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.

Fiery West Wing meeting led to more power for military at U.S.-Mexico border  —  President Donald Trump this week presided over an explosive meeting on a new Cabinet order granting the troops deployed at the southern border the right to use lethal force to defend border patrol agents.

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 …

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 …

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.

How to Talk to a Fox News Viewer  —  Those on the Left need to stop ignoring the science of Influence & Persuasion … The midterms are over, Presidential elections are 2 years away, and Thanksgiving Day is here.  If your family is anything like mine, you have a few Fox News viewers in the crowd.

Hillary Clinton: Europe must curb immigration to stop rightwing populists  —  Europe and centre left everywhere need tougher approach to phenomenon that fuelled Trump and Brexit, says Clinton  —  Europe must get a handle on immigration to combat a growing threat from rightwing populists …

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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.

JARED: THE BIRDBRAIN OF ALCATRAZ  —  In the systematic dismantling of common sense in America, Jared Kushner's “sentencing reform” bill is the coup de grace — a Mack Truck hurtling down the highway about to take out thousands of Americans.  The Idiot Army is already in place to fight and win this battle.

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.

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.

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.

GOP exploring reasons for gender disparity in new Congress  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — For congressional Republicans, this month's elections ushered in the year of the woman — literally.  —  West Virginia's Carol Miller will be the only Republican woman entering the 435-member House as a newcomer in January.

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 …

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 …

With honey instead of vinegar, Pelosi steadily inches toward the speaker's gavel  —  Rep. Brian Higgins was one of 16 Democrats who signed a letter opposing Nancy Pelosi's bid for House speaker.  The New Yorker had also called her “aloof, frenetic, and misguided” earlier this year.

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.