Trump Is Crude.  But He's Right About Saudi Arabia.  —  On the strategic questions that matter in the Middle East, the president is cleareyed.  —  Mr. Doran is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute.  Mr. Badran is research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

US agency opens case file on potential Whitaker Hatch Act violations  —  Feds look into Whitaker campaign contributions  —  (CNN)An independent federal investigative agency is looking into whether acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker violated prohibitions on political activities …

Elliot Schrage on Definers  —  Yesterday outgoing Head of Communications and Policy Elliot Schrage shared more detail with our employees about the work we did with Definers, a Washington, DC PR firm.  —  Many of you have raised questions about our relationship with the Definers consulting firm.

Democrats close to flipping 40 House seats as straggler tilts in their favor  —  Democrats are on the cusp of flipping 40 seats in the House, solidifying what many prognosticators had long anticipated: a blue wave.  —  More than two weeks after Election Day, one unresolved race in California may yet be a pickup for the Democrats.

EU and China break ultimate trade taboo to hit back at Trump  —  Anger over U.S. President Donald Trump's steel tariffs is pushing Europe and China to rip up one of the most sacrosanct unwritten rules in international trade policy: Don't question national security.

Justice Roberts' attack against President Trump was blatantly political and wrong  —  In a remarkably inappropriate and blatantly political statement Wednesday, U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts chastised President Trump for the president's quite accurate criticism of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court …

The head of Russia's GRU spy agency is reported dead ‘after a long and serious illness’  —  Igor Korobov, the head of Russia's Military Intelligence Directorate (GRU), died “after a long and serious illness,” a Defense Ministry spokesperson told the news agency RIA Novosti early on November 22.

GAVIN McINNES QUITS THE PROUD BOYS … As of today, November 21st, 2018, I am officially disassociating myself from the Proud Boys, in all capacities, forever.  I quit.  —  I was told to use the term “stepping down” but I refused because that makes no sense.  I was never the leader, only the founder.

Inside Trump's refusal to testify in the Mueller probe  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The date had been picked, the location too, and the plan was penciled in: President Donald Trump would be whisked from the White House to Camp David on a quiet winter Saturday to answer questions from special counsel Robert Mueller's team.

Trump plan would force asylum seekers to wait in Mexico as cases are processed, a major break with current policy  —  Central Americans who arrive at U.S. border crossings seeking asylum in the United States will have to wait in Mexico while their claims are processed under sweeping new measures …

Duke library houses letter penned by Alexander Hamilton, the main character of popular musical  —  “Hamilton” the musical is the hottest ticket in town at the Durham Performing Arts Center, but you can truly touch the past when you visit Duke University's Rubenstein Library.

Twitter Bans Far-Right Activist Laura Loomer  —  Twitter kicked Laura Loomer off its platform permanently Wednesday, making her the latest conservative media figure to be banned from the site.  “This is not going to be the end of Laura Loomer,” the far-right activist told The Daily Beast.

These Five Women Were Bridesmaids in Each Other's Weddings — Now They're All State Senators  —  They are longtime friends who have been bridesmaids in each other's weddings, worked for and with each other for years, and supported one another with daily text chains and phone calls.

MI6 battling to stop Donald Trump releasing classified Russia probe documents  —  MI6 chiefs are secretly battling Donald Trump to stop him publishing classified information linked to the Russian election meddling investigation.  —  The UK is warning that the US president …

American Reportedly Killed In Flurry Of Arrows As Tribe Defends Its Island Off India  —  They are hunter-gatherers who live on a remote, forested island in the Indian Ocean.  They do not use money.  They resist contact with the outside world — and have been known to sling arrows at outsiders who approach their shores.

Oldest US military survivor of Pearl Harbor dies at age 106  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ray Chavez, the oldest U.S. military survivor of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor that plunged the United States into World War II, died Wednesday.  He was 106.  —  Chavez, who had been battling pneumonia …

Trump to thank troops by teleconference, says war zone visit ‘being planned’  —  President Donald Trump will begin his Thanksgiving holiday, as he did last year, with a teleconference with members of the military from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.  —  But as Trump approaches the two-year mark …

Of Monuments, Arguments, Vampires and Thanksgiving  —  John Wayne, Brett Kavanaugh, my brothers Michael and Kevin, and me.  —  My older brother Michael taught me many things.  —  He taught me to hold vinyl records gingerly at the edges, so I wouldn't smudge them, and how to wipe …

Thanksgiving Day 2018 may be among coldest on record in northeastern US  —  People spending time outdoors during Thanksgiving Day into Black Friday may face some of the coldest conditions on record in the northeastern United States for late November.  —  Thanksgiving Day 2018 will bring …

And the Fair Land  —  For all our social discord we yet remain the longest enduring society of free men governing themselves without benefit of kings or dictators.  —  Any one whose labors take him into the far reaches of the country, as ours lately have done, is bound to mark how the years have made the land grow fruitful.

Why Lincoln, Eisenhower and Obama visited troops in combat — and Trump hasn't  —  On the second day of battle, the commander in chief stood within range of sharpshooters to survey the field.  —  Rounds snapped over his head.  “Get down you fool!” a young officer shouted to President Abraham Lincoln.

Migrant caravan members may be planning ‘human stampede’ at US border: aid group  —  Some members of the migrant caravan, who have spent the past month traveling from Central America through Mexico to reach the U.S. border, are talking about crossing the border en masse as a way to provoke …

Presidential Proclamation on Thanksgiving Day, 2018  —  On Thanksgiving Day, we recall the courageous and inspiring journey of the Pilgrims who, nearly four centuries ago, ventured across the vast ocean to flee religious persecution and establish a home in the New World.