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Two months into President Donald Trumps second term, his administration gave states an ultimatum: Cooperate with his teams immigration crackdown or lose your federal homeland security funding.Oregon and 19 other states including Illinois, New York and California fought back and won. A federal judge ruled in September that the Department of Homeland Security couldnt attach such strings to its grants, which states rely on for counterterrorism and emergency planning. For Oregon, nearly $18 million was at stake. The money in the past has paid for everything from bomb detectors to a security analysts salary.But after winning in court, Oregon officials logged in to a federal grant website to formally accept the money, only to find the button to do so was disabled. They thought it might be a system glitch until they talked to counterparts in other states. The button did not come back online.Homeland Security officials signaled to the states that despite losing in court, they were likely to appeal. If states wanted the money now, they would have to sign a declaration promising to cooperate with immigration enforcement if they lost in the future. States argued this would violate the judges order, and they won in court again.Finally in October, the department officially removed the immigration wording to which states had objected and that the judge had said wasnt legal.But the administration continued to dangle the money out of reach. This time, the department rolled out a whole new set of criteria that made it harder for all states sanctuary or not, blue or red to obtain any federal terror or emergency management funding at all. They required states to estimate their populations net of people who had been deported and they dramatically tightened the deadline for spending the money.Trump and his appointees have faced intense scrutiny since September, when he cited violent radical left terrorism as the reason for ordering National Guard troops to Portland. The city disputes the characterization and has been fighting the deployment in court.Meanwhile, a quieter battle has been playing out over money to fight the extremist threats that emergency management officials say actually exist in the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere.Oregon auditors reported that data from a security think tank, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, puts the state at No. 6 nationally for violent extremist attacks from 2011 to 2020. In more recent years, the FBI announced a set of attacks on electrical substations in Oregon and Washington they suspected to be the work of neo-Nazis, as well as a series of Portland area ballot-box fires that the agency linked to an extremist of unspecified ideology.Insurrection, conflict, violence, bombings, all those kinds of things the dollars that we use absolutely are invested to help prevent, and help us prepare to respond to, those types of incidents, said Mark Ferdig, who runs the Regional Disaster Preparedness Organization in the Portland area, which is funded almost entirely by grants from the Department of Homeland Security.But in social media posts and in press briefings, the White House indicated that Trump doesnt trust Portland to use federal funding in ways that match the presidents priorities.He is genuinely serious about wanting to restore order in Americas cities, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in an October briefing, but its become apparent that the local and elected officials in Oregon do not feel the same.The Department of Homeland Security declined an interview request for this story. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, an arm of the department that distributes grant funding, responded to written questions from an unnamed press office email.Cities and states who break the law and prevent us from arresting criminal illegal aliens should not receive federal funding. The President has been clear on that, the email said.It said that for too long, FEMAs programs have strayed from their core mission turning taxpayer money into a slush fund for woke projects based on outdated and flawed methodologies.The agency denied holding back homeland security grants, pointing to the money it made available in September if states agreed to help with immigration enforcement.Lynn Budd, director of the Wyoming Office of Homeland Security and past president of the National Emergency Management Association, said states should not be compelled to align themselves with any federal administrations politics when money for disaster victims and counterterrorism is on the line.There should not be any political ideology involved in the grants, Budd said.Eroding CapabilitiesThe administrations latest iteration of changes to homeland security grants has added obstacles that, this time around, threaten to make every state a casualty.For example, states must officially certify their current population count net of people deported. States suing the government said in a court filing that the most likely source for a deportee count would be the Department of Homeland Security itself and that when North Carolina officials asked, they got no response. The states said the federal agency gave Michigan only an approximate number of recently removed individuals and that FEMA provided no indication of whether such estimates would be good enough. (Asked about providing states with deportee counts, a FEMA spokesperson said the agency could not comment on pending litigation.)Theres also a much shorter window for all states to spend the money the department gives out: within the next 10 months, rather than three years. Emergency managers say the requirement is challenging because it takes time for local governments to propose specific spending to state officials, for the state to distribute the money, and for the locals to hire people or put out bids for construction.Budd called the new deadline pretty devastating for all states, including Wyoming. She said states have received no explanation for the changing grant requirements.Do you have your crystal ball? I dont have mine, Budd said. Thats one of the most frustrating things is the lack of communication.Asked about the reason for the latest changes, FEMA said they were intended to prevent fraud and abuse and werent related to the courts rejection of earlier requirements forcing states to aid in immigration enforcement.These changes are neither arbitrary nor capricious, the agencys email stated. They are part of a methodical, reasonable effort to ensure that federal dollars are used effectively and in line with the Administrations priorities and todays homeland security threats.While all states are affected now, sanctuary jurisdictions like Oregon remain the main force battling the administration in court. (Oregons sanctuary law, originated in the 1980s and enhanced in 2021, bars law enforcement officers from participating in immigration enforcement without a