Rubio reports 'productive' Ukraine peace talks; 'Slender Man' fugitive captured

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the latest U.S.-led talks to end Russia's war in Ukraine just had their best day yet

Plus, she vanished after cutting off her monitor. But this morning, the Slenderman attacker is captured

And from Trump ally to Trump adversary, Marjorie Taylor Greene answers the question, is she running for president

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these are your unbiased updates from straight arrow news i i can tell you i'm guessing that i feel very optimistic that we can get something done here

because we made a tremendous amount of progress today secretary of state marco rubio coming out

of peace talks with ukrainian and european officials sounding hopeful saying an end to

the Russia-Ukraine war may finally be in sight. Good morning, I'm Craig DeGrelli. New this morning

U.S. and Ukrainian officials are now discussing whether President Volodymyr Zelensky could come

to the United States this week to try to hammer out the final pieces of a peace deal with Russia

CBS reports it's part of President Trump's push to get an agreement by Thanksgiving

This follows a full day of talks in Geneva, Switzerland, even as President Trump accused

Ukraine of showing zero gratitude for American support. But Rubio described Sunday's session as

productive, while offering few details about what, if anything, would change in Trump's peace plan

or whether Russia would accept those changes. I'm telling you, today was the most productive

day we've had. Well, today, and we've talked to him since, I think he's quite pleased at the

reports we've given him about the amount of progress that's been made. Well, obviously, See, the Russians get a vote here, right

So, I mean, look, we began from the early stage of this process

with our understanding of the Russian position as had been communicated to us in numerous ways

No matter what we came up with today, obviously we now have to take what we come up with

if we can reach that agreement with the Ukrainian side to the Russian side. That's another part of this equation

As it stands now, the Trump plan would require Ukraine to give up territory

drop any bid to join NATO, and accept a cap on the size of its military

Kiev has repeatedly said it will not give up any land. Zelensky said before the talks that Ukraine would review every single point of the plan And late Sunday the White House said the Ukrainian delegation affirmed that all their principal concerns security guarantees

long-term economic development, infrastructure protection, freedom of navigation, and political sovereignty were thoroughly addressed during the meeting

A high-profile case out of Wisconsin is over this morning. Police say Morgan Geiser, one of the two girls who stabbed a classmate in 2015

to please the fictional character Slenderman is back in custody. Geyser cut off her state-issued monitoring bracelet Saturday night

and walked away from a Madison group home months after a judge granted her

a conditional release from a mental health facility. She was last seen with an adult companion and sparked a multi-state search this weekend

Police say they found her late Sunday at a truck stop outside Chicago and took her into custody without incident

Geyser was 12 years old when she and a friend lured Peyton Lutner into the woods and stabbed her 19 times

a crime that shocked the country. Lutner survived. Geyser pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree homicide

and spent seven years in a secure psychiatric facility before her release

Police are looking into how she escaped and who might have helped her. A new war of words this morning between Marjorie Taylor Greene, Time Magazine

even some of her own colleagues. all just days after she announced she's leaving Congress

Time reported over the weekend that Green has privately told allies she's considering a run for president in 2028

In a lengthy post on X, Green fired back, calling the story a complete lie

and insisting she's never planned a White House run, writing, I'm not the kind of person who is willing to make the deals that must be made

in order to be allowed to have the title. I'm not motivated by power and titles

Greene announced on Friday she will resign in January after a very public break with President Trump

Asked about that split over the weekend, here's how the president put it. I said, go your own way. And once I left her, she resigned because she would never have survived a primary

But I think she's a nice person. One of Greene's most vocal critics, Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, had this response to Greene stepping down

You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat

Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes to not only be on the opposite side of him but to have people like her who are constantly fanning the flames of hate And imagine what those threats look like when you literally are someone like me

All of this comes as Green continues to claim she faced threats after Trump called her a traitor for supporting the release of the Epstein files

And as speculation grows over what she does next, if anything, in politics

Mayor-elect Zoran Mamdani is back in New York and doubling down on what he said about President Trump

even after their surprisingly friendly meeting in the Oval Office. Friday's meeting made headlines, the two men smiling, laughing, shaking hands

a far cry from months of insults, with Trump calling Mamdani a communist

and Mamdani pledging to Trump-proof New York City. On Sunday, outside a church in the Bronx, Mamdani called the meeting productive

saying both sides focused on the affordability crisis and what it would take to deliver for New Yorkers

But on NBC, he defended his previous criticism of the president. Everything that I've said in the past, I continue to believe

And that's the thing that I think is important in our politics, is that we don't shy away from where we have disagreements

but we understand what it is that brings us to that table. Because I'm not coming into the Oval Office to make a point or make a stand

I'm coming in there to deliver for New Yorkers. A few weeks ago, I was asked by a reporter three words to describe myself

I said, New York City. And that's what animated that conversation. How do we deliver for the people of New York City

Mamdani says he still believes Trump is a fascist, but says that didn't stop them from finding common ground

on cost of living, transit, child care, and public safety issues. He also says he made it clear to the president New York does not need federal troops

and that the NYPD can handle public safety. We could get answers as soon as today about the fate of Obamacare subsidies

a central fight that dragged out the 43-day government shutdown. The White House is ready to show its plan

Multiple outlets, including Politico and CNN, report President Trump is preparing to roll out a two-year plan

to extend the enhanced ACA subsidies set to expire December 31st. The announcement could come at any time

Without action, premiums could double next year and millions would lose coverage, according to KFF and the Congressional Budget Office

The White House framework still not final would add new income caps to qualify for subsidies and require every enrollee to pay at least something in monthly premiums That move targets what Republicans say has been a wave of fraud tied to zero premium plans

The plan would also push Congress to fund cost-sharing reductions, lowering out-of-pocket

costs, and give enrollees the option to divert part of their credit into a health savings

account if they choose a lower-tier plan. This comes as Republicans remain split

Hardliners want the subsidies to expire. Moderates want them extended. And Democrats are already preparing to make any premium spike a major midterm issue

Finally this morning, a big shift in car safety. The Department of Transportation is rolling out a new female crash test dummy

designed to better protect women who face a much higher risk of injury in a crash than men

This model, called Thor 5F, is the first dummy designed with true female proportions

For decades, U.S. car testing has relied on a dummy based almost entirely on the male body measurements

even in tests meant to represent women. Transportation officials say this new version is far more human-like

packed with sensors that show how seatbelts, airbags, and car structures actually perform on female bodies

That data will help drive safer designs and future regulations. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says women are 73 percent more likely to be injured in a head-on crash than men and 17 percent more likely to die

Dummy makers already have the designs and can start building models for automakers right now

Sounds like a really good idea. All right, before we head out, here's what we're tracking today

A major press freedom fight hits a federal courtroom. A U.S. appeals panel in Washington will hear the Associated Press case against President Trump

after the newswire was blocked from events for refusing to use his preferred name for the Gulf of Mexico

In New York, Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups faces arraignment in a widening FBI gambling and game-rigging probe involving the NBA

And at noon, First Lady Melania Trump welcomes the official 2025 White House Christmas treat

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We'll see you back here tomorrow, Thanksgiving week underway. For all of us here at Straight Arrow News, I'm Craig DiGrelli

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