🗞️False firing report

...plus Ukraine peace deal moves forward and Klarna to launch a stablecoin

November 25, 2025

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November 25th, 2025

What happened today 🇺🇸,

Karoline Leavitt Says Trump ‘Laughed’ At ‘Fake News’ Report on Firing Kash Patel

President Trump "laughed" at a "totally false" report he was considering firing FBI Director Kash Patel, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said

www.mediaite.com/politics/karoline-leavitt-says-trump-laughed-at-fake-news-report-on-firing-kash-patel/amp

  • MS Now (previously MSNBC) reported today that President Trump is considering firing FBI Director Kash Patel due to growing frustration with Patel's management…the White House responded almost immediately saying the report was false

  • A deal to end the war in Ukraine is close to being finalized, with Ukraine agreeing to most terms of the U.S.-brokered proposal with only minor details left to settle…President Trump said he will meet with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and Russian President Putin once the deal is finalized

  • The FBI has opened an inquiry and is seeking to schedule interviews with six Democratic lawmakers, including Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, who appeared in a video urging U.S. military members to refuse illegal orders

  • Louisiana Surgeon General, Ralph Abraham, has been appointed as the principal deputy director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), making him the agency's second-in-command

  • Washington, D.C. Mayor, Muriel Bowser, announced she will not seek reelection in 2026

  • Senator Jim Justice (R-WV) and his wife Cathy have agreed to pay more than $5 million in back taxes, penalties, and interest dating back to 2009, settling a lawsuit filed by the Justice Department on behalf of the IRS…read more here

  • Klarna, the Swedish fintech firm known for its buy now, pay later services, announced it will launch a U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin called KlarnaUSD on the Tempo blockchain next year in 2026

  • September PPI inflation came in at 2.7% year over year in-line with expectations, Core PPI inflation came in at 2.6% year over year, below expectations of 2.7%…read more here 

  • Unemployed Americans with four-year college degrees now account for a record 25.3% of all unemployed workers…this share has roughly doubled since the 2008 financial crisis

  • DOW up 1.43% / S&P up .91%

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