judicial warrant.)Oregon estimates that without the federal money, two-thirds of its counties wont be able to perform basic emergency management functions to prepare for and respond to disasters.In Portland, the states largest city and the one with the highest terrorism risk, an average of $5 million a year in homeland security grants over the past two decades has paid for law enforcement training, rescue vehicles, bomb squad gear, mobile X-ray scanners and barriers that prevent cars from plowing into crowds.The grant programs were established by Congress in the wake of 9/11 and initially focused on international terrorism, but local governments have since used them to boost their states overall disaster preparedness and combat the growing threat of domestic extremism.Firefighters bought a drone with homeland security money and used it to investigate the arson of a 120-year-old church building in Portland. They flew the drone through wreckage investigators couldnt set foot in because the building was likely to collapse. Investigators used it again when a 110-year-old brick apartment complex burned down.During last years election, an arsonist set off incendiary devices on two ballot drop boxes in Portland and Vancouver, Washington, destroying hundreds of ballots. However, both ballot boxes were equipped with fire suppression devices that the homeland security grants had paid for. They prevented many more ballots from burning, local law enforcement said.One of the ballot drop boxes damaged by an arsonist in last years elections in Portland Jenny Kane/APHomeland security money also pays for an intelligence analyst who briefs law enforcement on emerging terrorism risks and assesses the vulnerabilities of public infrastructure like water treatment plants. The analyst prepares threat assessments for major public events like professional sports games or the downtown waterfront Rose Festival, determining whether the airspace overhead should be temporarily restricted and identifying places where someone could leave a suspicious backpack.Those major investments that we make in planning projects and equipment and supplies and training, I think that that will essentially go away, said Ferdig, who runs the Portland areas disaster preparedness organization. Well see more significant and rapid erosion of our capability if we are training less. And if theres less equipment over time, its just going to dissipate. And that is worrisome.Ferdig and other Portland emergency managers started getting nervous about federal funding in early March, when they noticed that FEMA had temporarily turned off several of the computer systems used to pay grants to state and local governments. There was no warning.Ferdig knew Trump had openly talked about abolishing FEMA and had ordered his cabinet to review the agency. The technical difficulty felt ominous to Ferdig.Weeks later, the administration made its first attempt to withhold emergency funds from sanctuary states, prompting the lawsuit from Oregon and 19 other states.The Ideology of ExtremistsThe administrations aggressive stance on local counterterror funding is not just about pressuring states on immigration policy, according to Mary McCord, a former acting assistant attorney general for national security under President Barack Obama. It may also be driven by the types of political extremism the money is being used to combat.When Oregon auditors reviewed the states efforts to combat extremism in 2022, they noted that incidents of extremist violence in the state between 2011 and 2020 were split nearly equally across political orientations.That doesnt fit the Trump administrations narrative, said McCord, who is now director of the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at the Georgetown University Law Center.In public statements and a September presidential memo on Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence, Trump has painted political violence as coming solely from left-wing groups. His administration has designated antifa, a term for loosely affiliated participants in Americas anti-fascist movement, as a terrorist organization.State and local counterterror funding is being withheld because it was perceived by this administration to be all directed against the right, McCord said. It is a multifaceted strategy of trying to say, There is no violence on the right. The violence is all coming from the left.Lindsay Schubiner, director of programs for the Western States Center, said Trumps actions on disaster response and counterterrorism are disturbing when coupled with his recent deployment of the National Guard to Portland to deal with immigration protesters. Schubiners Portland-based nonprofit, which tracks extremism in the Northwest, has previously labeled the Trump administration a threat to democracy.The administration is undermining the power of states and localities by holding back funding that allows them to serve their residents, Schubiner said, while at the same time relying on federal troops or attempting to try to increase control over communities, quash dissent and consolidate his power.The White House has made clear that it does, in fact, intend to take more control over Portlands domestic security efforts, saying the local response has been too ideologically biased.On Oct 3., the day before a judge blocked Trump from deploying the National Guard to Portland, Leavitt, his press secretary, railed against the city and its police force for arresting a conservative journalist while doing nothing about radical left-wing lunatics she said were acting as a violent mob. (The Portland Police Bureau is among the local agencies that have benefited from homeland security grants in the past.)Leavitts comments were a response to ongoing nightly protests at the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland. ProPublica previously reported that, while incidents of varying intensity have occurred between officers and protesters, there has been no evidence to support the administrations claim of a coordinated assault on the facility.Read MoreRiots Raging: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent TroopsLeavitt said the federal presence in Portland would surge to protect the ICE facility. At the same time, she broached the subject of cuts to various forms of federal aid to the city.We think its despicable that these local elected officials who swear an oath to protect their people are preventing law enforcement from doing their jobs on the ground, Leavitt said.The press secretary said White House officials, at Trumps direction, were already looking into ways to reduce the citys funding. She did not specify the type of funding or how the White House effort fit with the Department of Homeland Securitys ongoing battle with states over grant money.We will not fund states that allow anarchy, Leavitt said.The post Oregon Struggles to Land Federal Counterterrorism Money as Trump Orders Troops to Stop Terrorists Hindering ICE appeared first on ProPublica.

