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Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all

As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Operations commander followed the defense secretary's order to leave no survivors. The alleged traffickers pose no imminent threat of attack against the United States and are not, as the Trump administration has tried to argue, in an "armed conflict" with the U.S., these officials and experts say. Because there is no legitimate war between the two sides, killing any of the men in the boats "am ...

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Tattoo Ink Moves Through the Body, Killing Immune Cells and Weakening Vaccine Response

7h Tattoo ink doesn’t just sit inertly in the skin. New research shows it moves rapidly into the lymphatic system, where it can persist for months, kill immune cells, and even disrupt how the body responds to vaccines. Scientists in Switzerland used a mouse model to trace what happens after tattooing. Pigments drained into nearby lymph nodes within minutes and continued to accumulate for two months, triggering immune-cell death and sustained inflammation. The ink also weakened the antibody r ...

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President Donald Trump says he's terminating all orders Biden signed with autopen

WASHINGTON, DC -- President Donald Trump said on Friday that any document signed by former President Joe Biden using an autopen "is hereby terminated." "I am hereby cancelling all Executive Orders, and anything else that was not directly signed by Crooked Joe Biden," Trump posted on his social media platform. It is unclear which orders Trump is referencing and how he is making those determinations. ABC News has reached out to the White House for more information. Trump cla ...

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Trump's Approval Rating Drops to 36%, New Second-Term Low

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Donald Trump's job approval rating has fallen five percentage points to 36%, the lowest of his second term, while disapproval has risen to 60%. The latest decline follows three months of stability, with 40% to 41% of Americans expressing approval of his handling of the presidency. His prior second-term low point in approval was a statistically similar 37% in July, and his all-time low was 34% in 2021, at the end of his first term after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capit ...

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D.C. police to begin patrolling with National Guard after fatal attack

D.C. police to begin patrolling with National Guard after fatal attack If enacted on a long-term basis, the change would significantly shift the way National Guard troops have worked with law enforcement in the District since their arrival. November 28, 2025 at 12:37 p.m. EST Members of the Louisiana National Guard depart the Lincoln Memorial on Thursday, a day after two National Guard members were shot. (Craig Hudson/For The Washington Post) By Jenny Gathright, Emily Davies and Olivia Geor ...

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Denmark sets up 'night watch' to monitor Trump after Greenland row

Thu 27 Nov 2025 08.14 EST Last modified on Fri 28 Nov 2025 00.23 EST The Danish government has set up a “night watch” in the foreign ministry, not to keep out the wildlings and White Walkers like the Night’s Watch of Game of Thrones, but rather to monitor Donald Trump’s pronouncements and movements while Copenhagen sleeps. The night watch starts at 5pm local time each day and at 7am a report is produced and distributed around the Danish government and relevant departments about what was said ...

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Trump's golf trips have cost taxpayers $71M since January and could eventually top staggering $300M, report says

Thursday 27 November 2025 17:06 EST President Donald Trump has reportedly spent about $71 million in taxpayer-funded costs on golfing during his second term, and if his current pace continues, that total could reach $300 million by the end of his term. According to a HuffPost analysis, Trump’s latest visit, on Wednesday, marked his 16th trip to Mar-a-Lago this year, with each trip costing $3.4 million in travel and security. If Trump makes two more trips to Mar-a-Lago in December ...

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Trump says he will suspend immigration from all "Third World Countries"

Updated on: November 28, 2025 / 12:58 AM EST / CBS News President Trump said late Thursday night that he would suspend immigration from developing nations to the U.S. In a post to Truth Social, Mr. Trump wrote that he "will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries to allow the U.S. system to fully recover." The declaration follows Wednesday's shooting in downtown Washington, D.C., just blocks from the White House, in which a National Guard member was killed and a ...

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Refugee groups worry about backlash after shooting of National Guard soldiers in DC

November 27, 2025, 6:11 PM SEATTLE -- People who work with refugees are worried that those who fled dangerous situations to start again in America will face backlash after authorities say an Afghan national shot two National Guard soldiers this week, killing one of them. Many Afghans living in the U.S. are afraid to leave their houses, fearing they’ll be swept up by immigration officials or attacked with hate speech, said Shawn VanDiver, president of the San Diego-based group #AfghanEvac, a g ...

