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👋 Good morning! Happy Monday. In today's edition: Big Numbers, Cowboys stun Eagles (and more from Week 12), Mets-Rangers player swap, the NWSL's surprise champion, Mad Max wins in Vegas, Baker's Dozen, and more. Yahoo Sports AM is written by Kendall Baker and Jeff Tracy. Let's sports...   🚨 ICYMI HEADLINES ⚾️ Mets, Rangers swap players: The Mets and Rangers are reportedly finalizing a trade that would send 2B Marcus Semien to New York in exchange for OF Brandon Nimmo. Both players are represented by Scott Boras and both are currently in the middle of long-term contracts. 🏀 CP3's "Last Dance": Future Hall of Fame point guard Chris Paul plans to retire at the end of the season, his 21st in the NBA. Paul, 40, was selected to 12 All-Star teams during his illustrious career and ranks second all-time in assists and steals. 🏈 Coaching carousel: LSU is finalizing a massive offer to lure Lane Kiffin away from Ole Miss; Cal fired Justin Wilcox, who went 48-55 in nine seasons; Mike Norvell will return to Florida State next season, sources tell Yahoo Sports; Eastern New Mexico is set to hire Art Briles, the ex-Baylor coach who was fired amid a sexual assault scandal. 🎾 Italy three-peats: Top-seeded Italy defeated Spain to win their third straight Davis Cup title, becoming the first nation to three-peat at the "World Cup of Tennis" since the U.S. won five straight titles half a century ago (1968-72). 🏀 Wings win the lottery: The Dallas Wings won the 2026 WNBA Draft Lottery on Sunday night to earn the No. 1 pick for the second straight year. While Paige Bueckers was the obvious choice last year, there's no clear-cut candidate to go first overall in 2026 (not yet, at least).   💯 STAT SHEET BIG NUMBERS: WEEKEND EDITION (Chris Unger/Getty Images) This is a new section I'm trying out called "Big Numbers," where I recap the weekend using… BIG NUMBERS! "Big" as in they are literally written in a larger font. But also "big" in the sense of being noteworthy and important, or at the very least, interesting and/or absurd. In a sea full of digits and statistics, these are the numbers worth knowing about. 🏈 18.0 sacks Are we witnessing the greatest individual defensive season in NFL history? Browns defensive end Myles Garrett had three sacks in Sunday's win over the Raiders, giving him 18 on the year. He needs five more sacks in Cleveland's final six games to break the NFL single-season record of 22.5, jointly held by Michael Strahan (2001) and T.J. Watt (2021). Blowing up the backfield: Garrett is also on pace to set the single-season NFL record for most tackles for loss. He has 26 TFLs in 11 games, which is already tied for the seventh-most ever. The only players with more? DeMarcus Ware in 2008 (27), Von Miller in 2012 (28), Chandler Jones in 2017 (28), J.J. Watt in 2014 (29), J.J. Watt in 2015 (29) and J.J. Watt in 2012 (39). ⚽️ 12 goal contributions Lionel Messi produced a vintage performance in Sunday's Eastern Conference semifinal, recording a goal and three assists to fuel Inter Miami's 4-0 victory over FC Cincinnati. That gave Messi 12 goal contributions this postseason (6 goals, 6 assists), which is a new league record… and he still has at least one match (and potentially two) left to play. MLS Cup Playoffs: NYC FC will face Miami in the Eastern Conference Final after knocking off top-seeded Philadelphia; Vancouver beat LAFC in a penalty shootout to advance to their first Western Conference Final, where they'll play the winner of San Diego vs. Minnesota. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images) ⛳️ 68.681 scoring average Jeeno Thitikul won the LPGA Tour Championship on Sunday to cap a historic, record-setting campaign. The world No. 1 tallied one last birdie on the final hole to end the season with a 68.681 scoring average, breaking Annika Sorenstam's record of 68.697 set in 2002. Money list: Despite being just 22 years old, Thitikul is already seventh on the LPGA's all-time money list with $17.4 million in earnings. Nearly half of that has come from her winning the past two season-ending Tour Championships ($4 million each). 🏀 95 wins, 0 losses Ranked men's college basketball teams are 95-0 against unranked teams so far this season. That's the longest such winning streak at any point in a season in the history of the AP poll. Will the streak end tonight? The Players Era Festival kicks off in Las Vegas with plenty of intriguing ranked vs. unranked matchups. Three teams on upset alert: No. 20 Tennessee vs. Rutgers, No. 24 Kansas vs. Notre Dame and No. 25 NC State vs. Seton Hall. (Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) 🏈 6 teams, 2 spots Pittsburgh's 42-28 upset win over Georgia Tech on Saturday blew up the ACC championship race. Entering the final weekend, no team is ensured a spot in the conference title game, and six teams are still mathematically alive: Virginia (6-1 in the ACC), Pittsburgh (6-1), SMU (6-1), Georgia Tech (6-2), Miami (5-2) and Duke (5-2). More from Saturday: Oregon beat USC to solidify its playoff case; Oklahoma eked out a win over Missouri; Arch Manning had 6 TDs in a rout of the Razorbacks; Duke used a trick play to stun UNC; Michigan kept its playoff hopes alive with a win at Maryland; and more. 🏀 55 points James Harden set the Clippers single-game scoring record on Saturday with his 25th career 50-point game, tying Kobe Bryant for the third-most such games in NBA history. The only players with more? Wilt Chamberlain (118) and Michael Jordan (31). Scoring machine: Harden has more 50-point games (25) than Steph Curry (15) and Kevin Durant (9) combined, which is pretty remarkable. He also owns the single-game scoring record for the Rockets (61 points), making him the only player to hold that record for two franchises. (Rawlings) ⚾️ 35,000 pounds Rawlings installed a 35,000-pound, 30-foot tall Gold Glove atop their golden headquarters in St. Louis, which absolutely rules. The shiny, possibly record-breaking sculpture will serve as the centerpiece of the "Rawlings Experience," a new two-story retail store and museum. What they're saying: "We've suffered a little bit of an identity crisis in that a lot of people don't necessarily know Rawlings is here in St. Louis," said CMO Mike Thompson earlier this month. "But that's going to change pretty quick. Everybody's going to know." 🏈 70-7 Notre Dame demolished Syracuse by 63 points on Saturday, handing the Orange their worst loss in over a century. To sum this game up: The Irish had 21 points… before their offense took the field. They led 35-0… in the first quarter. Jeremiyah Love had 171 rushing yards… on eight carries. Flashback: While this was one of Notre Dame's most lopsided wins ever, it's not even close to their largest margin of victory. That came back in 1905, when they beat the American College of Medicine & Surgery, 142-0. The star of the game that day? Bill Downs, who left Notre Dame months later for a railroad job that paid him $100 a month. Good money back then!   🏈 WEEK 12 SCOREBOARD: NFL SUNDAY (Stacy Revere/Getty Images) Cowboys 24, Eagles 21 … Dallas came back from 21-0 down to stun Philadelphia and tie the record for the largest comeback in franchise history. Dak Prescott passed Tony Romo for most passing yards with the team. Chiefs 23, Colts 20 (OT) … Kansas City overcame a late 20-9 deficit to topple Indianapolis and avoid a home loss that would have knocked them below .500 and been a massive blow to their postseason hopes. Bears 31, Steelers 28 … The vibes are high in Chicago! The first-place Bears and first-place Eagles will have the same record (8-3) when they meet four days from now in the third annual Black Friday game. Patriots 26, Bengals 20 … Drake Maye and the Pats (10-2) have won nine straight games for the first time since 2015 and are currently the No. 1 seed in the AFC. Lions 34, Giants 27 (OT) … Jahmyr Gibbs was unstoppable at home, putting up numbers not seen since Barry Sanders. His final line: 15 carries, 219 yards, 2 TD; 11 receptions, 45 yards, TD. Jaguars 27, Cardinals 24 (OT) … NFL teams had won their past 50 games with a +4 turnover margin. Arizona managed to break that streak. Seahawks 30, Titans 24 … Jaxon Smith-Njigba broke Seattle's single-season receiving yards record (1,313 yards)… and it's only Week 12. Rams 34, Buccaneers 7 … Matthew Stafford has 27 TD passes since his last INT (tied for the longest regular-season streak in NFL history); Baker Mayfield exited with a left shoulder injury. Browns 24, Raiders 10 … Shedeur Sanders got the win in his first career start; the Raiders fired Chip Kelly (NFL's highest-paid OC) after the game. Ravens 23, Jets 10 … After starting the season 1-5, Baltimore (6-5) now sits atop the AFC North and controls its own destiny. Quite the turnaround in Charm City. Packers 23, Vikings 6 … How bad has J.J. McCarthy been for Minnesota? We're talking JaMarcus Russell-level bad. Falcons 24, Saints 10 … Atlanta and New Orleans have played 113 times dating back to 1967. The Falcons now lead the all-time series, 57-56.   ⚽️ SURVIVE AND ADVANCE GOTHAM COMPLETES EPIC RUN TO NWSL TITLE (Elsa/NWSL via Getty Images) We're in the thick of playoff soccer in North America, which is a foreign concept across the pond where they call it football. European leagues (and many others around the world) crown their regular season champions and end things there. On this continent, we tack on a postseason and embrace the unpredictable, illogical mayhem that tends to follow. Upsets. Cinderellas. Survive and Advance. Exhibit A: Gotham FC beat the Washington Spirit, 1-0, on Saturday night in San Jose to win their second NWSL title in three years and complete the unlikeliest of playoff runs — going from the eighth seed (in an eight-team field) to champions, dispatching three of the league's four best teams (Kansas City, Orlando, Washington) along the way. Highlight: Rose Lavelle's left-footed strike from the top of the box in the 80th minute proved to be the game-winner. Déjà vu: The Spirit lost 1-0 to Orlando in last year's final. New opponent, same exact result this time around. The looming question: Was this Trinity Rodman's final game in the NWSL? Her contract with the Spirit is set to expire and the star forward is drawing interest from clubs in competing leagues, where she could potentially earn a lot more money than what NWSL teams can realistically offer her due to salary cap constraints. More playoffs: MLS: Miami, Vancouver and NYC FC have advanced to the Final Four, which will be finalized tonight when top-seeded San Diego hosts fourth-seeded Minnesota (10pm ET, Apple). USL Championship: The Pittsburgh Riverhounds beat FC Tulsa in a penalty shootout to win the club's first league title (one tier below MLS). NCAA Tournament: 16 teams are still alive in the men's tournament* (bracket), while 11 teams are still alive in the women's tournament (bracket). 🎙️ Podcast: NWSL Finals, Rodman's Future, Awards Recap (The Cooligans) *Cinderella in the snow! Hofstra upset defending national champion and No. 1 seed Vermont with a 3-2 overtime victory on a snowy field in Burlington.   📸 SNAPSHOTS THROUGH THE LENS "Vegas Baby, Vegas." (Mark Sutton/Formula 1 via Getty Images) 🇺🇸 Las Vegas, Nevada — Max Verstappen came away from the Las Vegas Grand Prix with the best possible outcome for his once-slim title chances: he won the race while McLaren's duo of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri were both disqualified for unintentional rules violations. Where it stands: With two races (and one sprint) left, Red Bull's four-time defending champion is now tied with Piastri and 24 points behind Norris. If Verstappen wins all three, he'll earn 58 points and force Norris to at least finish third in all three to maintain his lead. The Goldeneyes take the ice. (Rich Lam/Getty Images) 🇨🇦 Vancouver, Canada — The Vancouver Goldeneyes beat the Seattle Torrent, 4-3, in Friday's overtime thriller between the PWHL's two new expansion teams. The sellout crowd of 14,958 was the largest in league history at a team's primary home venue (i.e. not a neutral site). What they're saying: "I've played a lot of really big hockey games, and I've never felt the emotion like I have in that first 20 minutes of the game," said Goldeneyes star Sarah Nurse. "It felt like something different was in the air, like I've never experienced it." One of the best to ever do it. (Abdullah Ahmed/Getty Images) 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — Cristiano Ronaldo scored on a gravity-defying bicycle kick in Al-Nassr's 4-1 win on Sunday. And this is where I remind you that he's 40 years old. Elsewhere: Christian Pulisic scored the lone goal in AC Milan's 1-0 victory over Inter Milan in the 245th Derby della Madonnina; First-place Arsenal crushed Tottenham, 4-1, in a top-five Premier League clash behind a hat trick from Eberechi Eze. Shiffrin celebrates in the snow. (Christophe Pallot/Agence Zoom/Getty Images) 🇦🇹 Gurgl, Austria — Mikaela Shiffrin won her second straight World Cup slalom on Sunday and record-extending 103rd overall. Next up: Two races this weekend at Copper Mountain in Colorado, just 20 miles from her hometown of Vail. Queen of the Slalom: For as good as Shiffrin is in every discipline, she truly has no match in the slalom, which has accounted for 66 of her 103 career wins. No one else has more than 35, so it's no surprise she's the gold medal favorite at the upcoming Milan Cortina Olympics.   📺 VIEWING GUIDE WATCHLIST: MONDAY, NOV. 24 Former Panthers star Christian McCaffrey is having another standout season in the Bay Area. (Mike Christy/Getty Images) 🏈 Panthers at 49ers Three years after being traded in the middle of the season, Christian McCaffrey finally gets a chance to take on his former team as the 49ers (7-4) host the Panthers (6-5) in a matchup of NFC playoff hopefuls (8:15pm ET, ESPN). Surprise of the season? With a victory tonight, Carolina would match its win total from the past two seasons combined (7) and take over first place in the NFC South. ⚽️ San Diego FC vs. Minnesota United Top-seeded San Diego, which already completed the best regular season by a first-year expansion team in MLS history, hosts No. 4 Minnesota (10pm, Apple) for a spot in the Western Conference Finals. The Final Four: Tonight's winner will join No. 2 Vancouver, No. 3 Miami and No. 5 NYC FC in the MLS Conference Finals. 🏀 Players Era Festival A stacked field of 18 men's college basketball teams descends on Las Vegas for the second edition of this unique tournament that pays $1 million in NIL money to each participating program. Today's headliners: No. 14 St. John's vs. No. 16 Iowa State (4:30pm, truTV); No. 2 Houston vs. Syracuse (6pm, TNT); No. 11 Alabama vs. No. 13 Gonzaga (9:30pm, TNT); No. 7 Michigan vs. San Diego State (10:30pm, truTV). More to watch: 🏀 NBA: Cavaliers at Raptors (7pm, Peacock); Rockets at Suns (9:30pm, Peacock) … Toronto (12-5) has won seven straight to surge into second in the East, just ahead of Cleveland (12-6). ⚽️ Premier League: Manchester United vs. Everton (3pm, USA) … United (5-3-3) are unbeaten in their last five league matches. ⚽️ NCAA Women's Soccer: No. 2 TCU vs. UNC (2pm, ESPN+); No. 1 Vanderbilt vs. No. 4 LSU (3pm, ESPN+); No. 1 Stanford vs. No. 5 BYU (4pm, ESPN+) … The quarterfinals will be set after today. 🏒 NHL: Red Wings at Devils (7pm, ESPN+) … The only Eastern Conference teams with a better record than Detroit and New Jersey are the Hurricanes and Islanders.   🏀 CP3 NBA TRIVIA Chris Paul in action for Wake Forest during the 2004-05 season. (Manny Millan/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images) Chris Paul has played for seven different NBA franchises during his 21-season career, which will come to an end in a matter of months. Question: Can you name all seven teams? Answer at the bottom.   🍿 BAKER'S DOZEN TOP PLAYS OF THE WEEKEND Head coach Ron Dickerson Jr. celebrates his team's unlikely victory. (Benedict College) In one of the most dramatic finishes of the year, Benedict College (D-II) erased a 24-0 deficit and executed a miraculous 86-yard backward pass play as time expired to beat Wingate University, 25-24, and win the first playoff game in school history. Top 13 Plays: 🏈 "Benedict has scored!" ⚽️ Cristiano Ronaldo!!! 🏀 No-look buzzer beater?! 🏀 Double-pump buzzer beater ⚽️ Bend it like Sonny 🏀 Absurd Jokić pass 🏈 Famous Jameis 🏐 Never give up on the play 🏈 George Pickens! 🏈 One-handed INT 🏒 The filthiest of goals 🏑 Northwestern for the Natty! 🏀 Luka nutmegs Love Watch all 13.   Trivia answer: New Orleans Hornets (2005-11); Clippers (2011-17, 2025-26); Rockets (2017-19), Thunder (2019-20); Suns (2020-23); Warriors (2023-24); Spurs (2024-25)

