Live from NPR News, I'm Janine Hurst. The White House is planning to appeal after a federal judge throughout cases against former FBI director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

NPR's Daniel Kurtzleben reports it's a major blow to the administration's attempts to prosecute two of its prominent critics. The judge ruled that

Trump had not legally appointed Lindsay Halligan to the role of acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern

District of Virginia. Haligan secured the indictments against Comey and James in that role. White

House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt today addressed the judge's decision. The Department of Justice will be appealing very soon, and it is our position that Lindsay Halligan is extremely qualified for this position, but more importantly, was legally appointed to it.

Comey was indicted in September with charges of obstructing justice and making a false statement to the Senate.

James was indicted on charges of bank fraud and false

statements to a financial institution. Both have pleaded not guilty. Danielle Kurtzleben and PR News.

The Pentagon is investigating Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, a former combat pilot and NASA astronaut

for possible violations of military law after he and five other Democratic lawmakers

told troops not to follow illegal orders. That's a basic tenant of military education. But President

Trump called it treason, suggesting the death penalty. This says the Trump administration faces

legal questions about the deployment of National Guard troops to cities,

along with deadly airstrikes on boats suspected of drug smuggling in the Caribbean.

President Trump touted big progress on peace talks to end the war on Ukraine ahead of a Thanksgiving deadline.

But NPRS Franco-Ordo O'Donia's reports, Trump's also cautioning his supporters not to believe it until you see it.

President Trump said, quote, something good just may be happening in a social media post this morning after receiving a report on the weekend talks in Geneva.

A joint statement between the U.S. and Ukraine was released, stating that their original

28-point plan had been updated and refined. Both the United States and Ukraine say more work is

needed and express cautious optimism about the direction. The early version included several

measures that Ukraine has repeatedly rejected, including giving up territory it controls, shrinking its military, and ruling out NATO membership.

Franco, Ordojones, NPR News, the White House.

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