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That district has been represented by black members of Congress for more than 30 years.

This is Thanksgiving, which means tomorrow is Black Friday when holiday shoppers spend a lot of money in stores and online.

NPR's Alina Selyuk has more.

Thanksgiving Day travel could be difficult for a lot of people in the northern U.S.

The National Weather Service has posted winter weather advisories and winter storm watches and warnings from Idaho to upstate New York.

There's no trading today on Wall Street because of the holiday.

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President Trump is backing away from his Thanksgiving deadline for Ukraine to agree to his latest peace proposal as talks continue to try to end Russia's war with Kiev.

The president was asked about the ongoing negotiations yesterday as he spoke to reporters aboard Air Force One.

The president's original 28-point proposal has since been whittled down after talks with Kiev.

Trump says he's sending his envoy, Steve Witkoff, to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump also shrugged off a report from Bloomberg that Witkoff had coached the Russians on how to approach the negotiations.

The president called that a standard aspect of dealmaking.

Amid the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the U.N.

is warning of the dangers from thousands of tons of unexploded ordnance in Gaza.

NPR's Anas Baba says two years of Israeli bombardment continue to injure and kill civilians.

A special congressional election in Tennessee is now less than a week away.

Mariana Bacayau with member station WPLN says the district is a Republican stronghold.

This is NPR News from Washington.