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Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) delivers a speech on national security at the Council of Foreign Relations on September 05, 2025 in New York City. The speech included a call for the U.S. Government to "prioritize our national security infrastructure around middle-class economics". (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) / US President Donald Trump looks on during a meeting with the White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026 in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on November 17, 2025. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Democrats to U.S. military: ‘You must refuse illegal orders’

A coalition of six Democrat members of Congress with military or intelligence backgrounds released a 60-second video titled “Don’t Give Up the Ship” on Tuesday — explicitly urging U.S. service members and those in the intelligence community to “refuse illegal orders” from leaders in the Trump administration.

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA - NOVEMBER 17: Federal agents search for undocumented immigrants on November 17, 2025 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Federal agents are carrying out "Operation Charlotte's Web," an ongoing immigration enforcement surge across the Charlotte region. (Photo by Ryan Murphy/Getty Images)

DHS launches Operation Charlotte’s Web: Arrests over 200 illegal immigrants in 3 days

As of November 18th, the third day of the operation, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reported that more than 200 illegal aliens have been arrested in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Guests gather for an official dinner with US President Donald Trump and Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on November 18, 2025. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump hosts WH dinner with Saudi Crown Prince and soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo

President Donald Trump hosted a Tuesday night dinner with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other notable figures in attendance.

The icebreaker scientific research vessel Kronprins Haakon sails through a fjord covered with sea ice in eastern Spitzbergen on April 6, 2025. The Norwegian Polar Institute, an Arctic research organisation, organised a five-week expedition aboard the high-tech research vessel and icebreaker Kronprins Haakon to collect adipose tissue biopsies and blood samples from polar bears in order to study the impact of pollutants on their health. (Photo by Olivier MORIN / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER MORIN/AFP via Getty Images) / U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem attends a meeting of the White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026 in the Oval Office of the White House on November 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. The task force was created to oversee security, logistics, and federal government support for the 2025 Club World Cup and the 2026 FIFA World Cup, jointly hosted by the United States. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

U.S., Canada, Finland sign deal to build icebreakers

The United States, Canada and Finland have signed a new agreement to build icebreakers together.

AUSTIN, TEXAS - AUGUST 06: U.S. Congressional District maps are displayed as the Senate Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting meets to hear invited testimony on Congressional plan C2308 at the Texas State Capitol on August 6, 2025 in Austin, Texas. The meeting adjourned early due to a lack of attendees for testimony. Earlier this week, Texas Democratic lawmakers fled the state in an attempt to protest and deny quorum for votes on the proposed Republican redistricting plan, which would secure five additional GOP seats in the U.S. House. Gov. Greg Abbott has threatened to remove lawmakers who do not return and has asked the Texas Supreme Court to expel House Democratic leaders who fled the state. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Federal court blocks Texas from using newly drawn congressional maps

A three-judge District Court panel has ruled against implementing Texas’ new congressional maps for the 2026 midterms, dealing a major setback to Republicans who were looking to net more seats and maintain their narrow House majority in the upcoming election.

(Background) WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 21: Rep. James Comer (R-KY) speaks at a press conference at the US Capitol on October 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. The government remains shut down after Congress failed to reach a funding deal 21 days ago. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) / (R-Top) WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 17: U.S. Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks to reporters at a news conference inside the U.S. Capitol on November 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. Jeffries spoke to reporters about a range of topics including the upcoming house vote on the declassification of Epstein files and the 2026 midterms. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) / (R-Bottom) WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 16: Rep. Stacey Plaskett (D-VI) speaks during a mark up meeting with the House Budget Committee on Capitol Hill on May 16, 2025 in Washington, DC. Members of the Budget Committee met to consider House Republicans’ reconciliation bill, which includes U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed tax and spending cuts. The bill faced bipartisan opposition, with five Republican members of the House Budget Committee voting against it and supporting a motion for the committee to recess for the weekend. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Comer calls out Democrat Party efforts to defame Trump in Epstein docs controversy: ‘Their latest anti-Trump hoax has collapsed’

In a fiery exchange on the House floor, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer called out Democrats for their direct and indirect involvement with pedophile sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein — noting how House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ fundraising team solicited him for donations and a private meeting in 2013 — five years after being convicted of procuring a minor for prostitution.