President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday launching a “national effort” to integrate artificial intelligence into research and accelerate innovation and scientific discovery.
The Trump administration has made AI research and innovation a top priority as it seeks to win the AI “race” against China. The White House said the new national effort, named the Genesis Mission, will be one of the largest research and development projects in the history of the United States.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright <a href="https://x.com/ENERGY/status/1993102758812303725">compared</a> the effort that the Trump administration is coordinating for AI advancement to the Manhattan Project that developed the nuclear bomb and the Apollo Program that landed the first humans on the moon.
“In this pivotal moment, the challenges we face require a historic national effort, comparable in urgency and ambition to the Manhattan Project that was instrumental to our victory in World War II and was a critical basis for the foundation of the Department of Energy (DOE) and its national laboratories,” the <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/11/launching-the-genesis-mission/">order</a> states.
The aim of the Genesis Mission is to build an AI model that will learn from and incorporate federal datasets “to train scientific foundation models and create AI agents to test new hypotheses, automate research workflows, and accelerate scientific breakthroughs.”
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The project will partner researchers at each of the United States’ 17 national laboratories with businesses and academic research centers to work on AI development and models.
“The Genesis Mission will dramatically accelerate scientific discovery, strengthen national security, secure energy dominance, enhance workforce productivity, and multiply the return on taxpayer investment into research and development, thereby furthering America’s technological dominance and global strategic leadership,” the order states.
The project will largely be run through the Department of Energy and its network of national laboratories that conduct some of the most sensitive research in the United States.
“The Order directs the Department of Energy to create a closed-loop AI experimentation platform that integrates our Nation’s world-class supercomputers and unique data assets to generate scientific foundation models and power robotic laboratories,” a White House <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/11/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-unveils-the-genesis-missionto-accelerate-ai-for-scientific-discovery/">fact sheet</a> on the order says.

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President Donald Trump intends to classify the Muslim Brotherhood as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
“It will be done in the strongest and most powerful terms,” Trump told <a href="https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/trump-says-he-will-designate-muslim-brotherhood-terrorist">Just The News</a> on Sunday. “Final documents are being drawn.”
The president’s move against the Muslim Brotherhood comes less than a week after a similar move by Texas Governor Greg Abbott. On Tuesday, the Republican governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/not-welcome-in-our-state-texas-governor-designates-radical-muslim-groups-as-foreign-terrorists">designated</a> the group and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as “foreign terrorist organizations and transnational criminal organizations.”
“The Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR have long made their goals clear: to forcibly impose Sharia law and establish Islam’s ‘mastership of the world,’” said Abbott. “The actions taken by the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR to support terrorism across the globe and subvert our laws through violence, intimidation, and harassment are unacceptable.”
The council has contested and sued Texas over the designation.
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The Muslim Brotherhood, founded in Egypt in 1928 by Hassan al-Banna, has long been connected to violent extremist groups such as Hamas. In its 1988 charter, Hamas identifies itself as “one of the wings of the Muslim Brotherhood in Palestine.”
While Muslim Brotherhood groups in the West, including in the United States, have condemned the use of violence, according to the <a href="https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2025/10/27/patient-extremism-the-many-faces-of-the-muslim-brotherhood/">Foundation for Defense of Democracies</a>, “it is almost always born of prudence, not principle.”
“The Brotherhood tends to be far more conservative than al-Qaeda or the Islamic State when calculating the probable cost of a turn toward violence. Its branches hesitate to risk the wrath of national governments. The Brotherhood also places a premium on remaining able to gradually promote its brand of Islam, especially within Muslim majority countries,” says a foundation brief on the Muslim Brotherhood written last month.
On Wednesday, the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy released a 265-page <a href="https://isgap.org/post/2025/11/at-the-halfway-point-of-its-100-year-plan-isgap-unveils-landmark-report-on-the-muslim-brotherhoods-strategic-entryism-into-north-america/?utm_source=chatgpt.com">report</a> “mapping [the Muslim Brotherhood’s] ideological, institutional, and financial penetration into North America.” The report is an analysis of the brotherhood’s 100-year plan to infiltrate and subvert western governments and institutions to further the imperialistic goals of Islamism.
“This is not simply a political movement but a transnational ideological project that adapts itself to Western systems while working to undermine them. The Brotherhood has learned to use the very freedoms of democracy as tools to erode it from within, exploiting the tolerance and openness of liberal societies as strategic vulnerabilities,” said Dr. Charles Asher Small, founding director of the institute.

