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A federal judge dismissed criminal cases against former FBI director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, ruling that the interim U.S. attorney who brought the indictments had no lawful authority to prosecute them. The judge called the Justice Department's actions 'unlawful exercises of executive power.'
Legal experts argue that Trump's pardons of Rudolph Giuliani and others involved in the fake elector scheme could have inadvertently issued a mass pardon for 2020 voter fraud cases, potentially affecting numerous related prosecutions.
During a phone call with Trump, Chinese leader Xi Jinping raised the future of Taiwan, stating that its return was 'an integral part of the post-war international order.' China claims Taiwan as part of its territory.
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy indicated that Ukraine is ready to move forward with a U.S. peace plan while calling for discussions of 'sensitive points' with Trump. Trump stated that a deal is close, though some of Russia's maximalist demands have been removed from the original 28-point proposal.
A Pew study found that 70% of Latino voters disapprove of President Trump's job performance, a significant shift from the 2024 election when he won backing from nearly half of Latino voters.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the U.S. Navy to investigate Senator Mark Kelly's comments urging military personnel to refuse illegal orders. Democrats claim federal agents are seeking to question lawmakers who made similar remarks.
The Trump administration's Justice Department memo about boat strikes in the Caribbean frames them as self-defense against violence without naming an aggressor, diverging from Trump's public claim that they are intended to stop U.S. overdose deaths.
The Trump administration is spending billions of dollars acquiring ownership stakes in private firms including companies in the steel, minerals, and other sectors, marking an unusual practice for executive branch spending.
Reports indicate that Trump intervened to facilitate the production of Rush Hour 4 at Paramount, bringing back director Brett Ratner, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by several women.
Trump participated in the annual turkey pardoning ceremony on Thanksgiving, making jokes that 'went as well as you would expect' according to reporting, continuing a long-standing presidential tradition.