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2:25 PM ET, November 15, 2025

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Zachary Leeman / Mediaite:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Blasts Trump for Fueling Threats Against Her: ‘The Man I Supported and Helped Get Elected’  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) accused President Donald Trump of fueling and egging on “threats” against her as she said she's having discussions with private security firms amid …
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Jack Revell / The Daily Beast:
Trump Lawyer, 87, Offers Creepy ‘Not a Pedophile’ Defense of Epstein  —  LEGALLY SPEAKING  —  Alan Dershowitz is splitting hairs over the technical definition of “pedophilia.”  —  Emeritus Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz entered the latest public spat around the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein …
Discussion: The Hill and Mediaite
Danny Nguyen / Politico:
Trump breaks with ‘wacky’ Marjorie Taylor Greene
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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Axios:
Trump drops tariffs on dozens of food items, from beef to bananas
Discussion: Straight Arrow News
Ana Swanson / New York Times:
Trump Administration Lifts Some Food Tariffs in Effort to Ease Prices
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?
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.
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
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: MSNBC
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Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Force A Referendum On The Epstein Coverup
Discussion: New Yorker and Politico
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
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 …
Justin Glawe / Public Notice:
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Associated Press:
Justice Department quietly replaced ‘identical’ Trump signatures on recent pardons
Discussion: The Guardian
Jon Queally / Common Dreams:
‘Worst of the Worst’?  DOJ Figures Show 97.4% of 614 Detained Immigrants in Chicago Had No Criminal Record  —  President Donald Trump and his administration have claimed repeatedly that the immigration raids that have terrorized communities nationwide this year are focused on getting the …
Discussion: KDFX-TV and Chicago Tribune
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Reuters:
Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protest outside Chicago-area ICE facility
Colby Smith / New York Times:
Former Fed Official Violated Trading Rules, Disclosures Show  —  Adriana D. Kugler, who stepped down as a governor in August, reported trades in stocks, including Apple and Southwest Airlines, in 2024.  —  Adriana D. Kugler, who abruptly stepped down from her role as a governor …
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” …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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.
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.
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
'You can't eat if you're dead': Dems eye RFK Jr. as their 2026 boogeyman … They're banking on voters associating Kennedy with disease outbreaks and rising insurance costs rather than his more popular criticisms of pharmaceutical companies and focus on nutrition and wellness.
 
 
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Fired Scholars and Big Grants to Favored Projects: Inside Trump's N.E.H.
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Jonathan Edwards / Washington Post:
Preservationists sue Trump over plans to paint Eisenhower building
Discussion: Althouse
Washington Examiner:
Trump's National Guard deployments show enforcement works
Ron Filipkowski / Meidas+:
Today in Politics, Bulletin 250. 11/14/25
The Guardian:
No 10 tells Labour MPs it expects support for tough new asylum policies
 Earlier Items: 
Frank Langfitt / NPR:
More liberals, people of color and LGBTQ Americans say they're buying guns out of fear
Discussion: RedState and Joe.My.God.
Vivian Jones / The Tennessean:
Complaint says Sens. Blackburn, Hagerty broke ethics rules voting for ‘financial windfall’
Discussion: NBC News
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
Kyle Clark / KUSA-TV:
Trump administration takes formal step toward freeing Tina Peters
New York Times:
Amid Trump's Deportation Push, More Families Are Being Torn Apart
 

 
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