November 26, 2025

Thanksgiving travel, prices and the great pie debate

29 minutes

On today's episode:

The shutdown is over. Flights have resumed. Thanksgiving travelers might wonder What now.

Stores keep prices down in a tough year for turkeys. Other Thanksgiving foods may cost more.

Sweet potato or pumpkin The Thanksgiving pie debate.

Trump spares turkeys — but not his political opponents — at annual pardoning ceremony.

Some families are 'adopting' turkeys for Thanksgiving instead of eating them.

Report: US envoy coached Putin aide on how Russian leader should pitch Trump on Ukraine peace plan

Israel has handed over 15 more Palestinian bodies, hospital officials in Gaza say

Taiwan puts $40 billion toward building a defense dome and buying US weapons06a Federal agency boosts size of most single-family loans the government can guarantee to $832,750.

FBI seeks interviews with Democratic lawmakers who urged US troops to defy illegal orders.

US push for Russia-Ukraine peace deal gains momentum as attacks on Kyiv kill 7.

Rights groups slam Trump administration for ending Myanmar deportation protection as civil war rages.

X's new feature raises questions about the foreign origins of some popular US political accounts.

4 more arrested in $102M Louvre jewel heist, Paris prosecutor says.

DC Mayor Bowser announces she won't seek fourth term, as Trump's federal intervention continues.

Football coach who went missing before undefeated team's playoff game is wanted on criminal charges.

Prosecutors will retry man in death of Etan Patz, whose 1979 disappearance spotlighted missing kids.

Slender Man attacker won't fight extradition to Wisconsin after fleeing group home.

Torn roofs and smashed windows among damage to over 100 homes in a tornado near Houston.

Stocks climb on hopes for lower interest rates as Dow rallies 660 points.

Consumer confidence slides as Americans grow wary of high costs and sluggish job gains.

US retail sales rose slightly in September, adding to months of big gains.

An Elite Eight rematch ends in an upset in college basketball; a long losing streak is snapped in the NBA; the latest CFP rankings and a coaching hire in college football; an NFL player is suspended for a punch and an MLB star pitcher is traded.

Drew Brees, Philip Rivers, Larry Fitzgerald lead Pro Football Hall of Fame modern era semifinalists.

Former NBA champ Rick Fox announces plans to run in Bahamian general election.

Cristiano Ronaldo set to avoid ban at World Cup after FIFA red-card verdict offers probation.

Fire rages through bamboo scaffolding at Hong Kong high-rise residential complex, killing 4.

Landslides and flash floods on Indonesia’s Sumatra island leave at least 17 dead and 6 missing.

'Everything is soaked' Winter rains in Gaza bring new misery for Palestinians.

Israeli military says the Red Cross has received another set of remains from Gaza militants.

—The Associated Press

About this program

Host Terry Lipshetz is managing editor of the national newsroom for Lee Enterprises. Besides producing the daily Hot off the Wire news podcast, Terry conducts periodic interviews for this Behind the Headlines program, co-hosts the Streamed & Screened movies and television program and is the former producer of Across the Sky, a podcast dedicated to weather and climate.

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