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Matthew Mpoke Bigg / New York Times:
Trump Calls Ukraine Ungrateful, Again, for U.S. Support in War With Russia — President Trump renewed his criticism of Ukraine's government as emissaries from Kyiv and Washington met to discuss a plan to end the war. — Ukraine's government has been insufficiently thankful for American aid …
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“Groceries,” and Other Secrets of Managing Donald Trump — Three things happened in the last week that have befuddled a lot of observers, but which might best be understood as the kinds of developments we'll see increasingly as the power structure around Trump grows fragile and fluid:
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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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Rob Gillies / Associated Press:
US senators say they spoke with Rubio about Trump's Ukraine peace plan who denied it is a US plan
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Ukraine and Western allies meet to discuss a US peace plan that has sparked alarm in Kyiv and Europe
Ukraine and Western allies meet to discuss a US peace plan that has sparked alarm in Kyiv and Europe
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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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Matthew Mpoke Bigg / New York Times:
Rubio Insists U.S. Authored the Ukraine Peace Plan
Rubio Insists U.S. Authored the Ukraine Peace Plan
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Sean Dilley / BBC:
Trump says Ukraine ungrateful as officials meet to convince Kyiv to accept peace proposals
Trump says Ukraine ungrateful as officials meet to convince Kyiv to accept peace proposals
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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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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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Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Vaccine-supporting Cassidy declines to speak against RFK Jr. … Cassidy, who was essentially the deciding vote on Kennedy's nomination to lead Health and Human Services, was initially hesitant to support Trump's pick — in part because of Kennedy's history of questioning vaccine efficacy.
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Max Rego / The Hill:
Cassidy says people should not ‘undermine’ science on vaccine safety — Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy (La.) said that the science on vaccine efficacy should not be undermined, days after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) contradicted its longstanding position that vaccines do not cause autism.
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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Linda Qiu / New York Times:
Fact-Checking Trump's Latest Claims on Affordability — The president has made misleading statements about the cost of a Thanksgiving meal, breakfast and gasoline and about prices in general. — Ahead of Thanksgiving and amid frustration among American consumers over affordability …
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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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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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Associated Press:
Aftermath of Chicago's intense immigration crackdown leaves lawsuits, investigations and anxiety — Chicago has entered what many consider a new uneasy phase of a Trump administration immigration crackdown that has already led to thousands of arrests. While a U.S. Border Patrol commander known …
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 …
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.
Erin Schumaker / Politico:
Kyrsten Sinema Is Ready for Her MAHA Turn … After infuriating progressives time and again for stonewalling their priorities, the Arizona Democrat-turned-Independent decided not to seek reelection last year and instead became a senior adviser at the law and lobbying firm Hogan Lovells.
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Crockett: MTG couldn't ‘take the heat’ from Trump … Greene announced Friday she would resign from Congress early in 2026 following a fallout between herself and Trump. — Greene, once a loyal ally of Trump, had become a sharp critic of both the president and her own party over disagreements …
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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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Anand Giridharadas / New York Times:
How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails — As journalists comb through the Epstein emails, surfacing the name of one fawning luminary after another, there is a collective whisper of “How could they?” How could such eminent people, belonging to such prestigious institutions, succumb to this?
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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
Bill McKibben / The Guardian:
They're doing to America what they did to Christianity — Trump's wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the Maga evangelical perversion of Jesus's message of radical love to one of hate and aggression — Trumpism's most revealing and defining moments - not its most important …
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 …
Yohannes Lowe / The Guardian:
Zelenskyy says ‘we must do everything’ against ‘wicked Russian attacks’ as Ukraine and US meet for emergency talks - live — Officials will discuss 28-point draft plan widely seen as favourable to Moscow, despite Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022
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