Trump News for Monday, November 24, 2025

UN climate negotiations burned up and then fizzled out

Justine Calma, The Verge

"It's a wrap … Don't forget to buy an 'i survived Belém' shirt," reads the opening line of an email I got Saturday, the final day of highly anticipated United Nations climate negotiations in Belém, Brazil. The email was sent from Shravya Jain-Conti, the US cl…

Trump’s revenge campaign falls flat

Cameron Peters, Vox

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: President Donald Trump’s campaign of political prosecu…

WATCH: 'Gobble' and 'Waddle' enjoy hotel stay ahead of presidential turkey pardon

ABC News

Ahead of Tuesday's annual presidential turkey pardon ceremony, "Gobble" and "Waddle" are spending the night at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C., after arriving from North Carolina on Monday.

WATCH: Pentagon investigating Sen. Kelly, citing 'serious allegations of misconduct'

ABC News

The Department of Defense on Monday said it is launching a "thorough review" into Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, citing "serious allegations of misconduct."

The One Place Trump’s Power Remains Constrained

Randall D. Eliason, The Atlantic

In the court system, when the president’s bluster collides with facts and evidence, he keeps losing.

Judge seeks settlement in 'Alligator Alcatraz' civil rights lawsuit

Associated Press, Yahoo Entertainment

A federal judge in Florida wants civil rights attorneys and lawyers for the U.S. and for Florida to meet next month to hammer out a settlement in a lawsuit...

Godfrey Questions Nicki Minaj's U.N. Speech, Doubts She's Being Generous

TMZ Staff, TMZ

Godfrey's not convinced Nicki Minaj is going to bat for Christians in Nigeria for all the right reasons ... and he wonders if she's trying to get on President Trump's good side for something down the line. We got the comedian at LAX on Monday, and…

How X's new location feature exposed big US politics accounts

BBC News

Dozens of pro-Trump accounts are being accused of misleading followers after the social media site began showing user locations.

Meta Allegedly Profited by $16B From Scam Ads. US Senators Demand FTC, SEC Probe

Macy Meyer, CNET

The lawmakers say Meta's platforms may be implicated in "about a third of all US scams" and linked to more than $50 billion in consumer losses last year.

Trump's ACA reforms could be worse than losing subsidies: Analyst

Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Entertainment

President Trump is reportedly considering extending the Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies, conditional on significant reforms. Raymond James managing...

BBC chair vows to stay to 'fix' problems

BBC News

Samir Shah says he is "not someone who walks away" after criticism of his handling of the recent crisis over Panorama's edit of a Donald Trump speech.

It Turns Out Lindsey Halligan Was a Fake Prosecutor All Along

Mark Joseph Stern, Slate Magazine

This fight is not over.

Todd Blanche Keeps Humiliating the Department of Justice

Dahlia Lithwick, Slate Magazine

What do you do when America’s lawyers seem to be representing the person of the president instead of the interests of the people?

China's rising influence in space prompts Senate to call for new US research institute in post-ISS era

Elizabeth Howell, Space.com

Congress is worried that China and its Tiangong space station will make research gains against the U.S. after the ISS retires in 2030. New legislation aims to counter that.

Where Is the Trump Phone?

Lucas Ropek, Gizmodo.com

Is it located in the same place as the plan to repeal and replace Obamacare?

DOJ asks judges to authorize release of Epstein and Maxwell grand jury material

Peter Charalambous, ABC News

A bill mandating the release of the Epstein files was recently signed into law.

Broadcast giant Sinclair makes bid to buy out EW Scripps for $7 per share

WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS, Yahoo Entertainment

Sinclair has submitted a bid to buy out E.W. Scripps for $7 per share, in a deal that could bring further consolidation across America's local TV news...

Trump expected to propose Obamacare subsidy extension, report says

By Jarrett Renshaw, Yahoo Entertainment

(Reuters) -The White House is preparing to unveil a health-policy framework that would extend Affordable Care Act insurance premium subsidies for two ​years,...

Three vessels bound for US Gulf Coast terminals to load soybeans, sorghum for China

By Karl Plume, Yahoo Entertainment

CHICAGO (Reuters) -Two cargo vessels were headed for grain port terminals near New Orleans on Monday to load with ​the first U. soybean shipments to China...

