https://www.timesofisrael.com/zelensky-associate-at-crux-of-ukrainian-corruption-case-said-to-have-fled-to-israel/

KYIV, Ukraine — Before the revelation of a multi-million dollar embezzlement and kickbacks scandal involving Ukraine’s state nuclear energy company brought his name to the forefront, Timur Mindich was a shadowy presence — navigating deals and moving behind the scenes with unseen influence, known to many, yet rarely spoken of.

Mindich has reportedly fled to Israel amid a probe of his growing influence within the country’s lucrative industries, and fears that his access was facilitated by his ties to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The two were once business partners, and Mindich’s influence had expanded since Zelensky was elected in 2019.

The full extent of Mindich’s influence was exposed this week when Ukraine’s anti-corruption watchdogs released the findings of a 15-month investigation, accusing him of being the mastermind behind a $100 million embezzlement scheme involving top officials and Ukraine’s state nuclear power company.

Two top Ukrainian government ministers have resigned as a result of the probe, and criminal proceedings against Mindich are likely to be carried out in absentia.

Ukrainian officials, experts and activists contend Mindich’s rise to power is closely tied to his privileged relationship with the president and Zelensky’s inner circle.

“What we were hearing only as rumors now has some evidence,” said activist Tetiana Shevchuk, of Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Action Center. “For a long time, we have heard that Timur Mindich is a shadow controller of the energy sector.”

MAGA wife Katie Miller found herself being educated on the history of immigration in American society by a guest on her own podcast.

Ex-DOGE staffer Miller is married to Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, the driving force behind the Trump administration’s deportation campaign who has pushed ICE officers to ramp up migrant arrests.

In the latest episode of The Katie Miller Podcast, the 34-year-old host interviewed Charlotte Jones, co-owner and chief brand officer of the Dallas Cowboys.

Miller asked Jones what she thought of Puerto Rican music superstar Bad Bunny being chosen as the halftime performer at next year’s Super Bowl.

Bad Bunny has 80 million monthly listeners on Spotify alone and is the most-streamed Latin artist worldwide.

“I think it’s awesome,” Jones said. “And I think our Latina fanbase is amazing. When you think about the Super Bowl, you want the No. 1 performer in the world to be there. We’re on a global stage, and we can’t ever forget that. Our game goes out to everybody around the world, and to get the premier entertainer to want to be a part of our game, I think is amazing.”

Jones raised the history of immigration in the U.S. to further her point, while praising how Bad Bunny reflected modern America.

“We have a mixed culture. I mean, our whole society is based on immigrants that have come here and founded our country. And I think we can celebrate that.”

The rapper’s Super Bowl selection in September caused MAGA outrage due to the 31-year-old’s criticisms of Donald Trump’s anti-immigration agenda. The rapper had also told i-D magazine that he did not include dates in the U.S. on his world tour as he was worried about potential immigration raids on his fans.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/stephen-miller-wife-schooled-immigration-055119946.html

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/us-mint-philadelphia-press-final-penny-1-cent-127447997

PHILADELPHIA -- The U.S. Mint on Wednesday ended production of the penny, a change made to save money and because the 1-cent coin that could once buy a snack or a piece of candy had become increasingly irrelevant.

The last pennies were struck at the mint in Philadelphia, where the country’s smallest denomination coins have been produced since 1793, a year after Congress passed the Coinage Act. Officials said the final few pennies would be auctioned off.

“God bless America, and we’re going to save the taxpayers $56 million,” U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach said just before hitting a button to strike the final penny.

Pennies remain legal tender, but new ones will no longer be made.

The last coin to be discontinued was the half-cent in 1857, Beach said.

President Donald Trump ordered the penny's demise as costs climbed to nearly 4 cents per penny and the 1-cent valuation became somewhat obsolete. Billions of pennies remain in circulation, but they are rarely essential for financial transactions in the 21st century economy.

“For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents," Trump wrote in an online post in February. "This is so wasteful!”

Still, many people have a nostalgia for them, seeing them as lucky or fun to collect. And some retailers voiced concerns in recent weeks as supplies ran low and the end of production drew near. They said the phase-out was abrupt and came with no government guidance on how to handle transactions.

Some rounded prices down to avoid shortchanging shoppers. Others pleaded with customers to bring exact change. The more creative among them gave out prizes, such as a free drink, in exchange for a pile of pennies.

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https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/14/trumps-criminal-case-georgia-00651907

Narrator: "In a world, one criminal case so dangerous it can't be touched…"

*Low ominous music rumbles*

Narrator: "…one man finally steps forward."

*Camera pans to a dusty stack of files*

Narrator: "After months of searching Georgia’s top prosecutor, Peter Skandalakis, steps up."

*Record scratch*

Peter: "Fine. I’ll do it myself."

*Title card slams onto screen: A RELUCTANT HERO EMERGES*

Narrator: "He wasn’t supposed to be here, every district attorney in the state slid the Trump case back across the table—"

*Montage of prosecutors refusing files one by one*

Narrator: "Skandalakis became the last man standing."

*Cue intense heartbeat-like drumbeat*

Unnamed legal secretary: "This isn't just any case. it's seismic. A sweeping conspiracy charge accusing a president and his allies, trying to flip Georgia’s 2020 election. Nobody who has taken this case on has ever walked away."

