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Trump Suggests Airstrikes On Cartels In Mexico, Colombia: ‘Okay With Me’
Trump Suggests Airstrikes On Cartels In Mexico, Colombia: ‘Okay With Me’
President Donald Trump told reporters gathered in the Oval Office on Monday that potential military strikes in Mexico to disrupt the drug trade would be “okay with me”.
He expressed rare openness to direct Pentagon action inside America’s neighbor to the immediate south, at a moment of ongoing deadly drone strikes on alleged drug boats off the coast of Venezuela. This is sure to turn US-Mexico relations in a more negative direction, but Trump doesn’t seem overly concerned with this as he ramps up the pressure, also on Colombia.
He said he’d be willing to do this to prevent drugs from entering the United States, and further he’d be proud to “knock out” cocaine factories in Colombia.
On Colombia, where the president, his family and top officials have recently been hit with US sanctions, Trump said as follows:
“Colombia has cocaine factories where they make cocaine. Would I knock out those factories? I would be proud to do it personally. I didn’t say I’m doing it, but I would be proud to do it because we’re going to save millions of lives by doing it.”
This renewed war on drugs rhetoric has been met with immense controversy, including among some US Congress members who demand a Congressional vote before war is declared on Venezuela or any other sovereign Latin American country.
But the administration has also been utilizing ‘terrorism’ labels to justify strikes, which up to now has included targeting over twenty alleged drug boats and killing some 80 people.
NOW – Trump: “Would I launch strikes on Mexico to stop drugs? That’s OK with me… Would I do that on the land corridors? I would— absou…” pic.twitter.com/g61Gq9JVu8
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) November 17, 2025
Trump really focused the bulk of the Monday comments with putting Mexico on notice:
The State Department designated six Mexican drug cartels, along with Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and MS-13, as foreign terrorist organizations in February.
The president indicated on Monday that he would go to Congress to ask for permission for the strikes and predicted the potential actions would be supported by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
“So let me just put it this way,” he said. “I am not happy with Mexico.”
Watch the full exchange below:
Trump: Would I launch strikes in Mexico to stop drugs? It’s ok with me…
Reporter: Would you need Mexico’s permission?
Trump: I’ve been speaking to Mexico. They know how I stand. I’m not happy with Mexico pic.twitter.com/u16dH4bLb9
— Acyn (@Acyn) November 17, 2025
Last month, as attacks on drug boats in the southern Caribbean escalated, Trump expressed something similar on the question of bypassing Congress. “I’m not going to necessarily ask for a declaration of war,” he said at the time. “I think we’re just doing to kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. Okay? We’re going to kill them, you know, they’re going to be like, dead.”
Without doubt, leaders in Mexico City and Bogota are increasingly nervous over such rhetoric – but there’s little in reality they could do if their sovereignty were violated by US military action. Clearly Trump thinks these corrupt countries have not done enough to dismantle the cartels, which has in turn fueled the drug crisis in America.
Tyler Durden
Mon, 11/17/2025 – 20:30
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-suggests-airstrikes-cartels-mexico-colombia-okay-me
Kyle Hendricks, quien ayudó a los Cachorros de Chicago a ganar la Serie Mundial 2016, se retira
CHICAGO (AP) — Kyle Hendricks, el lanzador derecho que ayudó a los Cachorros de Chicago a ganar la Serie Mundial de 2016 y poner fin a una sequía de campeonatos de 108 años, se retira, anunció el equipo el lunes.
El jugador de 35 años tuvo un récord de 105-91 con una efectividad de 3.79 en 11 temporadas con los Cachorros y una con los Angelinos de Los Ángeles. Fue All-Star en 2016, con un récord de 16-8 y una efectividad de 2.13, la mejor de las Grandes Ligas. Lanzó cuatro entradas y un tercio sin permitir carreras mientras los Cachorros perdieron el tercer juego de la Serie Mundial ante Cleveland 1-0 y cuatro entradas y dos tercios en la victoria de Chicago 8-7 en diez entradas en el juego decisivo.
“Fue uno de los mejores lanzadores de los Cachorros de todos los tiempos. No habríamos ganado la Serie Mundial sin su increíble temporada de 2016, donde ganó el título de efectividad de las Grandes Ligas y comenzó el séptimo juego de la Serie Mundial. El Profesor siempre estaba tranquilo, sereno y compuesto en el montículo, pero sus grandes actuaciones emocionaron a millones de fanáticos de los Cachorros. Desde sus destacadas aperturas en los playoffs de 2016 hasta su memorable última aparición en el Wrigley Field en 2024, brindó a nuestros fanáticos dulces emociones”, afirmó en un comunicado Tom Ricketts, presidente de los Cachorros.
Hendricks asistió a Dartmouth y fue apodado “El Profesor” debido a su formación universitaria y su dependencia en colocar lanzamientos con un cambio de velocidad y un sinker en una era dominado por lanzadores de alta velocidad.
