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In the news today: Pressure on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is ratcheting up as the U.S. pushes a plan with Russia to bring an end to the war; a judge has ordered the Trump administration to end the National Guard's deployment in DC; and the U.S. Coast Guard has released a new, firmer policy addressing the display of hate symbols. Also, a self-portrait of Frida Kahlo breaks an auction record. |
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a news conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) |
Ukraine's president is under growing pressure |
For more than a week, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has struggled to contain the fallout from a $100 million corruption scheme implicating top officials and other associates. The pressure on him has ratcheted up as the U.S. pushes a proposal it drew up with Russia that would require major concessions from Ukraine — and seemingly few from Russia — to bring an end to the war. Read more. |
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Judge orders Trump administration to end National Guard deployment in DC |
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to end its monthslong deployment of National Guard troops to help police the nation's capital. Read more. |
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U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb concluded that President Donald Trump's military takeover in Washington illegally intrudes on local officials' authority to direct law enforcement in the district. She put her order on hold for 21 days to allow for an appeal, however.
The White House stood by the deployment.
- The administration has also deployed Guard troops to Los Angeles and tried to send troops into Chicago and Portland, Oregon, prompting other court challenges. A lower court has indefinitely prevented the deployment in Chicago, while the Supreme Court is weighing the administration's emergency appeal to deploy them there in support of an immigration crackdown.
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Coast Guard reverses course on policy to call swastikas and nooses 'potentially divisive' |
The U.S. Coast Guard has released a new, firmer policy addressing the display of hate symbols like swastikas and nooses just hours after media outlets, led by The Washington Post, discovered that it made plans to describe them as "potentially divisive" — a term that prompted outcry from lawmakers and advocates. Read more. |
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The term "potentially divisive" was a shift from a yearslong policy, first rolled out in 2019, that said symbols like swastikas and nooses were "widely identified with oppression or hatred" and called their display "a potential hate incident."
Adm. Kevin Lunday, acting commandant of the Coast Guard, said the policy didn't roll back any prohibitions, calling it "categorically false" to claim otherwise in a statement released earlier Thursday. The Coast Guard is under the Department of Homeland Security, but it is still considered a part of U.S. armed forces and the new policy was updated in part to be consistent with similar Pentagon directives, according to a Coast Guard message announcing the changes.
- The policy change comes less than two months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a review of all the hazing, bullying and harassment definitions across the military, arguing that the policies were "overly broad" and they were "jeopardizing combat readiness, mission accomplishment, and trust in the organization."
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Megan Krystle Weinraub, left, and Preston Martin, who is the former owner, pose in front of her Volkswagen bus after seeing it for the first time Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, in Malibu, Calif., after it was restored by VW. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) |
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A vintage blue VW bus that became an unlikely symbol of resilience after it survived a California wildfire made its public debut this week, shiny and like-new after Volkswagen spent months restoring the damaged vehicle. |
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