President Donald Trump, who is set to spend the weekend in Mar-a-Lago, this week addressed the Wednesday shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C.
Meanwhile, the administration continues to conduct negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine war, with White House special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner traveling to Russia and Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to talk to the Ukrainians.
Trump talks immigration, crime before pardoning turkey
Before pardoning a turkey at the White House on Tuesday, President Donald Trump spoke about immigration, sending the National Guard to Memphis and the Russia-Ukraine war.
President Donald Trump speaks during a pardoning ceremony for the national Thanksgiving turkeys Waddle and Gobble in the Rose Garden of the White House, Nov. 25, 2025, in Washington.
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During his remarks, Trump also called Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson "incompetent" and said that Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker should "invite us in" and "make Chicago safe."
Top officials, including Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel, were also in attendance for the turkey pardoning.
Nov 25, 2025, 11:35 AM EST
White House says US has made progress with Russia and Ukraine during peace talks
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt posted in a statement on Tuesday that a few "delicate, but not insurmountable" details need to be sorted out between Ukraine, Russia and the U.S. ahead of a finalized peace deal.
She said in her post on X that over the past week, however, "the United States has made tremendous progress towards a peace deal by bringing both Ukraine and Russia to the table."
No meeting has been scheduled between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Donald Trump, a White House official told ABC News.
Employees work next to a crater at the site of the heavily damaged logistics hub of the Novus supermarket following Russian missiles and drones strikes in Kyiv, November 25, 2025.
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-ABC News' Isabella Murray
Nov 24, 2025, 8:06 PM EST
Trump takes step toward designating Muslim Brotherhood as foreign terrorist organization
Trump signed an executive order on Monday that took a step toward designating parts of the Muslim Brotherhood as foreign terrorist organizations.
Although the order does not take any immediate actions, it does direct the Trump administration to consider whether to designate Muslim Brotherhood chapters in Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan or elsewhere as foreign terrorist organizations.
The order gives Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent 30 days to submit a report and 45 days after that to "take all appropriate action."
President Donald Trump speaks during his meeting with New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, November 21, 2025.
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The order claims that the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan has “long provided material support to the militant wing of Hamas.”
In 2019, Trump looked to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization following a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who urged the president to label the group as a foreign terrorist organization.
-ABC News’ Hannah Demissie
Nov 24, 2025, 6:22 PM EST
White House mum on Trump’s health care plan, Obamacare extensions
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about reports that Trump is delaying the rollout of his health care policy plan, which would also extend the ACA subsidies, after congressional Republicans pushed back against the effort.
According to reports about the plan before the announcement was pushed back, it would have included a two-year extension of Obamacare subsidies, which are due to expire at the end of next month, similar to what Democrats wanted and what led them to shut down the government.
“I will tell you that health care is a topic of discussion that's happening very frequently and robustly inside the West Wing. Right now, the president is very much involved in these talks, and he's very focused on unveiling a health care proposal that will fix the system and will bring down costs for consumers,” Leavitt said.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during the daily press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on November 12, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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Leavitt would not reveal any details of the discussions around health care.
“As for the details of those discussions, I'll let the president speak for himself. As you all know, sometimes you report things and then President Trump comes out with an announcement, and those things are not always true, from what you hear from sources inside the building, so I'll let the president speak for himself.”