Trump’s gambit to save Republicans from a giant health insurance spike comes with a $50 billion price tag, CRFB estimates

Nick Lichtenberg, Yahoo Entertainment

The $38 trillion national debt, which always seems to be growing, could expand even further if Trump extends ACA subsidies, as reports indicate.

Bill Maher is Secretly Text Buddies With Donald Trump

JM McNab, Cracked.com

By JM McNab Published: November 24th, 2025

If Your Antitrust Case Depends On Pretending TikTok Doesn’t Exist, It’s Going To Fail

Mike Masnick, Techdirt

Last week’s dismissal of the FTC’s antitrust case against Meta—combined with the earlier limited remedies in the Google search case—demonstrates something that should be obvious by now: antitrust is a pathetically weak tool for increasing competition in digit…

DHS Denies Its X Account Was Based in Israel as New Location Tracking Creates Chaos

Matt Novak, Gizmodo.com

Elon Musk's big change to X has caused an apocalypse for MAGA influencers, but it's not all good news.

Trump admin faces major backlash for targeting American hero: ‘Petty, insecure loser’

Lauren Sforza, nj.com

Now, the Pentagon announced it would be launching a “thorough review” of Sen. Mark Kelly’s conduct.

WATCH: Criminal cases against Comey and James dismissed

ABC News

A judge dismissed cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James on the grounds that the appointment of the attorney who brought the indictments was invalid.

WATCH: Jamaican reggae legend Jimmy Cliff dies at 81

ABC News

Grammy Award-winning singer and actor Jimmy Cliff, who helped Jamaican reggae music find its place within global pop culture, has died at 81.

US judge dismisses criminal charges against James Comey, Letitia James

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

The court found that lawyer Lindsey Halligan had been illegally appointed to her role as acting US attorney under Trump.

Exclusive-Americans waiting for Obamacare subsidies delay or drop health insurance

By Amina Niasse, Yahoo Entertainment

By Amina Niasse NEW YORK (Reuters) -Officials from several U.S. states say Americans relying on subsidies to afford Obamacare health insurance are holding...

Updated peace plan could be a deal Ukraine will take - eventually

BBC News

The proposed plan is said to have been significantly changed since Sunday - but key sticking points are likely to remain.

Trump administration ends temporary immigration status for Myanmar citizens

Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English

Myanmar faces an ongoing civil war that has caused widespread displacement, leading the US to warn against travel there.

New Twitter Feature Reveals That Profitable “MAGA” Accounts Are Actually Scammers From the Developing World Cashing in on Gullible Americans

Victor Tangermann, Futurism

"This is total armageddon for the online right."

Charlamagne The God Loved Trump’s ‘Quiet, Piggy,’ ‘Joke’

Opheli Garcia Lawler, Cracked.com

A new episode of ‘Brilliant Idiots’ addressed one of the biggest controversies of last week

Federal Judge Spends Most Of 233 Pages Calling Out DHS, ICE, CBP, Border Patrol For Their Lies

Tim Cushing, Techdirt

Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino has already made a name for himself during Trump’s second administration. He began making this name by engaging in an unapproved sweep of the area he controlled in California as Trump was still waiting to be sworn in. Th…

Pentagon investigates Democrat senator for telling troops to refuse 'illegal orders'

NPR Washington Desk, NPR

The Pentagon says it's opening an investigation into Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly in the wake of a video of Democratic lawmakers urging servicemembers not to comply with 'illegal orders."

Gamers Are Using GTA V and Fortnite To Fight Against ICE

Alyssa Mercante, Kotaku

Only in Fortnite can you Boogie Bomb an ICE agent and force them to dance under a disco ball The post Gamers Are Using GTA V and Fortnite To Fight Against ICE appeared first on Kotaku.

Drugs sneaked into Ohio prison soaked into the pages of 'Hillbilly Elegy'

JULIE CARR SMYTH, Yahoo Entertainment

Vice President JD Vance's memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,” has a storied history as a New York Times bestseller, as the then-31-year-old's introduction to the...

Judge tosses indictments against James Comey and Tish James

Katherine Faulders, Alexander Mallin, Peter Charalambous, ABC News

A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

US judge tosses case against ex-FBI chief Comey, rebuking Trump prosecutor

By Andrew Goudsward, Yahoo Entertainment

By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Monday tossed out criminal charges against former FBI Director James Comey based on a procedural...

