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F.D.A. Seeks More Oversight of Vaccine Trials and Approvals

The agency’s top vaccine regulator proposed broad changes, claiming that a new review linked 10 children’s deaths to the Covid vaccine. But public health experts questioned the findings, wanting to examine the data.

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Dr. Vinay Prasad, the F.D.A.’s top vaccine official, suggested in a memo that the deaths were related to vaccine-related myocarditis but did not offer data to support his conclusions.
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Trump keeps insulting female journalists | Arwa Mahdawi

Trump has a disconcerting tendency to attack the press – but especially female reporters, whom he holds in particular ire

There was a time when it would have been a scandal for the president of the United States to call a journalist “ugly” or a politician “retarded”. Now it’s just another day in America. During a holiday when many Americans were gathering with family and reflecting on what they were grateful for, Trump was crouched over his keyboard slinging insults at his perceived enemies.

On Thanksgiving day, for example, Trump posted a rant on Truth Social about immigration. He called Tim Walz, the governor of Minnesota, an ableist slur, and then made an Islamophobic jab at “the worst ‘Congressman/woman’ in our Country, Ilhan Omar, always wrapped in her swaddling hijab”.

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© Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP

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Donald Trump says airspace above and around Venezuela is closed

President made declaration in a social media post, after FAA last week warned airlines of ‘worsening security situation’

Donald Trump said on Saturday that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela is to be closed in its entirety.

Trump, in a Truth Social post said: “To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY.”

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© Photograph: Anna Rose Layden/Reuters

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As Epstein files release looms, question abound on what happens next: ‘Possibilities are endless’

People implicated in the late sex offender’s crimes might face criminal charges or, at the very least, social ostracism

As the clock ticks toward the congressionally mandated deadline of 19 December by which Donald Trump’s justice department must release its files related to Jeffrey Epstein, there is intense speculation about the contents of these documents – but also questions as to what happens when they are released.

The US president on 19 November signed a bipartisan bill requiring that the US attorney general, Pam Bondi, disclose these documents to the US public within 30 days. Given that other tranches of materials related to the disgraced financier included damning correspondence with high-profile individuals, many expect that still more names of the rich, famous and powerful will be named.

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© Photograph: Mehmet Eser/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

© Photograph: Mehmet Eser/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

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Trump Declares Venezuelan Airspace Closed

President Trump said days earlier that the United States could “very soon” expand its campaign of killing people at sea suspected of drug trafficking to attacking Venezuelan territory.

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President Trump spoke with Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s leader, last week, according to two people with knowledge of the discussion.
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‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival

Biden earmarked billions for former coal communities in Appalachia – and his successor came and took it away

For a moment, Jacob Hannah saw an unprecedented opportunity to make Appalachia great again.

In 2022, the Biden administration earmarked billions of dollars to help revitalize and strengthen former coal communities. The objective was to lay down building blocks for the region to transition from extractive industries like coal and timber to a hub for solar and other advanced energy technologies, with a view to long-term economic, climate and social resilience.

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© Photograph: Michael Swensen/Michael Swenen for The Guardian

© Photograph: Michael Swensen/Michael Swenen for The Guardian

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L’agence DOGE de Donald Trump et d’Elon Musk disparaît comme elle a vécu : dans le chaos

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Présenté comme l’arme fatale contre la bureaucratie fédérale, le Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) n’aura finalement laissé derrière lui une administration US ravagée pour de toutes petites économies. Dissous avant la fin de son mandat, l’organisme incarné par Elon Musk s’éteint après avoir désorganisé des pans essentiels de l’État.

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L’agence DOGE de Donald Trump et d’Elon Musk disparaît comme elle a vécu : dans le chaos

Elon Musk Donald Trump Tesla Maison Blanche

Présenté comme l’arme fatale contre la bureaucratie fédérale, le Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) n’aura finalement laissé derrière lui une administration US ravagée pour de toutes petites économies. Dissous avant la fin de son mandat, l’organisme incarné par Elon Musk s’éteint après avoir désorganisé des pans essentiels de l’État.

