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Transportation Department urges "dressing with respect" on flights. Will it improve air travel?

November 21, 2025 / 1:15 PM EST The U.S. Department of Transportation on Wednesday unveiled a campaign aimed at bringing more civility to air travel, urging Americans to dress "with respect" and remember simple courtesies like saying "please" and "thank you" to flight attendants. Travel experts say they're skeptical it will make much difference. The new plan — called "The Golden Age of Travel Starts With You" — is meant to "jumpstart a nationwide c ...

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US Consumer Sentiment Falls to Near Lowest on Record

November 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM EST Updated on November 21, 2025 at 10:22 AM EST US consumer sentiment fell in November to one of the lowest levels on record as Americans' views of their personal finances soured. The final November sentiment index dropped to 51 from 53.6 in October, according to the University of Michigan. The figure was only slightly better than the preliminary figure. The current conditions gauge slid 7.5 points to a record low of 51.1. Views of personal finances were the di ...

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Supreme Court Weighs Decision on Birthright Citizenship: What To Know

Nov 21, 2025 at 02:27 PM EST The U.S. Supreme Court is meeting in private on Friday to consider taking on President Donald Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to noncitizen parents, according to the Associated Press. Why It Matters Moments after taking office for his second term, Trump signed an executive order titled "PROTECTING THE MEANING AND VALUE OF AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP.” Trump's executive action seeks to prevent children born on U.S. ...

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Mike Johnson plots revenge for Epstein files humiliation with 'higher threshold' rules change in Congress : report

Friday 21 November 2025 13:01 EST Speaker Mike Johnson is reportedly plotting a change in the rules for the House of Representatives after Democrats — joined by just a few rogue Republicans — forced his hand on a vote to release the government’s files on pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, a new report reveals. The move, reported Friday by Axios, comes after the House passed a discharge petition filed by Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) to declassify files related to the ...

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Trump and Mamdani take questions from reporters after 'great meeting' at White House

Summary Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani are taking questions from reporters inside the Oval Office after a "great meeting" - watch live above The US president congratulates the New York mayor-elect on his win earlier this month, as the pair say they look forward to working on affordability The two New Yorkers have repeatedly traded barbs - Trump has called Mamdani a "communist", while the self-described democratic socialist frequently claims Trump uses that ter ...

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'Unusual and possibly unprecedented': Judge calls out Chicago feds as Midway Blitz cases fall apart

(Chicago Sun Times) These “are not ordinary times at the Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse” in Chicago’s Loop. U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel Fuentes made that point Thursday, as he closed the book on the last of five now-dismissed prosecutions tied to September protests outside a federal immigration holding facility in the western suburbs. Fuentes used a nine-page opinion not only to dismiss, with prejudice, a misdemeanor charge against Dana Briggs, but to highlight how each of those five cases, all tied to Operation Midway Blitz, “were highly unusual in this district for several reasons.”

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U.S. pushing Ukraine to sign peace deal by Thanksgiving or lose support

(Washington Post) The White House is pressuring Ukraine to sign on to its new peace proposal by Thanksgiving or lose U.S. support to the country, according to two officials familiar with the talks, speaking on the condition of anonymity to describe sensitive diplomatic discussions. U.S. Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll presented Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday with a version of the 28-point plan President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff recently drafted with Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev.

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Gun Violence Victim Gabby Giffords Denounces Trump Threatening to Execute Her Husband: 'Dangerous'

(Mediaite) Former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ), who was shot in the head in 2011, decried President Donald Trump’s threat to execute her husband, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), on Thursday. Giffords condemned Trump’s violent rhetoric and called it “dangerous.” “My husband @CaptMarkKelly is a 25-year Navy combat pilot veteran. He served our country with strength, courage, and integrity, dedicating his career to protecting us and upholding our constitution,” wrote Giffords on X.

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Top House Dem Says Trump Should 'Keep His Reckless Mouth Shut': He's Gonna Get 'Someone Killed'

12h House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), alongside the Democratic whip and conference chair, put out a statement Thursday blasting President Donald Trump's threat to execute six Congressional Democrats. Trump posted on social media a screed aimed at Sens. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), and Representatives Jason Crow (D-CO), Chris Deluzio (D-PA), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), and Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA). Trump's posts accused the lawmakers of "SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punis ...

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Bay Area Rep. Eric Swalwell announces bid for governor on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'

LOS ANGELES — Rep. Eric Swalwell, a longtime nemesis of President Donald Trump, announced Thursday on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” that he will run for governor in 2026, promising to be a “protector and fighter” for California. Swalwell told me backstage before his announcement that the state’s next governor has two missions: “One, keep Trump out of our homes, streets and lives.” The second, he said, is to “write the story of a new California on lower prices, on business growth and modernizing the st ...

