Wednesday, November 19, 2025

ICE descends on North Carolina

Immigration raids are roiling a Southern state that voted for Donald Trump three times. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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The Short List

Wed Nov 19 2025

 

Phaedra Trethan National Correspondent

@wordsbyphaedra

👋🏼 Hello! I'm Phaedra Trethan, and I'll always remember Alice Glick for her rendition of "In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida," um, "In the Garden of Eden." 🎵 🪦 🎶

In Wednesday's news:

North Carolina is the latest state targeted by federal immigration agents.
A neo-Nazi leader pleaded guilty to soliciting hate crimes.
The WNBA is proposing a maximum salary as labor negotiations continue. 🏀 💰 🏀

But first: There's a wolf inside all of us. And like us, these wolves want... snacks. 🐺

ICE in N.C.

Smashed windows. Parents afraid to go to work and to send their children to school. Immigrant-owned businesses closing.

That's some of what's happening as North Carolina becomes the latest focus of the Trump Administration's immigration crackdown, with federal agents descending upon Charlotte, Raleigh and other areas. But residents are questioning why the state, which is hundreds of miles from any land borders and which voted for Donald Trump in three presidential elections, is being targeted.

Watch: Crackdowns draw protests in Charlotte.

Usa Trump Charlotte

People protest against federal authorities as they expand their crackdown on illegal immigration, in Raleigh, NC on Nov. 18, 2025.

Jonathan Drake, REUTERS

Neo-Nazi pleads guilty in a plot to kill Jewish people

The leader of an international neo-Nazi terrorist group pleaded guilty in Tennessee in connection with an insidious plot to poison Jewish people in New York City.

Michail Chkhikvishvili , a Georgian national who also goes by "Commander Butcher," sent instructions to make bombs and ricin. He was extradited from Moldova in May after being arrested last year. Chkhikvishvili is the leader of a group called Maniac Murder Cult and distributed a "Haters Handbook," encouraging people to commit mass shootings, "ethnic cleansings" and other acts of violence, leading to attacks around the world, prosecutors said.

Real quick

A Southern California couple was found guilty of killing and decapitating two of their children.
Millions of Americans fear they may lose their health coverage next year.
When could the Epstein files be released? The latest updates.
President Trump rolled out the red carpet for Saudi Arabia's crown prince. Why critics say he shouldn't have.

🏀 💰 A million-point-one max

The WNBA is reportedly proposing a maximum salary for its players : $1.1 million. The move comes as the league is enjoying unprecedented popularity and a new collective bargaining agreement deadline looms.

The maximum salary would be available to more than one player per team. The league minimum salary is currently $220,000 and the league average is $460,000. (The average salary in the NBA is more than $12.6 million, per BasketballReference.com. Just sayin'.)

How you watch Major League Baseball may change. What to know. ⚾️ 📺 ⚾️
A teammate of Tyler Skaggs testified in a wrongful death suit for the L.A. Angels pitcher's overdose death. What he said.
Roger Federer received tennis' highest honor. 🎾

Wnba Connecticut Sun At Chicago Sky

Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese won't play in Unrivaled this season.

Kamil Krzaczynski, Imagn Images

🦃 Thanksgiving Day parade preview

For many families, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is as much a tradition as stuffing, mashed potatoes and being stuck with the kids in a chair that's too low at a table that's too high.

Here's our preview, including what's new and where you can watch.

Watch: New floats by Labubu, Stranger Things and Lego.
Photos: From Felix the Cat to KPop Demon Hunters, how floats have changed over the decades.

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Take a look at seven new floats and five new balloons joining this year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Macy's, Inc.

A break from the news

Can't decide what numbers to play in tonight's Powerball drawing? Try our generator! 💰 💰 💰
Relationship goals, courtesy of the always charming Ted Danson. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
At just under 5 feet tall, we always root for the little guy. Especially this one. 🦭

Phaedra Trethan is a national correspondent at USA TODAY. She'd love to hear from readers about The Short List, story ideas from across the nation and parallel parking tips for the new driver in her household. Email her at ptrethan@usatoday.com.

Former FBI Director James Comey testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill June 8, 2017 in Washington, DC. Comey said that President Donald Trump pressured him to drop the FBI's investigation into former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and demanded Comey's loyalty during the one-on-one meetings he had with president.

A judge appeared critical of the case against ex-FBI Director James Comey, as the president's favored prosecutor admitted to a potential mistake.

An AFP journalist checks the DoorDash food delivery application on her smartphone on February 27, 2020 in Washington, DC.
 

A DoorDash driver saw a naked man. Now she's facing charges.

The woman arrived at a New York home and found a man "indecently exposed." Now police say she's the one who violated his privacy.

Nine undocumented immigrants lived in this house while working for a Plymouth couple who hired more than 200 undocumented immigrants to build a $74 million plumbing empire, the government says. The couple were criminally charged on Nov. 18, 2025 in federal court.
 

Feds: Michigan couple made $74M using undocumented immigrant workers

A Michigan couple made $74 million in the plumbing business, in part by hiring more than 200 undocumented immigrants, the government says.

A surveillance photo of Ryan Wedding provided by the FBI. Wedding, a former Olympic snowboarder, was placed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list for running a murderous international drug trafficking operation.
 

Former Olympic snowboarder indicted on murder, drug charges

Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel on Nov. 19 announced Ryan Wedding has been indicted on murder and money laundering charges.

The Drug Enforcement Administration's Rocky Mountain Field Division confiscated about 1.7 million counterfeit fentanyl pills from a storage facility in Highland Ranch, Colorado. The seizure is the sixth-largest single seizure of suspected fentanyl pills in U.S. history.
 

DEA seizes 1.7 million counterfeit fentanyl pills in storage unit

The DEA's Rocky Mountain Field Division seized 1.7 million counterfeit fentanyl pills and 12 kilograms of fentanyl powder from a Colorado storage unit.

A victim from a trench collapse on South South Shore Drive that trapped him for hours reaches out to shake hands with one of his co-workers as he is wheeled to a waiting ambulance at the ongoing sewer construction project near Parkers River Beach.  Photo taken on November 18, 2025
 

One dead, two rescued in Massachusetts trench collapse

One person is dead, and two others have been transported to the hospital after a trench collapsed in Massachusetts on Tuesday.

New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani serves meals during a Veterans Day event on Nov. 11, 2025, in the Bronx borough.
 

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani reveals pick for NYPD's top cop

Zohran Mamdani, mayor-elect for New York City, said Jessica Tisch will remain NYPD's commissioner under his administration.

Zach Bryan performs at the T-Mobile Mane Stage during the 2025 Stagecoach Festival in Indio, California, on April 25, 2025.
 

Zach Bryan opens up about alcohol addiction, panic attacks

Zach Bryan opened up about his mental health struggles and sobriety journey in a candid social media post.

The Feels
 

I went to this super touchy singles mixer. Did I fall in love?

I tried The Feels, a singles mixer where strangers hold each other and make deep, psychospiritual conversation. Did I fall in love?

Illustration on poor savings methods.
 

A new report on retirement savings paints a grim picture

A new report on retirement savings suggests that only top earners are making real progress. Everyone else is saving less.

Time for a break!

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