Los Cachorros adquirieron a Hendricks de Texas a cambio de Ryan Dempster en la fecha límite de intercambios de 2012. Hizo su debut en las Grandes Ligas dos años después y tuvo un récord de 97-81 con una efectividad de 3.68 en 270 aperturas y seis apariciones como relevista para Chicago entre 2014 y 2024.
Firmó un contrato de un año por 2,5 millones de dólares con los Angelinos el pasado noviembre y tuvo un récord de 8-10 con una efectividad de 4.76 en 31 aperturas, incluyendo una derrota ante los Cachorros en casa en agosto.
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FT Confirms Our Report From 2024 That China Is Buying 10x More Gold Than Officially Disclosed
FT Confirms Our Report From 2024 That China Is Buying 10x More Gold Than Officially Disclosed
One year ago, Goldman’s precious metal analyst Lina Thomas made the case that gold would rise to $3000 by the end of 2025 (it ended up rising more than $1000 higher) as a result of relentless central bank purchases in general, and thanks to China’s ravenous appetite for gold in particular. The bank promptly got pushback on this thesis, with skeptics countering that it is unlikely that gold will manage to keep its ascent at the same time as the dollar rises to new record highs, one of the largest consensus Trump trades.
In response, Thomas also – correctly – pushed back, writing that she disagrees with the argument that “gold cannot rally to $3,000/toz by end-2025 in a world where the dollar stays stronger for longer”, for four reasons:
First, it will be US policy rate that drives investor gold demand, with no significant additional role for the dollar.
Second, Thomas disagreed with the view that dollar strength will halt structurally higher central bank purchases because central banks tend to buy gold internationally from their dollar reserves. In fact, the large central bank buyers tend to raise their gold demand amid local currency weakness to boost confidence in their currency.
Third, the tendency for the dollar and gold prices to rise with uncertainty supports their roles as portfolio hedges, including against tariff escalation.
Finally, the yuan depreciation and broader easing that Goldman economists expect should have a roughly neutral net effect on China’s retail gold demand, as the gold demand boost from lower China rates roughly offsets the hit from higher local gold prices.
And while it took less than a year for gold prices to surge far above the bank’s (in retrospect) conservative forecast, there was one aspect of the prediction that was already playing out: as we showed at the time using an analysis of central bank and other institutional gold buying on the London OTC market, China was secretly buying up 10x more gold than it admits.
A few months later we repeated this observation: China continued to secretly buy 10x more gold (27 tonnes) than it reports (3 tonnes).
China continues to secretly buy 10x more gold (27 tonnes) than it reports (3 tonnes) pic.twitter.com/uKMMQGvGXX
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) June 13, 2025
While that alone was sufficient to validate the bullish thesis, another key factor that also emerged was the aggressive ramp up of gold ETF purchases by retail investors, something we predicted over a year ago…
Gold ETF holdings have a long way to go: they have been mostly net sold since 2022 (weaponization of USD after Ukraine war), when central bank buying engaged and bought everything retail had to sell https://t.co/2fFhWQfp7s pic.twitter.com/TyGvKSNNqq
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) October 16, 2024
… and which Morgan Stanley confirmed over the weekend had been a “big support for gold this year.”
But while ETF purchases come and go as price momentum ebbs and flows, in retrospect the biggest shocker was our revelation that – in keeping with tradition – China was secretly buying up most of the available gold in the open market (presumably in anticipation of some major event which has yet to be unveiled). Needless to say, there was tremendous pushback to this claim, with the “serious” strategists balking at the possibility that China would be allocating its precious reserves to a barbarous relic.
Not any more: fast-forwarding to one year later when over the weekend, the FT reported that “China’s actual gold purchases could be more than 10 times its official figures as it quietly tries to diversify away from the US dollar, highlighting the increasingly opaque sources of demand behind bullion’s record-breaking rally.” Or precisely what we said last December.
The FT notes that publicly reported buying by China’s central bank has been so low this year – 1.9 tonnes purchased in August, 1.9 tonnes in July and 2.2 tonnes in June – that few in the market believe the official figures. Instead, echoing the same trade data analysis we did back in 2024 (and ever since), the newspaper points to work done by analysts at Société Générale who estimate that China’s total purchases could reach as much as 250 tonnes this year, or more than a third of total global central bank demand.
The scale of the country’s unreported purchases highlights the growing challenges facing traders trying to work out where prices go next in a market increasingly dominated by central bank purchases.
“China is buying gold as part of their de-dollarisation strategy,” said Jeff Currie, chief strategy officer of energy pathways at Carlyle, who says he does not try to guess how much gold the People’s Bank of China is buying.
“Unlike oil, where you can track it with satellites, with gold you can’t. There’s just no way to know where this stuff goes and who is buying it.”
