Good evening, everyone. It was a relatively slow news day on the surface, but there are critical developments the mainstream media is barely touching, and you deserve to know them.
Tonight I am tracking several major stories: Rep. Eugene Vindman is demanding the release of a highly disturbing phone call between Donald Trump and the Saudi crown prince, a call he says is even more shocking than the one that led to Trump’s first impeachment. Thousands of Americans marched in Washington, D.C., calling for Trump’s removal from office. And U.S. officials say a military confrontation with Venezuela could begin as early as tonight.
On a personal note, my phone number appears to have been leaked today. I received this message attacking me directly. I crossed out parts of the words because they were extremely vulgar:
Here is the truth. There are a lot of people who want me to quit. They want me silent. They want this reporting buried because it threatens them. But let me be absolutely clear, I am not going anywhere. Their intimidation only proves how important this work is.
Rep. Eugene Vindman urged the declassification of a 2019 call between Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, saying the transcript he reviewed on the National Security Council was “highly disturbing” and would “shock” Americans, as he accused Trump of rewriting the crown prince’s role in the killing during a recent White House meeting, while Khashoggi’s widow and House Democrats pressed for transparency despite the low likelihood the White House will release the document.
Vindman went on to claim today that Trump and Hegseth were launching a retaliation effort against him.
According to a new NBC interview, Trump said he would “love” to see Marjorie Taylor Greene eventually return to politics, even as he criticizes her resignation and their recent feud, while Greene’s allies say she’s stepping back due to harassment and has no plans to run for office again.
A protest titled “Remove the Regime” drew participants to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC on November 22, 2025, where demonstrators called on Congress to impeach and remove President Donald Trump, with the Washington Monument and U.S. Capitol visible in the backdrop.
According to Reuters, United States is preparing a new phase of operations targeting Venezuela as the Trump administration intensifies pressure on President Nicolás Maduro, with U.S. officials saying covert actions are expected to come first while the administration weighs options that include attempting to overthrow Maduro, even as a major U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean continues, human rights groups condemn recent lethal maritime strikes as unlawful killings, key airlines cancel flights after FAA warnings, and Washington plans to designate the Cartel de los Soles a foreign terrorist organization for its alleged role in drug trafficking.
According to Politico, Donald Trump rejected Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s requests for federal disaster aid after two major summer storms severely damaged thousands of homes in Chicago, despite FEMA assessments showing unusually high recovery costs and damage-to-wealth ratios that had always triggered approval in past administrations, leaving residents struggling with mold and unrepaired flooding as former FEMA officials accuse Trump of politically punishing Democratic leaders.
Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill said on Jon Stewart’s podcast that New Jersey should consider withholding federal tax dollars to protest the Trump administration, calling the idea appealing even though the logistics are unclear, prompting criticism from the White House and comparisons to a similar proposal floated and abandoned by California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Trump said his Ukraine peace proposal, which would require Kyiv to cede more territory to Russia, cap its military, and forgo NATO membership, is “not my final offer,” warning Zelenskyy to accept the 28-point plan or “continue to fight,” as U.S. and European leaders along with many Ukrainian and Republican lawmakers criticize the proposal for undermining Ukraine’s sovereignty and leaving it vulnerable to future attacks, even as U.S., European, Ukrainian, and potentially Russian delegations prepare to meet in Geneva to advance talks.
Russia’s rapidly expanding Rubicon drone unit, backed by Defense Minister Andrei Belousov and now part of a new national unmanned-systems command, has transformed the battlefield by deploying fiber-optic, AI-enabled, and mass-produced drones that cut Ukrainian supply lines, hunt drone operators, and overwhelm defenses.
Tatiana Schlossberg, a 35-year-old environmental journalist and granddaughter of President John F. Kennedy, revealed in a New Yorker essay that she has terminal acute myeloid leukemia with a rare Inversion 3 mutation and was told she likely has less than a year to live, describing months of intense treatment following a diagnosis shortly after giving birth in 2024.
Sen. Thom Tillis said Canada should repay an estimated $300 billion in past NATO underfunding even as Canadian Defense Minister David McGuinty emphasized that Canada is rapidly rebuilding its military and meeting new alliance spending targets, while other U.S. lawmakers at the Halifax security forum focused on repairing strained U.S.-Canada relations.
