Sen. Mark Kelly (R-AZ) told CNN’s Dana Bash that he wasn’t sure where the Trump administration’s threat of a court-martial stood days after the Pentagon claimed it was investigating him.

Kelly, a retired Navy captain, was one of six Democratic lawmakers who posted a video to social media reminding troops they did not have to follow “illegal orders.”

Trump raged that the Democrats were “traitors” who committed crimes “punishable by DEATH,” while the Pentagon
threatened to recall Kelly “to active duty for court-martial proceedings or administrative measures.”

“I was notified about this through a tweet, the same tweet that you saw,” Kelly told Bash. “And that demonstrates how unserious this administration is. They care more about the publicity about this than the process or the law. I haven’t been notified by the Navy.”

Kelly said he did receive “something from the FBI.”

“It had something about coming in for an interview. And the question here should be, you know, why did the FBI decide to do this? Or do you think maybe the president told the FBI director to go after these six members of Congress? So, more bullying and intimidation.”

Kelly added, “But, Dana, I’m not backing down. These guys don’t scare me. They’re not serious people. I mean, the President of the United States and the Secretary of Defense. Neither of them.

Earlier in the interview, Bash asked about The Washington Post report that Hegseth allegedly ordered a second strike on a disabled suspected drug boat in the waters off Venezuela. Military experts have questioned whether Hegseth’s actions rose to the level of a war crime.

“It seems to if that if that is true, if what has been reported is accurate, I’ve got serious concerns about anybody in that chain of command stepping over a line that they should never step over,” Kelly said.

Bash asked if he would have carried out such an order.

“No,” Kelly said emphatically. “No, and I’m a guy who, I have sunk two ships…I never in that situation questioned whether those strikes were legal. We were given an order to do this. It was a time of war. These were Iraqi ships with Iraqi crew members who posed a threat to to the United States military.”

Kelly added, “going after survivors in the water, that is clearly not lawful.”

Watch the clip above via CNN.

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A Manhattan psychotherapist claimed on Fox News Sunday that “Trump Derangement Syndrome” is a real “mental health epidemic” that’s disrupting peoples’ lives.

The phrase, often shortened to “TDS,” is used by Donald Trump and his supporters to describe anyone they think is hyper-fixated on the president’s actions and ultimate demise.

Psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert told Peter Doocy on The Sunday Briefing that, although TDS is not a recognized diagnosis by the American Psychiatric Association, “I am deeply, deeply concerned about what I’ve been seeing…for almost 10 years now.”

“We see great division in families and friendships broken up over how strongly they feel about Trump,” Alpert said. “What I’m seeing is symptoms that in many ways mirror other disorders. People are anxious, they’re angry, they can’t sleep. One person even said she couldn’t possibly enjoy a family vacation as long as Trump is out there. So these are hallmark features of any disorder that I treat every day of the week, and we should really be concerned about this.”

Alpert explained what he saw as the difference between Trump critics and those who despised former President Joe Biden.

“I had patients who hated Joe Biden, but it never rose to the point where they wanted him dead or would stay up at night, obsessing over Joe Biden the way that they do over Trump,” Alpert said. “And that’s where I think the pathology comes into play, if it’s affecting your life that profoundly. And I would even go so far as to call this a mental health epidemic, and in some ways the defining pathology of the past decade.”

Alpert said that Trump “dominates probably about three-quarters of the sessions” he has with patients, and his approach is to help them to understand “what’s fact and what isn’t.”

“If you think that Trump is going to round up the gays and send them off to an island, or if you think that Trump is a Nazi — look, these things are not proven, they’re not fact at all,” Alpert said.

Watch the clip above via The Sunday Briefing on Fox News.

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UNITED STATES – MAY 1: Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, arrives to the U.S. Capitol during the last votes of the week on Thursday, May 1, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) announced on Saturday that he retiring from Congress and will not seek reelection, joining multiple other Republicans ditching the House of Representatives.

Nehls said in a statement posted to social media that he made his decision over the Thanksgiving holiday.

“After more than 30 years in law enforcement serving and protecting my community as a police officer, constable, Fort Bend County Sheriff, an Army veteran, and six years representing this district in Congress, I have made the decision, after conversations with my beautiful bride and my girls over the Thanksgiving holiday, to focus on my family and return home after this Congress,” Nehls wrote.

The congressman said he personally called President Donald Trump to let him know about his decision.

