President Donald Trump has hastily canceled an announcement on the extension of Obamacare subsidies amid significant Republican pushback, according to a new report.
Trump was expected to release a new healthcare policy framework Monday as many Americans brace for their insurance premiums to skyrocket next year.
He was going to propose a two-year extension on the subsidies with income restrictions, but Republicans resisted as they questioned whether the policy would include additional abortion funding restrictions, Politico reported.
Also on Monday, the Trump administration has vowed to fight back after a federal judge threw out criminal cases that the president demanded against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.
U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie ruled that the interim U.S. Attorney who signed off on the cases, Lindsey Halligan, was unlawfully appointed to her position.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News, “I know the Department of Justice will be appealing this in very short order.”
Meanwhile, the Department of Defense announced it would investigate “serious allegations of misconduct against” Senator Mark Kelly, a former naval officer, after he participated in a video, encouraging the military to refuse illegal orders.
Key Points
- Trump abruptly pulled plan to announce Obamacare extension after ‘significant congressional backlash’: report
- Judge dismisses indictment against James Comey and Letitia James
- Department of Defense investigating Democratic Senator Mark Kelly
- White House vows to appeal judge’s dismissal of indictment against Comey
- Mark Kelly responds to Pentagon probe: 'I'm not going to be silenced'
Karoline Leavitt says that she has PTSD from working as Trump's press secretary
08:47 , Owen ScottKaroline Leavitt has complained about how stressful it is working as the White House press secretary, in a traditionally aggressive manner.
Known for her combative style when speaking to reporters, Leavitt says that she had to cancel three holidays since Trump came into office in January.
“Honestly, I have PTSD about making plans, so I just don't,” the 28-year-old griped to the Daily Mail about arranging time off with her husband, 60-year-old real estate developer Nicholas Riccio. “It's very difficult to make plans in this job.”
“My husband and I had three different mini weekend getaway vacations this summer,” she continued. “All three got cancelled due to foreign policy events.”
Brendan Rascius has the full story...
Karoline Leavitt jokes that job in Trump’s White House has left her with PTSD
Trump's Truth Social rampage continues with fresh swipe at Biden
08:30 , Owen ScottDonald Trump’s furious night of Truth Social posting continued with a graph tracking U.S. inflation.
The chart suggested that inflation was at 1.9 percent during Trump’s first term and at 2.7 percent during his second term. It also claimed that inflation averaged at 5 percent during Joe Biden’s presidency.
“Media conclusion: Trump’s created an affordability crisis,” the president wrote above his graph.
However, inflation largely spiked under Joe Biden in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic and was, as the graph even shows, sharply brought down by 2023.
A bombshell poll has also revealed that 4 in 10 Republicans believe that Trump is sugarcoating how much costs are actually coming down. The CBS News/YouGov poll also found that 60 percent of all Americans believe this to be the case.
Trump blasts Rand Paul as a 'nasty liddle guy' on Truth Social
08:15 , Owen Scott
Donald Trump has hit out at Senator Rand Paul in a rage-filled post on Truth Social.
The president branded Paul as a “nasty liddle guy” and even put Paul’s job title in quotation marks, describing him as a “senator.”
Trump’s angry post comes after Paul said the president's description of the Democratic Party as “traitors” was “reckless, inappropriate, irresponsible.”
“Whatever happened to ‘Senator’ Rand Paul? He was never great, but he went really BAD!” Trump seethed. “I got him elected, TWICE (in the Great Commonwealth of Kentucky!), but he just never votes positively for the Republican Party.
“He’s a nasty liddle’ guy, much like “Congressman” Thomas Massie, aka Rand Paul Jr., also of Kentucky (which I won three times, in massive landslides!), a sick Wacko, who refuses to vote for our great Republican Party, MAGA, or America First. It’s really weird!!!”
Watch: James Comey reacts to the dismissal of Trump's case against him
08:01 , Owen ScottJudge Cameron Currie dismissed all charges raised against James Comey after ruling that the Trump-picked prosecutor who filed the lawsuit was unlawfully appointed.
The president previously described Comey as “guilty as hell,” despite Comey maintaining his innocence.
Lindsey Halligan, the prosecutor appointed by Trump, had never prosecuted a case before and was ruled to have no authorisation in presenting charges to a grand jury.
