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Lead: On October 24, X (formerly Twitter) told users who rely on passkeys or hardware security keys to re-enroll under the x.com domain; a November 10 deadline followed. After the cutover, many people reported getting stuck in loops or outright locked out when attempting to re-enroll keys tied to the old twitter.com domain. Authenticator-app users … Read more
Former president Donald Trump is engaged in a high-stakes struggle to retain influence over the MAGA grassroots as newly surfaced Jeffrey Epstein-related emails intensify divisions within the movement. The correspondence, made public amid litigation and reporting, has prompted some conservative figures to distance themselves while others rally behind Trump’s leadership. The clash has unfolded across … Read more
Lead Nov. 12, 2025 — In South Bend, Notre Dame junior guard Hannah Hidalgo produced an unprecedented performance, posting an NCAA single-game record 16 steals and a school-record 44 points in the No. 18 Fighting Irish’s 85-58 victory over Akron. Hidalgo played 28 minutes, shooting 16-of-25 from the floor, 3-of-6 from three and 9-of-11 at … Read more
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has floated a string of striking policy ideas in recent months, from 50‑year mortgages and tariff “dividends” to renaming the Washington NFL team and reasserting control over foreign bases. Some concepts have gathered official interest and remain under study, while others have been dismissed by experts, quietly faded or proven … Read more
Lead: The Walt Disney Company will report fiscal fourth-quarter results Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, with Wall Street focused on streaming and the company’s legacy TV businesses. Analysts surveyed by LSEG expect $1.05 in earnings per share and $22.75 billion in revenue. Investors will also get the company’s final published subscriber and ARPU figures for Disney+ … Read more
Lead: On Nov. 12, 2025 in Sacramento, former Gov. Gavin Newsom chief of staff Dana Williamson, 53, was federally indicted on allegations she helped steal $225,000 from a dormant campaign account tied to Xavier Becerra, who served as U.S. Health and Human Services secretary. A federal grand jury returned a 23‑count indictment alleging a scheme … Read more
Lead: On Wednesday, Season 28 of South Park aired an episode titled “Unholy Birth” that lampooned OpenAI’s Sora and included a brief homoerotic gag involving former President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance. Viewers on X reacted with shock and disgust, tying the episode to a week already charged by the recent Epstein-email disclosures. … Read more
On Nov. 12, 2025, federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment accusing Dana Williamson, 53, a former chief of staff to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, of conspiring to divert $225,000 from a dormant campaign account tied to Xavier Becerra. The Sacramento arrest brought 23 counts, including bank and wire fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States and … Read more
Lead — Hannah Hidalgo produced a historic performance Wednesday night at Purcell Pavilion, scoring a career-high 44 points and recording 16 steals as No. 18 Notre Dame beat Akron 85-58. Hidalgo’s 44 points set a Notre Dame single-game scoring mark, while her 16 steals established a new NCAA single-game steals record. The Fighting Irish led … Read more
New 2025 estimates released as governments meet at COP30 in Brazil show that CO2 from fossil fuels and cement is expected to reach 38.1 billion tonnes this year, up 1.1% on 2024, while total human-caused emissions edge slightly lower to 42.2 billion tonnes. The Global Carbon Budget team and independent groups including Ember and the … Read more
Lead Virginia Giuffre — the most publicized accuser in the Jeffrey Epstein saga — appears in a set of emails and public accounts that touch on former President Donald Trump. A House Oversight release includes a 2011 email in which Epstein wrote that “Virginia spent hours at my house” with Trump; the White House has … Read more
Comedic actor Will Ferrell was briefly removed from filming for his new Netflix golf comedy after a minor off‑set injury, sources said on November 12, 2025. The incident forced production to postpone scenes scheduled this week at the Bicycle Casino outside Los Angeles. Producers have reshuffled the shooting calendar while Ferrell recuperates; the injury is … Read more
Lead: Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown doubled down Wednesday on comments he made during a Tuesday-night Twitch stream, saying he will not apologize for speaking candidly to friends about the team’s struggles. Brown told reporters he was joking in a private setting but that his frustration stems from what he sees as an offense that … Read more
President Donald Trump signed a short-term funding bill late Wednesday, officially ending the 43-day shutdown that idled large parts of the federal government. The House approved the measure 222-209 earlier in the evening, with nearly all Republicans and a handful of Democrats voting in favor. The agreement restores pay for roughly 670,000 furloughed workers and … Read more
Lead More than 20,000 pages of emails and messages released by a congressional committee on Nov. 12, 2025, show Jeffrey Epstein claiming he could damage or “take down” Donald Trump even after their public split in the mid-2000s. The files, dated from at least 2011 through spring 2019, depict Epstein trading barbed asides about Mr. … Read more
