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3:20 PM ET, November 25, 2025

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Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
FBI Investigating Dems Who Warned Military of Unlawful Orders  —  The FBI has requested interviews with a group of Democratic lawmakers who reminded U.S. military and intelligence service members in a video last week that they are obligated to refuse illegal orders.
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Scott Neuman / NPR:
Pentagon investigates Sen. Mark Kelly for telling troops to refuse ‘illegal orders’  —  The Pentagon said Monday it is investigating Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, a retired U.S. Navy fighter pilot and NASA astronaut, for possible violations of military law after he appeared in a video …
Reuters:
FBI probes congressional Democrats who warned military about illegal orders  — FBI seeks interviews with six Democratic lawmakers  — Lawmakers addressed concerns over illegal military orders  — Lawmakers say Trump administration trying to silence them
Fox News:
FBI scheduling interviews with 6 lawmakers who encouraged military members to refuse ‘illegal orders’
Al Weaver / The Hill:
Kelly to Hegseth: Pentagon investigation over ‘illegal orders’ video won't ‘intimidate me’
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Kash Patel's FBI Expands Revenge Crusade on Dems in Message to Troops
Discussion: The Independent and twitchy.com
Associated Press:
Russian attacks kill at least 7 in Ukraine as talks on peace plan continue  —  Russia launched a wave of attacks on Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, overnight, with at least seven people killed in strikes that hit city buildings and energy infrastructure.  A Ukrainian attack on southern Russia killed three people …
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Luis Martinez / ABC News:
US holds secret meetings with Russians in Abu Dhabi on Ukraine
New York Times:
How Rubio Tried to Bring a Pro-Russia Peace Plan to Middle Ground
Wall Street Journal:
How the U.S. Drafted a Russia-Friendly Peace Plan for Ukraine
MS NOW:
Trump weighing the ouster of Kash Patel, according to sources  —  Patel has come under scrutiny for his stewardship of bureau resources, including his girlfriend's security detail and use of a government jet.  —  President Trump is considering removing Kash Patel as FBI director in the coming months …
Tom Phillips / The Guardian:
Jair Bolsonaro ordered to start 27-year prison term for plotting Brazil coup  —  Ex-president to start serving term in 12 sq metre bedroom in police base in Brasília after time for appeals elapses  —  Brazil's former president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been ordered to start serving …
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NPR:
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking ‘boy-friendly spaces’  —  The century-old partnership between the U.S. military and Scouting could be coming to an end.  —  U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning for the military to sever all ties with Scouting America …
Ana Swanson / New York Times:
Trump Administration Is Taking Billions in Stakes in Firms Like Intel  —  The Trump administration is trading billions of dollars of taxpayer money for ownership stakes in companies.  The unusual practice shows no sign of slowing.  —  The Trump administration is snapping up ownership shares …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:   Amateur Hour At 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Axios:
The worst good-paying job in America  —  Death threats and infighting are spurring House Republicans to contemplate whether they want to stay in Congress — or even leave early. … Some are questioning whether the job is still worth it when the work is drowned out by censures, violent threats and loyalty tests to President Trump.
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
U.S. House ramps up security as lawmakers' fears rise
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Lena H. Sun / Washington Post:
Louisiana health official who halted state vaccine campaign tapped as CDC's No. 2  —  Ralph Abraham, a Louisiana health official who stopped promoting mass vaccination vaccines, has been appointed as the CDC's principal deputy director  —  just now  —  A Louisiana health official who ordered …
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Amudalat Ajasa / Washington Post:
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths  —  The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.  —  The Environmental Protection Agency is abandoning a rule …
Discussion: E&E News
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Matthew Daly / Associated Press:   Trump EPA moves to abandon rule that sets tough standards for deadly soot pollution
Mason Leath / ABC News:
Trump pardons Thanksgiving turkeys Waddle and Gobble and jabs political rivals  —  Waddle was missing from the ceremony, but the pardon covered both.  —  National Thanksgiving turkeys Waddle and Gobble are presented to journalists in the Willard Room of the Willard InterContinental, November 24, 2025 in Washington.
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The Hill:
Watch live: Trump participates in White House turkey pardoning ceremony
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump Threatens BBC—and Gets Rewarded with a Shockingly pro-Trump Edit  —  Earlier this month, you may recall, President Donald Trump angrily threatened to sue the British Broadcasting Corporation for $1 billion over its use of footage of his speech just before the January 6, 2021, insurrection.
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Trump's emerging health care plan could put GOP leaders in a bind  —  President Trump's germinal proposal to extend ObamaCare subsidies has created new headaches for GOP leaders on Capitol Hill.  —  Since 2010, when the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was enacted by former President Obama …
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Wall Street Journal:
Speaker Johnson Flashes Red on Trump's Healthcare Push
Samuel Benson / Politico:
Democrats spending big to expand coalition in midterms … The new program, called “Our Power, Our Country,” will focus on battleground House districts by hiring staffers to organize for Democratic candidates, buying ads and mobilizing voters.  —  Earlier this month, Democrats saw marked improvements …
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Ashley Lopez / NPR:   Democrats plan a new investment in winning rural voters, who've fled the party
Gary Fields / Associated Press:
DC Mayor Bowser announces she won't seek fourth term, as Trump's federal intervention continues  —  Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Tuesday that she will not be seeking re-election.  Bowser announced her decision in a video on social media, calling it an “immense privilege” to have worked alongside district residents.
Discussion: The Post Millennial
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Leo Sands / Washington Post:
Sen. Jim Justice, wife to pay $5 million in back taxes to settle IRS suit  —  The senator from West Virginia and his wife struck the agreement hours after the Justice Department filed a lawsuit.  The IRS said the unpaid taxes dated to 2009.  —  Just now  —  Sen. Jim Justice (R-West Virginia) …
Dave Levinthal / NOTUS:
Mike Huckabee Is Peddling Sleep Supplements While Serving as Ambassador to Israel  —  Mike Huckabee remains a paid pitchman for the Florida-based American Behavioral Research Institute — makers of the Relaxium dietary supplement pill — even as he simultaneously serves as President Donald …
Discussion: Raw Story and Alternet.org
Popular Information:
Tennessee public libraries close for Trump-inspired book purge  —  One hundred and eighty-one public libraries in Tennessee are reviewing their children's collections after Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) ordered them to remove books with LGBTQ themes or characters.
New York Times:
Drug Arrests and Gun Seizures Fell as Homeland Security Pursued Immigration … Amid President Trump's immigration crackdown, special agents at the Homeland Security Department have made fewer arrests for drug crimes and seized fewer weapons than they did the previous fiscal year …
Discussion: The Independent and Raw Story
Bloomberg:
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet — And Thanksgiving Dinner  —  Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures  —  Eb Gargano has been writing recipes online long enough to anticipate the seasonal rhythms of her web traffic.
Euronews:
EU countries must mutually recognise same-sex marriages, ECJ rules  —  The European Court of Justice has ruled that member states must recognise same-sex marriages lawfully concluded in another member state.  The decision is poised to be greeted positively by Europe's LGBTQ+ community.
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
MAGA influencer Benny Johnson's job is to have no principles.  Business is booming.  —  The top tier of the MAGA influencer ecosystem is a clownshow.  —  Tucker Carlson is warring with Ben Shapiro over just how much antisemitism right-wing audiences should be willing to tolerate.
Andrew Pantazi / Axios:
Trump's DOJ purge backfires as courts toss Comey, James cases  —  The collapse of the Justice Department's cases against former FBI director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James offered a stark lesson: Turning the DOJ into an instrument of political payback requires legal competence, not just loyalty.
Maura Judkis / Washington Post:
What's going on with Trump's gold ‘Oval Office’ sign?  —  Design experts read the writing on the White House wall.  —  Earlier this month, White House visitors saw the writing on the wall.  It had been printed as a decal across several pieces of what appeared to be plain white paper …
 