"All actions flowing from Ms Halligan's defective appointment, including securing and signing Mr Comey's indictment, were unlawful exercises of executive power and are hereby set aside," Currie said, as she made her ruling.
Senator Slotkin's response to Mark Kelly Pentagon probe
08:00 , Rachel DobkinSenator Elissa Slotkin responded to the Pentagon probe into Senator Mark Kelly on Monday.
Earlier Monday, the Defense Department announced that it received “serious allegations of misconduct against” Kelly, an Arizona Democrat and retired Navy captain, and that it was conducting a “thorough review” on the matter.
Kelly was recently in a video alongside several other Democratic lawmakers, including Slotkin of Michigan, urging the military to disobey illegal orders.
“This is the President’s playbook: using intimidation, harassment, and the weight of the federal government to try and silence anyone who speaks up against him,” Slotkin wrote on X. “That won't stop Senator Kelly, or any of us, from standing up for what’s right.”
This is the President’s playbook: using intimidation, harassment, and the weight of the federal government to try and silence anyone who speaks up against him.
— Sen. Elissa Slotkin (@SenatorSlotkin) November 24, 2025
That won't stop Senator Kelly, or any of us, from standing up for what’s right. https://t.co/dr4Mdr38C3
GOP congressman says 'Department of Dense' probe into Mark Kelly is 'crazy'
07:30 , Rachel DobkinRepresentative Don Bacon, a Nebraska Republican who served nearly thirty years on active duty in the Air Force, wrote on X Monday that the “Department of Dense'” probe into Senator Mark Kelly is “crazy.”
Amateur hour once again at the Department of Dense. I thought the video by six Dems was unnecessary and foolish. But the threats of sedition charges and courts martial in response are also crazy. Let’s show some common sense and restraint. https://t.co/qzO18pchwT
— Rep. Don Bacon 🇺🇸✈️🏍️⭐️🎖️ (@RepDonBacon) November 24, 2025
The Defense Department announced that it received “serious allegations of misconduct against” Kelly, an Arizona Democrat and retired Navy captain, and that it was conducting a “thorough review” on the matter.
Kelly was recently in a video alongside several other Democratic lawmakers urging the military to disobey illegal orders.
“Amateur hour once again at the Department of Dense. I thought the video by six Dems was unnecessary and foolish. But the threats of sedition charges and courts martial in response are also crazy. Let’s show some common sense and restraint,” Bacon said.
President Donald Trump accused the Democratic lawmakers in the video of “seditious behavior” last week. When announcing the probe into Kelly, the Pentagon said the investigation could lead to “recall to active duty for court-martial proceedings or administrative measures.”
Watch: Mark Kelly says Pentagon prob is about 'the media cycle' and 'intimidation'
07:00 , Rachel DobkinSenator Mark Kelly told MS NOW’s Rachel Maddow Monday night that the Pentagon investigation into him is about “the media cycle” and “intimidation.”
Kelly: These two guys, they informed me of this in a tweet because this is not about the law. This is about the media cycle, and it's about intimidation. The whole thing is almost comical. We basically repeated the uniform code of military justice, and they're saying that's in… pic.twitter.com/zdJinzdQrs
— Acyn (@Acyn) November 25, 2025
Kelly, a retired Navy captain, is the only one to face a Pentagon probe because he falls under the Defense Department’s jurisdiction, according to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Trump boasted about Rep. Tim Burchett for his take on MTG
06:30 , Rachel DobkinPresident Donald Trump boasted about Representative Tim Burchett for his take on Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene.
On Monday morning, Trump posted on Truth Social: “Republican (of course!) Congressman Tim Burchett was GREAT today on Fox & Friends - a Classic. His take on Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Brown was 100% perfecto!!! Way to go, Tim!!!”
He later shared a Fox & Friends clip of the Tennessee Republican’s Fox News interview from Sunday.
Jacqui Heinrich, co-host of The Sunday Briefing, asked Burchett, “Do you think there’s room in the party for members who don’t agree with the president on everything?”
“There’s always room, ma’am...people are gonna argue, they’re gonna have differences, but President Trump is the biggest dog in the pound, ma’am. And you can take him on if you want, but the results are always the same,” Burchett said.
