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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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Gavin Bade / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Implements Major Rollback of Food Tariffs  —  President moves to lower duties on beef, coffee and dozens of other goods as cost-of-living concerns rise  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump on Friday moved to lower tariffs on beef, coffee and dozens of agricultural and food goods …
Associated Press:
Trump drops tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruit as pressure builds on consumer prices  —  President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday to get rid of tariffs on a broad swath of commodities, including beef, coffee and tropical fruits.  It's part of a response to pressure from consumers who complain prices are too high.
Ana Swanson / New York Times:
Trump Administration Lifts Some Food Tariffs in Effort to Ease Prices
Nandita Bose / Reuters:
Trump withdraws support for Marjorie Taylor Greene  —  President Donald Trump withdrew his endorsement of Republican lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene on Friday, citing criticism his long-time supporter has recently made about his agenda.  —  “I am withdrawing my support and endorsement …
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Jasmine Baehr / Fox News:
Trump drops Marjorie Taylor Greene endorsement, calls her a ‘ranting lunatic,’ hints at backing primary rival  —  President claims Georgia congresswoman complains he doesn't return her phone calls anymore  —  President Donald Trump announced Friday night on Truth Social that he is withdrawing …
The Hill:
Trump pulls endorsement of Greene amid growing rift
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
Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Judge Orders Trump Not to Threaten University of California's Funding  —  An extraordinary rebuke to the federal government's campaign against elite schools, the ruling could upend settlement talks with the university system.  —  A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday …
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Associated Press:
At Trump's urging, Bondi says US will investigate Epstein's ties to Clinton and other political foes  —  Acceding to President Donald Trump's demands, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Friday that she has ordered a top federal prosecutor to investigate sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's ties …
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New York Times:
Justice Department to Investigate Epstein Ties, but Not to Trump
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Trump calls on Justice Department to investigate Jeffrey Epstein's relationship with political and other figures
Vox:
The insidious strategy behind Nick Fuentes's shocking rise  —  For the past few weeks, conservatives have been having a heated and divisive debate about antisemitism and the sorts of characters that can or cannot be part of the Republican Party.  At the center of this argument …
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Robert Draper / New York Times:   Once He Was ‘Just Asking Questions.’ Now Tucker Carlson Is the Question.
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
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
Politico:
Indiana redistricting push likely dead despite White House pressure … It's a massive blow to the White House's efforts to shore up a Republican House majority next year via redistricting, and comes from a state Trump easily won last November.  It marks the fourth state where efforts …
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Cameron Peters / Vox:
Trump's redistricting campaign isn't going well
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: Politico, NBC News and Post and Courier
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 …
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.
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.
New York Times:
Amid Trump's Deportation Push, More Families Are Being Torn Apart  —  Maribel Lopez was hastily deported to Guatemala despite a pending asylum appeal, leaving behind a toddler.  Her case highlights a growing pattern of speedy deportations.  —  On a recent evening in Fulton, N.Y. …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Halligan and Bondi push back on judge's suggestion that Comey grand jury materials were ‘missing’ … Halligan said that gap of more than two hours simply reflected the grand jury's discussions about the case, which are not recorded or transcribed.  —  “The period in question consisted solely …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
These Reagan-appointed judges have had it with Trump … In a year full of judicial rebukes for the president — often followed by vindication for Trump at the Supreme Court — these judges' fierce and direct assessments of the president have stood out.  But there's more than lofty rhetoric that binds them.
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
Justice Department quietly replaced ‘identical’ Trump signatures on recent pardons  —  The Justice Department posted pardons online bearing identical copies of President Donald Trump's signature before quietly correcting them this week after what the agency called a “technical error.”
Surina Venkat / The Hill:
Archives releases first batch of Amelia Earhart records pledged by Trump  —  The federal government has begun releasing files related to the aviator Amelia Earhart after President Trump ordered their release in September.  —  The files include newly declassified material related …
Dan Raby / CBS News:
Judge officially drops 3 charges in Georgia's Trump 2020 election interference case  —  Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee has officially dropped three charges out of dozens in Georgia's election interference case against President Trump and others.
Josh Funk / Associated Press:
USDA data casts doubt on China's soybean purchase promises touted by Trump  —  New data the Agriculture Department released Friday created serious doubts about whether China will really buy millions of bushels of American soybeans like the Trump administration touted last month …
Discussion: Fortune
Carmen Paun / Politico:
RFK Jr. defends top Trump officials attacked by some of his supporters … “They didn't want the status quo changed, and they've jumped into bed with Big Pharma,” Steve Hatfill said in an interview posted on X Wednesday, referring to Wiles and other aides who he believes are getting in Kennedy's way.
 
 
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Frank Langfitt / NPR:
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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
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Fox News:
Explosive new documentary probes ‘80-year global coverup’ of UFO secrets
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Washington Post:
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