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President Trump and NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani have hurled attacks at each other for months — but on Friday, they seemed to hit it off. CBS
Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Congressional Ukraine Caucus criticized a reported peace plan backed by the Trump administration. CBS
VOA VIEW: A Trump disappointment
The Coast Guard said it conducted its largest cocaine seizure in history worth an estimated $362 million. Take an inside look as officials offload the nearly 50,000 pounds of drugs. CBS
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An estimated 82 million Americans are expected to travel over the next week, according to AAA, and 18 million people are expected to fly, the TSA projects. Here's how to navigate the Thanksgiving rush. CBS
President Trump on Friday said he is ending deportation protections for Somali immigrants in Minnesota. CBS
Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Kennedy Center president Ric Grenell are clashing over the Kennedy Center's spending and operations. CBS
Texas asked the Supreme Court on Friday to halt a court order that threw out the state's redrawn House maps in time for next month's candidate filing deadline — arguing the new maps were driven by politics, not race. CBS
President Trump and incoming New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said they looked forward to working together in a remarkable scene at the White House. CBS
VOA VIEW: Trumps is not sounding right.
The state's Supreme Court couldn't muster the required majority to uphold a judge's ruling that struck down the state's ban last year. CBS
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After FTC settlement, eligible Amazon Prime customers will automatically receive refunds between Nov. 12 and Dec. 24. CBS
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Friday said she would resign in early January, after saying President Donald Trump unfairly criticized her. CNBC
VOA VIEW: Strange state of affairs,
The restaurant industry predicted disaster after California instituted a $20 minimum wage for fast-food workers, but data shows that hasn't happened. CNBC
Close to 800 air traffic controllers and technicians with perfect attendance will get $10,000 bonuses, the FAA said. CNBC
VOA VIEW: They disserve it.
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The U.S. launched a nationwide civility campaign amid rising disruptive passenger incidents, with in-flight outbursts now quadruple their 2019 levels. CNBC
VOA VIEW: They should act right.
Nearly 40% of the roughly 4,700 positions Amazon eliminated across Washington, New York, New Jersey and California were engineering jobs. CNBC
President Donald Trump is rolling back tariffs on some imported food items, but that won't lower prices at the grocery store right away. CNBC
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New police logs contradict official UFO dismissal as UK helicopter crew reports emergency dive to avoid mysterious craft over US military base in Suffolk. FOX News
Chicago transit attack suspect Lawrence Reed faces federal terrorism charge after allegedly setting woman on fire on Blue Line train Monday night. FOX News
Convicted sex offender released from prison two weeks ago allegedly breached security at a Phoenix elementary school and assaulted student after impersonating doctor. FOX News
U.S. Special Operations Command will use 500 confiscated Chinese drones for target practice in a Military Drone Crucible training exercise in Florida. FOX News
Judge Matthew Thornhill will take unpaid leave then resign early after disciplinary issues over his Elvis impersonations during court proceedings in St. Louis. FOX News
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The FBI has maintained restrictions on contact with CAIR since 2008 due to evidence linking the group to Hamas, according to a Justice Department OIG report. FOX News
Assistant principal placed on leave as Virginia Beach police investigate "incredibly alarming" threats against federal agents and local officers. FOX News
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President Donald Trump on Saturday said his proposed peace plan to end the war between Ukraine and Russia is not his final offer. UPI
VOA VIEW: It sounds like a flop.
The U.S. Coast Guard has reversed course on swastikas and nooses, saying they are "hate symbols" after reportedly issuing guidance calling them "potentially divisive." UPI
VOA VIEW: As they should.
A House Republican summoned former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to testify about Jeffrey Epstein. UPI
VOA VIEW: Dems will be caught.
Paraguay's former justice minister warned the Bioceanic Corridor highway could become a strategic route for organized crime in the country. UPI
President Donald Trump has officially removed of a 40% tariff on certain agricultural imports from Brazil, including coffee, tea and tropical fruits. UPI
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A day after the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a significant redistricting case centering on Louisiana’s congressional map, which has two majority-Black districts, Republican Gov. Jeff Landry announced that he is calling state lawmakers back to the Capitol to consider changes to next year’s election schedule, plans and code. The changes would be better.
If the court strikes down the current political boundaries, pushing back the election schedule and deadlines could allow the GOP-dominated Legislature more time to craft a new map. Unlike past special sessions called by Landry, there is only one item listed in his proclamation: “To legislate relative to the election code, election dates, election deadlines, and election plans for the 2026 election cycle, and to provide for the funding thereof if necessary.”
The special session is scheduled to begin Oct. 23 and must conclude by the evening of Nov. 13. The Republican-led challenge before the high court is a case that could result in the weakening of a key tool of the Voting Rights Act, which helped root out racial discrimination in voting for more than a half century. The current map is the result of a hard-fought battle by civil rights groups, who say Black voter strength previously, when only one of the state’s six congressional districts was a majority-minority district. That was the case even though Black residents account for about one-third of Louisiana’s population.
But opponents argue that the state’s new second Black majority congressional district, which helped flipped a reliably red congressional seat to blue, was unconstitutionally gerrymandered based on race. During arguments the Supreme Court’s six conservative justices seemed inclined to effectively strike down a Black majority congressional district in Louisiana because it relied too heavily on race.