Judge dismisses Comey, James indictments after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed

ERIC TUCKER, Yahoo Entertainment

A federal judge on Monday dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that...

Ukraine allies give cautious welcome to ‘modified’ peace framework

Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English

Trump claims 'big progress', but Russia gives signs of discord as Putin aide Ushakov says changes 'unsuitable for us'.

WATCH: 'Slender Man' attacker told officers to Google her name, police say

ABC News

Illinois police said "Slender Man" stabbing assailant Morgan Geyser told officers who asked for her identity to "just Google" her name when she was captured on Sunday.

WATCH: Rep. Greene says she's not seeking White House amid feud with Trump

ABC News

Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's "not running for president" after she announced she's leaving office in January amid a feud with President Donald Trump.

X’s New Feature Reveals Why Trust & Safety Work Was Never About The ‘Censorship Industrial Complex’

Mike Masnick, Techdirt

For the last few years, Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, and their allies have spent considerable energy attacking both academic researchers studying disinformation and the trust & safety teams at social media platforms working to identify and remove coord…

Pentagon says it's launching 'thorough review' into Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly

Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News

The Department of Defense on Monday said it is launching a "thorough review" into Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly.

Pentagon threatens to prosecute Senator Mark Kelly by recalling him to Navy service

Reuters, Yahoo Entertainment

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Pentagon on Monday threatened to recall Senator Mark Kelly, a retired Navy captain, to active duty status in order to prosecute him...

NATO Taps Google For Air-Gapped Sovereign Cloud

msmash, Slashdot.org

NATO has hired Google to provide "air-gapped" sovereign cloud services and AI in "completely disconnected, highly secure environments." From a report: The Chocolate Factory will support the military alliance's Joint Analysis, Training, and Education Centre (J…

The president did not get his facts straight before his latest hit on the ex-MAGA darling, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.

The Daily Beast, Daily Beast

President Donald Trump must have been half asleep when he flipped on Fox News this morning. Trump, 79, showered Rep. Tim Burchett with praise in a 7:32 a.m. ...

DOGE Is Officially Dead

Ece Yildirim, Gizmodo.com

The project no longer exists, despite eight months left on its mandate.

Trump calls out Pritzker, Chicago mayor after tree lighting riot: 'BRING IN TRUMP'

FOX News Videos, Fox News

Fox News' Mike Tobin provides details on the violence in Chicago after a tree lighting ceremony, which resulted in one death and eight injuries. Chicago...

Trump, Xi spoke on phone Monday to discuss trade, Taiwan and Ukraine, US and Chinese officials say

SEUNG MIN KIM and DIDI TANG, Yahoo Entertainment

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke by phone on Monday to discuss trade, Taiwan and Ukraine, according to the White House and...

Aileen Cannon Is Back In A Bad Sequel To Her Trump Debut

Yahoo Entertainment

Zelensky warns against giving away territory as latest Ukraine talks end

BBC News

Talks in Geneva between US and Ukrainian officals have ended with "progress" made - but sticking points remain.

Inside the World of Luigi Mangione’s Most Fervent Supporters

Kate Storey, Rolling Stone

As the murder suspect's legal battle continues, some fans swoon online while activist groups make him the face of health care and social justice reform

Waller says he had 'nice, great' meeting with Bessent as Fed chair decision looms

Reuters, Yahoo Entertainment

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said he met with Treasury ​Secretary Scott Bessent recently to further discuss his possible nomination ‌as Fed...

Stocks rise, Trump healthcare plan, Thanksgiving travel: 3 Things

Yahoo Finance Video, Yahoo Entertainment

US stock futures (ES=F, NQ=F, YM=F) are rising in Monday's pre-market trading, attempting to stage a comeback rally from last week's losses as Wall Street...

The Conservative Movement’s Intellectual Collapse

Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic

Trump is both a product and a cause of the decline in intellectual standards on the right.

Pete Hegseth Just Threatened to Recall Sen. Mark Kelly to Active Duty Just to Court-Martial Him

Jim Vorel, Jezebel

Mark Kelly retired from the Navy as a Captain in 2011 to support spouse Gabby Giffords following her assassination attempt.

