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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene will resign after fallout with Trump … Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia announced on Friday that she will resign her seat in the House of Representatives in early January, after a dramatic falling out with President Donald Trump over the Jeffrey Epstein files and other issues.
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Associated Press:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, former Trump loyalist, says she is resigning from Congress — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a once-loyal supporter of President Donald Trump who has become a critic, said Friday she is resigning from Congress in January. Trump and Greene have fallen out in a public feud.
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
Erik Wasson / Bloomberg:
Marjorie Taylor Greene to Quit Congress After Trump Feud — Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican who was among President Donald Trump's strongest allies in Congress before their relationship fell apart, will resign from Congress in January. — Her last day in the US House will be Jan. 5 …
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Plans to Resign in January — Ms. Greene, who was elected in 2020, had positioned herself as a die-hard Trump supporter until a series of recent ruptures with the president, who recently unendorsed her. — Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene …
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Reuters:
MAGA favorite Marjorie Taylor Greene to resign after split with Trump — Longtime Trump ally Greene to leave office in January — Departure will narrow Republican majority in House to 218-213 — Trump, Greene have had a public falling out in recent weeks
Olivia Beavers / Wall Street Journal:
Marjorie Taylor Greene to Resign From Congress
Marjorie Taylor Greene to Resign From Congress
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Molly McKew / Great Power:
28 Points Later — On November 20, President Trump's Secretary of the Army presented a draft 28-point plan to President Zelenskyy. Nominally, it is a framework for ending the active conflict between Russia and Ukraine. — There is no other way to understand the 28-point plan …
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
November 21, 2025 — Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Ukrainian people today. The current moment, he said, is “one of the most difficult” for the country. “Ukraine may soon face an extremely difficult choice. Either the loss of dignity or the risk of losing a key partner.
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New York Times:
European Leaders Back Zelensky After U.S. Plan Leaves Them Out
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Dave Lawler / Axios:
Zelensky says Trump plan forces Ukraine to choose between “dignity” and the U.S.
Zelensky says Trump plan forces Ukraine to choose between “dignity” and the U.S.
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Politico:
‘Witkoff needs a psychiatrist’: Europeans fume at Trump's plan to profit from frozen Russian assets
‘Witkoff needs a psychiatrist’: Europeans fume at Trump's plan to profit from frozen Russian assets
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New York Times, The Sun, NewsMax.com and Reuters
Nick Paton Walsh / CNN:
Trump is giving Russia almost everything it wants with his Ukraine peace plan
Trump is giving Russia almost everything it wants with his Ukraine peace plan
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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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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Texas seeks Supreme Court order to use a congressional map judges held is likely racially biased
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Megan Stringer / Axios:
Supreme Court Justice Alito blocks hold on GOP-backed Texas map
Supreme Court Justice Alito blocks hold on GOP-backed Texas map
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Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Supreme Court, For Now, Keeps in Place Texas Republican-Friendly Congressional Map
Supreme Court, For Now, Keeps in Place Texas Republican-Friendly Congressional Map
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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 …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump and Mamdani Set Aside Differences During White House Meeting
Trump and Mamdani Set Aside Differences During White House Meeting
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Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
Trump pivots from bashing Mamdani, predicting he will ‘do a great job’ as mayor
Trump pivots from bashing Mamdani, predicting he will ‘do a great job’ as mayor
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Punchbowl News:
11/22/2025 📝 The Readback — Welcome to The Readback, our weekend digest featuring the best of Punchbowl News this week - a quick roundup of all our scoops, analysis and Capitol Hill insight you won't find anywhere else. We've also included a few of our favorite outside reads from the week.
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Axios:
Congress returned after seven weeks and everything blew up — The House of Representatives had, by any reasonable standard, an absolutely insane week — marked by censure votes, indictments and a literal fire at the U.S. Capitol complex — as lawmakers returned from their seven-week absence.
Andrew Duehren / New York Times:
Judge Places Hold on I.R.S. Data Sharing With ICE — A judge halted a federal deportation effort Friday, writing that the tax agency had illegally disseminated the data of some migrants. — A federal judge placed on hold a Trump administration effort to use typically confidential tax information …
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Danny Nguyen / Politico:
Judge puts hold on IRS sharing taxpayer info for immigration crackdown
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Phillips P. OBrien / Phillips's Newsletter:
The Long Con Comes To An End — The Trump Administration Takes Off The Mask (Again) … Yesterday, Friday 21 November, ended up being one kind of day but it was supposed to be another. 21 November, in case you had forgotten, was supposed to be the day that the Trump Administration levelled …
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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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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.
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Washington Post:
AOC built her own political machine. Now she's deciding her next move. — Seven years after Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez leapt onto the national stage as an outsider, she's learned an inside game and is considering a run for Senate or president. — Earlier this year …
Politico:
Rubio's political future could hinge on Venezuela campaign … The stated goal of the campaign is to battle drug cartels, but U.S. officials and people close to the administration say Rubio and aides hope the effort will lead to Maduro's fall from power. — President Donald Trump's willingness …
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Is Trump Giving Illegal Orders? Dems Just Blew the Question Wide Open. — House Speaker Mike Johnson is outraged—absolutely outraged—that Democrats dared to suggest in that viral video this week that military and intelligence professionals should be wary of following illegal orders.
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Mike Davis / Fox News:
Deranged Democrats' latest coup attempt seeks military mutiny
Deranged Democrats' latest coup attempt seeks military mutiny
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CNN:
Washington resident dies of complications from bird flu strain never before reported in humans — A Washington resident died of complications from an infection with a bird flu strain never before reported in humans, the state Department of Health said on Friday.
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Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
Costa Rica says it would accept Kilmar Abrego García, contradicting U.S. — A Costa Rican official rebutted the Trump administration's claim that the only possible destination to deport the undocumented Salvadoran immigrant is the West African nation of Liberia.
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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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