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Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Criminal Court, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, Pool)2025-12-02T05:04:12Z NEW YORK (AP) Luigi Mangione is due back in court on Tuesday for the second day of a hearing in his bid to bar New York prosecutors from using evidence that they say links him to last years killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.The pretrial hearing in Mangiones state murder case kicked off Monday with prosecutors playing surveillance videos of the Dec. 4, 2024, killing and security footage of his arrest five days later at a McDonalds in Pennsylvania.Mangione, 27, gripped a pen in his right hand, making a fist at times, as prosecutors played the audio of a 911 call from a McDonalds manager relaying concerns from customers that Mangione looked like the suspect in Thompsons death.Mangiones lawyers are asking Judge Gregory Carro to block prosecutors from showing or telling jurors about items seized from his backpack during his arrest, including a 9 mm handgun that prosecutors say matches the one used in the killing and a notebook in which they say Mangione described his intent to wack a health insurance executive. The defense contends the items should be excluded because police didnt have a warrant to search his backpack. They also want to suppress some statements Mangione made to law enforcement personnel, such as allegedly giving a false name, because officers started asking questions before telling him he had a right to remain silent. Mangione, the Ivy League-educated scion of a wealthy Maryland family, has pleaded not guilty to state and federal murder charges. The state charges carry the possibility of life in prison, while federal prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. Neither trial has been scheduled. The next hearing in the federal case is scheduled for Jan. 9. Stay up to date with the news and the best of AP by following our WhatsApp channel. Follow on Mangiones lawyers want to bar evidence from both cases, but this weeks hearing pertains only to the state case. Five witnesses testified on Monday, including a Pennsylvania prison officer who said Mangione told him that at the time of his arrest he had a backpack with foreign currency and a 3D-printed pistol. Another prison officer said his superintendent told him Mangione was being held under constant watch because the facility did not want an Epstein-style situation, referring to Jeffrey Epsteins 2019 jail suicide.More law enforcement officers are expected to take the witness stand on Tuesday.Surveillance video showed a masked gunman shooting Thompson from behind as the executive walked to a midtown Manhattan hotel for his companys annual investor conference. Prosecutors say delay, deny and depose were written on the ammunition, mimicking a phrase used to describe how insurers avoid paying claims.Mangione was arrested as he ate breakfast at a McDonalds in Altoona, Pennsylvania, about 230 miles (about 370 kilometers) west of Manhattan after the restaurants manager told a 911 dispatcher, I have a customer here that some other customers were suspicious of that he looks like the CEO shooter from New York.The manager told the dispatcher that she searched online for photos of the suspect that police disseminated. But, as Mangione sat in the restaurant, she said she could only see his eyebrows because he had a beanie pulled down close to his eyes and was wearing a medical face mask. On Monday, a few dozen Mangione supporters watched the hearing from the back of the courtroom.One wore a green T-shirt that said: Without a warrant, its not a search, its a violation. Another woman held a doll of the Luigi video game character and had a smaller figurine of him clipped to her purse.Court officials say the hearing could take more than a week.

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Special Envoy Steve Witkoff attends a meeting with Ukrainian officials Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025, in Hallandale Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)2025-12-02T10:10:51Z U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff was due to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday, taking to the Kremlin an embryonic peace plan that Washington hopes can bring about an end to the nearly four-year war in Ukraine.Coinciding with Witkoffs trip, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy went to Ireland, continuing his visits to European countries that have helped sustain his countrys fight against Russias invasion.After months of frustration in his efforts to stop the fighting, U.S. President Donald Trump is deploying officials to get traction for his peace proposals. Jared Kushner, Trumps son-in-law, will join the meeting between Putin and Witkoff, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. He said that the talks would take as long as needed and will involve only Witkoff, Kushner and an interpreter from the U.S. side. So far, the talks have followed parallel lines, with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sitting down with Ukrainian officials, and now Witkoff heading to Moscow.Zelenskyy said that he met Tuesday with the Ukrainian delegation that returned from the latest round of negotiations with the U.S. representatives in Florida. Rubio said that those talks made progress, but added that theres more work to be done. Zelenskyy said that the Florida talks took as their cue a document that both sides drafted at an earlier meeting in Geneva. The Ukrainian leader said that document was now finalized, although he didnt explain what that meant. Ukrainian diplomats are working to ensure that European partners are substantially involved in decision-making, Zelenskyy said on the Telegram messaging app, and warned about what he said were Russian disinformation campaigns aimed at steering the negotiations.Ukrainian intelligence will provide partners with the information we have about Russias true intentions and its attempts to use diplomatic efforts as cover to ease sanctions and block important collective European decisions, Zelenskyy said. Zelenskyy was meeting with political leaders and lawmakers in Dublin on his first official visit. Ireland is officially neutral and isnt a member of NATO, but has sent nonlethal military support to Ukraine. More than 100,000 Ukrainians have moved to Ireland since Russia launched its war on Feb. 24, 2022.Though this weeks consultations could move the process forward, few details have become public. It remains unclear how envoys are going to bridge the gap between the two sides on such basic differences as who keeps what territory. European officials say the road to peace will be long.European leaders, who fear Russias future territorial ambitions and are trying to figure out how they can fund Ukraines fight beyond this year, are trying to make their voices heard after being largely sidelined by Washington. They are also working on future security guarantees for Ukraine.French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that he and Zelenskyy, who was on a trip to Paris, spoke by phone with Witkoff. They also spoke to leaders of eight other European countries as well as top European Union officials and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte. Macron said that the coming days will see crucial discussions between U.S. officials and Western partners. Zelenskyys visit to Paris followed Sundays meeting between Ukrainian and U.S. officials, which Rubio described as productive.Diplomats face a hard time trying to bridge Russian and Ukrainian differences and persuading them to strike compromises. The key obstacles over whether Kyiv should cede land to Moscow and how to ensure Ukraines future security appear unresolved.Zelenskyy is under severe pressure in one of the darkest periods of the war for his country. As well as managing diplomatic pressure, he must find money to keep Ukraine afloat, address a corruption scandal that has reached the top echelons of his government, and keep Russia at bay on the battlefield.The Kremlin late Monday claimed that Russian forces have captured the key Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk in the eastern Donetsk region. Zelenskyy, however, said in Paris that fighting was still ongoing in Pokrovsk on Monday.___Follow APs coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine

