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What travel trends are emerging for Thanksgiving 2025?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. Americans are on the move for Thanksgiving, including millions who will fly to visit family and friends. NPR's Joel Rose reports the number of people traveling for the holiday is poised to set a record.
The Federal Aviation Administration says this could be the busiest Thanksgiving in 15 years. And FAA Administrator Brian Bedford says the aviation system is ready for the challenge.
The airlines, airports, TSA, FAA especially, for us this week is our Super Bowl.
But there are indications that Thanksgiving air travel could be down this year, perhaps because of travelers who made other plans during the government shutdown. Advanced bookings were down about 4 percent compared to last year, according to data from the aviation analytics company Sirium.
What is Russia's stance on the U.S. peace plan for Ukraine?
Still, the number of Americans traveling for Thanksgiving is expected to set records, according to AAA, with the vast majority, about 73 million, traveling by car. Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington.
Russia's top diplomat is warning Moscow would likely reject any U.S. peace plan for Ukraine that fails to address the core Kremlin demands. From Moscow, NPR's Charles Maines has details.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia welcomed the initial version of a U.S. peace plan for Ukraine. One critic said it was heavily tilted in Russia's favor, but that Lavrov claimed mirrored consensus that came out of the Putin-Trump meeting in Alaska. Lavrov said Moscow is still waiting to hear about a newly amended version of the U.S. plan.
Why is Senator Mark Kelly under Pentagon investigation?
Now with input from Ukraine and European powers, Lavrov's comments came as Russian and American representatives are set to gather in the United Arab Emirates to discuss those very changes. Meanwhile, fighting has continued alongside the diplomacy, with heavy Russian attacks overnight on the Ukrainian capital Kiev and Ukrainian drones striking border regions of Russia. Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow.
Democratic Senator Mark Kelly is under investigation by the Pentagon for what the Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claims is a possible breach of military law after Kelly, a decorated military pilot and astronaut, joined five other lawmakers in a video. Five of the six are military veterans. The other worked for the CIA. They called on the military troops to defy what they called our illegal orders. Now the Pentagon tonight says it wants the complaint against Kelly reviewed by December the 10th. Kelly says President Trump and Hegseth are acting like bullies.
He's certainly outrageous and unpredictable. I don't think he understands the Constitution. I'm not so sure Pete Hegseth does either.
How will new federal policies affect nursing education?
Neither of them seem to understand the Uniform Code of Military Justice because we recited what is in the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and now he wants to court-martial me under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. It just doesn't make any sense.
Hegseth says only Kelly is being investigated by the Pentagon because he is the only lawmaker to formally retire from the military and is still under Pentagon jurisdiction. Stocks close the day up. You're listening to NPR News. A new federal policy could have detrimental impacts on nurses across the country who are hoping to get advanced degrees. Scott Macione from member station WYPR in Baltimore has more.
The Department of Education may delist nursing concentrations from its list of professional degrees. That means nurses looking to advance their careers by getting graduate degrees to become midwives or nurse practitioners will only be able to borrow up to $100,000 in federal loans in their lives. The previous cap was double that. Dr. Lou Bartolo, president of the Maryland Nurses Association, says the change could have devastating impacts as many nurses rely on the loans for living expenses while studying.
They also have many hours, hundreds of hours of clinicals that have to be attained as well.
What factors are influencing Americans' confidence in the economy?
And in order to do that, some of them cannot work.
The National Center for Health Workforce Analysis estimates a shortage of more than 100,000 advanced degree nurses by 2027.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What travel trends are emerging for Thanksgiving 2025?
0:00–0:46
2
What is Russia's stance on the U.S. peace plan for Ukraine?
0:46–1:27
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Why is Senator Mark Kelly under Pentagon investigation?
1:27–2:30
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How will new federal policies affect nursing education?
2:30–3:48
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What factors are influencing Americans' confidence in the economy?
3:48–4:04
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What recent economic data reflects consumer spending trends?
4:04–4:40