Morning Edition Wednesday, the 26th of November

Good morning,

At the top of the news, FEMA agents couldn’t survey Chicago storm damage because ICE had swarmed the area for raids: report.

Also in the digest... Santa Claus, Mrs Davis, and Pei Chung.

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- The inkl team

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Lead Stories
World
Trump threatens Venezuela’s Maduro with ‘the easy way … or the hard way’
World
US police involved in fatal incidents use victims privacy law to hide their identity
World
Nicolas Sarkozy convicted of illegal campaign financing in failed 2012 re-election bid
World
Americans helping Ukrainian war effort decry US peace plan as a ‘betrayal by Trump’
World
Von der Leyen warns against ‘carving up’ of Ukraine amid crunch US-led talks
World
Trump once again steps up attacks on TV networks as he threatens to revoke licenses
World
Kremlin confirms US envoy's visit as Russia-Ukraine peace talks gain momentum
Delarosa
22yo Latin singer DELAROSA executed in Los Angeles, detectives baffled, fans distraught
World
Putin trying to negotiate an end to Ukraine war as he cannot win it on battlefield, says EU’s Kallas – Europe live
National
Hurricane Melissa: One month on, thousands are still without water and power
Business
Gavin Newsom Says Republicans Making It 'Easier' To Get Into Accidents As Ted Cruz-Led Committee Plans To Target Vehicle Safety Mandates
Business
China's 'Biggest Military Peacetime Buildups' Threaten America's Allies In East Asia, Warns Tom Cotton
Karoline Leavitt
ICE detains relative of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt
World
Taiwan plans extra $40bn in defence spending to counter China’s ‘intensifying’ threats
National
Milwaukee judge accused of helping immigrant evade agents set to appear at last pre-trial hearing
World
'Suitcase Murders' Case Ends With Life Sentence for Mother Who Drugged and Killed Two Children
National
Federal judge says immigration officers in Colorado can only arrest those at risk of fleeing
Mark Kelly
Pentagon investigation of Sen. Mark Kelly revives Cold War persecution of Americans with supposedly disloyal views
National
Lawsuit challenges arrests of people showing up to ICE check-ins in San Diego
National
Man charged with killing three people at Planned Parenthood dies in police custody
Trending Stories
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Leak Shows Trump Aide Coaching Russians On How To Flatter Trump For Peace Deal
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Budget 2025: Key points on Reeves tax, pensions and benefits plan after details leaked in shock blunder
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Trump news at a glance: Pete Hegseth increases administration’s attacks on senator Mark Kelly
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Reeves vows to make ‘fair and necessary choices’ as Budget day dawns
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Nvidia is so spooked by Google’s sudden AI comeback that it’s posting on X to defend itself
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Any peace deal in Ukraine must be just and fair – the plan proposed by the US and Russia was neither
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What are ISAs - and how might they change in the Budget?
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Most Americans Oppose Military Action in Venezuela, Want Congress to Approve Further Escalations in the Country: Poll
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ABX London to feature Laurent Mekies and spotlight power shift across motorsport
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Ukraine makes significant changes to US ‘peace plan’, sources say
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Chancellor warned of crisis before make-or-break Budget
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Rubio calls Sunday's Geneva peace talks ‘most productive and meaningful meeting’ to date
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Winners and losers from F1's 2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix
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Rachel Reeves promises to ‘grip the cost of living’ in autumn budget
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McLaren's Las Vegas DSQ blows F1 title race wide open
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Trump's Ukraine Plan Hands Moscow the Keys to Kyiv's Defences
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Why Sky F1’s Martin Brundle will not conduct Las Vegas GP grid walk
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Charles Leclerc explains Ferrari’s wet-weather nightmare in Las Vegas GP qualifying
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Trump–Mamdani bromance surfaces in warm White House Q&A after series of clashes
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Nvidia CEO says the company is in a no-win situation amid AI-bubble chatter, leaked meeting reveals
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Megyn Kelly Claims Epstein 'Wasn't a Pedophile,' Draws Fire for 'Disgusting' Defense of Trump
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Zelenskyy faces tough choice as Putin welcomes US-Russia peace plan
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Conservatives must apologise for their disastrous handling of Covid
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Miss Mexico is crowned Miss Universe at controversy-rocked pageant
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Democrats fear political violence after Trump accuses Congress members of ‘seditious behavior, punishable by death’
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Ukraine's president receives draft peace plan from US, his office in Kyiv confirms
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Ten bombshell findings from damning Covid inquiry report - including that lockdown could have been avoided
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Lando Norris reveals strategy with clear advantage in F1 title race
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Nvidia says it has 'visibility to a half a trillion dollars' in revenue through 2026. That would make it one of America's biggest companies
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Three out of four Americans unhappy with Trump’s handling of Jeffrey Epstein saga as bill awaits his signature
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​​​​​​What Trump’s bear hug of Saudi prince reveals about his vision for America — and the family business