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8:55 AM ET, November 22, 2025

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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 …
Discussion: The Atlantic
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
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.
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 …
Jordain Carney / Politico:
House members move to force Russia sanctions vote as Trump pushes peace deal  —  A bipartisan coalition of pro-Ukraine lawmakers will seek to force a House vote to impose crippling sanctions on Russia, even as President Donald Trump is moving to swiftly clinch a peace deal between the two warring nations.
New York Times:
European Leaders Back Zelensky After U.S. Plan Leaves Them Out
Dave Lawler / Axios:
Zelensky says Trump plan forces Ukraine to choose between “dignity” and the U.S.
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.
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 …
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
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 …
Reuters:
MAGA favorite Marjorie Taylor Greene to resign after split with Trump
Ryan Schwach / Queens Daily Eagle:
Queens men meet
Wall Street Journal:
Trump and Mamdani Set Aside Differences During White House Meeting
Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
Trump pivots from bashing Mamdani, predicting he will ‘do a great job’ as mayor
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
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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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
Discussion: The Independent and NewsMax.com
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:   Judge issues order blocking IRS from sharing taxpayer information with ICE
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.
Discussion: Politico
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
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.
Salvador Rizzo / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. attacks judge after prosecutors' stumbles in Comey case  —  Interim U.S. attorney Lindsey Halligan scolded a federal judge for using a synonym in court and is giving conflicting accounts of how a grand jury indicted the former FBI director.  —  Just now
Discussion: New York Times
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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 …
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Warren Davidson slams Lindsey Graham over Senate data payout provision  —  Rep. Warren Davidson on Friday denounced Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) for his plans to capitalize on a new measure that allows senators — but not House members or the general public — to sue the federal government …
Discussion: Common Dreams and Yahoo News
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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Reuters:
French lawmakers reject income part of budget bill as it heads to Senate
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Holly Bartholomew / OPB:
ICE arrests McMinnville High School student during Friday lunch period
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USAGM:
U.S. Agency for Global Media Clamps Down on Grantee Rogue Behavior
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
86 Democrats Condemn Socialism as Zohran Mamdani Meets With Trump
Julianna Bragg / Axios:
Epstein survivors say they received death threats in new letter
Discussion: Al Jazeera
ProPublica:
Senators Launch Inquiry After a White House Official Intervened on Behalf of Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
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Jack Dura / Associated Press:
Abortion is illegal again in North Dakota after court reverses a judge's earlier decision
Discussion: IJR
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Death threats surge against Democrats targeted by Trump
Tom Balmforth / Reuters:
Exclusive: US threatens to cut intel, weapons to press Ukraine into peace deal, sources say
 

 
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