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Trump administration will re-examine green card holders from 19 countries

The head of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, Joseph Edlow, said the president had directed him to conduct "a full scale, rigorous re-examination of every green card for every alien from every country of concern". When asked by the BBC which countries were on the list, the agency pointed to a June proclamation by the White House, external that included Afghanistan, Cuba, Haiti, Iran, Somalia and Venezuela. ... There were no further details about what the re-examination woul ...

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Trump takes populist turn against health insurers

30 min ago - 11/28/25 5:00 PM ET President Trump is blaming health insurers for rising health care costs, adopting a populist approach as he seeks to counter attacks by Democrats that the GOP has done too little to keep health care affordable. Democrats are push ... (The Hill)

Rubio plans to skip NATO meeting at key moment for Ukraine, sources say

1 hr ago - November 28, 2025 3:26 PM EST Updated 11 hours ago WASHINGTON, Nov 28 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to skip a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels next week, two U.S. officials said, in a highly unusual absence of the ... (reu)

Trump ramps up reporter attacks with White House media bias tracker

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FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements, claiming child covid shot deaths

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Trump says land strikes in Venezuela will 'start very soon'

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Calls For Bribery Probe Into Lavish Gifts Given To Trump

8 hrs ago - Published Nov 28, 2025 at 08:21 AM EST Two Swiss lawmakers have asked prosecutors to investigate whether generous gifts given to President Donald Trump by Swiss business leaders violated anti‑bribery laws. The gifts, including a gold bar and a ... (Newsweek)

Judge weighs potential contempt prosecution referral for Kristi Noem in El Salvador deportations

8 hrs ago - November 28, 2025, 5:43 PM A federal judge has ordered declarations from all government officials involved in the decision to send more than 100 Venezuelan men to El Salvador in March to determine whether Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kri ... (ABC News)

Airbus issues major A320 recall, threatening global flight disruption

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UN panel says Israel operating 'de facto policy of torture'

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Treasury moves to restrict tax credits following shooting

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Trump's Reported Plan to Hand Russia Ukrainian Territories Sparks Outrage

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Marjorie Taylor Greene will qualify for a congressional pension - by a matter of days - after she resigns from office

10 hrs ago - Friday 28 November 2025 14:51 EST Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene will be eligible for her congressional pension after she steps down in January, by a matter of days. The Republican firebrand announced last week that she would prematurel ... (The Independent)

Zelensky's Top Aide Resigns Amid Widening Corruption Scandal

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X has slipped among U.S. users while Reddit soars in popularity, new research finds.

11 hrs ago - Updated Fri, November 28, 2025 at 11:53 a.m. EST The percentage of Americans using X since Elon Musk bought it has slumped, with the controversial social media platform having been overtaken by Reddit, according to new research. Musk, 54, bought X ... (Daily Beast)

Trump says he will pardon former Honduras president serving US prison sentence

11 hrs ago - WASHINGTON, Nov 28 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Friday he will grant a pardon to former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who is serving a 45-year prison sentence in the U.S. after his conviction on drug trafficking and firearm ... (Reuters)

Leaked files show far-right influences among Project 2025 applicants

11 hrs ago - Fri 28 Nov 2025 10.47 EST Last modified on Fri 28 Nov 2025 13.01 EST Hacked materials from the powerful rightwing thinktank the Heritage Foundation show that applicants to a Project 2025-branded effort to create a talent pool for the Trump administra ... (The Guardian)

President Donald Trump says he's terminating all orders Biden signed with autopen

12 hrs ago - WASHINGTON, DC -- President Donald Trump said on Friday that any document signed by former President Joe Biden using an autopen "is hereby terminated." "I am hereby cancelling all Executive Orders, and anything else that was not directly signed by Cr ... (ABC7)

Airbus Grounds 'Significant Number' of A320 Planes

12 hrs ago - Solar radiation may corrupt data critical to flight controls, creating safety issues Airbus said its A320 family of planes need immediate updates to software and, in some cases, hardware, and it urged airlines to ground flights around the world. A r ... (Wall Street Journal)

Trump's Approval Rating Drops to 36%, New Second-Term Low

12 hrs ago - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Donald Trump's job approval rating has fallen five percentage points to 36%, the lowest of his second term, while disapproval has risen to 60%. The latest decline follows three months of stability, with 40% to 41% of Ame ... (Gallop)