“Before making this decision, I called President Trump personally to let him know of my plans. President Trump has always been a strong ally for our district and a true friend, and I wanted him to hear it from me first,” he wrote.

Nehls’s announcement comes just days after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), once one of Trump’s most vocal supporters in Congress, revealed she’ll be leaving office in January. Greene’s announcement comes under very different cirumstances from that of Nehls. The president has lashed out at Greene over her repeated criticisms of her own party on healthcare, affordability, the Epstein Files, and more. Nehls has been far more consistent in his support for Trump. He was first elected in 2020.

“I have too much self respect and dignity, love my family way too much, and do not want my sweet district to have to endure a hurtful and hateful primary against me by the President we all fought for, only to fight and win my election while Republicans will likely lose the midterms,” Greene wrote in her announcement.

Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) also announced over the summer that he will not be seeking reelection. His term runs until January 2027. He told Axios this month he nearly resigned from office early over Trump’s proposed peace plan for Ukraine and Russia.

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President Donald Trump on Saturday morning announced the airspace “ABOVE AND SURROUNDING” Venezuela has been “CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY” — a move that comes as the president has been threatening a military operation against the country and its leader Nicolás Maduro. 

Here is the text of the president’s full post on Truth Social:

To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP

The warning to drug dealers comes as the Trump Administration has been striking suspected drug running boats from Venezuela and other Latin American countries; the U.S. has conducted more than 20 of those operations in the past few months, with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth saying three “narco-terrorists” were killed in a strike two weeks ago.

Trump has claimed Maduro is the head of the alleged smuggling operation the United States is targeting. Maduro took office in January despite big questions about the legitimacy of his victory. His opposition reviewed tally sheets from 80% of voting machines and counted twice as many votes for Edmundo González. The U.S.-based Carter Center confirmed that tally was legitimate.

The president, The New York Times reported on Friday, spoke to Maduro on the phone last week and the two discussed a potential meeting, although one was not scheduled.

NYT in October reported Maduro had offered the U.S. a “significant stake” in Venezuela’s oil fields, as a way to improve the relationship with the U.S. and as a way to remain in power. The U.S. cut those talks off in early November, though.

Trump’s move to block the airspace above Venezuela on Saturday would seem to indicate the relationship is not warming up. The president, The Miami Herald reported last month, has plans to strike Venezuelan military sites “at any moment,” and Trump reportedly authorized covert CIA operations in the country as well. Trump later clarified he had not made any decision about strikes on the country.

The Department of Justice is also offering a $50 million reward for information leading to Maduro’s arrest and/or conviction.

Trump, during an interview with 60 Minutes in early November, said “I doubt” a war with Venezuela will happen; when asked if Maduro’s days as president were numbered, he said “I would say yeah. I think so, yeah.”

Fox News contributor Dan Hoffman said a land invasion “could” happen, when asked by Fox News host Kevin Corke about the president’s approach to Venezuela on Saturday. Hoffman said shutting down Venezuelan airspace shows the president is looking at a “number of options” on how to handle Maduro.

Watch above via Fox News.

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President Donald Trump made his entrance to the Thanksgiving celebration at his Mar-a-Lago club to a song best known as an anthem for famine relief.

“We Are The World” could be heard playing in the background as the president, First Lady Melania Trump, and their son, Barron Trump, filed into the room to applause.

Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie wrote the song in 1985 for USA For Africa, a supergroup of music’s brightest stars of the time, fundraising for humanitarian aid to the continent.

Among the singers contributing to the recording were Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, Cyndi Lauper, Tina Turner, and Willie Nelson — to name a few.

The chorus goes:

“We are the world, we are the children, we are the ones to make a brighter day so let’s start giving.”

MAGA commentator Eric Daugherty posted the video to X, writing, “The room is ELECTRIC!” Daugherty commented on how tall Barron appeared next to his famous father and mother. But it was the music that caught the attention of others.

According to the USA for Africa website, “Recorded in a single night, the original recording of the song sold over seven million copies and has raised more than $80 million to support humanitarian efforts across Africa, addressing both the immediate crisis and long-term challenges. This song became a powerful anthem of hope and solidarity—one that continues to resonate with audiences around the world and remains cherished as a timeless symbol of collective action.”

Trump posted to Truth Social later Thanksgiving evening a lengthy screed announcing he would “permanently pause migration from all third-world countries.”