And since official Chinese data is unreliable at best, or simply fake, traders had turned to alternative sources of data to gauge demand, such as orders for freshly cast 400oz bars with consecutive serial numbers, which are typically refined in Switzerland or South Africa, shipped via London and flown to China, for evidence of the country’s purchases. The same analysis we have been doing since 2022.
China Said To Be Mystery Buyer Stockpiling Gold To “Cut Dollar Dependence” https://t.co/qtqv2SgnfX
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) November 22, 2022
“This year, people are really not believing the official figures, especially about China,” said Bruce Ikemizu, director of the Japan Bullion Market Association, who believes China’s current gold reserves are nearly 5,000 tonnes, double the level it publicly reports.
Of course, China is not alone: ever since the US weaponized the dollar in response to the Ukraine war, Central banks have been buying up huge quantities of bullion fuelling a rally that has pushed the price above $4,300 per troy ounce.
Gold price decoupled from ETF flows after Ukraine war (weaponization of dollar), but now even ETF flows are turning positive https://t.co/BoMY0hzTSJ pic.twitter.com/LICCLClIR1
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) August 25, 2024
This accumulating has been so relentless, that gold’s share of global reserves outside the US has climbed from 10% to 26% over the past decade, World Gold Council data shows, making it the second-largest reserve asset after the dollar. Yet fewer and fewer of these purchases are being reported to the IMF, which collects data voluntarily.
In the most recent quarter, only about one-third of official buying was publicly reported, down from about 90% four years ago, according to WGC estimates based on Metals Focus data.
Central banks may choose not to report their gold activity to avoid front-running the market or for political reasons. Some fear that publicly buying bullion, which is often a hedge against the dollar, could worsen relations with the Trump administration.
“It makes sense to just report the bare minimum, if need be, for fear of reprisal from the US administration,” said Nicky Shiels, analyst at Swiss refinery MKS Pamp. “Gold is seen as a pure USA hedge. In most emerging markets it is in central banks’ interest to not fully disclose purchases.”
At the same time, sellers are also keen not to move prices against themselves by announcing their intentions. Former UK chancellor Gordon Brown’s well-publicized statements in 1999 that the Bank of England would sell half its gold reserves helped push prices even lower, and the sale yielded just $275 per ounce on average, about one-fifteenth of today’s price.
Michael Haigh, an analyst at Société Générale, said this opacity made the gold market “unique and tricky” compared with commodities such as oil, where Opec plays a role in regulating production.
“What is different with gold is that the tonnage going in and out of central banks is so impactful. Without having clarity on that, it is a bit more of an issue.”
And while China is the world’s biggest producer and consumer of gold, it is also the least transparent, leaving analysts to run their own numbers based on import data, guesswork and tips.
Its official gold-buying program, which is managed by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, part of the People’s Bank of China, has officially bought just 25 tonnes this year. Reserve gold is typically stored either in Shanghai or in Beijing. And yet, applying the same proxy we used one year ago, namely looking at UK gold exports to China (as the PBOC favors large bars which are mainly traded in London), SocGen estimates that Safe will import about 250 tonnes this year, or 10x more. This number sure sounds familiar…
Another method is to calculate the gap between China’s net imports and domestic gold production, and the change in the amount held by commercial banks or purchased by retail consumers. Using this method, Plenum Research, a Beijing consultancy, calculates a “gap” attributable to official buying of 1,351 tonnes in 2023 and 1,382 tonnes in 2022, more than six times the public purchases China made in those years.
But while the actual numbers are unclear, one thing is certain: China will buy much more gold than it officially reports. Safe has one-year and five-year targets for its purchases of gold, and current official holdings remain far below target, according to a former Safe official. The purchases are made not only by Safe and its intermediaries, but also by China’s sovereign wealth fund CIC and the military, which are not mandated to disclose their holdings on a timely basis.
Complicating the picture is China’s status as the world’s largest gold miner, accounting for 10% of global production last year, which means that it also has the option of buying bullion domestically for its reserves. But in a geopolitical statement of force, as China expands its gold holdings, it is also courting developing nations to store it in the country. As BBG recently reported, Cambodia recently agreed to place newly purchased gold, paid for in renminbi, in the Shanghai Gold Exchange’s vault in Shenzhen.
In light of all these variables, many gold analysts will not even hazard a guess as to the true scale of purchases by the PBoC.
“It’s ultimately unknowable,” said Adrian Ash, research director of BullionVault, an online trading platform. “Any apparent route to figuring it out . . . misses the problem that it is only one part of the enigma wrapped in the riddle which is China’s bullion market.”
One thing is clear: it will keep rising.
In a note published earlier today Lina Thomas (and available to pro subs), the Goldman gold analyst who correctly calculated China’s true purchases over a year ago, she writes that the bank’s latest gold nowcast estimates that central bank purchased 64 tonnes for September vs. 21 tonnes in August, and central bank buying likely continued in November: “We continue to see elevated central bank gold accumulation as a multi-year trend, as central banks diversify their reserves to hedge geopolitical and financial risks. We maintain our assumption of average monthly central bank buying of 80 tonnes in 2025Q4-2026“, Thomas wrote.
