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Major US clothing store calls out Trump's tariffs after announcing plans to shutter 150 locations

Tuesday 11 November 2025 16:17 EST A major U.S. clothing store has called out Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs as having had a “meaningful” impact on its profits after announcing the closure of 150 stores across the country. Carter’s, which sells clothes and other essentials for babies and toddlers, said its operating income was down by approximately 62 percent over the first three quarters when compared to the same period last year. “Elevated product costs, in part due to the impact o ...

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California cop tried to stop a man pointing a gun at a female driver. It was a plainclothes ICE agent

Tuesday 11 November 2025 17:59 EST A police officer in Santa Ana, California made a surprising discovery after stopping a man who'd allegedly been pointing a gun at a motorist. The suspect was an undercover Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent. A woman was driving behind the unmarked ICE vehicle when an agent inside allegedly pointed his gun at the woman, suspecting that she was following their vehicle around to disrupt their immigration raids, according to the Los Angeles Times. ...

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Top House Democrats vow to oppose shutdown bill over healthcare funding

Tue 11 Nov 2025 16.39 EST First published on Tue 11 Nov 2025 12.27 EST As House Republican leaders move to hold a vote on legislation to reopen the US government, top Democrats vowed on Tuesday to oppose the bill for not addressing their demand for more healthcare funding. Democrats have for weeks insisted that any measure to fund the government include an extension of tax credits for Affordable Care Act health plans, which were created under Joe Biden and due to expire at the end of the year ...

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Trump Demands 'CALL IN THE TROOPS' to Protect Chicago Shopping Center That Doesn't Exist

Nov 11th, 2025, 4:49 pm President Donald Trump posted to his Truth Social on Tuesday, saying to “CALL IN THE TROOPS” to save “The Miracle Mile Shopping Center in Chicago” – which doesn’t exist. “The Miracle Mile Shopping Center in Chicago, once considered our Nation’s BEST, now has a more than 28% vacancy factor, and is ready to call it quits unless something is done about the murder and crime, which is prevalent throughout the City,” Trump wrote, adding: CALL IN THE TROOPS, FAST, BEFOR ...

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Rep.-elect Grijalva says she plans to confront Johnson at long-delayed swearing-in ceremony

PUBLISHED Nov 11, 2025, 11:32 PM ET Arizona Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, who is set to be sworn in on Wednesday, said she will confront House Speaker Mike Johnson after waiting nearly 50 days to be seated as a member of Congress. “I won’t be able to like sort of move on if I don’t address it personally and we’ll see what kind of reaction he has,” Grijalva, a Democrat, told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on “The Source” Tuesday. “I’m not exactly sure what I’m going to say,” Grijalva added but said she ...

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Donald Trump's childhood NYC home goes on the market - after it was overrun by feral cats

Tuesday 11 November 2025 05:08 EST Donald Trump’s childhood home in New York City has hit the market, despite being temporarily infested by a horde of feral cats. The home has become a pilgrimage site for Trump fans and a site of protest for his political opponents over the years. Built in Jamaica Estates in Queens, the Tudor-style house is now on sale for $2.3 million. Fred Trump, the president’s father, commissioned the home in 1940 but eventually sold it when the family moved to a larger h ...

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Trump's diss to France, UK and Russia in his Veterans Day speech: 'We're the one that won the wars'

Trump's Veterans Day remarks veered into grievance as he suggested America -- not her allies -- should be celebrating victories in both world wars Andrew Feinberg Tuesday 11 November 2025 13:42 EST President Donald Trump's appearance at a ceremony intended to commemorate America's veterans at Arlington National Cemetery Tuesday devolved into an airing of grievances as the president renewed complaints about this country's tradition of commemorating those who fought and died in past wars -- ...

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Hakeem Jeffries Accuses the Supreme Court of Corruption in Scathing Attack on Conservative Justices

Nov 11th, 2025, 12:22 pm House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) accused the Supreme Court of corruption on Tuesday in a scathing attack on the court’s conservative justices, which led to CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer asking for clarification. Blitzer began the exchange by asking Jeffries to respond to Sen. Angus King’s (I-ME) justification for voting to reopen the government and end the shutdown, a move that has angered many in the Democratic Party’s base. “Well, the suffering that has been ...

