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7+ min ago (332+ words) White House adviser Stephen Miller faced backlash from experts after he responded to the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C. by suggesting that immigrants could never assimilate into American culture. After an Afghan national was named as a suspect, Miller responded to a Wall Street Journal editorial that asserted that Afghan refugees "shouldn't be blamed for the violent act of one man. Collective punishment of all Afghans in the U.S. won't make America safer and it might embitter more against the United States." "This is the great lie of mass migration," Miller wrote on X. "You are not just importing individuals. You are importing societies. No magic transformation occurs when failed states cross borders. At scale, migrants and their descendants recreate the conditions, and terrors, of their broken homelands." One commenter said that Miller was responding to the shooting by…...

7+ min ago (373+ words) The pontiff leads prayers in Istanbul, emphasising the Nicene Creed as the core of Christian unity and faith. Shouts of "Papa Leo" and "Viva il Papa" (Long live the pope ) have reverberated throughout Istanbul's Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, accompanied by enthusiastic cheering and applause, as Pope Leo XIV arrived to commence his first trip in Turkiye. This historic council occurred when Eastern and Western churches remained unified, long before the Great Schism of 1054 divided them primarily over papal authority. Nevertheless, the Nicene Creed continues to be embraced by Catholic, Orthodox and most traditional Protestant denominations, serving as a rare point of consensus and the most universally accepted creed in Christendom. Addressing the congregation at the cathedral, Leo emphasised that the creed was not merely a doctrinal statement but the "essential core of the Christian faith". "Therefore, its development is…...

11+ min ago (627+ words) May 01, 2006; Los Angeles, CA, USA; During 'A Day Without an Immigrant' , more than 500,000 people marched down Wilshire to protest a proposed federal crackdown on illegal immigration. Legal and national security experts are responding to what the White House is calling, "one of the most important messages ever released" by President Donald Trump, a 511-word broadside attacking 53 million immigrants in America, vowing to not only end immigration from certain countries but to foster "reverse migration," a term used in white nationalist circles. In his Thanksgiving remarks, President Trump denounced the U.S. being "divided, disrupted, carved up, murdered, beaten, mugged, and laughed at, along with certain other foolish countries throughout the World, for being "Politically Correct," and just plain STUPID, when it comes to Immigration." He claimed that there are 53 million people in America born outside the U.S., most of whom, the president claimed,…...

11+ min ago (1421+ words) Al Jazeera visualises Venezuela's political and economic landscape, its oil riches and migration crisis amid recent US-Venezuela tensions. By Hanna Duggal and AJLabs The United States has designated Venezuela's so-called Cartel de los Soles a "foreign terrorist organization, marking the latest escalation in US-Venezuela tensions. Washington alleges Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro heads the organisation, which, the US says, is involved in widespread corruption and drug trafficking. Maduro denies the accusations amid growing fears of potential US military action in the region, and his government has called the cartel an "invention. Venezuela has long grappled with political instability and economic decline, rooted partly in its reliance on oil. This fragility, compounded by years of sanctions, has also led to one of the world's largest exoduses as Venezuelans seek stability and better opportunities abroad. Here are 10 charts to help explain how Venezuela…...

14+ min ago (629+ words) India are expected to bid for the 2036 Olympic Games but the 2030 Commonwealth Games must first cover for past mistakes. Organisers are confident they can avoid the calamities of last time when India hosts the Commonwealth Games, but there are many challenges for a country that also has Olympic ambitions. Ahmedabad, in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat, was confirmed Wednesday as the venue for the 2030 Commonwealth Games. It is seen in India as a stepping stone towards the goal of hosting the 2036 Olympics, and authorities hope it will establish the world's most populous nation as a sporting destination. A successful Commonwealth Games will also help erase the memories of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, which were marred by accusations of corruption and construction delays. Ahmedabad already boasts the world's largest cricket stadium, a 130,000-seat arena named…...

16+ min ago (787+ words) I love the holiday season but used to dread the endless to-do list and copious shopping required " it weighed on me like a too-heavy ornament pulling down a Christmas tree branch. So, imagine my delight when I found that my favorite app for takeout, DoorDash, offers way more than good eats. I made this discovery last Halloween, when I set out in a panic to find my son a pumpkin-shaped basket for trick-or-treating. It was the day of, and all the stores were sold out. Same-day shipping wasn't an option. Frustrated and stressed, I shifted my focus to lunch (a carb-heavy meal was needed to soothe my sorrows). I opened my DoorDash app and noticed a bunch of categories beyond food for the first time. I clicked on "Retail," searched "Halloween Candy Basket," and behold: exactly what I needed, available…...

16+ min ago (563+ words) Under the proposed language, graduate students pursuing a "professional" degree will be allowed to borrow up to $50,000 annually with an aggregate loan limit of $200,000. But a prospective student enrolled in a graduate nursing program could seek only up to $20,500 annually with an overall limit of $100,000. The changes will officially go into effect on July 1, 2026. The loan caps will have a significant impact on aspiring nurses, who will be forced to foot a large portion of their education costs themselves or may even decide against a nursing career entirely, warned American Nurses Association president Jennifer Mensik Kennedy. "The average cost of attendance is about $30,000 a year for graduate and doctoral students. What you're looking at is a $10,000 difference that needs to be made up, which is going to be very hard," she said. "What you're going to see is maybe people…...

16+ min ago (579+ words) The U.S. editor of British conservative weekly The Spectator says that Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio may be headed for a very public clash in the wake of the "imbroglio of the Ukraine peace deal." President Donald Trump's administration is currently pushing for a peace deal to end the war in Ukraine, which is based on a controversial 28-point plan that has since been "fine-tuned" after push back from Ukraine and its European allies. Freddy Gray writes that this peace seems elusive. "Thanksgiving weekend ends on Sunday, and still there's no peace in Ukraine. Donald Trump's latest attempt to end the war " his 28-point plan " began to fall apart from the moment it mysteriously leaked to various international news outfits last week," Gray says. "Kellogg, who represents the more ardently pro-Ukrainian faction of the administration, had…...

16+ min ago (147+ words) Highlights of the city's holiday events. "It's a Wonderful Life!" "Advent Carolndar" and "Sugar & Booze: A Holiday Spectacular" "Peter and the Wolf" Jazz at Lincoln Center Inkoo Kang on shows to watch while navigating the holidays. "Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show" (2024, streaming on HBO Max) "Nuclear Family" (2021, streaming on HBO Max) When the director Ry Russo-Young was born to two mothers, in 1981, the idea of gay parents still seemed impossible to many in the L.G.B.T.Q. community. Russo-Young revisits her family's unique'and headline-making'history in this engrossing docuseries about her biological father, a gay sperm donor, suing for paternity rights, and the lawsuit that threatened her already vulnerable family. "The Other Two" (2019, streaming on HBO Max) "Ramy" (2019, streaming on Hulu) "Vida" (2018, streaming on Starz) P.S. Good stuff on the internet:...

16+ min ago (68+ words) Sarah Kempa's Daily Cartoon riffs on the design of the Thanksgiving cornucopia. More Humor and Cartoons Starter packs for things you will start but never finish. I'm the woman who ruined the workplace. My cat is Gen Z. I, a performatively feminist male, will be touring internationally. Lesser-known celebrity-owned alcohol brands. Enter the Cartoon Caption Contest for a chance to appear in the magazine....