Zelensky Responds to Trump’s Tantrum About Gratitude

Will Neal, Daily Beast

President Volodymyr Zelensky has been forced once again to underscore how grateful he and his people are for U.S. support after Donald Trump moaned about...

Steam Machine Price: Valve May Have Just Given The Best Clue Yet

Eddie Makuch, GameSpot

Valve will not say what the Steam Machine's price is just yet, and in this information vacuum, people are offering all kinds of different theories and guesses as to what the six-inch cube-like system may cost. Now, Valve has yet again commented on the pricing…

The Latest: US to label Venezuela’s Cartel de los Soles as a terror organization

The Associated Press, Yahoo Entertainment

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...

The Hardest Job in San Francisco

Ethan Brooks, The Atlantic

“You spent six months to get somebody to take a medication. Was that really worthwhile?”

Venezuela rejects 'ridiculous' US plan to designate Cartel de los Soles as terrorist organization

Reuters, Yahoo Entertainment

(Reuters) -The Venezuelan government on Monday rejected what it called a "ridiculous" U.S. plan to designate the "nonexistent" Cartel de los Soles a...

Have we found a greener way to do deep-sea mining?

Alec Luhn, New Scientist

There are widespread concerns that deep-sea mining for metals will damage fragile ecosystems. But if mining ever goes ahead, hydrogen plasma could shrink the carbon footprint of smelting the metal ores

Trump's peace plan for Ukraine. And, why Marjorie Taylor Greene is resigning

Brittney Melton, NPR

European leaders are skeptical of President Trump's peace plan for Ukraine. And, what led Marjorie Taylor Greene to announce she will resign from Congress next year.

Why college students prefer News Daddy over The New York Times

Victoria Le, The Verge

Ankit Khanal gets his news from News Daddy. More than 20 times a day, Khanal, a sophomore at George Mason University, opens TikTok to have the biggest stories of the day delivered to him by a bleach-blonde 26-year-old named Dylan Page, one of the leading face…

Stop buying USB Wi-Fi adapters for your PC

Tanveer Singh, XDA Developers

Just use PCIe cards and skip all the limitations of USB adapters

An Anatomy of the MAGA Mind

George Packer, The Atlantic

Under Trump, post-liberal intellectuals have abandoned tradition for radicalism and scholarship for vulgarity.

Trump's Second Term Approval Numbers Are Finally Cratering

Jim Vorel, Jezebel

From June to October, Trump's approval numbers were stubbornly immobile, but some voters have now finally had enough.

Trump Family Fortune Plummets in Stinging Crypto Crash

Ewan Palmer, Daily Beast

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...

Russia launches deadly attack on Kharkiv amid 'productive' US-Ukraine talks

David Brennan, ABC News

At least four people were killed and 17 injured in Ukraine's northeastern city of Kharkiv in what the local mayor called a “massive” Russian drone attack on Sunday night.

RFK Jr. Wrote Olivia Nuzzi Pervy Poems

Danielle Han, Jezebel

Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.

US appeals court to rule if Trump can ban AP from Oval Office

By Jan Wolfe, Yahoo Entertainment

By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Monday will hear oral arguments in the Associated Press's battle with President Donald Trump over ...

The rising star tipped to end Hegseth’s chaotic reign at the Pentagon

Benedict Smith, Yahoo Entertainment

When Volodymyr Zelensky was presented with the US plan to end the Ukraine war on Thursday, he met not Donald Trump’s secretary of war but a little-known 38...

COP30 keeps climate cooperation alive but hanging by a thread

Alec Luhn, New Scientist

The 194 countries still taking part in UN climate negotiations reaffirmed the Paris Agreement following the US withdrawal, even if they agreed on little else

Trump seizes control of Republicans' 2026 election strategy with his presidency on the line

By Nandita Bose and Tim Reid, Yahoo Entertainment

By Nandita Bose and Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump isn't on the ballot in next November's midterm elections, but he’s plunging into...

COP30 In Brazil Highlights Global Climate Challenges and Indigenous voices

Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Alex Sugiura, Scientific American

A new study finds that fluoride is safe for kids’ brain—and linked to slightly better test scores.

