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9:45 AM ET, November 17, 2025

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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.
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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
Ron Filipkowski / Meidas+:
This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 251
Discussion: Washington Post and NewsMax.com
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.
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.
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
Fox News:
US forces kill 3 narco-terrorists in Eastern Pacific lethal strike operation targeting drug networks
Discussion: IJR and RedState
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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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump says he's talking to Democrats about direct health care payment plan  —  President Trump said he is talking with Democrats about a direct health care payment plan on Sunday amid negotiations to tackle rising health insurance premiums.  —  “I've had personal talks with some Democrats …
Discussion: MS NOW, Grabien and Breitbart
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 …
Discussion: CBS News
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 …
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.
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
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
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 …
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) …
 
 
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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
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.
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
The Crypto Industry's $28 Billion in ‘Dirty Money’
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
NBC News:
Epstein survivors push for release of files in new PSA, say fight isn't political
Discussion: The Independent
Bloomberg:
Trump Floats Venezuela Talks as US Labels Maduro a Terrorist
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Epstein's emails are the end of America as they ruined it
Discussion: American Crisis
Kathryn Carlson / Politico:
Ukraine has ‘no chance’ of winning war, Hungary's Orbán says
Discussion: The Guardian and YouTube
 

 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
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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

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