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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.
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: 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 …
Discussion: 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 …
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Epstein files give Trump a taste of political mortality
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump's $2,000 tariff checks would cost $450 billion, analysis finds
Harry Thompson / The Daily Beast:
Scathing Poll Reveals What Americans Think Trump Really Knew About Epstein
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Newsweek
Sudiksha Kochi / The Hill:
Marjorie Taylor Greene takes sharp jab at Trump after public fallout
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Vimal Patel / New York Times:
Summers, ‘Ashamed’ Over Epstein Ties, Steps Back From Public Commitments
The Bulwark:
MTG Won the Battle. Can She Win the War?
Discussion: CNN
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Trump Has the Power to Release the Epstein Files, With or Without Congress
Skylar Woodhouse / Bloomberg:
Trump Tells Congress Don't ‘Waste’ Time on Obamacare Credits
Discussion: Axios and Washington Post
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Mike Johnson's Epstein bungling is a disaster for the GOP
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
7 signs Trump is losing his groove
Discussion: MS NOW
Wall Street Journal:
How Marjorie Taylor Greene Alienated Trump
Robert Jimison / New York Times:   House Democrats Press for Vote to Bar Military Action in Venezuela
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
Words & Phrase We Could Do Without
NOTUS:
Suddenly, Everyone Agrees on Epstein
Discussion: Vanity Fair
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.
Discussion: 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
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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Politico:   House GOP leaders pitch members on addressing ‘Unaffordable Care Act’
Benjamin Guggenheim / Politico:
House Republicans race the Senate for a plan to lower health care costs
Discussion: 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 …
Discussion: 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) …
Discussion: 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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The Atlantic:
Trump's Eye-Popping Postelection Windfall
Discussion: Alternet.org
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.
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 …
Discussion: 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.
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.
Discussion: 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.
 
 
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Discussion: Alternet.org and Raw Story
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