Thomas Markle Sr., 82, the estranged father of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, was arrested in Florida on Friday by federal agents and charged with one count of possessing child sexual abuse material. He is due to appear in federal court in Tampa on Friday afternoon.
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Democrats won control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate in Tuesday's midterm elections, ending unified Republican control of Congress for the last two years of President Donald Trump's term. The Senate count stands at 54 Democratic seats, including independents who caucus with the party, and 44 Republican, with two races still uncalled as of Thursday.
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President Donald Trump announced on Friday that Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, will replace Susie Wiles as chief of staff, effective Monday. Trump made the announcement in a Truth Social post.
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A jury at Southwark Crown Court in London on Thursday convicted comedian and actor Russell Brand, 51, of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault. He was cleared of two other counts of rape and one count of attempted indecent assault.
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Abdul El-Sayed, a Democrat, won Michigan's U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday, defeating Republican Mike Rogers by about eight percentage points and becoming the first Muslim elected to the Senate. El-Sayed is 42, a physician and epidemiologist, and the son of Egyptian immigrants.
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Martha Stewart apologized on Friday during a live appearance on NBC's Today show for a Halloween costume depicting a homeless person.
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A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked construction of President Donald Trump's planned triumphal arch in Washington. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan issued a 14-day restraining order barring any construction, excavation or related work at or near Memorial Circle, the site on the Virginia side of the Potomac River near Memorial Bridge.
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US stocks fell sharply on Thursday, with technology and AI shares taking the worst of it, a day after a post-election rally. The Nasdaq Composite closed down 5.5%, its worst day since the April 2025 tariff crash.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Thursday that he is commuting the death sentences of all 548 people on the state's death row to life without the possibility of parole. He made the announcement in an open letter released by his office, in the last months of his term.
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Nithya Raman, a Los Angeles City Councilmember and democratic socialist, has defeated Mayor Karen Bass in the race for mayor of Los Angeles. Bass conceded on Thursday and called Raman to congratulate her.
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A 7-month-old child from an Amish family in rural Lewis County, New York, has died of measles, the first known measles death in New York State in more than 30 years. The New York State Department of Health and Lewis County Public Health announced it in a joint statement on Monday.
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President Donald Trump said he intends to keep Pete Hegseth as defense secretary, even as people close to the White House have described him weighing a replacement after Republicans lost the midterm elections.
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