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The United States has reportedly crafted a 28-point plan to bring an end to the war in Ukraine.
Both Russia and Ukraine have signaled that they believe the plan can serve as a starting point for further negotiations. U.S. officials have referred to the plan as a “living document” that will be ironed out in mediation with both sides, according to <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/11/20/trump-ukraine-peace-plan-28-points-russia">Axios</a>.
As it stands in the version published by Axios, Russia would receive recognized control over the regions of Crimea, Luhansk, and Donetsk, and parts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. Ukraine must limit its standing military and establish in its constitution that it will never join NATO. In exchange, Ukraine would receive security guarantees from the United States without regard to Europe.
Ukraine would receive hundreds of billions of dollars-worth of investment to aid in its rebuilding efforts, including $100 billion-worth of frozen Russian assets. Russia would receive reentry into the G8 and sanctions would be lifted. Frozen assets will be returned except for those spent on Ukraine’s rebuilding.
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All parties will receive amnesty for their actions during the war. Prisoners will be exchanged on an “all for all” basis, and all civilian detainees will be returned, including children. Russia is <a href="https://globalchildren.georgetown.edu/posts/russia-is-turning-abducted-ukrainian-children-into-soldiers">accused</a> of kidnapping Ukrainian children – one estimate runs into the hundreds of thousands – and reeducating them before enlisting them in its own military.
Both countries will commit to instituting educational programs aimed at promoting understanding and tolerance. Nazi ideology and activities must be outlawed.
The plan includes a number of other aspects as well, such as Ukraine&#8217;s eventual admittance into the European Union. If either country fires upon the other unprovoked or otherwise breaks the terms of the peace, the concessions given to the aggressor will be voided.
A ceasefire will take place immediately after terms have been finalized and agreed to and forces have withdrawn to their respective lines. The ceasefire and eventual peace will be monitored by the Peace Council headed by President Donald Trump, like the eventual ceasefire and peace plan agreed to between Hamas and Israel.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky was presented the plan on Thursday. After reviewing it, he agreed to enter into talks with Trump’s team. Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev, who reportedly had a hand in crafting the proposal alongside U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, referred to negotiations earlier this week in positive terms.
“We feel the Russian position is really being heard,” said Dmitriev.
The peace plan was published by Axios after senior U.S. military officials <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgdgrqwnq9o">traveled</a> to Ukraine to meet with Zelensky. While the plan has not been rejected, it does include some aspects that Ukraine has previously rebuffed as red lines, such as additional territorial concessions to Russia that include land that Russia currently does not control.
The plan also does not take into account additional actions that may be taken by the Europeans, such as additional security guarantees for Ukraine made by other countries in Europe.

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The Trump administration is designating Saudi Arabia a major non-NATO ally, strengthening economic and military ties between Washington and Riyadh, the president announced on Tuesday.
President Donald Trump announced the designation while Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visited the White House this week. Salman’s visit was received with many of the trappings of a state visit, though the event lacked the official status as Salman’s father is the actual head of the Saudi state.
“We&#8217;re taking our military cooperation to even greater heights by formally designating Saudi Arabia as a major non-NATO ally, which is something that is very important to them,” <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1990948885271842899">said</a> Trump, before adding that Washington and Riyadh will enter into “a historic strategic defense agreement, which we just signed a little while ago.”
The announcement comes a day after the president said that he intends to allow Saudi Arabia to purchase F-35 stealth fighter planes from the United States.
“I am planning on doing that,” the president said. “They want to buy them. They’ve been a great ally.”
Salman offered promises to Trump, as well. Earlier on Tuesday, the crown prince said that Saudi Arabia <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1990838255311356094">intends</a> to increase its pledge to invest in the United States from $600 billion to “almost $1 trillion.” The investment would be nearly equal to the entirety of Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11/18/world/trump-saudi-crown-prince-visit/trump-saudi-crown-prince?smid=url-share">The New York Times</a>.
Trump has moved to strengthen ties between Washington and Riyadh after the Biden administration’s effort to distance itself from the Saudis over the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and other controversies. The Trump administration has prioritized the relationship with Riyadh, seeking its cooperation on issues such as gas <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gas-prices-plummet-after-trump-rebuilds-ties-with-saudis-biden-snubbed">production</a> and the Abraham Accords.
The Saudis have signaled interest in joining the landmark foreign policy achievement of Trump’s tenure in office, the Abraham Accords, and normalizing relations with Israel. Riyadh has made it firmly understood, though, that it cannot normalize relations with Jerusalem until a pathway to a two-state solution with the Palestinian people is secure.
Saudi Arabia was one of a coalition of Arab states that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/arab-states-line-up-behind-trumps-middle-east-peace-plan">backed</a> the Trump-brokered peace and ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. The ceasefire agreement, if it holds, provides a pathway to end the war in Gaza and sets goals and parameters for a Palestinian state to eventually be built. Some experts have expressed concern over Washington’s growing ties with Riyadh, especially over the Trump administration’s decision to share highly-prized military assets such as the F-35 with the Saudis. Saudi Arabia has a defense agreement with China, and some experts have said that the Saudi government may share the technology with Beijing, according to <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/17/trump-f-35-saudi-arabia-00654771">Politico</a>.

