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Cranbury Township, N.J., Discloses $26M Wire Fraud 39 Days After Theft, Three Days After Election

Cranbury Township, New Jersey, told residents on Nov. 6 that about $26 million was stolen in a fraudulent wire transfer on Sept. 28. Investigators have frozen nearly $17.3 million, leaving about $8.7 million outside the freeze, and the township has not said why it waited until after Election Day to disclose. The Township Committee takes up two new finance positions on Monday, Nov. 9.
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us politics 5 58m ago 3 min read

Cyclist killed, up to 22 injured when car hits group in Wake County, N.C.; driver, 76, charged

A 63-year-old cyclist from Cary died and at least a dozen others were hurt Saturday morning, Nov. 7, when a car crossed the center line and hit a group of riders on Optimist Farm Road. The driver, 76-year-old Donald Robert Morris-Jones of Apex, kept going about a half-mile before crashing into a ditch. He is held on $1 million bond and is due in court Monday, Nov. 9.
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us politics 6 1h ago 4 min read

Trump Publicly Offers UFC's Dana White the Press Secretary Job; White Says They Meet Monday

President Trump announced on Truth Social on Saturday, Nov. 7, that he has offered the vacant White House press secretary job to UFC CEO Dana White. White says he will meet Trump at the White House on Monday, Nov. 9, while CNN cites a source saying he has declined. The podium has been empty since mid-October, and the White House has not confirmed that the offer is real.
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us politics 6 2h ago 4 min read

Migrant Caravans Move Through Guatemala and Mexico as U.S. Embassy Says Midterm Results Change Nothing

Caravans from Honduras and El Salvador are heading north after the Democratic midterm wins. Some migrants told CNN they hope for an easier path, while the U.S. Embassy in El Salvador and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin say immigration law is unchanged. Whether the groups get past Mexican enforcement, let alone the U.S. line, is the open question.
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us politics 7 6h ago 4 min read

Midterm Voter Surveys: Young Voters, Latinos and Men Swung Toward Democrats, Independents Gave GOP 38%

Since Democrats' sweep on Nov. 3, voter surveys show the party reversed many of Trump's 2024 gains with young voters, Latinos, Asian Americans and men. Republicans got just 38% of independents, well under the 46% mark NPR identified as the threshold for success in the Trump era. Vance blames the Iran war, Trump partly agrees, and UAW chief Shawn Fain warns Democrats the working-class vote is not locked in for 2028.
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us politics 7 7h ago 3 min read

Interior Weighs Overhaul of Park Service and Fish and Wildlife, Internal Documents Show

Interior Department officials are weighing a "realignment" of the National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, with staff meetings scheduled over the next two weeks. No office closures or job cuts have been announced, but the Park Service has already lost nearly a quarter of its permanent workforce, and Democrats take over the committees that oversee Interior in January.
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pl politics 8 8h ago 3 min read

Krakow Shooting: Police Name Two Wounded Officers, Say Relatives Found Dead Are Believed to Be Gunman's Parents and Sister

Hours after a gunman fired from a car in Krakow's Main Market Square, police said the three people found dead at his home are believed to be his parents and sister. Police also say the rifle was semi-automatic, and Prime Minister Donald Tusk named the two officers who stopped him. Where the gunman got the weapon and whether it was legal remain unanswered.
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pl politics 8 9h ago 3 min read

Krakow Shooting: Three Bodies Found at Gunman's Home as Interior Minister Cites Far-Right Views

Since the gunman opened fire from a car in Krakow's Main Square this afternoon, Nov. 7, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said three more people, likely the suspect's relatives, were found dead at his home. Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński said the 25-year-old held "ultranationalistic" views. How he got an automatic weapon and how the three people at his home died remain open.
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il politics 8 13h ago 4 min read

Herzog Tasks Gadi Eisenkot With Forming Israel's Next Government After Deadlocked Election

President Isaac Herzog told opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot on Saturday night that he will task him with forming a government, passing over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Neither bloc reached 61 seats on Oct. 27, so Eisenkot's path runs through either Arab-led parties his allies have rejected or ultra-Orthodox parties currently in Netanyahu's camp.
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us politics 8 15h ago 4 min read

Sources Tell The Atlantic Miller Pushed Criminal Leak Probes of Reporters; DOJ Calls It 'Absolutely False'

A day after Trump named Stephen Miller to replace Susie Wiles as chief of staff, The Atlantic reports that three people familiar with the matter say Miller has urged national-security investigations of journalists who use confidential sources. The Justice Department denies it. Miller takes over Monday, Nov. 9, with House Republicans already complaining and Democrats preparing to take both chambers.
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us politics 8 15h ago 4 min read

