Trump Makes Unannounced Trip to Afghanistan and Says He Reopened Talks With Taliban  —  The trip helped to provide a fresh backdrop of visible military support for the president amid strained relations with Pentagon leaders over his interventions in high-profile war-crimes cases.

Ken Cuccinelli walked into a bar.  And Martin O'Malley lit into him.  —  A liberal ex-governor walks into a bar, followed by a conservative Trump administration official.  —  Instead of a punchline, what followed, one witness said, was a “shame-invoking tirade” by Martin O'Malley …

Donald Trump Jr., Debut Author, Sees Sales Bolstered by G.O.P. Allies  —  Boxes began arriving in early November at the Phoenix headquarters of Turning Point USA, a conservative student group with ties to the Trump family.  —  They contained copies of the new book by Donald Trump Jr. …

Boris Johnson Is Threatening To Review Channel 4's Broadcasting Licence After They Replaced Him With An Ice Sculpture At Thursday's Debate  —  A Conservative source told BuzzFeed News that if they win the coming election they will reassess the channel's public service broadcasting licence.

How to shut down your Trump-supporting family member at Thanksgiving dinner  —  Today hundreds of millions of Americans will sit down with close friends and family over heaping portions of turkey, stuffing and mashed potatoes.  After the usual small talk about chilly weather and the day's football matchups …

Exclusive: Daphne murder accused details plot to kill for 150,000 euros  —  VALLETTA (Reuters) - One day in the summer of 2017, Vince Muscat dropped his friend Alfred Degiorgio at the Busy Bee, a harbour-front café near Malta's capital renowned for its pastries stuffed with ricotta cheese.

How money laundering is poisoning American democracy  —  After winning the cold war, the US sought to export the rule of law to other countries.  That flow has gone into reverse.  Today it is importing some of the worst corruption from abroad.  America's largest law firms …

Mikhail Gorbachev's Pizza Hut Thanksgiving Miracle … It's dangerous for leaders to outlive their countries.  Whether they move on or become obsessed with returning to power, they cannot escape their role as symbols of a vanished world—a condition fraught with both nostalgia and danger.

Furious, China summons US ambassador over Hong Kong bills  —  1 of 9  —  BEIJING (AP) — China reacted furiously Thursday to President Donald Trump's signing two bills aimed at supporting human rights in Hong Kong, summoning the U.S. ambassador to protest and warning the move would undermine cooperation with Washington.

Time Is Running Out for Trump's North Korean Diplomacy, Analysts Say  —  Analysts fear a looming crisis as North Korea warns of a Dec. 31 deadline for a new proposal from the United States on denuclearization.  —  SEOUL, South Korea — The clock is ticking.

The Horrible History of Thanksgiving  —  Before you fill your plate, please remember why we mark this day.  —  When I was a child, Thanksgiving was simple.  It was about turkey and dressing, love and laughter, a time for the family to gather around a feast and be thankful for the year …

After Mitch McConnell Named WholeFoods Magazine's Man of the Year, Twitter Users Call for Boycott of Supermarket Company  —  WholeFoods Magazine has named Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as its Man of the Year for championing a hemp growing project in his home state of Kentucky.

Most people are bad at arguing.  These 2 techniques will make you better.  —  Argue better — with science.  —  Anyone who has argued with an opinionated relative or friend about immigration or gun control knows it is often impossible to sway someone with strong views.

The Nobel Prize, a Rape Camp in Bosnia, and Peter Handke  —  What does it mean to spend a night at the Vilina Vlas hotel?  —  The answer to this seemingly odd question reveals the moral and intellectual collapse of the Swedish Academy, which last month bestowed on Peter Handke the 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature.

An interview with historian Gordon Wood on the New York Times' 1619 Project  —  Gordon Wood is professor emeritus at Brown University and author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Radicalism of the American Revolution, as well as Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic …

How Much Did Russian Spy Agencies Rely On Bitcoin?  New Hints In Leaked Recordings  —  When it was seized by U.S. law enforcement in 2017, BTC-e was described as “one of the world's largest and most widely used digital-currency exchanges.”  It was also one of the most notorious.

Trump official who promoted fringe conspiracy theories now senior adviser at State Department  —  (CNN)A former naval intelligence officer and conservative talk radio host who promoted fringe conspiracy theories in radio appearances is now a senior adviser at the State Department Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance.

Inside 'America's Got Talent': Ousted Judges Had Complained of Toxic Culture (EXCLUSIVE)  —  In April of this year, former late night host Jay Leno visited NBCUniversal in Los Angeles to appear as a guest judge on the network's unscripted program “America's Got Talent,” a variety show that seeks …