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🇺🇸 Ukraine Accepts Trump Peace Deal
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President Donald Trump just scored his biggest diplomatic win yet: Ukraine has formally agreed to the core terms of a Trump-brokered peace deal, a U.S. official confirmed Tuesday. It’s the clearest sign that the nearly four-year war may finally be nearing an end.
Kyiv and Washington have reached a “shared understanding” of the plan, with Ukrainian national security adviser Rustem Umerov saying the remaining details are minor — and that President Zelenskyy could travel to Washington this month to finalize the agreement with Trump.
The breakthrough came as U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll held quiet, all-day negotiations with Russian officials in Abu Dhabi, part of a trilateral effort involving U.S., Ukrainian, and Russian envoys working in separate rooms.
Officials aren’t revealing the full terms yet, but both sides say the framework is real — and the closest either has come to ending Europe’s bloodiest conflict in decades.
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Ukraine has agreed to the major terms of a peace deal brokered by the Trump administration that would end the war with Russia. U.S. officials confirmed that while some minor details still need to be worked out, Ukrainian representatives reached a common understanding with American negotiators during talks in Geneva and Abu Dhabi. The agreement comes after the original 28-point proposal was revised down to 19 points following pushback from Ukrainian and European officials who called the initial framework too favorable to Russia.
On a lighter note, Trump welcomed Thanksgiving week at the White House with the traditional turkey pardon ceremony alongside First Lady Melania. The two participated in the Rose Garden event where they officially spared a pair of turkeys before the holiday.
Check out all the latest developments and more below!
🌍 Trump Speaks With Chinese President Xi
President Trump issued a Truth Social post in which he characterized his phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping as very good. Trump said he just had a very good telephone call with President Xi, of China, and they discussed many topics including Ukraine/Russia, Fentanyl, Soybeans and other Farm Products. Trump wrote that they have done a good, and very important, deal for Great Farmers and it will only get better, and that the relationship with China is extremely strong. The call was a follow up to their highly successful meeting in South Korea three weeks ago, and since then, there has been significant progress on both sides in keeping agreements current and accurate. Trump said President Xi invited him to visit Beijing in April, which he accepted, and he reciprocated where Xi will be his guest for a State Visit in the U.S. later in the year. According to China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, President Xi outlined China's principled position on the Taiwan question and underscored that Taiwan's return to China is an integral part of the post-war international order.
⚖️ DOJ Files Motion to Officially Unseal Epstein Docs
The Justice Department asked a federal judge to unseal grand jury materials and lift protective orders in the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell cases after President Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Signed by Trump on Nov. 19, the law requires Attorney General Pam Bondi to release all unclassified records, communications and investigative materials related to Epstein within 30 days. The department asked the court to expedite the unsealing of grand jury transcripts and exhibits and to modify orders that block public release of discovery materials. The department argued that Congress explicitly authorized disclosure under the law, overriding the secrecy of grand jury proceedings outlined in the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. The judge in the Maxwell case set a briefing schedule, ordering Maxwell to file her position by Dec. 3, and directed prosecutors to notify victims, who may submit letters to the court by the same date.
🦃 Trump Kicks Off Thanksgiving Week With Turkey Pardon
President Trump kicked off Thanksgiving week with some classic White House holiday traditions. Trump and first lady Melania Trump took part in Washington's annual turkey pardon. The lighthearted ceremony took place in the Rose Garden, where the president spared two lucky birds ahead of Thanksgiving. The White House often lets the public get involved in naming the turkeys, usually selecting from fan submissions, and this year, the first lady asked people to vote on X, sharing a shortlist of possible names. First lady Melania Trump will also welcome the official White House Christmas tree, marking the start of the season at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. This year's tree comes from Korson's Tree Farms in Sidney Township, Michigan, which is about an hour northeast of Grand Rapids.
🤖 Trump Launches Mission to Supercharge AI Innovation
President Trump signed an executive order aimed at bolstering U.S. artificial intelligence initiatives as it unveiled its new Genesis Mission to accelerate AI use for scientific purposes. The Genesis Mission will direct the Department of Energy and the Office of Science and Technology Policy and their national labs to work with private companies to share federal data sets, advanced supercomputing capabilities, and scientific facilities. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said the private sector has launched artificial intelligence at huge scale, but with a little bit different focus on language, on business, on processes, on consumer services, and what they're doing is just pivoting those efforts to focus on scientific discovery and engineering advancements. Additionally, the executive order instructs the Department of Energy and national labs to create an integrated platform aimed at expediting scientific discovery, in an attempt to connect AI capability with scientists, engineers, technical staff, and the labs' scientific instruments. Trump hinted an effort like this was in the works during the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum in Washington, where he said the U.S. would work to build the largest, most powerful, most innovative AI ecosystem in the world.
🔔 Ukraine Accepts Trump Peace Deal 🔔
Ukraine has agreed to a peace deal that would see an end to the war with Russia, a U.S. official confirmed. Some minor details of the agreement are still to be sorted out, the official said. Lt. Col. Jeff Tolbert, a spokesman for U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, said that Driscoll and his team met with Russian officials in Abu Dhabi on Monday and Tuesday to discuss the framework for a Ukraine peace deal. Tolbert said the talks are going well and they remain optimistic, and that Secretary Driscoll is closely synchronized with the White House and the U.S. interagency as these talks progress.
A U.S. official said that the Ukrainian delegation was also in Abu Dhabi and was in contact with Driscoll and his team. The diplomatic flurry over the weekend followed the leak of the 28-point peace plan, which many European leaders and U.S. lawmakers viewed as largely favorable to Russia. Rep. Don Bacon said the initial proposal by U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff was a surrender document for Ukraine that would have left it at the mercy of Russia for decades to come. Bacon said the latest version, developed with Secretary of State Marco Rubio's involvement and input from Ukrainian and European officials, was a better plan.
The original proposal, a 28-point plan, has now been revised down to a 19-point plan. That plan included provisions for Ukraine to cede some of the land Russia gained during the war as well as the shrinkage of Ukraine's Armed Forces. Those latter points, along with a point on the issue of amnesty regarding acts committed during the war, have reportedly been removed from the plan.
European leaders have also had concerns about the loss of land for Ukraine, which they believe rewards Russia's aggression, and the limitations placed on the size of Ukraine's armed forces. Ukraine would also never be permitted to join NATO under the plan. Ukraine's decision to agree to the deal came hours after Russia launched an overnight attack on Kyiv that killed at least six people and injured 13. The strikes on residential buildings and civilian infrastructure came as U.S. and Ukrainian officials met over the weekend in Geneva to discuss the peace plan being pushed by the Trump administration to end the nearly four-year war.
Rustem Umerov, Ukraine's secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, cited the talks in Geneva in addressing his country's agreement to major parts of a peace plan. Umerov wrote that Ukrainian delegations reached a common understanding on the core terms of the agreement discussed in Geneva, and that they now count on the support of European partners in further steps. Umerov added that his country looks forward to Zelenskyy visiting the U.S. at the earliest suitable date in order to complete final steps and make a deal with President Trump.
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