Trump says he'll release MRI results; he doesn't know what part of his body was scanned  —  President Donald Trump said Sunday that he would release the results of his MRI test that he received in October.  “If you want to have it released, I'll release it,” the president said during an exchange …

What Trump didn't say  —  With help from Eli Okun, Bethany Irvine, Ali Bianco and Rachel Umansky-Castro  —  On today's Playbook Podcast: Jack and Dasha talk missile strikes, peace talks ... and the finest Christmas decorations in D.C. Listen to today's episode  —  Good Monday morning, and welcome to December.

Rubio Says ‘Much Work’ to Be Done After Talks With Ukrainian Officials  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other U.S. officials met with a Ukrainian delegation led that was without Andriy Yermak, who resigned as chief of staff to Ukraine's president on Friday.

WW1 toxic compound sprayed on Georgian protesters, BBC evidence suggests  —  Georgia's authorities used a World War One-era chemical weapon to quell anti-government protesters last year, evidence gathered by the BBC suggests.  —  “You could feel [the water] burning,” one of the protesters …

Trump says he's picked who he wants to lead the Fed  —  President Trump said Sunday he's decided who he'll nominate to be the next Federal Reserve chair, but he wouldn't be drawn on whether the pick is National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett.

Top Trump negotiator retains partnership with Ukraine-sanctioned billionaire  —  Steve Witkoff, a fellow real estate developer and frequent golf partner of President Trump, was appointed by Trump as special envoy for peace missions, tasked with negotiating a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.

EU tells Trump: You can't pardon Putin for war crimes in Ukraine  —  Donald Trump's drive to secure peace in Ukraine must not let Vladimir Putin off the hook for war crimes committed by Russian forces, a top EU official has warned, effectively setting a new red line for a deal.

The Bubble-Wrapped President  —  For a decade, Donald Trump's rallies were intertwined with his political identity.  His big crowds were how he first got the media and the Republican Party to take him seriously, and they provided real-time feedback.  Those who followed him closely could watch …

In Congress, He Said Tariffs Were Bad for Business.  As Trump's Ambassador to Canada, He's Reversed Course.  —  Pete Hoekstra once testified that “the market should dictate the price of steel, not the government.”  But he now champions the Trump trade policies that are being linked to job losses in his former Michigan district.

The Guardian view on the inequality emergency: why a Nobel prize winner's warning must be heeded  —  Rising economic division is destabilising nations and eroding accountability.  Joseph Stiglitz's G20 blueprint offers a way toward global economic renewal  —  When Swiss tycoons handed Donald Trump …

November 30, 2025  —  On Friday evening, the Wall Street Journal published an article about the Trump administration's negotiations with Russia over Ukraine that illuminated the administration's approach to the world at home, as well as overseas.  Authors Drew Hinshaw, Benoit Faucon …

Record-setting personnel issues are marring Trump's second term … The pace of withdrawals, the highest since at least the Ronald Reagan presidency, has flown below the radar in the day-to-day churn on Capitol Hill, with many Republican senators expressing surprise at the data in interviews.

College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving  —  Any Lucia López Belloza, 19, was detained by immigration agents at the Boston airport before a flight to surprise her family in Texas for Thanksgiving.  She is now in Honduras.  —  A 19-year-old college student …

Haunted by History, Japanese Americans Fight Trump's Immigration Crackdown  —  Japanese Americans are seeing parallels between the government's incarceration of their families during World War II and the current detention of Latinos.  —  From the passenger seat of a sky blue Prius …

Americans are rightly waking up — much of higher education is now a scam  —  More Americans are wising up to the fact that higher education has become a raw deal for all too many young people.  —  A new NBC News poll finds that a full 63% of voters believe a four-year college degree now isn't worth it …

Motive behind National Guard shootings remains unknown, Noem says … She added that officials have received “some participation” from those they have interviewed so far.  —  Lakanwal is accused of ambushing U.S. Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24.