Rose petals are scattered to Pope Leo XIV as he leaves after visiting the Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross in the town of Jal el-Dib, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)2025-12-02T04:49:51Z BEIRUT (AP) Pope Leo XIV prayed Tuesday at the site of a deadly 2020 Beirut port explosion that has become a symbol of dysfunction and official impunity and called for justice to prevail, as he offered words of consolation to Lebanons people including in the war-battered south on the final day of his first overseas trip.Relatives of some of the 218 people killed by the blast held up photos of their loved ones as Leo arrived at the scorched site. They stood side by side as Leo prayed silently first at a monument to the dead, then greeted each one, grasping their hands.The emotional encounter took place next to the shell of the last grain silo standing at the site destroyed by the Aug. 4, 2020, blast and the piles of burned cars torched in its wake. The explosion did billions of dollars in damage as hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate detonated in a port warehouse. Five years on, the families of those killed are still seeking justice. No official has been convicted in a judicial investigation that has been repeatedly obstructed, angering Lebanese for whom the blast was just the latest evidence of impunity after decades of corruption and financial crimes. The visit clearly sends the message that the explosion was a crime, said Cecile Roukoz, whose brother, Joseph Roukoz, was killed and who was on hand to meet the pope. There should be a message, the country should end impunity and ensure justice is served.When he arrived in Lebanon on Sunday, Leo urged the countrys political leaders to pursue the truth as a means of peace and reconciliation. In a homily Sunday after praying at the site, Leo referred explicitly to the blast and called for Lebanon to be a place of justice. Pope calls for justice at MassAn estimated 150,000 worshippers packed the Beirut waterfront for Leos final Mass, which he celebrated immediately after praying at the nearby blast site. In his homily, Leo named the many problems the Lebanese people have faced, from economic crises to the blast and renewed fears of war. He said its natural to feel paralyzed by powerlessness in the face of evil and oppressed by so many difficult situations.But he urged them not to be resigned, and to find ways to remain hopeful and grateful. He insisted, though, that justice was part of the equation.Let us cast off the armor of our ethnic and political divisions, open our religious confessions to mutual encounter and reawaken in our hearts the dream of a united Lebanon, he said. A Lebanon where peace and justice reign, where all recognize each other as brothers and sisters.Lebanon, stand up! Be a home of justice and fraternity! Be a prophetic sign of peace for the whole of the Levant! An emotional visit to the hospitalThe American pope opened his final day in Lebanon with an emotional visit to the De La Croix hospital, which specializes in care for people with psychological problems. Awaiting him were some familiar-looking faces: young boys dressed up as Swiss Guards and cardinals, and even one dressed as the pope himself in all white.The mother superior of the congregation that runs the hospital, Mother Marie Makhlouf, was overcome as she welcomed the pope, telling him that her hospital cares for the forgotten souls, burdened by their loneliness.Leo said the facility stands as a reminder to all of humanity. We cannot forget those who are most fragile. We cannot conceive of a society that races ahead at full speed clinging to the false myths of well-being, while at the same time ignoring so many situations of poverty and vulnerability, he said.For Lebanon, (the visit) means a lot, said pilgrim Maggie Claudine, who was waiting for Leo at the hospital. We hope that peace will prevail, and that is what we wish for. We want to live in comfort. Families of blast dead seek justiceLeo has sought to bring a message of peace to Lebanon as it copes with the economic crises, the aftermath of last years devastating war between Hezbollah and Israel and the fallout from the port blast.Among those on hand to welcome Leo at the blast site was Lebanon Social Affairs Minister Haneen Sayed, whose mother was killed. Another was Mireille Khoury, whose 15-year-old son, Elias, was killed. When Leo approached her, Khoury pointed to the building where they lived across the port, where Elias died as he was hanging out in his room.Khoury said Lebanon cannot heal from its wounds without justice and accountability. She has been among the relatives who have called for finalizing the stalled investigation that implicated a long list of political, security and judicial officials. The probe has been obstructed by officials who have largely refused to cooperate.Justice is the basis of building any country, she told The Associated Press in an interview before the pope arrived in Lebanon. Our children were killed in their homes. They were killed because someone kept (ammonium) nitrate in the main port of the city near a residential area. Khoury said the popes prayer and support would bring some relief, but said she would not give up on her pursuit for justice.I will not say that this anger will fully just disappear, Khoury said. But I think it will give some sort of relaxation of this anger that is in my heart until justice is served.The fate of the ports massive grain silos, which absorbed much of the shock of the explosion, has also been a matter of debate.The Lebanese government at one point planned to demolish the damaged silos but decided against it after families of the blasts victims and survivors, who want them preserved, protested. The port, meanwhile, is largely functional again but still hasnt been fully rebuilt.Calls for peace in the southPope Leo XIV referenced the ongoing conflict in southern Lebanon in his farewell speech at the Beirut airport and sent a message of support to people of the south.Christians in the south had been disappointed that his visit did not include a visit to their areas, which were battered by last years war between Israel and Hezbollah and are still the target of regular airstrikes that Israel says aim to stop Hezbollah from rebuilding.I greet all the regions of Lebanon that I was unable to visit: Tripoli and the north, the Beqaa and the south of the country, which is currently experiencing a state of conflict and uncertainty, Leo said. He also referred to the cities of Sidon and Tyre, which are mentioned in the New Testament, as biblical places.May the attacks and hostilities cease, he said. We must recognize that armed struggle brings no benefit. While weapons are lethal, negotiation, mediation and dialogue are constructive.Lebanese President Joseph Aoun urged the pope to keep Lebanon in his prayers.The Lebanese are a faithful people who deserve life, he said. As we bid you farewell, we do not only part with an honored guest, but with a father who brought us comfort, and reminded us that the world has not forgotten Lebanon.___Mroue reported from Jal el-Dib, Lebanon. Associated Press journalist Fadi Tawil in Beirut contributed to this report.___Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the APs collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content. NICOLE WINFIELD Winfield has been on the Vatican beat since 2001, covering the papacies of St. John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI and the Francis pontificate and traveling the world with them. 