Nov 18 Larry Summers steps down from public commitments after emails show friendly relationship with Jeffrey Epstein By Kimberlee Kruesi, Rodrique Ngowi, Associated Press Former U.S. Treasury Secretary and current Harvard professor Larry Summers says he'll step back from public commitments after the release of emails showing he maintained a friendly relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Continue reading
Nov 18 Meta wins historic antitrust case and won't have to spin off WhatsApp, Instagram By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press Meta has prevailed over an existential challenge to its business after a judge ruled that the company does not hold a monopoly in social networking. Continue reading
Nov 18 Education Department offloads programs to other agencies as Trump accelerates plan for its closure By Collin Binkley, Associated Press The Education Department is handing off some of its biggest grant programs to other federal agencies as the Trump administration accelerates its plan to shut down the department. Continue reading
Nov 18 Cloudflare outage impacts thousands, disrupting transit systems, ChatGPT, X and more By Michelle Chapman, Associated Press At 10:40 a.m. EST, Cloudflare said its engineers were still mitigating some lingering issues after they posted a fix for the outage, but that they were continuing to monitor for any further problems. Continue reading
Nov 18 Judge formally approves opioid settlement for Purdue Pharma and Sackler family members who own the company By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press Thousands of victims of the opioid epidemic could be paid thousands of dollars each. Continue reading
Nov 18 Raleigh mayor says federal immigration agents will expand enforcement action to state's capital city By Erik Verduzco, Tim Sullivan, Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press Mayor Janet Cowell said Monday that she didn't know how large the operation would be or how long agents would be present. Continue reading
Nov 18 WATCH: NTSB finds ship suffered 2 blackouts before it crashed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge By Brian Witte, Josh Funk, Associated Press The National Transportation Safety Board held a hearing Tuesday to approve investigators' findings and safety recommendations on the crash. Continue reading
Nov 17 Watch 5:36 News Wrap: Acting FEMA head stepping down after 6 months In our news wrap Monday, the acting head of FEMA is stepping down after just six months in the role, President Trump says he's open to military strikes on Mexico if it'd help his broader crackdown on drug trafficking and… Continue watching
Nov 17 Watch 6:06 How Charlotte is responding to Trump administration's immigration crackdown in city By William Brangham, Ali Schmitz Charlotte is the latest city to be targeted by the Trump administration as part of its crackdown on illegal immigration. William Brangham discussed how local officials are responding to Border Patrol agents on the city’s streets with George Dunlap, a… Continue watching
Nov 17 Watch 5:38 A look at the Trump administration's overhaul of national plan to end homelessness By Amna Nawaz, Courtney Norris The Trump administration announced an overhaul of how it will reallocate funds for housing and the homeless. The changes involve $3.9 billion in funds used to place people in permanent housing. That money will now be shifted to programs with… Continue watching