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12:05 PM ET, November 15, 2025

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Marc Caputo / Axios:
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab  —  Forget retaliation: To cut tariffs President Trump imposed on their country, the Swiss sent a delegation of industry tycoons bearing gifts — a special Rolex desktop clock, a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar, and loads of flattery.
Discussion: The Guardian and New York Times
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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Modifying the Scope of the Reciprocal Tariff with Respect to Certain Agricultural Products  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)
Ana Swanson / New York Times:
Trump Administration Lifts Some Food Tariffs in Effort to Ease Prices
Axios:
Trump drops tariffs on dozens of food items, from beef to bananas
Discussion: Straight Arrow News
Associated Press:
Trump drops tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruit as pressure builds on consumer prices
Norman Eisen / The Contrarian:
We will reveal the Trump-Epstein files—with Contrarian help!  —  We have never in American history seen White House corruption on the scale that Donald Trump, his administration, and his cronies practice.  To take one example, Trump is raking in staggering amounts in his crypto businesses …
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Jasmine Baehr / Fox News:
Trump drops Marjorie Taylor Greene endorsement, calls her a ‘ranting lunatic,’ hints at backing primary rival
Nandita Bose / Reuters:
Trump withdraws support for Marjorie Taylor Greene
Associated Press:
At Trump's urging, Bondi says US will investigate Epstein's ties to Clinton and other political foes
The Hill:
Trump pulls endorsement of Greene amid growing rift
Associated Press:
Judge bars Trump from immediately cutting funding to the University of California  —  The Trump administration cannot immediately cut federal funding to the University of California or issue fines against the school system over claims it allows antisemitism or other forms of discrimination …
Discussion: The Hill and WTOP News
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Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Judge Orders Trump Not to Threaten University of California's Funding
Discussion: Raw Story
Chicago Tribune:
Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’  —  When a masked man grabbed Ernesto Diaz's left shoulder and slammed him against a vehicle, he thought he was being robbed.  —  Diaz, 23, had been walking down Archer Avenue …
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Josh Campbell / CNN:
As ICE escalates its tactics, are federal agents truly ‘untouchable’ in the eyes of the law?  —  Mere hours after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot a suspect last month - wounding a member of the arrest team in the process - the top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles effectively exonerated the agent who opened fire.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction … “Dan Wilson is a good man.  After more than 7 months of unjustified imprisonment, he is relieved to be home with his loved ones,” said Wilson's attorneys, George Pallas and Carol Taylor,in a statement to POLITICO.
Discussion: Raw Story
Zach Everson / Forbes:
Trump-Licensed Presidential Seal Beer Pong Set Could Violate Federal Law  —  Topline  —  A website that pays licensing fees to President Donald Trump is selling merchandise bearing the official presidential seal—including a $150 record player and $20 beer pong set with “Presidential themed balls” …
Justin Glawe / Public Notice:
The hysteria over Biden's pardons seems extra ridiculous now  —  This bonus Saturday edition of Public Notice is free thanks to paid subscribers.  If you enjoy the newsletter but aren't yet one, please click the button below to sign up and support our work ⬇️  —  🔥 Subscribe to PN 🔥
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Associated Press:
Justice Department quietly replaced ‘identical’ Trump signatures on recent pardons
Discussion: The Guardian
Jason Wilson / The Guardian:
Steve Bannon advised Jeffrey Epstein for years on how to rehab his reputation, texts show  —  Pair devised responses to public outrage about Epstein's criminal history, his treatment by the justice system, and his friendships with powerful people  —  Hundreds of texts over almost …
Discussion: Byline Times, Mediaite and New Republic
Robert Draper / New York Times:
Once He Was ‘Just Asking Questions.’ Now Tucker Carlson Is the Question. … Last month, Tucker Carlson's genial interview with the white nationalist Nick Fuentes detonated a bomb that further fractured the Trump-era conservative movement he once helped galvanize.
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Vox:   The insidious strategy behind Nick Fuentes's shocking rise
New York Times:
