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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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emptywheel:
“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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CNN, Phillips's Newsletter, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Guardian, The Insider and New York Times
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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Associated Press, Washington Examiner, The Hill, New York Daily News, The Independent, New York Post, Salon, NBC New York, DNYUZ, New York Times, Fox News, HuffPost, Mediaite and Breitbart
Associated Press:
Ukraine and Western allies meet to discuss a US peace plan that has sparked alarm in Kyiv and Europe
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Bloomberg, France 24, HuffPost, The Kyiv Independent, Reuters, Wide World of News, Al Jazeera, Washington Post, Associated Press, CBS News, NewsMax.com and Fox News
Rob Gillies / Associated Press:
US senators say they spoke with Rubio about Trump's Ukraine peace plan who denied it is a US plan
US senators say they spoke with Rubio about Trump's Ukraine peace plan who denied it is a US plan
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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Breitbart, Fox News, National Review, Washington Times, Associated Press, Raw Story, Mediaite, NewsMax.com, Al Jazeera, HuffPost, Newsweek, Los Angeles Times and WVEC
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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The Parnas Perspective, DNYUZ, NewsMax.com, Politico, Associated Press, Reuters, MS NOW and UPI
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 Guardian, Meidas+, Mock Paper Scissors, New Republic, The Independent and DNYUZ
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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The Independent, NewsMax.com and DNYUZ
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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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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Breitbart and NewsMax.com
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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Althouse and New Yorker
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Max Rego / The Hill:
Cassidy says people should not ‘undermine’ science on vaccine safety
Cassidy says people should not ‘undermine’ science on vaccine safety
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CNN, Mother Jones, DNYUZ, Mediaite and Grabien
Associated Press:
Israel targets Hezbollah chief in first strike on Beirut in months — Israel on Sunday struck Lebanon's capital for the first time since June, saying it targeted Hezbollah's chief of staff and warned the Iran-backed militant group not to rearm and rebuild a year after their latest war.
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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 …
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The Post Millennial
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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Breitbart and FOX 32 Chicago
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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Raw Story, NewsMax.com and New York Times
The Guardian:
Twenty people allege he has a racist past. He denies it. Who's telling the truth about Farage's schooldays? — Reform UK's leader refuses to answer questions about his abusive behaviour, claiming there's ‘no evidence’. We talk to victims and witnesses
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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NewsMax.com
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 …
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 …
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, Raw Story and Bloomberg
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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CBS News:
Transcript: Sen. Rand Paul on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Nov. 23, 2025 — The following is the transcript of the interview with Sen. Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Nov. 23, 2025. — MARGARET BRENNAN …
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NewsMax.com
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 …