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A person stands in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei index at a securities firm Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)2025-12-02T04:44:42Z BANGKOK (AP) World shares were mixed on Tuesday after U.S. stocks gave back some of last weeks rally, pressured by rising global bond yields. The future for the S&P 500 rose 0.2% while that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.1%.In Germany, the DAX advanced 0.7% to 23,748.88, while the CAC 40 in Paris added 0.4% to 8,126.11. Britains FTSE 100 was also up 0.4%, at 9,737.80. In Asian trading, Tokyos Nikkei 225 ended flat at 49,303.45, with financial shares the biggest gainers after the governor of the central bank hinted at a possible hike to interest rates this month.In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng added 0.2% to 26,095.05, while the Shanghai Composite index slipped 0.7% to 3,897.71. Australias S&P/ASX 200 added 0.2% to 8,579.70.The Kospi in South Korea jumped 1.9% to 3,994.93, led by buying of technology shares like Samsung Electronics, which surged 2.6%. Chip maker SK Hynix leaped 3.7%. Taiwans benchmark Taiex climbed 0.8%, while the Sensex in India lost 0.6%.On Monday, the S&P 500 slipped 0.5% and broke a five-day winning streak. The Dow industrials dropped 0.9% and the the Nasdaq composite dipped 0.4%. Last weeks rally was largely due to rising hopes that the Federal Reserve will cut its main interest rate next week to help shore up the slowing job market. Jobs are under pressure at U.S. manufacturers, and the majority in a survey by the Institute for Supply Management said theyre still focused more on managing headcount than on hiring. Several manufacturers also said tariffs are continuing to make things complicated. Conditions are more trying than during the coronavirus pandemic in terms of supply chain uncertainty, one manufacturer told the ISM. Yields for longer-term Treasurys rose in the bond market, part of a worldwide climb for yields after Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda indicated the central bank may raise its benchmark rate at its meeting later this month. Japans benchmark interest rate has remained near zero for years in hopes of reviving sluggish growth. Now inflation is holding above the Bank of Japans target of about 2%. The prospect of the Bank of Japan resuming its hiking cycle a bit sooner than previously thought has sent tremors through global bond and equity markets this week, but we suspect they could nonetheless weather further tightening, Thomas Mathews of Capital Markets said in a commentary.When bonds are paying higher yields, they can attract investors who would otherwise buy stocks or cryptocurrencies. Higher yields undercut prices for all kinds of investments, particularly those seen as the most expensive.Bitcoin, which was soaring around $125,000 in October, dropped toward $85,500. Thats down roughly 6% from a day earlier. It was trading around $87,500 early Tuesday. Crypto industry stocks fell, with Coinbase Global down 4.8% and Robinhood Markets losing 4.1%. On the winning side of Wall Street was Synposys, which rose 4.9%. It said Nvidia is investing $2 billion in its stock as part of an expanded partnership. Nvidia, which has become Wall Streets most influential stock, swung from an early loss to a gain of 1.6%. The markets had a mixed reaction to what seems like a strong start for the holiday shopping season. Consumer spending during the Black Friday and Cyber Monday retailing bonanza was expected to exceed expectations, despite uncertainty over the outlook for the U.S. economy. In other dealings early Tuesday, U.S. benchmark crude oil gave up 6 cents to $59.26 per barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, shed 13 cents to $63.04 per barrel. The dollar rose to 156.05 Japanese yen from 155.48 yen. The euro slipped to $1.1604 from $1.1611. ELAINE KURTENBACH Based in Bangkok, Kurtenbach is the APs business editor for Asia, helping to improve and expand our coverage of regional economies, climate change and the transition toward carbon-free energy. She has been covering economic, social, environmental and political trends in China, Japan and Southeast Asia throughout her career. twitter mailto

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Republican congressional candidate Matt Van Epps, center, and his wife Meg Wrather, left, greet a poll worker after casting their ballots at an early voting site in the special election for the seventh district, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)2025-12-02T05:09:40Z NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) President Donald Trump and Republicans will try to bounce back from recent losses around the country when Tennessee voters choose the next representative for the reliably conservative 7th U.S. House Congressional District on Tuesday. The special election, which was organized after Republican Rep. Mark Green resigned this summer, saw an unexpected surge of spending in recent weeks, flooding the airwaves and filling residents mailboxes with campaign flyers.Matt Van Epps, the Republican candidate, has been backed by more than $1 million from MAGA Inc. Its the first time the Trump-supporting super PAC has spent money on a campaign since last years presidential race, a reflection of this contests outsize importance. House Speaker Mike Johnson and GOP chair Joe Gruters rallied supporters in Tennessee on Monday. Trump addressed the crowd by phone and later held a tele-rally for Van Epps, his second of the general election. Democrats recently won by wide margins in New Jersey, Virginia and elsewhere, and a strong showing in Tennessee could further embolden the party ahead of midterm elections next November. The House Majority PAC has put $1 million behind state Rep. Aftyn Behn, the Democratic candidate. National party chair Ken Martin visited to campaign for Behn. Former Vice President Kamala Harris participated in a canvassing kickoff while in Nashville on a book tour. And former Vice President Al Gore, a Tennessee native, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez headlined a virtual rally on the elections eve. Stay up to date with the news and the best of AP by following our WhatsApp channel. Follow on The 7th District is one of three seats redrawn in 2022 to erode the influence of Nashville, the states largest city and a Democratic stronghold. Only about 1 in 5 of its registered voters are in Nashville, and last year it went to Green by 21 percentage points and to Trump by a similar margin. Democrats say closing the gap would signal that their party has momentum going into next year. Republicans remain confident that they can defend the seat, and they hope to dismiss Democratic claims that even red districts are now in play as Trump struggles with low approval ratings and persistent economic dissatisfaction. However there are concerns about turnout due to the timing, as early voting went into Thanksgiving week with Election Day the following Tuesday. Trump held a virtual rally in November with Van Epps, a former state general services commissioner from Nashville who previously served as an Army helicopter pilot, to boost his candidacy.Republicans have tried to turn Behns own words against her in television advertising, such as when she described herself as a radical or claimed to be bullying immigration agents and state police officers. A frequent target are comments Behn made about Nashville years ago, when she said I hate this city and complained about bachelorette parties. For the most part, Behn has answered questions about those remarks by redirecting to cost of living issues. But she has responded specifically about Nashville, saying she wants it to be a place where working people can thrive even if she gets annoyed at some tourist draws. Behn, a self-proclaimed pissed-off social worker, has condemned Trumps tariffs and tax cut legislation, both of which Van Epps supports. She also has criticized Republicans reluctance to release files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Van Epps originally opposed a House vote to force the Justice Department to disclose more Epstein documents but changed his stance to mirror Trump after the president backed the measure.Democratic allies sought to eat away at Van Epps base by urging conservatives to back independent candidate Jon Thorp instead. That messaging came in mailers from Your Community PAC, which has spent more than $16 million supporting Democratic candidates across the country since last year.

