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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.
Discussion: New Jersey Online
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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.
Wall Street Journal:
How Marjorie Taylor Greene Alienated Trump  —  Leading MAGA lawmaker crosses president on Epstein and economy, leading to public breakup  —  “This one—I never, ever want to have her as my enemy: Marjorie Taylor Greene,” said President Trump at a Georgia rally in the final weeks of the 2020 campaign.
Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
Trump faces a splintering GOP — and rare dissent from his party
Discussion: NPR, The Status Kuo and Semafor
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
7 signs Trump is losing his groove
Discussion: New York Daily News
Robert Jimison / New York Times:   House Democrats Press for Vote to Bar Military Action in Venezuela
Benjamin Guggenheim / Politico:
House Republicans race the Senate for a plan to lower health care costs
Discussion: MS NOW
Politico:
Republicans quickly coalesce behind Epstein bill after Trump backs it
The Big Picture:   Democrats: Don't Fail the ‘SOB Test’
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump promises $2,000 tariff checks by mid-2026
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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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 …
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Larry Summers to Step Back From Public Commitments After Epstein Emails
Discussion: WBUR and The Hill
Punchbowl News:
11/18/25 ☀️ AM: … During the last four months, the House Republican leadership …
Discussion: New York Daily News
Raquel Coronell Uribe / NBC News:   ‘I am deeply ashamed’: Larry Summers to step back from public commitments after new Epstein emails
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Alexandra Hutzler / Associated Press:
Trump says he would sign bill to release Epstein files if it reaches his desk
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.
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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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 …
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 …
Discussion: MS NOW
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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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
U.N. Security Council approves Trump's 20-point peace plan for Gaza
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.
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.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Trump's team tried to walk back these false claims.  He won't let them  —  The pattern has repeated itself for years.  —  Step 1: President Donald Trump makes a false or inflammatory claim.  —  Step 2: Trump's officials try to walk back the claim.  They'll say Trump meant something else …
Discussion: Raw Story
Joshua Keating / Vox:
A few dozen Hamas fighters, trapped underground, could doom the Gaza ceasefire  —  On Monday, the UN Security Council approved a US-drafted plan that calls for an international security force and that at least keeps the door open for eventual Palestinian statehood.
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 …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
EXCLUSIVE: How the Trump administration sparked a health crisis for ICE detainees  —  For more than two decades, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) played a limited but essential role in ensuring that people in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) received necessary medical care.
Discussion: Chicago Tribune
The Atlantic:
Trump's Nearly $2 Billion Postelection Windfall  —  Even though his campaign ended a year ago, the president hasn't stopped fundraising.  —  On the morning after he won a second term as president, Donald Trump placed an unexpected call to his top fundraiser, Meredith O'Rourke.
Discussion: ABC News
 
 
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Dave Lawler / Axios:
Trump's business empire goes global while he's in the White House
New York Times:
When the G.O.P. Medicaid Cuts Arrive, These Hospitals Will Be Hit Hardest
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Exclusive: AOC says Jeffries primary challenge not a “good idea”
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Furious progressives swarm Schumer's job as Democratic leader
Alex Gangitano / Politico:
Trump says Americans are ‘damn lucky’ he's in office in first affordability pitch
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Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Trump revives policy penalizing immigrants for using safety net programs
Discussion: Axios
Ali Watkins / New York Times:
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Garrett M. Graff / Doomsday Scenario:
Trump, Border Patrol Retreat in Failure from Chicago
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