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Trump administration proposes new California offshore oil leases

Tue, November 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM EST The Trump administration plans to propose oil drilling leases off the coast of California, opening up the region within decades, according to a draft five-year plan seen by the Washington Post. The proposal outlines six lease sales in areas along the California coast between 2027 and 2030. Final approval of the draft proposal is not expected for at least another year. Even after approval, it would likely be several more years before any new production co ...

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House Speaker Johnson to swear in Representative-elect Grijalva on Wednesday

Nov 11, 2025 Updated 10 mins ago WASHINGTON (KVOA) - House Speaker Mike Johnson is set to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva on Wednesday. On Nov. 12 at 4 p.m. EST, or 2 p.m. local time, Grijalva will be sworn in on the U.S. House of Representatives floor. Grijalva will represent Arizona's 7th District in the 119th Congress. This comes after Grijalva released a statement on Nov. 10, saying, "I am planning to travel to Washington, D.C. after hearing through Leader Jeffries a ...

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Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct

24 min ago - Nov. 12, 2025, 8:30 a.m. ET House Democrats on Wednesday released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein wrote that President Trump had "spent hours at my house" with one of Mr. Epstein's victims, among other messages that suggested that the convicted sex o ... (New York Times)

Raskin blasts 'blatantly corrupt' Senate deal allowing suits over secret phone record subpoenas

1 hr ago - 11/11/25 10:16 PM ET The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee slammed a Senate-approved plan to reopen the government that would also pave the way for eight GOP senators to earn significant sums from litigation challenging the search of thei ... (The Hill)

Cancel Black Friday? Why these groups are calling for a nationwide economic boycott.

1 hr ago - Nov. 11, 2025, 8:43 p.m. ET A coalition of grassroots organizations is calling for a nationwide economic shutdown during the busy holiday shopping season, including Black Friday and Cyber Monday, to protest the Trump administration and economic inequ ... (USA Today)

Lawsuit challenges TSA's ban on transgender officers conducting pat-downs

1 hr ago - Updated 8:42 PM EST, November 11, 2025 A Virginia transportation security officer is accusing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security of sex discrimination over a policy that bars transgender officers from performing security screening pat-downs, ac ... (AP)

Trump calls H-1B visas necessary to bring in 'certain talents' that he says the U.S. lacks

2 hrs ago - Nov. 11, 2025, 10:54 PM EST President Donald Trump defended H-1B visas during an interview that aired Tuesday night, arguing foreign labor is needed at times because U.S. workers do not have "certain talents." Trump made the remarks during a Fox News ... (NBC News)

Rep.-elect Grijalva says she plans to confront Johnson at long-delayed swearing-in ceremony

2 hrs ago - PUBLISHED Nov 11, 2025, 11:32 PM ET Arizona Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, who is set to be sworn in on Wednesday, said she will confront House Speaker Mike Johnson after waiting nearly 50 days to be seated as a member of Congress. “I won’t b ... (CNN Politics)

US ethics officials removed for inquiring into improper access of mortgage files

2 hrs ago - Ethics officials at Fannie Mae were removed from their jobs as they investigated whether a top Trump ally improperly accessed mortgage documents of Letitia James, the New York attorney general, and other Democratic officials, the Wall Street Journal ... (The Guardian)

Communities donate meals and funds as US food aid remains in limbo

3 hrs ago - November 11, 2025 6:51 PM EST Updated 11 hours ago LONGMONT, Colorado, Nov 11 (Reuters) - For Anthony DeSousa, the owner of two pizza shops in Estes Park and Longmont, Colorado, feeding the hungry is personal. He grew up in poverty in New York and hi ... (Reuters)

California cop tried to stop a man pointing a gun at a female driver. It was a plainclothes ICE agent