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The U.S. military announced another strike against suspected drug traffickers in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday as President Donald Trump suggested diplomatic talks could soon take place with Venezuela.
The strike, delivered on Saturday, marks at least 21 times the U.S. military has blown up a boat or submarine in international waters around South America in the administration’s effort to curb the flow of illicit drugs into the United States.
“On Nov. 15, at the direction of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization. Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, transiting along a known narco-trafficking route, and carrying narcotics,” U.S. Southern Command announced in a post on X that was shared by Hegseth.
“Three male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel were killed. The vessel was trafficking narcotics in the Eastern Pacific and was struck in international waters,” it added.
The latest strike comes as tensions between the United States and Venezuela have soared over U.S. military buildup in the region and tough talk from Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who the U.S. views as illegitimate and a significant factor in drug smuggling to the United States. Trump <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1990207803374395800">said</a> Sunday evening that the United States and Maduro’s regime may be opening discussions soon.
In the middle of a rally in Caracas on Thursday, Maduro told <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/americas/venezuela-maduro-us-peace-message-intl-latam">CNN</a> that he would like the American people to reject war with Venezuela. His message to Americans was “to unite for the peace of (the Americas). No more endless wars. No more unjust wars. No more Libya. No more Afghanistan.”
Asked what his message is to Trump, Maduro said, “Yes peace, yes peace.”
Maduro has warned against potential U.S. military action, mobilizing Venezuela’s military and volunteer forces. He has also appeared to deploy additional air-defense systems, including Russian-made units.
On Sunday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the Cartel de los Soles, a cartel headed by Maduro, would be designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
“Headed by the illegitimate Nicolás Maduro, the group has corrupted the institutions of government in Venezuela and is responsible for terrorist violence conducted by and with other designated FTOs as well as for trafficking drugs into the United States and Europe,” Rubio said in a <a href="https://x.com/SecRubio/status/1990187781151445245">post</a> on X.

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A looming House vote on the Epstein files launches a political knife fight on the Right, a bipartisan cohort of Congressmen call out Chinese tech on American military bases, and the Trump administration brings its immigration blitz to North Carolina.
It’s Monday, November 17, 2025, and this is the news you need to know to start your day. Today’s edition of the Morning Wire podcast can be heard below, and the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mrn-251117-member-exclusive">video version can be seen on The Daily Wire</a>:
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">Trump Rips Greene</h2>
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Topline: President Donald Trump dramatically withdrew his backing of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) over the weekend amid a national debate over the Epstein files.
A few years ago, Greene was considered one of the president&#8217;s closest allies in Congress, including during the Biden era. Over the past few weeks, Greene has broken prominently with the president on some policies, including how best to handle healthcare and foreign policy. 
Last week appeared to be the final straw for the president, when he referred to the Georgia congresswoman as Marjorie “Traitor” Greene. Trump essentially said Greene was acting out of line because of her desire to run for the U.S. Senate or Georgia governor.
“I understand that wonderful, Conservative people are thinking about primarying Marjorie in her District of Georgia, that they too are fed up with her and her antics and, if the right person runs, they will have my Complete and Unyielding Support,” Trump said in a social media <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115551127714537339">post</a>. “She has gone Far Left, even doing The View, with their Low IQ Republican hating Anchors. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
Greene media blitz: Greene has appeared on the Left-leaning talk show The View and has given interviews to CNN and other outlets, where she has criticized the administration and other Republicans.
In a Sunday morning appearance on CNN, Greene <a href="https://x.com/CNNSOTU/status/1990068687055851867">apologized</a> for “taking part in toxic politics” when asked why she never spoke out against Trump’s rhetorical style for attacking people until those attacks were directed at her.
Epstein files: Greene has pointed to the administration’s handling of the Epstein files as one of the main reasons that she and the president seem to have had a falling out. Notably, the president has disagreed with this assessment, citing policy differences.
The Epstein files are under debate in Congress right now, as a petition signed by Greene, a few other Republicans, and House Democrats seeks to force a vote on Tuesday to release more evidence. The bill is expected to pass, potentially with more GOP votes than signed on to the petition to get the vote.
For some time, Trump has called the Epstein files a “hoax” and said the supposed files have been weaponized by the Democrats to distract from his agenda. But on Sunday night, Trump reversed course and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/us/politics/trump-epstein-files-release-vote.html">called on</a> House Republicans to back the bill that would compel the DOJ to release the files. 
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Chinese Espionage</h2>
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Topline: U.S. lawmakers in both parties are ramping up warnings of Chinese spying efforts on U.S. military bases and personnel. 
In recent years, Chinese companies were found to have gobbled up farmland near roughly 20 military installations nationwide, prompting warnings from the Pentagon that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) could use that land to film weapons and troop movements, intercept communications, and hack into software.
Congress recently passed new laws requiring federal approval for foreign land purchases within 100 miles of most military sites. But it appears Beijing is circumventing those laws and continuing to purchase land.
Whiteman under watch? In the last few days, the Daily Caller <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/10/exclusive-us-nuclear-bomber-fleet-shares-fence-trailer-park-linked-chinese-intel-miles-guo/">reported</a> on a trailer park in Missouri that’s owned by a married couple living in Canada with ties to a Chinese business tycoon. That trailer park directly borders Whiteman Air Force Base, home to the U.S. military’s only nuclear-capable stealth bomber fleet. The land shares a fence with the base and sits just a mile from the runway, offering unobscured views of stealth bombers taking off and landing.
The Canadian couple are Chinese immigrants with direct business ties to Miles Guo, a “disgraced Chinese tycoon and self-described former CCP intelligence affiliate.”
As one former CIA operations officer said, “This trailer park would hypothetically give Xi Jinping a range of options to wreak havoc.” According to Rep. Mark Alford (R-MO), the commander of this base had <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/11/former-military-base-commander-allegedly-knew-nothing-of-nearby-trailer-park-linked-to-ccp/">no idea</a> his next-door neighbors were potential Chinese spies. 
Chinese spy tech: Last week, 23 lawmakers from both parties, led by Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), sent a letter to the White House urging an investigation into TP-Link, a major online retailer that sells Wi-Fi routers, home security cameras, baby monitors, etc.
Ernst says those devices are easily accessed by the CCP and, most concerning, “are sold through the Army, Air Force, and Navy Exchanges, placing these devices in proximity to U.S. military installations and providing a vehicle for Beijing to spy on America.”
TP-Link strongly denies any wrongdoing, saying its data for American users is housed on the Amazon cloud in Virginia, and that “TP-Link does not enable foreign surveillance of U.S. networks or users.”
Lawmakers say even if Chinese businesses aren’t intentionally taking part in espionage against the United States, they can often be used for those purposes by the CCP. Beijing passed new laws in recent years that require “any organization or citizen [to] support, assist and cooperate with state intelligence work.”
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Operation Charlotte’s Web</h2>
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Topline: Federal immigration agents flooded Charlotte, North Carolina, over the weekend in the next major operation under President Trump’s immigration enforcement surge.
Charlotte’s Web: Immigration officials from ICE and the Border Patrol launched Operation Charlotte’s Web over the weekend, continuing Trump&#8217;s immigration crackdown across major American cities. According to administration officials, immigration operations continue to focus on dangerous illegal aliens. Quite a few non-violent aliens tend to be swept up in immigration raids, as well. 
Democrat backlash: This operation has caused predictable backlash among local Democratic politicians and activists.
“We have a little man sitting in 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, who really believes that Hitler was the greatest man ever on earth,” <a href="https://grabien.com/story?id=556130">said</a> Corine Mack, the president of the Charlotte chapter of the NAACP. “He&#8217;s trying to create a 1940 Germany right here in the United States. And like then, many people said, &#8216;Well, it’s them, not me.&#8217; Until it eventually was them. We can no longer be silent.”
Catholic bishops join resistance: The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops waded into the immigration debate, slamming President Trump’s enforcement policies. 
“We are disturbed when we see among our people a climate of fear and anxiety around questions of profiling and immigration enforcement,” the bishops <a href="https://x.com/ArchbishpSample/status/1989041086808133664">said</a> in a video statement. “We are saddened by the state of contemporary debate and the vilification of immigrants. We are concerned about the conditions in detention centers and the lack of access to pastoral care.”
The bishops’ message drew pushback from border czar Tom Homan.
“Secure border saves lives and, you know, one of the reasons no one talks about why we have the most secure border in the history of this nation. [It’s] because of exactly what ICE is doing,” <a href="https://x.com/cspan/status/1989387853697265891">said</a> Homan on Friday. “I&#8217;ll say it as a Catholic, I think they need to spend time fixing the Catholic Church, in my opinion.”

