Thursday, November 20th

🚨NATION

  • White House crafting executive order to thwart state AI laws (CNBC)

  • Trump says Democratic lawmakers’ video is ‘seditious behavior, punishable by death’ (NPR)

  • Texas redistricting case turns ugly as judge dissents 15 times (ABC)

  • Former GOP staffer charged with fabricating anti-MAGA assault (THE HILL)

  • Reagan-appointed judge torches colleagues in Texas map fight, calls ruling ‘fiction,’ ‘judicial activism’ (FOX)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

  • Fire prompts evacuations at UN climate talks in Brazil, but officials say no one hurt (AP)

  • IDF launches airstrikes across Gaza after troops come under fire (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

  • Mount Semeru volcano eruption in Indonesia prompts evacuations (GUARDIAN)

  • Alleged mastermind behind Mexican mayor’s murder arrested (BBC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

  • Walmart reports a strong quarter, showing Americans are still spending (FOX)

  • Verizon is laying off over 13,000 workers (THE VERGE)

  • Advocacy groups urge parents to avoid AI toys this holiday season (AP)

  • Trump moves to strip protections for endangered and threatened species (CNN)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • The Weeknd’s ‘After Hours Til Dawn’ tour surpasses $1 billion and becomes the top-earning tour by a male solo artist (VARIETY)

  • Kevin Spacey says he is homeless and working as a night club singer in Cyprus (NBC)

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

  • Dolly Parton says she was forced to skip her Hall of Fame honor as doctors tell her to ‘take it easy’ (FOX)


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