Trump Orders DOJ to Investigate Democrats He Calls 'Extortionists' Over Impeachment Threats

Days after Democrats won both chambers of Congress, President Trump said on Truth Social Saturday that he is ordering the Justice Department to investigate Democrats who he says are threatening officials and Republican donors. He did not identify the letters or who sent them. The Justice Department, meanwhile, has lost three senior officials since the election and faces a Democratic Congress with subpoena power.
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pl politics 8 16h ago 3 min read

Six Killed, 15 Wounded as Gunman Fires From Car in Krakow's Main Market Square

A Polish citizen drove into Krakow's Main Market Square around 3 p.m. local time Saturday and opened fire, killing six people and wounding at least 15, according to regional authorities. Police shot and detained him, and say he acted alone. His motive and how he assembled his arsenal remain unanswered.
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us politics 8 16h ago 4 min read

Newsom Commutes All 548 California Death Sentences, 382 Need State Supreme Court Sign-Off as DAs Vow Legal Fight

Gov. Gavin Newsom commuted every California death sentence to life without parole on Thursday, Nov. 5, the largest mass commutation in U.S. history. Prosecutors and the California District Attorneys Association are condemning the move, and the fate of 382 of the cases now sits with the California Supreme Court.
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il politics 7 18h ago 4 min read

Gaza Media Office Says Rain Flooded 70,000 Tents in 12 Hours; Five Hurt in Collapses

A storm that began Friday evening flooded displacement camps across Gaza, and the Hamas-run government media office says 70,000 tents were hit. No deaths have been reported, but civil defense crews say they answered only a fraction of the distress calls, and the ceasefire talks that would allow rebuilding remain stalled over Hamas disarmament and Israeli withdrawal.
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us politics 6 22h ago 4 min read

Incoming Senate class will be in office when Social Security's retirement trust fund is projected to run dry

Seventeen incoming senators will serve through January 2033, past the late-2032 date when the retirement trust fund is projected to run out and trigger an automatic 22% benefit cut. Most Democrats want to lift the payroll tax cap, the few Republicans who have spoken want to leave current retirees alone, and no bill has moved. The only commission bill on the table dies when the current Congress ends unless it passes by year-end.
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ua politics 8 22h ago 4 min read

Russia Fires 36 Ballistic Missiles and 172 Drones at Kyiv Region Days Before Abu Dhabi Talks

Russia hit Kyiv's energy grid, a major Dnipro bridge and apartment blocks overnight Nov. 7, three days before U.S., Russian and Ukrainian delegations are due in Abu Dhabi. Trump's vague promise of a 'big, beautiful' deal involving 'all of Europe' has left Zelenskyy warning it 'can be dangerous.' The talks are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 10 and 11, and Moscow says it is bringing no new terms.
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us politics 8 23h ago 4 min read

Miller Pledges 'Absolute Loyalty' to Trump at Mar-a-Lago as Democrats Vow to Fight Him Before He Replaces Wiles

Hours after Trump named Stephen Miller to succeed Susie Wiles as chief of staff, Miller promised the president his "absolute loyalty," while Schumer and Jeffries vowed to oppose him. Trump says he can work with Democrats, and Miller, the architect of his immigration crackdown, takes over Monday, Nov. 9, with Democrats already eyeing him as an investigative target.
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us politics 8 1d ago 4 min read

Democrats Flip 12 Legislative Chambers and Win Six New Trifectas in Midterms

Democrats flipped 12 state legislative chambers and five governorships in Tuesday's midterms, and now hold 28 governorships to the GOP's 20 with Alaska and Kansas still uncalled. The party that ran against high prices now owns the statehouses in six more states, and the pressure to deliver starts in January.
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us politics 6 1d ago 4 min read

George Will Says Vance's Ambitions 'Must Be Stymied' as Daily Wire Presses Him on His Role in the Iran Ceasefire

Three days after Vice President JD Vance said "the reason we lost is the war," a conservative columnist and a conservative outlet are going after his 2028 prospects from different directions. Vance has not decided whether to run, and Democrats take control of both chambers in January.
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us politics 8 1d ago 4 min read

Texas GOP Map Lost Four of Five Target Seats as Latino Voters Swung to Democrats

Since Texas Republicans redrew their congressional map in 2025 at President Trump's urging, the Nov. 3 midterms have left them with 24 House seats, not the 30 they sought. Latino voters, who leaned toward Trump in 2024, moved sharply to Democrats, and the new lines did not hold. Whether that shift is durable or a one-cycle reaction against the party in power is the open question heading into 2028.
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