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  1. World · Thu, Nov 12 · 5 PM CTUpdate: Putin meets Witkoff and Kushner at the Kremlin, proposes a Konstantinovka humanitarian mission and warns foreign troops in Ukraine would be targets
  2. World · Thu, Nov 12 · 5 PM CTNvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns days after admitting an affair with a suspected Chinese spy; Trump floats Tim Cook as successor
  3. World · Thu, Nov 12 · 5 PM CTWith Venezuela switching sides after Maduro, U.S. drones and intelligence join the fight against Colombia's ELN guerrillas
  4. World · Thu, Nov 12 · 5 PM CTUN keeps Iran on a key program-review committee despite the war with the U.S.; Canada and Australia voted no
  5. White House · Thu, Nov 12 · 5 PM CTUpdate: Trump tells Vance to focus on "corruption and crime" in Democrat-run cities, says "We don't need a deal with Iran"
  6. White House · Thu, Nov 12 · 5 PM CTUpdate: Trump warns Mexico tariffs will be "IMMEDIATELY DOUBLED" if it doesn't stop the migrant caravans
  7. White House · Thu, Nov 12 · 5 PM CTDHS: ICE set records in fiscal 2026 with 483,200 deportations and more than 491,000 arrests
  8. White House · Thu, Nov 12 · 5 PM CTTrump presses Senate GOP to pass a $350 billion military package "IMMEDIATELY"; Thune says he's "interested" before Democrats take over
  9. Supreme Court · Thu, Nov 12 · 5 PM CTJustices confer Friday on Trump's asylum ban as Lisa Cook's firing and a new birthright order head back toward the Court
  10. Supreme Court · Thu, Nov 12 · 5 PM CTComplaint says 30 top colleges sidestep the Supreme Court's affirmative-action ruling through a race-screened recruiting pool
  11. World · Thu, Nov 12 · 6 AM CTUpdate: Witkoff and Kushner head into the Kremlin to brief Putin on the Abu Dhabi talks; Kremlin aide says no position worked out yet
  12. World · Thu, Nov 12 · 6 AM CTZelenskyy says Starshield speed limits are back across Ukraine's front line, letting some Russian drone strikes through
  13. World · Thu, Nov 12 · 6 AM CTXi says Taiwan "reunification" must happen as 29 Chinese military aircraft patrol around the island
  14. World · Thu, Nov 12 · 6 AM CTSalvadoran-backed air assault destroys Haiti gang headquarters as search for four missing troops goes on
  15. White House · Thu, Nov 12 · 6 AM CTVance emerges as lead Iran negotiator and weighs face-to-face talks with Tehran's security chief; Iranian adviser says request was rejected
  16. White House · Thu, Nov 12 · 6 AM CTBorder czar Homan says a 2,000-person caravan won't be released into the U.S.: "the White House is red, bright red"
  17. White House · Thu, Nov 12 · 6 AM CTDHS: Illegal immigrant with assault record dragged and struck ICE officer with his car outside Chicago; arrested a day later
  18. White House · Thu, Nov 12 · 6 AM CTUpdate: DHS says twice-deported United cockpit suspect was granted asylum after claiming he feared being killed as transgender
  19. White House · Thu, Nov 12 · 6 AM CTDOJ warns Sen. Blumenthal his ballroom-donor probe threatens Americans' freedom of association, orders him to preserve records
  20. Supreme Court · Thu, Nov 12 · 6 AM CTJustices signal possible new limits on agencies fining businesses in-house; Friday conference weighs Trump's asylum ban