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Wednesday, November 19, 2025 5:41 AM ET

CBS News - Politics

Meta prevails in historic FTC antitrust case, won't have to spin off apps -- Meta has prevailed over an existential challenge to its business that could have forced the tech giant to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp.

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Texas appeals block on its newly drawn congressional map to Supreme Court -- Hours after federal judges blocked Texas from using a newly drawn Congressional map, state leaders filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Immigration crackdown in New Orleans could start as early as Dec. 1 -- The Trump administration's planned immigration enforcement crackdown in New Orleans could start as early as Dec. 1, Department of Homeland Security sources told CBS News.

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U.S. citizen explains why she closed her bakery amid immigration crackdown -- "The fact that a paper tells me you're now a citizen of this country doesn't take away from the fact that I look the way I look," Cristina Rojas told CBS News.

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Trump says he's making Saudi Arabia a major non-NATO ally -- President Trump said Tuesday he will designate Saudi Arabia as a major non-NATO ally, marking a step up in defense ties between the U.S. and the Gulf monarchy.

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Khashoggi's widow describes "7 years of hell," demands accountability from MBS -- Hanan Elatr Khashoggi said Tuesday she was "disappointed" to hear President Trump describing her late husband, Jamal Khashoggi, in a way that "kind of justifies a crime."

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McMahon says school aid will keep flowing as Education Department hands off some duties -- Education Secretary Linda McMahon told CBS News that federal money to support low-income students and special education will continue to flow, as her department shifts some grant programs to other agencies.

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Inside Jeffrey Epstein's relationship with Saudi Arabia -- Documents suggest Epstein had contacts with the Saudi royal family and traveled to the Kingdom in the last years of his life.

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What are the Epstein files that could be released by DOJ? -- If President Trump signs the bill passed by the House and Senate requiring DOJ to release documents tied to investigations of Jeffrey Epstein, here's what could be published.

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Why this GOP congressman voted against releasing the Epstein files -- GOP Rep. Clay Higgins was the only House member to vote against a bill that would require the Justice Department to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein.

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Bill targeting White House ballroom donations introduced by Democrats -- The bill aims to impose restrictions on ballroom donors seeking to influence the administration.

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Trump says MBS "knew nothing" about journalist Jamal Khashoggi's killing -- President Trump accused a journalist of trying to "embarrass" Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

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MBS tells Trump Saudis will increase investments in U.S. to near $1 trillion -- Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, known as MBS, also answered a question about the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

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Federal court blocks Texas from using new congressional map for 2026 elections -- A federal court ordered Texas to use House district lines adopted in 2021 for next year's congressional elections.

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Nearly 1 in 30 clinical trials affected by NIH cuts, paper says -- The NIH cuts affected over 115 clinical trials studying cancer and nearly 100 studying infectious disease, researchers found.

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