Later Monday night, Burchett responded to Trump, writing on X, “Thanks for the plug Brother.”
Greene, a Georgia Republican who was once a loyal Trump ally, announced last week that she was resigning from Congress following a public feud between her and the president over healthcare and affordability issues, as well as the Epstein files.
Another influential conservative roasts Trump for ‘amateur hour’ flubs as MAGA revolt grows
06:00 , Io DoddsThe prominent conservative radio host Erick Erickson has blasted the White House over its recent political gaffes and missteps, stoking the growing MAGA revolt against Donald Trump.
In a post on Elon Musk's social network X on Monday, the former CNN and Fox News contributor lambasted the administration's recent moves as "amateur hour" behavior by "the kids in the executive branch."
Trump's officials, he lamented, had "pushed the President on a plan to extend Obamacare subsidies without having buy in from House and Senate Republicans" and "put out a Ukraine plan no one really likes,” as well as failing to fill 18 red state judicial vacancies.
Erickson also argued that the Pentagon's threat to prosecute Democratic senator Mark Kelly had "elevated [Kelly's] stature" even as Democrats were "flirting with Gavin Newsom.”
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Another top conservative roasts Trump’s ‘amateur hour’ flubs as MAGA revolt grows
White House says it's 'optimistic' about Russia-Ukraine peace plan as Kyiv bombarded with missiles
05:30 , Rachel DobkinThe White House said it was “optimistic” about the U.S. 28-point peace plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war as Kyiv was bombarded with missiles.
"We feel as though we're in a very good place,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Monday. “Of course, we have to make sure that all of these points are agreed to.”
.@PressSec on Ukraine peace talks: "We feel as though we're in a very good place... The President deserves a great deal of credit for the amount of energy and effort he has put into trying to bring these two sides to an end of this war. He wants to see the killing stop." pic.twitter.com/uvP6g60JNd
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) November 24, 2025
ABC News reported Monday that Russia launched a large missile attack on Kyiv’s energy infrastructure overnight.
‘Unspeakably cruel’: Trump administration will subject refugees admitted under Biden to more vetting, report says
05:20 , Josh MarcusThe Trump administration is reportedly planning to re-interview and potentially revoke the status of hundreds of thousands of refugees admitted to the U.S. during the Biden administration, the latest move by the White House to drastically curtail resettlements inside the U.S.
A signed November memo directs U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to review and re-interview roughly 233,000 refugee admissions that occurred under the previous administration, as well as halt applications for permanent residence from these refugees, Reuters reports.
Refugee advocates slammed the potential move, arguing that such immigrants are among the most vulnerable to have sought shelter in the U.S. and already have passed through a rigorous, typically multi-year process to verify they have credible fears of persecution.
“Just the threat of this is unspeakably cruel. … To threaten refugees with taking away their status would be re-traumatizing and a vicious misuse of taxpayer money,” Mark Hetfield, the president of HIAS, told CNN.
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Trump administration will subject Biden-era refugees to more vetting: report
Watch: White House says James Comey should 'pump the breaks on his victory lap'
05:10 , Rachel DobkinCriminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James were thrown out Monday by a federal judge who ruled that the prosecutor, Lindsey Halligan, was illegally appointed.
The two had pleaded not guilty to charges brought by President Donald Trump’s Justice Department.
Leavitt: Everybody knows that Comey lied to congress. This judge took an unprecedented action to throw these cases out to shield James Comey and Letitia James of accountability based on a technical ruling. And we believe the attorney in this case Lindsay Halligan is not only… pic.twitter.com/i4HIaoGJP8
— Acyn (@Acyn) November 24, 2025
Chuck Schumer rails against Pete Hegseth amid Mark Kelly Pentagon probe
04:50 , Rachel DobkinSenate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has railed against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth amid a Pentagon probe against Senator Mark Kelly.
“Mark Kelly has shown more courage, integrity, and patriotism in his life than Pete Hegseth could in a thousand lifetimes,” Schumer wrote on X Monday night.
Mark Kelly has shown more courage, integrity, and patriotism in his life than Pete Hegseth could in a thousand lifetimes. https://t.co/QFi44wddp8
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) November 25, 2025
Earlier Monday, the Defense Department announced that it received “serious allegations of misconduct against” Kelly, an Arizona Democrat and retired Navy captain, and that it was conducting a “thorough review” on the matter.
