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11:05 AM ET, November 26, 2025

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The Bulwark:
Turkey Day With a Turkey President  —  Trump's fixation on personal flattery feeds his authoritarianism.  It makes for bad diplomacy, too.  —  No Morning Shots tomorrow or Friday—we hope you all get to enjoy Thanksgiving with family and friends.  And for those of you who will be rubbing elbows …
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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.
Flavia Krause-Jackson / Bloomberg:
Witkoff Discusses Ukraine Plans With Key Putin Aide: Transcript
Associated Press:
Report: US envoy coached Putin aide on how Russian leader should pitch Trump on Ukraine peace plan
Politico:
What Steve Witkoff really thinks
Discussion: UPI and The Hill
Politico:
Trump opens the door to Obamacare subsidy extension … “Don't give any money to the insurance companies.  Give it to the people directly, let them go out, buy their own health care plan,” Trump said.  “We're looking at that.”  —  Though his comments left the door open to a narrow extension …
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Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
The Fear Taking Hold Among Indiana Republicans
Discussion: The Bulwark, NewsMax.com and Raw Story
New York Times:
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 …
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Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:   Trump rages about New York Times story on age: ‘PERFECT PHYSICAL EXAM AND A COMPREHENSIVE COGNITIVE TEST’
NBC News:
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 …
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Shannon Larson / The Boston Globe:
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt's nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE.  —  Earlier this month, Bruna Ferreira was leaving her home in Revere to pick up her 11-year-old son, Michael Leavitt Jr., from school in New Hampshire when her car was suddenly swarmed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
Simón Rios / WBUR:
White House spokeswoman Leavitt now has a family connection to an ICE arrest  —  White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt now has a family connection to the ICE actions sweeping the country — her nephew's mother was arrested by agents in Revere earlier this month.
Ramsey Touchberry / Washington Examiner:
Mark Kelly and Democrats turn ‘seditious six’ accusations into fundraising boon  —  The War Department's investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) over allegations of misconduct for a video posted to social media is set to bolster the campaign coffers of the retired Navy captain, as well as other Democratic lawmakers and candidates.
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The Atlantic:
‘An Example MUST BE SET’  —  The pursuit of Mark Kelly in the military justice system sends a clear message to service members and veterans.  —  Mark Kelly thought he was merely stating the obvious.  Earlier this month, the Arizona senator joined five other congressional Democrats to film …
Daniel McCarthy / New York Post:
Sen. Mark Kelly is doubling down on his self-dishonor over the ‘Disobey’ video
Discussion: Bangor Daily News
Washington Post:
Trump wants a bigger White House ballroom.  His architect disagrees.  —  The president and James McCrery had argued in recent weeks over the project's size, with Trump pushing him to expand the ballroom.  —  President Donald Trump has argued with the architect he handpicked to design …
Discussion: DNYUZ and Raw Story
NBC News:
Kristi Noem made final call on deportation flights after judge ordered planes to turn back, DOJ says  —  The disclosure in a court filing is the first time the Trump administration has said who was responsible for the March decision that drew the ire of a federal judge.
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
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.
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Dan Berman / CNN:
Georgia prosecutor kills the historic election interference case against Trump and allies  —  Georgia election case Trump legal cases Donald Trump US elections  —  A Georgia prosecutor on Wednesday officially dropped the historic racketeering case against President Donald Trump and others …
Paul Krugman:
Warning: The Fed Can't Rescue AI  —  Lessons from the dotcom crash  —  While everything feels political now - a kind of fin de siècle chaos politics - I want to take a brief break from the political today.  Instead I want to talk about asset markets and the Fed.
Discussion: Raw Story and Bloomberg
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Tina Nguyen / The Verge:
David Sacks tried to kill state AI laws — and it blew up in his face
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Marina Dias / Washington Post:
Bolsonaro out of appeals, will start 27-year sentence for coup attempt  —  The former Brazilian president will begin his sentence in a specially prepared cell at federal police headquarters in Brasília.  —  BRASÍLIA — Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has exhausted his appeals …
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Tennessee 7th District 2025 Special Election Poll: Republican Van Epps and Democrat Behn Locked In Tight Race  —  Home Polls Tennessee 7th District 2025 Special Election Poll: Republican Van Epps and Democrat Behn Locked In Tight Race  —  Voters Split on Trump's Job Performance as Economic Issues Top Voters' Concerns
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
‘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 …
Discussion: NewsMax.com, DNYUZ and Alternet.org
Politico:
Appeals court upholds $1M penalty against Trump in lawsuit against Hillary Clinton … And Pryor, a George W. Bush appointee, concluded that the district court judge who originally ruled against Trump had properly considered Trump's “pattern of misusing the courts” when deciding to sanction Trump and Habba.
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
A Year Later, Donors to Trump's Transition Come to Light  —  A 46-person list includes billionaires and people he went on to appoint to positions of power.  —  A full year after making a public pledge to do so, President Trump has disclosed a list of donors who helped pay for his transition to power.
Politico:
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 …
New York Times:
What the Pentagon's Attack Videos Reveal About the Boat Strikes at Sea  —  The military has released 21 video clips of U.S. attacks on vessels it says are trafficking drugs.  But they tell only part of the story.  —  The grainy videos released by the Pentagon are just seconds long.
Zachary Basu / Axios:
“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 …
Olivia Raimonde / Bloomberg:
NYC's Lander Recommends Dropping $42 Billion BlackRock Mandate  —  New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is urging three of the city's pension funds to drop BlackRock Inc. because of “inadequate” climate plans, the latest move to penalize investment firms for failing to tackle global warming.
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Supreme Court poised to reshape next 3 election cycles … It wouldn't be the last. … - Justice Samuel A. Alito temporarily reinstated Texas' GOP-favored congressional map last week, after a district court tossed it. … - “The big question here is whether Donald Trump's gambit …
 
 
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Reuters:
Czech president voices opposition to cabinet nominee who made Nazi salute
Discussion: Politico
Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
School Groups Sue to Stop Dismantling of the Education Department
Fox News:
Universities, school districts nationwide call for ‘decolonizing’ Thanksgiving: ‘Day of mourning’
Greg Lukianoff / New York Times:
Larry Bushart Posted a Charlie Kirk Meme. He Went to Jail for 37 Days.
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
November 25, 2025  —  Last week, a poll conducted for Global EV Alliance, made up of electric …
The Ringer:
OK, first: Who are these people?  —  Choose your fighter: … Congratulations, and also I'm sorry.
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Bill Pulte and Ed Martin's shitposting legal strategy
Discussion: The Hill
 Earlier Items: 
Victor Nava / New York Post:
Fauci involved in ‘massive’ COVID-19 origins cover-up, FDA chief Marty Makary tells ‘Pod Force One’
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Christian Paz / Vox:
Why we actually should worry about Gen Z  —  Gen Z is accused of a lot of things.
Discussion: New York Post
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Trump's Retribution Push Has Expanded Even as It Hits Legal Barriers
Discussion: CNN
William J. Broad / New York Times:
U.S. Nuclear Arms Chief Warns Against Leaks of Secret Information
New York Times:
SNAP Recipients Plan Thanksgiving, Down to Their Last Cent
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Indiana legislators to reconvene on redistricting even though Senate leader says GOP votes aren't there
The Counteroffensive with Tim Mak:
NEWSFLASH: Witkoff was secretly giving Russians advice
Jennifer Jacobs / CBS News:
How an innocent woman's name was tied to the Jan. 6 pipe bombs
Discussion: DNYUZ
 

 
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