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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Judge Says Justice Dept. May Have Committed Misconduct in Comey Case — The magistrate judge raised the question of whether “government misconduct” in the case might require dismissing the charges against the former F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, altogether.
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Politico:
Judge says possible errors by Lindsey Halligan could imperil Comey case … Fitzpatrick's decision came after he personally reviewed records of the grand jury proceedings that led to Comey's Sept. 25 indictment on charges that he lied to Congress in 2020. The indictment was signed by Halligan …
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Judge scolds Justice Department for ‘profound investigative missteps’ in Comey case — The Justice Department engaged in a “disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps” in the process of securing an indictment against former FBI Director James Comey, a federal judge ruled Monday …
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Brianna Sacks / Washington Post:
FEMA head resigns. Richardson had been hard to reach during Texas floods. — David Richardson resigned Monday after a brief tenure leading the Federal Emergency Management Agency. — David Richardson on Monday resigned as acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency …
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Gabe Cohen / CNN:
FEMA chief steps down as Trump administration prepared to oust him — The embattled acting chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency will step down after hurricane season following months of public controversy and internal frustration. — David Richardson submitted a resignation letter …
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Luke Barr / ABC News:
Acting FEMA Administrator David Richardson resigns: Sources
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
‘He got tired of me winning’: How Thomas Massie outmaneuvered Trump on Epstein … Insisting “I DON'T CARE!” in a late-night Truth Social post, Trump was bowing to the inevitable — a broad House Republican mutiny on a vote that was only scheduled because Massie forced it.
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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 …
Politico:
Republicans quickly coalesce behind Epstein bill after Trump backs it
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Herb Scribner / Axios:
What to know before the House votes on the Epstein files
What to know before the House votes on the Epstein files
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Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says He Would Sign Bill to Release Epstein Files
Trump Says He Would Sign Bill to Release Epstein Files
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MJ Lee / CNN:
Exclusive: Elizabeth Warren calls on Harvard to sever ties with Larry Summers after new Jeffrey Epstein emails — Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Harvard University should sever ties with Larry Summers, the school's former president and one of its most prominent faculty members …
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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.
Nell Scovell / The Daily Beast:
Harvard's Slutty Professor Has to Go for Emailing Epstein for Sex Tips — INCONVENIENT VERITAS — Donald Trump wasn't the only name lurking in the predator's inbox. — OPINION — Before Republicans on the House Oversight Committee released a vast tranche of Jeffrey Epstein's emails …
Victoria Guida / Politico:
Top Trump official: OpenAI, Harvard should dump Summers
Top Trump official: OpenAI, Harvard should dump Summers
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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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Alexandra Hutzler / Associated Press:
Trump says he would sign bill to release Epstein files if it reaches his desk — “I'm all for it,” he said in the Oval Office on Monday. — President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with the White House task force on the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the Oval Office of the White House, Nov. 17, 2025, in Washington.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Has the Look of the Weak Horse; People Are Acting Accordingly
Trump Has the Look of the Weak Horse; People Are Acting Accordingly
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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 …
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Garrett M. Graff / Doomsday Scenario:
Trump, Border Patrol Retreat in Failure from Chicago — Five important lessons of the first six months of Trump's immigration raids — and why CBP's Greg Bovino is the Nathan Bedford Forrest of the Trump era. … In the last few days, roving Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino decamped from Chicago …
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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
The Case for Overthrowing Maduro — Donald Trump said Friday that he had “sort of” made up his mind about his plan for Venezuela, but he “can't tell you what it would be.” With an aircraft carrier strike group and some 15,000 service personnel deployed to the region, it's sort of hard …
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Washington Post:
Trump says he won't rule out sending troops into Venezuela
Trump says he won't rule out sending troops into Venezuela
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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.
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Politico:
Trump says he will sell F-35s to Saudi Arabia … Trump pointed to Saudi Arabia's assistance with the U.S. missile strikes this year that he said “obliterated” Iran's nuclear sites. He also seemed to confirm that the U.S. and Saudi Arabia will sign a security agreement, although he offered no details about its parameters.
