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Lead On November 18, 2025, Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced a series of interagency agreements intended to move significant operational work away from the U.S. Department of Education to other federal agencies. The plan covers elementary and secondary education, postsecondary programs, Indian education and several targeted initiatives, while the department says it will retain statutory … Read more

This morning many internet users on the U.S. East Coast found websites inaccessible after Cloudflare reported widespread 500 errors that also affected its Dashboard and API. The company posted an incident update at around 7:00 AM ET that it was investigating an issue potentially impacting multiple customers. Over the next few hours engineers worked to … Read more

Lead Security minister Dan Jarvis told Parliament the UK will not tolerate covert attempts by foreign powers to meddle in British affairs after MI5 circulated a warning to MPs, peers and staff about suspected Chinese intelligence activity. The alert named two LinkedIn profiles allegedly used on behalf of the Chinese Ministry of State Security to … Read more

Lead: A federal court on November 18, 2025, ordered Texas to abandon its newly adopted 2025 congressional map for the 2026 elections, directing the state to use the 2021 House district lines instead. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown wrote the opinion for a three-judge panel that split 2-1, finding challengers likely to prove the 2025 … Read more

Lead: Federal immigration authorities will broaden enforcement operations in North Carolina to include Raleigh as soon as Tuesday, Raleigh Mayor Janet Cowell said Monday, after a weekend sweep in Charlotte that led to more than 130 arrests. Customs and Border Protection officers remain active in Charlotte following the operation, which officials say targeted people with … Read more

Lead: On Nov. 18, 2025, the U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution endorsing President Donald J. Trump’s Gaza stabilization plan, giving the initiative an early layer of international legitimacy. The vote creates a legal and political framework for assembling an International Stabilization Force, a Palestinian administrative cohort and a large-scale reconstruction effort for Gaza. The … Read more

US actress Sadie Sink and British actor Noah Jupe are set to make their West End debuts in a new staging of Romeo & Juliet at London’s Harold Pinter Theatre from March 2026, directed by award-winning writer-director Robert Icke. The casting, first reported by Deadline and confirmed by industry coverage, pairs Sink—best known for playing … Read more

Lead: The Analogue3D has arrived and was tested on a 65″ 4K television to assess how an FPGA-based, modern take on the Nintendo 64 performs on contemporary displays. Over several sessions with original cartridges and third-party Bluetooth controllers, the unit delivers 4K output, robust scanline filters, and low-latency play for most titles, with a small … Read more

Early audience screenings and an Amazon Prime advance-ticket program have pushed Wicked: For Good to a striking 98% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes ahead of its wide release on Friday, November 21. More than 1,000 audience reviews have been posted already, while critic reviews remain absent at the time of reporting. The strong early numbers … Read more

Lead: Seattle could get a brief window for skywatching Tuesday night as rain is forecast to ease, offering a chance to see the Leonids meteor shower. The stream of debris from comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle is near the Sun this season, producing Leonid activity that peaked Nov. 16–17 but remains active through Nov. 30, according to the … Read more

U.S. equities tumbled today as the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell roughly 600 points, with heavy losses concentrated in large-cap names including Nvidia and Home Depot, according to live coverage from Investor’s Business Daily. The session saw broad weakness across major benchmarks as investors digested company results and intraday positioning shifts. Real-time market feeds and … Read more

Lead: On Capitol Hill today, lawmakers, survivors and Republican dissidents pressed for public release of more than 65,000 Epstein-related documents while House Speaker Mike Johnson urged caution to protect victims and national security. A discharge petition brought the matter to the House floor, and the vote there is expected to send the issue to the … Read more

Lead Mahmood Mamdani, a Columbia anthropologist and author of the October 2025 book Slow Poison, revisits his 1972 expulsion from Uganda and the political currents that produced it. He places Idi Amin’s 1971 coup and the 1972 expulsion of roughly 80,000 people of South Asian descent in conversation with Yoweri Museveni’s long rule since 1986. … Read more

ProFootballTalk’s Week 12 power rankings, published on NBC Sports, assess NFL teams after games through Week 11 and place the Los Angeles Rams at No. 1 (8-2), with notable top-10 movement including the Broncos (9-2) rising and the Colts (8-2) staying near the top. The list highlights a close home win in the opening Seahawks–Rams … Read more

Five months after U.S. regulators approved lenacapavir, a long-acting HIV prevention injection, the U.S. State Department announced on Nov. 18, 2025 that Eswatini and Zambia have each received 500 doses. The drug, produced by Gilead Sciences and described in scientific coverage as a major innovation, can protect against HIV with just two injections per year. … Read more