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Cloudflare outage impacts ChatGPT, Spotify, more websites (including DU)

(USA Today) Cloudflare, an internet infrastructure platform, is experiencing an outage that appears to be affecting websites across the internet, including the social media platform X. The company said in a status update before 7 a.m. EST on Nov. 18 that it was aware of "an issue which potentially impacts multiple customers,” and was investigating the problem.

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Last Hard 'No' GOP Vote On Releasing Epstein Files Flip Flops, Will Vote 'Yes'

(Mediaite) Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Tx), who declared just days ago he was voting against compelling the Trump administration to release the Epstein files, has had a change of heart. The New York Times’s Annie Karni revealed how she got the news. “In a text message on Monday, Nehls said he would now vote to release the Epstein files, given that the president himself has urged Republicans to do so,” Karni wrote. “Nehls was viewed as potentially the sole Republican holdout to what is shaping up to be a possible unanimous vote to compel the Justice Department to release the files.”

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Testy Trump Lashes Out at Female Reporter Asking About Epstein: 'Quiet Piggy!'

(Daily Beast) President Donald Trump escalated his war with the press, snapping “quiet, piggy” at a female reporter who attempted to ask about the Jeffrey Epstein files during a gaggle aboard Air Force One.

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The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation

(ProPublica) Online influencer Andrew Tate, a self-described misogynist who has millions of young male followers, was facing allegations of sex trafficking women in three countries when he and his brother left their home in Romania to visit the United States. But when the Tate brothers arrived by private plane in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, they immediately found themselves in the crosshairs of law enforcement once more, as Customs and Border Protection officials seized their electronic devices. This time, they had a powerful ally come to their aid. Behind the scenes, the White House intervened on their behalf.

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Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays

(This Week In Worcester) Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25. Three U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) attorneys, including one assigned to the U.S. Attorney’s office in the district of Massachusetts, one to the district of Rhode Island office, and the third posted at an office in New York told This Week in Worcester they received briefings on the plan.

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U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman asks the NYPD to enforce state law against federal agents

(MS NOW) U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman has asked the New York Police Department to intervene when federal agents engage in unlawful conduct in the midst of heightening tensions over the U.S. government’s immigration crackdown. Goldman, a former prosecutor, made the request after ProPublica reported it had found 170 cases where ICE agents detained U.S. citizens. "The NYPD 'has an obligation to intervene and take appropriate action, including arrest, when federal immigration officers engage in conduct that is unlawful,' Goldman wrote Thursday in a letter to NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch."

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Democrats' bill would strip provision from funding bill that allowed senators to sue over phone records

(ABC News) Democratic Sens. Martin Heinrich and Mark Kelly will introduce legislation in the Senate on Tuesday that would strip out a provision in the just-passed government funding bill that allows senators to sue the government if their phone records are investigated without notifying them. The bill comes after Senate Republicans included within the massive government funding bill that ended the 43-day government shutdown a provision that would allow senators whose phone records were subpoenaed by Special Counsel Jack Smith as part of his investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol to sue for $500,000 per accessed device.

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Democratic proposed bill would put new restrictions on donations to Trump's ballroom

(ABC News) In response to ongoing concerns about the funding for the construction of a massive, multi-million dollar presidential ballroom at the White House, some Democratic lawmakers are set to introduce the first piece of legislation aimed at regulating the project. The new bill, set to be introduced Tuesday by Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren and House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Robert Garcia, would impose new limits on who can make donations to projects at the White House and would put new restrictions on donors and their funds after a donation is made.

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GOP sends 'menacing texts' to voters ordering them to un-sign petition: report

(Raw Story) The Republican National Committee is reportedly sending "menacing texts" to voters in Missouri, ordering them to retract their signatures from a ballot petition to suspend Republicans' recently passed Congressional gerrymander that deletes a Democratic seat in Kansas City. Missouri is one of a handful of Republican-controlled states that redrew their maps in a demand from Trump. However, voting rights activists responded by gathering signatures for a ballot measure to repeal it.

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Is X down? Cloudflare outage impacts ChatGPT, Spotify, more websites

23 min ago - Cloudflare, an internet infrastructure platform, is experiencing an outage that appears to be affecting websites across the internet, including the social media platform X. The company said in a status update before 7 a.m. EST on Nov. 18 that it was ... (USA Today)

Democrats' bill would strip provision from funding bill that allowed senators to sue over phone records

1 hr ago - Democratic Sens. Martin Heinrich and Mark Kelly will introduce legislation in the Senate on Tuesday that would strip out a provision in the just-passed government funding bill that allows senators to sue the government if their phone records are inve ... (ABC News)

Democratic proposed bill would put new restrictions on donations to Trump's ballroom

1 hr ago - In response to ongoing concerns about the funding for the construction of a massive, multi-million dollar presidential ballroom at the White House, some Democratic lawmakers are set to introduce the first piece of legislation aimed at regulating the ... (ABC News)

Feds bringing North Carolina immigration enforcement actions to Raleigh, mayor says, as they stay in Charlotte as well

1 hr ago - November 18, 2025 / 4:49 AM EST Federal immigration authorities will expand their enforcement action in North Carolina to Raleigh as soon as Tuesday, the mayor of the state's capital city said, while Customs and Border Protection agents continue oper ... (CBS News/AP)

