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6:25 PM ET, November 16, 2025

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CBS News:
Transcript: Reps. Tom Suozzi and Don Bacon on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Nov. 16, 2025  —  The following is the transcript of the interview with Reps. Tom Suozzi, Democrat of New York, and Don Bacon, Republican of Nebraska, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Nov. 16, 2025.
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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Amanda Chu / Politico:   Trump's broadside against health insurers is a cautionary tale for industry
Robert King / Politico:
Congress' Obamacare subsidy vote could set off state scramble
Discussion: The Hill and Chicago Tribune
Associated Press:
Immigration crackdown inspires uniquely Chicago pushback that's now a model for other cities  —  Baltazar Enriquez starts most mornings with street patrols, leaving his home in Chicago's Little Village on foot or by car to find immigration agents that have repeatedly targeted his largely Mexican neighborhood.
Discussion: Chicago Tribune
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Associated Press:
Man films Border Patrol agents smashing his car window in Charlotte
Discussion: MS NOW
Associated Press:
Federal officials confirm officers have begun Charlotte immigration enforcement
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Plays Hardball With GOP Lawmakers as Epstein Vote Approaches  —  Marjorie Taylor Greene says president is publicly targeting her to discourage other Republicans from supporting the measure  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump is making a last-ditch push to dissuade House Republicans …
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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Trump's Republican Party insists there's no affordability crisis and dismisses election losses  —  Almost two weeks after Republicans lost badly in elections in Georgia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia, many GOP leaders insist there is no problem with the party's policies, its message or President Donald Trump's leadership.
Wall Street Journal:
White House Hunts for Ways to Lower the Cost of Living  —  Aside from reducing tariffs, Trump has a limited ability to bring down prices  —  WASHINGTON—A proposal to give Americans direct payments of $2,000 or more.  An antitrust probe into allegations that meatpacking companies are colluding to drive up beef prices.
Discussion: Axios and Mother Jones
New York Times:
Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations  —  Under President Trump, an agency intended to keep Americans safe has diverted resources from combating child abuse, trafficking and terrorism.  —  The Department of Homeland Security has diverted thousands of federal agents …
Discussion: New Republic and OutsideTheBeltway
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Johnson: Epstein push is Democrats' ‘entire game plan’
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Kathryn Carlson / Politico:
Ukraine has ‘no chance’ of winning war, Hungary's Orbán says  —  Ukraine has “no chance” of winning against Russia's ongoing invasion, and the EU's continued financial support for the country is “just crazy,” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said.
Discussion: The Guardian
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Emma Burrows / Associated Press:
Finland's president urges Europe to hold its nerve as he warns no ceasefire likely soon in Ukraine
Discussion: Politico and Al Jazeera
Kit Maher / CNN:
US military carried out 21st strike on alleged drug boat, killing 3  —  The Pentagon on Saturday conducted the 21st known strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat, US Southern Command announced Sunday.  —  “Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was involved in illicit narcotics smuggling …
Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
The Grift Bubble  —  A Political Theory of American Collapse  —  How does a country burst?  To answer this questions, it helps to see matters as do the president and the vice-president: from inside a grift bubble.  —  As I traveled around the United States these last few weeks — Columbus …
CNN:
Trump pulling out all the stops to welcome Saudi crown prince for first White House visit since Khashoggi killing  —  President Donald Trump is planning to receive Saudi Arabia's powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House this week with all the trappings of a state visit …
Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
Pentagon to Withdraw Some National Guard Troops From Chicago and Portland  —  The move comes amid court battles and objections by state and local leaders to President Trump's deployment orders.  —  The Pentagon is withdrawing hundreds of National Guard soldiers from Chicago and Portland …
Financial Times:
Trump trade negotiator hits out at EU delays in cutting tariffs and rules  —  Jamieson Greer warns bloc that trade remains a ‘flashpoint’ in advance of talks next week  —  Donald Trump's top trade negotiator has warned the EU that trade remains a “flashpoint” with Washington …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
David McAfee / Raw Story:
‘Noem should resign over this’: Fury over alleged DHS ‘child kidnapping and trafficking’  —  Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.
 
 
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Department of Homeland Security:
DHS Launches Operation Charlotte's Web to Target Criminal Illegal Aliens Terrorizing Americans in Charlotte, North Carolina
Al Jazeera:
Are Israeli-backed human trafficking networks forcing people out of Gaza?
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Trump blasts Indiana state lawmakers for not pursuing redistricting efforts
Doug Palmer / Politico:
Trump's tariffs are costing companies. Keeping up with them may cost even more.
David Smith / The Guardian:
The banality of evil: how Epstein's powerful friends normalised him
 Earlier Items: 
Ilya Somin / Reason:
Trump's Racially Discriminatory Refugee Policy
Discussion: France 24 and Newsbusters
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
The two ends of the Capitol are worlds apart — as the founders intended
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Canada loses its measles elimination status, and the US is close behind
David Mchugh / Associated Press:
A slowing wartime economy pushes the Kremlin to tap consumers for revenue
Bloomberg:
Trump Buys Another $82 Million of Corporate and Municipal Bonds
 

 
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