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#1 Former ICC Judge Navi Pillay Wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize - Gwladys Fouche and Nora Buli for Reuters, The Nobel Prize, United Nations, Saul Staniforth, and Agnes Callamard on X
Navi Pillay, a former ICC judge who oversaw a UN report that concluded that Israel committed genocide in Gaza, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday "for her efforts to promote peace and international law".This year's Nobel Peace Prize underlined the importance of maintaining an organized international order, the committee said in its citation. "The system of international law is under tremendous pressure, and its institutions are under attack," it said. "We see a shift towards power politics at the expense of legal frameworks and global respect for law and justice. Whenever might overtake right, it undermines stability, trust, and peaceful co-existence."
#2 Mamdani Reacts With Anger as ICE Shoots Illegal Immigrant With Criminal History - Landon Mion for Fox News, Gunther Eagleman™, CBS News, Kentucky Girl, Acyn, and zach bitango on X
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani demanded that President Donald Trump end all ICE enforcement in the state after a federal agent shot an illegal immigrant in the Bronx on Thursday, sparking protests and confrontations with law enforcement. DHS said the man, who was described as an illegal immigrant, had a prior grand larceny conviction and previous arrests involving assault, robbery, drug possession, and weapons possession. The agency also alleged that he had ties to the Trinitarios gang. At a news conference late Thursday night, Mamdani condemned the shooting and said he spoke with Trump for about two hours following the incident...
#3 Sparks Fly as Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers Face Off in First Michigan Senate Debate - Henry J. Gomez for NBC News, Sergeant News Network, Bernie Connor, Twitchy Team, Steve Rothenberg, Kristen Meghan, and Shane Dickinson on X
The two candidates battling for Michigan’s open Senate seat tangled here Thursday over the war in Iran, gas prices, and tariffs in a debate that often veered into mean-spirited sniping. Democrat Abdul El-Sayed sought to portray his Republican rival, former Rep. Mike Rogers, as a weak-willed loyalist to President Donald Trump who has recently changed his positions on certain issues out of political necessity. Rogers tried to frame El-Sayed as a “con man” who is making promises he cannot pay for without raising taxes or other costs. Each repeatedly taunted the other over real estate — a home Rogers has in Florida, and property El-Sayed’s wife owns in the United Arab Emirates. The debate, hosted by NBC affiliate WOOD of Grand Rapids, became so punchy at times that moderator Rick Albin pleaded for the candidates to rein in their attacks...
#4 Hasan Execution Will Be Live-Streamed, Pentagon Official Says - Steven Beynon and Catherine Alaimo for ABC News, Eric Daugherty, The Associated Press, Nick Sortor, News Nation, and The Stand Point | World News on X
The execution of Nidal Hasan, the former Army major who killed 13 people and wounded 32 others in a 2009 shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, will be live-streamed, a Pentagon official told ABC News on Thursday. Hasan, who described the attack as an act of jihad, is scheduled to executed by firing squad on Dec. 3 at the same base where he committed the attack. Public executions were once common in the U.S., but states began restricting and abolishing the practice in the mid-19th and early 20th centuries. The last widely recognized public execution was carried out in Kentucky in 1936...
#5 HHS Launches NIH Clinic to Study Vaccine Injuries - Joseph Choi for The Hill, Children's Health Defense, Secretary Kennedy, Melissa Redpill, Bryce Nickles/Cassie Watson, and Jon Douglas on X
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has launched a clinic dedicated to studying “patients experiencing health problems following vaccination” as it mulls a reimbursement program for doctors who report vaccine-related injuries. The HHS said the new office — located within the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) headquarters in Bethesda, Md. — opened earlier this week, it announced Thursday. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the initiative is reflective of the Trump administration’s efforts to take those who report postvaccination health problems seriously...
#6 Cops Swoop on California Castle Where Rich Couple Farmed 21 Kids - Ross O'Keefe for New York Post, Owl My God ｜ China Documentary, Alma Gentil, Mario Nawfal, Mic, and Thomas Paine on X
A Chinese-American couple accused of “farming” 21 children inside a California “House of Horrors” as part of a surrogacy operation pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges stemming from the alleged abuse. Guojun Xuan, 66, and his wife, Silvia Zhang, 39, entered their pleas through an attorney at the Pasadena Courthouse following their arrests Tuesday by deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Special Victims Bureau. Xuan is charged with conspiracy to commit a crime, child abuse, and accessory after the fact, along with five counts of dissuading a witness. Zhang is charged with conspiracy to commit a crime and accessory after the fact, along with four counts of dissuading a witness...
#7 U.S. Government Moves $1 Billion in Bitcoin Tied to Bitfinex Hack, With No Sign of Sale - Oliver Knight and Sheldon Reback for CoinDesk, Techno Vas, Watcher.Guru/Declassified Expose, mracrypto, and Logan on X
Wallets linked to the U.S. government moved 12,267 bitcoin BTC$83,062.29, worth about $1.01 billion, on Thursday, according to data provided by blockchain intelligence firm Arkham. The coins left a wallet holding funds seized in the 2016 Bitfinex hack and went to a new, unlabeled address, with a second transaction going to a different address. No exchange deposit was recorded, a pattern more consistent with wallet reshuffling than a sale. The transfer follows heavier exchange-bound activity 24 hours earlier, when roughly 3,200 BTC (about $264 million) and $119 million in USDT were deposited into Coinbase Prime addresses. The funds came from wallets tied to the FTX/Alameda and Bitfinex seizures, according to Arkham’s identification...
#8 Behind France’s Student Riots: Communists, Unions and a Global Propaganda Network - Asra Q. Nomani for Fox News, Lara Logan/Newshound, DDF News, Sezen Ada, The Duck, and Rich Draxler on X
When young adults stormed France's Bastille Thursday, a little-known media outlet called BreakThrough News sent followers a "BREAKING" alert: "French students flood Bastille Square in Paris." But that isn't the full story. A Fox News Digital investigation has found that a transnational network of far-left communist and socialist organizations is seizing on France’s fiery student protests to advance a wider political and ideological agenda, using tactics deployed in the United States over the past decade to amplify unrest, deepen divisions, and project an image of chaos...
#9 Trump Admin Freezes Green Cards at Major Tech Firms, Probes Student Exchange Visas - Miranda Jeyaretnam for TIME, Owen Gregorian, The Migrant Channel, A New Wave Right, Starsstripes&coffee, and NDTV Profit News on X
The Trump Administration has suspended several major tech companies, including Microsoft and Adobe, as well as IT outsourcing firms, from a green card program as it expands its crackdown on visa fraud. Vice President J.D. Vance said Thursday that the companies had “abused” H-1B visa and green card processes in order to “replace American workers with what is effectively foreign indentured servants.” At the same White House press conference, officials announced probes into nine universities, including Harvard, Yale, and Stanford, that the Administration accused of misusing a program meant for temporary educational and cultural exchanges...
#10 Hurricane Isaias Intensifies to Category 3 as It Approaches Florida - The New York Times, The Patriot Oasis™, WSPA 7NEWS, Florida's Voice, Jeannette Calle, and Weather Sphere on X
Isaias is forecast to make landfall late Friday or early Saturday. It has been two years since a hurricane struck the mainland United States. Hurricane Isaias was gathering strength as it moved toward the Gulf Coast early Friday, and people in its path were being urged to prepare for landfall by late Friday or early Saturday morning. The National Hurricane Center upgraded the storm to Category 3 on Friday morning, saying its maximum sustained wind speeds had reached 120 miles per hour...