The post began:

A very Happy Thanksgiving salutation to all of our Great American Citizens and Patriots who have been so nice in allowing our Country to be divided, disrupted, carved up, murdered, beaten, mugged, and laughed at, along with certain other foolish countries throughout the World, for being “Politically Correct,” and just plain STUPID, when it comes to Immigration.

Trump also raged against Somali migrants, including Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), “always wrapped in her swaddling hijab.”

The president’s pause on immigration came in the wake of the shooting of two National Guardsmen in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. An Afghan migrant was arrested and charged with first-degree murder for the death of Sarah Beckstrom, 20. Twenty-four-year-old Andrew Wolfe, 24, remains hospitalized in critical condition.

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Black Friday sales officially start Friday, November 28, and run through Cyber Monday, December 1, and Lifehacker is sharing the best sales based on product reviews, comparisons, and price-tracking tools before it's over. 

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Thanksgiving is a week away, but Black Friday sales are already here. This year, Amazon's Black Friday deal event is taking place from Nov. 20-28, and Lifehacker will be here with all the best deals throughout the mega-sale. Right now, one of them is on my absolute favorite headphones for running—the Shokz OpenRun Pro 2. They're currently $124.95, a 31% discount off their list price of $179.95.

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If you're unfamiliar with the world of bone conduction headphones (BCH), let me try to convert you. I love noise-cancelling tech when I'm in the gym, sure. But when I'm exercising outside, I'm grateful for BCH technology to keep my ears open to traffic, other runners, and reckless cyclists—all without sacrificing audio quality. As my colleague Daniel Oropeza reviews in-depth here, the Shokz OpenRun Pro 2 are the best set of BCHs that either of us have ever tried.

With these Shokz, I've experienced little to no ear fatigue, even during 20+ mile runs. I've worn these headphones for over a year now, through humid summer runs and unexpected downpours, and they're holding up great. Most important for me, their battery life holds up, lasting even my longest training runs. Even if I forget to charge the night before a run, a quick five-minute charge gives me around 1.5 hours of listening time. Shokz is a go-to brand for a reason, and this 31% discount could be the nudge you need to snag the OpenRun Pro 2 headphones for yourself.

If you're still shopping around, I recommend checking out guides like our live blog, where we use price trackers to make sure you're really getting the best deals this Black Friday. And if you have an Amazon Prime membership, make the most of it.

How long do Black Friday deals really last?

Black Friday sales officially begin Friday, November 28, 2025, and sales run throughout “Cyber Week,” the five-day period that runs from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, December 1, 2025. But Black Friday and Cyber Monday dates have expanded as retailers compete for customers. Expect sales to wind down by December 3, 2025. 

Are Black Friday deals worth it?

In short, yes, Black Friday still offers discounts that can be rare throughout the rest of the year. If there’s something you want to buy, or you’re shopping for gifts, it’s a good time to look for discounts on what you need, especially tech sales, home improvement supplies, and fitness tech. Of course, if you need to save money, the best way to save is to not buy anything. 

Are Cyber Monday deals better than Black Friday?

Black Friday used to be bigger for major retailers and more expensive tech and appliances, while Cyber Monday was for cheaper tech and gave smaller businesses a chance to compete online. Nowadays, though, distinction is almost meaningless. Every major retailer will offer sales on both days, and the smart move is to know what you want, use price trackers or refer to guides like our live blog that use price trackers for you, and don’t stress over finding the perfect timing.

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— This Hour Has 22 Minutes (@22_Minutes) November 26, 2025

Canada’s satirical skit show This Hour Has 22 Minutes mocked President Donald Trump’s now-infamous “piggy” insult by imagining the president reading a new kids’ book to confused schoolchildren.

The bit comes after Trump reportedly snapped, “Quiet — quiet, piggy” at Bloomberg correspondent Catherine Lucey after she pressed him on the Jeffrey Epstein files, a remark that the White House later defended the comment and blasted the journalist for “unprofessional” behavior.

In the sketch, produced by a show on Canada’s state broadcaster CBC, a parody Trump sits in a mock Oval Office, announcing: “Everyone knows I love kids like Don Jr. and one of the girls. So I wrote a book about the lying liars who write about me. Here it is: Quiet Piggy.”

What follows is a deliberately chaotic read-aloud in which the president rants about “swine cult reporters, riffs on Epstein questions, denies his hair is a wig, and veers into presidential self-mythology — all while admonishing imaginary journalists: “Quiet piggy, shut up, piggy.”

