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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2025 |
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In today's newsletter: FBI seeks interviews with the six Democrats that Trump accused of "seditious behavior." The U.S. told Ukraine it is better to negotiate a peace settlement now due to the dire situation on the battlefield. And, Medicare announces significant price cuts to 15 costly prescription drugs, including popular weight loss ones. Here's what to know today. |
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The FBI is working to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a video urging members of the military and intelligence community not to comply with illegal orders, according to a person familiar with the efforts. The move comes days after President Donald Trump accused the Democrats, all of whom served in the military or in intelligence roles, of "SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!," although he later claimed he was "not threatening death." Details of the investigation were not immediately clear. The lawmakers confirmed they had heard from the House or Senate sergeants-at-arms about the FBI effort. In a joint statement, four of the Democrats in the video, all members of the House, accused Trump of "using the FBI as a tool to intimidate and harass Members of Congress." The statement came from Reps. Jason Crow of Colorado, Maggie Goodlander of New Hampshire, and Chris Deluzio and Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania. The other two Democrats in the video are senators: Mark Kelly, of Arizona, and Elissa Slotkin, of Michigan. The Defense Department announced it was opening an investigation into Kelly, a retired Navy captain, saying he was subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice as a retired member of the military. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted a memo on X directing the secretary of the Navy to report "on the outcome of your review" by Dec. 10. Read the full story. |
- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was the official behind the decision not to comply with a federal judge's order to halt the deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act, the Justice Department said. The disclosure in a court filing is the first time the Trump administration has said who was responsible for the March decision that drew the ire of a federal judge.
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- D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced she will not run for re-election. Her decision comes months after a delicate dance with Trump over the federal law enforcement presence in the nation's capital.
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U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll delivered a grim assessment to Ukrainian officials in Kyiv last week. Driscoll said their troops faced a dire situation on the battlefield and would suffer an imminent defeat against Russian forces, two sources with knowledge of the matter told NBC News. And there was more bad news. The U.S. delegation also said America's defense industry could not keep supplying Ukraine with the weapons and air defenses at the rate needed to protect the country's infrastructure and population, the sources said. The meeting was just the latest example of a long-running rift inside the Trump administration over how to end the war in Ukraine. The split features a looming potential political rivalry between two potential presidential hopefuls positioning themselves for 2028: Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Meanwhile, the Kremlin said Wednesday that the leak of a phone call between senior U.S. and Russian officials was intended to disrupt peace talks, and warned it was premature to say a deal to end its war in Ukraine was close. Read the full story on the rift inside the Trump administration over how to end the war in Ukraine. |
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced lower prices on 15 costly prescription drugs under Medicare that include Ozempic and Wegovy. The price cuts come through the Medicare drug price negotiation program created under the Inflation Reduction Act, which then-President Joe Biden signed into law in 2022. It's different from Trump's "most favored nation" drug pricing approach, which relies on executive orders and voluntary deals with drugmakers — not legislation. Trump recently announced such a deal with Novo Nordisk, the maker of Ozempic and Wegovy, to lower the price of the drugs in exchange for tariff relief. The negotiated prices are what Medicare will pay drugmakers for the medicines, not what patients will pay out of pocket. Those discounts will save taxpayers $12 billion, according to CMS. It's expected to save Medicare enrollees $685 million in out of pocket costs in 2027. Read the story and see the full list of reduced price drugs. |
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The human brain rewires itself as we age. The process happens in distinct phases, or "epochs," according to new research, as the structure of our neural networks changes and our brains reconfigure how we think and process information. For the first time, scientists said they've identified four distinct turning points between those phases in an average brain: at ages 9, 32, 66 and 83. During each phase between those years, our brains show markedly different characteristics in their architecture, they said. Science reporter Evan Bush looked at the findings published in the journal Nature Communications that could help identify why mental health and neurological conditions develop during particular phases of rewiring. – Christian Orozco, newsletter and platforms editor |
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