Far-right Australian senator draws ire by donning a burqa in parliament

CBSNews, CBS News

Anti-immigration party senator Pauline Hanson said of her protest: "If they don't want me wearing it — ban the burqa."

‘We’re toast’: Virginia GOP erupts in finger-pointing after sweeping Democratic wins

Markus Schmidt, Virginiamercury.com

Rick Buchanan didn’t expect to walk out before the first session even ended. The chair of the 5th Congressional District GOP Committee had arrived at the...

'Nobody wants to come': What if the U.S. can no longer attract immigrant physicians?

Yuki Noguchi, NPR

Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.

THC drinks are flying high. A new hemp law could kill the buzz

Bill Chappell, NPR

Drinks infused with cannabis' buzzy compound THC are wildly popular and available in many states. But a year from now, the hemp-based products could be banned under a newly approved federal law.

Trump admin live updates: Trump says tariff payments set to 'skyrocket'

Kevin Shalvey, ABC News

President Donald Trump is scheduled at 4 p.m. ET on Monday to sign an executive order, according to the White House.

US plan to stop Ukraine war is “not reasonable”

Al Jazeera English

“Trump has squeezed and pushed the Ukrainians very, very hard.”

Aggressive ICE raids in a purple state could come back to haunt Trump.

The Daily Beast, Daily Beast

The Trump administration is facing an internal backlash over brutal immigration tactics in a key purple state. Aggressive ICE raids in Charlotte, North...

Tim Cook May Not Be Leaving Apple As Soon As You Think

staff@bgr.com (Yoni Heisler), BGR

While rumors indicated Tim Cook exiting Apple as early as next year, it seems like he's set to retain his CEO role thanks to economic and political expertise.

US adds Venezuelan ‘cartel’ to terror list as military threat rises

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

Move offers potential cover as Trump eyes expanded operations against Venezuela's Maduro.

Europe Is Bending the Knee to the US on Tech Policy

Mila Fiordalisi, Wired

The Trump administration's pressure on European regulators is having an impact, with fewer restrictions on Big Tech and canceled measures.

In Geneva, U.S. and Ukraine officials report progress on ending war with Russia

The Associated Press, NPR

Top U.S. and Ukrainian officials said Sunday they'd made progress toward ending the Russia-Ukraine war but provided scant details after discussing the American proposal to achieve peace.

US set to label Maduro-tied Cartel de los Soles as a terror organization. It's not a cartel per se

REGINA GARCIA CANO, Yahoo Entertainment

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...

WATCH: Roommates help rescue Vietnam vet stuck in California floodwaters

ABC News

A pair of roommates helped rescue a Vietnam veteran as his car floated away in floodwaters in Southern California early on Friday morning.

Trump, 79, Posts Wild AI Pics to Try to Justify Death Threats

Julia Ornedo, Daily Beast

President Donald Trump is using AI to self-soothe after his call to punish “seditious” Democratic lawmakers was met with intense backlash. Trump, 79, fancied...

How the Nexperia chip crisis upended auto supply chains - again

Reuters, Yahoo Entertainment

DONGGUAN, China (Reuters) -A factory next to a weed-ridden lot in China's industrial south has become a global choke point for automotive chips, upending a...

Union asks judge to order Trump officials to fund US consumer watchdog

Reuters, Yahoo Entertainment

() -A federal employees' union on Sunday asked a federal judge to order the Trump administration to ​fund the top U. consumer watchdog, weeks after ‌the...

Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of JFK, says she has a rare terminal cancer

Michael Levitt, NPR

In an essay in The New Yorker, Tatiana Schlossberg says she has acute myeloid leukemia. She also criticized her relative, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Gaza food kitchens still missing essential products despite ceasefire

BBC News

Israel is allowing more food into Gaza, but aid workers say vital ingredients needed to improve people's diets are still missing.

Key figures in BBC crisis to be questioned by MPs

BBC News

A former adviser, whose memo sparked resignations from the BBC's director general and head of news, will take questions publicly for the first time.

Before floating challenge to Trump's governor pick, James Fishback sought Fed role

Will Steakin, Max Zahn, ABC News

James Fishback, a 30-year-old investment firm CEO and political newcomer whose behavior has puzzled some in the MAGA world, could announce a run for Florida governor.