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In Firing His No. 2, Zelensky Loses Both a Negotiator and an Enforcer

Andriy Yermak had ensured internal discipline in Ukraine’s wartime politics. He also led the country’s peace negotiations, which now must go on without him.

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A Ukrainian soldier in the eastern Donbas region. Andriy Yermak, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s former chief of staff, had negotiated to soften a peace proposal that included withdrawing from territory in eastern Ukraine.
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Latin American Leaders Face Both Trump and Voters Deported by the U.S.

The upcoming election in Honduras shows how politicians must balance cooperation with the Trump administration with their obligation to undocumented citizens in the United States who may be deported.

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Delmar Méndez, 53, his partner and their 3-year-old son were deported from the United States in February after their asylum claim was denied, they said.
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Trump’s hate-filled rant ignores facts on immigrant crime and economic benefits

In the wake of the deadly Washington DC shooting, Trump claimed immigrants are ‘destroying everything America stands for’. Here’s what the data shows

Donald Trump’s hateful, falsehood-filled rant on Thursday blaming immigrants for crime, “social dysfunction” and economic hardship is refuted by a wide range of immigration statistics, which show clearly that immigrants dramatically bolster the US economy and commit crimes at far lower rates than people born in the US.

On Thursday evening, Trump condemned immigrants in a broad and vicious invective, painting them as “illegal and disruptive populations” and attacking “those that hate, steal, murder and destroy everything that America stands for”. He vowed to block all migration from “third world countries” to allow the “US system to fully recover”.

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© Photograph: Cristóbal Herrera/EPA

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Inside Trump’s Push to Make the White House Ballroom as Big as Possible

President Trump’s ever-growing vision has caused tension with contractors. His architect has taken a step back as the president personally manages the project.

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President Trump walking on the White House roof with James McCrery, whose firm created the initial designs for the new ballroom, in August.
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What Chicago's fight against ICE can teach us all about how to resist oppression | Zoe Williams

A harrowing US podcast documents a community’s struggle against immigration raids – and warns us about herd mentality

Earlier this year, the Trump administration reversed the convention that nobody would be snatched by immigration and customs enforcement, or ICE, by a school, church or hospital. Since then, teachers have reported classrooms a third empty, as parents are too scared to send their kids in – volunteers walk them there and back.

In the Rogers Park area of Chicago, a group of citizens are organising to resist such immigration raids. Sometimes, it’s simple non-violent tactics, such as slowing officers down by walking in front of them. Last month, 50 people rushed to a church, where the congregation was trapped, having got word that there were ICE agents waiting outside. Maybe their most evocative tactic is whistles – coded blasts for when a convoy is suspected to be ICE agents, a different code when it’s confirmed. They have numerous accounts of undocumented migrants warned off driving right into a raid, which is galvanising, but they also see and hear dismaying things all the time: vehicles standing empty, one door open, not robbed, merely relieved of their drivers; landscape gardeners arrested off ladders. Earlier this month, the Protect Rogers Park group got 1,500 calls in a day.

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© Photograph: Anthony Vazquez/AP

© Photograph: Anthony Vazquez/AP

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La moitié des données météo mondiale a disparu : la surveillance devient floue (avec quelles conséquences ?)

Plus de la moitié des relevés météo issus du monde entier sont désormais indisponibles ! Les stations météo ne sont tout simplement plus capables de transmettre leurs données. Comment comprendre l’évolution du climat quand la majorité des données météo manquent à l’appel ? 

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La moitié des données météo mondiale a disparu : la surveillance devient floue (avec quelles conséquences ?)

Plus de la moitié des relevés météo issus du monde entier sont désormais indisponibles ! Les stations météo ne sont tout simplement plus capables de transmettre leurs données. Comment comprendre l’évolution du climat quand la majorité des données météo manquent à l’appel ? 

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What is an autopen and why can’t Trump stop talking about it?

The first autopen was patented in the 1800s and has been used by many American presidents

On Friday, Donald Trump claimed that he will reverse everything that Joe Biden has signed with an autopen.

The automated signature machine has been a tool used by presidents at the White House for decades.

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© Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AP

© Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AP

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