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Randy Lawrence, president of the Kanawha County Black Lung Association, stands outside his home wearing supplemental oxygen for black lung disease near Cabin Creek, W.Va., Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Deep in Trump country, coal miners with black lung say government is suffocating the 'working man'

11:00 PM on Thursday, November 6

Lisa Emery, a respiratory therapist, is deeply concerned about West Virginia coal miners suffering from black lung disease

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gestures while speaking during the FOX Nation Patriot Awards event Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in Greenvale, N.Y. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Trump administration announces 17th deadly strike on an alleged drug boat

10:41 PM on Thursday, November 6

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced another deadly U.S. strike on a boat he said was trafficking narcotics in the Caribbean Sea

Former President Barack Obama arrives to a rally for New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill at a campaign event, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

Obama celebrates Tuesday wins and tells progressives that voters are rejecting the Trump agenda

9:47 PM on Thursday, November 6

Barack Obama is celebrating Democratic wins earlier this week and saying they are a sign that American voters are rejecting the Trump agenda

FILE - Former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada arrives at the federal courthouse in Nashville, Tenn., on May 9, 2025. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)

Trump pardons former Tennessee House speaker convicted of federal public corruption charges

9:33 PM on Thursday, November 6

President Donald Trump has pardoned former Tennessee House speaker Glen Casada and his aide Cade Cothren

FILE - Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch is seen, July 8, 2019, in Stanley, N.M. (KRQE via AP, File)

New Mexico lawmakers propose a Jeffrey Epstein probe of activity at secluded desert ranch

7:37 PM on Thursday, November 6

A secluded desert ranch where financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein once entertained guests is coming under new scrutiny in New Mexico

FILE - Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-NY., speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Feb. 22, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Republican Rep Elise Stefanik to announce run for New York governor

6:56 PM on Thursday, November 6

Republican U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik is expect to announce a run for New York governor Friday

Food for Health: Advocates Call on Gov. Newsom to Backfill SNAP Cuts

6:17 PM on Thursday, November 6

Police guard the Mexican Embassy in Lima, Peru, Monday, Nov. 3, 2025, after the Peruvian government announced it was severing diplomatic relations with Mexico following the country's decision to grant asylum to former Peruvian Prime Minister Betssy Chavez, who faces charges related to a 2022 coup attempt. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Peruvian Congress votes to declare Mexico's president persona non grata after asylum offer

5:36 PM on Thursday, November 6

Peru’s Congress has declared Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum persona non grata

FILE - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arrives to listen to President Donald Trump deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Pelosi-isms: 'Throw a punch, for the children' and more forge a legacy

4:35 PM on Thursday, November 6

Nancy Pelosi is bringing her history-making career in the U.S. House to an end, but she leaves a linguistic legacy in Congress and beyond

Committee Chairman Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, presides over a Senate Committee on Foreign Relations nominations hearing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Senate Republicans vote down legislation to limit Trump’s ability to attack Venezuela

3:41 PM on Thursday, November 6

Senate Republicans have rejected legislation that would have put a check on President Donald Trump’s ability to launch an attack against Venezuela

An American flag flies at half-staff outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Supreme Court lets Trump block transgender and nonbinary people from choosing passport sex markers

3:23 PM on Thursday, November 6

The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump’s administration to enforce a policy blocking transgender and nonbinary people from choosing passport sex markers that align with their gender identity

FILE - Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States at the Palace of the Nation in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Oct. 10, 2025. (Vladimir Smirnov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Kazakhstan will join the Abraham Accords with Israel in symbolic move to boost the Trump initiative

2:23 PM on Thursday, November 6

Kazakhstan will join the Abraham Accords between Israel and Arab and Muslim majority countries in a move aimed at boosting the initiative that was a hallmark of President Donald Trump’s first administration

New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, center, walks with members of his transition team including Elana Leopold, left, and Melanie Hartzog for a news conference in the Queens borough of New York, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

Mamdani in Puerto Rico for an annual conference of New York political insiders

2:01 PM on Thursday, November 6

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is in Puerto Rico this weekend for an annual summit that brings New York’s politicians and lobbyists to sunny San Juan for strategy meetings, workshops and boozy confabs

An aircraft approaches Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Travelers brace for chaos as US government shutdown threatens holiday flights

2:01 PM on Thursday, November 6

Travelers across the U.S. are facing potential chaos as a government shutdown threatens to disrupt flights nationwide

Aidan Tavor, center, directs traffic as volunteers help load vehicles during a food distribution at the San Antonio Food Bank for SNAP recipients and other households affected by the federal shutdown, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Federal judge orders Trump administration to fully fund SNAP benefits in November

1:58 PM on Thursday, November 6

A federal judge in Rhode Island has ordered the Trump administration to find the money to fully fund SNAP benefits for November

President Donald Trump, left, shakes the hand of Novo Nordisk President and CEO Mike Doustdar during an event about drug prices, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump unveils deal to expand coverage and lower costs on obesity drugs

12:06 PM on Thursday, November 6

President Donald Trump has unveiled a deal with drugmakers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to expand coverage and reduce prices for their popular obesity treatments Zepbound and Wegovy

President Donald Trump walks down the stairs of Air Force One upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, after giving a speech at the American Business Forum in Miami. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

The Latest: Trump hosts Central Asian leaders as US eyes sources for rare earth metals

8:21 AM on Thursday, November 6

President Donald Trump is hosting leaders of five Central Asian countries at the White House

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres listens to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's speech at the COP30 U.N. Climate Summit in Belem, Brazil, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

At UN climate summit, world leaders say time is running short to stop the worst effects of warming

2:29 AM on Thursday, November 6

World leaders gathering the in Brazil's Amazon rainforest for the U.N.‘s annual climate summit warned Thursday that time is running short for urgent and decisive action to prevent the worst effects of climate change

The roadway in front of the Supreme Court and U.S. Capitol is closed to traffic on the 36th day of the government shutdown on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Bipartisan talks to end the shutdown intensify, but agreement elusive

12:02 AM on Thursday, November 6

Talks to reopen the government are intensifying

A timeline of US attacks off South America and what Congress has had to say

12:21 PM on Tuesday, October 21

The Trump administration says the U.S. military has killed at least 69 people in strikes against alleged drug-smuggling vessels in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean

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