Kelly was recently in a video alongside several other Democratic lawmakers urging the military to disobey illegal orders.
Trump abruptly pulled plan to announce Obamacare extension after ‘significant congressional backlash’: report
04:30 , John BowdenJust minutes before President Donald Trump was set to unveil a plan to avert a massive hike for Obamacare health plans on Monday afternoon the event was suddenly pulled – reportedly because of widespread Republican unease on the Hill.
On CNN, anchor Jessica Dean was forced to interrupt herself as she asked a question of a health expert to announce some breaking news as it came into her ear – that the event had been abruptly postponed.
Federal subsidies passed under the Biden-era Inflation Reduction Act are set to expire at the end of the calendar year, and many Americans are already receiving notice that the monthly cost of their health care plans could jump by hundreds or even thousands of dollars for larger plans.
Democrats initially tried to avert those premium hikes by tying their extension to the party’s support for a continuing resolution to avert, and later end, a government shutdown. But despite that shutdown dragging out into the longest in U.S. history, Republicans refused to negotiate until the government re-opened; Democrats eventually voted to re-open the government without the extension. Earlier in November, the Senate voted down a bill sponsored by Democrats to extend the subsidies by one year.
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Trump pulled Obamacare extension after ‘significant congressional backlash’: report
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s future in politics is ‘over’ despite murmurs over future runs, strategist says
04:10 , Josh MarcusAfter her stunning announcement last week that she will soon resign from Congress amid her ongoing feud with President Trump, some are suggesting Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene may have little political runway left.
“I’m thinking there’s some other opportunity, perhaps in the media ecosystem, that she’s looking at,” CNN political commentator and Republican campaign strategist Shermichael Singleton said Sunday on State of the Union. “But I think her future life in politics is over.”
The Georgia Republican had once been one of the president’s staunchest defenders in Congress, but their alliance frayed throughout the year over issues like foreign policy, healthcare, and, most explosively, the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
Greene was among a handful of House Republicans who forced a vote on releasing the Epstein files, a proposal President Trump later signed onto after months of demonizing the effort.
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MTG’s future in politics is ‘over’ despite murmurs over future runs, strategist says
What charges were Letitia James and James Comey facing?
03:50 , Rachel Dobkin and Brendan RasciusA federal judge dismissed high-profile cases against New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey Monday, determining that the prosecutor, Lindsey Halligan, was illegally appointed.
In September, Halligan had secured a two-count criminal indictment against Comey relating to charges of making false statements and obstructing a congressional investigation. Comey’s charges stem from a 2020 Senate hearing, in which he denied that he authorized someone at the FBI to leak information to reporters.
A few weeks later, Halligan brought a criminal indictment against James on charges of bank fraud and making false statements in connection with a loan for a house she purchased in Virginia in 2020.
Both Comey and James pleaded not guilty.
Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Justice Department would immediately file an appeal after the case was thrown out.
Watch: Jesse Watters says he's 'glad' Pentagon is investigating Mark Kelly
03:30 , Rachel DobkinWatters: I'm glad that the U.S. Military is now investigating this guy Kelly, because this is what we expect from Donald Trump 2.0… You have to make examples out of people pic.twitter.com/RYZfiP9vv9
— Acyn (@Acyn) November 24, 2025
The Defense Department announced that it received “serious allegations of misconduct against” Senator Mark Kelly, an Arizona Democrat and retired Navy captain, and that it was conducting a “thorough review” on the matter.
Kelly was recently in a video alongside several other Democratic lawmakers urging the military to disobey illegal orders.
Watch: Mark Kelly says 'I'm not going to be silenced' amid Pentagon probe
03:10 , Rachel DobkinSenator Mark Kelly told MS NOW’s Rachel Maddow Monday night, “I'm not going to be silenced” after the Pentagon launched an investigation into the Arizona Democrat.
Kelly: I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane. I've been nearly shot down multiple times. I've flown a rocket ship into space four times, built by the lowest bidder. But I'm not going to be silenced here. Is it stressful? I've been stressed by things more important than… pic.twitter.com/Z6zNUApcbZ
— Acyn (@Acyn) November 25, 2025
The Defense Department announced earlier Monday that it received “serious allegations of misconduct against” Kelly, a retired Navy captain, and that it was conducting a “thorough review” on the matter.