U.S. House committee opens probe of Georgia Republican Collins WASHINGTON — Georgia Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Collins and his chief of staff are under investigation by the House Ethics Committee, though the panel didn’t detail Friday why it’s looking into their actions. https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/11/21/repub/u-s-house-committee-opens-probe-of-georgia-republican-collins/?

Keystone Kash Explodes After SWAT Team Won’t Babysit Girlfriend at Performance Patel’s list of government perks is seemingly endless. Kash Patel, 45, blew up after his taxpayer-funded protection detail ditched his girlfriend at the National Rifle Association’s annual convention in Atlanta. The FBI director assigned an entire SWAT team from the bureau’s Atlanta field office to shadow his 27-year-old girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins, at the conference, The New York Times reported Sunday. Both current and former FBI officials told the outlet that Wilkins’ extensive—and unusually frequent—taxpayer-funded SWAT security, including at the conference where she performed the “Star-Spangled Banner,” was “highly unusual.” “The assignment of SWAT-qualified special agents to guard his girlfriend are indicative of his lack of leadership experience, judgment and humility,” Christopher O’Leary, a former Marine and FBI agent who led a team that conducted “high-risk missions,” told the Times. SWAT team members left their posts at the April event after determining that Wilkins, a country singer-hopeful, was safe and secure—igniting Patel’s fury. The former MAGA podcaster “ripped” into the SWAT team’s commander for leaving his girlfriend unprotected and slammed it as a “failure” of the chain of command, the Times reported. This isn’t the first time Patel’s protective-boyfriend tactics have come under scrutiny. Just last week, MS Now reported that the FBI director reallocated officers from the bureau’s Nashville SWAT team—Wilkins’ hometown—to protect her. Officials told MS Now that, to their knowledge, Patel’s move to assign his girlfriend her own protective detail is unprecedented. They added that the reallocation could hinder agents’ ability to respond to public safety emergencies, including mass shootings and terror threats, within the Nashville field office’s jurisdiction. Bureau officials also told the Times that agents from the tactical team in Salt Lake City were ordered to provide a protective detail for Wilkins at an event in September—despite having just worked long hours amid the nearby killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. “There is no legitimate justification for this. This is a clear abuse of position and misuse of government resources,” O’Leary told MS Now earlier this month. “She is not his spouse, does not live in the same house or even in the same city.” Wilkins defended her robust protective detail by posting on social media a series of threats she has received—some targeting both her and Patel. “A morning in my DMs,” she wrote on Nov. 17 alongside a screenshot of a message that read: “Can’t wait to celebrate your death, especially if I’m the one causing it.” Others included “you need to touch a bullet” and “someone kidnap her.” But others have been quick to call out what they see as hypocrisy in Patel’s priorities. “I don’t want anything to happen to [Patel] or his girlfriend,” Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell wrote in an X post that has racked up more than 1.7 million views since Monday morning. “Protect her if she’s threatened.” “It’s just F’d up that he REFUSES to protect me and my kids from MULTIPLE specific death threats. Same for other Dem colleagues,” the California lawmaker added. “Can only conclude he wants us dead.” Patel—dubbed “Keystone Kash” for his bumbling oversight of several high-profile investigations—is known for cashing in on the perks of his government post. The director has been embroiled in scandal since October, when reports revealed he took a $60 million government jet to watch Wilkins perform, thrusting his luxurious lifestyle into the spotlight. Just last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that Patel then flew to a luxury hunting resort in Texas during the record-breaking government shutdown. The allegations come after Patel was a particularly vocal critic of former FBI director Chris Wray for improper use of government planes for personal reasons. The Daily Beast has reached out to the FBI and Wilkins for comment. A bureau spokesperson has previously told the Daily Beast, “Ms. Wilkins is receiving a protective detail because she has faced hundreds of credible death threats related to her relationship with Director Patel, whom she has been dating for three years. Out of respect for her safety, we will not be providing additional details.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/keystone-kash-rages-after-swat-team-wont-babysit-girlfriend/?

Somali terror group al-Shabab ‘taking a cut’ of millions in stolen Minnesota taxpayer money from welfare fraud scheme: report By Victor Nava Published Nov. 20, 2025, 10:39 p.m. ET Millions of dollars in taxpayer money stolen as part of a series of massive Minnesota welfare fraud schemes may have been funneled to Somalia-based terror group al-Shabab, according to a report. The radical Islamic terror group, which is a longstanding ally of al Qaeda and considered a threat to US interests, has likely been the beneficiary of money stolen in a spate of scams and sent to Somalia by the criminals defrauding the North Star State, City Journal reported Wednesday, citing federal counterterrorism sources. “This is a third-rail conversation, but the largest funder of al-Shabab is the Minnesota taxpayer,” a source who worked on a federal investigation into Minnesotans attempting to join overseas terror groups, told the outlet. “There is an issue here that is real, and if there is ever an event that is traceable back to these funds, or to people from this area, then this situation will take on a whole new set of optics,” the source warned. The terror group reportedly takes a cut of money fraudulently obtained in the US and smuggled to Somalia.AFP via Getty Images Minnesota has been plagued by several high-profile fraud scandals in recent years, the largest being the Feeding Our Future scheme, for which prosecutors have racked up 56 criminal convictions in what they allege was a plot to steal $300 million from a federally funded program meant to feed children during the coronavirus pandemic. In recent months, the Minnesota US Attorney’s Office has uncovered multimillion-dollar fraud schemes targeting the state’s Medicaid Housing Stabilization Services program and a federally funded autism services for children program. The state’s top prosecutor believes “billions of dollars in taxpayer money” has been stolen as a result of fraud. “To be clear, this is not an isolated scheme,” acting US Attorney Joseph Thompson said in September when announcing the first charges in the autism fraud scheme. “From Feeding Our Future to Housing Stabilization Services and now Autism Services, these massive fraud schemes form a web that has stolen billions of dollars in taxpayer money. “Each case we bring exposes another strand of this network. The challenge is immense, but our work continues.” Former fraud investigator Kayesh Magan, a Somali-American who had worked in the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office, noted in an op-ed last year that it is “uncomfortable and true” that “nearly all of the defendants” in several Minnesota fraud cases, including Feeding Our Future, “are from my community. The Somali community.” David Gaither, a former Republican Minnesota state senator, believes state Democrats and the media have ignored fraud being perpetrated by members of the state’s large and politically influential Somali community, which has made the problem worse. “The media does not want to put a light on this,” Gaither told City Journal. “And if you’re a politician, it’s a significant disadvantage for you to alienate the Somali community. If you don’t win the Somali community, you can’t win Minneapolis. And if you don’t win Minneapolis, you can’t win the state. End of story.”

