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Mamdani still believes Trump is 'fascist' but says they can work together on affordability

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New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said Sunday he still believes President Trump is a fascist and despot despite their surprisingly cordial meeting at the White House on Friday — but believes they can work together on affordability.

“Everything that I’ve said in the past, I continue to believe,” Mamdani said on NBC’s “Meet the ...Read more

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Recalled baby formula still sold by Walmart, Kroger, Target, others, FDA says

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As the number of children in the infant botulism continues to rise, the company manufacturing the recalled formula admits third-party testing found botulism in its formula.

And, the FDA says, some of the nation’s largest grocery sellers, including No. 1 Walmart and No. 2 Kroger, are still selling ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula.

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H-1B visa: Canada launches another program to poach foreign talent from Silicon Valley

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As vicious infighting in President Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again movement over the controversial H-1B visa magnifies uncertainty for foreign workers in the U.S., Canada last week approved a new fast track program to entice holders of the visa into taking their skills northward.

The budget Canada passed Nov. 17 contained a provision ...Read more

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Israel kills Hezbollah chief in Beirut as truce with Lebanon wavers

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Israel said it killed Hezbollah’s military chief in a rare airstrike on Beirut as an almost year-old ceasefire deal with the Lebanese government wavers.

The Israeli army said the attack on Dahieh, on the southern outskirts of the capital, killed Hezbollah chief of general staff Abu Ali Al-Tabtabai, the militant group’s No. 2 after Secretary...Read more

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Trump turns South Africa's G-20 into tale of two summits

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If Donald Trump was bent on ruining South Africa’s Group of 20 Summit as part of his overarching attack on the multilateral order, let it be said that he didn’t succeed — but he widened the cracks.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, beset by Trump’s false claims of White genocide in his country and a U.S. boycott, managed to get ...Read more

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Brazil's Lula plans call with Trump amid Venezuela conflict fears

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Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said he plans to contact Donald Trump to express concern over the U.S. military buildup near Venezuela, warning that the situation could destabilize South America.

“I’m very concerned about the military apparatus the U.S. has deployed in the Caribbean Sea,” Lula told reporters at the end of the G20 ...Read more

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Trump renews call to jail Democrats, including two from Pa., after calling their video statement 'punishable by death'

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President Donald Trump doubled down on his call for six Democrats — including two members of Congress representing Pennsylvania — to be jailed over a video directed at U.S. troops.

Writing on his Truth Social platform Saturday night, Trump once again claimed without evidence the six Democrats were traitors for telling troops to “refuse ...Read more

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Trump administration, Mass. Gov. Maura Healey continue to spar over low-income heating

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The Trump Administration and Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey continue to spar over the release of Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funding and soaring energy costs as the weather gets colder.

After sending the Boston Herald a written response Friday to Gov. Healey’s call for President Donald Trump to release the LIHEAP funding ...Read more

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Israel kills Hezbollah chief in Beirut as truce with Lebanon wavers

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Israel said it killed Hezbollah’s military chief in a rare airstrike on Beirut as an almost year-old ceasefire deal with the Lebanese government wavers.

The Israeli army said the attack on Dahieh, on the southern outskirts of the capital, killed Hezbollah chief of general staff Abu Ali Al-Tabtabai, the militant group’s No. 2 after Secretary...Read more

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Bolsonaro arrest deepens chaos in search for Lula challenger in Brazil

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Jair Bolsonaro’s efforts to avoid jail went awry Saturday, when police detained the former Brazilian president after he took a soldering iron to a court-mandated ankle monitor and sparked fears that he planned to flee.

Now the question is whether Bolsonaro just torched the Brazilian right’s efforts to find a challenger to Luiz Inacio Lula ...Read more

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Secret US-Russia talks led to plan that blindsided Ukraine

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The controversial 28-point plan dropped suddenly by the Trump administration to Ukraine as a take-it-or-leave it proposition mere days ago was mostly the result of several weeks of negotiations behind the scenes between Steve Witkoff and his Russian counterpart Kirill Dmitriev that excluded not only Ukraine and its allies but even some key U.S. ...Read more

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Israel targets Hezbollah chief in Beirut as truce with Lebanon teeters

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Israel carried out a rare airstrike on Beirut, describing the target as Hezbollah’s military chief, as an almost year-old ceasefire deal with the Lebanese government wavers.

The daylight attack on Dahieh, on the southern outskirts of the capital, was the first of its kind in months and left five people dead and 28 injured, according to ...Read more

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1st Starship launch on Space Coast could come mid-2026, Space Force official says

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ORLANDO, Fla. — While SpaceX continues to test its Starship and Super Heavy rocket in Texas, Space Force officials in Florida are preparing for a first launch as early as mid-2026.

SpaceX is awaiting the completion of a pair of environmental impact statements for its plans to launch from both Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39-A and ...Read more

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LAFD records show no sign of 'cold trailing' again at Lachman fire, as interim chief had claimed

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LOS ANGELES — In the weeks since federal investigators announced that the devastating Palisades fire was caused by a reignition of a smaller blaze, top Los Angeles Fire Department officials have insisted that they did everything they could to put out the earlier fire.

But the Los Angeles Times has obtained records that call into question the ...Read more

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An LA man was detained in an immigration raid. No one knows where he is

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LOS ANGELES — No one seems to know what happened to Vicente Ventura Aguilar.

A witness told his brother and attorneys that the 44-year-old Mexican immigrant, who doesn't have lawful immigration status, was taken into custody by immigration authorities on Oct. 7 in South Los Angeles and suffered a medical emergency.

But it's been more than ...Read more

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ICE arrests Canal St. vendor in 'targeted operation' right after NYPD raids

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NEW YORK — Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided Canal St. in lower Manhattan Saturday afternoon again, arresting a West African migrant street vendor allegedly selling counterfeit goods.

The arrest, at Canal St. near Broadway around noon, came only about 15 minutes after the New York Police Department had completed its own vendor...Read more

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Trump want ad seeks 'deportation judges' to aid in crackdown

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The Trump administration is advertising for “deportation judges” in its ongoing push to fill jobs to aid its mass deportation campaign.

The call for judges by the U.S. Department of Justice marks the latest step in an enforcement strategy that has spread from border cities to major metropolitan areas. It reflects an effort to speed up every...Read more

Cape Cod lobsterman scores win in fight against local Massachusetts red tape: 'This is politics'

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BOSTON — A lifelong Cape Cod lobsterman has received overwhelming support in his fight for survival, helping him claw through bureaucratic red tape that could revive a nearly century-old family tradition of selling lobsters from his home.

Yarmouth resident Jon Tolley says he is still wary of whether town officials in the mid-Cape Cod town ...Read more

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Chicago activists share blueprint for resisting Border Patrol: 'Chicago clearly is front and center'

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CHICAGO — It’s a story repeating itself: Border Patrol agents flooding immigrant neighborhoods, showing dramatic force, storming Home Depot parking lots and preying on people at courthouses.

Those arrests erupted in Chicago. Then they were 750 miles away in Charlotte, North Carolina. And they will keep roving across the country.

But no ...Read more

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Russia and Ukraine escalate energy wars with peace talks looming

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Russia and Ukraine are fighting an increasingly intense energy war as they attempt to gain a meaningful advantage after months of stalemate on the front-lines and ahead of potential new peace talks.

Massive Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure are leaving businesses and households wrestling with lengthy power outages, as Moscow ...Read more