Chapter 1: What progress has been made on the Russia-Ukraine peace deal?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. The White House says negotiators have made, quote, tremendous progress on Russia-Ukraine's possible peace deal, but there's still more work to do, this despite a Thursday deadline for Ukraine to accept it. NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports.
White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt says there are a few delicate but not insurmountable details that need to be sorted out. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has been meeting with Russian and Ukrainian delegations separately in the United Arab Emirates. President Trump also says he's sending his special envoy, Steve Witkoff, to meet with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
Trump's original 28-point plan calls for Ukraine to cede territory that Russia has annexed but not managed to win in nearly four years of war. Secretary of State Marco Rubio negotiated some changes to the plan, and Trump says it has been, quote, fine-tuned. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.
Twenty states are suing the Trump administration over cuts to long-term housing for homeless people. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports the funding shift comes with new restrictions that states say are illegal.
The federal housing agency HUD wants to shift billions of dollars away from permanent housing toward transitional housing, and it says it will deny funding to programs that promote DEI, acknowledge people who are transgender or non-binary, or don't cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.
The lawsuit by the mostly Democratic-led states says those conditions are unlawful, and it says Congress mandated that homelessness funding be distributed based solely on need. HUD Secretary Scott Turner has said the funding changes are about promoting self-sufficiency. Advocates for ending homelessness say the overhaul could push 170,000 people back onto the streets.
Jennifer Ludden, NPR News, Washington.
Prosecutors in Paris have arrested four more people in connection with the jewel heist at the Louvre Museum. NPR's Kristen Wright reports.
The two men and two women are in custody. Prosecutors say they're from Paris and range in age from 31 to 40.
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They're suspected of being involved in the October heist at the Louvre. More than $100 million worth of royal jewels were stolen in broad daylight and still haven't been recovered. The thieves pulled up in a moving truck with a ladder. and climbed up to a balcony to break in. They had on reflective vests to look like maintenance workers. The heist took less than 10 minutes.
It's raised questions about security at the Louvre, the world's most visited museum. Eight people have been arrested so far. Kristen Wright, NPR News.
A relative of White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt has been arrested by ICE outside Boston earlier this month. The woman is reportedly in ICE custody, according to member station WBUR. You're listening to NPR News. Ahead of Thanksgiving, President Trump utilized a power that only he has, the presidential pardon.
Today, he took part in a time-honored White House tradition and pardoned two Thanksgiving turkeys. NPR's Deepa Shivaram has more.
The two turkeys, Waddle and Gobble, were spared a future of being eaten. At a ceremony in the Rose Garden, President Trump said the turkeys weighed about 50 pounds each. His remarks were interrupted a few times by a gobble from Gobble.
Today, we continue a time-honored American tradition. Boy, that's a well-trained turkey.
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See how happy he is? In a few moments, I will grant a full, absolute, and unconditional presidential pardon To two handsome Thanksgiving turkeys.
The turkeys will spend the rest of their lives at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. The president, for his part, will spend his holiday in Florida. Deepa Shivaram, NPR News, the White House.
The company that makes by heart infant formulas is test of their products are tied to a botulism outbreak and they show all of the company's products may be contaminated. Lab tests show botulism bacteria in five of 36 samples that were tested from three different lots of the product, potentially causing a rare, sometimes deadly illness in children.
Since August, when the outbreak began, at least 31 babies in 15 states have become sickened, and health officials say they believe some of the children may have become ill as far back as November of 2024. I'm Dan Ronan, NPR News in Washington.