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Politico:
‘Democrats are going to come to regret this’: After Epstein vote, Trump ready to attack … Her office did not respond to a request for comment, but a staffer told the Washington Post that Plaskett had received texts from Epstein, along with “staff, constituents and the public at large,” during a hearing.
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Seung Min Kim / Associated Press:
Trump signs bill to release Jeffrey Epstein case files after fighting it for months  —  President Donald Trump signed legislation Wednesday that compels his administration to release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, bowing to political pressure from his own party after initially resisting those efforts.
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump signs Epstein bill into law, releasing files from DOJ  —  President Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act into law, officially directing the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release all unclassified records and documents connected to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Trump signs bill to release the DOJ's Epstein files  —  The legislation requires Attorney General Pam Bondi to release all unclassified records related to Epstein within 30 days.  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a bill Wednesday to compel the Justice Department to release files related …
New Republic:
Trump's Plot to Rig 2026 Is Falling Apart, and Boy Is He Mad About It  —  Suddenly, President Trump's effort to rig the 2026 midterms with corrupt gerrymanders appears in trouble.  A panel of judges just blocked the GOP gerrymander in Texas, which had added five seats.
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:   Trump is in Full Retreat
Weekend Reading:   Epstein and Oligarchy  —  Meeting the Moment with Anat Shenker-Osorio
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Ella Lee / The Hill:
DOJ admits full grand jury never reviewed final Comey indictment, further imperiling case  —  The Justice Department on Wednesday admitted that the operative indictment against former FBI Director James Comey was never presented to the full grand jury — a procedural error defense attorneys say should bar the prosecution.
Aysha Bagchi / USA Today:
Trump-favored prosecutor admits she didn't present final Comey indictment to grand jury
Financial Times:
US and Russian officials draft new peace plan for Ukraine  —  Proposal envisages major concessions by Kyiv and rollback of American military assistance  —  Christopher Miller in New York, Anastasia Stognei in London and Amy Mackinnon in Washington  —  The Trump administration and Russian officials …
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Axios:
Scoop: U.S. secretly drafting new plan to end Ukraine war
Politico:   Parsing Trump's Ukraine peace plan
Steven Beschloss / America, America:
Snapshot: Trump Excuses Murder and Blames the Victim  —  Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman, culpable for the brutal killing of Jamal Khashoggi, enjoyed a warm welcome to Trump's White House  —  On October 2, 2018, Washington Post columnist and Saudi native Jamal Khashoggi was brutally murdered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
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Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Trump vows U.S. help in settling Sudan war, at request of Saudi crown prince
US Department of Justice:
South Florida Congresswoman Charged with Stealing $5 Million in FEMA Funds and Making Illegal Campaign Contributions  —  For Immediate Release  —  MIAMI - A federal grand jury in Miami has returned an indictment charging Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and several co-defendants …
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Associated Press:
US Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida indicted on charges of stealing $5M in disaster funds
US Department of Justice:
Employee of a Federal Official Charged with Conspiracy to Falsely Report Violent Attack and Giving False Statements to Law Enforcement  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey  —  CAMDEN, N.J. - A New Jersey woman was charged with conspiring …
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David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:
Ex-Van Drew staffer staged fake attack, writing ‘Trump Whore’ across her stomach and alleging men held her down and cut her body
Discussion: New Jersey Online
The Harvard Crimson:
Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties  —  Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.
Reuters:
The Charlie Kirk purge: How 600 Americans were punished in a pro-Trump crackdown  —  Two months after Charlie Kirk's assassination, a government-backed campaign has led to firings, suspensions, investigations and other action against more than 600 people.  Republican officials have endorsed …
Discussion: Raw Story
Marist Poll:
A Look to the 2026 Midterms, November 2025  —  Democrats with Double-Digit Lead on 2026 Generic Ballot  —  The Democrats currently have a 14-point lead against the Republicans among registered voters nationally on the 2026 generic congressional ballot question.  This has changed considerably.
Eric Boehm / Reason:
Lindsey Graham Is Outraged About Federal Surveillance Powers That Lindsey Graham Helped Create and Expand  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has finally discovered his inner civil libertarian—now that it's his phone calls being subjected to secret government surveillance.
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Devan Cole / CNN:
Judge Boasberg to resume criminal contempt inquiry into Trump officials involved in Alien Enemies Act deportation flights  —  A federal judge said Wednesday that he plans to “promptly” move ahead with an effort to find out which Trump administration officials were responsible for flouting …
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Washington Post:
Noem at odds with Trump-appointed panel over future of FEMA  —  Instead of further shrinking and dismantling FEMA, the FEMA Review Council wants to make it more independent.  —  Just now  —  A panel appointed by President Donald Trump to review whether to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency …
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Gabriela Aoun Angueira / Associated Press:
Trump administration makes major changes to a report it commissioned on FEMA reforms, AP sources say
Discussion: New York Times
Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
Labor Department confirms cancellation of October jobs report … “The household survey data is not able to be retroactively collected,” BLS said in a notice posted to its website.  —  BLS noted that it would include the October payroll survey data in its November report, which it moved from Dec. 5 to Dec. 16.
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Mother Jones:
This Is All John Roberts' Fault  —  Imagine: You are at a baseball game, but something is off.  When the blue team is at bat, the umpire calls every pitch a strike.  But when the red team is up, the umpire won't call a single one.  When a red batter hits the ball into a blue player's glove …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Voters say White House is doing more harm than good on economy  —  Unhappy with the economy.  Pain with prices.  Unsure about Trump administration policies.  It adds up to high disapproval among the president's loyal constituencies.  —  Here are six takeaways from the latest Fox News national survey.
Discussion: American Thinker
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Abbott Releases—and Blacks Out—1,400 Pages of Emails With Elon Musk  —  After Texas news outlets made a public records request to see emails between the office of Texas Governor Greg Abbott and tech oligarch Elon Musk's companies, state officials took months fighting and delaying their release.
Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
‘Lies, smears and AI deepfakes’: DHS tackles fake news about ICE  —  The Department of Homeland Security is stepping up efforts to combat fake news stories, viral artificially generated videos, and misinformation online that claim Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement are abusing …
Axios:
Republican to force vote on ousting GOP Rep. Cory Mills from committees  —  Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) plans to force a vote Wednesday censuring Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) and removing him from several committees, according to sources familiar with the matter. … Mace wants to do it for real this time.
Washington Post:
Social Security scraps plan to limit disability benefits after uproar  —  The policy would have fundamentally altered who qualifies for the two federal disability programs by eliminating or limiting a person's age as a factor to consider.  —  The Social Security Administration has abandoned plans …
Discussion: GovExec.com
Oriana González / NOTUS:
A Top Republican Wanted to Reclaim Congress' Spending Authority.  The White House Stopped Him.  —  Democrats have long expressed concern about the Trump administration's efforts to withhold congressionally appropriated funding, arguing that the White House is attempting to circumvent Congress' power of the purse.
Discussion: Alternet.org
Ana Swanson / New York Times:
Trump's Tariffs Sent Trade Plummeting in August  —  The steep tariffs President Trump issued in August led to a contraction in imports and the trade deficit, newly released data shows.  —  President Trump's sweeping tariffs took a toll on trade in August, as imports of goods …
 
 
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