Musk’s DOGE Quietly Killed Off After Delivering Almost Nothing The agency disbanded eight months ahead of schedule. Less than a year after Elon Musk took the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference in February, brandishing a bedazzled chainsaw to showcase the Department of Government Efficiency’s cost-cutting spree, the most significant cut was the agency itself. Donald Trump’s DOGE disbanded eight months earlier than scheduled, Reuters first reported on Sunday. “That doesn’t exist,” Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor told the outlet when asked about DOGE. “There is no target around reductions,” he added. The first few months of Trump’s second term were dominated by DOGE, the agency headed by Musk with a mandate to aggressively downsize the federal workforce and slash government spending. But the failed agency seems to have accomplished little beyond sowing chaos. Tens of thousands of federal employees fired under Musk’s leadership were offered their jobs back in September after what amounted to monthslong paid vacations. Millions were reportedly lost in interest and fees after government projects were frozen, and some woefully underqualified DOGE staffers were reportedly pocketing six-figure salaries. The Tesla billionaire ultimately presided over a $220 billion increase in federal spending this fiscal year, excluding interest, The Wall Street Journal reported last month. Additionally, the agency generated some $21.7 billion in waste across the federal government in the first six months of the year, according to a July report from the minority staff of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI). Musk left DOGE four months after its creation, after his status as a special government employee ended in late May. Shortly after, Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill revealed deep policy disagreements between the two, culminating in personal attacks. It came to a head with Trump threatening the SpaceX founder’s government contracts and Musk firing back by claiming Trump’s name appeared in the so-called “Epstein files.” Vice President JD Vance and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles are reportedly attempting to repair the fractured bromance between the president and the world’s richest man. Many DOGE staffers are getting second chances of their own, too. While Trump has referred to the agency in the past tense, many of DOGE’s most notable figures have quietly been moved to other federal agencies. DOGE Administrator Amy Gleason became an adviser to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy in March, Reuters reported. Joe Gebbia, who co-founded Airbnb, now presides over Trump’s newly created National Design Studio, tasked with “beautifying” government websites. And notably, infamous 19-year-old DOGE employee Edward “Big Balls” Coristine resigned from the agency in the summer and began working at the Social Security Administration. The Daily Beast has reached out to the White House for comment. In a statement to Reuters, White House spokeswoman Liz Huston wrote: “President Trump was given a clear mandate to reduce waste, fraud and abuse across the federal government, and he continues to actively deliver on that commitment.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/musks-doge-quietly-killed-off-after-delivering-almost-nothing/? ps:First off it's not Musks DOGE, it's trumps!! Second it was the biggest farce to cover up closing down an organization that was investigating Musk!!

Trump, 79, Frets About His Supreme Court Battle in Late-Night Rant The president is back to claiming that foreign countries pay his tariffs, not Americans. President Donald Trump warned Supreme Court justices in a social media rant that striking down his sweeping tariffs would mean “serving hostile foreign interests.” In a rambling Truth Social post published shortly after midnight Sunday, the president revived his fiction that foreign companies pay tariffs—even though the duties are levied on U.S. importers—and said anyone who doesn’t support them is anti-American. “Those opposing us are serving hostile foreign interests that are not aligned with the success, safety and prosperity of the USA,” Trump wrote. “They couldn’t care less about us. I look so much forward to the United States Supreme Court’s decision on this urgent and time sensitive matter so that we can continue, in an uninterrupted manner to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Earlier this month, the justices heard oral arguments in a case challenging the president’s authority to unilaterally impose tariffs on products from dozens of U.S. trading partners, which the administration argues is valid under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. But after two key conservative justices sounded skeptical on the government’s position, the president has repeatedly lobbied the court via social media post. “Despite the massive amount of money being made by the United States of America, Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, as a direct result of Tariffs being charged to other countries, the full benefit of the Tariffs has not yet been calculated in that many of the buyers of goods and products, in order to avoid paying the Tariffs in the short term, ‘STOCK UP’ by purchasing far more inventory than they can use in order to avoid Tariff payments in the short term,” he wrote Sunday night. Now that the pre-stocked inventory is running out, though, and the tariffs have fully taken effect, the tariff revenue will “SKYROCKET,” Trump wrote. While it’s true that some companies stockpiled inventory in the spring before the tariffs took effect, the tariffs aren’t paid by other countries. They’re a type of import duty paid by American companies, which must eat the costs or pass them along to consumers. Last month, a Goldman Sachs report found that consumers were shouldering about 55 percent of the costs of the tariffs. Many companies have been absorbing the additional costs in the hopes that the tariffs are temporary, but products such as cars, toys, and tea are set to get more expensive as the duties weigh on corporate profits, The New York Times reported in late October. A study by Lending Tree found that the average American will spend an additional 14.6 percent on Christmas presents this year because of the tariffs. Trump has nevertheless insisted the tariffs are here to stay, and claimed that an adverse Supreme Court ruling could reduce the U.S. to “almost Third World status.” Without the tariffs, the president would also lose his favorite cudgel for pressuring and punishing foreign countries whose domestic policies he disagrees with. Even though American companies pay the duties, foreign producers can see their products priced out of the U.S. market if the tariffs get too high. Last month, Trump halted all trade negotiations with Canada and announced he was imposing an additional 10 percent tariff on Canadian products after the province of Ontario ran an ad that Trump didn’t like featuring Ronald Reagan warning about the dangers of protectionism. So far, however, the new tariff—which would bring the total duty on Canadian exports to 45 percent—hasn’t been applied, Politico reported Sunday. Prime Minister Mark Carney personally apologized to Trump for the ad during an October economic summit in Asia. “We are already the ‘hottest’ Country anywhere in the World, but this Tariff POWER will bring America National Security and Wealth the likes of which has never been seen before,” Trump wrote on Sunday night. Just a few hours later, at 5:30 a.m. Monday, he was back on Truth Social complaining about the New York Giants’ decision to go for a touchdown instead of kicking a field goal during the team’s 34-27 loss on Sunday to the Detroit Lions. https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-79-frets-about-his-supreme-court-tariff-battle-in-late-night-rant/?