*Flash cuts: ringing phone…*
Trump's voice: “find 12,000 votes"

Narrator: "Four co-defendants pleaded guilty. But then—"

*Soft romantic music for half a second*

*Record scratch*

Narrator: "—a romance derailed everything."

*Camera zooms into a courtroom as jaws drop, a judge is addressing Fani Willis and Nathan Wade*

Judge: "It creates the appearance of a conflict, you must step aside."

*Thunder cracks*

Narrator: "The defense appealed…"

Judge: ‘Start over. New prosecutor.’"

*Music swells*

Narrator: "After a year of chaos and legal side quests, the case has a new leader. And for the first time in months… it might actually move."

*Camera pulls back to a stormy courthouse skyline*

Narrator: "But with a sitting president shielded by legal protections… justice won’t come quickly."

*Heavy, slow drumbeat*

Narrator: "This is the case nobody wanted."

*Title card: THE CASE NO ONE WANTED: GEORGIA*

Narrator: "Coming soon… maybe… if the appeals court lets it happen."

BBC execs resign because the network was releasing cheap fakes of Donald Trump's speeches. The chair of BBC News acknowledged these cheap fakes and apologized after the executives tendered their resignations
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5598221-bbc-chair-apologizes-donald-trump-edit/
BBC chair apologies for ‘error in judgment’ in Trump speech edit

The chair of the BBC is apologizing for the way the broadcaster edited a video of President Trump speaking to a crowd of his supporters on Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington D.C. before the attack on the Capitol that day.

Criticisms of the edit, which have led to the resignations of both BBC Director-General Tim Davie and the CEO of BBC News, Deborah Turness, has “also prompted further reflection by the BBC,” Chair Samir Shah wrote in a letter to British lawmakers this week.

“The conclusion of that deliberation is that we accept that the way the speech was edited did give the impression of a direct call for violent action. The BBC would like to apologise for that error of judgement,” Shah said.

The video in question, shown as part of a BBC documentary and highlighted in reporting by The Telegraph, depicts Trump saying “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol, and I’ll be there with you. And we fight. We fight like hell.”

A complete video and transcript of the president’s remarks shows him urging his supporters to “peacefully and patriotically” march to the Capitol.

Trump has celebrated the resignation of Davie and Turness and has ridiculed the BBC over the edit, alleging the episode is evidence of bias against him.

“I will personally ensure that the BBC continues to take the necessary actions in the future to ensure the BBC retains the trust and confidence of the public we serve,” Shah wrote in his letter. “There is an increasing need for the public to be informed in a way that is impartial, truthful and is based on evidence they can trust. That is the sacred job of the BBC.”

https://apnews.com/article/peptide-injections-rfk-maha-4d48e78a5d65658b4d6eac87818352e3

More Americans are injecting themselves with unapproved chemicals that are pitched as ways to build muscle, rejuvenate skin and extend life, the latest example of the nation’s fascination with alternative therapies and wellness hacks.

Behind the trend is the surging popularity of GLP-1 weight loss medications, a class of so-called peptides approved to help users quickly shed pounds.

But the peptides being promoted by influencers, celebrities and wellness gurus are different: Many have never been approved for human use and much of their purported evidence comes from studies in rats and other animals. Several peptides, such as BPC-157 and TB-500, are banned by international sports authorities as doping substances.

“None of them are proven,” said Dr. Eric Topol, a research methods expert and director of Scripps Research Translational Institute. “None of them have gone through what would be considered adequate clinical trials, but nonetheless many people are taking these. It’s actually quite extraordinary.”

Those who’ve highlighted peptides’ benefits include Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has built a national following among Americans who are deeply skeptical of health experts, pharmaceutical companies and traditional medicine.

For years, the Food and Drug Administration has been trying to crack down on the space, sending warning letters to clinics that promote the products and adding more than two dozen peptides to a list of ingredients that should not be made by specialty pharmacies that often custom mix the formulations.

That approach may be coming to an end.

Kennedy has vowed to end “FDA’s war” on peptides and other alternative treatments that are embraced by many in his Make America Healthy Again movement.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/14/politics/ghislaine-maxwell-lawyer-prison-fired
Employees of a minimum-security prison camp in Bryan, Texas, where convicted child-sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell is serving time have been terminated, one of Maxwell’s lawyers said Friday, after a whistleblower this week released to Rep. Jamie Raskin alleged correspondence between Maxwell and her lawyer.

Leah Saffian, a California-based attorney who has long-represented Maxwell, said in a statement: “The release to the media by Congressman Raskin (Dem., Maryland), of Ms. Maxwell’s privileged client-attorney email correspondence with me is as improper as it is a denial of justice.”

Saffian added that employees at the prison have been met with “appropriate consequences.”

“They have been terminated for improper, unauthorized access to the email system used by the Federal Bureau of Prisons to allow inmates to communicate with the outside world,” she said.

CNN has reached out to the Bryan prison, Bureau of Prisons and the Justice Department for comment.

Earlier this week, Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, released what he said was information about Maxwell’s life inside the Bryan prison — including special privileges being afforded to the late-Jeffrey Epstein’s right-hand woman — that was shared with Raskin by a whistleblower.

The whistleblower also told Raskin that Maxwell, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison, is in the process of preparing to file an application for commutation. According to an email that the whistleblower shared with the committee, Maxwell wrote to Saffian in early October that she planned to send materials “through the warden.”