'They have total impunity': West Bank settler violence surges after Gaza ceasefire

1 hr ago - Violence has increased across the occupied West Bank as Palestinian farmers try to harvest their olive trees before the end of the season, in the face of a concerted campaign of harassment by groups of armed and aggressive Israeli settlers. Dozens of ... (The Guardian)

The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation

1 hr ago - … This time, they had a powerful ally come to their aid. Behind the scenes, the White House intervened on their behalf. Interviews and records reviewed by ProPublica show a White House official told senior Department of Homeland Security officia ... (ProPublica)

GOP sends 'menacing texts' to voters ordering them to un-sign petition: report

2 hrs ago - November 17, 2025 9:50PM ET The Republican National Committee is reportedly sending "menacing texts" to voters in Missouri, ordering them to retract their signatures from a ballot petition to suspend Republicans' recently passed Congressional gerryma ... (Raw Story)

Lawyers for Fed governor accuse Trump administration of 'cherry-picking' facts in fraud case

2 hrs ago - Mon 17 Nov 2025 16.28 EST Last modified on Mon 17 Nov 2025 18.31 EST Lawyers for Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor, called Trump administration allegations of mortgage fraud against her “baseless” on Monday and accused the administrat ... (The Guardian)

Trump says he would be 'OK' launching strikes in Mexico to fight drug smuggling

3 hrs ago - 12h WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump opened the door Monday to launching U.S. strikes in Mexico, a move that would be a dramatic escalation of his administration’s fight against drug cartels. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Tr ... (msn/NBC News)

Judge in Comey case blocks order mandating DOJ hand over grand jury evidence

3 hrs ago - November 17, 2025, 7:52 PM The federal judge overseeing former FBI Director James Comey's criminal case on Monday granted a request from federal prosecutors to block a magistrate judge's order that mandated they hand over a trove of grand jury eviden ... (ABC News)

US FTC commissioner Holyoak appointed interim US attorney in Utah

4 hrs ago - November 17, 2025 5:17 PM EST Updated 11 hours ago Nov 17 (Reuters) - U.S. FTC commissioner Melissa Holyoak has been appointed interim U.S. attorney for the District of Utah, the Federal Trade Commission said on Monday. Holyoak was appointed by Atto ... (Reuters)

White House aides had to kill one of Trump's home improvement plans for the Oval Office

4 hrs ago - Monday 17 November 2025 17:03 EST Donald Trump had plans for even more major refurbishment to the Oval Office before White House aides killed the idea, a new book has claimed. The president had planned to hang a chandelier in the historic room, righ ... (The Independent)

Last Hard 'No' GOP Vote On Releasing Epstein Files Flip Flops, Will Vote 'Yes'

4 hrs ago - Nov 17th, 2025, 4:44 pm Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Tx), who declared just days ago he was voting against compelling the Trump administration to release the Epstein files, has had a change of heart. On Friday, Nehls posted to social media, “I’ll be ... (MEDIAite)

Tennessee judge blocks deployment of National Guard in Memphis

5 hrs ago - November 17, 2025 11:10 PM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Tennessee judge on Monday night blocked the use of the National Guard in Memphis under a crimefighting operation by President Donald Trump but also put the order on hold, giving the government fiv ... (NPR)

President Trump says he will meet with NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani

5 hrs ago - Updated Nov. 17, 2025, 3:42 p.m. ET President Donald Trump said he is planning on meeting with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. Trump has repeatedly bashed Mamdani, calling him a communist and endorsing opponent Andrew Cuomo, the former Demo ... (USA Today)

Matt Gaetz's producer fired after posting wildly antisemitic video that sparked turmoil at the MAGA network

6 hrs ago - Monday 17 November 2025 15:11 EST A producer for Matt Gaetz’s One America Network show has been fired after he sparked turmoil at the MAGA network for sharing a blatantly antisemitic video on social media, prompting at least one anchor to public ... (The Independent)

The Fed Is Cutting Bank Oversight. Critics See Risks.

10 hrs ago - Full/gift article at link. "Top officials at the Federal Reserve’s Washington headquarters and 12 reserve banks received a short memo on Oct. 29 with an unmistakable message. The way the central bank had long monitored and addressed risks across ... (NYT)

After Hundreds of Gazans Arrive on Mystery Flights, South Africa Asks How

11 hrs ago - Full article/gift link https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/world/africa/gaza-palestinians-south-africa-flights.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2E8.OVh2.RCJtlAP5_ZzW&smid=url-share ".... The man on the phone said he worked for a humanitarian organizat ... (NYT)

Florida grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in US

12 hrs ago - Paul John Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a German refugee camp a year after World War II ended. His family legally emigrated to the United States in 1952 when he was five. More than seven decades later, the 79-year-old Sanford grandfather ... (Tampa Bay Times)

Biofuels standards put farm, oil state members on opposite sides

13 hrs ago - Posted November 17, 2025 at 10:09am The perennial battle over EPA’s biofuels mandates is coming to a head soon as the agency works on finalizing updates to the Renewable Fuel Standard’s blending obligations. So far, the EPA’s proposal ... (Roll Call)