Kelly was recently in a video alongside several other Democratic lawmakers urging the military to disobey illegal orders.
Watch: Energy secretary boasts about Trump's 'Genesis Mission' executive order
02:50 , Rachel Dobkin.@SecretaryWright on @POTUS' “Genesis Mission” Executive Order: "This is reminiscent of the Manhattan Project... this is an all in national effort to take the power of AI and pair it with the 40,000 outstanding scientists and engineers at our national labs to use the world's… pic.twitter.com/m1qJEzNswN
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) November 24, 2025
Read more on the executive order from Andrew Feinberg:
Trump orders moonshot-like AI effort to merge scientific data across agencies
New Jersey Governor-elect defends Mark Kelly
02:30 , Rachel DobkinDemocratic New Jersey Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill, who is a former Navy helicopter pilot, has defended Senator Mark Kelly, calling the Pentagon’s investigation into him an “abuse of power” by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
This is another abuse of power by the most incompetent and unfit Secretary of Defense in our nation's history. @SenMarkKelly – a New Jersey native and fellow U.S. Navy veteran – has served our country with distinction, both in combat and space missions. Now, Hegseth wants to… https://t.co/dOyCHdbw2r
— Mikie Sherrill (@MikieSherrill) November 24, 2025
The Defense Department announced Monday that it received “serious allegations of misconduct against” Kelly, an Arizona Democrat and retired Navy captain, and that it was conducting a “thorough review” on the matter.
Kelly was recently in a video alongside several other Democratic lawmakers urging the military to disobey illegal orders.
Watch: Karoline Leavitt says White House is 'supportive' of Mark Kelly probe
02:10 , Rachel DobkinWhite House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Monday: “The White House is supportive of the Department of War's investigation into Senator Mark Kelly.”
.@PressSec Karoline Leavitt: "The White House is supportive of the Department of War's investigation into Senator Mark Kelly, and I think what Senator Mark Kelly was actually trying to do was intimidate the 1.3 million active duty service members..." pic.twitter.com/6FRM0lSfNb
— CSPAN (@cspan) November 24, 2025
Earlier Monday, the Defense Department announced that it received “serious allegations of misconduct against” Kelly, an Arizona Democrat and retired Navy captain, and that it was conducting a “thorough review” on the matter.
Kelly was recently in a video alongside several other Democratic lawmakers urging the military to disobey illegal orders.
Leavitt accused Kelly of trying to “intimidate the 1.3 million active duty service members.”
Lara Trump denies Trump called reporter ‘piggy’ during infamous Air Force One gaggle
01:50 , Rachel DobkinDonald Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, has denied that the president called a reporter “piggy” during an infamous Air Force One press gaggle.
Earlier this month, Trump told Bloomberg White House correspondent Catherine Lucey, “quiet, piggy,” after she asked about the government files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Comedian Bill Maher, who identifies as a liberal, called out Trump’s comments during a sit-down with Lara on his podcast Club Random.
He was telling Lara about how he believes “woke” people are “snobs” for refusing to eat with conservatives at Thanksgiving dinner.
“What do we think we do to get the people who are the no-contact people back?” Lara asked.
Maher responded: “Don’t do things like call a woman, ‘piggy.’”
Lara then questioned, “Do we know that happened?”
“I saw it on tape,” Maher responded.
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Lara Trump denies Trump called reporter ‘piggy’ during infamous Air Force One gaggle
Adam Schiff calls dismissal of Letitia James and James Comey cases 'triumph of the rule of law'
01:30 , Rachel DobkinSenator Adam Schiff, a California Democrat, has called a federal judge’s decision to dismiss high-profile cases against New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey a “triumph of the rule of law.”
“Every prosecutor at the DOJ should continue to adhere to the rule of law, and resist political pressure to do otherwise,” Schiff wrote on X Monday.
Today’s dismissal of cases against Comey and James is a triumph of the rule of law.
— Adam Schiff (@SenAdamSchiff) November 24, 2025
Career prosecutors did their ethical duty, refused to bring vindictive and meritless cases, and paid the price with their jobs.
