POLITICS * Deadly Australian shooting targeted Jewish community, premier says - (ABC News) * US envoys arrive in Berlin for another round of Ukraine peace talks - (Associated Press) * Thailand launches new offensive as Cambodia halts all border crossings - (Al Jazeera English) * Israel says it has killed Hamas leader in Gaza,
POLITICS * Trump seems to wave the white flag on his US attorneys gambit - (Politico) * Trump's White House ballroom construction draws lawsuit from preservationists - (Axios) * How Nobel laureate María Corina Machado escaped from Venezuela - (The Washington Post) * Zelensky to meet Witkoff and Kushner on Trump'
POLITICS * DHS Secretary Kristi Noem confronted about veteran in contentious hearing over deportations - (ABC News) * Nobel winner asked Trump not to strike boat as she escaped Venezuela - (Newsnationnow.com) * Trump asserts he has pardoned county clerk convicted in Colorado case - (The Washington Post) * Trump signs order blocking
POLITICS * Ukraine officially responds to U.S. peace plan under pressure from Trump - (Axios) * Trump says the U.S. has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela - (NPR) * Nobel laureate María Corina Machado makes public appearance in Norway, her first in 11 months - (CBS News)
POLITICS * Venezuela’s Machado won’t attend Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, Norway’s public broadcaster reports - (CNN) * Trump's speech on combating inflation turns to grievances about immigrants - (NPR) * After Trump criticism, Zelensky says he’s ready to hold elections - (The Washington Post) * Democrat Eileen Higgins
POLITICS * Fact-checking Trump’s denial over releasing Venezuela boat strike video - (BBC News) * JD Vance's hedging on a presidential run could imperil his campaign finance Supreme Court case - (NBC News) * Dems face a Tea Party-style revolt in Texas and beyond in 2026 races - (Axios) * Miami
POLITICS * Redistricting in Indiana faces ultimate test in state Senate - (Associated Press) * One year after Assad's fall: What has Syria achieved? - (DW (English)) * Thailand launches airstrikes on Cambodia as Trump’s peace agreement hangs in balance - (CNN) * Trump says Zelensky ‘isn’t ready’ to approve
POLITICS * Soldiers announce apparent military coup in Benin - (Associated Press) * December 6, 2025 - (Substack.com) * Bodies of 17 people found in boat off of Greece’s Crete - (Al Jazeera English) * Hegseth won't commit to releasing video of second strike on alleged drug boat: "We
POLITICS * Under RFK Jr., the CDC provides a megaphone to the anti-vaccine movement - (The Washington Post) * National Guard member who survived D.C. attack 'slowly healing,' West Virginia's governor says - (NBC News) * Boat Strike Survivors Clung to Wreckage for Some 45 Minutes Before U.
POLITICS * US Urged Europeans to Oppose EU Plan for Loan to Support Ukraine - (Bloomberg) * ‘Signalgate’ report contradicts Hegseth’s claim of ‘total exoneration’ - (The Washington Post) * Grand jury rejects new mortgage fraud indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James - (NPR) * Supreme Court allows Texas electoral map
POLITICS * 'New York Times' sues Pentagon over media restrictions - (NPR) * Emmanuel Macron warns of ‘disintegration’ risk to world order in Xi Jinping meeting - (Financial Times) * Trump grants full pardon to Tim Leiweke, key figure in Climate Pledge Arena development - (KOMO News) * Putin visits India amid
POLITICS * What Trump and Hegseth said after the Sept. 2 strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat - (ABC News) * Tennessee's special House election sets stage for affordability focused 2026 midterms - (NPR) * Obamacare subsidies expire this month. Many Republicans are shrugging. - (Politico) * Trump pauses immigration applications for
POLITICS * Unsafe netting used at Hong Kong fire site, officials say, as toll rises to 151 - (The Washington Post) * Noem reveals sweeping travel ban plan after meeting with Trump - (Axios) * DOJ deciding whether to seek new Comey, James indictments - (Politico) * Hegseth, with White House help, tries to
POLITICS * Ukraine peace talks shift to Moscow — the big unknown is whether Putin will play ball - (CNBC) * Internet service providers warn of mass disconnections in Supreme Court battle with record labels - (CNN) * Death toll climbs to 146 in Hong Kong high-rise fire, officials say - (ABC News) * Conservatives
POLITICS * Chancellor says she can be trusted with the UK's finances despite claims she misled the public - (BBC News) * Netanyahu writes to Israeli president requesting pardon in corruption cases - (Al Jazeera English) * Rubio and Witkoff are meeting with Ukraine's negotiators in Florida as Trump
POLITICS * Northwestern University agrees to pay $75 million as part of deal with Trump administration that restores frozen funds - (CNN) * No West Virginia National Guard troops deployed in D.C. have asked to leave since deadly shooting, governor says - (CBS News) * Pope joins Eastern and Western patriarchs at
POLITICS * Hong Kong apartment block fire death toll jumps to 128, officials warn could rise further - (CNN) * 'Expect charges very soon' — Investigators search Zelensky's chief of staff in Ukraine's biggest corruption case - (Kyivindependent.com) * Trump Says One National Guard Member in DC
POLITICS * South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa hits back after Donald Trump says US won't invite it for G20 summit - (BBC News) * Fire in Hong Kong high-rise complex kills at least 55 people, hundreds reported missing; 3 arrested - (CBS News) * What to know about shooting of
POLITICS * Italy now recognizes the crime of femicide and punishes it with life in prison - (NPR) * National Parks to raise fees by $100 for international tourists to popular U.S. parks - (NPR) * Noem made decision not to turn around deportation flights bound for El Salvador after judge'
POLITICS * U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces' - (NPR) * Trump’s Mamdani embrace complicates Elise Stefanik’s path to governor - (Politico) * 6 dead as Russian missiles 'rain down' in Kyiv, Ukrainian officials say - (ABC News) * US
POLITICS * 'Slender Man' stabbing assailant Morgan Geyser taken into custody after fleeing group home: Police - (ABC News) * In Geneva, U.S. and Ukraine officials report progress on ending war with Russia - (NPR) * Six killed in suicide attack on paramilitary complex in Pakistan’s Peshawar - (Al
POLITICS * Republicans left the Obamacare cliff to the last minute. Some are regretting it. - (Politico) * G20 adopts declaration despite US boycott - (DW (English)) * Jair Bolsonaro: Brazilian ex-president arrested after being determined a flight risk - (BBC News) * China says Japan sent 'shocking' wrong signal on Taiwan
POLITICS * Manhattan US attorney gets first big test ahead of Epstein files drop - (Politico) * How Marjorie Taylor Greene went from a top Trump ally to choosing to resign - (NPR) * Trump says he's terminating legal protections for Somali migrants in Minnesota - (NPR) * Kennedy says he told
POLITICS * US revives Ukraine-Russia peace push with Zelenskyy on the defensive - (ABC News) * Japan’s Takaichi Rejects China Demand To Retract Taiwan Remarks - (Bloomberg) * Eric Swalwell enters California governor’s race - (Politico) * Trump administration ordered to halt ‘unlawful’ Guard deployment in D.C. - (The Washington Post)
