Trump has told advisers that he plans to speak directly with Nicolás Maduro, even as Washington on Monday designated the Venezuelan leader as the head of a terrorist organization. Axios reports that some Trump Administration officials fear Cuban intelligence officers stationed in Venezuela could kill Maduro if he steps down or yields to U.S. pressure.

The Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, is currently under a massive Russian missile assault, with multiple Kh-47M2 Kinzhal air-launched ballistic missiles striking thermal power plants across the city as well as the Kyiv Hydroelectric Power Plant.

The Indiana Democratic Party and the Indiana Republican Party released a joint statement condemning recent swatting attempts and threats of political violence in the state.

The U.S. military buildup in the hemisphere isn’t solely focused on Venezuela. “It’s about getting Russia, China, and Iran out of the Western Hemisphere,” officials say. Nearly 30% of deployed U.S. warships— including the Gerald R. Ford, armed with more than 200 Tomahawk missiles—are now on station, while Gen. Razin Caine meets with forces in Puerto Rico for Operation Southern Spear.

U.S. District Court Judge Cameron McGowan Currie has dismissed the indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, ruling that President Donald J. Trump’s appointment of Lindsey Halligan as Interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia was invalid. Judge Currie stated that “all actions flowing from Ms. Halligan’s defective appointment,” including the indictments, “were unlawful exercises of executive power and are hereby set aside.” Halligan, a former White House adviser, had been appointed after the Trump Administration removed its previous pick for interim U.S. attorney, reportedly because he refused continued pressure to pursue cases against Comey and James. “The implications of a contrary conclusion are extraordinary,” Judge Currie wrote, noting that accepting the appointment as valid “would mean the Government could send any private citizen off the street—attorney or not—into the grand jury room to secure an indictment, so long as the Attorney General approves after the fact. That cannot be the law.”

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi told reporters Sunday that Japan will proceed with deploying Type 03 “Chū-SAM” medium-range surface-to-air missiles on Yonaguni Island—located roughly 70 miles east of Taiwan—as tensions with China continue to rise. Koizumi said the deployment would “help lower the chance of an armed attack” against Japan.

As of this morning, November 24, 2025, the Cartel de los Soles (Cartel of the Suns)—a Venezuelan criminal and drug-trafficking network alleged to be led by President Nicolás Maduro and senior members of Venezuela’s armed forces—has been formally designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) by the U.S. State Department. The designation enables the United States to impose sanctions and other financial restrictions on the group, its leaders, its members, and anyone providing support to it. It may also offer legal grounds for potential military strikes against sites linked to the organization inside Venezuela.

Venezuela’s Estelar Airlines has canceled all flights between Caracas and Madrid on November 24, 26, and 28.

The Kremlin’s press secretary said they have not yet received anything officially but are closely following media reports and are aware that amendments were made to the version of the text they previously saw.

Following a series of meetings today between Israeli Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, Deputy Chief of General Staff Maj. Gen. Tamir Yadai, and senior and mid-level IDF officers, Zamir has announced the mass dismissal and censure of more than a dozen senior commanders and officials over their failures leading up to the events of October 7, 2023. The actions include: • Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva, former Chief of the Military Intelligence Directorate, who resigned in August 2024, will be dismissed from reserve duty and discharged from the IDF. • Maj. Gen. Oded Basiuk, former Chief of the Operations Directorate, who ended his tenure in July, will be dismissed from reserve duty and discharged from the IDF. • Maj. Gen. Yaron Finkelman, former Commander of the IDF Southern Command, who resigned in March, will be dismissed from reserve duty and discharged from the IDF. • Maj. Gen. Shlomo Binder, current Chief of the Military Intelligence Directorate, who served as Chief of the Operations Division on October 7, will be censured but will remain in his role until completing his four-year term in 2028, after which he will resign. • Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar, current Commander of the Israeli Air Force, will be censured for the IAF’s failure to counter Hamas drones and paragliders on October 7. He will continue serving until his term ends in April 2026. • Vice Adm. David Sa’ar Salama, Commander-in-Chief of the Israeli Navy, will be censured for the Navy’s failure to prevent the sea-borne Hamas attack on southern Israel. He will remain in his role until the start of 2026. • Brig. Gen. “Gimmel”, who headed the Military Intelligence Directorate’s Operational Operations Division on October 7, will be discharged from the IDF. • Brig. Gen. Yossi Sariel, former Commander of Unit 8200, will be dismissed from reserve duty and discharged from the IDF. • Brig. Gen. Avi Rosenfeld, former Commander of the 143rd (Gaza) Division, will be dismissed from reserve duty and discharged from the IDF. • Col. Ariel Lubovski, former Intelligence Chief of the IDF Southern Command, will be dismissed from reserve duty and discharged from the IDF. • Col. Haim Cohen, Commander of the Gaza Division’s Northern Brigade during the attack, will be dismissed from reserve duty and discharged from the IDF. • Lt. Col. “Alef”, Intelligence Chief of the Gaza Division, will be discharged from the IDF. In addition, Zamir ruled that there is no obstacle to promoting Brig. Gen. Eliad Moati, Brig. Gen. Manor Yanai, and Col. Ephraim Avni, after Defense Minister Israel Katz paused their appointments over alleged involvement in the failures of October 7.

According to Marisela de Loaiza, President of the Airlines Association of Venezuela (ALAV), six airlines have indefinitely canceled flights to and from Venezuela following the recent Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) issued by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. The affected airlines include Spain’s Iberia, Portugal’s TAP, Colombia’s Avianca, Trinidad and Tobago’s Caribbean Airlines, Brazil’s GOL, and Chile’s Latam. Turkish Airlines has also suspended its flights from November 24 to 28.

Hezbollah has confirmed the death of its Chief of Staff, Haytham Ali Tabatabai, who was killed earlier today in an Israeli airstrike on a high-rise apartment building in the Dahieh suburb of southern Beirut.

According to CBS News, officials in the Trump Administration discussed the possibility this weekend of dropping leaflets over Caracas on Sunday during Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s 63rd birthday celebrations. The move was considered as a form of psychological warfare intended to increase pressure on Maduro to resign.

Venezuelan President Maduro: To the people of the United States, listen to me. Dialogue? Yes. Peace? Yes. Respect? Yes. War? Listen—war, no. Never, ever war.

U.S. and Ukrainian officials are discussing the possibility of bringing President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the United States this week as part of President Donald Trump’s push to secure a Ukraine agreement by Thanksgiving, according to both U.S. and Ukrainian sources. — CBS

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Ukrainian Presidential Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak spoke to the media following today’s round of peace talks in Geneva, Switzerland, with Rubio saying he believes it was “the most productive and meaningful meeting so far.”

Ukrainian forces have struck one of Moscow’s largest power stations, the Shatura TPP. A massive explosion can be seen on the plant’s northern side in the footage.

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A federal appeals court on Saturday refused to allow President Donald Trump’s administration to broaden the fast-track deportation process that would enable the expedited removal of migrants living far from the border. In a 2–1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit declined to pause a lower court ruling that found the administration’s policy violated the due process rights of migrants who could be detained anywhere within the United States.

The U.S. has issued another NOTAM, this time covering Curaçao and nearly the entire southern Caribbean Sea between Venezuela and Puerto Rico. A NOTAM is a notice countries can issue to alert airlines that flying through a certain airspace may be “dangerous.” In this new NOTAM, the U.S. warns that unidentified aircraft may be operating in the area — its way of referring to military aircraft, such as fighter jets. With this new NOTAM, flights passing through the region will be even more affected, which may include routes connecting Brazil to the U.S. and Central America.