Trump Family Fortune Plummets in Stinging Crypto Crash The president and his sons are being hugely affected by market turmoil. The Trump family fortune has plummeted by a billion dollars in just a few months due to losses in the volatile cryptocurrency market. Analysis by Bloomberg News found that President Donald Trump and his family’s venture into meme coins and cryptocurrency has dragged their collective wealth down from an estimated $7.7 billion in early September to $6.7 billion. This includes a Trump-branded memecoin losing around one quarter of its value since August, the president’s son Eric’s Bitcoin mining venture shedding roughly half its value from its peak, and shares in Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG)—which owns Truth Social—falling to all-time lows after the company invested heavily in crypto. Not only have the Trumps lost heavily in their crypto ventures, but anyone who hoped to get rich by investing in the Trump name is also hemorrhaging money. Investors who bought Trump’s meme coin at its peak in January, for example, would have lost almost the entire value of their investment by November. The massive downturn in the Trump family’s wealth coincided with a period of particular turmoil in the crypto market, during which around $1 trillion in value was wiped out. Last week, bitcoin, the world’s most valuable cryptocurrency, tumbled below $82,000 for the first time since mid-April. This marks a 32 percent drop from bitcoin’s all-time high of $126,000, recorded in October, reported Fortune. The fact remains, however, that Trump and his family’s move into cryptocurrency and NFTs has still been enormously lucrative overall, boosting their wealth by billions, especially since the president returned to office. In September, the Wall Street Journal estimated that cryptocurrency had overtaken the Trump family’s real estate portfolio as their most valuable asset. That analysis came as World Liberty Financial, a Trump-backed crypto venture, began trading on multiple exchanges, earning the family around $5 billion. However, Bloomberg now reports that the value of the Trump family’s holdings of WLFI tokens has fallen to around $3.15 billion, down from a $6 billion peak. This drop is not included in the overall wealth decline, as the coins are locked and cannot be traded. Shares in TMTG fell to an all-time low on Wednesday, months after the company spent about $2 billion on Bitcoin and other securities, including options, according to Bloomberg. President Trump’s stake in TMTG has fallen by roughly $800 million since September. TMTG also invested heavily in CRO, a coin issued by the Singapore-based crypto exchange Crypto.com. In September, TMTG’s investment in the CRO token was worth around $147 million, but it is now worth roughly half that amount. Another Trump-linked crypto venture has also cratered. Shares of American Bitcoin Corporation, in which Eric Trump owns a 7.5 percent stake, have plunged by more than half since September, wiping out more than $300 million from the family fortune. An investor who bought shares when the company went public would now be facing a 45 percent loss. Eric Trump has downplayed the family’s massive crypto losses and insists the downturn represents a “great buying opportunity” for investors. “People who buy dips and embrace volatility will be the ultimate winners. I have never been more bullish on the future of cryptocurrency and the modernization of the financial system,” he told Bloomberg. https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-family-fortune-plummets-in-stinging-crypto-crash/?

ICE Goons Detain Schoolkid During Lunch Break Christian Jimenez repeatedly told officers he was an American citizen. Immigration officers smashed a car window and detained a high school student during his lunch break. Christian Jimenez, a 17-year-old U.S. citizen and senior at McMinnville High School in Oregon, was driving his father’s vehicle around 12.30 p.m. on Friday when agents from the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement stopped him, his older brother, Cesar Jimenez, told Oregon Live. Despite repeatedly telling officers he was a citizen, one agent broke the driver’s side window and detained him anyway. In a video shared by Cesar Jimenez, Christian can reportedly be heard insisting he is an American while an officer replies, “Get out of the car,” and “I don’t care.” Christian was taken to an ICE facility in South Portland and held for hours before being released shortly before 7 p.m., his brother said. According to Cesar, authorities are now trying to hit the teen with a charge of “interference or obstruction of investigation.” KGW-TV reported that hundreds of people lined the streets in McMinnville to protest Christian’s heavy-handed arrest. McMinnville High School Superintendent Kourtney Ferrua confirmed the detention in a message to families. She said the student, who had been off campus for lunch, was identified as a United States citizen and later reunited with relatives. Ferrua emphasized that the district does not allow anyone without legitimate business to enter schools during the day and only releases students to authorized adults. “The experience of an emotional event such as this one can have an impact on all of our students,” she wrote. “Our goal is to keep our schools running as a safe and predictable routine, which is in the best interests of all of our students.” Advocates say the incident is part of a wider sweep. An immigrant rights organization told Oregon Live that ICE detained four U.S. citizens near Portland this week, including Christian and two people who were recording officers. Miriam Vargas Corona, executive director of Unidos Bridging Community, told KGW that six individuals were detained Friday in McMinnville, Dundee, and Newberg. The group said another arrest took place on Thursday in Newberg. ICE has been asked to comment on Christian’s arrest. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-goons-detain-schoolkid-during-lunch-break/?

Scathing Poll Shows How Little Americans Are Buying Trump’s Claims About Prices Most Americans say Trump describes inflation as better than it really is, including four in 10 Republicans. Americans are overwhelmingly rejecting President Donald Trump’s insistence that prices are dropping and inflation is barely a factor—a disconnect that drags down his standing on the economy, polls show. There’s a stark gap between the White House’s glossy economic language and what respondents say they are living through, the CBS News/YouGov found. Trump has been claiming prices are down, that there is “almost no inflation,” and that everything is more or less fine. Most Americans—60 percent—say he describes prices and inflation as better than they really are, including four in 10 Republicans.Ratings for the overall economy slid again, hitting the lowest mark of 2025, with most respondents saying prices are still going up. Only 32 percent think the economy is good, compared to 35 percent at the start of the month and highs of 39 percent in May and July. A majority, 58 percent, also say Trump’s policies are making the cost of food and groceries rise. Just 31 percent think they’ve stayed the same, and 11 percent believe Trump’s message that things are cheaper. A whopping 65 percent say the president’s policies are making prices soar. Just 21 said they have no effect, while a measly 14 think Trump’s work has helped prices go down. That sour mood continues to weigh heavily on his numbers. Americans who judge the president primarily on his handling of the economy and inflation overwhelmingly say he is not spending enough time on those issues. A vast 77 percent were critical, 18 percent think he’s hitting the right balance, while five percent say he’s spending too much time on the economy. His approval ratings on the economy and inflation have been falling for months, and both hit new lows in the latest survey: 36 percent, down from a 51 percent high in March. More than two-thirds disapprove of his handling of inflation. Sixty-four percent disapprove of his work on the economy overall. Sixty percent disapprove of his overall job performance. Independents, in particular, have pushed his economic ratings to their lowest point of the year, helping drive his broader approval to a low for his second term after a steady months-long slide. A Marquette University Law School poll conducted Nov. 5-12 found voters brushing off Trump’s upbeat claims about grocery prices. “Our groceries are way down. Everything is way down,” Trump said on Nov. 6. He reiterated that “groceries are way down, other than beef,” and later claimed prices were “already at a much lower level than they were with the last administration.” Just 12 percent of Americans said grocery prices have gone down over the last six months, according to the poll, while 75 percent said they have risen. Average grocery prices were up roughly 1.4 percent in September compared to when Trump took office in January, and the one-month 0.6 percent jump from July to August was the largest in three years. Even among Republicans, only two in ten echoed Trump’s version of events. Most said prices are higher. A Fox News poll released earlier this month showed similar skepticism. In the survey conducted Nov. 14-17, 85 percent of registered voters said grocery prices are higher than a year ago, with 60 percent saying they have “increased a lot.” Around two-thirds or more said utilities, healthcare, and housing costs were also up. (“A year ago” includes two months before Trump took office, though voters likely interpreted the question as referring mainly to his presidency.) White House spokesperson Kush Desai told the Daily Beast: “Putting Joe Biden’s economic disaster behind us has been the top priority for President Trump since Day One, and the Administration continues to push economic policies that are cooling inflation and raising real wages. “These same policies created a historic economy with robust job, wage, and investment growth in President Trump’s first term, and Americans can rest assured that President Trump is focused on ensuring that the best is yet to come in his second term.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/scathing-poll-shows-how-little-americans-are-buying-trumps-claims-about-prices/?