A man walks with a Prada shopping bag in front of a Versace shop, at the Montenapoleone luxury fashion street, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)2025-12-02T10:24:54Z MILAN (AP) The Prada Group closed the purchase of Milan fashion rival Versace in a $1.375 billion cash deal that puts the fashion house known for its sexy silhouettes under the same roof as Pradas ugly chic aesthetic and Miu Mius youth-driven appeal. The highly anticipated deal is expected to relaunch Versaces fortunes, after middling post-pandemic performance as part of the U.S. luxury group Capri Holdings.Prada said in a one-line statement that the acquisition had been completed after receiving all regulatory clearances. Capri Holdings, which owns Michael Kors and Jimmy Choo, said the money would be used to pay down debt. Donatella Versace welcomed the deal in an Instagram post, which also marked the birthday of the brands late founder, her brother, Gianni Versace. Today is your day and the day Versace joins the Prada family. I am thinking of the smile you would have had on your face,' she wrote in a post that also featured a 1979 photo of Gianni Versace with Miuccia Prada. Versaces futurePrada heir Lorenzo Bertelli is set to steer Versaces next phase as executive chairman, in addition to his roles as group marketing director and sustainability chief.The son of co-creative director Miuccia Prada and longtime Prada Group chairman Patrizio Bertelli has said he doesnt expect to make any swift executive changes at Versace, although he also noted that the company, which is among the top 10 most recognized brands in the world, has long been underperforming in the market. FILE- Prada Group Chief Marketing Officer Lorenzo Bertelli attends the presentation of the Axiom and Prada-designed spacesuit that will be used by NASA from 2026, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File) FILE- Prada Group Chief Marketing Officer Lorenzo Bertelli attends the presentation of the Axiom and Prada-designed spacesuit that will be used by NASA from 2026, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Prada has underlined that the 47-year-old Versace brand offered significant untapped growth potential.Versace is undergoing a creative relaunch under a new designer, Dario Vitale, who previewed his first collection during Milan Fashion Week in September. He was previously head of design at Miu Miu, but his move to Versace was unrelated to the Prada deal, executives have said. Customers look at a Prada shop window, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) Customers look at a Prada shop window, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Capri Holdings paid $2 billion for Versace in 2018, but had been struggling to position the brands bold profile in the recent era of quiet luxury.Capri Holdings chairman John D. Idol said in a statement that Prada is the ideal partner to guide this celebrated luxury house into its next era of growth.'Versace represented 20% of Capri Holdings 2024 revenue of 5.2 billion euros,Prada said when the deal was announced in April that Versace would represent 13% of the Prada Groups pro-forma revenues, with Miu Miu coming in at 22% and Prada at 64%. The Prada Group, which also includes Churchs footwear, reported a 17% boost in revenues to 5.4 billion euros last year.Pradas in-house manufacturingThe Prada Group has already begun preparations to incorporate crosstown rival Versace into its Italian manufacturing system, a point of pride for the group. Making a bag for one brand or another, the know-how is the same, Bertelli told reporters last week at the groups Scandicci leather goods factory, which already makes bags for the Prada and Miu Miu brands and will soon add Versace. Artisans stitched handles onto leather bags, and cut leather with laser machines inside the leather goods factory, where trainees were learning the trade as part of Pradas 25-year-old academy. It has trained some 570 new artisans in an in-house training program in the Tuscany, Marche, Veneto and Umbria regions. Last year, Prada hired 70% of the 120 artisans who trained in the academy. The number of trainees rose by 28% to 152 this year.The Prada Group has invested 60 million euros in its supply chain this year, including a new leather goods factory near Siena, a new knitwear factory near Perugia, as well as increasing production at its Churchs footwear factory in Britain and expanding another Tuscan factory. Thats on top of 200 million euros in investments from 2019-24. A leather good operator works at the Prada factory in Scandicci, Italy, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) A leather good operator works at the Prada factory in Scandicci, Italy, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Leather good operators work at the Prada factory in Scandicci, Italy, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. 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CHICAGOIn a move making her the latest performer to join the distraction-free trend, New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde confirmed Friday that she was now requiring all concertgoers to stash their boyfriends in locked pouches during her shows.I understand wanting to share the experience, but I think a live performance is more special when everyone puts their boyfriends away, said Lorde, who explained that her current Ultrasound World Tour had partnered with Yondr to lock fans male significant others in the companys patented three-by-six-foot pouches before entering the venue. I dont want people just glued to their boyfriends for the entire show. Fans should be singing along, dancing, and really getting into the music, so if we see you with a boyfriend, you will be asked to leave. If you need him to get to the venue and get home, we totally understandjust silence him and keep him in the pouch so everyone can enjoy the experience.According to sources, a fan at a recent Lorde concert was booted from the show after she was caught sneaking in a second boyfriend.The post Lorde Requiring All Concertgoers To Stash Boyfriends InLocked Pouch appeared first on The Onion.

