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Nov. 9, 2025 — President Donald Trump escalated his effort to end a government shutdown this weekend by renewing public attacks on the Affordable Care Act and proposing that federal subsidy money flow directly to consumers rather than insurers. Through social media posts, Mr. Trump framed the law’s premium tax credits as a windfall for … Read more
Lead London — The BBC’s Director‑General Tim Davie and BBC News CEO Deborah Turness announced their resignations on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025, after sustained criticism over the way the corporation edited a January 6, 2021, speech by then‑President Donald Trump for a 2024 documentary. The departures follow publication of a dossier compiled by standards adviser … Read more
Federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment Sunday charging Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz with fraud, conspiracy and bribery over an alleged scheme to manipulate specific pitches so bettors could win prop wagers. Prosecutors say Clase agreed with a bettor as early as May 2023 to deliver particular pitches as balls, and that Ortiz … Read more
Lead: In an early Sunday matchup in Germany, the Indianapolis Colts defeated the Atlanta Falcons 28-25 in overtime. Colts running back Jonathan Taylor carried the offense with 32 rushes for 244 yards and three touchdowns, including the decisive score in OT. The game featured a late fourth-quarter tie by Colts kicker Michael Badgley, who hit … Read more
Lead: The BBC’s director-general Tim Davie and BBC News CEO Deborah Turness have resigned after revelations that a Panorama episode contained misleading edits of a Donald Trump speech. The departures come amid growing scrutiny over editorial standards after an internal memo alleged the programme spliced two parts of the former US president’s remarks together. The … Read more
Lead On Nov. 9, 2025, Iranian authorities began rationing water in Tehran as reservoirs that supply the capital fell to around 5 percent of capacity, officials said. The shortage comes amid the country’s worst drought in 60 years and a season in which Tehran recorded no autumn rainfall for the first time in a century. … Read more
Lead: Britain, France and Germany have dispatched air-force specialists to assist Belgium after a series of unmanned aerial vehicle incursions over critical infrastructure this week. Belgian officials held an emergency National Security Council meeting and said the country’s National Air Security Center will be fully operational by Jan. 1, 2026. Brussels requested help from Berlin, … Read more
The Biden-era 30-year mortgage may be getting a challenger: the Trump administration is advancing a proposal for a 50-year fixed-rate mortgage aimed at lowering monthly payments and expanding homeownership. The idea was promoted publicly by Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte in early November 2025, after President Trump shared materials contrasting the new plan … Read more
Paul Tagliabue, who led the National Football League as commissioner from 1989 until 2006, has died at the age of 84, his family announced on Sunday. The family said his death was due to heart failure complicated by Parkinson’s disease. Tagliabue served as the league’s second long-tenured commissioner in the modern era and was inducted … Read more
Lead Officials report that water storage in the dams serving Mashhad — Iran’s second-largest city — has dropped below 3%, exposing an acute urban water shortage as the country endures a prolonged drought. The statement came from Hossein Esmaeilian, head of Mashhad’s water company, and follows broader warnings from Tehran about possible rolling cuts. Mashhad, … Read more
Lead: The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Saturday directed states to “immediately undo” any actions taken to issue full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for November 2025. The move followed an administrative stay the U.S. Supreme Court granted late Friday that temporarily blocked a lower court’s order requiring the federal government to pay November … Read more
Paul Tagliabue, who led the National Football League as commissioner from 1989 to 2006, died on Sunday at age 84, his family announced. The family said the apparent cause was heart failure complicated by Parkinson’s disease. Tagliabue presided over a period of dramatic league growth that included four expansion franchises, major stadium projects and television … Read more
Lead 20th Century Studios/Disney’s Predator: Badlands opened to an $80 million global weekend, evenly split between a $40 million domestic start and $40 million international total. The launch is the biggest worldwide debut for the Predator franchise to date, edging past the 2018 Predator’s $73.5 million start. The result also helped push The Walt Disney … Read more
Lead: On Nov. 9, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued late-night guidance instructing states to “immediately undo” any actions taken to deliver full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits after a federal judge briefly ordered such payments amid the government shutdown. The memo warned that states that do not quickly comply could face financial … Read more
Lead: Dan Trachtenberg’s Predator: Badlands opened this weekend in the United States with a stronger-than-expected $40 million, becoming the highest opening in the Predator franchise. The haul surpasses the prior record set by 2004’s Alien vs. Predator ($38 million, unadjusted) and helped arrest a weak October box-office run. The film also earned $40 million overseas, … Read more
