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The FBI has initiated a probe into the six Democratic members of Congress who recorded a short video advising troops to disobey orders that violate the Constitution. The lawmakers are all military or intelligence-community veterans. One, Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, said Tuesday the inquiry is being conducted by the bureau鈥檚 counterterrorism division. It coincides with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth鈥檚 instruction to the Navy to investigate 鈥減otentially unlawful conduct鈥� by Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, another of the six. President Donald Trump called last week for the lawmakers to be tried for sedition. Critics warn of an escalating effort by the White House and Justice Department to intimidate Congress and suppress free speech.

Muriel Bowser, the three-term mayor of Washington, D.C., announced Tuesday that she will not seek reelection in 2026. Her decision opens the way for a lively primary in a heavily Democratic city. Mayor Bowser has made headlines by alternately collaborating with and battling Donald Trump. The president and the Republican-run Congress have sought to cut into the city鈥檚 autonomy.聽

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa warned his country faces 鈥渕ultiple attempts to undermine its stability,鈥� citing 鈥渁 new danger鈥� from remnants of the former regime with foreign backing. Unrest on the coast, he said, is 鈥渢he clearest example of this.鈥� The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported over 42 protests across Latakia, Tartus and Homs, fuelled by 鈥渃ontinuous humiliations鈥� of Alawites, the sect of ousted dictator Bashar-al Assad.

Brazil鈥檚 Supreme Court ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to begin serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup after losing his bid for reelection. The right-wing populist and former military captain was found guilty in September of leading a conspiracy to retain power. The court found he knew of plans to assassinate the winning candidate, now-President Luiz In谩cio Lula da Silva, his running mate, and Justice Alexandre de Moraes. A week after Mr. Lula鈥檚 inauguration in January 2023, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters stormed government buildings. The court found Mr. Bolsonaro incited the plan, but it failed when the military refused to back it.

The Sudanese Army rejected the latest diplomatic effort to end a civil war that the U.N. has called the world鈥檚 greatest humanitarian crisis. The army said the proposal back by the U.S. in league with the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia undercuts its role and gives legitimacy to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. The RSF has agreed to a unilateral ceasefire, but whether it will hold is unclear given that the group has violated previous agreements.聽

French police arrested four new suspects in connection with the spectacular daytime heist of the Louvre museum in Paris last month. While the two men and two women are now in custody, the stolen royal jewels 鈥� worth an estimated $102 million 鈥� have not yet been recovered. The new arrests add to the four suspects already charged. France鈥檚 highest audit court has called the robbery a 鈥渨ake-up call鈥� for museum security. The newspaper Le Monde reported today that a 2018 security audit assessed the balcony used by the burglars to enter the museum as a point of vulnerability.

The Trump administration announced new entrance fees for America鈥檚 national parks. Starting next year, the cost of admission will more than triple for international visitors. The new 鈥淎merica-first鈥� plan includes 鈥減atriotic fee-free鈥� days for citizens and annual passes featuring the president.

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A roller-coaster diplomatic saga, with a mercurial US president at the helm, has left Ukrainians confused about what it will take to end their war with Russia. But could a deal be just around the corner?

Daily life or major events can dim the light of the holidays. Many Americans are saying that a focus on expressing gratitude can help people unlock the joy of the season.

Cranberries are a holiday tradition 鈥� and the Massachusetts state fruit. Our reporter takes a look at the past and present of the festive berry and how it became a Thanksgiving staple.

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The number of children鈥檚 cafeterias, also known as ibasho 鈥� or, 鈥減laces where one feels accepted鈥� 鈥� have increased exponentially across Japan in the past decade as grocery prices rise and residents cope with loneliness and isolation.

From pandemic gatherings and warm welcomes to a homesick holiday abroad, five writers offer grateful reflections on their most memorable Thanksgivings.

The first Thanksgiving proclamation, issued in 1789 by the United States鈥� first president, called on Americans to give gratitude for a new Constitution that established 鈥渢he civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed.鈥� George Washington also called for 鈥減rayer and supplications鈥� that other nations be similarly blessed, with 鈥済ood government, peace, and concord.鈥�

Decades later, Abraham Lincoln issued his first Thanksgiving proclamation at the height of the Civil War. Amid the conflict, President Lincoln called attention to blessings 鈥渙f so extraordinary a nature that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften鈥� all hearts. These included peace with other nations, if not at home, as well as the daily efforts and persistence of hundreds of thousands of his fellow citizens.

As Americans mark Thanksgiving this year, every sign of compassion and courage, of 鈥減eace, and concord,鈥� calls for similar acknowledgment of what it affirms about humanity鈥檚 innate goodness and largeness of spirit.

Some proofs have emerged 鈥� with fanfare 鈥� in the political sphere: the end of a long-running Kurdish insurgency in Turkey, and a flurry of peace deals between Armenia and Azerbaijan; Thailand and Cambodia; and, of course, Israel and Hamas.

But the vast majority occur in less visible spaces, in the daily kindnesses and interactions among individuals in both ordinary and extraordinary circumstances.

Take, for instance, Japan鈥檚 more than 10,000 community cafeterias, where volunteers and participants bond over shared meals. In these ibasho 鈥� 鈥減laces where one feels accepted鈥� 鈥� individuals overcome social isolation and bridge intergenerational gaps. As one volunteer says, it鈥檚 a commitment to 鈥渄o something for others.鈥�

That universal ethic is shared a world away in a country such as Sudan, torn by civil war and famine. There, collective action through civilian-supported 鈥渆mergency response rooms鈥� provides food, shelter, and even basic schooling for displaced families and children. In besieged Ukraine, musicians and other performers have sought to soothe pain and fear with the universal balm of art.

Taken together, these examples point to the possibilities for dissolving intractability with hope and reversing cycles of hatred and revenge 鈥� often strengthened by one鈥檚 faith.

Striking proof came this fall, when a young widow stunned listeners as she publicly forgave the man suspected of assassinating her husband, Charlie Kirk, a few days earlier.

鈥淎 lot of people in this world think that forgiveness is a weakness, or that when you forgive, you forget,鈥� Erika Kirk told The Washington Stand this month. 鈥淚t鈥檚 the exact opposite,鈥� she said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 freeing.鈥�

Each Thanksgiving offers the opportunity to gratefully recognize such freedom for those gathered at our tables 鈥� or scattered around the world 鈥� and to support 鈥済ood government, peace, and concord.鈥