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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War  —  Who will benefit from the White House's 28-point proposal for Ukraine?  —  The 28-point peace plan that the United States and Russia want to impose on Ukraine and Europe is misnamed.  It is not a peace plan.  It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine …
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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.
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: CBS News, The Atlantic and New Republic
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump Offers a Ukraine Peace Plan the Kremlin Can Love  —  While President Trump at times suggested he was willing to bolster support for Ukraine, he has repeatedly accommodated Russia's demands.  —  After veering wildly this year over how to bring an end to the war in Ukraine …
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 …
New York Times:
European Leaders Back Zelensky After U.S. Plan Leaves Them Out
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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
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene will resign after fallout with Trump
Associated Press:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, former Trump loyalist, says she is resigning from Congress
Adam Wren / Politico:
MTG is out, Mamdani is in  —  With help from Eli Okun, Bethany Irvine, Ali Bianco and Rachel Umansky-Castro
Discussion: The Times
Norman Eisen / The Contrarian:   Has Trump's Power Peaked?
Erik Wasson / Bloomberg:
Marjorie Taylor Greene to Quit Congress After Trump Feud
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Plans to Resign in January
Washington Post:
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats  —  The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.  —  Just now
Discussion: NewsMax.com, DNYUZ and Just Security
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: NewsMax.com and Politico
Associated Press:
Brazil's Bolsonaro arrested for allegedly plotting escape ahead of prison term  —  SAO PAULO — Brazil's Supreme Court ordered the preemptive arrest of former President Jair Bolsonaro on Saturday, with a judge claiming he was intent on escaping just days before he was set to begin his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt.
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Ginia Bellafante / New York Times:
How Olivia Nuzzi and Ryan Lizza Became Main Characters on Social Media  —  Love, politics and ethics collided as Olivia Nuzzi and Ryan Lizza went at it in a media sphere that rewards private revelations.  —  It felt like something out of Spy magazine in the 1980s, or Gawker in the first years …
Discussion: Mediaite, DNYUZ, New York Post and Page Six
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Oregonian:
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon  —  Immigration officers detained a McMinnville High School student Friday off school grounds, the student's family said.  —  Christian Jimenez, 17, a U.S. citizen born in Newberg and a high school senior, was driving …
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Holly Bartholomew / OPB:
ICE arrests McMinnville High School student during Friday lunch period
Discussion: FOX 13 Tampa Bay and New York Sun
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.
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Punchbowl News:   11/22/2025 📝 The Readback  —  Welcome to The Readback, our weekend digest featuring …
Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Texas A&M Was Wrong to Fire Professor Over Gender Lesson, Panel Rules  —  The firing put the school at the center of national debates over gender identity and academic freedom.  A faculty panel ruled unanimously against the termination.  —  A Texas A&M University appeals panel has unanimously ruled …
Discussion: Associated Press
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
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
David Ingram / NBC News:
Elon Musk has left the White House, but he hasn't left politics behind on X  —  An NBC News analysis of one month of Musk's social media posts shows what's been on his mind, including a broad cross-section of fringe political topics.  —  Elon Musk can't stop posting about the political fringe.
Amudalat Ajasa / Washington Post:
EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food  —  Critics warn the EPA's approvals of new PFAS pesticides could expose more Americans to “forever chemicals” through their food.  —  The Environmental Protection Agency is moving forward with approvals for pesticides containing …
Discussion: Manufacturing Dive
Mark Miller / New York Times:
What to Know About the Nearly 10% Climb in a Key Medicare Expense for 2026  —  The rapidly rising premium for Part B, which covers retirees' outpatient services, reflects the fast pace of growth for health care costs nationally.  —  If you're enrolled in Medicare, you know that the cost has been hitting your wallet harder lately.
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 …
Discussion: Grabien
 
 
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Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
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Discussion: Ars Technica, Politico and NewsMax.com
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Reuters:
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