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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced “Operation Southern Spear” on Thursday as tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela, and the U.S. and its European allies, mount over the Trump administration’s lethal strikes on drug traffickers.
Hegseth announced the new mission in a post on X. It was not immediately clear whether the operation is a new label on the ongoing operations against drug cartels in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean, or whether it represents some expanded operation in the administration’s efforts against the cartels.
“Led by Joint Task Force Southern Spear and [U.S. Southern Command], this mission defends our Homeland, removes narco-terrorists from our Hemisphere, and secures our Homeland from the drugs that are killing our people. The Western Hemisphere is America’s neighborhood – and we will protect it,” Hegseth <a href="https://x.com/SecWar/status/1989094923497316430">said</a>.
The War secretary said that the operation was ordered by President Donald Trump.
The operations announcement comes as tensions have flared this week between Washington and Caracas. Earlier this week, Venezuela <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/maduro-orders-massive-military-mobilization-as-u-s-carrier-group-nears-venezuela">announced</a> a “massive mobilization” of its military and held drills on Wednesday that involved an estimated 200,000 soldiers. Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López said the military exercises were in response to the “imperialist threat” from the United States.
Venezuela’s show of force came as the USS Gerald R Ford and other vessels arrived in the region after the aircraft carrier was repositioned to the Caribbean Sea. The Ford is the United States&#8217; largest and most technologically advanced warship.
The Trump administration has positioned U.S. military assets in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean to cut off water routes used by drug cartels to ship deadly chemicals into the United States. The U.S. military has destroyed around 20 boats and submarines that it said were trafficking drugs such as fentanyl and cocaine.
In response, some officials in Europe have been critical of the U.S. strikes, accusing the United States of violating “international law.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/marco-rubio-rips-eu-critics-who-claim-drug-boat-strikes-violate-international-law">responded</a> to those complaints on Wednesday.
“I do find it interesting that all these countries want us to send and supply, for example, nuclear-capable Tomahawk missiles to defend Europe, but when the United States positions aircraft carriers in our hemisphere, where we live, somehow that’s a problem?” said Rubio. “I would say that the United States and this president has made very clear his job is to protect the United States from threats against the United States, and that is what he is doing in this operation.”