 
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Brianna Sacks / Washington Post:
FEMA workers pulled from Chicago storm damage surveys because of ICE
Discussion: Chicago Tribune
David Strom / HotAir:
Aftyn Behn Is a Sociopath. In Other Words, an AWFL
Discussion: Townhall
NBC News:
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Cristina Stassis / Air Force Times:
Airman indicted in scheme to overthrow Haitian island, take sex slaves
Sally Younger / NASA Science:
NASA, NOAA Rank 2025 Ozone Hole as 5th Smallest Since 1992
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Kacen Bayless / Kansas City Star:
Missouri attorney general involves ICE in push to halt anti-gerrymandering group
Ben Makuch / The Guardian:
Anti-fascist groups named as US terror threats ‘barely exist’, experts say
Discussion: The Parnas Perspective and Reuters
Mike Allen / Axios:
Katie Miller podcast: Speaker warns GOP on antisemitism
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Why Trump Won't Face Prosecution When He Leaves Office in 2029
Discussion: Alternet.org and The Atlantic
Financial Times:
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
 

 
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Karl Bode / Techdirt:
The TikTok deal is the worst of all possible outcomes, shifting ownership of TikTok to Trump's allies, while maintaining the supposed problematic links to China

Paul Glynn / BBC:
HarperCollins UK drops children's author and comedian David Walliams following allegations of inappropriate behavior toward young women

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