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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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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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Drop Site News, Washington Examiner, Associated Press, Global News, Fox News, Reuters, IJR, RedState and Forbes
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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Chalkbeat and New Jersey Online
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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Raw Story, Alternet.org, NPR and Semafor
New York Times:
Trump Bows to Reality in Epstein Reversal, Beating a Rare Retreat — Faced with a mass defection on a bill to demand the release of the Epstein files, the president rushed to avoid an embarrassing loss, suggesting a slip in his iron grip on the G.O.P. — President Trump denounced calls …
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Marc Caputo / Axios:
Epstein files give Trump a taste of political mortality
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New York Times, Associated Press, Scripps News, CBS News, TMZ.com, Raw Story, Alternet.org, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Al Jazeera, Time, RTÉ, One America News Network, NOTUS, Rolling Stone, Washington Examiner, The Japan Times, Wall Street Journal, The Poke, France 24, FOX 32 Chicago, Salon, Deadline, Washington Times, The Hill, RedState, Political Wire, Deseret News, HuffPost, ABC News, The Sun, CNBC, CNN, The Parnas Perspective, Bloomberg and Forbes
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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Adam Kinzinger, New York Post and RealClearPolitics
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump's $2,000 tariff checks would cost $450 billion, analysis finds
Trump's $2,000 tariff checks would cost $450 billion, analysis finds
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HuffPost, Raw Story, The Budget Lab at Yale, El Paso Times, New York Post, Fortune, Alternet.org, The Independent, WCNC-TV and CBS News
Harry Thompson / The Daily Beast:
Scathing Poll Reveals What Americans Think Trump Really Knew About Epstein
Scathing Poll Reveals What Americans Think Trump Really Knew About Epstein
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Washington Monthly and Newsweek
Washington Post:
Johnson predicts near-unanimous House vote on bill to release Epstein files
Johnson predicts near-unanimous House vote on bill to release Epstein files
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The Hill, New York Magazine, The Times of Israel, Alternet.org, Axios, The Independent, New York Post and Boston Herald
Vimal Patel / New York Times:
Summers, ‘Ashamed’ Over Epstein Ties, Steps Back From Public Commitments
Summers, ‘Ashamed’ Over Epstein Ties, Steps Back From Public Commitments
Politico:
Larry Summers steps back from public commitments, ‘deeply ashamed’ by Epstein revelations
Larry Summers steps back from public commitments, ‘deeply ashamed’ by Epstein revelations
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HotAir, Mediaite, The American Conservative, The Hill, The Guardian, Raw Story, American Thinker and The Harvard Crimson
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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NBC News, CNBC, New York Daily News, Raw Story, CNN, The Daily Caller, MS NOW, Robert Reich, CBS News, BBC, NOTUS, Washington Times and Newsweek
Politico:
Why Trump can never win on Epstein
Why Trump can never win on Epstein
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Media Matters for America, The Hill, Straight Arrow News, Daily Mail and Raw Story
Skylar Woodhouse / Bloomberg:
Trump Tells Congress Don't ‘Waste’ Time on Obamacare Credits
Trump Tells Congress Don't ‘Waste’ Time on Obamacare Credits
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Axios and Washington Post
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Larry Summers “stepping back” from public roles after Epstein files release
Larry Summers “stepping back” from public roles after Epstein files release
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Politico, New York Times, Financial Times, CNN, Business Insider, The Harvard Crimson, CBS News and Newsweek
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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New York Daily News and OutsideTheBeltway
Wall Street Journal:
How Marjorie Taylor Greene Alienated Trump
How Marjorie Taylor Greene Alienated Trump
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Newsweek and Syracuse Post-Standard
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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Axios and New York Daily News
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
Words & Phrase We Could Do Without
Words & Phrase We Could Do Without
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The Hill, Newsweek, The Guardian and New York Post
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.
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Political Wire
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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CNN, Daily Mail, WCSC-TV, TMZ.com, LGBTQ Nation, The Poke, The Independent, PinkNews, New York Times, Associated Press, The Gateway Pundit, Grabien, CBS News and The Guardian
Politico:
White House plans to release health bill and backs reconciliation — A senior White House official said the Trump administration intends to put forward a health bill and left open the possibility of using the fast-track legislative process of reconciliation for passage of health or tariff legislation.
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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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New Jersey Online and MS NOW
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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MS NOW
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) …
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Joe.My.God.
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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Straight Arrow News, Joe.My.God. and Columbian
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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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HuffPost, The Independent, Daily Mail, New York Post, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Washington Post:
Trump administration to announce dismantling of much of Education Dept. — President Donald Trump signed an executive order in March seeking to close the department, but only Congress has the power to do that. — The Education Department plans to announce Tuesday that it will move multiple parts …
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Breitbart and Joe.My.God.
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Contractor Paying Random People $300 to Physically Track Immigrants for ICE — A current pilot project aims to pay former law enforcement and military officers to physically track immigrants and verify their addresses to give to ICE for $300 each. There is no indication …
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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Media Matters for America, Axios, Raw Story and Newsweek, more at Mediagazer »
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.
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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The 19th and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Washington Post:
Elon Musk is set to make more than every U.S. elementary teacher combined — See how your profession stacks up against Musk's pay. — Just now — Tesla shareholders approved a $1 trillion pay package for Elon Musk over the next 10 years. That averages to $100 billion per year.

