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8:15 PM ET, November 16, 2025

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Ron Filipkowski / Meidas+:
This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 251  —  ... After Trump's disastrous string of days last week capped off by the terrible Laura Ingraham interview which infuriated MAGA on several different issues (chronicled extensively in previous Bulletins), he made things even worse with vicious personal attacks …
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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 …
Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
Many House Republicans will back a bill to release Epstein files, leaders of the effort say  —  Lawmakers seeking to force the release of files related to the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein are predicting a big win in the House this week with a “deluge of Republicans” …
Wall Street Journal:
White House Hunts for Ways to Lower the Cost of Living
Discussion: Axios
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Johnson: Epstein push is Democrats' ‘entire game plan’
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about  —  The Trump administration's Department of Homeland Security decided to terrorize another city this weekend, with Gregory Bovino heading to Charlotte, North Carolina, to engage in the very type …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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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  —  Sanctuary policies prevented nearly 1,400 detainers from being honored, putting criminal illegal aliens back on Charlotte's streets
Associated Press:
Border Patrol official touts North Carolina arrests despite objections of local leaders
Associated Press:
Immigration crackdown inspires uniquely Chicago pushback that's now a model for other cities
Discussion: Chicago Tribune and NewsMax.com
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 …
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Fox News:
US forces kill 3 narco-terrorists in Eastern Pacific lethal strike operation targeting drug networks  —  Latest lethal operation brings total suspected narco-terrorists killed to 82 in ongoing campaign  —  U.S. forces carried out a lethal strike Saturday on a narcotics vessel operated …
Discussion: RedState and IJR
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 …
Ben Finley / Associated Press:
Aircraft carrier arrives in the Caribbean in major buildup near Venezuela  —  The nation's most advanced aircraft carrier arrived in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday in a display of U.S. military power, raising questions about what the new influx of troops and weaponry could signal …
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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: Mediaite and NewsMax.com
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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: Al Jazeera and Politico
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 …
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 …
Associated Press:
Man films Border Patrol agents smashing his car window in Charlotte  —  Willy Aceituno, a Honduran-born U.S. citizen, was stopped twice by Border Patrol agents in Charlotte, North Carolina.  During the second encounter, they forced him from his vehicle after breaking the window and threw him to the ground.
Axios:
How Ezra Klein's power play is guiding Democrats  —  New York Times columnist Ezra Klein isn't content with opining about the Democratic Party — he's positioned himself as a powerbroker inside of it. … - Through his columns, hit podcast, private briefings with Democratic lawmakers …
 
 
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Lisa Bonos / Washington Post:
How a tech billionaire philanthropist got caught between Trump and San Francisco
Discussion: Raw Story
Jeffrey Collins / Associated Press:
South Carolina looks at most restrictive abortion bill in the US as opponents keep pushing limits
Discussion: IJR and Los Angeles Times
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Epstein's emails are the end of America as they ruined it
Discussion: Newsweek
Axios:
Relief at the grocery store
Discussion: Mother Jones
Al Jazeera:
Are Israeli-backed human trafficking networks forcing people out of Gaza?
Financial Times:
Trump trade negotiator hits out at EU delays in cutting tariffs and rules
Discussion: NewsMax.com
 Earlier Items: 
David McAfee / Raw Story:
‘Noem should resign over this’: Fury over alleged DHS ‘child kidnapping and trafficking’
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
Amanda Chu / Politico:
Trump's broadside against health insurers is a cautionary tale for industry
 

 
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David Pierce / The Verge:
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