American Airlines says it doesn’t expect significant disruptions to flights. The Service Employees International Union is demanding higher wages; the strike is expected to last 24 hours.
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Special counsel moves to abandon Trump election interference, classified document cases
DOJ prosecutors, citing longstanding guidance that a sitting president cannot be prosecuted, said the department’s position is that ‘the Constitution requires that this case be dismissed before the defendant is inaugurated.’
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Is Outlook down? Thousands of Microsoft 365 users report outage issues
Microsoft said it was deploying a fix but that it was ‘progressing slower than anticipated for the majority of affected users.’
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Forecasters warn of possible winter storms across U.S. during Thanksgiving week
Areas from Boston to New York could see rain and breezy conditions, with snowfall possible in parts of northern New Hampshire and northern Maine.
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Israel cracks down on Palestinian citizens who speak out against the war in Gaza
In addition to being charged as criminals, Palestinians citizens of Israel – who make up around 20% of the country’s population – have lost jobs, been suspended from schools and faced police interrogations posting online or demonstrating, activists and rights watchdogs say.
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Trump taps Brooke Rollins as agriculture chief, completing proposed slate of Cabinet secretaries
Rollins, who graduated from Texas A&M University with a degree in agricultural development, is a longtime Trump associate who served as his former domestic policy chief.
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Democrats rally behind first out transgender member of Congress, decry Republican attacks
Access to bathrooms has long been an issue for women at the Capitol, which originally operated on the presumption that legislators were men.
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Trump chooses Bessent to be treasury secretary, Vought as budget chief, Chavez-DeRemer for Labor
The announcements Friday evening showed how Trump was fleshing out the financial side of his new administration.
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Collins to chair Senate Appropriations Committee after McConnell chooses a new role
While the committee’s new leadership isn’t yet official, Collins says her priorities will include helping Maine’s communities, funding biomedical research, improving infrastructure and supporting rural economic development.
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Trump chooses Pam Bondi for attorney general pick after Gaetz withdraws
The swift selection of Bondi, the former attorney general of Florida, to be U.S. attorney general came about 6 hours after Matt Gaetz withdrew.