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10 Things to Know for Today

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. PARADISE LOST In a matter of hours last week, the town of 27,000 in California disappeared — it literally went up in … more →

AP News | 11/16/2018 4:15 am

• Florida school massacre Panel to look at medical response
• Sheriff says seven more bodies found in wreckage of Northern California wildfire, bringing death toll to 63
• NYPD shakes up sex crime unit after Weinstein, staffing woes
• Meat producer agrees to $4M payment to settle labor claims
• US fails to weaken UN references to sexual health
• Police Boy finds gun under father’s pillow, shoots himself
• Police 1 dead in wrong-way crash on Interstate 85

White House

Trump aide ousted by first lady says service was ’an honor’

WASHINGTON — A White House aide pushed out by first lady Melania Trump says it’s been “an honor” to serve in President Donald Trump’s administration. Former deputy national security adviser Mira Ricardel said Thursday in a statement to The Associated … more →

AP News | 11/15/2018 3:15 pm

• Melania Trump OK with criticism over anti-bullying campaign
• Trump visits Marines who responded to recent DC fire
• Trump nominates handbag designer as envoy to South Africa
• Pence says US committed to Indo-Pacific, not seeking control
• The Latest Vermont Dems cancel Avenatti events after arrest
• The Latest Trump backs major rewrite of sentencing laws
• Trump to back major rewrite of sentencing laws

Congress

Lawyer in stalled coal bailout argues for energy appointment

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats are questioning whether President Donald Trump’s choice for a seat on a national energy board can be objective given his past work on the administration’s plan to subsidize aging coal plants. Bernard McNamee, an Energy Department … more →

AP News | 11/15/2018 1:52 pm

• House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California elected to lead Republican minority in next Congress
• Pelosi challenges unhappy Dems to block her bid for speaker
• Lawmakers near deal on prison reform, but want Trump backing
• Meet the House Democrats who will be running the show
• Meet the House Democrats who will be running the show
• McConnell ’The Mueller investigation is not under threat’
• Ex-Wisconsin candidate indicted in radioactive material case

Supreme Court

The Latest Ginsburg, 85, back to work at Supreme Court

WASHINGTON — The Latest on Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (all times local): 3:55 p.m. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is back in the building. The 85-year-old Ginsburg is working in her office at the Supreme Court for the first time since … more →

AP News | 11/13/2018 1:48 pm

• Ginsburg, 85, improving after fall but misses court session
• Trump attends Kavanaugh ceremony at Supreme Court
• Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 85, hospitalized after fracturing 3 ribs in fall at court
• Justices hear lawsuit arising from USS Cole bombing
• Missouri death penalty case seems to turn on Kavanaugh vote
• Justices rule for firefighters claiming age discrimination
• Justices skeptical of argument to overturn Va. mining ban