Every prosecutor at the DOJ should continue to adhere to the rule…
Watch: Sean Duffy says people should dress nicer for the airport as he launches 'civility' campaign
01:10 , Ariana BaioGabby Giffords responds to Mark Kelly Pentagon probe
00:50 , Rachel DobkinFormer Congresswoman Gabby Giffords has responded to a Pentagon probe into her husband, Senator Mark Kelly.
“Intimidation tactics are not going to keep @SenMarkKelly from his duty to protect our constitution,” Giffords wrote on X Monday.
Intimidation tactics are not going to keep @SenMarkKelly from his duty to protect our constitution.
— Gabrielle Giffords (@GabbyGiffords) November 24, 2025
My husband is a patriot. He’s served our country since he was 22 years old – no matter how dangerous the mission. That’s who he is. Proud of you, sweetie. https://t.co/zZ12iIOSQK
The Defense Department announced earlier Monday that it received “serious allegations of misconduct against” Kelly, an Arizona Democrat and retired Navy captain, and that it was conducting a “thorough review” on the matter.
Kelly was recently in a video alongside several other Democratic lawmakers urging the military to disobey illegal orders.
ANALYSIS: Team Trump fumbles one legal battle after another — and then starts fresh one against space hero Mark Kelly
00:30 , Eric GarciaPresident Donald Trump’s Justice Department suffered two unqualified losses on Monday when a federal judge tossed out cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.
U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie did so on the grounds that Trump had unlawfully appointed Lindsey Halligan to be interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
It is just the latest embarrassment for the Justice Department under the Trump administration. Remember, Trump tapped Halligan to serve as interim U.S. attorney after her predecessor reportedly did not have enough evidence to criminally prosecute James.
James and Comey have long been on Trump’s enemies list. While the indictment was ostensibly for allegedly lying when he testified before Congress in 2020, Trump despises Comey for his leadership during the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. That played a role in Trump sacking Comey as FBI director in 2017.
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Team Trump fumbles one legal battle after another — and starts one against Mark Kelly
Democratic senator who served in the Marines says Pete Hegseth will never be 'half the man that Senator Kelly is'
00:10 , Rachel DobkinSenator Ruben Gallego, an Arizona Democrat who served in the Marines, told CNN Monday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will “never ever ever be even half the man that Senator Kelly is.”
Gallego to Hegseth: "You will never ever be half the man that Sen. Kelly is. You, sir, are a coward. And the fact that you are following this order from the president shows how big of a coward you are. I can't wait until you are no longer the secretary of defense." pic.twitter.com/1KQ1GuzvsM
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 24, 2025
His comments come after the Defense Department announced that it received “serious allegations of misconduct against” Senator Mark Kelly, an Arizona Democrat and retired Navy captain, and that it was conducting a “thorough review” on the matter.
Kelly was recently in a video alongside several other Democratic lawmakers urging the military to disobey illegal orders.
Karoline Leavitt jokes that job in Trump’s administration has left her with PTSD: ‘It’s very difficult’
Monday 24 November 2025 23:50 , Brendan RasciusWhite 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 unending barrage of queries about the day’s headlines. Instead, it’s her grueling schedule, which has caused her to spend long hours away from her family, she told The Daily Mail.
“Honestly, I have PTSD about making plans, so I just don't,” the 28-year-old griped to the outlet about arranging time off with her husband, 60-year-old real estate developer Nicholas Riccio. “It's very difficult to make plans in this job.”
“My husband and I had three different mini weekend getaway vacations this summer. All three got canceled due to foreign policy events,” she said, adding, “We just roll with it. If there's a night where I happen to become free, then we take full advantage of that as a family.”
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Karoline Leavitt jokes that job in Trump’s White House has left her with PTSD
Watch: Pam Bondi says DOJ will take 'all available legal action' against Letitia James and James Comey after their cases were thrown out
Monday 24 November 2025 23:30 , Rachel Dobkin.@AGPamBondi: “We’ll be taking all available legal action, including an immediate appeal, to hold Letitia James and James Comey accountable for their unlawful conduct.” pic.twitter.com/o7i0HolzGt
— CSPAN (@cspan) November 24, 2025
Full story: Trump orders moonshot-like ‘Genesis Mission’ relying on AI to merge science data across the US
Monday 24 November 2025 23:10 , Andrew FeinbergThat’s one giant leap for AI.