At one point, a child interrupts the president to say, “This book sucks.” Without missing a beat, the Trump figure shoots back: “Silence, hog!”

The skit closes out with an ad before cutting back to the president, pointing at the children he was reading to: “Shut up! You’re pigs, you’re all pigs. Quite frankly, you’re pig, you’re pig, you’re big piggy, you’re the piggy. You’re all pigs.”

Watch above via X.

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Black Friday sales officially start Friday, November 28, and run through Cyber Monday, December 1, and Lifehacker is sharing the best sales based on product reviews, comparisons, and price-tracking tools before it's over. 

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Despite being a fairly unorganized person, I've spent the last few years testing a ton of productivity-enhancing, organization-forward notebooks and tablets, and the best of them work so well, they make me want to be the kind of person who actually organizes their notes. While I expected to slot the XP-Pen Magic Note Pad into that category—it's an LED Android tablet with three screen modes that purport to take it from full color to e-ink mode, transforming it from a notebook, to a media player, to an e-reader—it's actually most impressive as a drawing tablet.

Unfortunately, I cannot draw, but this thing made me wish I could. It's marked down 35% for Black Friday, from $400 to $260, $25 less than it was during Prime Day and cheaper than I have ever seen it.

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The Magic Note Pad has three screens in one, sort of

Ostensibly, the Magic Note Pad's biggest selling point is its "X-Paper" screen (which appears to be a rebranded version of TCL's NXTPAPER display), which has 1920 x 1200 resolution, a 90 Hz refresh rate, and maximum 400 nits of brightness (in comparison, the entry level iPad offers a 60 Hz refresh rate and 500 nits of brightness). It has an etched surface to reduce glare as well as three different color modes, controlled at the operating system level, that are purported to take it from full color LED tablet to a black and white e-reader. There's a dedicated button on the top of the device that allows you to choose between:

• Nature Color Mode, or the standard you'd expect from any LED screen

• Light Color Mode, which makes bright whites look creamier and mutes other colors, akin to the effect of reading on newsprint (or a color e-ink reader like the Kindle Colorsoft)

• Ink Paper Mode, which purports to replicate a grayscale e-ink display

If you're familiar with the various technologies involved, you'll see that it's quite impossible for a backlit LED screen to transform into an e-ink screen simply by adjusting the color settings. The device is TÜV SÜD Low Blue Light Certified, indicating it reduces blue light by 25%. It also carries a Paper Like Display Certification, which I guess means it is more paper-like than other LED screens, offering a "more comfortable and natural reading experience." The etched screen does reduce glare, and reading in Ink Paper Mode will tax your eyes a bit less if you're reading in a dim room, but take it outside, and it's unquestionably still an LED tablet—you can't magically read in direct sunlight just by switching the display mode.

Digital artists love the Magic Note Pad stylus

The Magic Note Pad's real draw (no pun intended) is actually less productivity and more artistic: A ton of digital artists have reviewed it on Reddit and YouTube, and they uniformly praise it for its super-responsive stylus, which offers four times the pressure sensitivity of an Apple Pencil—16,384 pressure levels for the XP-Pen's included stylus, versus a mere 4,096 pressure levels for the Apple Pencil.

More pressure levels give you more control over what actually winds up on the screen, so you can sketch and "paint" with far more accuracy—giving you all the control you'd have in the real world in a digital environment. It's enough to make me want to sign up for a drawing class.

The Magic Note Pad is a good value, even as a media tablet

At the current 35% discount, the Magic Note Pad drops from an "artists only" $400 to a more affordable $260, which is a decent deal even if all you're looking for is an above-average, stylus-supporting Android tablet to use as a digital notebook or e-reader and to stream media. It has a Mediatek MT8781 Octa-core processor, which appears to be a reliable mid-range chip, with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, and an 8000mAh battery, which will last a few days between charges based on typical usage. There's also a front-facing camera for video calls.

In short, if you want a tablet for drawing and have been sweating over the combined cost of an iPad and an Apple Pencil, here's a great opportunity to save some money.

How long do Black Friday deals really last?

Black Friday sales officially begin Friday, November 28, 2025, and sales run throughout “Cyber Week,” the five-day period that runs from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, December 1, 2025. But Black Friday and Cyber Monday dates have expanded as retailers compete for customers. You can get the same Black Friday sales early, and we expect sales to wind down by December 3, 2025. 