November 24, 2025 By Sam Sifton Good morning. The president has changed his mind on Ukraine — again. He is now pressing the country to accept a punishing peace plan his administration unveiled last week. American officials spent yesterday in Geneva negotiating the proposal with their counterparts from Ukraine. Both sides say the talks are going well. They are continuing today. The front line in Pokrovsk, Ukraine. Tyler Hicks/The New York Times Here’s the deal The peace proposal released last week read like a wish list for Russia. It would require Kyiv to relinquish captured terrain and shrink its army. It would bar Ukraine from joining NATO and also prohibit foreign troops from coming to its rescue in a future conflict. “Right now the American plan is devastating for Ukraine, weakening its ability to defend itself and providing few guarantees of its future,” Julian Barnes, a Times reporter who covers international security, told me yesterday. The Ukrainians have been outraged, and Volodymyr Zelensky said the proposal was a choice between “losing our dignity and freedom” and losing U.S. support. That could be changing. American and Ukrainian officials met in Geneva this weekend and began reviewing the plan point by point. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said they were “narrowing the differences and getting closer to something” that both Kyiv and Washington would be “comfortable with.” The head of Ukraine’s delegation said the officials had made “very good progress.” They’re trying to reach a deal by Thursday, which is the deadline Trump has set for Ukraine to accept the proposal. Trump’s stance While the diplomats in Geneva have been seeking compromise, Trump has been lashing out. He posted that Ukraine’s leadership had “EXPRESSED ZERO GRATITUDE” for American military aid and support. (Zelensky posted his own message hours later, expressing thanks “for everything that America and President Trump are doing for security.”) The exchange took us back to the start of Trump’s second administration, when he and Vice President JD Vance seemed more sympathetic to Russia and publicly berated Zelensky in the Oval Office. Zelensky later adopted a more accommodating tone and signed a deal to give the U.S. some of Ukraine’s minerals. At the same time, Russia continued bombing Ukrainian civilians, which exasperated Trump. Soon, Trump pivoted and spent much of this year lamenting the obstinacy of Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin. He ripped Putin and praised Zelensky. Which means we’ve come full circle. Next steps As talks continue this week in Geneva, here’s what to watch: Timing. Trump wants a peace deal quickly. He has given Ukraine until Thursday to accept his proposal, though he has suggested the deadline could be extended “if things are working well.” Authorship. The plan’s origins are contested. Some U.S. lawmakers have asserted the plan was a Russian initiative, not an American proposal, citing a private conversation with Rubio. Later, Rubio insisted that the U.S. wrote the document. Europe’s strategy. All of Europe has a vested interest in the outcome. “While Mr. Trump often talks about a cease-fire or peace agreement in purely territorial terms, focusing on ‘land swaps’ and other real estate details,” wrote David Sanger, our chief Washington correspondent, “the Europeans think of it in terms of containment of Mr. Putin.” Rally effects. The unfavorable peace plan may strengthen Ukrainians’ support for Zelensky and could distract from a corruption scandal that has threatened his government. Negotiations. European officials believe the proposed plan ought to be just a starting place rather than the end. Trump has often softened his ultimatums and rotated his positions in response to public opinion and diplomacy. Ukraine has many supporters, including in the Republican Party. (One Republican senator, Mitch McConnell, said yesterday that “pressuring the victim and appeasing the aggressor” would not bring peace.) All of which means we are far from a conclusion. “Trump has gone back and forth,” Julian said. “And he could swing again.” Now let’s look at what else is happening in the world. THE LATEST NEWS G20 Summit At the Group of 20 gathering in Johannesburg. Pool photo by Gianluigi Guercia World leaders gathered in South Africa to sign deals and deepen alliances. Trump boycotted the annual meeting over his contention that South Africa persecutes its white minority. Countries at the summit took a tougher tone on Washington as they negotiated without the Americans. “The world can move on with or without the U.S.,” one diplomat said. Middle East The Israeli military said it would oust or discipline about a dozen senior commanders for failures related to the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023. Israel also assassinated a Hezbollah commander in an airstrike near the Lebanese capital, Beirut, despite a cease-fire brokered by the U.S. Global Trade Europe and the U.S. reached a broad trade agreement months ago, but they’re still haggling over the details. American officials are visiting Brussels this week and hope to finalize a written deal. In the face of Trump’s changing tariffs, small businesses are rethinking their relationship with the U.S. Here’s how six companies, from Sweden to Brazil, are navigating the chaos. More International News Britain’s government is adopting a stricter asylum policy. It’s the latest country to follow Denmark, which has become something of a migration role model for Europe. In Spain, young people are increasingly drawn to the dictator Francisco Franco, who died 50 years ago. So the government is designing apps, games and T-shirts to promote democracy. Prison Abuse At a prison in Oneida County, N.Y. New York State Attorney General office, via Associated Press New York prison guards are becoming more abusive of inmates, records and interviews show. Some inmates have been restrained and asphyxiated. The guards said they are using force on inmates more often because their jobs have become more dangerous. The reality is different, a Times analysis found. Other Big Stories Trump’s friendly meeting with Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York, shocked the internet. The online MAGA-sphere, in particular, didn’t know how to handle it. Thousands of undocumented workers rely on fake identities. One American citizen’s stolen Social Security number ensnared him in a web of debt and legal trouble. Ask The Times: We’re working on a guide showing how Trump’s policies have changed life in the United States. What questions would you like answered? Let us know here. OPINIONS It’s time for Democrats to run on a populist economic platform, including supporting a minimum wage hike and universal child care, James Carville writes. Here are columns by David French on defying military orders and Ezra Klein on America’s housing crisis. The Times Sale: Our best rate for readers of The Morning. Save now with our best offer on unlimited news and analysis as part of the complete Times experience: $1/week for your first year. MORNING READS A mall in Wyomissing, Pa. Michael Vahrenwald for The New York Times Letter of Recommendation: Look again at abandoned shopping malls. Kelly Karivalis has been considering the one near her home in Pennsylvania. It’s as inspiring to her as a Roman ruin. “Ever since I learned of its likely demise, I have become strangely attached,” she writes. “I sit in my car outside the parking lot, blasting ballads of unbearable yearning and scribbling in my diary about the mall as if it broke up with me.” Toying with tariffs: Read how one German toymaker made money despite the ongoing trade war. Metropolitan Diary: Another bucket of beer. Your pick: The Morning’s most-clicked link yesterday was about the terminal cancer diagnosis of Tatiana Schlossberg, a granddaughter of John F. Kennedy. Incendiary orator: Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin defined Black militancy in the 1960s with a call to arms against white oppression. Later, after becoming a Muslim cleric, he was convicted of murder. He died in detention at 82. TODAY’S NUMBER 10 — That’s the maximum number of votes a viewer can cast in the Eurovision Song Contest, down from 20 last year. The new rule is intended to limit the influence of governments on the public poll that helps decide the winner. SPORTS In Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Odelyn Joseph/Associated Press World Cup: Haitians around the world rejoiced over their team’s success in landing a spot in the tournament for the first time in 50 years. N.F.L.: Shedeur Sanders, the son of former cornerback Deion Sanders, became the first Browns rookie quarterback since 1995 to win his first career start, leading Cleveland to a 24-10 victory over the Raiders. W.N.B.A.: For the second straight year, the Wings won the league’s draft lottery. The Dallas team took Paige Bueckers at No. 1 last time, and she went on to win rookie of the year. RECIPE OF THE DAY Sarah DiGregorio’s slow cooker chili. Julia Gartland for The New York Times. Food Stylist: LIza Jernow. This is a good week to cook big, bold flavors in advance of the Thanksgiving feast. I like this slow-cooker chili for that — it’s richly spiced, with layers of deep, savory flavor that arise from the unexpected additions of unsweetened cocoa, soy sauce and Worcestershire. You don’t need to make it in a slow cooker. Add a little more water to the stew and you can burble it into excellence on the stovetop in about an hour. Serve with hot sauce, grated sharp Cheddar cheese, sliced scallions, sour cream and corn chips. Is nice. DON’T CALL IT A COMEBACK Louis C.K. at the Beacon Theater in Manhattan. Andy Kropa/Invision, via Associated Press Since Louis C.K. admitted to sexual misconduct eight years ago, the comedian has put out four different specials — hourlong sets of comedy filmed live. Our critic Jason Zinoman took in the latest at the Beacon Theater in New York last week. Taken together, he says, “it’s a large, underexamined, formally audacious body of work that represents a break from the past, but also continuity.” Onstage, Louis C.K. put it a little differently. “You can live a great life,” he said. “But you’re still alive after that part.” More on culture Christie’s experts believe this drawing is by Michelangelo. via Christie's A new drawing said to be by Michelangelo has been discovered — a sketch of the bare right foot of the model who posed for one of the majestic figures on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The drawing’s owner inherited it from his grandmother in 2002. It had been in his family since the late 1700s, he said. It was authenticated by experts at Christie’s and will go up for auction next year, where it could become the most expensive drawing of a foot in the world. We asked some musical theater heavy-hitters to make the case for their art. Here’s “5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Musicals.” THE MORNING RECOMMENDS … In “Death by Lightning.” Larry Horricks/Netflix Stream yourself back to the Garfield administration with “Death by Lightning” on Netflix. It’s about political violence, yes, but it’s also a hoot. Brush your teeth more effectively with this electric toothbrush recommended by the exacting dentalists at Wirecutter. Ski without going broke. Our Travel desk has some tips. (Try Colorado first.) Read some cowboy noir by John Stonehouse. His “An American Outlaw” puts you way out in the Texas badlands after a bank heist goes terribly wrong. Take our news quiz. GAMES Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangram was ennoblement. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections, Sports Connections and Strands. Thanks for spending part of your morning with me and The Times. See you tomorrow. — Sam Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Reach our team at themorning@nytimes.com. 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Wisconsin woman in 2014 Slender Man stabbing is found a day after walking away from group home MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The search for a missing Wisconsin woman who almost killed her sixth-grade classmate more than a decade ago to please horror character Slender Man ended Sunday night when police discovered her sleeping outside an Illinois truck stop. https://apnews.com/article/slender-man-stabbing-missing-woman-found-193ba2ceb6ef77a17b3d499e54e095ff?