Some more details from her note (available to pro subs):
The gold price broke higher last week, jumping about $25 in a vertical move during last Monday’s Asia hours and rising nearly 6% before correcting on Friday to just under $4,100. The timing, size and speed of last Monday’s price increase are consistent with Asian [ZH: read Chinese] central bank buying, which often appears in London prices around Asian trading hours and thus sees an initial decrease in the Shanghai-London price premium but is then often followed by delayed momentum buying in retail China and then the West.
We continue to see elevated central bank gold accumulation as a multi-year trend as central banks diversify their reserves to hedge geopolitical and financial risks.
Our GS nowcast of central bank and institutional gold demand on the London OTC estimates September purchases at 64 tonnes (67 tonnes on a 12-month moving-average basis), up from 21 tonnes in August and consistent with the typical post-summer seasonal acceleration (Exhibit 1).
Goldman estimates that September purchases were led by the Middle East – Qatar at 20 tonnes and Oman at 7 tonnes – and China at 15 tonnes, extending the trend of massively underreporting its actual purchases (the official number was roughly 10% of that estimate).
Goldman concludes that the pickup in central bank buying, together with the largest monthly gold Western ETF inflow (112 tonnes) since mid-2022, marks the first time in this cycle that strong post-2022 central bank demand and such a sizable increase in ETF holdings have occurred simultaneously, something we predicted back in 2024. Thomas believes that this combination, alongside likely additional off-ETF physical buying by ultra-high net worth individuals, as well as the ongoing buying spree by Tether which is increasingly diversifying into gold alongside T-bills, likely contributed to September’s 10% rally, the strongest monthly increase in gold prices since 2016.
Going forward, Goldman expects continued central bank buying, alongside private investor flows under Fed easing, to lift gold prices to $4,900 by end-2026, and predicted even more “significant upside” if the private investor diversification theme gains more traction.
More in the full Goldman note available to pro subs.
Tyler Durden
Mon, 11/17/2025 – 20:05
Jake Moody joins the Washington Commanders off the Chicago Bears’ practice squad
Kicker Matt Gay was released by the Washington Commanders on Monday, a day after he missed two field-goal attempts in a 16-13 overtime loss to the Miami Dolphins in Spain, and a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press that Washington replaced him by signing Jake Moody off the Chicago Bears’ practice squad.
The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the Commanders did not announce Moody’s addition.
Washington’s current six-game losing streak began with a 25-24 defeat against Chicago on Oct. 13 that ended with Moody making a 38-yard field goal for the Bears on the last play. That was Moody’s first game with Chicago after the San Francisco 49ers cut him for missing two kicks in Week 1 this season.
He was a third-round draft pick by the 49ers in 2023 and played for them in a Super Bowl.
On Sunday, Gay sent a 56-yard try wide right in the closing seconds of the fourth quarter that would have broken a 13-all tie with Miami and, in all likelihood, given Washington (3-8) a much-needed victory. He also was off on a 51-yarder earlier in the game.
Coach Dan Quinn said on a video call with reporters on Monday that he and general manager Adam Peters met with Gay to deliver the news.
Peters signed Gay to a contract with $4.35 million in guaranteed money in April.
“An all-time good dude. So, yeah really, bummed that it didn’t work out. We just felt this is the change we needed,” Quinn said about Gay.
“We’re just not making those kicks; not just the ones yesterday. We want to look at the big picture of things,” Quinn said. “At that position, the performance — got to have it.”
Washington is entering its bye week and won’t play again until hosting the Denver Broncos (9-2) on Nov. 30.
Gay made 13 of 19 field-goal tries this season, a 68.4% accuracy rate that was worse than all but two kickers in the NFL. The misses Sunday made Gay 4 for 9 on attempts from 50 yards or more in a league where that sort of distance is nearly automatic for many.
“You just feel like you let your team down,” Gay said Sunday about the potential game-winner. “Got to make it. Cannot miss that kick.”
Gay spent the previous two seasons with the Indianapolis Colts. Last season, he was 33 of 33 on extra points and made all 28 of his field-goal attempts from 49 yards or closer but was successful on just 3 of 9 from 50 or more yards.
Gay was a Pro Bowl pick in 2021 for the Los Angeles Rams, who won the Super Bowl that season.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/17/chicago-bears-jake-moody-washington-commanders/
El gobierno de Trump demanda a California por ley que prohíbe a los agentes cubrirse el rostro
Por JAIMIE DING
LOS ÁNGELES (AP) — La administración Trump presentó una demanda el lunes contra las nuevas leyes de California que prohíben a los agentes federales usar máscaras y les exigen tener identificación mientras realizan operaciones en el estado.