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United Farm Workers union sues to block Trump from lowering farm pay

19 min ago - A new Labor Department rule that makes it cheaper for farmers to hire foreign guest workers illegally drives down wages for U.S. citizen farmworkers, the union said. The United Farm Workers — along with multiple U.S. citizen farmworkers — s ... (Washington Post)

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will resign, after fallout with Trump

1 hr ago - Published Fri, Nov 21 2025 8:18 PM EST Updated 2 Min Ago Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia announced on Friday night that she will resign her seat in the House of Representatives, with her last day in office being Jan. 5. Greene's ann ... (CNBC)

Supreme Court blocks order that found Texas congressional map is likely racially biased

1 hr ago - Updated 8:01 PM EST, November 21, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas' 2026 congressional redistricting plan pushed by President Donald Trump likely discriminates on the b ... (AP)

House votes to denounce 'horrors' of socialism ahead of Mamdani-Trump meeting

1 hr ago - The House voted 285-98 to approve a resolution condemning the “horrors of socialism” Friday morning, just hours before President Donald Trump is set to meet with New York’s incoming democratic socialist mayor Zohran Mamdani. Eighty-six ... (Politico)

Texas thrusts Supreme Court into Trump's midterm redistricting fight

1 hr ago - Updated Nov 21, 2025, 6:59 PM ET PUBLISHED Nov 21, 2025, 6:48 PM ET Texas urged the Supreme Court on Friday to boost President Donald Trump’s effort to help Republicans maintain control of Congress, asking the justices to review a federal court ... (CNN Politics)

Lawsuit filed on behalf of immigrants fined up to $1.8 million for remaining in the country

2 hrs ago - Nov. 21, 2025, 12:15 PM EST A team of lawyers filed suit Thursday against federal authorities on behalf of immigrants facing what they called "ruinous civil fines" that reach up to $1.8 million. Daily fines of $998, designed to encourage immigrants i ... (NBC News/AP)

DOJ signals John Bolton could face additional charges

2 hrs ago - 11/21/25 1:25 PM ET The Department of Justice (DOJ) signaled Friday that former national security adviser John Bolton could face additional charges in his criminal case over allegedly mishandled classified documents. Thomas Sullivan, the lead prose ... (The Hill)

Trump to Mamdani on being a fascist: 'You can just say yes'

3 hrs ago - President Trump told New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani that he could “just say yes” when Mamdani was asked if he had affirmed he believed the president is a fascist. “He asked about your comment calling President Trump a fascis ... (The Hill)

Judge blocks IRS from sharing data with DHS for immigration enforcement

3 hrs ago - November 21, 2025 at 5:59 p.m. EST A federal judge on Friday blocked the Internal Revenue Service from sharing data with immigration enforcement officials, ruling that the tax agency violated federal law and the rights of tens of thousands of individ ... (Washington Post)

Abortion is illegal again in North Dakota after court reverses a judge's earlier decision

3 hrs ago - U.S. News Abortion is illegal again in North Dakota after court reverses a judge's earlier decision {picture} North Dakota Supreme Court Chief Justice Jon Jensen, center, addresses new lawyers during a ceremony, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, in the North D ... (Associated Press)

Shale rigs idle, layoffs rise as $60 oil tests resilience of Permian

3 hrs ago - 12h MIDLAND, TEXAS, Nov 21 (Reuters) - At the heart of the U.S. shale industry in Texas, oil production is climbing. But you wouldn't know that if you talked to Mark Waters, who owns a store that sells tools and safety equipment to oil firms. His sm ... (msn/Reuters)

Tehran, Iran, has run out of water

3 hrs ago - President Masoud Pezeshkian reportedly told officials last week that the capital of Iran would have to move from Tehran. Since at least 2008, scientists have warned that unchecked groundwater pumping for the city and for agriculture was rapidly drain ... (Scientific American)

Top FDA drug regulator raises alarms about expediting approvals

3 hrs ago - WP Exclusive Top FDA drug regulator raises alarms about expediting approvals Richard Pazdur, who assumed his new role this month, has warned that new Trump administration initiatives could be illegal and pose a risk to public health. November 21, 202 ... (Washington Post)

The White House has asked for the resignation of a top aide to FDA chief

4 hrs ago - 11/21/2025 01:18 PM EST Updated: 11/21/2025 02:25 PM EST The White House on Thursday emailed HHS leadership asking for the resignation of a top aide to FDA Commissioner Marty Makary whom he had sought to promote, according to two administration offic ... (Politico)

4 guards sentenced in brutal beating death of an incarcerated Black man at New York prison

4 hrs ago - Updated 2:58 PM CST, November 21, 2025 UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — Four prison guards involved in the death of an incarcerated Black man whose brutal beating at an upstate New York prison last year was captured on body-cam videos were each sentenced Frid ... (AP)

Transportation Department urges "dressing with respect" on flights. Will it improve air travel?

4 hrs ago - November 21, 2025 / 1:15 PM EST The U.S. Department of Transportation on Wednesday unveiled a campaign aimed at bringing more civility to air travel, urging Americans to dress "with respect" and remember simple courtesies like saying "please" and "th ... (CBS News)

Mike Johnson plots revenge for Epstein files humiliation with 'higher threshold' rules change in Congress : report

5 hrs ago - Friday 21 November 2025 13:01 EST Speaker Mike Johnson is reportedly plotting a change in the rules for the House of Representatives after Democrats — joined by just a few rogue Republicans — forced his hand on a vote to release the governm ... (The Independent)

Trump and Mamdani take questions from reporters after 'great meeting' at White House

5 hrs ago - Summary Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani are taking questions from reporters inside the Oval Office after a "great meeting" - watch live above The US president congratulates the New York mayor-elect on his win earlier this month, as the pair s ... (BBC)

Supreme Court Weighs Decision on Birthright Citizenship: What To Know

5 hrs ago - Nov 21, 2025 at 02:27 PM EST The U.S. Supreme Court is meeting in private on Friday to consider taking on President Donald Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to noncitizen parents, according to the ... (Newsweek)

Vindman: Republicans lack 'bravery' to demand release of Trump-Mohammed bin Salman call transcript

6 hrs ago - 11/21/25 1:31 PM ET Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-Va.) on Friday said a bipartisan push would be required to force President Trump to release a transcript of a 2019 call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the wake of the murder of The Washington ... (The Hill)

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