Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump  —  US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.

Senator Mark Kelly Is in the Wrong Job  —  He should be secretary of defense.  —  Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth apparently thinks that Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona is in the wrong job.  Kelly was one of six Democratic legislators who released a video reminding the officers and enlisted people …

After Trump pressure, Indiana lawmakers shift to convene on redistricting  —  State House Republicans say they will gavel in on Dec. 1, while the Republican-led state Senate will gather on Dec. 8.  The state Senate leader had previously said that wouldn't happen.  —  Just now

Trump says he would ‘rather not’ extend Obamacare tax credits ‘at all’  —  The president said he prefers to let the Affordable Care Act subsidies expire on schedule at the end of December, saying that if anything, he wants the money to go to “the people directly.”

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 …

Trump admin hikes national parks prices by $170 for international tourists  —  The Trump administration is raising national parks' prices and adding fees for international tourists from next year in an “America-first” initiative that'll see U.S. residents “continue to enjoy affordable pricing,” the Interior Department announced Tuesday.

Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office  —  President Trump has always used his stamina and energy as a political strength.  But that image is getting harder for him to sustain.  —  The day before Halloween, President Trump landed at Joint Base Andrews …

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 …

“America First” scars loom over Trump's Venezuela campaign  —  President Trump is flirting with one of the most toxic ideas in American politics — a new foreign military intervention — at one of the most precarious moments of his second term. … - The tensions mark the most public fracturing …

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt's relative detained by ICE  —  The mother of Leavitt's nephew is subject to deportation, sources said.  —  The mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt's nephew has been detained by officials amid the Trump administration's ramped …

Kristi Noem made call to hand over deported men to El Salvador, DOJ says … Noem's call ensured that the deportees — rounded up and expelled with virtual no due process after President Donald Trump invoked war powers to designate them as members of a transnational gang …

Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.'s Second in Command  —  During the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Ralph Lee Abraham promoted discredited treatments like ivermectin and, as Louisiana's surgeon general, halted the state's mass vaccination campaign.

D.C. Mayor Bowser will not run for fourth term … D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) will not seek reelection, a seismic decision in Washington politics that will bring to a close more than a decade in leadership overseeing some of the city's most booming times and also its most turbulent crises this century.

Trump hijacks turkey pardon with Biden, Pritzker jabs … - Trump claimed the use of an autopen made those pardons null and void, and that they were going to be sent to death before he stepped in.  — “I am officially pardoning them, and they will not be served for Thanksgiving dinner.

NEWSFLASH: Witkoff was secretly giving Russians advice  —  A secret transcript reveals that the Trump envoy was helping a Putin advisor formulate a plan.  —  ∙ Paid … A private call between Trump-appointed envoy Steve Witkoff and Putin advisor Yuri Ushakov was just leaked …

Waiting on Medicare drug prices  —  Programming note: We'll be off on Thursday but back on our regular schedule next week.  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  THE END OF THE MONTH IS NEAR — President Donald Trump has touted a series of drug pricing deals his administration has struck …

How an innocent woman's name was tied to the Jan. 6 pipe bombs  —  A federal security officer linked to a thwarted Jan. 6 pipe bomb attack cleared her name by providing an alibi: video of her playing with her puppies at the time the devices were placed, sources told CBS News.

Times Analysis Finds Errors in Trump's Supreme Court Filing That Calls for National Guard in Chicago  —  The Trump administration has claimed the police were slow to protect federal agents on Oct. 4, but videos and audio show that their rationale conflates hours of events involving a shooting …

‘Nobody will ever believe it’: James Comer airs doubts about his own Epstein investigation … “I fear the report will be like the Warren Report,” he said.  “Nobody will ever believe it.”  —  Comer's reference to the 1964 report on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led …

Zelensky ready to meet Trump over Thanksgiving to finalize deal, top aide tells Axios … But Zelensky wants to negotiate on the matter of territorial concessions with Trump himself, Yermak said.  — A U.S. official confirmed there were discussions with the Ukrainians about a meeting this week or next, but said no date had been set.