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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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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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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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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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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says Ukraine Peace Plan Isn't Final After Criticism It Favors Russia — The proposal's detractors are trying to convince the White House that the 28-point plan should be a starting point for Moscow-Kyiv talks — President Trump said Saturday he could be open to changes …
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump Offers a Ukraine Peace Plan the Kremlin Can Love
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Ukrainian people today. …
Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Ukrainian people today. …
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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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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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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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Eric Cortellessa / Time:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Has Considered Running for President in 2028, Allies Say … After Greene announced her resignation—declaring that “loyalty should be a two-way street”—Trump celebrated her departure. “I think it's great news for the country,” he told ABC News.
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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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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
John F. Kennedy's granddaughter, Tatiana Schlossberg, says she has terminal cancer diagnosis
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Wall Street Journal:
Comey Prosecution on the Ropes After Series of Missteps — Rushed process and departure from protocol have hurt the case, former prosecutors say — WASHINGTON—The federal prosecution of former FBI director James Comey is teetering after a series of missteps, a sign of broader challenges ahead …
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Salvador Rizzo / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. attacks judge after prosecutors' stumbles in Comey case
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Naftali Bendavid / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. again asks for Epstein grand jury testimony to be unsealed
Justice Dept. again asks for Epstein grand jury testimony to be unsealed
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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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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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Associated Press:
UN climate talks end with deal for more money to countries hit by climate change
UN climate talks end with deal for more money to countries hit by climate change
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Zach LaChance / Washington Examiner:
Trump redoubles call for National Guard deployment to Chicago after deadly shooting — President Donald Trump amplified his call for a National Guard deployment to Chicago in order to combat crime in the city, claiming “The people are chanting, BRING IN TRUMP!!!” — “Massive crime and rioting in the Chicago Loop area.
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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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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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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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The Guardian:
Chomsky had deeper ties with Epstein than previously known, documents reveal — The philosopher and the sex trafficker were in contact long after Epstein was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor, documents reveal — The prominent linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky called it a …
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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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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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Politico:
What Trump's Mamdani praise — and MTG's ouster — says about MAGA's future … “A world turned upside down,” Steve Bannon, the onetime White House aide and MAGA media booster, said in a text. — MAGA's Friday trip to The Upside Down all unfolded in a week during which Reps. Ro Khanna …
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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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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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.
