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November 13: Maryland Student’s ICE Detention and Ukraine Peace Talks
In immigration
Maria Flores Garcia, a nineteen-year-old University of Maryland student on a full scholarship, is detained with her mother at an ICE facility in Louisiana. In interviews reported November eleventh, the former high school valedictorian described missing classes and the disruption to her education. Garcia has no criminal record.
At Nvidia
Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang is set to forfeit about one hundred eight million dollars in unvested equity compensation after resigning as chief executive, Bloomberg reports. The awards represent a fraction of his multibillion-dollar fortune.
In Washington
Rear Admiral Brian Monahan, the attending physician to members of Congress and Supreme Court justices, has resigned amid a Pentagon investigation into allegations of misconduct, the Washington Sun reports.
House Republicans are discussing rules to discipline members who oppose key procedural votes or otherwise undermine leadership, according to Politico. The conference could finalize the package as soon as next week. The changes could reduce the leverage of holdouts in the party’s narrow majority.
A former assistant to Jeffrey Epstein told Congress that two FBI agents left St. Thomas Airport in 2007 without questioning her or another woman after Epstein intervened. She said the encounter helped persuade her to believe his account, because investigators had never asked for hers.
A new memo from White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller requires staff members to obtain approval from the White House Counsel’s office before meeting with lobbyists. The policy change follows Republican midterm losses.
The Walliams investigation
London’s Metropolitan Police are investigating author and comedian David Walliams over alleged serious sexual offenses. Police say the allegations under investigation are separate from those reported by the Guardian and ITV News. Walliams vehemently denies the allegations in those news reports.
The Logan Circle shooting
A gunman killed one person and injured at least five others Thursday in and around his condominium building in Washington, DC’s Logan Circle neighborhood. A building manager said the gunman confessed during a phone call and expressed anger over living conditions.
In Russia and Ukraine
U.S. envoy Jared Kushner says Russia has agreed to European participation in direct negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. His announcement followed three days of talks with Russian and Ukrainian delegations. Russian leaders had previously opposed European involvement, citing Europe’s financial support for Ukraine’s war effort.
Separately, officials say a car bomb in Moscow injured a former aide to a pro-Russian Ukrainian politician. Officials described it as the second car bombing in Russia in two days.
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