Are Black Friday deals worth it?

In short, yes, Black Friday still offers discounts that can be rare throughout the rest of the year. If there’s something you want to buy, or you’re shopping for gifts, it’s a good time to look for discounts on what you need, especially tech sales, home improvement supplies, and fitness tech. Of course, if you need to save money, the best way to save is to not buy anything. 

Are Cyber Monday deals better than Black Friday?

Black Friday used to be bigger for major retailers and more expensive tech and appliances, while Cyber Monday was for cheaper tech and gave smaller businesses a chance to compete online. Nowadays, though, distinction is almost meaningless. Every major retailer will offer sales on both days, and the smart move is to know what you want, use price trackers or refer to guides like our live blog that use price trackers for you, and don’t stress over finding the perfect timing.

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication.

Black Friday sales officially start Friday, November 28, and run through Cyber Monday, December 1, and Lifehacker is sharing the best sales based on product reviews, comparisons, and price-tracking tools before it's over. 

• Follow our live blog to stay up-to-date on the best sales we find.

• Browse our editors’ picks for a curated list of our favorite sales on laptops, fitness tech, appliances, and more.

• Subscribe to our shopping newsletter, Add to Cart, for the best sales sent to your inbox.

• Sales are accurate at the time of publication, but prices and inventory are always subject to change. 

Anker is mostly known for its external batteries, but it also makes some fun iPhone accessories, and one of those is the Anker Prime 3-in-1 wireless charging station. It's a convenient way to charge your iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods wirelessly and all at once. This Anker Prime charging station is among the most expensive of its kind, but I also think that it's the best one you can buy. With this year's Black Friday deals, it's finally more affordable, making it a great time to snag one.

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The Anker Prime is down to $150 this Black Friday, which is a cool $80 off the list price, and the lowest price it's ever had. While you can still find lots alternatives for around $50-$100, this product has plenty of reasons to splurge on it. Aside from conveniently charging all your Apple devices at once, it supports fast 25W wireless charging, has a fan for active cooling to protect the battery, and it has a tiny screen on the front that lets you switch charging modes, check how much power each device is drawing, and see what your charging temperatures look like.

As for why 25W charging is worth it, while wireless charging is generally a lot slower than wired charging, that's starting to change. You can now charge your iPhone 16 or 17 series devices at 25W wirelessly, up from 15W for previous models. This means that your iPhone will charge a lot faster with a compatible fast wireless charger, and the Anker Prime is one of the few multi-device charging stations to support 25W fast charging for your iPhone. It can also fast charge your Apple Watch Series 7 or newer device and Apple Watch Ultra. If you have an Apple Watch SE or an older Series model, the charging speeds will be slower.

It's worth noting that you need AirPods with a wireless charging case if you want to use them with the Anker Prime. Also, remember that the iPhone 16e does not have support for wireless charging, so it's not compatible with this product. And while you also theoretically may be use the Anker Prime to charge your Android phone or other devices that support wireless charging, Anker doesn't recommend doing so, as this product has been designed specifically for Apple products.

My biggest worry with these products is overheating and fan noise. Thanks to active cooling, the charging station will keep your iPhone's temperatures in check. And while the fan will kick in while fast charging, that won't be a problem during a slow overnight charge.

Does Apple do Black Friday?

Yes, Apple participates in Black Friday, though you may want to compare their sales with other retailers like Best Buy and Walmart. Apple is offering an exclusive $250 gift card for eligible purchases, but so far, the best Black Friday sale on an Apple product is the M4 MacBook on sale for cheaper than ever.

What stores have the best sales on Black Friday?

Nowadays, both large retailers and small businesses compete for Black Friday shoppers, so you can expect practically every store to run sales through Monday, December 1, 2025. The “best” sales depend on your needs, but in general, the biggest discounts tend to come from larger retailers that can afford lower prices: think places like Amazon, Walmart, Target, Best Buy, and Home Depot. You can find all the best sales from major retailers on our live blog. 

How long do Black Friday deals really last?

Black Friday sales officially begin Friday, November 28, 2025, and run throughout “Cyber Week,” the five-day period that runs from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, December 1, 2025. But Black Friday and Cyber Monday dates have expanded as retailers compete for customers. You can get the same Black Friday sales early, and we expect sales to wind down by December 3, 2025.