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The Harvard Crimson:
Summers To Step Back from Public Commitments Amid Epstein Scandal — Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will step back from all public commitments in an effort “to rebuild trust and repair relationships with the people closest to me,” he wrote in a statement Monday evening.
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G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
New poll: Democrats lead the 2026 House generic ballot, and their edge widens when voters are reminded Republicans control Congress — This article reports results from the November Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll. You can read our previous poll releases here.
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Kate Santaliz / Axios:
Scoop: Mike Johnson to back Epstein files discharge petition — House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is reversing course and throwing his support behind a petition to compel the Justice Department to release all its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Axios has learned.
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Vimal Patel / New York Times:
Summers, ‘Ashamed’ Over Epstein Ties, Steps Back From Public Commitments — New emails showed that Lawrence H. Summers, a former Harvard president, had stayed in touch with Jeffrey Epstein for years after Mr. Epstein faced sex trafficking charges. — Lawrence H. Summers …
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Politico:
Larry Summers steps back from public commitments, ‘deeply ashamed’ by Epstein revelations … Summers' comment comes after a senior Trump administration official and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) each called on institutions to sever ties with Summers. — The statement leaves question marks hanging …
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HotAir, Mediaite, The Guardian, Raw Story and American Thinker
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Epstein files give Trump a taste of political mortality — It's too early to call President Trump a lame duck. But Congress is ready to clip his wings over the Epstein files. … - The vote's inevitability led him to change tack, bless the vote — and look the weakest he's been since his inauguration.
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Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
Trump faces a splintering GOP — and rare dissent from his party — The House of Representatives on Tuesday will vote to release additional investigation files related to the deceased sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein. — Just now — For nearly 10 months this year, President Donald Trump's every wish …
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Larry Summers “stepping back” from public roles after Epstein files release
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Trump Has the Power to Release the Epstein Files, With or Without Congress
Trump Has the Power to Release the Epstein Files, With or Without Congress
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Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
Words & Phrase We Could Do Without
New York Times:
Trump Bows to Reality in Epstein Reversal, Beating a Rare Retreat
Trump Bows to Reality in Epstein Reversal, Beating a Rare Retreat
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Washington Post:
Larry Summers stepping back from ‘public commitments’ over Epstein emails
Larry Summers stepping back from ‘public commitments’ over Epstein emails
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New York Post, The Information and CNBC
Wall Street Journal:
Larry Summers to Step Back From Public Commitments After Epstein Emails
Larry Summers to Step Back From Public Commitments After Epstein Emails
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HuffPost, The Gateway Pundit, WBUR, The Hill and Bloomberg
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Mike Johnson's Epstein bungling is a disaster for the GOP
Mike Johnson's Epstein bungling is a disaster for the GOP
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Wall Street Journal:
How Marjorie Taylor Greene Alienated Trump
How Marjorie Taylor Greene Alienated Trump
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Newsweek and Syracuse Post-Standard
New York Times:
The Democrat Who Split MAGA Over the Epstein Files
The Democrat Who Split MAGA Over the Epstein Files
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New York Post and RealClearPolitics
Politico:
Why Trump can never win on Epstein
Why Trump can never win on Epstein
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Straight Arrow News, Daily Mail and Raw Story
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
7 signs Trump is losing his groove
7 signs Trump is losing his groove
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New York Daily News and MS NOW
Benjamin Guggenheim / Politico:
House Republicans race the Senate for a plan to lower health care costs
House Republicans race the Senate for a plan to lower health care costs
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MS NOW
Punchbowl News:
11/18/25 ☀️ AM: … During the last four months, the House Republican leadership …
11/18/25 ☀️ AM: … During the last four months, the House Republican leadership …
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New York Daily News
Scott Bland / NBC News:
Poll: Majorities across parties say ‘extreme political rhetoric’ was a contributor to Charlie Kirk's killing
Poll: Majorities across parties say ‘extreme political rhetoric’ was a contributor to Charlie Kirk's killing
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RedState, Townhall, The Daily Caller, The Independent, NewsMax.com, New York Post and IJR
Raquel Coronell Uribe / NBC News:
‘I am deeply ashamed’: Larry Summers to step back from public commitments after new Epstein emails
‘I am deeply ashamed’: Larry Summers to step back from public commitments after new Epstein emails
Victoria Guida / Politico:
Top Trump official: OpenAI, Harvard should dump Summers
Top Trump official: OpenAI, Harvard should dump Summers
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Al Jazeera, JONATHAN TURLEY and The Harvard Crimson
ProPublica:
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation — Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
Meredith Kile / People:
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: ‘Quiet Piggy’ — The president had several tense exchanges with the press over the weekend, including pointing in the face of a female reporter — President Donald Trump had several tense exchanges with the press over the weekend
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Amanda Moore / The Intercept:
Pardoned Capitol Rioter Tried to Hush Child Sex Victim With Promise of Jan. 6 Reparation Money, Police Say — A pardoned January 6 rioter has been charged with sex crimes against two children. Andrew Paul Johnson was arraigned in a Florida court in October on multiple charges …
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Ryan Lizza / Telos News:
Part 1: How I Found Out — Olivia had just returned from a reporting trip—at least that's what she told me it was—and her Herschel backpack, the one with the flap that never quite closed properly, was tossed beside our bed, its contents scattered on the floor.
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John Keough / This Week in Worcester:
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays — WORCESTER - Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) …
New York Times:
C.D.C. Links Measles Outbreaks in Multiple States for the First Time — If the outbreaks cannot be extinguished by January, the anniversary of the first cases in Texas, the United States will lose what is known as “elimination status” as determined by the World Health Organization.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Mark Jacob / Stop the Presses:
How the media ‘pardon’ political criminals — Donald Trump is on a pardon spree. — Did you plot to use fake electors to steal an election? — You get a pardon. — Are you a crypto king convicted in a money laundering operation who gave the Trump family a financial windfall? — You get a pardon.
Farnaz Fassihi / New York Times:
In Major Breakthrough, U.N. Security Council Adopts U.S. Peace Plan for Gaza — Russia and China abstained in the vote, which provides a legal mandate for the Trump administration's vision of how to move past the cease-fire to rebuild the war-ravaged enclave after two years of war.
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ABC News:
Democratic proposed bill would put new restrictions on donations to Trump's ballroom — The bill would impose limits on who can make donations for White House projects. — The construction for the ballroom on the White House's East Wing as seen from the top of the Washington Monument, Nov. 17, 2025.
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New Republic:
Trump Accidentally Stabs Vance in the Back as MAGA Erupts in Civil War — A civil war is unfolding inside the MAGA movement over Nick Fuentes, the neo-Nazi and white supremacist, and President Donald Trump just made it worse. In an interview, Trump defended Fuentes in a way that will boost his standing inside MAGA.
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Axios, Alternet.org and Newsweek, more at Mediagazer »
New York Times:
When the G.O.P. Medicaid Cuts Arrive, These Hospitals Will Be Hit Hardest — Republicans created a special $50 billion fund to help rural hospitals stay afloat, but the biggest impacts may be in cities. — In a typical year, more than 100,000 Medicaid patients depend on the emergency department …
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump's $2,000 tariff checks would cost $450 billion, analysis finds — President Trump's promised $2,000 tariff checks would probably cost $450 billion but provide small boosts in both economic growth and employment, per a new analysis of the proposal.
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Greg Olear / PREVAIL:
Cast Him Out: No More MAGAmazement — I come to break the Orange Enchanter's spell and liberate you from his rough magic, so you can see things as they really are...and join me in demanding his immediate resignation. — PROSPERO … PROSPERO … —William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”