HILLIARD, OHReluctantly admitting to the table that she might have been too quick to judge, local mother Janet Greenbaum told family members Thursday that she was actually quite impressed by the manners of their tattooed restaurant server.When she first came over to give us our menus, I thought she was in some kind of biker gang, but she turned out to be really polite, said the 63-year-old mother of two, who remarked that the North Side Grill waitress seemed very smart and well-spoken despite having ruined her cute little arms with body art that resembled a half lady, half skull thing and a devil-looking guy. Between the tattoos, that haircut, and all those hideous piercings, she looks pretty scary, but underneath, shes sweet as can be. Im starting to think shes never even been to prison!Greenbaum added that she was also impressed to see a wedding ring on the womans finger, although she shuddered to think what kind of man would marry such a thing.The post Mom Impressed By Tattooed Persons Manners appeared first on The Onion.

Rosalas fourth studio album, Lux, has been met with critical acclaim, cracking the Billboard top 10 for the first time in the Spanish pop stars career. The Onion shares everything you need to know about the artist.Genre: MsicaMusical Influences: Traditional Spanish TikToksWho Shes Beefing With: B-flatFrequent Collaborator: King Ferdinand VControversies: Making Spanish-language music, despite being from SpainOften Mistaken For: Woody GuthriepH Level: 9The post Artist Profile: Rosala appeared first on The Onion.

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Smoke rises as Israeli forces demolish the home of Abdul Karim Sanoubar, a suspected Palestinian militant who has been accused by Israel of planting bombs on buses in central Israel, in Nablus, West Bank, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)2025-12-02T07:01:50Z DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) Israel on Tuesday said it had received findings handed over by Palestinian militants in Gaza to the Red Cross. They were believed to be remains of one of the two hostages still in the territory: an Israeli and a Thai national.Israels government said they would be taken for forensics testing. Palestinian media has said they were found in Gazas northern town of Beit Lahiya. Israeli officials didnt immediately say what the term findings meant.The remains of 26 hostages taken in the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, attack that triggered the war have already been returned since a U.S.-brokered ceasefire began on Oct. 10.Palestinians killed in Gaza Israeli fire killed two Palestinians in Gaza in Tuesday.An Israeli drone strike killed a videographer in the south, said officials at Nasser Hospital, which received the body.Momahed Wadi was killed in Khan Younis, the hospital said. Wadi owned a drone photography company that once specialized on filming occasions like weddings. More recently, it posted footage of Gazas destruction. Also Tuesday, a man was shot dead near the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, according to Al-Awda Hospital. Israels military did not immediately comment on either death, but has said killings are often in response to militants approaching or firing at its forces.Gazas Health Ministry said more than 350 Palestinians have been killed across the territory since the ceasefire. Both Hamas and Israel have accused the other of breaking the terms of the truce. The initial 2023 Hamas-led attack on southern Israel killed around 1,200 people while more than 250 others were taken hostage. Almost all of the hostages or their remains have been returned in ceasefires or other deals.Gazas Health Ministry says the Palestinian toll has topped 70,100. The ministry operates under the Hamas-run government. It is staffed by medical professionals and maintains detailed records viewed as generally reliable by the international community. Violence in the West BankIsraels military has also pushed forward its operations in the occupied West Bank, shooting and killing two Palestinians on Tuesday it accused of attacking soldiers.The military said troops shot and killed a suspect who stabbed and lightly wounded two soldiers as they confronted him near an Israeli settlement in the central West Bank. It said the incident was under review. In the southern West Bank, the army said it fatally shot a Palestinian who had carried out a car-ramming attack that wounded a soldier. The army said the man attempted to flee as they tried to arrest him.The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the suspects as an 18-year-old from north of Ramallah and an 17-year-old resident of Hebron.Israels military has stepped up its activities in the West Bank since the war in Gaza began. Israel says the offensive is aimed at rooting out militants. Palestinians say scores of stone-throwers, protesters and uninvolved civilians have been killed.In recent weeks, Israeli settlers have stepped up attacks on Palestinian civilians. Israel demolishes family homes in West BankIsraeli forces on Tuesday demolished the family home of Abdul Karim Sanoubar, a suspected Palestinian militant currently in detention who has been accused of planting bombs on buses in central Israel in February.Troops evacuated 13 homes around the building in Nablus. Israel says home demolitions are meant to deter future attackers, but critics say they amount to collective punishment against the families of assailants and only exacerbate tensions with Palestinians.The military, which said the explosives in the planned attack didnt detonate, said it demolished Karim Sanoubars familys home due to the irregular nature of the planned attack and with the backing of the legal authorities.Israeli troops later traveled to Aqabah town in the West Bank to demolish the house of a man accused of carrying out a shooting attack in which one person was killed, the military said. Tensions with Lebanon and SyriaOn Tuesday, Israels military launched another round of strikes on southern Lebanon, an almost daily occurrence as Israel accuses the militant group Hezbollah of failing to disarm following a U.S.-brokered ceasefire last year that halted two months of war.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu renewed calls to establish a demilitarized buffer zone along the Israel-Syria border in a visit to soldiers injured in Syria. On Friday, Israeli forces killed 13 people in a raid on a Syrian village, where they opened fired on residents confronting them, according to Syrian officials.Israel has said such attacks in Lebanon and Syria are against militant groups, but critics say they come with a heavy toll as civilians, including women and children, are often killed.As Pope Leo XIV departed Lebanon on a visit to the Middle East, he made a brief mention of violence in Lebanons south and called for peace in the region.___Magdy reported from Cairo and Janetsky from Jerusalem.___Find more of APs Israel-Hamas coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/israel-hamas-war MEGAN JANETSKY Megan Janetsky covers migration, conflict, human rights and politics in Mexico and Central America for The AP based in Mexico City. Previously, she covered Cuba and the Caribbean for The AP and worked as freelance journalist in Colombia, reporting across South America. twitter instagram facebook mailto SAMY MAGDY Magdy is a Middle East reporter for The Associated Press, based in Cairo. He focuses on conflict, migration and human rights abuses. twitter facebook mailto

