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p class=”readrate”>Leaked transcripts of a call between U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and an advisor of Russian President Vladimir Putin detail how President Trump’s 28-point peace proposal came about. The president dismisses the leak, saying it shows standard negotiating tactics.
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p class=”readrate”>Trump, who once campaigned on ending the war within 24 hours, is now thought to care more about reaching a deal than what’s in it.
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p class=”readrate”>And millions of Americans will take to the skies this week. The FAA says this year’s Thanksgiving could be the busiest in more than a decade.
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p class=”readrate”>Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Kate Bartlett, Rebekah Metzler, Russell Lewis, HJ Mai and Alice Woelfle.
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p class=”readrate”>It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas.
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p class=”readrate”>We get engineering support from Zo van Ginhoven. And our technical director is Carleigh Strange.
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p class=”readrate”>Our Supervising Producer is Michael Lipkin.
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