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The government shutdown is over, the Justice Department investigates riots surrounding a Turning Point USA event, and a standoff brews in the Caribbean between Venezuela and the United States.
It’s Thursday, November 13, 2025, and this is the news you need to know to start your day. Today’s edition of the Morning Wire podcast can be heard below, and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mrn-251113">the video version can be seen on The Daily Wire</a>:
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">Shutdown Comes To A Close</h2>
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Topline: The government shutdown finally came to a close on Wednesday, with President Donald Trump signing legislation to reopen the government.
The House voted on legislation to fund the government through the end of January. The vote came after eight Senate Democrats sided with Republicans earlier this week to break the filibuster and push through a continuing resolution to fund the federal government.
After more than 40 days, the shutdown’s impacts hit all across the country. From air travel to food stamps, Americans felt it.
What comes next:  The debate will quickly shift to healthcare and Obamacare subsidies, which the Democrats used as a rhetorical tool to prevent funding the government for the past 40 days. When they voted to reopen the government over the weekend, part of the deal was to bring that debate back to the Senate in December.
On the House side, Democrats such as Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries have proposed extending those subsidies for three years. But with Republicans in the majority, the calculus is different, and there is a lot unknown about the continuation of those subsidies.
The argument from many Republicans and opponents of the renewed subsidies for the Affordable Care Act is that the program was never sustainable to begin with.
Shutdown drama continued:  Republicans are very pleased with the outcome, but many Democrats, aside from those few who voted to reopen the government, are not. 
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Berkeley Riot</h2>
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Topline: The DOJ is investigating a protest outside of a Turning Point USA event at UC Berkeley this week.
TPUSA has gotten more attention than ever over the last two months since Charlie Kirk, the group’s founder, was assassinated. In the wake of that tragedy, rather than pull back, the conservative activist group has gone all in.
While a number of its events have faced significant protest, thanks to increased security, most have been peaceful. But during the final stop of the Turning Point tour this week at Cal Berkeley, a protest turned violent. In the hours leading up to the event, hundreds of black-clad protesters <a href="https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1988056273716474048?s=20">descended</a> on the venue, hurling insults and threats at conservative students attending the event, and mocking Kirk’s murder.
Other chants included, “When fascists come and cause a wreck, they get a bullet in the neck.” At one point, a group of protesters attempted to rob a man of his necklace and proceeded to beat him when he attempted to stop them. As the victim, who was briefly detained by police himself, stands up, dripping blood from his face, some in the crowd begin to taunt him, <a href="https://x.com/FrontlinesTPUSA/status/1988051012050186316?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying,</a> “white boy, you’re bleeding.”
Turning Point staffers say rioters set off smoke bombs and tear gas outside the venue, and hurled fireworks and glass bottles at those trying to get in, including parents carrying small children. And then, as the event ended, large groups of rioters blocked exits and hurled threats at those leaving. 
DOJ steps in: Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday that the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force will &#8220;spare no expense unmasking all who commit and orchestrate acts of political violence” and seeking out the identities of specific agitators. Bondi <a href="https://x.com/AGPamBondi/status/1988339354754769099">added</a>, &#8220;Antifa is an existential threat to our nation.&#8221; The Justice Department also sent a letter to the University of California Board of Regents, notifying them that an investigation had been opened into their handling of the riot, ordering them to preserve all internal records regarding security preparations. 
“ There was a sold out crowd of over 2,000 tickets for this event with Rob Schneider, the comedian, and in fact, only a thousand people were allowed to enter,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/AAGDhillon/status/1988582068776026127?s=20">said</a> the Justice Department’s assistant attorney general for civil rights, Harmeet Dhillon. &#8220;There were shenanigans with the ticketing, but a lot of people didn&#8217;t come because of what we call the ‘heckler&#8217;s veto,’ the violent mob allowed to fester outside.” 
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Fracas In Caracas</h2>
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Topline: Venezuela says it’s launched a “massive mobilization” of its armed forces – as the United States’ largest aircraft carrier arrives in the region.
Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro’s defense minister, Vladimir Padrino López, on Tuesday <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/maduro-orders-massive-military-mobilization-as-u-s-carrier-group-nears-venezuela">announced</a> a military buildup to counter what he called the “imperialist threat” from the United States. That buildup included military exercises on Wednesday that reportedly <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/venezuela-military-mobilization-us-navy-flotilla-nears-caribbean-uss-ford/">involved</a> around 200,000 troops. Reports say that the military has prepped anti-aircraft systems across Venezuela in case Trump decides to order land strikes, as he has hinted at a few times.
State of play: The United States’ largest and most advanced warship, the USS Gerald R. Ford, has finally arrived in the region, military officials said on Tuesday.
But diplomatic relations between Caracas and Washington have broken down, and it is unclear whether they have since rebounded.
The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/world/americas/maduro-venezuela-us-oil.html">reported</a> last month that diplomacy between the two sides is basically broken. It broke over Maduro’s refusal to vacate leadership.
Caracas had offered the United States a majority stake in its oil and other mineral wealth. Part of the agreement would have been that Caracas would distance itself from powers hostile to the United States – namely, China, Iran, and Russia. But the United States walked away.
Invasion?: Many have made comparisons between the military buildup in the Caribbean Sea and the lead-up to the U.S. invasion of Panama in 1989. There remain some stark differences, however. Venezuela is much larger than Panama, has a larger military, and Maduro is protected by special forces from Cuba, and Moscow has promised to help Venezuela in the event of an invasion.
Also, in 1989, the United States went into Panama to oust dictator Gen. Manuel Noriega with <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/us/politics/panama-noriega-maduro.html">roughly</a> 27,000 troops. With the addition of the USS Gerald R. Ford, the United States still has only <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/americas/venezuela-military-mobilization-us-buildup-intl-latam#:~:text=Maduro%20has%20also%20claimed%20that,CNN's%20Haley%20Britzky%20contributed.">around</a> 15,000 troops in the Caribbean Sea.

