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Flavia Krause-Jackson / Bloomberg:
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.
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The Kyiv Independent, The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Observer
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Flavia Krause-Jackson / Bloomberg:
Witkoff Discusses Ukraine Plans With Key Putin Aide: Transcript
New York Times:
How Rubio Tried to Bring a Pro-Russia Peace Plan to Middle Ground
How Rubio Tried to Bring a Pro-Russia Peace Plan to Middle Ground
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Reuters, Axios, Politico, Wall Street Journal, HotAir, Raw Story, War on the Rocks, Wide World of News, The Daily Wire, The White House, Financial Times, Grabien and DNYUZ
Wall Street Journal:
How the U.S. Drafted a Russia-Friendly Peace Plan for Ukraine
How the U.S. Drafted a Russia-Friendly Peace Plan for Ukraine
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The Bulwark, Washington Monthly, Politico, CBS News, Alternet.org, RTÉ, Drezner's World, New York Post, The Guardian, New York Times and The Moscow Times
BBC:
Ukraine calls for Trump-Zelensky meeting in US this week
Ukraine calls for Trump-Zelensky meeting in US this week
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The Economist, Financial Times, Breitbart, Washington Post and Military and Veteran …
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Ukraine agrees to ‘core terms’ of peace deal
Ukraine agrees to ‘core terms’ of peace deal
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New York Times, New York Post, RedState, Blaze Media, The Daily Signal, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, HuffPost and Washington Times
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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CNBC, FactCheck.org, The Hill, CNN, Deseret News, Truthout, Al Jazeera, Daily Caller News Foundation, NewsMax.com, Newsbusters, Fox News and American Greatness
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Associated Press:
FBI seeks interviews with Democratic lawmakers who urged US troops to defy illegal orders
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Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, NOTUS, Axios, The Hill, New York Sun, The Guardian, Newsweek and Democracy Docket
Reuters:
FBI probes congressional Democrats who warned military about illegal orders
FBI probes congressional Democrats who warned military about illegal orders
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Washington Examiner, Washington Post, Straight Arrow News, Politico, The Daily Signal, Mediaite, New Republic and al.com
Fox News:
FBI scheduling interviews with 6 lawmakers who encouraged military members to refuse ‘illegal orders’
FBI scheduling interviews with 6 lawmakers who encouraged military members to refuse ‘illegal orders’
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Reuters, CBS News, New York Post, PoliticusUSA, Raw Story, DNYUZ, American Greatness, The Guardian, twitchy.com, RedState, Houlahan and Grabien
Al Weaver / The Hill:
Kelly to Hegseth: Pentagon investigation over ‘illegal orders’ video won't ‘intimidate me’
Kelly to Hegseth: Pentagon investigation over ‘illegal orders’ video won't ‘intimidate me’
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Mediaite, ABC News, MS NOW, The Federalist, Military and Veteran …, The Wrap, Plain Dealer, RedState, twitchy.com, Washington Times, Straight Arrow News, Newsweek, New Jersey Online, Wonkette, New York Post, al.com, Alternet.org, Washington Examiner, NewsMax.com, America, America, IJR, Breitbart, New York Times, PoliticusUSA, France 24, Raw Story, DNYUZ, HuffPost, Grabien, Al Jazeera, Arizona Insider, American Thinker, The Gateway Pundit, Semafor, Daily Caller News Foundation and Task & Purpose
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Kash Patel Helps Trump Take Revenge on Democrats for Message to Troops
Kash Patel Helps Trump Take Revenge on Democrats for Message to Troops
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The Independent and twitchy.com
Scott Neuman / NPR:
Pentagon investigates Sen. Mark Kelly for telling troops to refuse ‘illegal orders’
Pentagon investigates Sen. Mark Kelly for telling troops to refuse ‘illegal orders’
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SPACE.com, NewsMax.com, Raw Story, DNYUZ, Salon, Fox News, The Gateway Pundit, Semafor, Washington Times, Breitbart, UPI, CNBC, Blaze Media and The Hill
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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New York Times, Bloomberg, Reuters, The Times of Israel, Associated Press, DNYUZ and France 24
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Steve Benen / MS NOW:
White House hedges on Trump's curious claim about his call with Brazil's Bolsonaro
White House hedges on Trump's curious claim about his call with Brazil's Bolsonaro
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Mediaite, New York Times, Associated Press and Bloomberg
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 …
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NewsMax.com, The Gateway Pundit, Newsweek and New Republic
ProPublica:
Trump's Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters — As the Trump administration's immigration dragnet intensified in June, a nurse in Portland, Oregon, left work one midafternoon and drove to a nearby detention facility to voice his opposition.
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New York Times:
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 …
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Block Club Chicago and DNYUZ
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 …
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IJR, Deseret News, Advocate, New York Magazine, The Independent, DNYUZ, Raw Story, NewsMax.com and New Republic
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 …
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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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Good Politics/Bad Politics, New Jersey Online, Alternet.org, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit and The Hill
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
U.S. House ramps up security as lawmakers' fears rise
U.S. House ramps up security as lawmakers' fears rise
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Daily Mail and Washington Examiner
Brandon Conradis / The Hill:
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser won't run for reelection — Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) announced Tuesday she won't seek reelection next year, teeing up a high-stakes race to lead the nation's capital during the remainder of President Trump's term. — “It has been the honor of my life to be your mayor.
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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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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.'s Second in Command
Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.'s Second in Command
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Fortune, Washington Times and Inside Medicine
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 …
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E&E News
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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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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.
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Raw Story, DNYUZ, The Wrap, Deadline, The New World, Alternet.org, Associated Press and Agence France-Presse, more at Mediagazer »
Ashley Lopez / NPR:
Democrats plan a new investment in winning rural voters, who've fled the party — Democrats are announcing a new investment to win over voters in rural areas — where the party has suffered deep losses in recent elections — in their effort to win a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives next year.
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Samuel Benson / Politico:
Democrats spending big to expand coalition in midterms
Democrats spending big to expand coalition in midterms
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Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller and The Daily Signal
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) …
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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.
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 …
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Raw Story and Alternet.org
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.
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 …
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The Independent and Raw Story
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.

