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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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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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Matthew Mpoke Bigg / New York Times:
Rubio Insists U.S. Authored the Ukraine Peace Plan
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Financial Times:
Lawmakers say US secretary of state rowed back on Ukraine peace plan
Lawmakers say US secretary of state rowed back on Ukraine peace plan
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says Ukraine Peace Plan Isn't Final After Criticism It Favors Russia
Trump Says Ukraine Peace Plan Isn't Final After Criticism It Favors Russia
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Tobi Raji / Washington Post:
Trump says Zelensky can agree to peace plan or ‘fight his little heart out’
Trump says Zelensky can agree to peace plan or ‘fight his little heart out’
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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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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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Trump's Proposed Ukraine ‘Deal’ Is a Disgrace
Trump's Proposed Ukraine ‘Deal’ Is a Disgrace
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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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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 …
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Anthony Salvanto / CBS News:
CBS News poll finds most would oppose U.S. military action in Venezuela, say Trump hasn't explained — The situation around Venezuela has Americans asking to know more. — Across party lines, big majorities say the administration needs to explain what the U.S. intends regarding any action, and that it has not done so clearly yet.
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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 …
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Varsha Bansal / The Guardian:
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI — When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say — Krista Pawloski remembers the single defining moment …
Politico:
‘Is the price of doing this worth it?’: North Carolina Republicans worry about Trump immigration raids … Former Republican Gov. Pat McCrory warned that recent local coverage, like an incident at a Charlotte shopping center, when masked agents arrested a man who said he was a U.S. citizen …
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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.
Avery Lotz / Axios:
DOJ revives push to release Epstein grand jury records — The Department of Justice revived its push to unseal grand jury records related to the prosecution of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, months after being stymied by the courts. … But it met legal roadblocks from three different federal judges.
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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump's not cutting off NYC, top economic advisor says — The White House is reassured by New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, and President Trump doesn't appear inclined to cut the city's funding, National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett said Sunday.
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Washington Post:
Border Patrol's Charlotte sting reaches into country clubs, upscale shops — As undocumented immigrants stayed home and federal agents swept through the city, even the wealthiest neighborhoods got a glimpse of what life without migrants might look like. — CHARLOTTE — The gourmet pasta …
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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Michael R. Blood / Associated Press:
A sheriff, a billionaire, a tinge of scandal. California governor's race packs drama, uncertainty — The race for California governor features former presidential wannabes, a county sheriff, two women who could become the first female to hold the office, House members current and former …
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Zohran Mamdani says he still believes Trump is a ‘fascist’ and ‘despot’ after White House meeting — The New York City mayor-elect said that while he does believe Trump is a fascist, he still plans on working with the White House on New Yorkers' behalf. — New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani …
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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.
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.
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Jack Revell / The Daily Beast:
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Trolls — ROLE PLAY — A new feature on Elon Musk's X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement. — Elon Musk's social media site X has rolled out a new feature in an effort to increase transparency …
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Associated Press:
Big changes to the agency charged with securing elections lead to midterm worries — MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Since it was created in 2018, the federal government's cybersecurity agency has helped warn state and local election officials about potential threats from foreign governments …
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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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 …
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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