3 hrs ago - Tuesday 11 November 2025 17:59 EST A police officer in Santa Ana, California made a surprising discovery after stopping a man who'd allegedly been pointing a gun at a motorist. The suspect was an undercover Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ... (The Independent)

Migrants at largest US detention camp face foul water, rotten food, congresswoman says

4 hrs ago - Nov. 11, 2025, at 5:17 p.m. Nov 11 (Reuters) - Detainees at the largest U.S. migrant detention camp endure foul-tasting drinking water, rotten food and inadequate healthcare, according to a U.S. congresswoman who called the tent facility in El Paso, ... (US News and World Report/Reuters)

Trump Demands 'CALL IN THE TROOPS' to Protect Chicago Shopping Center That Doesn't Exist

4 hrs ago - Nov 11th, 2025, 4:49 pm President Donald Trump posted to his Truth Social on Tuesday, saying to “CALL IN THE TROOPS” to save “The Miracle Mile Shopping Center in Chicago” – which doesn’t exist. “The Miracle Mile Sh ... (MEDIAite)

Top House Democrats vow to oppose shutdown bill over healthcare funding

5 hrs ago - Tue 11 Nov 2025 16.39 EST First published on Tue 11 Nov 2025 12.27 EST As House Republican leaders move to hold a vote on legislation to reopen the US government, top Democrats vowed on Tuesday to oppose the bill for not addressing their demand for m ... (The Guardian)

Major US clothing store calls out Trump's tariffs after announcing plans to shutter 150 locations

5 hrs ago - Tuesday 11 November 2025 16:17 EST A major U.S. clothing store has called out Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs as having had a “meaningful” impact on its profits after announcing the closure of 150 stores across the country. Cart ... (The Independent)

Republicans demand tougher abortion restrictions to extend Obamacare funds

9 hrs ago - "WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans say they’re open to extending a pot of Affordable Care Act funds that will expire at the end of the year — but only if Democrats acquiesce to stricter abortion restrictions on insurance plans. The deman ... (NBC)

John F. Kennedy's grandson Jack Schlossberg is running for Congress

9 hrs ago - By Jay Stahl John F. Kennedy's grandson and Democratic influencer Jack Schlossberg is running for Congress, launching a campaign to replace retiring New York Rep. Jerry Nadler, according to a New York Times report published Nov. 11. The only son of C ... (USA Today)

A happy circumstance: Bob Ross paintings sell for more than $600K to help public TV stations

11 hrs ago - By ANDREW DALTON Updated 6:31 PM CST, November 11, 2025 Leer en español LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three paintings from famously chill public television legend Bob Ross sold Tuesday for more than $600,000 at auction. The paintings were the first ... (AP)

Fans first! UFC fighters starting to bail on 'political' White House lineup, push back against 'Hunger Games' tributes f

12 hrs ago - “Raw Dawg” doesn’t care about next year’s historic event. You’ve probably noticed, nearly every Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter — American or not — has been clamoring to get on the highly anticipated UF ... (SB Nation)

US Catholic bishops double down on conservative bent with election of new leader Paul Coakley

12 hrs ago - Tuesday 11 November 2025 15:01 EST U.S. Catholic bishops have elected Oklahoma City Archbishop Paul Coakley as their new president, choosing a conservative culture warrior to lead during President Donald Trump’s second term. The vote acts as a b ... (The Independent)

Protestors brave cold snap to support striking nurses at New Orleans' UMC

12 hrs ago - WWNO - New Orleans Public Radio | By Drew Hawkins Published November 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM CST More than 100 people gathered Tuesday morning in front of University Medical Center (UMC) in New Orleans to support the latest strike from the hospital’ ... (WWNO)

'Difficult to overstate the damage': Judge's striking rebuke of AG Bondi's DOJ instantly shows up in a bar complaint

13 hrs ago - Nov 11th, 2025, 2:45 pm Several days after a U.S. magistrate judge criticized U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi's Justice Department for an "indict first, investigate later" mentality in the prosecution of ex-FBI Director James Comey, a bar complaint ... (Law & Crime)

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