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November 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM

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👇🇺🇸"Melania Trump flees after just minutes at White House Christmas event" #MelaniaTrump
#WhiteHouseChristmas

Melania Trump flees after just minutes at White House Christmas event

First lady Melania Trump spent less than three minutes at a White House Christmas event on Monday before running off. Trump was seen taking photos and shaking hands after a horse-drawn carriage brough...

www.rawstory.com

November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM

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👇🇺🇸"‘Peddling a false narrative!’ White House rages at NYT for highlighting policy blind spot" #WhiteHouse
#KarolineLeavitt #NYTimes

‘Peddling a false narrative!’ White House rages at NYT for highlighting policy blind spot

The White House lashed out Tuesday at The New York Times after the outlet obtained a handful of internal government documents that highlighted a major blindspot in the Trump administration’s deportati...

www.rawstory.com

November 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM

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👇🇳🇿 "Two climbers die and 2 more rescued on New Zealand’s highest peak" #NewZealand #MountAoraki

Two climbers die and 2 more rescued on New Zealand’s highest peak | CNN

Two mountain climbers have died on Aoraki, New Zealand’s tallest peak, and two others from the same group were rescued, authorities said on Tuesday.

www.cnn.com

November 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM

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👇🇷🇺🇺🇸"Russian hackers target US engineering firm because of work done for Ukrainian sister city"
#TrumpsFriend #RussianHackers #ArcticWolf #RomCom

Russian hackers target US engineering firm because of work done for Ukrainian sister city

Hackers working for Russian intelligence attacked an American engineering company this fall, seemingly because that firm had worked for a U.S. municipality with a sister city in Ukraine.

apnews.com

November 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM

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👇🇨🇦 "Hodgson says Ottawa is close to providing clarity on B.C. tanker ban" #BCTankerBan #AlbertaPipeline
#BritishColumbia #Alberta

Hodgson says Ottawa is close to providing clarity on B.C. tanker ban

Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson said on Monday the government is getting close to being able to provide clarity on whether Ottawa would repeal the West Coast oil tanker ban.

www.ctvnews.ca

November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM

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👇🇪🇺🇵🇱"EU court rules entire bloc must respect same-sex marriages in rebuke to Poland" #EUCourtRuling
#Poland #SameSexMarriage

EU court rules entire bloc must respect same-sex marriages in rebuke to Poland

Couple who married in Germany had their right to a ‘normal family life’ impeded, court of justice finds

www.theguardian.com

November 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM

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👇🇺🇦🇪🇺 "This is what Europe must do to call Putin’s bluff on Ukraine" #Europe #NATO #UkraineWar

This is what Europe must do to call Putin’s bluff on Ukraine

Making Ukraine a member of Nato would send the powerful message to Putin that the West, like the Kremlin, can act with confidence on the world stage, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

www.independent.co.uk

November 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM

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👇🇺🇦🇺🇸"Ukraine calls for Trump-Zelensky meeting in US this week" #UkraineWar #USRussiaProposal

Ukraine-Russia war: Ukraine calls for Trump-Zelensky meeting in US this week

It comes as US and Russian officials are set to hold talks in Abu Dhabi.

www.bbc.com

November 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM

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👇🇺🇸"Republicans dumbfounded by Trump’s calls for harsh retribution against Democratic lawmakers"
#Republicans #RetributionPresident #Democrats

thehill.com

November 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM

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👇🇿🇦🌐🇨🇦 "Some wins for multilateralism at the G20 — and big questions about its long-term future"
#G20Summit #MarkCarney #USBoycott

ANALYSIS | Some wins for multilateralism at the G20 — and big questions about its long-term future | CBC News

The G20 summit is supposed to be the pinnacle of multilateralism: the idea that nations can co-operate, compromise and co-ordinate for the greater good. But a lot has changed in the past two decades.

www.cbc.ca

November 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM

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👇🇺🇸"Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding prosecutor was unlawfully appointed" #ComeyCase #JamesCase #DOJ

Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding prosecutor was unlawfully appointed

Lindsey Halligan was appointed after President Donald Trump urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute the former FBI director and the New York attorney general. Bondi said Monday that the Justice...

www.nbcnews.com

November 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM

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"Ottawa, Alberta agree to broad outlines of energy deal, including support for pipeline" #DanielleSmith #MarkCarney #AlbertaEnergyDeal

Ottawa, Alberta agree to broad outlines of energy deal, including path to pipeline | CBC News

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have agreed to the broad outlines of a memorandum of understanding that would give Alberta special exemptions from federal environmental l...

www.cbc.ca

November 25, 2025 at 3:11 AM

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👇🇺🇸 The United States has crossed into banana republic territory under the Trump Admin.
"Defense Department says it's opening an investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly" #SenatorMarkKellyInvestigation