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 …

Trump politicizes Thanksgiving call with troops to attack migrants, judges  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump used a Thanksgiving morning call with military members to weigh in on a wide variety of sensitive political topics, a stark departure from typical holiday greetings from the commander in chief.

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 …

Trump Resumes Spat With Roberts, Calls 9th Circuit ‘A Complete & Total Disaster’  —  As of Thursday morning, President Trump was still ruminating on a rare upbraiding from Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, continuing attacks against the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and calling it “a complete & total disaster.”

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.

House Republicans subpoena Comey, Lynch for closed-door testimony  —  House Republicans served up some subpoenas with their Thanksgiving turkey this week, issuing last-minute demands for former FBI Director James Comey and former Attorney General Loretta Lynch to appear for closed-door testimony on Dec. 3 and Dec. 4, respectively.

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.

On Thanksgiving Eve, Facebook Acknowledges Details of Times Investigation  —  Joining a long tradition of companies and campaigns that drop bad news on holidays, Facebook on Thanksgiving eve took responsibility for hiring a Washington-based lobbying company, Definers Public Affairs …

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 …

As deadly flames approached, a mother called her daughters to say goodbye … This is how I die.  —  She is standing in the driveway of a sand-colored house — she doesn't know whose — and the air is choked with smoke.  —  The sky is a nuclear orange.  Wind is hurling embers against her body and into her blond wavy hair.

This Thanksgiving, It's OK to Not Feel Thankful  —  While many of us may have much to be thankful for, many of us are also in pain.  —  Every Thanksgiving, Americans are inundated with images of beautiful smiling families, sitting around tables overflowing with food.

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.

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.

How populism became the concept that defines our age  —  The spread of this idea reflects a deep and lasting change in the way we view ‘the people’ and ‘the elites’  —  “Populism” as a term was rarely used in the 20th century; it was limited to US historians describing, in highly specific terms …

You Want to Feed the Hungry?  Lovely.  Let's See Your Permit.  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — They unfurled colorful blankets on a grassy slope, and unloaded steaming trays of corn dogs, baked beans and vegetable beef soup.  Every week for the past three years, the volunteers have gone to a park …

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.

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.

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.