Officials say progress made on amending US peace plan for Ukraine Officials on Monday said progress was made in urgent weekend talks on amending the U.S. peace proposal for Ukraine that many saw as favoring Russia, but the Kremlin said it hadn’t seen the changes. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-talks-geneva-82df43cdad38d81cd86b1907b25436da?

Stores keep prices down in a tough year for turkeys. Other Thanksgiving foods may cost more The shrinking turkey population is expected to cause wholesale prices to rise 44% this year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Read more. What to know: Despite the increase, many stores are offering discounted or even free turkeys to soften the potential blow to Thanksgiving meal budgets. But even if the bird is cheaper than last year, the ingredients to prepare the rest of the holiday feast may not be. Tariffs on imported steel, for example, have increased prices for canned goods. As of Nov. 17, a basket of 11 Thanksgiving staples — including a 10-pound frozen turkey, 10 Russet potatoes, a box of stuffing and cans of corn, green beans and cranberry sauce – cost $58.81, or 4.1% more than last year, according to Datasembly, a market research company that surveys weekly prices at 150,000 U.S. stores. Avian viruses are the main culprit. But another reason for turkey’s higher wholesale prices has been an increase in consumer demand as other meats have gotten more expensive, according to Mark Jordan, the executive director of Leap Market Analytics. Beef prices were up 14% in September compared with last year, for example. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ FACT FOCUS: Trump says Thanksgiving dinner will cost 25% less this year. His numbers are misleading Senator demands answers on Northwest fuel pipeline shutdown that could affect Thanksgiving travel

US set to label Maduro-tied Cartel de los Soles as a terror organization. It’s not a cartel per se President Donald Trump’s administration is set to ramp up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Monday by designating the Cartel de los Soles as a foreign terrorist organization. But the entity that the U.S. government alleges is led by Maduro is not a cartel per se. Read more. What to know: The designation is the latest measure in the Trump administration’s escalating campaign to combat drug trafficking into the U.S. In previewing the step about a week ago, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused Cartel de los Soles, or Cartel of the Suns, of being “responsible for terrorist violence” in the Western Hemisphere. Venezuelans began using the term Cartel de los Soles in the 1990s to refer to high-ranking military officers who had grown rich from drug-running. As corruption later expanded nationwide, first under the late President Hugo Chávez and then under Maduro, its use loosely expanded to police and government officials as well as activities like illegal mining and fuel trafficking. “It is not a group,” said Adam Isaacson, director for defense oversight at the Washington Office on Latin America organization. “It’s not like a group that people would ever identify themselves as members. They don’t have regular meetings. They don’t have a hierarchy.” RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Airlines cancel flights to Venezuela after FAA warns of worsening security, military activity Thousands of arrests by Trump’s crime-fighting task force in Memphis strain crowded jail and courts Aftermath of Chicago’s intense immigration crackdown leaves lawsuits, investigations and anxiety RFK Jr. says he’s following ‘gold standard’ science. Here’s what to know Mamdani stands by Trump criticism despite friendly White House meeting A sheriff, a billionaire, a tinge of scandal. California governor’s race packs drama, uncertainty Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a law legalizing sports betting. He now says he’s opposed to it Trump pledge to ‘immediately’ end protections for Minnesota Somalis sparks fear and legal questions Tea tariffs once sparked a revolution. Now they are creating angst Trump’s US tariff reversal hailed as victory by Brazilian coffee exporters Supreme Court blocks order that found Texas congressional map is likely racially biased Federal judge orders release of 16 migrants detained in Idaho raid, citing due process violations Alabama board votes to remove books about being transgender from public library youth sections Muslim civil rights group sues Texas for labeling it a terrorist organization NJ high court rules shaken baby syndrome testimony unreliable and inadmissible in child abuse cases WATCH: White House ballroom construction continues where East Wing once stood Trump teaming up with Jack Nicklaus to revamp ‘president’s golf course’ at Joint Base Andrews OpEd: Executive editor Julie Pace on why AP is standing for your right to speak freely

