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9:40 PM ET, November 21, 2025

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New York Times:
Here's the latest.  —  After months of warning voters against electing Zohran Mamdani, President Trump said the two found common ground in an Oval Office meeting, adding, “I think he is going to surprise some conservative people, actually.”  —  Watch Live: Trump Meets With Mamdani  —  LIVE
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump and Mamdani Set Aside Differences During White House Meeting  —  The president and the New York City mayor-elect have traded barbs over the past year  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, two singular forces in U.S. politics who have spent months antagonizing …
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Brace Yourself for ... Full.  Blown.  Panic.  —  The craziest thing about Trump's slowly weakening grip over Republicans in Congress isn't that it's happening.  It's that some Republicans are even starting to say it's happening, right out loud.  “He'd be the outlier if it didn't happen …
Ryan Schwach / Queens Daily Eagle:
Queens men meet  —  The first man from Queens to be elected president and the first Queens resident to be elected mayor of New York City met for the first time in the Oval Office on Friday.  —  President Donald Trump and Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani met in Washington D.C in a highly anticipated meeting between …
New Republic:
Trump's Angry Tirade Calling for “Death” to Dems Just Backfired Badly  —  On Thursday, President Trump called for the execution of a number of members of the opposition party.  This came after Democratic lawmakers released a powerful video informing military and intelligence officials …
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
86 Democrats Condemn Socialism as Zohran Mamdani Meets With Trump
Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
Trump pivots from bashing Mamdani, predicting he will ‘do a great job’ as mayor
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
House votes to denounce ‘horrors’ of socialism ahead of Mamdani-Trump meeting
Dave Lawler / Axios:
Zelensky says Trump plan forces Ukraine to choose between “dignity” and the U.S.  —  President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Ukrainian people on Friday and said President Trump's 28-point peace plan will force Ukraine to chose between “losing our dignity” or risking the loss of U.S. support.
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New York Times:
European Leaders Back Zelensky After U.S. Plan Leaves Them Out  —  A U.S.-Russian proposal would require Kyiv to give up territory and reduce its army.  If Moscow complies with the terms, it could receive benefits including reintegration into the global economy.
Lawrence Freedman / Comment is Freed:
The Witkoff-Dmitriev peace plan annotated  —  We now know a bit more about the process which led to the new peace plan and we now have a copy of its contents, to which I will turn soon.  —  Yesterday I noted that the plan, which was largely drafted by Steve Witkoff and Kirll Dmitriev …
Politico:
Alito lets Texas reinstate gerrymandered House map that could give GOP 5 more seats … Texas' petition formally asked the justices to weigh in on a matter that could determine control of the House in next year's midterm elections.  A longer-term ruling by the high court restoring Texas …
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Washington Post:
Supreme Court allows Texas congressional map favoring GOP, for now
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Kennedy Says He Told C.D.C. to Change Website's Language on Autism and Vaccines  —  In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research.  His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.  —  Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr …
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Erik Wasson / Bloomberg:
Marjorie Taylor Greene to Resign From Congress After Trump Feud  —  Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican who was once among President Donald Trump's strongest allies in Congress before their relationship fell apart, will resign from Congress in January.
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NBC News:
Trump says he wasn't threatening Democrats he accused of ‘seditious behavior, punishable by death’  —  The president said that while he wasn't threatening the Democratic lawmakers with death, he does believe they are “in serious trouble.”  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday that he's …
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Washington Post:
The top 20 billionaires influencing American politics  —  Campaign donations from the country's richest are soaring.  But only 12 percent of the public says billionaires have a positive impact on society.  —  In the past decade, billionaires have been more empowered than ever before to spend money to influence American elections.
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Washington Post:
In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols  —  The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.  —  The U.S. Coast Guard issued a new …
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CNN:
Coast Guard reclassifies swastikas and nooses as hate symbols after backlash
Danny Nguyen / Politico:
Judge puts hold on IRS sharing taxpayer info for immigration crackdown … A federal judge on Friday barred the IRS from sharing tax return information that immigration officials aimed to use to deport undocumented immigrants.  —  U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly …
Ginia Bellafante / New York Times:
Vanity Fair Is Reviewing Its Ties to Olivia Nuzzi  —  The magazine, which recently hired the journalist, said it had been “taken by surprise” by new claims in an essay by her former fiancé, Ryan Lizza.  —  The editor Mark Guiducci has made two big moves since taking the helm of Vanity Fair in June.
Reuters:
In reversal, DOJ says Comey indictment was reviewed by full grand jury  —  The prosecutor previously said only two members reviewed the final indictment.  —  Former FBI Director James Comey speaks to the media after giving a private deposition to the House Judiciary and House Government …
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Iran International:
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens  —  Iran's capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain.
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal  —  Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings  —  The FBI spied on a private Signal group chat of immigrants' rights activists who were organizing …
FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth:
NTX men planned to murder men, enslave women on foreign island: Indictment  — Two North Texas men have been indicted for plotting to invade a Haitian island, kill its men, and enslave women and children.  — Gavin Weisenburg and Tanner Thomas face charges of conspiracy to murder abroad and producing child pornography.
Discussion: KSDK-TV
CNN:
Trump officials prepare for potential cabinet shakeup after one-year mark  —  The White House is preparing for possible turnover in the Cabinet after President Donald Trump reaches the one-year mark of his term, potentially shaking up his otherwise stable team of secretaries, according to multiple people familiar with the discussions.
Julianna Bragg / Axios:
Epstein survivors say they received death threats in new letter  —  A group of nearly 30 Jeffrey Epstein survivors said Friday that they have received death threats amid the ongoing push to release investigation files linked to the convicted sex offender.
 
 
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ProPublica:
Senators Launch Inquiry After a White House Official Intervened on Behalf of Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Bipartisan House lawmakers float two-year ACA subsidy extension
Discussion: Roll Call, NewsMax.com and NewsNation
Tom Balmforth / Reuters:
Exclusive: US threatens to cut intel, weapons to press Ukraine into peace deal, sources say
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
Johnson counters Thune on Russian sanctions bill process: ‘Not my understanding’
Discussion: Esquire, Axios and NewsMax.com
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David Gardner / The Daily Beast:
Vance Urged Bezos to Make the Washington Post Even More MAGA
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Aram Roston / The Guardian:
Trump's DoJ investigating unfounded claims Venezuela helped steal 2020 election
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
Josh Koehn / The San Francisco Standard:
San Francisco congressional candidate calls out-of-state house his primary home
Discussion: The Federalist and Raw Story
Keri Blakinger / ProPublica:
“We're Broken”: As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Are Leaving in Droves for ICE
Discussion: CalMatters
Lauren Gardner / Politico:
The White House has asked for the resignation of a top aide to FDA chief
Discussion: Washington Post and Mediaite
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Ghislaine Maxwell will plead Fifth in House Epstein probe, Comer says
 

 
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Karl Bode / Techdirt:
The TikTok deal is the worst of all possible outcomes, shifting ownership of TikTok to Trump's allies, while maintaining the supposed problematic links to China

Paul Glynn / BBC:
HarperCollins UK drops children's author and comedian David Walliams following allegations of inappropriate behavior toward young women

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