El gobierno federal argumentó que las leyes amenazan la seguridad de los agentes que enfrentan acoso, filtración de sus datos personales y violencia “sin precedentes” y ha dicho que no las acatará.
California se convirtió en el primer estado en prohibir a la mayoría de los agentes del orden, incluidos los federales de inmigración, cubrirse el rostro mientras llevan a cabo diligencias oficiales bajo un proyecto de ley que promulgó en septiembre el gobernador Gavin Newsom.
La ley prohíbe los pasamontañas y otras cubiertas para el rostro y cuello a los agentes locales y federales, incluidos los de inmigración, mientras realizan tareas oficiales. Existen excepciones para los agentes encubiertos, el equipo de protección como respiradores N95 o equipo táctico, y no se aplica a la policía estatal.
Newsom también firmó una legislación que requiere que las fuerzas del orden usen una identificación clara que muestre su agencia y número de placa mientras están de servicio. Las leyes requieren que las agencias federales del orden emitan una política de identificación visible para el 1 de enero de 2026 y otra para el uso de máscaras para el 1 de julio.
“Las políticas de California contra las fuerzas del orden discriminan al gobierno federal y están diseñadas para crear riesgos para nuestros agentes. Estas leyes no pueden mantenerse”, afirmó en un comunicado de prensa la secretaria de Justicia, Pam Bondi.
La demanda indica que ha habido múltiples incidentes donde los oficiales del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) fueron seguidos y sus familias amenazadas. Cita un caso de tres mujeres en Los Ángeles que están acusadas de transmitir en vivo mientras seguían a un agente del ICE a su casa y publicaban la dirección en Instagram.
“Dadas las amenazas personales y la violencia que enfrentan los agentes, las agencias federales del orden permiten que sus oficiales elijan si usan máscaras para proteger sus identidades y proporcionar una capa adicional de seguridad”, señala la demanda.
Newsom ha dicho que la práctica de agentes federales enmascarados arrestando personas en todo el estado es “distópica”.
Los críticos han expresado preocupaciones sobre el papel creciente de agentes federales en la policía local, a menudo no identificados, que se encargan de hacer cumplir las leyes migratorias.
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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.
James Franklin hired as Virginia Tech’s coach, just over a month after Penn State fired him
BLACKSBURG, Va. — James Franklin was hired as Virginia Tech’s coach on Monday, a little more than a month after he was fired during his 12th season at Penn State.
The Hokies became the first Power 4 football program to fill a coaching vacancy this season. Franklin is set to be formally introduced at a news conference Wednesday morning.
He was fired by the Nittany Lions on Oct. 12, a day after they lost at home to Northwestern to fall to 3-3.
The 53-year-old Franklin went 104-45 at Penn State, winning a Big Ten championship (in the 2016 season), a Fiesta Bowl (2017) and a Rose Bowl (2022). Last season, he led the Nittany Lions to a first-round victory in the College Football Playoff.
“I’m honored and humbled to join the Hokie family,” Franklin said in a statement. “My vision is simple: to restore unmatched excellence, to build something that lasts, and to serve this university, the Commonwealth of Virginia and our amazing fan base with honor, integrity, and passion. I look forward to getting to work with our players, our staff, and the entire Virginia Tech community.”
The terms of Franklin’s contract were not released. Before he was hired by Virginia Tech, Penn State had been on the hook for a buyout worth nearly $50 million.
Franklin has a 128-60 overall record, including his three seasons at Vanderbilt. In Blacksburg, he takes over for his former Nittany Lions defensive coordinator, Brent Pry, who was fired on Sept. 14 after the Hokies lost their first three games by an average of 18.7 points. Virginia Tech started 0-3 for the first time since 1987.
Pry went 16-24, including 10-13 in Atlantic Coast Conference play, in his three-plus seasons. The Hokies (3-7, 2-4 ACC) have since been led by interim coach Philip Montgomery.
Franklin was maligned at Penn State for not winning big games — he went 4-21 against teams ranked in the top 10 of the AP poll — but he brings credibility to a Virginia Tech program that has struggled since Frank Beamer retired in 2015 after 29 years at the helm.
Athletic director Whit Babcock first hired Justin Fuente and then Pry in hopes of continuing the success enjoyed by Beamer, but both coaches floundered. That prompted Virginia Tech President Tim Sands to form a search committee to hire the next coach and limit the scope of Babcock’s role.
The Hokies have just four winning seasons since Beamer’s retirement and six since Babcock became the AD in 2014.
The committee landed on Franklin, whose Penn State teams won at least 10 games six times during his tenure. Franklin also showed an ability to recruit in Virginia. In 2023, he signed six of the top 10 prospects in the state, according to various recruiting services, and one of his best players in the past five years was Tyler Warren, a tight end from the Richmond area who was a first-round NFL draft pick by the Indianapolis Colts this spring and is flourishing as a rookie.
