• 5 things to know as Zelenskyy faces growing pressures

    5 things to know as Zelenskyy faces growing pressures

    Nov 21, 2025 05:39 PM EST

    ... The Russian army continues to steadily advance in multiple areas. In the northeastern Kharkiv region, Russian forces are pushing on the cities of Kupiansk and Lyman, which Ukraine wrested back from Russia in the first year of the war. But the fiercest battles are around the besieged Ukrainian city of ...

  • Federal immigration crackdown in Charlotte has ended, sheriff says

    Federal immigration crackdown in Charlotte has ended, sheriff says

    Nov 20, 2025 07:43 PM EST

    ... on Tuesday. Agents were seen in a suburb where officials say almost 20% of the population was born outside the U.S. Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles, a Democrat, said Thursday she was glad the enforcement operation had apparently ended.“I’m relieved for our community and the residents, businesses, and ...

  • Novelist Rabih Alameddine and poet Patricia Smith win National Book Awards

    Novelist Rabih Alameddine and poet Patricia Smith win National Book Awards

    Nov 20, 2025 05:59 PM EST

    Alameddine's speech, like his novel, combined humor and agony. He began with a lament for the bombing of a Palestinian refugee camp, but went on to joke about the demands of his agent, Nicole Aragi, and thank everyone from his gastrointestinal doctor to the “psychiatrist who has been telling ...

  • 5 plead guilty to terrorism-related charges tied to antifa after Texas shooting

    5 plead guilty to terrorism-related charges tied to antifa after Texas shooting

    Nov 20, 2025 12:15 AM EST

    ... an umbrella term for left-leaning militant groups that confront or resist neo-Nazis and white supremacists at demonstrations. Nathan Baumann, Joy Gibson, Seth Sikes, Lynette Sharp and John Thomas each entered guilty pleas to one count of providing material support to terrorists in federal court in Fort Worth. They ...

  • New poll reveals signs of hope for Democrats and red flags for Republicans

    New poll reveals signs of hope for Democrats and red flags for Republicans

    Nov 19, 2025 11:40 PM EST

    ... that she will. If she doesn't, I wonder what that's going to mean as Trump continues to look further and further like a lame-duck and is on the wrong side of these issues. In the polling here, only 39 percent say that they approve of the job ...

  • Raleigh mayor says federal immigration agents will expand enforcement action to state's capital city

    Raleigh mayor says federal immigration agents will expand enforcement action to state's capital city

    Nov 18, 2025 02:49 PM EST

    Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles said Monday she was "deeply concerned" about videos she's seen of the crackdown but also said she appreciates protesters' peacefulness. "To everyone in Charlotte who is feeling anxious or fearful: You are not alone. Your city stands with you," she said in a statement. The ...

  • Disaster-battered nations tell ministers at climate talks to start taking action

    Disaster-battered nations tell ministers at climate talks to start taking action

    Nov 17, 2025 09:08 PM EST

    ... our people and their right to a safe and prosperous future.” Armando Rodriguez Batista, Cuba's environment and science minister, noted his country was flooded by Melissa. “Tomorrow it will be too late to do what we had to do a long time ago," he said. Speakers lament slow progress

  • Epstein files and affordability concerns threaten Trump's veneer of political invulnerability

    Epstein files and affordability concerns threaten Trump's veneer of political invulnerability

    Nov 17, 2025 07:41 PM EST

    ... Trump is expected to address the issue at a conference on Monday night. In addition, there's the inescapable fact that the president is a lame duck who is constitutionally prohibited from running again, despite his interest in remaining in office. Rep. Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican who has frequently ...

  • Trump feuds with MAGA ally ahead of vote to release Epstein files

    Trump feuds with MAGA ally ahead of vote to release Epstein files

    Nov 15, 2025 10:50 PM EST

    ... really elected on last year, as with the midterms now less than a year away and Trump desperately trying to not be perceived as a lame duck and trying to keep Republicans in power so he doesn't have to face a Democratic majority in the House, let's say ...

  • Federal officials say immigration raids have begun in North Carolina

    Federal officials say immigration raids have begun in North Carolina

    Nov 15, 2025 08:17 PM EST

    ... Americans are safe and public safety threats are removed,” Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement. Local officials, including Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles criticized such actions, saying in a statement they “are causing unnecessary fear and uncertainty.” “We want people in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County to know ...