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AP: Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv kills 6 people and injures at least 35
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia unleashed a major missile and drone barrage on Kyiv early Friday, killing six people, leaving gaping holes in apartment buildings and starting fires as the sound of explosions boomed across the city and lit up the night sky. A pregnant woman was among at least 35 people wounded, Ukrainian authorities said.
Russia used at least 430 drones and 18 missiles in the nighttime attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
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Reuters: Ukrainian attack halts oil exports from Russia’s Novo, affecting 2% of global supply, sources say
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Telegraph: ICE tries to deport Native American woman
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The US Immigration, Customs and Enforcement (ICE) issued a detainer for Leticia Jacobo, 24, who was born in Phoenix and is a member of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. Her sister said Ms Jacobo was targeted as a result of “racial profiling” by authorities.
…Ms Nunez said she was sceptical that the ICE detainer was the result of a clerical mix-up, noting that Ms Jacobs had her tribal identification documents on her, had been fingerprinted and previously detained in the same jail. She suggested discrimination had been involved.
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Crooks & Liars: ICE Arrested 9 Legal Workers After GOP Student’s Baseless Complaint
The workers were abducted before they could get their documents from their lockers.
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Segal’s only basis for labeling the workers as “criminals” seems to be the fact that they’re immigrants. With dark skin, undoubtedly.
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404 Media: Power Companies Are Using AI To Build Nuclear Power Plants
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“If these initiatives continue to be pursued, their lack of safety may lead not only to catastrophic nuclear consequences, but also to an irreversible distrust within public perception of nuclear technologies that may inhibit the support of the nuclear sector as part of our global decarbonization efforts in the future,” the report said.
(404 Media more…)
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – November 14, 2025
In a transparent attempt to distract from the many times his own name appears in the documents from the Epstein estate members of the House Oversight Committee released Wednesday, President Donald J. Trump asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate Democrats whose names appeared in the documents. …
… Maegan Vazquez and Shayna Jacobs of the Washington Post note that reporters have already covered the relationship of Epstein with Clinton, Summers, and Hoffman for years, and that in July, Justice Department officials said an examination of the FBI files relating to Epstein—a different cache than Wednesday’s—“did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties.”
…Trump has steadfastly and falsely maintained that foreign countries pay for tariffs. But today he signed an executive order ending tariffs on beef, coffee, bananas, cocoa, and other commodities from certain countries to lower prices after voters said they are concerned about the economy. Representative Richard Neal (D-MA), the highest-ranking Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee, said the administration was “putting out a fire that they started and claiming it as progress.”
…… Representative Jason Crow (D-CO) reminded Really American Media that Trump has been “using tariffs to enrich himself and his family,” using them—or the threat of them—to get golf course deals in countries around the world, as well as using them to punish countries Trump believes are hurting his right-wing allies.
In contrast, Trump’s administration is rewarding his ideological allies. …
…William Turton and Christopher Bing of ProPublica reported today that FBI Director Kash Patel waived the standard polygraph exams required to obtain top security clearances for Deputy Director Dan Bongino and two other senior FBI staff members. The exam includes questions about foreign contacts, drug use, whether someone has a criminal history, and mishandling of classified information.
(Heather Cox Richardson more…)
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CNN: Fani Willis’ Georgia election interference case against Trump will carry on for now with new prosecutor
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Peter Skandalakis, director of the Prosecuting Attorney’s Council of Georgia, a bipartisan collaboration of six district attorneys and three solicitors general from across the state, has assigned the case to himself after he was unable to find another prosecutor willing to take it on.
(CNN more…)
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