“His experience, passion, and record of success embody our commitment to compete at the highest level,” Sands said of Franklin in a statement. “His selection is the result of unprecedented collaboration by our athletic administration with university leaders, esteemed alumni, including former NFL coaches and players, and our most dedicated supporters.
“James will provide the leadership and inspiration our student-athletes need, and the performance on the field that our university community, alumni, and fans expect and deserve.”
Virginia Tech has committed to providing Franklin with the resources he needs to be successful. The Board of Visitors approved a plan in late September to add $229 million to the athletic department’s budget over the next four years, primarily to bolster the football program. Half of that money, though, is coming from philanthropy and needs to be raised.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/17/james-franklin-virginia-tech-football-coach/
¿Quiénes se han clasificado a la Copa Mundial de 2026?
Por The Associated Press
La Copa del Mundo de 2026 contará con una cifra récord de 48 equipos.
Alemania y Países Bajos, dos selecciones habituales en los Mundiales, se clasificaron el lunes en las eliminatorias europeas. Los Alemanes amarraron su clasificación con una goleada de 6-0 sobre Eslovaquia y el campeón del mundo en cuatro ocasiones mantuvo su récord de siempre clasificar a la justa futbolística.
Será la 21ra participación de Alemania en la Copa del Mundo en 23 ediciones. No acudieron a la edición inaugural de 1930 y no se les permitió participar en 1950.
Los Países Bajos también ganaron su grupo para llegar al torneo del próximo año que se celebrará en Estados Unidos, Canadá y México. Una victoria de 4-0 sobre Lituania permitió a los holandeses clasificarse con un récord invicto, terminando por delante de Polonia.
El torneo del próximo año en Estados Unidos, México y Canadá comenzará el 11 de junio de 2026 y la final se llevará a cabo el 19 de julio. Los tres países anfitriones tienen su presencia asegurada.
Un total de 43 equipos obtienen sus boletos mediante eliminatorias en sus continentes. Otros dos asegurarán sus plazas en los repechajes intercontinentales que contarán con seis equipos y están programados para marzo de 2026 en México.
¿Cuál es la distribución de plazas?
Asia tendrá ocho plazas directas y aspira a otra en el repechaje intercontinental.
África tiene nueve plazas directas más una disponible en el repechaje intercontinental.
La CONCACAF — Norte y Centroamérica, junto con el Caribe, obtiene tres plazas directas y otras dos posibles en los repechajes intercontinentales.
Sudamérica cuenta con seis plazas directas y enviará otro equipo a los repechajes intercontinentales.
Oceanía, por primera vez, recibió un lugar garantizado en la Copa del Mundo, y Nueva Zelanda aseguró ese derecho en marzo. Nueva Caledonia podría sumarse, participando en los repechajes intercontinentales.
Europa tendrá 16 equipos seguros para jugar en la próxima Copa del Mundo.
¿Quiénes se han clasificado hasta ahora?
Naciones anfitrionas: Estados Unidos, México, Canadá. Se llevaron tres de las seis plazas directas de la CONCACAF.
Sudamérica: Argentina (se clasificó el 25 de marzo); Brasil y Ecuador (10 de junio); Uruguay, Colombia y Paraguay (4 de septiembre).
Europa: Inglaterra (14 de octubre), Francia (13 de noviembre), Croacia (14 de noviembre), Portugal y Noruega (16 de noviembre) y Alemania y Países Bajos (17 de noviembre).
África: Marruecos (5 de septiembre); Túnez (8 de septiembre); Egipto (8 de octubre); Argelia (9 de octubre); Ghana (12 de octubre); Cabo Verde (13 de octubre); Sudáfrica, Senegal y Costa de Marfil (14 de octubre).
Asia: Australia (10 de junio), Japón (20 de marzo), Irán (25 de marzo), Jordania, Corea del Sur, y Uzbekistán (5 de junio), Qatar y Arabia Saudí (14 de octubre).
Oceanía: Nueva Zelanda (24 de marzo).
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/17/quines-se-han-clasificado-a-la-copa-mundial-de-2026-9/
Jake Moody llega a Commanders desde el equipo de práctica de Bears para reemplazar a Matt Gay
Por HOWARD FENDRICH
El pateador Matt Gay fue liberado por los Commanders el lunes, un día después de fallar dos intentos de gol de campo en una derrota en tiempo extra 16-13 ante los Dolphins de Miami en España, y una persona con conocimiento de la situación le dijo a The Associated Press que Washington lo reemplazó al firmar a Jake Moody del equipo de práctica de los Bears de Chicago.
La persona habló con la AP bajo condición de anonimato porque los Commanders no anunciaron la incorporación de Moody.
La actual racha de seis derrotas al hilo de Washington comenzó con una derrota 25-24 contra Chicago el 13 de octubre que terminó con Moody haciendo un gol de campo de 38 yardas para los Bears en la última jugada. Ese fue el primer juego de Moody con Chicago después de que los 49ers de San Francisco lo cortaran por fallar dos patadas en la semana uno de esta temporada.
