Saturday 11/15/2025 Qnotables 4am Talking Points Live!

A wide-ranging news breakdown covering major developments from the U.S. and around the world. Tonight’s focus includes the explosion at a power plant in Argentina, new pressure campaigns around the Tina Peters case, and backlash over a hidden payout in the recent shutdown deal. We review new election-integrity declarations, fresh movement in the Epstein investigations, and President Trump’s latest tariff actions targeting food prices. Updates include Verizon’s downsizing plans, a searchable Epstein-file database, Ukraine’s deepening corruption scandal, and new federal moves to protect U.S. facilities in major cities. Additional reports highlight Walmart’s leadership shakeup, deceptive editing scandals at major broadcasters, new details on the Thomas Crooks case, and ongoing welfare fraud probes. We also cover disturbing allegations from Sarajevo’s wartime past, emerging questions around congressional contacts with Epstein, and the political fallout from Trump’s break with Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene. International and economic stories include China’s stranded astronauts, a major U.S.–Swiss trade deal, Meta’s massive Louisiana data-center project, and France’s growing drone-security concerns. The episode closes with updates on drone espionage legislation, the FBI’s findings on the Crooks shooting, Judicial Watch’s legal fight for records, China’s major gold discovery, and the Indiana legislature’s rejection of Trump-backed redistricting efforts. A comprehensive summary of the stories shaping politics, security, and public policy today.