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Lead A senior housing official in President Donald Trump’s administration has referred California Rep. Eric Swalwell to the Justice Department for a potential federal criminal investigation, according to a person familiar with the matter. The referral, conveyed in a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday, alleges mortgage and related tax and insurance fraud … Read more
Lead On Nov. 13, 2025, a federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, told lawyers she would rule before Thanksgiving on whether Lindsey Halligan was lawfully appointed when she obtained indictments against former F.B.I. director James B. Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. The question concerns the validity of Halligan’s role as U.S. attorney for … Read more
Lead In Week 11 of the 2025 NFL season, ProFootballTalk’s Mike Florio and Chris Simms publish their head-to-head picks. The two tied last week at 10-4 straight up and report they agree on every straight-up winner again this week, while differing on seven spread calls. Florio carries a narrow season straight-up edge, 99-49-1 to Simms’s … Read more
Lead An atmospheric river moving into Southern California this week prompted evacuation warnings across parts of Los Angeles County beginning Thursday evening, as forecasters warned of both destructive mudflows and a chance to materially reduce fire risk. The National Weather Service’s central scenario has downtown Los Angeles receiving about 2.62 inches of rain from Friday … Read more
Emerald Fennell’s full-length trailer for her adaptation of Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel frames the story as an expansive, contentious romance. Released alongside fresh music by Charli XCX, the trailer follows Catherine (Margot Robbie) and Heathcliff (Jacob Elordi) from childhood into a turbulent adult love affair on the West Yorkshire moors. The footage emphasizes epic emotion … Read more
Lead: Law enforcement officials are seeking a man who appeared outside the Newark office of the acting U.S. attorney in New Jersey on Wednesday evening carrying a baseball bat, then returned without it and entered the building. After gaining access, the man went to the floor where Alina Habba’s office is located, smashed property and … Read more
On Thursday, more than 1,000 unionized Starbucks workers walked off the job at 65 stores in over 40 U.S. cities during the chain’s annual Red Cup Day promotion, the union said. The action, organized by Starbucks Workers United, was designed to press the company for better hours, higher pay and the resolution of hundreds of … Read more
Lead Sen. John Fetterman, the Pennsylvania Democrat, was taken to a Pittsburgh hospital on Thursday after falling during an early-morning walk near his Braddock home. His office said the episode followed a ventricular fibrillation flare-up that left him light‑headed and caused a fall in which he sustained minor facial injuries. Medical staff placed him under … Read more
On Thursday at the Singapore red carpet for Wicked: For Good, singer-actor Ariana Grande was unexpectedly accosted when a fan broke through the perimeter and lunged at her. Multiple videos circulating online show the individual rushing the cast, throwing his arms around Grande and smiling as security and entourage scrambled. Cynthia Erivo was the first … Read more
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will announce a plan to provide $10,000 bonuses to TSA officers who continued working through the recent 43-day federal government shutdown, scheduled for 1 p.m. ET at a Houston airport. Administration officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told reporters the awards will go to “several thousand” agents who earned high … Read more
Lead: Attorneys for former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James asked a federal judge on Thursday to dismiss criminal indictments, arguing that the prosecutor who brought the charges was installed unlawfully. The filings contend President Donald Trump’s appointee, Lindsey Halligan, was not validly appointed when she led the Eastern District … Read more
Blue Origin plans to launch its New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral on Nov. 13, 2025, carrying NASA’s twin ESCAPADE spacecraft bound for Mars and a Viasat communications demo. Liftoff is set within an 88‑minute window from 2:57 p.m. to 4:25 p.m. Eastern, with Blue Origin providing an online broadcast beginning 20 minutes before launch. … Read more
Federal lawmakers, as part of the spending agreement that ended the recent government shutdown, approved a new restriction that effectively bars most consumable hemp-derived tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) products nationwide. The funding package was passed by the U.S. House and signed into law by President Donald Trump on Wednesday; it limits hemp products to no more than … Read more
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt commuted the sentence of 46-year-old Tremane Wood minutes before a scheduled lethal injection on 13 November 2025, accepting the state pardon and parole board’s recommendation to convert the death sentence to life imprisonment without parole. The decision follows a same-day U.S. Supreme Court denial of a last-minute stay sought by Wood’s … Read more
Lead As the NFL season turns toward its second half, quarterback futures are a central story across all 32 teams. Daniel Jones, playing for a new contract in Indianapolis, and Tua Tagovailoa, carrying a costly guarantee in Miami, are among the highest-profile cases. This piece groups every starting quarterback (and one value-raising backup) into decision … Read more