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Michael R. Gordon / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says U.S. Intends to Sell F-35 Jet Fighters to Saudi Arabia
Trump Says U.S. Intends to Sell F-35 Jet Fighters to Saudi Arabia
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Thor Benson / madness:
We need to talk about JD — I know we try to think about him as little as possible, but I think we need to talk about the Vice President of the United States. While JD Vance seems to think the job of the vice president is to troll people on social media, host podcasts and travel …
Ken Dilanian / MS NOW:
Kash Patel's girlfriend being protected by FBI SWAT agents as security perk — FBI Director Kash Patel's country music performer girlfriend currently enjoys the protection of an FBI security detail to shield her from potential threats, prompting concerns that the arrangement may delay law enforcement …
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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.
Financial Times:
Ecuador voters rebuke pro-Trump president — President Daniel Noboa's plans to allow US base and rewrite constitution are rejected by large margins — Michael Stott in Rio de Janeiro and Joe Daniels in Port of Spain — Ecuadorean voters roundly rejected conservative President Daniel Noboa's plans …
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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.
Adam Wren / Politico:
Trump continues broadside against Indiana Republicans who oppose redistricting … “I have long been a Trump supporter, and I want President Trump to continue to be successful with a Republican-led House so he can continue fixing our woke colleges, fighting illegal immigration and crime …
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Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
This App Lets ICE Track Vehicles and Owners Across the Country — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently invited staff to demos of an app that lets officers instantly scan a license plate, adding it to a database of billions of records that shows where else that vehicle …
Scott Bland / NBC News:
Poll: Majorities across parties say ‘extreme political rhetoric’ was a contributor to Charlie Kirk's killing — It's the first time in NBC News polling across five different violent incidents that there has been bipartisan agreement blaming extreme rhetoric from political and media figures.
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Corbin Bolies / The Wrap:
Matt Gaetz Producer Fired at OAN Over Antisemitic Posts | Exclusive — Vish Burra's posts characterizing Jewish people as “vermin” were “highly offensive” and “antisemitic,” a source tells TheWrap — Right-wing news outlet One America News fired “The Matt Gatez Show” …
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Philip Elliott / Time:
The Shutdown's Over and Chuck Schumer Isn't Going Anywhere — The Senate was a pretty lonely place for some Democrats last week. Certainly, the eight lawmakers who compromised with Senate Republicans to reopen the government after six weeks of a shutdown felt the icy reception.
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Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Trump revives policy penalizing immigrants for using safety net programs … The Department of Homeland Security will accept public comment on the rule over the next 30 days, and will review the feedback before issuing a final rule. — Some health policy experts and immigrant rights advocates …
Shawn Cohen / Daily Mail:
How a tragic family secret turned Greg Bovino from a quiet country boy into the force of Trump's unflinching border patrol crackdown — A family tragedy shaped Greg Bovino, the tough-as-nails face of Trump's aggressive crackdown on illegal immigration, when he was just a little 11-year-old country boy.
Tom Ball / The Times:
Fascist club woos ‘white youth in revolt’ — Active Clubs England, a network of neo-Nazi fight clubs, promotes Albion Youth Club as a route into militant fascism for next generation — A network of neo-Nazi fight clubs is promoting a group aimed at children as young as 15 as part of an attempt …
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) …
Department of Homeland Security:
ICE Arrests Uzbekistan Criminal Illegal Alien and Wanted Terrorist Driving 18-Wheeler in Kansas — This criminal illegal alien was RELEASED into the country under the Biden administration, granted a work authorization, and was even issued a commercial driver's license by Pennsylvania
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Ali Watkins / New York Times:
Lubbock Will Remove Buddy Holly-Themed Crosswalk After Federal Crackdown — A Trump administration directive targeting political road markings has left places like Lubbock, Texas, helpless to challenge broad new policies. — The four giant pairs of glasses are simple and striking …
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Zohran Mamdani reaches out to the White House to set up a meeting with Trump — Trump told reporters Sunday that New York's mayor-elect had reached out for a meeting. Mamdani confirmed the outreach the following day. — New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said Monday that he reached …