Honduras' President Juan Orlando Hernandez speaks during the opening ceremony of the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, Monday Nov. 1, 2021. Andy Buchanan/Pool via AP, File)2025-12-02T14:00:31Z TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernndez, sentenced last year to 45 years in prison for his role in helping drug traffickers move hundreds of tons of cocaine to the United States, was released from prison following a pardon from President Donald Trump, his wife announced Tuesday.The U.S. Bureau of Prisons inmate website showed that Hernndez was released from U.S. Penitentiary, Hazelton in West Virginia on Monday and a spokesperson for the bureau on Tuesday confirmed his release.His wife Ana Garca thanked Trump for pardoning Hernndez via the social platform X early Tuesday.After almost four years of pain, of waiting and difficult challenges, my husband Juan Orlando Hernndez RETURNED to being a free man, thanks to the presidential pardon granted by President Donald Trump, Garcas post said. She included a picture of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons listing for Hernndez indicating his release. Hernndez was arrested at the request of the United States in February 2022, weeks after handing over power to current President Xiomara Castro.Two years later, he was sentenced to 45 years in prison in a New York federal courtroom for taking bribes from drug traffickers so they could safely move some 400 tons of cocaine north through Honduras to the United States. Hernndez maintained throughout that he was innocent and the victim of revenge by drug traffickers he had helped extradite to the United States. Stay up to date with the news and the best of AP by following our WhatsApp channel. Follow on On Sunday, Trump was asked about why he pardoned Hernandez by reporters traveling with him on Air Force One. I was asked by Honduras, many of the people of Honduras, Trump said.The people of Honduras really thought he was set up, and it was a terrible thing, he said.They basically said he was a drug dealer because he was the president of the country. And they said it was a Biden administration set-up. And I looked at the facts and I agreed with them.The pardon promised by Trump days before Honduras presidential election injected a new element into the contest that some said helped the candidate from his National Party Nasry Asfura, one of the leaders as the vote count proceeded Tuesday.

Nature, Published online: 02 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03738-6Places in England still using local mean time in 1875, and Niels Bohr delivers a talk on the latest in quantum theory, in this weeks peek at Natures archive.

President Trumps threat of military action has confronted President Nicols Maduro of Venezuela with the gravest challenge of his crisis-ridden reign.

WASHINGTONTouting his latest executive order as a historic win for the U.S. economy, President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was mandating a 5,000% increase in all numbers nationwide. Effective immediately, 100 will now be 5,100 andIm reading off the official statistics from my people500 will be 25,500, said Trump, speaking from the Oval Office as he told reporters the move would shift decimals many places to the right for wages, stock prices, job numbers, gross domestic product, and other vital economic indicators. Say your net worth is about $20,000. In that case, youre now a millionaire. And we dont have to worry about fertility anymore, because this country now has about 17 billion people. These are really tremendous increases that should have gone into effect years ago. Trump added that if the executive order was as successful as he expected it to be, he might soon shift to increasing some letters.The post Trump Announces 5,000%Increase In All Numbers appeared first on The Onion.

A COPA Airlines plane takes off at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, days after the government revoked operating rights for international airlines that suspended flights following a warning from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.(AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez)2025-12-02T15:02:57Z CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) U.S.-operated flights returning deported migrants to Venezuela will continue despite President Donald Trumps suggestion that the airspace of the South American country should be viewed as closed.The government of Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro on Tuesday announced that the twice weekly flights will go on following a request from the Trump administration. That reverses a Venezuelan government Saturday announcement indicating that U.S. immigration authorities had unilaterally suspended the flights.An overflight and landing application submitted Monday by U.S.-based Eastern Airlines requests permission for an arrival Wednesday. The application was made public Tuesday by Venezuelas foreign affairs minister.Venezuelans have been steadily deported to their home country this year after Maduro, under pressure from the White House, did away with his long-standing policy of not accepting deportees from the U.S. Immigrants now arrive regularly at the airport outside the capital, Caracas, on flights operated by a U.S. government contractor or Venezuelas state-owned airline. The flights have continued despite U.S. military strikes against vessels suspected of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean and off Venezuelas Caribbean coast. The Trump administration says the strikes are aimed at drug cartels, some of which it claims are controlled by Maduro. Trump also is weighing whether to carry out strikes on the Venezuelan mainland.More than 13,000 migrants have been deported to Venezuela this year on dozens of chartered flights, the latest of which arrived Friday.