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War Secretary Pete Hegseth presents an award to the soldier who loudly corrected his group at Arlington National Cemetery yesterday for a lack of decorum. The Pentagon said last night that the soldier acted correctly and did his job.

Google has opened pre-orders for Gemini glasses, built with Samsung, Warby Parker and Gentle Monster. The 41-gram glasses feature a 12MP camera, up to 9 hours of battery life, work with iPhone, cost from $395, and ship December 10th.

Joe Biden chimes in on the letter Donald Trump left for him in 2021.

POLITICO: Mayor Mamdani plans to disband the NYPD’s 600-officer Strategic Response Group as early as this week, fulfilling a campaign promise despite concerns over losing a dedicated counterterrorism unit. Protest response may shift to a new civilian unit.

Michigan Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed proposes Trump pass 'TrumpCare' Healthcare for all Americans.

Israel's 26th Knesset held its first vote, passing the motion to establish the Arrangements Committee by a margin of 63–50.

A beis din ruled Rav Eliezer Yudkowsky is the sole heir to the Stutchin name, granting him exclusive rights to any name including Yehuda. Rav Mordechai Silber must now rename his kehilla Ropshitz-Stutchin, 45 years after Rav Yehuda’s petira.

Nissim in Modiin Illit: A fire broke out in a children's bedroom on Rashbam Street. The family smelled smoke and escaped just in time bh.

A 14-year-old girl got stuck between her window and the window bars on the sixth floor of a building in Modi'in Illit last night. With the front door locked, firefighters used a crane, cut the bars and brought her down unhurt.

The IDF says an overnight strike on Gaza’s Nasser Hospital targeted Muhammad Abu Ismail, commander of Hamas’s Khan Younis Brigade, and other Hamas terrorists. The military says the strike’s results remain under review.

Sen. Chuck Schumer is confident he'll be reelected as majority leader on Dec. 1, Semafor reports. He and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who is presumed to become speaker, have reportedly begun planning a "unified Democratic agenda" and next year's schedule.

Microsoft's Outlook email service has suffered a massive outage. The outage also affected other Microsoft services, including Microsoft Teams and Copilot.

A cloud service now lets AI agents operate a real iPhone remotely, allowing them to interact with apps and complete tasks. The platform is called Mobilerun.

United Airlines is banning AI assistants from booking flights on its platform, citing security risks, exposed customer information and unintended purchases. AI agents can still search flights and compare prices.

Five years after the Meron disaster in which 45 Kedoshim Z"L were nifter, police are reopening the criminal investigation, Haaretz reports. Some of those involved are expected to be questioned under caution. No political officials are among them.

About 40 girls with disabilities from Alei Siach org were stranded in an Italian traffic jam for over 3 hours, missing their 1 PM Wizz Air flight home. Organizers are seeking another flight, possibly a rescue flight, to get them back to Israel before Shabbos.