The Trump administration is unleashing thousands of massive data sets — compiled by agencies throughout the federal government — and the capabilities of America’s world-renowned national laboratories into a government-wide effort to supercharge scientific research using Artificial Intelligence to merge all the information in hopes of developing new drugs and other major breakthroughs.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday establishing what the administration is calling the Genesis Mission, with top administration officials predicting that the new effort will go down in history as having equal importance to America’s race to the Moon more than five decades ago.
Michael Kratsios, the director of of the White House Office of Science and Technology, described the new Trump administration AI project as the “largest marshaling of federal scientific resources since the Apollo program” during a call with reporters earlier in the day on Monday.
He explained that the project’s “national AI for science effort” would leverage “the unmatched computing capabilities and resources of the Department of Energy's National Laboratories to unlock federal data sets, enable autonomous, closed loop experimentation and massively accelerate the rate of scientific breakthroughs,” such as the rate of new drug approvals that have “flatlined or declined” over the last few decades.
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Trump orders moonshot-like AI effort to merge scientific data across agencies
White House addresses Republican criticism of Ukraine peace plan
Monday 24 November 2025 22:50 , Rachel DobkinRead all about Trump’s 28-point plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war from James C. Reynolds:
Russia back in G8, no Nato for Ukraine: What is in Trump’s 28-point plan to end war?
MTG will not endorse a replacement
Monday 24 November 2025 22:30 , Rachel DobkinRepresentative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a George Republican, has said she will not be endorsing anyone to replace her in a special election.
Looking ahead towards the Special Election for my Congressional seat, I will not be endorsing anyone out of respect to my district.
— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) November 24, 2025
I truly support the wonderful people of Georgia 14 and want them to pick their Representative.
So anyone claiming they have my endorsement would…
In a surprise announcement Friday, Greene said she was resigning from Congress early next year.
Read more about her decision to resign here:
MTG announces she’s resigning from Congress after nasty public breakup with Trump
Trump signs executive order establishing AI ‘Genesis mission’
Monday 24 November 2025 22:05 , Ariana BaioPresident Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday afternoon establishing a mission to fast-track artificial intelligence innovation in the energy and science sectors by giving higher education institutions or companies in the private sector access to some government databases.
The mission, known as “Genesis,” will unlock certain federal data sets to allow companies and researchers to accelerate discoveries, automate experiment designs and generate predictive models, according to a Trump administration official.
One example would be using the datasets to help accelerate drug approvals, which officials say have flatlined in recent years.
DOJ asks judge to unseal Jeffrey Epstein grand jury notes ahead of file release deadline
Monday 24 November 2025 21:52 , Michael R Sisak, Larry NeumeisterThe Justice Department has once again asked a judge to unseal Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking grand jury materials.
The DOJ said Monday that Congress made clear in approving the release of investigative materials related to the prosecution of the late financier that documents such as the court records should be released.
U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton signed the submission in Manhattan federal court, asking that the judge issue an expedited ruling allowing the materials to be released now that President Donald Trump signed the action requiring the release of documents related to Epstein within 30 days.
The Justice Department said the Congressional action overrode existing law in a way that permits the unsealing of the grand jury records.
Judge Richard Berman previously denied a Trump administration request to make the Epstein grand jury transcripts public.
Trump signs executive order directing inquiry into Muslim Brotherhood as a ‘foreign terrorist organization’
Monday 24 November 2025 21:25 , Ariana BaioPresident Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday afternoon that will direct the Secretary of State and Treasury Secretary to determine if certain chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood, a transnational Sunni Islamist organization, should be a “Foreign Terrorist Organization.”
The order appears to be rooted in concerns of certain chapters or members of the Muslim Brotherhood providing Hamas support to attack civilian and military targets within Israel.
“President Trump is confronting the Muslim Brotherhood’s transnational network, which fuels terrorism and destabilization campaigns against U.S. interests and allies in the Middle East,” the executive order says
'Talk is cheap:' Leavitt responds to Mamdani sticking by his insults toward Trump
Monday 24 November 2025 21:00 , Ariana BaioWhen asked about New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani standing by his insults that Trump is a “fascist” and “despot,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said “Talk is cheap.”
