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10:05 AM ET, November 17, 2025

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Adam Wren / Politico:
Indiana Republican called out by Trump on redistricting is swatted … Fell said that around 5 p.m. Sunday “an email was sent to the Terre Haute Police Department advising harm had been done to persons inside a home, located in southeastern Vigo County,” Fell said.
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Trump's Epstein Humiliation Grows  —  Donald Trump is obsessed with the idea that his predecessor, Joe Biden, was so mentally incapacitated that he used an autopen to sign all his pardons and legislation.  He not only put a picture of an autopen in place of Biden's mug on his …
Washington Post:
The Democratic veterans trying to repeat 2018  —  Just now  —  In today's edition ... Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene have a falling out ... We hear some thoughts on political dynasties ... but first ...  The Hell Cats are ready  —  Before Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill were governors-elect, they were Badasses.
Discussion: The Free Press and Joe.My.God.
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Marjorie Taylor Greene blasts Trump for ‘vicious’ attacks after saying her company received pipe bomb threat
Discussion: NPR, PoliticusUSA and HuffPost
Axios:
How Ezra Klein's power play is guiding Democrats
more at Mediagazer »
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Plays Hardball With GOP Lawmakers as Epstein Vote Approaches
Ashley Ahn / New York Times:
Trump Says House Republicans Should Vote to Release Epstein Files
Politico:
Trump's message to MAGA
Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
Many House Republicans will back a bill to release Epstein files, leaders of the effort say
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
Why Trump can't make the Epstein scandal go away
Discussion: The Wrap and The Nation
Mike Allen / Axios:   Exclusive: Trump to talk affordability at McDonald's summit
New York Times:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Extends an Olive Branch to Trump
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Trump Defends Tucker Carlson After Nick Fuentes Interview  —  President Trump defended Mr. Carlson's friendly interview with an openly antisemitic white supremacist that prompted denunciations from some on the right.  —  President Trump defended Tucker Carlson on Sunday for his sympathetic interview …
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Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Scoop: Ted Cruz sets stage for 2028 run with Tucker jabs  —  Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is laying the groundwork for a 2028 presidential bid by leaning into his feud with Tucker Carlson — and staking out turf as a traditional, pro-interventionist Republican.
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Trump defends Tucker Carlson for interviewing white nationalist Fuentes  —  “You can't tell him who to interview,” Trump said about the former Fox News host and Nick Fuentes, a far-right activist who once called Adolf Hitler “awesome.”  —  Just now  —  President Donald Trump defended Tucker Carlson …
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The toxic culture behind the right's civil war
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: Raw Story, UPI and Washington Examiner
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New York Times:
Border Patrol Fans Out Across Charlotte, N.C., Arresting 81 People on First Day  —  Border Patrol agents descended on Charlotte this weekend searching for immigrants in the country illegally.  It remains unclear how long the agents will stay.  —  A flea market that is typically filled with Hispanic vendors was canceled this weekend.
Alicia A. Caldwell / Bloomberg:
Border Patrol Swarms Charlotte as Trump Redeploys Federal Forces
Discussion: NOTUS and Washington Examiner
The Harvard Crimson:
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’  —  When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein.
Discussion: Althouse and Eschaton
Ryan Lucas / NPR:
Justice Department official told prosecutors that U.S. should ‘just sink’ drug boats  —  At a Justice Department conference in February, then-acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove told the department's top drug prosecutors that the Trump administration wasn't interested in interdicting suspected drug vessels at sea anymore.
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Kit Maher / CNN:
US military carried out 21st strike on alleged drug boat, killing 3
Washington Post:
How foreign student enrollment is shifting in the U.S., in 6 charts  —  Foreign student enrollment in U.S. colleges has stalled, with a 17 percent decline in new students this fall after Trump policy changes, a key survey shows.  —  The number of newly enrolled foreign college students …
New York Times:
The Unraveling of the Justice Department  —  Sixty attorneys describe a year of chaos and suspicion.  —  President Trump's second term has brought a period of turmoil and controversy unlike any in the history of the Justice Department.  Trump and his appointees have blasted through …
Olivia Nuzzi / Vanity Fair:
Olivia Nuzzi's American Canto: Read the Exclusive Excerpt  —  She flamed out and she faded away.  Vanity Fair's West Coast Editor returns to the written word to survey scorched earth.  —  I woke the morning after Election Day on the wrong coast of the right country.
Discussion: Daily Mail
Sean James / Mediaite:
‘This Is Corruption’: ‘60 Minutes’ Reports Trump Pardoned Binance Boss After He ‘Enriched’ Crypto Business Tied to Trump Family  —  60 Minutes reported President Donald Trump pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the founder and former boss of the Binance cryptocurrency exchange, after Zhao “enriched” …
Discussion: CBS News
Steve Vladeck / One First:
193. The “War” on Judges  —  Deputy Attorney General Blanche's attack on lower courts is an impressive combination of light on substance; shamelessly hypocritical; and profoundly dangerous.  More people should be condemning it.  —  Welcome back to “One First,” a (more-than) …
Associated Press:
Chile's presidential race heads to a runoff between a communist and a pro-Trump conservative  —  (AP video by Mauricio Cuevas and Alexandre Plaza)  —  Chile is headed to a tense presidential runoff after a closely fought first-round vote Sunday set up a showdown between a member …
 
 
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Scott MacFarlane / CBS News:
Ex-prosecutor who resigned in protest amid DOJ purge now poised to lead Seattle City Attorney office
Rebecca Patterson / New York Times:
This Is How Our Economy Comes Crashing Down
New York Times:
We Came Here Legally. ICE Locked Us Up Anyway.
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Ken Dilanian / MS NOW:
Kash Patel's girlfriend being protected by FBI SWAT agents as security perk
Discussion: Raw Story and Grabien
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
New analysis shows more US consumers are falling behind on their utility bills
 Earlier Items: 
Samuel Benson / Politico:
Utah Democrats got a gift. Now comes the headache.
Joe Anuta / Politico:
An early test of a Mamdani-Trump relationship? Security clearance.
New York Times:
The Crypto Industry's $28 Billion in ‘Dirty Money’
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Federal Aviation Administration:
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy and FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford Announce Termination of FAA Emergency Order, Return to Normal Operations
Bloomberg:
Trump Floats Venezuela Talks as US Labels Maduro a Terrorist
Kathryn Carlson / Politico:
Ukraine has ‘no chance’ of winning war, Hungary's Orbán says
Discussion: The Guardian and YouTube
 

 
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Bloomberg:
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The Guardian:
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands exit Eurovision after Israel received an all-clear to compete; the BBC and Germany's SWR plan to participate

James Faris / Business Insider:
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