might be slipping, his most vocal Republican antagonist seemed to back away from the fight.

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André Aranha Corrêa do Lago, the Brazilian diplomat leading the climate talks.

What we learned from the climate talks in Brazil

Global climate negotiations ended Saturday in Brazil with a watered-down resolution that made no direct mention of fossil fuels, the main driver of global warming.

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Mr Trump has said he wants a response from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky by Thursday, but also said the deadline could be extended ‘if things are working well.’

Trump says Ukraine deadline could be extended amid new meet

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Talks between Washington and Kyiv over US President Donald Trump’s latest plan for peace in Ukraine are expected in Switzerland in the coming days.

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Newly released emails reveal how prominent academics sought advice and support from notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

These professors stayed close with Epstein

Newly released emails reveal how prominent academics sought advice and support from notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, exposing a hidden world of power, influence, and controversy.

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President Donald Trump speaks as New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani stands beside him in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)

Trump’s ‘surprise’ as he meets Mamdani at White House

The US President has spent the last several months warning that Zohran Mamdani posed an existential threat to New York City, but the pair have now met face-to-face.

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Former President George W. Bush, former first lady Laura Bush and former President Joe Biden attend the funeral service for former Vice President Dick Cheney at the National Cathedral in Washington, on November 20, 2025.

Cheney funeral brings together rivals while Trump is absent

As the former vice president was honoured at Washington National Cathedral on Thursday, many eyes were focused on who came — and who did not.

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A Rolex clock on President Donald Trump’s desk in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Nov. 10, 2025.

Everything you need to know about the White House gold rush

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Donald Trump is receiving gifts by the dozen. Here’s why calling him the most corrupt man to ever sit in the Oval Office is no understatement.

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Canada's Ryan Wedding in action during the 2002 Winter Games.

FBI hunts Olympian turned cocaine kingpin over witness death

Authorities described former snowboarder Ryan James Wedding, who has joined forces with the powerful Sinaloa cartel, as a ‘modern day iteration of Pablo Escobar’.

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A member of the Ukrainian artillery unit fires a howitzer at Russian targets in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine in October.

Ukraine to lose land, cut army under US-Russian peace plan

The 28-point proposal, drafted without Ukrainian involvement, reflects the maximalist demands the Kremlin has made throughout the war.

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Rep. Lauren Boebert after a news conference on the Epstein Files Transparency Act outside the Capitol in Washington, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025.

The three women who broke Trump’s grip on congress

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Love ’em or hate ’em, these House troublemakers stared down their president and made possible Tuesday’s vote to compel the administration to come clean about the Epstein web of degeneracy.

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Pediatricians and dentists consider fluoride supplements to be a critical tool for combating cavities, especially for children who live in areas without fluoridated water, as roughly 40 percent of the U.S. population does. (Jordan Bohannon/The New York Times)  — FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY SCI FDA FLUORIDE BY BLUM FOR NOV. 17, 2025. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED. —

Why doctors are worried about the US’ latest fluoride move

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Over recent months, scepticism around fluoride has intensified. The people who will suffer most are children who are ‘the most vulnerable of the vulnerable’.

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FILE — An image of Jeffrey Epstein is seen stuck in a bench during a No Kings Day protest in Houston, June 14, 2025. (Ariana Gomez/The New York Times)

The MAGA crackup might finally be here

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Even if the Epstein files never come out, it’s increasingly clear that the MAGA coalition is fragmenting.

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Tom Cruise holds up his honorary Oscar at The 16th Governors Awards held at The Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation Hollywood.

Tom Cruise nabs Oscar and issues challenge to fans

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The Mission: Impossible star used his honorary Oscar speech to once again spearhead his other big movie mission: ‘to protect what makes cinema powerful’.

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