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Starmer prods Prince Andrew to speak; Tatiana Schlossberg shares terminal cancer diagnosis; DHS U-turn on missing texts; Kazakhstan backs Armenia’s corridor plan (branding included); most video game workers now favor unions
Starmer to Prince Andrew: if you know something, say it
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer urged Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to voluntarily cooperate with U.S. House Oversight investigators examining Jeffrey Epstein, noting 16 Democratic members requested a transcribed interview by November 20 and say he did not respond. Lawmakers cannot compel testimony from a foreign national, but they have thousands of Epstein estate emails and records and want high-profile associates to help identify enablers and institutional failures. Andrew denies wrongdoing, was photographed with Epstein in 2010, appears in flight logs and related documents, and settled a civil case with Virginia Giuffre in 2022 without admitting liability. Starmer’s principle is simple, titles and technicalities do not excuse silence.
Tatiana Schlossberg shares terminal cancer diagnosis
Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of President John F. Kennedy, disclosed she has terminal cancer and was told she may have less than a year to live. A difficult and deeply personal announcement, and one that warrants compassion rather than commentary.
DHS reverses itself on missing texts, orders records preserved
After calling it a misunderstanding, the Trump administration has directed DHS staff to preserve records in litigation over missing texts tied to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and other matters. In a joint status report with American Oversight, DHS says officials have been ordered to keep documents and electronic records, devices have been imaged, and copies stored on a secure server. That follows an earlier claim, blamed on technology changes, that business texts after April 9, 2025 were not maintained. The records sought include messages about National Guard deployments to Los Angeles, the so-called Alligator Alcatraz detention site, cases involving Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and texts tied to Pentagon liaison Philip Hegseth. DHS will brief the National Archives on its Federal Records Act compliance. Watchdog groups call the preservation orders progress, then point to the agency’s screenshot-and-self-archive habit, which is about as searchable as a filing cabinet at sea.
Kazakhstan backs Armenia’s corridor plan, branding included
Astana endorsed Armenia’s peace and transport corridor initiatives, including the so-called Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity during Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s visit. The pitch is to diversify regional routes and boost connectivity, because nothing says diplomacy like slapping a logo on a logistics map and calling it statesmanship.
Report: most video game workers now favor unions
A new report finds a majority of industry workers support unionizing, which gets a lot less surprising when you learn roughly a quarter of them have been laid off in the last two years. When one in four players gets booted mid-level, collective bargaining stops being optional DLC and becomes the main campaign. Executives may soon discover that restart level applies to them too.
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