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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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Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Peace Plan for Ukraine, Annotated — Ukraine and its European allies are likely to push back on many aspects of the U.S. plan — President Trump has said he wants Ukraine to agree to a 28-point peace plan by Thanksgiving. The problem for Kyiv is that many of the points cross …
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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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New York Times:
G20 Leaders Push Back on U.S. Peace Plan for Ukraine — In a joint statement, the leaders reaffirmed their commitment to Ukraine, which faces the prospect of losing American support if it rejects the latest proposal. — Leaders of some of the world's most powerful countries pushed …
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Trump's Proposed Ukraine ‘Deal’ Is a Disgrace — Finally, finally, President Trump just might get a peace prize that would secure his place in history. Unfortunately, though, it is not that Nobel peace prize he so covets. It is the “Neville Chamberlain Peace Prize” …
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Ukrainian people today. …
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Politico:
US and Russia to meet about Ukraine as Europe races to influence deal
US and Russia to meet about Ukraine as Europe races to influence deal
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Tim Zadorozhnyy / The Kyiv Independent:
How Steve Witkoff pushed Ukraine sympathizers out of White House, and led the US into Russia's arms
How Steve Witkoff pushed Ukraine sympathizers out of White House, and led the US into Russia's arms
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump Offers a Ukraine Peace Plan the Kremlin Can Love
Trump Offers a Ukraine Peace Plan the Kremlin Can Love
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Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Senate GOP's Russia hawks push back on Trump's Ukraine ultimatum
Senate GOP's Russia hawks push back on Trump's Ukraine ultimatum
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NBC News:
Trump says he would ‘love’ to see Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene return to politics at some point — Greene abruptly announced her resignation from Congress amid a feud with President Donald Trump. — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Saturday he would like to see Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene resume …
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New York Times:
Marjorie Taylor Greene's Resignation Hints at Divisions in Trump's Movement
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Politico:
What Trump's Mamdani praise — and MTG's ouster — says about MAGA's future
What Trump's Mamdani praise — and MTG's ouster — says about MAGA's future
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Reuters:
MAGA favorite Marjorie Taylor Greene to resign after split with Trump
MAGA favorite Marjorie Taylor Greene to resign after split with Trump
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Ben Johansen / Politico:
Trump takes a victory lap after Greene bows out
Trump takes a victory lap after Greene bows out
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Norman Eisen / The Contrarian:
Has Trump's Power Peaked?
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
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Tatiana Schlossberg / New Yorker:
A Battle with My Blood — When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn't be happening to me, to my family. — When you are dying, at least in my limited experience, you start remembering everything. Images come in flashes—people and places and stray conversations—and refuse to stop.
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Cara Tabachnick / CBS News:
John F. Kennedy's granddaughter, Tatiana Schlossberg, says she has terminal cancer diagnosis — The granddaughter of late President John F. Kennedy, Tatiana Schlossberg, announced Saturday that she has less than a year to live amid a cancer diagnosis. — The 35-year-old journalist published …
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Tom Phillips / The Guardian:
Brazilian police arrest Bolsonaro amid suspicions he was about to flee — Bolsonaro was under house arrest for masterminding coup to stop 2022 election winner, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, taking office — Brazil's former far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been arrested …
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Brazil's Bolsonaro arrested for allegedly plotting escape ahead of prison term
Brazil's Bolsonaro arrested for allegedly plotting escape ahead of prison term
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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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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
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Megan Mineiro / New York Times:
In the House, Censures Proliferate, Reflecting a Poisonous Climate — Formal reprimands, once rare, dominated the chamber's agenda this week, prompting lawmakers in both parties to call for changes to the way the House handles such actions. — Even by the standards of the raucous House of Representatives …
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Washington Post:
U.N. climate talks fizzle out 10 years after Paris accord — Nearly 200 countries at the U.N. climate summit reached a deal that didn't include a road map to curtail the use of fossil fuels, the main drivers of climate change. — BELÉM, Brazil — Nearly 200 countries reached …
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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 …
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Thomas Frank / Politico:
Trump refused to send disaster aid to Chicago after 2 devastating storms … Trump has traded barbs with Illinois officials for months. The president has called Chicago a “hellhole,” drawn protests over immigration raids in the city and tried to dispatch National Guard troops to the state.
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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 …
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Manufacturing Dive
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 …
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Sonia A. Rao / New York Times:
Abortion Is Once Again Illegal in North Dakota — On Friday, a state Supreme Court ruling reinstated a near-total abortion ban, making North Dakota the 13th state to do so. — The North Dakota Supreme Court reinstated a near-total abortion ban on Friday, reversing a judge's earlier decision …
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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.
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.
Noah Shachtman / New York Times:
The Real Reason Trump Is Fawning Over Saudi Arabia's Ruler — You remember the pictures. The images of tech oligarchs kissing the ring at President Trump's inauguration were instantly iconic, markers of a new and rather unnerving era. But months earlier, Mr. Trump made a corrosive pact …
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