Former Prince Andrew should testify in US investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, UK leader suggests Pressure is increasing for the former Prince Andrew to give evidence to a U.S. congressional committee investigating the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after Britain’s prime minister suggested he should testify. Keir Starmer declined to comment directly about King Charles III’s disgraced younger brother, but told reporters that as a “general principle” people should provide evidence to investigators. Read more. What to know: “I don’t comment on his particular case,’’ Starmer said. “But as a general principle I’ve held for a very long time is that anybody who has got relevant information in relation to these kind of cases should give that evidence to those that need it.’’ The former prince, now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, has so far ignored a request from members of the House Oversight Committee for a “transcribed interview” about his “long-standing friendship” with Epstein. Andrew was stripped of his royal titles and honors last month as the royal family tried to insulate itself from criticism about his relationship with Epstein. Starmer’s comments came after Rep. Robert Garcia of California, the committee’s ranking Democrat, and Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, a Democrat from Virginia, said Andrew “continues to hide” from serious questions. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Republicans hyped the Epstein files for years. Now Trump is under pressure to deliver The fallout of Epstein’s crimes spans the globe. Here’s a look at some of those paying the price Epstein’s accusers grapple with complex emotions about promised release of Justice Department files

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Epstein files The Justice Department has asked a federal judge in Florida to reconsider unsealing grand jury materials related to an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, as the agency faces a congressionally-mandated deadline to release all documents related to the convicted sex offender next month. In its filing on Friday, the Justice Department cited the passage of a law mandating the release of all of its Epstein files within 30 days, arguing, “public production of the grand jury material is therefore required.” But the legislation, which President Donald Trump signed into law last week, does not specifically mention grand jury materials.

Trump health care proposal President Donald Trump is planning to unveil a new proposal for addressing health care costs as soon as today, as his administration tries to avert a spike in premiums driven by the expiration of key Affordable Care Act subsidies, three people familiar with the matter told CNN. The plan aims to fulfill Trump’s vow to deliver a better alternative to the enhanced ACA subsidies relied on by nearly 22 million people and comes after Democrats rejected measures to reopen the shuttered government for more than a month over their demand for a clean extension of those payments. If the subsidies expire, the premiums people pay are expected to more than double next year, according to KFF, a nonpartisan health policy research group.

Nigeria Kidnapping Attack Fifty students escaped their captors after a mass kidnapping in Nigeria last week, a Christian organization revealed yesterday. The abduction is among the largest in the country’s history; more than 250 people remain captive, including students as young as 10 years old. The attack took place early Friday, when unidentified armed men stormed St. Mary's Private Catholic School in the country’s central Niger state, abducting 303 students and 12 staff members. It followed a deadly gun attack on a church in neighboring Kwara state, and came days after gunmen kidnapped 25 schoolgirls in Kebbi state. No group has claimed responsibility for the recent attacks, which have forced widespread school closures. Authorities have largely characterized violence in the region, including kidnapping-for-ransom attacks, as a clash over strained resources. President Donald Trump has threatened to end all aid to Nigeria over the issue, accusing the government of failing to protect Christians. See previous write-up here.

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💥 Scoop: DNC eyes Mamdani playbook Democratic politicians and activists are quietly lobbying to upend the way the party picks its presidential nominee — by using ranked-choice voting. It's a tool that drew national attention when it propelled New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to a decisive primary win. 🏎️ Driving the news: DNC chair Ken Martin and other top party officials have met privately with advocates who are pushing for the voting method to be expanded for the 2028 primaries, three sources tell Axios. Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, Joe Biden pollster Celinda Lake and the nonprofit FairVote Action pitched the idea at a recent meeting, the sources said. 🔎 Zoom in: Supporters say ranked-choice voting — which allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference — would prevent people's votes from being "wasted" after presidential candidates drop out and encourage coalition-building among contenders. Critics say it would increase waiting times at the polls and be a logistical quagmire. Others argue it would lengthen the primary, for better or worse. The idea has gotten a mixed response within the DNC. It would need approval by the party's powerful rules and bylaws committee, and then a majority of the 450-member DNC. States also would have to amend their election laws. Keep reading. — Holly Otterbein

The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine Federal prosecutors have filed a new indictment in response to a July 4 noise demonstration outside the Prairieland ICE detention facility in Alvarado, Texas, during which a police officer was shot. https://theintercept.com/2025/11/23/prairieland-ice-antifa-zines-criminalize-protest-journalism/? Nydia Velázquez Hears Calls for Generational Change, Setting Up a Fight on the Left in New York Rep. Nydia Velázquez knew it was time to retire when Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayoral race. https://theintercept.com/2025/11/22/new-york-democrats-nydia-velazquez-retire/? How Universities Used Counterterror Intelligence-Sharing Hubs to Surveil Pro-Palestine Students From a statewide counterterrorism surveillance and intelligence-sharing hub in Ohio, a warning went out to administrators at the Ohio State University: “Currently, we are aware of a demonstration that is planned to take place at Ohio State University this evening (4/25/2024) at 1700 hours. Please see the attached flyers. It is possible that similar events will occur on campuses across Ohio in the coming days.” https://theintercept.com/2025/11/21/fusion-centers-gaza-student-protests-surveillance/? AIPAC Donors Back Real Estate Tycoon Who Opposed Gaza Ceasefire for Deep-Blue Chicago Seat Pro-Israel donors have picked a candidate to replace Rep. Danny Davis in Chicago. https://theintercept.com/2025/11/22/chicago-congress-aipac-jason-friedman/? Wyden Blasts Kristi Noem for Abusing Subpoena Power to Unmask ICE Watcher Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is calling on the Department of Homeland Security to cease what he describes as an illegal abuse of customs law to reveal the identities of social media accounts tracking the activity of ICE agents, according to a letter shared with The Intercept. https://theintercept.com/2025/11/21/wyden-noem-dhs-customs-unmask-social-media/? Abdul El-Sayed Wants to Be the First Pro-Palestine Senator From Michigan Abdul El-Sayed didn’t want to talk about his opponents. Running for Senate in the swing state of Michigan, he’s been pitching his progressive agenda against the familiar antagonist Democrats have in Donald Trump — not against the other two viable candidates competing to become his party’s nominee. https://theintercept.com/2025/11/20/abdul-el-sayed-michigan-senate-israel-gaza/? The FBI Wants AI Surveillance Drones With Facial Recognition The FBI is looking for ways to incorporate artificial intelligence into drones, according to federal procurement documents. https://theintercept.com/2025/11/21/fbi-ai-surveillance-drones-facial-recognition/? Robert Reich Thinks Democrats Are On the Brink of a New Era The Labor Department reported September jobs numbers on Thursday, showing employers added 119,000 jobs to the economy but also an increase in unemployment to 4.4 percent. “The September report shows fairly good job growth, but every other report we have for October shows a slowdown,” says Robert Reich, the former secretary of labor under President Bill Clinton. https://theintercept.com/2025/11/21/briefing-podcast-robert-reich/?

At 17, She Gave Up Her Son. Sixty Years Later, She Found Him on Death Row. Sandra never knew what happened to the child she had at 17. https://theintercept.com/2025/11/20/malik-abdul-sajjad-richard-randolph-florida-executions-desantis/?

Bolsonaro’s conviction brings vindication for some Brazilians who lost loved ones to COVID-19 SAO PAULO (AP) — Simone Guimarães, a retired 52-year-old teacher in Rio de Janeiro, lost at least five relatives to COVID-19: her husband, sister, two brothers-in-law and the godfather of her grandchild. She also lost friends and neighbors. https://apnews.com/article/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-trial-prison-covid-eb425ff365ed28833038820ebed998e1?