“I think talk is cheap, and I think that the president is going to judge Mamdani by his actions that he takes in New York,” Leavitt told reporters outside of the White House Monday afternoon.
“The meeting was positive, as you heard from the president last week, and I think that the fact that the president is willing to meet with somebody who said those types of things about him shows that he really is interested in being a president for all Americans, regardless of where they live or who their leader is.”
White House vows to appeal judge’s dismissal of indictment against Comey
Monday 24 November 2025 20:40 , Ariana BaioWhite House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday the administration plans to appeal the judge’s decision dismissing the indictment against former FBI Director James Comey
Appearing on Fox News, Leavitt purported that “everybody knows that James Comey lied to Congress, it’s clear as day.”
Leavitt accused the judge who deemed interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan’s appointment unlawful of shielding Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James from responsibility over a “technicality.”
The White House press secretary claimed Halligan, who has no prosecutorial experience, is “extremely qualified” for her position.
James Comey says dismissal of indictment is ‘reflection’ of DoJ under Trump
Monday 24 November 2025 20:25 , Ariana BaioFormer FBI Director James Comey said the dismissal of the criminal indictment against him is “a reflection of what the Justice Department has become under Donald Trump.”
In a video statement released Monday, Comey said the case against him was brought with “incompetence” and was grateful for the judge dismissing the indictment.
“This case mattered to me, personally, obviously. But it matters most because a message has to be sent that the president of the United States cannot use the Justice Department to target his political enemies,” Comey said.
The former FBI director said Trump was likely to come after him again, but that he would continue to stand up to the president.
Mark Kelly calls administration ‘bullies’ after learning of military probe
Monday 24 November 2025 20:00 , Ariana BaioSenator Mark Kelly said he would not be intimidated by the Trump administration after the Defense Department announced it had opened an inquiry into his alleged misconduct.
“If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won’t work,” Kelly wrote on X. “I’ve given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies who care more about their own power than protecting the Constitution.”
In a lengthy X post, Kelly said he only learned of the military’s investigation after seeing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s post.
Kelly, a retired naval officer, said he was commissioned as an Ensign in the Navy at 22 years old and “upheld that oath” every day since retiring.
When I was 22 years old, I commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Navy and swore an oath to the Constitution. I upheld that oath through flight school, multiple deployments on the USS Midway, 39 combat missions in Operation Desert Storm, test pilot school, four space… pic.twitter.com/jMAlYEozQ6
— Senator Mark Kelly (@SenMarkKelly) November 24, 2025
Mark Kelly is only Democrat featured in video to be targeted by Defense Department
Monday 24 November 2025 19:50 , Ariana BaioSenator Mark Kelly, a retired naval officer, is the only one of the five Democrats who appeared in a video addressed to active service members last week that falls under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense, Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday.
After enraging the president by appearing in a video that encouraged active military service members to ignore orders that violate the Constitution, the Defense Department opened an inquiry into Kelly to determine if he violated any rules.
“Five of the six individuals in that video do not fall under @DeptofWar jurisdiction (one is CIA and four are former military but not ‘retired,’ so they are no longer subject to UCMJ). However, Mark Kelly (retired Navy Commander) is still subject to UCMJ—and he knows that,” Hegseth wrote.
The video made by the “Seditious Six” was despicable, reckless, and false. Encouraging our warriors to ignore the orders of their Commanders undermines every aspect of “good order and discipline.” Their foolish screed sows doubt and confusion — which only puts our warriors in… https://t.co/UvLXChZnmF
— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) November 24, 2025
More GOP reps are considering following MTG out the door: report
Monday 24 November 2025 19:30 , Brendan RasciusMarjorie Taylor Greene’s surprise departure from Congress could prove a watershed moment, prompting other House Republicans to follow in the Georgia firebrand’s footsteps, according to a new report.
After Greene announced on Friday that she will step down in early January, several GOP lawmakers told Punchbowl News that they, too, are considering retiring before their terms end.
“More explosive early resignations are coming,” one unnamed senior House Republican told the outlet. “It’s a tinder box. Morale has never been lower.”
Brendan Rascius reports:
More Republican reps are considering following MTG out the door, report says
