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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.
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Ana Swanson / New York Times:
Trump Administration Lifts Some Food Tariffs in Effort to Ease Prices
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Axios:
Trump drops tariffs on dozens of food items, from beef to bananas
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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Modifying the Scope of the Reciprocal Tariff with Respect to Certain Agricultural Products
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Washington Post:
Trump repeals tariffs on some foods as Americans face high grocery prices
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Gavin Bade / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Implements Major Rollback of Food Tariffs
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Fox News:
Trump gives ex-ally Greene new nickname after dropped endorsement, says she betrayed ‘entire Republican Party’ — Donald Trump nicknames former GOP ally ‘Marjorie Traitor Green’ — President Donald Trump gave Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., a new nickname and accused her of betraying …
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Jasmine Baehr / Fox News:
Trump drops Marjorie Taylor Greene endorsement, calls her a ‘ranting lunatic,’ hints at backing primary rival
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
House plans to vote Tuesday on releasing Epstein files
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Associated Press:
At Trump's urging, Bondi says US will investigate Epstein's ties to Clinton and other political foes
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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.
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 …
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Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Judge Orders Trump Not to Threaten University of California's Funding
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Mikhail Zinshteyn / CalMatters:
‘Unlawful coercion’: Trump can't withhold funds or demand payment from UC, federal judge rules
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The Guardian, Associated Press and Los Angeles Times
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.
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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 …
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Justin Glawe / Public Notice:
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The Philadelphia Inquirer
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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 …
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Byline Times, Mediaite and New Republic
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” …
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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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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.
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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.
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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 …
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 …
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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 …
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Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
Fired Scholars and Big Grants to Favored Projects: Inside Trump's N.E.H. — Some Democrats and supporters of the National Endowment for the Humanities are questioning what they see as gutted procedures and a tilt toward handpicked projects. — Since its creation in 1965 …
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