Trump Organization Is Said to Be in Talks on a Saudi Government Real Estate Deal  —  The chief executive of a Saudi firm says a Trump-branded project is “just a matter of time.”  The Trump Organization's major foreign partner is also signaling new Saudi deals.
Discussion: The Times of Israel
David Herzberg / New York Times:
Trump Is Wrong About Fentanyl in Almost Every Way  —  It's one of President Trump's favorite stories: The Democrats weakened the borders, allowing Mexican drug cartels to smuggle fentanyl into the United States, where it devastated white suburban and rural communities.
New York Times:
Epstein, Fuentes and Trump's Political Erosion  —  Is this the beginning of the end for Trump and his MAGA base?  —  The release of thousands of pages of emails from Jeffrey Epstein has cast a spotlight back on President Trump and his relationship with Epstein.
Jonathan Edwards / Washington Post:
Preservationists sue Trump over plans to paint Eisenhower building  —  The complaint alleges Trump's plan would 'permanently alter one of the most architecturally significant and historic structures in the Nation's Capital'  —  Preservationists concerned by President Donald Trump's public musings …
Discussion: Althouse
The Guardian:
No 10 tells Labour MPs it expects support for tough new asylum policies  —  Some backbenchers already opposing planned immigration crackdown seen as ‘economically and culturally illiterate’  —  Downing Street has warned Labour MPs it expects them to back radical plans to make the UK less attractive …
Vivian Jones / The Tennessean:
Complaint says Sens. Blackburn, Hagerty broke ethics rules voting for ‘financial windfall’ … A complaint has been filed with the U.S. Senate Ethics Committee claiming that eight U.S. Senators ― including Tennessee Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty ― violated Senate conflict …
Discussion: NBC News, Politico and Post and Courier
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
November 14, 2025  —  In a transparent attempt to distract from the many times his own name appears in the documents from the Epstein estate members of the House Oversight Committee released Wednesday, President Donald J. Trump asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate Democrats whose names appeared in the documents.
Discussion: Off Message, New Yorker and MSNBC
Washington Post:
Epstein texted with House Democrat during Cohen hearing, documents show  —  Newly released documents from the convicted sex offender's estate include text messages from him that appear to influence the lawmaker's questions to Trump's personal attorney at a 2019 congressional hearing.  —  just now
Frank Langfitt / NPR:
More liberals, people of color and LGBTQ Americans say they're buying guns out of fear  —  When Charles was growing up in the 1970s in Brooklyn, N.Y., his mother was so strict, she forbade toy guns of any kind, including squirt guns.  —  “I remember vividly, summertime …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Kyle Clark / KUSA-TV:
Trump administration takes formal step toward freeing Tina Peters  —  President Donald Trump has threatened retaliation if Colorado doesn't release his political ally from prison. … DENVER — The Trump administration is taking an official step to spring election conspiracy heroine Tina Peters from prison in Colorado.
Washington Examiner:
Trump's National Guard deployments show enforcement works  —  First in Washington, D.C., and now in Memphis, President Donald Trump has surged federal law enforcement officers and National Guard to high-crime neighborhoods, and the results have been unequivocally successful: lower crime …
 
 
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Reuters:
Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protest outside Chicago-area ICE facility
Josh Funk / Associated Press:
USDA data casts doubt on China's soybean purchase promises touted by Trump
Discussion: Fortune
Politico:
Republicans turn on Trump's defense policy chief
Fox News:
Explosive new documentary probes ‘80-year global coverup’ of UFO secrets
Discussion: IJR
 Earlier Items: 
Carmen Paun / Politico:
RFK Jr. defends top Trump officials attacked by some of his supporters
New York Times:
Amid Trump's Deportation Push, More Families Are Being Torn Apart
Dan Raby / CBS News:
Judge officially drops 3 charges in Georgia's Trump 2020 election interference case
Matthew Gault / 404 Media:
Power Companies Are Using AI To Build Nuclear Power Plants
Surina Venkat / The Hill:
Archives releases first batch of Amelia Earhart records pledged by Trump
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
These Reagan-appointed judges have had it with Trump
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Isabelle Bousquette / Wall Street Journal:
The RAISE Act requires AI companies with $500M+ in revenue to publish safety protocols and disclose safety incidents within 72 hours, with fines up to $3M

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
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