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2025
November
Tue Nov 18 2025
Judge hints at Comey indictment dismissal, orders DOJ to release grand jury material
A federal magistrate judge on Monday raised the possibility that the criminal indictment against former FBI director James Comey could be dismissed, as he ordered the Department of Justice to release all grand jury material related to Comey’s case to him by the end of the day.
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Mon Nov 17 2025
Jets cornerback Kris Boyd hospitalized in critical condition after NYC shooting
Jets cornerback Kris Boyd is in critical condition after a shooting in New York City early Sunday morning, according to a law enforcement source familiar with investigation.
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Sun Nov 16 2025
Judge indefinitely bars Trump from fining University of California over alleged discrimination
The Trump administration cannot fine the University of California or summarily cut the school system’s federal funding over claims it allows antisemitism or other forms of discrimination, a federal judge ruled late Friday in a sharply worded decision. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin in San Francisco issued a preliminary injunction barring the administration from cancelling funding to UC based on alleged discrimination without giving notice to affected faculty and conducting a hearing, among other requirements.
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Sat Nov 15 2025
College football coach John Beam from ‘Last Chance U’ has died after being shot, Oakland police say
Authorities are responding to reports of a shooting at Laney College in Oakland on Thursday.Oakland Fire Department confirmed that a man was being treated for a gunshot wound and taken to the hospital.
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Fri Nov 14 2025
Newsom Ex-Chief of Staff Arrested in $225K Campaign Fraud
Dana Williamson, California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s former chief of staff, was arrested and indicted Wednesday on federal charges relating to an alleged scheme to embezzle roughly $225,000 from former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra's dormant campaign funds.
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Thu Nov 13 2025
Epstein alleged Trump ‘knew about the girls’ in emails released by House Democrats
Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender whose death by suicide has spawned intense scrutiny of the high-profile people he knew, mentioned Donald Trump by name multiple times in private correspondence over the last 15 years with an associate and an author in Trump’s orbit, according to newly released emails from Democrats on the House Oversight Committee.
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Wed Nov 12 2025
Senate passes bill to end government shutdown, sending it to House
The Senate on Monday night passed a bill to fund the government and end the longest shutdown in U.S. history.
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Tue Nov 11 2025
Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell and others accused of seeking to overturn his 2020 election loss
President Donald Trump is pardoning key figures allegedly involved in the efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to Ed Martin, the United States Pardon Attorney. Those pardoned include Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Mark Meadows, Christina Bobb and Boris Epshteyn, among others.
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Mon Nov 10 2025
Trump administration orders states to undo full SNAP benefits for November
The Trump administration has instructed states that they must "immediately undo any steps" that were taken to provide full SNAP benefits to low-income Americans, saying states were "unauthorized."
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Sun Nov 09 2025
Supreme Court pauses order that Trump administration must pay full SNAP benefits
The Supreme Court on Friday night paused a federal judge’s order that the Trump administration must pay full SNAP benefits to 42 million Americans for November by the end of the day.
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