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Joe Gould / Politico:
Lawmakers say Rubio distanced US from peace plan … Their comments, at a Halifax press conference, amounted to a massive U-turn for an episode that has dominated the news this week and fueled a mad diplomatic scramble. The release of the plan has prompted questions in Kyiv …
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Rob Gillies / Associated Press:
US senators say they spoke with Rubio about Trump's Ukraine peace plan who denied it is a US plan — U.S. senators critical of President Donald Trump's approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war said Saturday they spoke with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio who told them that the peace plan Trump …
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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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Associated Press, Politico, CBS News and The Guardian
Tobi Raji / Washington Post:
Trump says Zelensky can agree to peace plan or ‘fight his little heart out’ — President Trump on Saturday heaped pressure on Volodymyr Zelensky, as he pushed Ukraine's leaders to agree to a 28-point plan to help bring an end to the war. — President Donald Trump on Saturday heaped pressure …
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Trump's Proposed Ukraine ‘Deal’ Is a Disgrace
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Politico, The Independent, DNYUZ, The Kyiv Independent, GOV.UK and The Hill
Daniel Hannan / Telegraph:
Trump is behaving precisely as he would if he were a Russian asset
Trump is behaving precisely as he would if he were a Russian asset
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The Kyiv Independent
Reuters:
Trump officials' meeting with Russian in Miami spurs questions about Ukraine proposal
Trump officials' meeting with Russian in Miami spurs questions about Ukraine proposal
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Financial Times, New York Times, The Independent, The Kyiv Independent, Phillips's Newsletter, Politico and The Atlantic
Nicholas Grossman / Arc Digital:
Trump and Witkoff Try to Get Russia a Win
Trump and Witkoff Try to Get Russia a Win
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Military and Veteran …, RealClearPolitics, The Independent, Atlantic Council and 19FortyFive
Courtney Rozen / Reuters:
Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter — DOGE disbanded eight months ahead of scheduled end in July 2026 — Former DOGE employees take new roles in administration — Elon Musk initially led DOGE, promoting its work on social media
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The Independent
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The Atlantic:
What Happens When Attention Seeking Eclipses Policy Making — In the sweep of history, Marjorie Taylor Greene's time in Congress will be a blip. — A junior member of Congress from Georgia announced her resignation last night, ending a brief tenure in the House that produced, well, not a whole lot.
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Eric Cortellessa / Time:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Has Considered Running for President in 2028, Allies Say
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New York Times:
Patel Under Scrutiny for Use of SWAT Teams to Protect His Girlfriend … When Alexis Wilkins, an aspiring country singer dating the F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the National Rifle Association's annual convention in Atlanta in the spring …
William Galston / The UnPopulist:
The Neo-Right's Multi-Front Revolt Against America — Although 's Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right is not a short book, I found myself compelled to read it twice—one time for the ideas, the other time for the author's story. As I discovered, they are related. — The book begins with a bang.
Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post:
The surprising issue driving a wedge between Trump and his MAGA base — President Donald Trump's attempt to block states from regulating AI sparked pushback from Republicans concerned the tech will displace workers and harm kids. — Just now — SAN FRANCISCO — President Donald Trump faces …
Mark Arsenault / New York Times:
At Harvard-Yale Game, Rivals Come Together Against Trump Administration Attacks — Students and alumni set aside rivalries at the 141st Harvard-Yale football game on Saturday to summon support against attacks on higher education under the Trump administration.
Reuters:
Brazil's Lula says ‘multilateralism will win’ despite Trump opposition — The G20 summit in South Africa and the COP30 climate summit in Brazil show multilateralism is very much alive, despite efforts by U.S. President Donald Trump to dismantle it, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Sunday.
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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David French / New York Times:
Trump Has Put the Military in an Impossible Situation — Imagine, for a moment, that you're an American pilot flying an F-16 over Iraq. The troops on the ground have been pursuing a small group of Iraqi insurgents. They report that they've cornered the insurgents in a small farm house.
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Washington Examiner, DNYUZ and Bloomberg
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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Washington Post and Columbian
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
White House considers leaflet drop to pressure Maduro on his birthday — The Trump administration has proposed a psychological operation to demoralize the Venezuelan leader and encourage him to flee the country, according to people familiar with planning. — The White House recently proposed …
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CBS News and The Independent
Jonathan Lis / Haaretz:
Israeli Strike in Beirut Targeted Hezbollah's Chief of Staff, Netanyahu's Office Says — Article printing is available to subscribers only — Zen reading is available to subscribers only — Ad-free and in a comfortable reading format — RECAP: IDF chief to summon top commanders over Oct. 7 failures, some to be dismissed
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Al Jazeera, NewsMax.com, Reuters and The Times of Israel
Tim Wu / New York Times:
How Can Anyone Seriously Doubt Meta Is a Monopoly? — On Tuesday, the federal judge James Boasberg dismissed the U.S. government's main antitrust case against Meta, ruling that the company, worth more than $1.5 trillion, does not possess a monopoly in personal social networking.
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
November 22, 2025 — On Tuesday, six Democratic lawmakers, themselves veterans of the U.S. military or intelligence services, released a video telling service members that they would stand behind them as they refused to obey unlawful orders. — On Thursday, President Donald J. Trump posted …
Wall Street Journal:
The CPA and the Lawyer Who Served Jeffrey Epstein—and Control His Fortune and Secrets — Richard Kahn and Darren Indyke worked for the convicted sex offender for years, handling payments, banking and legal matters for Epstein and women in his orbit; the men deny they knew about Epstein's crimes
Reuters:
Exclusive: US to launch new phase of Venezuela operations, sources say — U.S. hopes to ramp up pressure on Maduro government — Covert operations expected to be first step, sources say — U.S. options include overthrowing Maduro — Human rights groups condemn U.S. strikes as illegal extrajudicial killings
Reuters:
Nearly 200,000 Ukrainians in US thrown into legal limbo by Trump immigration crackdown — Tens of thousands who fled war to U.S. face uncertain future — Two dozen Ukrainians tell Reuters of financial and mental hardship — Some Ukrainians choose self-deportation to avoid detention or penalties