Fue una selección de tercera ronda del draft por los 49ers en 2023 y jugó para ellos en un Super Bowl.
El domingo, Gay envió desviado a la derecha un intento de 56 yardas en los últimos segundos del cuarto período que habría roto un empate 13-13 con Miami y, con toda probabilidad, le habría dado a Washington (3-8) una victoria muy necesaria. También falló un intento de 51 yardas más temprano en el juego.
El entrenador Dan Quinn dijo en una videollamada con reporteros el lunes que él y el gerente general Adam Peters se reunieron con Gay para darle la noticia.
Peters firmó a Gay con un contrato de 4,35 millones de dólares garantizados en abril.
“Un tipo realmente bueno. Así que, sí, realmente, decepcionado de que no haya funcionado. Simplemente sentimos que este es el cambio que necesitábamos”, dijo Quinn sobre Gay.
“Simplemente no estamos haciendo esas patadas; no solo las de ayer. Queremos ver el panorama general de las cosas”, dijo Quinn. “En esa posición, el rendimiento — tienes que tenerlo.”
Washington está entrando en su semana de descanso y no jugará de nuevo hasta recibir a los Broncos de Denver (9-2) el 30 de noviembre.
Gay hizo 13 de 19 intentos de gol de campo esta temporada, una tasa de precisión del 68,4% que fue peor que la de todos menos dos pateadores en la NFL. Los fallos del domingo hicieron que Gay tuviera cuatro de nueve en intentos de 50 yardas o más en una liga donde esa distancia es casi automática para muchos.
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Trump Hints US Might Still Be Talking With Maduro, Despite Huge Force Build-Up
Trump Hints US Might Still Be Talking With Maduro, Despite Huge Force Build-Up
Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com,
President Trump said on Sunday that the US “may be having discussions” with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, suggesting his administration has not entirely cut off diplomacy with Caracas as previous reports have said.
Trump made the comments when asked about Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s announcement that the State Department would be designating the so-called Cartel de los Soles, or Cartel of the Suns, as a “Foreign Terrorist Organization,” though the group doesn’t actually exist.
.@POTUS on Venezuela: “We may be having some discussions with Maduro, and we’ll see how that turns out — but they would like to talk.” pic.twitter.com/ooeKngFUch
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) November 16, 2025
The term “Cartel of the Suns” was first used in the 1990s, before Maduro’s predecessor, Hugo Chavez, came to power, to describe two Venezuelan military generals with sun insignias on their uniforms who were involved in the drug trade. One of the generals was working with the CIA at the time, according to a 1993 60 Minutes report.
Today, the term is used to describe Venezuelan military and government officials who allegedly profit from drug trafficking, but the Cartel of the Suns doesn’t exist as a structured organization.
Regardless of the reality, the US claims that Maduro is the leader of the Cartel of the Suns, signaling it will use the terror designation as a pretext to target him. Trump was asked if the designation could justify the US targeting Maduro’s assets or infrastructure inside Venezuela, and claimed that it “allows us to do that,” though any military action without congressional authorization would be illegal under the Constitution. Trump then suggested that the US and Venezuela are talking.
“It allows us to do that, but I haven’t said we’re going to do that, and we may be having some discussions with Maduro, and we’ll see how that turns out, but they would like to talk,” he told reporters.
Maduro has made clear that he’s willing to reach some kind of deal with the US and sent a letter to Trump after the US began bombing alleged drug-running boats in the region. In the letter, the Venezuelan leader urged for diplomacy to resolve any issues and said he was ready to talk to Trump’s special envoy, Ric Grennel, at any time.
The New York Times reported in early October that Trump called off diplomacy with Venezuela, though another Times report on Friday cited an administration official who said the talks with Venezuela were “not entirely dead.” Officials say the arrival of the US aircraft carrier Gerald Ford is meant to be used as leverage over Maduro, but it’s unclear what sort of deal would satisfy the US.
Trump has reportedly been briefed in recent days on options to bomb Venezuela, and the US strikes on boats in the region have continued, killing at least 82 people since the bombing campaign began in early September.
Tyler Durden
Mon, 11/17/2025 – 19:40
Women veterans relax, recharge and experience nature, art, wellness during a day at Ryerson Woods
On Sunday, Brushwood Center invited women veterans to experience a day of recharging and relaxing in community with fellow women veterans and family members in the peace and tranquility of Ryerson Woods.
Nature, Art and Wellness Day for Women Veterans offered the serenity of wellness activities: yoga, forest bathing, reflective acrylic painting, all part of a full-day program, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., with breakfast and lunch also provided.
Catherine Game, executive director of Brushwood Center, said programs for women Veterans are part of Brushwood’s At Ease: Art & Nature for Veterans and Military Community initiative — offering a nature-based approach that serves 900 veterans annually, building skills in creative expression, and providing veterans with access to mental health support.
