“MTG turns on Trump and resigns. Mamdani and Trump are new best friends. I am so confused.”
Political scientist Larry Sabato, the academic who calls elections before the networks, wrote that on X tonight.
Marjorie Taylor Greene is disappearing into a chaotic haze of insults she’s been trading with Trump over the Epstein files. Trump called NYC Mayor-Elect Mamdani a communist yesterday and wouldn’t stop praising him today after an Oval Office meeting. Meanwhile, nurses are learning that their student loans don’t qualify as a professional’s do, but chiropractors and theologians made the cut.
The big White House secret is that there is no grand plan. Trump famously doesn’t attend briefings or read much. He runs the presidency like a hot dog stand in his native New York, reacting to the flow around him, and knocking off early when the mood strikes.
Sabato’s been doing this for decades. He’s never confused. Today he’s confused. Finding the patterns in the chaos and meticulously documenting it all is why GovBrief Today started and why we continue every day.
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Trump calls for death penalty for six Democratic lawmakers with military backgrounds after they told service members that they can refuse illegal orders.
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Source: WDIV Detroit
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Source: NPR
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Source: Reuters
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Source: Politico
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Trump administration gives Ukraine one week to accept peace framework ceding parts of eastern Ukraine to Russia or risk losing U.S. military and intelligence support.
Source: Newsweek
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North Dakota Supreme Court upholds abortion ban despite 3 of 5 justices finding it unconstitutional; state's supermajority rule required 4 votes to strike law.
Source: The North Dakota Monitor
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RFK Jr. says he personally ordered CDC to change website language on vaccines and autism, breaking pledge to Senate committee chairman who endorsed his confirmation.
Source: Reuters
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Justice Alito pauses ruling that struck down Texas' "Big Beautiful Map" as racial gerrymandering; AG Paxton says it was designed "solely to secure more Republican seats."
Source: UPI
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Costa Rica says it will still accept Kilmar Abrego Garcia, directly contradicting ICE official who testified under oath this week that the country was "not an option."
Source: ABC News
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Federal judge blocks IRS from sharing taxpayer addresses with ICE, rules data pact violated post-Watergate privacy laws and was "arbitrary and capricious."
Source: Fed Scoop
November 21, 2025
Federal judge issues 233-page ruling finding Border Patrol commander was 'outright lying' about Chicago deportation operation, documents 76 use-of-force incidents.
Source: The Chicago Sun-Times
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Trump announces he is ending Temporary Protected Status for Somalis in Minnesota, claims without evidence that "Somali gangs are terrorizing" the state.
Source: CBS News
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Trump's budget bill classifies chiropractic and theology as "professional degrees" eligible for $200,000 student loans but excludes nursing, nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
Source: Arizona Family
November 21, 2025
Former Trump ally Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announces January resignation days after Trump withdrew endorsement, called her a "disgrace" over Epstein files criticism.
Source: Roll Call
November 21, 2025
NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, 34-year-old democratic socialist, meets Trump in Oval Office one day after president called him a "communist," leaves with pledge of cooperation.
Source: ABC News
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