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Morning Brief: The Swamp Reopens, Berkeley Riot On FBI’s Terror Radar, & The Fracas In Caracas

Morning Brief: Govt Shutdown Ends, DOJ Probes Berkeley, And Venezuela Calls Up Troops

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From this point forward, you’ll have to pay more than a penny for your thoughts. The U.S. Mint made the final penny on Wednesday, ending the coin’s 232-year run.
The U.S. Mint said in a release that the final penny was struck in Philadelphia by United States Treasurer Brandon Beach.
“While general production concludes today, the penny’s legacy lives on,” Kristie McNally, Acting Mint Director, said. “As its usage in commerce continues to evolve, its significance in America’s story will endure.”
If you want the Mint’s two cents on the issue, production costs are to blame for the penny’s extinction. U.S. Mint’s release stated that over the past decade, the cost of making each penny has risen from 1.42 cents to 3.69 cents. Business Insider reported that the government will save roughly $50 million annually by ceasing penny production.
There are still about 300 billion pennies in circulation. The Mint stated that because the supply exceeds the amount needed for commerce, pennies can still be used. Stores can still price items in one-cent increments — so don’t throw your piggy bank away just yet.
President Trump ordered the penny to be canceled back in February of this year. He said on Truth Social: “For far too long, the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than two cents.”
In the 2024 annual report, the U.S. Mint recorded that the cost of producing pennies increased by 20.2% in that year alone.
“This is so wasteful! I have instructed my Secretary of the US Treasury to stop producing new pennies,” Trump declared.
So, nine months later, it did, at the Mint where the country’s lowest-value coins have been made since 1793. The penny entered circulation after the Coinage Act was passed in 1792.
President Abraham Lincoln has been the face of the one-cent coin since 1909. Lincoln was the first president featured on a coin in honor of his 100th birthday. The tails side of the most recent coin represents Lincoln’s preservation of the United States as a single country.
Over the 232-year lifespan of the penny, the <a href="https://www.usmint.gov/learn/coins-and-medals/circulating-coins/penny?srsltid=AfmBOorp-P0PbOJ5jRYvigQlRIm4B-3l4zGXxjxQJQtTp0bE4wPjPh8E">design</a> has evolved. The first penny showed a woman with her hair flowing, which the U.S. Mint said symbolized liberty. In its original form, the penny was larger and completely made out of copper. Today’s design is a mix of copper and zinc, featuring smaller elements.
More fun facts — back in 1943, the majority of pennies were made of zinc-coated steel in order to conserve copper needed for munitions during World War II.
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Fast forward to 2017, when pennies made in Philadelphia had a “P” marking on them for the first time to celebrate the Mint’s 225th anniversary.
With billions of pennies still around, who knows what history you’ll find in your coin purse, your change jar, or in between your couch cushions.

