And a French onion pork chop recipe
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| Ivan Pentchoukov
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President Donald Trump said he aims to free Cuba from communist rule before his term ends and would consider a military campaign if necessary.
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The federal immigration enforcement agency set an all-time record for arrests and deportations in fiscal year 2026.
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has resigned following intense scrutiny after admitting to an extramarital affair with an alleged Chinese spy.
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In addition to taking back the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate by large margins, Democrats won big at the state level during the 2026 midterms. For the first time in more than a decade, Democrats took control of the majority of state legislative chambers.
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🍵 Health: Knee osteoarthritis is a leading cause of pain and loss of function, but mild symptoms can often be managed with lifestyle changes.
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President Donald Trump in Fort Myers, Fla., on Oct. 23, 2026. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) |
President Donald Trump said in a radio interview on Nov. 12 that he aims to free Cuba from communist rule before his term ends in January 2029 and would consider a military campaign if necessary. “I want to get Cuba done before I leave,” Trump told radio and talk show host Hugh Hewitt on the Salem News Channel. “We’re watching it very closely. It’s doing very poorly. It’s essentially a failed, you know, place, nation, whatever you want to call it. It’s failed, and we’re watching it,” Trump said. Asked whether he’d be OK with using a little military force, perhaps a week-long campaign, on Cuba, Trump said, “I would certainly consider that, yes.” He also praised his secretary of state, Marco Rubio, calling him a “talented guy.” “His parents are from Cuba, as you probably know, and he would love to do that,” Trump said.
Since returning to the White House in January 2025, Trump has brought back the “maximum pressure” campaign against Cuba, leading to a breakdown in formal relations between the two countries.
Following a U.S. military operation in Venezuela that resulted in the capture and removal of regime leader Nicolás Maduro on Jan. 3, Washington restricted oil shipments to Cuba. By cutting off subsidized Venezuelan oil, the Trump administration removed Cuba’s most critical economic lifeline. As a result, Cuba has entered a severe economic and energy crisis.
In recent months, Trump has intensified the U.S. pressure campaign by expanding sanctions on state-owned businesses, government agencies, and senior officials. One of the most significant escalations since the Cold War occurred on May 20, when Raúl Castro was indicted on murder charges in the United States.
On Nov. 5, the Trump administration announced new sanctions targeting eight entities and two individuals connected to the Cuban regime’s foreign military support and illegal revenue networks.
The U.S. State Department said that the sanctions aim to end the regime’s malign activities in Cuba and the Western Hemisphere. The measures target entities and individuals linked to Cuba’s shipping networks, China-based suppliers for Cuba’s military, state-owned import and technical support organizations, and Cuban elites. (More) |
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Migrants of various nationalities participate in a caravan traveling toward the U.S.–Mexico border, in Tapachula, Mexico, on Nov. 10, 2026. (Damian Sanchez/Reuters) |
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President Donald Trump threatened to double tariffs on Mexico unless it stops U.S.-bound migrant caravans, after about 1,500 people began marching north.
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The president said he asked Vice President JD Vance to focus on alleged corruption and crime in Democrat-run states and cities, while saying that he is no longer seeking a deal with Iran to end the war.
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Some Democrats have apologized for not being present for a procedural vote on an impeachment effort against War Secretary Pete Hegseth. Eleven Democrats missed the vote. The measure would have been approved had they been present and voted with their party.
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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth awarded the Joint Service Commendation Medal to the U.S. service member who reprimanded him and his staff at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday that it’s too soon to think about any Republican candidate running for president in 2028.
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Democrats’ resounding midterm victories are encouraging for activists promoting climate-related actions at this year’s international conference in Antalya, Turkey.
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Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) has formally launched a bid to challenge incumbent Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for Senate majority leader in the upcoming Congress.
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Democratic lawmakers have begun new probes into Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., including whether he lied to Congress.
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Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said that Senate Democrats will ban stock trading for members of Congress and White House officials once they take the majority in January.
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) laid out what Democrats plan to do once they take control of the House in January. The list included raising the federal minimum wage and taking steps toward what he called the party’s commitment to universal healthcare.
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- SpaceX has said it will invest more than $74 billion in two artificial intelligence data centers in Texas and Arizona, with commitments to fund its own electricity and water infrastructure.
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United Airlines is moving to ban the use of artificial intelligence agents to make flight reservations on behalf of customers over concerns of possible security risks and violations of federal regulations.
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani said city officials are investigating the sudden collapse of an apartment building in the borough of Brooklyn on Nov. 11 that killed eight and left 18 injured, as well as an adjacent active construction site, to determine the cause of the tragedy.
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Family Dollar has agreed to pay $63 million as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission and 17 states over allegedly deceptive pricing.
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Many men should regularly be screened for prostate cancer, experts said in guidelines released on Nov. 12. The American Cancer Society says that men aged 50 to 69 with average risk should undergo prostate-specific antigen testing every two years.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) greets U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner (R) and U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, (C) during their meeting at the Kremlin, in Moscow, on Nov. 12, 2026. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) |
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U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday to discuss the Ukraine conflict.
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Ukrainian officials, on Nov. 12, reported that their forces are facing new limitations on their Starshield satellite internet service, hindering their ability to intercept Russian attack drones.
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Congo’s Ebola outbreak remains out of control six months into the response and communities aren’t receiving enough resources, international aid organization Médecins Sans Frontières says.
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A former anti-counterfeiting activist told The Epoch Times that the Chinese regime’s recent campaign against activists engaged in exposing fake or substandard goods was aimed partly at shielding businesses with ties to local officials.
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In December 2022 in Reedley, California, what began as a simple building code violation led to the mysterious discovery of a warehouse containing nearly 1,000 genetically modified mice and thousands of samples labeled with the names of some of the world's most serious diseases.
Due to red tape and other issues, those samples were destroyed without being tested—leaving local officials and residents with many questions. More than two years later, another suspected lab was discovered at a Las Vegas property. And when The Epoch Times traced a connection between the two properties, the story took on a whole new dimension. Watch “The 2nd Lab: What's Hidden Inside?” on EpochTV and follow the trail of people, companies, and court records linking two unlikely locations hundreds of miles apart.
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These pork chops transform everything I love about the classic into a hearty skillet dinner. The onions take a little time to reach their golden, jammy best, but the payoff is enormous.
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