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New York Times:
Here's What's Dividing Republicans and Biden in Debt-Limit Talks  —  Discussions meant to avoid a default have bogged down amid disagreements over spending caps, work requirements and new Republican proposals.  —  President Biden said on Sunday that he believed he had the authority to challenge …
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Associated Press:
Biden: GOP Must Move Off ‘Extreme Positions’ On Debt Limit  —  President Joe Biden says Republicans in the U.S. House must move off their “extreme positions” on the now-stalled talks over raising America's debt limit.  —  President Joe Biden said Sunday that Republicans in the U.S. House must move off their …
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Biden says Republicans must move from ‘extreme positions’ on debt ceiling talks  —  He noted that the 14th Amendment was an option, but probably couldn't be “invoked in time.”  —  HIROSHIMA, Japan — President Joe Biden wrapped up three days of meetings with G-7 leaders and other allies …
Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Biden ratchets up the pressure as the debt ceiling fight strains his presidency  —  The White House believes it can build consensus and be rewarded for it.  But with the economy on the line, it's not looking like a sure thing.  —  The nation stands on the precipice of an unprecedented financial calamity …
Washington Post:
GOP rejects White House compromise to limit spending as talks stall
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Trump's 2025 vision, revealed  —  Former President Trump's second-term governing plans are coming into clearer focus, as he lays out a vision for a dramatic expansion of federal power — particularly the presidency. … - Such pardons would effectively nullify what Attorney General Merrick Garland …
Wall Street Journal:
Jeffrey Epstein Appeared to Threaten Bill Gates Over Microsoft Co-Founder's Affair With Russian Bridge Player  —  The disgraced financier was trying to set up a philanthropic fund that he hoped would include the billionaire as an anchor donor  —  Jeffrey Epstein discovered that Bill Gates …
NAACP:
NAACP Issues Travel Advisory in Florida  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  Contact: Chyna Fields [email protected]  —  WASHINGTON - Today, the NAACP Board of Directors issued a formal travel advisory for the state of Florida.  The travel advisory comes in direct response …
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Julia Shapero / The Hill:
NAACP issues travel warning in Florida: the state ‘has become hostile to Black Americans’
Discussion: Rolling Stone, Joe.My.God. and abc7NY
Charlotte Lytton / Washington Post:
Long-hidden ruins of vast network of Maya cities could recast history  —  In Guatemala, scientists map well-organized network of 417 cities dating to circa 1,000 B.C.  —  Beneath 1,350 square miles of dense jungle in northern Guatemala, scientists have discovered 417 cities that date …
Washington Post:
Zelensky says destroyed Bakhmut now lives ‘only in our hearts’  —  Visiting Hiroshima, another city devastated by war, he implores world leaders to continue aid and support  —  HIROSHIMA, Japan — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, imploring the world's wealthy democracies …
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Susie Blann / Associated Press:
Russia says Wagner private army, with help from Russian troops, seized Bakhmut
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Federal inquiry details abuses of power by Trump's CEO over Voice of America  —  On the day after his confirmation as chief executive of the U.S. Agency for Global Media in June 2020, Michael Pack met with a career employee to discuss which senior leaders at the agency and the Voice of America …
CNN:
A transgender girl misses her high school graduation after Mississippi judge denies emergency plea to permit her to go in a dress and heels  —  A Mississippi federal judge denied a motion Friday, filed by the family of a transgender high school student requesting she be allowed to wear a dress …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Russia's Latest Sanctions on U.S. Officials Turn to Trump Enemies  —  Among the 500 people singled out for travel and financial restrictions were Americans seen as adversaries by former President Donald J. Trump.  —  Russia has expanded its list of sanctioned Americans in a tit-for-tat retaliation …
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Liz Skalka / HuffPost:
Ron DeSantis Is About To Run For President.  Andrew Warren Has A Warning.  —  The Democratic prosecutor for a Florida county was suspended by DeSantis, a move he believes has been chilling for democracy.  “No one else should have to adjust their behavior to the whims of the dictator,” he said.
Dana Kennedy / New York Post:
Daniel Penny, charged in NYC subway chokehold death, breaks silence: ‘I am not a white supremacist’  —  Ex-Marine Daniel Penny insisted to The Post Saturday that the chokehold killing of Jordan Neely had nothing to do with race — and everything to do with a broken system “that so desperately failed us.”
Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:
Small businesses are beginning to panic about a government default  —  Construction firms, grocers and mental health professionals say they could face “catastrophic” consequences if Congress doesn't lift the debt ceiling in time  —  Rosemary Swierk's company builds about a dozen government buildings a year …
Discussion: The Guardian
Sharon Danquah / WSMV-TV:
Dickson County parents question why more than half of 3rd graders fail portion of TCAP test  —  55% of third graders fail a portion of TCAP tests  —  DICKSON, Tenn. (WSMV) - The TCAP results are in and more than half of third graders in Dickson County are officially at risk of being held back.
Jennifer Maloney / Wall Street Journal:
How Bud Light Blew It  —  With one blunder after another, the brewing giant behind the brand became a case study in how not to handle a culture-war storm  —  Budweiser's famous Clydesdale horses still live in St. Louis, Mo., where its brewer, Anheuser-Busch, has been making beer since the 1850s.
S.V. Date / HuffPost:
If Trump ‘Finished’ His Wall Like He Claims, How Are So Many Migrants Still Crossing?  —  The coup-attempting former president lies as a matter of course, but his lie about the wall he promised he would build in 2016 may wind up costing him in 2024.  —  With Donald Trump's “finished” …
 
 
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Financial Times:
Sources: WBD's board wanted a proposal it could sign immediately, and Netflix was the only bidder whose paperwork was fully executable the night of December 4

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