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Venezuela has announced a “massive mobilization” of its military in response to the increased U.S. military presence in the Caribbean Sea.
Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López said Tuesday that Venezuelan military and reserve forces would carry out training exercises through Wednesday in response to the “imperialist threat” from the United States, according to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/americas/venezuela-military-mobilization-us-buildup-intl-latam">CNN</a>. Padrino López said that the order to put Venezuela on a war footing came from Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
The military buildup in Venezuela comes as the United States’ largest warship, the USS Gerald R. Ford, and the rest of its carrier group entered the US Southern Command region. War Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the aircraft carrier to the Caribbean Sea last month to join U.S. forces policing international waters off Venezuela’s shores.
“The enhanced U.S. force presence in the SOUTHCOM AOR will bolster U.S. capacity to detect, monitor, and disrupt illicit actors and activities that compromise the safety and prosperity of the United States homeland,” Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said, according to the <a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article312873636.html">Miami Herald</a>. “These forces will enhance and augment existing capabilities to disrupt narcotics trafficking and degrade and dismantle TCOs.”
Last week, Russian-made anti-aircraft systems were seen inside the La Carlota military airport in Caracas. The Buk-M2E missile systems were tagged after Maduro sent out requests to Russia and China for aid against a possible attack from the United States.
In addition to the systems seen at La Carlota, a slew of anti-air missile defense systems have been spotted being placed across Venezuela.
Tensions between Caracas and Washington have soared since President Donald Trump took office over Venezuela’s ties to the international drug trade and the trafficking of drugs into the United States. In response, Trump has moved warships into the southern Caribbean Sea to target suspected drug boats and subs.
The White House has also targeted Maduro personally. Trump said last month that he has approved CIA operations against Maduro in Venezuela, suggesting that the White House wants regime change in Caracas. Trump has also weighed whether to expand U.S. strikes against the drug trade to Venezuelan soil.

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WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump commemorated Veterans Day with remarks honoring the United States military’s “legacy of gallantry and daring,” expressing gratitude to American veterans for their service to the nation.
&#8220;On Veterans Day, we honor those who have worn the uniform, who have borne the battle, who have stood to watch and whose ranks have formed the mighty wall of flesh and blood, bravery and devotion that has defended our freedom for 250 years,&#8221; Trump said as he spoke at Arlington National Cemetery.
&#8220;Today, to every veteran, we love our veterans, we say the words too often left unsaid: Thank you for your service. Thank you very much,&#8221; the president said. &#8220;And we want to also say thank you for carrying America&#8217;s fate on your strong, very broad, proud shoulders. Each of you has earned the respect and the gratitude of our entire nation. We love you. We salute you. And we will never forget what you have done to keep America safe, sovereign, and free.&#8221;
Trump reflected on the stories of American valor, filled with &#8220;tales of titans, icons, innovators, and trailblazers who built this country into the greatest, most ambitious, and most prosperous nation the world has ever seen.&#8221; He noted that his administration has taken the United States to &#8220;new levels,&#8221; and said, as he often jokes of late, &#8220;We have never been hotter than we are right now.&#8221;
But the United States of America, Trump said, would be nothing &#8220;without our veterans.&#8221;
&#8220;Everything we have, everything our country has achieved has been purchased by the muscle, spine, and steel of the United States military,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We owe it all to the fierce and noble men and women of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, Space Force, Coast Guard, and the United States Marines.&#8221;
Trump shared the story of Major Sullivan Ballou of Rhode Island, who wrote to his wife Sarah before the Battle of Bull Run, &#8220;I know how great a debt we owe to those who went before us,&#8221; and, &#8220;I&#8217;m willing, perfectly willing, darling, to lay down all my joys of this life to help maintain this government and to pay that debt.&#8221;
&#8220;Just one week later, Major Ballou did just that,&#8221; Trump reflected. &#8220;He gave his life to save our country.&#8221;
The president told another story of an American hero from World War II, Colonel Bull Wolverton, commander of the 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. The president shared how Wolverton knelt with his men, the night before D-Day, and prayed, &#8220;We ask only this, that we die, we must die, and we as men would die without complaining, without pleading, and safe in the feeling that we have done our best for what we believed was right. We must do what is right.&#8221;
&#8220;Colonel Wolverton died for us so bravely in battle,&#8221; Trump shared of the war hero, who was killed the next day after his parachute became stuck in a tree and he <a href="https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=30909">was gunned down</a> by German soldiers.
He also honored Army Captain William Swenson, who was previously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Swenson was driving through the Afghan mountains in September 2009 when more than 60 Taliban insurgents ambushed his convoy, the president said. As Swenson and his comrades fought for hours without artillery or air support, one of his fellow soldiers was shot in the chest, prompting Swenson to cross an open field to help his friend.
&#8220;People said, &#8216;Don&#8217;t do it, Captain. Don&#8217;t do it,'&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;He did it. When the terrorists closed in around them and demanded their surrender, Captain Swenson threw a grenade at the enemy and rallied his men to break their advance. He then carried the wounded soldiers hundreds of yards to a rescue helicopter before charging back three times, back and forth, back and forth into the fire to save the wounded and bring them home. Even after seven hours of fighting, he refused to leave any man behind.&#8221;
The president thanked Swenson, who was present at the memorial, for his service.
Then he shared the story of retired Brigadier General Dale Stovall, also present at Tuesday&#8217;s memorial, who was assigned to rescue a downed American airman &#8220;deep in hostile territory&#8221; during the Vietnam War.
&#8220;Despite the extreme peril, Captain Stovall took off in his HH-53C helicopter and soon came under intense fire, forcing him to turn back. But the captain refused to abandon his mission,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;The next day, he willingly plunged back into the danger while taking fire from all directions. He didn&#8217;t have a chance, he felt, but he said, &#8216;I got to do it.&#8217; He rescued the downed American pilot who had been stranded on the ground for 23 days and brought him back home alive, completing the deepest rescue behind enemy lines in the entire Vietnam War.&#8221;
Stovall received the Air Force Cross and the Distinguished Flying Cross as well as two Silver Stars, making him the fourth most combat-decorated Air Force Academy grad of all time, the president said, and he told the American war hero: &#8220;You are a legend. Thank you, General Stovall. Thank you very much.&#8221;
&#8220;You look good, General,&#8221; the president added. &#8220;I wish I looked that good. You look good.&#8221;
The president reflected on the &#8220;legacy of gallantry and daring&#8221; that American veterans have shown, &#8220;without parallel in human history.&#8221;
&#8220;Generation after generation,&#8221; the president said, &#8220;America&#8217;s warriors have left behind the comforts of home and family to face violence, evil, and death so that our families could know joy, goodness, and peace. We honor them so strongly. Our heroes have lived through unthinkable nightmares so we could live the American dream.&#8221;
&#8220;They have volunteered to give their last breath to all of us so that we could breathe free,&#8221; the president added. &#8220;And today we know without any doubt in our hearts that after two and a half centuries, America stands tall because America&#8217;s veterans stood so strong. And soon our country will be stronger than ever before.&#8221;
He also brought up his resolution to declare Veterans Day as &#8220;World War I Victory Day,&#8221; reminding those gathered of how he saw France celebrating its own Victory Day. Many other countries celebrate &#8220;Victory Day,&#8221; the president said, and now the United States will as well.
&#8220;America&#8217;s warriors never quit, never surrender,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They fight, fight, fight, and they win, win. That&#8217;s what we do. We win battles. As you know, today is not only Veterans Day, but it&#8217;s my proclamation that we are now going to be saying and calling Victory Day for World War I, Victory Day.&#8221;
&#8220;We&#8217;re the one that won the wars,&#8221; he added. &#8220;And I said, &#8216;From now on, we&#8217;re going to say victory day for World War I and World War II.&#8217; And we could do for plenty of other wars, but we&#8217;ll start with those two. Maybe someday somebody else will add a couple of more because we won a lot of good ones.&#8221;
He also brought up that his administration is dedicated to restoring the pride and winning spirit of the United States military, saying that this is why he has renamed the Department of Defense to the Department of War and reversed efforts to make the military politically correct.
&#8220;We don&#8217;t like being politically correct,&#8221; he said. &#8220;So we&#8217;re not going to be politically correct anymore. From now on, when we fight a war, we only fight for one reason: to win. We fight to win.&#8221;
Trump also promised that his administration is fighting for the veterans who have &#8220;always been there for us,&#8221; saying that in nine months, his administration has &#8220;cut the backlog of VA benefit claims in half,&#8221; and vowing that VA Secretary Doug Collins is &#8220;going to get it down to zero.&#8221; He stressed that President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration did little to help veterans, but that his White House is focused on working with those who respect and love them.
&#8220;Today, the flame of liberty shines bright,&#8221; the president concluded. &#8220;The people of our nation sleep safe. The American dream surges forward. And our magnificent destiny stands more splendid and glorious than ever before.&#8221;

