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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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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
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.
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
New York Times:
Trump Bows to Reality in Epstein Reversal, Beating a Rare Retreat
The Bulwark:
MTG Won the Battle. Can She Win the War?
Discussion: CNN
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
7 signs Trump is losing his groove
Discussion: MS NOW
Wall Street Journal:
How Marjorie Taylor Greene Alienated Trump
Skylar Woodhouse / Bloomberg:
Trump Tells Congress Don't ‘Waste’ Time on Obamacare Credits
Discussion: Axios, Alternet.org and Washington Post
Robert Jimison / New York Times:   House Democrats Press for Vote to Bar Military Action in Venezuela
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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Harry Thompson / The Daily Beast:
Scathing Poll Reveals What Americans Think Trump Really Knew About Epstein  —  THE RESULTS ARE IN!  —  Despite what he says, Americans don't seem to agree with the president.  —  Americans think President Donald Trump knew what convicted child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was up to, a new poll has revealed.
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
Words & Phrase We Could Do Without  —  Last week, the “Epstein scandal” took center stage once again.  But that terminology is such an antiseptic way to describe the fallout from a pedophile ring that victimized hundreds of children and Donald Trump's gob-smacking efforts to cover up the extent …
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 …
Sudiksha Kochi / The Hill:
Marjorie Taylor Greene takes sharp jab at Trump after public fallout
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
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: New Republic and Political Wire
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
Politico:
Larry Summers steps back from public commitments, ‘deeply ashamed’ by Epstein revelations
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: Raw Story and MS NOW
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.
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Contractor Recruiting People on LinkedIn to Physically Track Immigrants for ICE, Will Pay $300  —  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.
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.
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
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.
Politico:
House GOP leaders pitch members on addressing ‘Unaffordable Care Act’ … A slide deck shared by House Majority Leader Steve Scalise made clear that House GOP leadership falls in the latter camp.  One slide viewed by POLITICO was titled “The Unaffordable Care Act,” and highlighted statistics showing …
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Benjamin Guggenheim / Politico:
House Republicans race the Senate for a plan to lower health care costs
Discussion: New Jersey Online and 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.
Eric Levitz / Vox:
Is Gen Z “utterly screwed”?  —  The big myth about zoomers' economic condition. … Gen Z was born too late.  —  By the 2020s, the boomers had already bought up all the houses, while the millennials had commandeered the good careers.  Zoomers have, therefore, been condemned to hovels …
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.
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:
When the G.O.P. Medicaid Cuts Arrive, These Hospitals Will Be Hit Hardest  —  Republicans created a special $50 billion fund to help rural hospitals stay afloat, but the biggest impacts may be in cities.  —  In a typical year, more than 100,000 Medicaid patients depend on the emergency department …
Discussion: Fortune
Greg Olear / PREVAIL:
Cast Him Out: No More MAGAmazement  —  I come to break the Orange Enchanter's spell and liberate you from his rough magic, so you can see things as they really are...and join me in demanding his immediate resignation.  —  PROSPERO … PROSPERO … —William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”
STAT:
STAT+: How RFK Jr., America's celebrity health secretary, is steamrolling science  —  WASHINGTON — On Independence Avenue, inside a gray brutalist building regarded by many as this city's ugliest, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has constructed a monument to his family.
 
 
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Bannon Is Hiding 17 Hours of Epstein Footage
Associated Press:
Federal immigration agents will expand enforcement action in North Carolina to Raleigh, mayor says
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Election Officials Press Trump Administration Over Voter Data
ABC News:
GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene hits back at Trump: 'I've never owed him anything'
Bloomberg:
Harris to Steer Irish Economy as Trump Trade Threat Looms
Discussion: Reuters, Politico and Eunews
Wall Street Journal:
Wall Street Blows Past Bubble Worries to Supercharge AI Spending Frenzy
Discussion: Ars Technica
ProPublica:
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
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Jory Heckman / Federal News Network:
House majority forces vote on bill to restore collective bargaining for most federal employees
Discussion: Lawler, Raw Story and The Daily Caller
Dave Lawler / Axios:
Trump's business empire goes global while he's in the White House
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Trump's team tried to walk back these false claims. He won't let them
Discussion: Alternet.org and Raw Story
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Exclusive: AOC says Jeffries primary challenge not a “good idea”
Farnaz Fassihi / New York Times:
In Major Breakthrough, U.N. Security Council Adopts U.S. Peace Plan for Gaza
New York Times:
C.D.C. Links Measles Outbreaks in Multiple States for the First Time
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