At Ease in Nature is an exhibition featuring artwork created during the 2025 At Ease program year, as well as work inspired by the artists’ experiences in nature. According to the Brushwood website, this year’s exhibition highlights the diversity that can be found in nature and in the armed forces, making each stronger than they would be without it. At Ease in Nature on display through Nov. 30. Here, Jessica Klinge, Brushwood Veteran program coordinator, and Angelique Lawyer of Westchester share personal works featured in the show. (Gina Grillo/ for the Pioneer Press)
“The COVID-19 pandemic brought us such an increase in public exposure and understanding of the importance of time spent in nature and exposure to the arts,” Game said.
“Programs like At Ease really marry these two modes of healing,” Game added.
Started in 2015, At Ease began simply, as a monthly prairie photo workshop for veterans. Since then, At Ease has grown into a multifaceted program for Veterans, Service Members, and their families designed to empower wellbeing through nature-based art, music, and photography workshops.
“More than 90% of the more than 400 military veterans who participated in an At Ease program evaluation expressed an increased sense of well-being from the wide range of arts and nature programs engaging active-duty military, reservists, veterans, and family members,” Game said.
On Sunday, Brushwood Center invited women veterans to experience a day of recharging and relaxing in community with fellow women veterans and family members in the peace and tranquility of Ryerson Woods. Nature, Art and Wellness Day for Women Veterans at Brushwood Center offered camaraderie through wellness activities: yoga, forest bathing, reflective acrylic painting, all part of a full-day program, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., with breakfast and lunch also provided. Here, Forest Therapy Guide Sarah Abu-Absi leads women on a meditative walk through the forest. (Gina Grillo/ for the Pioneer Press)
Jessica Klinge is the Brushwood Veteran program coordinator, and also a veteran who says that in the male-dominated military, sometimes women veterans feel overlooked.
“At Brushwood, we offer programs for women Veterans that foster camaraderie and explore special issues like sexual trauma, since about 1 out of 3 women Veterans say they experienced sexual harassment or assault while in the military,” Klinge said.
Angelique Lawyer, of Westchester, is a retired Army Nurse who served both domestically and abroad for 22 years.
“It feels good to be able to connect with a community of female Veterans, to share stories and experiences, especially when it feels that others may find your service and commitment hard to believe or difficult to acknowledge,” Lawyer said.
Forest therapy guide Sarah Abu-Absi says Sunday’s program included a meditative walk through Ryerson Woods as a way to let the judgmental part of our brains take a break and practice just being present – relating our senses and our hearts to nature, without having an agenda.
Kathy Wilson, of Mundelein, participated on Sunday, and says she is the spouse of veteran, Saford Wilson, who served as a Navy Corpsman during the Vietnam
War.
Kathy Wilson of Mundelein takes part in meditative tree bathing during Sunday’s Nature, Art and Wellness Day for Women Veterans and family members at Brushwood Center, where women were invited to experience the peace and tranquility of Ryerson Woods. (Gina Grillo/ for the Pioneer Press)
“My husband and I have attended Brushwood art-centered programs together, we’ve enjoyed our connection to the vast veteran community in our area, and benefit from attending as a family with our grandchildren,” Wilson said.
Game says Brushwood Center works with many program partners to make At Ease programming possible, relying on the support of community volunteers, partners, and donors.
Veteran program partners include Allenforce, American Legion Cicero Post #96, Art Impact Project, Blue Star Families, Black Moon Trio, Chicago Lighthouse, Chicago Vet Center, Kids Rank, Lovell FHCC, Bridge program National Museum of the American Sailor, U.S. Forest Service, Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, Veteran Art Tribe, We Serve, Special Recreation Association of Central Lake County, and others.
Margarete de Soleil, of Skokie, attended and says she grew up with 10 siblings and a dad who had a career in the military.
“Brushwood has given me a way to belonging and healing, a way to relate to the military culture of my family and to honor Veterans through my artwork,” de Soleil said.
Program participant, Margarete de Soleil of Skokie, took part in Nature, Art and Wellness Day for Women Veterans and family members at Brushwood Center offered camaraderie through wellness activities: yoga, forest bathing, reflective acrylic painting, all part of a full-day program. Here, de Soleil participates in forest bathing meditation. (Gina Grillo/ for the Pioneer Press)
de Soleil’s paintings are currently featured in a group exhibition, At Ease in Nature, now on display in the Brushwood Center Gallery through November 30.
At Ease in Nature features artwork created during the 2025 At Ease program year, as well as work inspired by the artists’ experiences in nature. According to the Brushwood website, this year’s exhibition highlights the diversity that can be found in nature and in the armed forces, making each stronger than they would be without it.
Gina Grillo is a freelancer for Pioneer Press.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/17/ryserson-wood-women-veterans-relaxationtranquility/