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Kazakhstan became the first nation to join the Abraham Accords during President Donald Trump’s second term on Thursday.
Trump announced Kazakhstan’s entry into the agreement in a <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115505478418176575">post</a> on Truth Social on Thursday evening while hosting leaders from five Central Asian countries at the White House. The president said an official ceremony to mark Kazakhstan’s entry will take place at a later date.
“I just held a great call between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, of Israel, and President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, of Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan is the first Country of my Second Term to join the Abraham Accords, the first of many,” the president wrote.
“This is a major step forward in building bridges across the World. Today, more Nations are lining up to embrace Peace and Prosperity through my Abraham Accords,” he continued. “[T]here are many more Countries trying to join this club of STRENGTH. So much more to come in uniting Countries for Stability and Growth — Real progress, real results. BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS!”
Kazakhstan’s entry into the accords would make it the first Central Asian country to join. Kazakhstan had earlier established diplomatic ties with Israel in 2020, also making ties with Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/us/politics/kazakhstan-abraham-accords.html">The New York Times</a>.
Aside from furthering the Abraham Accords, a top achievement of Trump’s first term, Thursday’s White House meeting also dealt with potential deals on critical minerals as the White House seeks to diversify its sources for the minerals outside of China.
Tokayev said that a deal with the United States is nearing to develop his country’s deposits of tungsten, a critical mineral used in weapons manufacturing. The Kazakhstan president has appeared enthusiastic about U.S. investment in his country, noting that the Trump administration has “more pragmatism from a political point of view” than its predecessor, according to the Times.

Great Success: Another Muslim Majority Country Joins Abraham Accords, Hailed As ‘Major Step Forward’

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