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'F*ck You Guys!' Sen. Gallego Goes Nuclear On Pete Hegseth Investigating Mark Kelly

Nov 24th, 2025, 2:14 pm Sens. Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) hit back at Trump's Department of Defense on Monday after it announced an investigation into Kelly, a retired Navy Captain and former astronaut, over his appearance in a public service announcement urging soldiers not to follow illegal orders. Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth raged at Kelly on X while sharing the announcement. "The video made by the 'Seditious Six ' was despicable, reckless, and false. Encouraging our warrio ...

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Republican lawmakers grow alarmed over signs of 2026 election wipeout

11/24/25 6:00 AM ET GOP lawmakers are growing increasingly concerned over signs the 2026 midterm elections could be a wipeout for Republicans that could cost them control of the House and shave down their Senate majority by two or three seats. Republican senators say the off-year elections in New Jersey, Virginia and other parts of the country on Nov. 4 served as a wake-up call and warn that President Trump and Republican leaders in Congress need to address voters’ concerns about the slowing ...

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Melania Trump welcomes Christmas tree to the White House

Updated 1:15 PM CST, November 24, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Melania Trump on Monday welcomed this year’s official White House Christmas tree, a white fir from a farm in Michigan that arrived by horse-drawn carriage. The tree, which came from Korson’s Tree Farms, arrived on the North Portico. It was delivered by a pair of Clydesdales named Logan and Ben in a carriage driven by one of three men, all wearing top hats, who were on board. “It’s a beautiful tree,” the first lady said as she ...

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Trump administration formally designates Venezuela's Maduro as member of a foreign terrorist organization

Updated Nov 24, 2025, 1:00 PM ET PUBLISHED Nov 24, 2025, 5:00 AM ET The Trump administration could have expanded authority to take action against Venezuela starting Monday, as the US designates Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his government allies as members of a foreign terrorist organization. The designation of “Cartel de los Soles,” a phrase that experts say is more a description of allegedly corrupt government officials than an organized crime group, as a foreign terrorist organiza ...

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Thai woman found alive in coffin after being brought in for cremation

Updated 7:17 AM CST, November 24, 2025 Leer en español BANGKOK (AP) — A woman in Thailand shocked temple staff when she started moving in her coffin after being brought in for cremation. Wat Rat Prakhong Tham, a Buddhist temple in the province of Nonthaburi on the outskirts of Bangkok, posted a video on its Facebook page, showing a woman lying in a white coffin in the back of a pick-up truck, slightly moving her arms and head, leaving temple staff bewildered. Pairat Soodthoop, the temple’s g ...

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Republicans face a health care backlash in Georgia as subsidies set to expire

(Politico) Republicans across the country are in a bind of President Donald Trump’s making: After voting to end the 43-day federal shutdown, they have yet to articulate a plan to tackle the upcoming spike in health care premiums. That conundrum is coming into sharp relief in Georgia, a state with an especially high reliance on the Affordable Care Act, where Republicans have one of their best opportunities to pick up a Senate seat as they fight to maintain their grip on Congress.

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Kelly: 'We've heard very little' from Republicans since Trump's sedition posts

(The Hill) Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) on Sunday called on Republicans in Congress to denounce President Trump’s threats against him and five other Democratic lawmakers who said that service members can disobey illegal orders. “We’ve heard very little, basically crickets, from Republicans in the United States Congress about what the president has said about hanging members of Congress,” Kelly told host Margaret Brennan on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”

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Big changes to the agency charged with securing elections lead to midterm worries

(AP) Since it was created in 2018, the federal government’s cybersecurity agency has helped warn state and local election officials about potential threats from foreign governments, showed officials how to protect polling places from attacks and gamed out how to respond to the unexpected, such as an Election Day bomb threat or sudden disinformation campaign. The agency was largely absent from that space for elections this month in several states, a potential preview for the 2026 midterms.

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Trump calls for disgraced election official linked to his 'Big Lie' to be freed - as Colorado officials dig their heels

(The Independent) The battle over the fate of Tina Peters, a disgraced Colorado elections official who was convicted of felonies related to efforts to interfere with the 2020 election on Donald Trump’s behalf, grew thornier on Sunday with the intervention of the president himself. This past week the state’s Department of Corrections received a request from the U.S. Justice Department to transfer Peters into federal custody. The reasoning for the request was not explained, nor clear: Peters is not convicted of any federal crimes, as her case was adjudicated at the state level. Now, it seems the intent of that request is clear: Trump, on Sunday, called for Peters to be freed immediately.

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Turning Point leader, former GOP Rep pleads guilty to attempted election fraud

(AZ Mirror) Former Republican state legislator Austin Smith pleaded guilty Monday to what he previously called “ludicrous” charges that he personally forged more than 100 signatures on his petitions for reelection last year. The Republican from Surprise was a member of the far-right Arizona Freedom Caucus, which has a history of spreading false claims of election fraud in the 2020 presidential election and pushed for election law changes in the state legislature.

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Former Sen. Doug Jones launches Democratic bid for Alabama governor

55 min ago - Jones won a 2017 special Senate election against a Republican who faced allegations of sexual misconduct with underage girls. He lost to Sen. Tommy Tuberville in 2020. Nov. 24, 2025, 4:57 PM CST By Bridget Bowman Former Sen. Doug Jones announced Mond ... (nbc news)

Marjorie Taylor Greene's exit from Congress could spell trouble for Speaker Johnson

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Former Black Panther leader H. Rap Brown dies in prison hospital at 82

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Sudan's top general rejects US-led ceasefire proposal, calling it 'the worst yet'

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Trump Phone Is Nowhere to Be Seen 3 Months After Release Date

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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a rare Superman comic book! And it fetched $9.12M!

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Senate Democrat asks Trump for TikTok divestiture details

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Trump Admin Reacts After James Comey, Letitia James Cases Dismissed

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US Naval Academy fires commandant less than 6 months into role

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Karoline Leavitt jokes that job in Trump's administration has left her with PTSD: 'It's very difficult'

4 hrs ago - Monday 24 November 2025 16:54 EST White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said she’s developed post traumatic stress disorder while working under President Donald Trump. But the source of her distress isn’t reporters, despite their un ... (The Independent)

'Obamacare-lite'? Republicans revolt against Trump's secret health care plan

5 hrs ago - Nov. 24, 2025, 2:17 PM EST President Donald Trump is delaying a planned announcement of a proposal to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies, according to two White House officials, after congressional Republicans pushed back against the president's su ... (MS NOW/MSNBC News)

Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111

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Israeli army chief fires, reprimands commanders for failures in Oct. 7 attack

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Gives A State Of Trump Address That's Chilling

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Melania Trump welcomes Christmas tree to the White House

7 hrs ago - Updated 1:15 PM CST, November 24, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Melania Trump on Monday welcomed this year’s official White House Christmas tree, a white fir from a farm in Michigan that arrived by horse-drawn carriage. The tree, which ... (AP)

HHS officially rescinds shutdown layoffs

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

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