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Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Red alert … - In a Fox News Poll out last evening, voters said the White House is doing more harm than good on the economy: 46% said they've been hurt by the administration's economic policies, 15% say they've been helped and 39% said Trump has made no difference.
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Raw Story, Alternet.org, Crooks and Liars, Joe.My.God., Journal Sentinel, Mediaite and OutsideTheBeltway
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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 …
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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.
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The Hill, New Jersey Online, Alternet.org and American Thinker
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.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senators warn Bondi not to slow-walk release of Epstein files — Republican senators are warning Attorney General Pam Bondi not to slow-walk the public release of records and documents related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein following votes by the House and Senate demanding the documents.
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Washington Examiner, Axios, The Independent, Forbes, The Daily Wire, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo and Orlando Sentinel
Washington Post:
As Trump plans backfire, Democrats are ahead in House redistricting fight
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The Indianapolis Star, New Republic, Sabato's Crystal Ball, Reuters, Straight Arrow News, Salon, Fox News and Associated Press
David R. Lurie / Public Notice:
The lame duck dictatorship
The lame duck dictatorship
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Washington Examiner and Semafor
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump signs Epstein bill into law, releasing files from DOJ
Trump signs Epstein bill into law, releasing files from DOJ
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ABC News, The Daily Caller, The Free Press, Reuters, Alternet.org, Newsweek, The Contrarian, New York Sun, MS NOW, Today's Edition Newsletter and The Bulwark
Washington Post:
Taking Trump's lead, House votes to change to D.C. bail, policing laws
Taking Trump's lead, House votes to change to D.C. bail, policing laws
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Washington Times, Roll Call, New York Post and Washington Examiner
New York Times:
Tennessee House Race Rivets Democrats and Worries Republicans
Tennessee House Race Rivets Democrats and Worries Republicans
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The Guardian, Fox News, Washington Examiner, MS NOW, WPLN News, The Tennessean, Democrats and The Washington Free Beacon
Politico:
The word Trump hates to say
The word Trump hates to say
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NewsNation, Straight Arrow News, Fox News, IJR, UPI and Syracuse Post-Standard
Lakshya Jain / The Argument:
The COVID political backlash disappeared
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Is Trump Starting to Correct His Course?
Is Trump Starting to Correct His Course?
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Washington Examiner, Los Angeles Times and Diplomatic,
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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Punchbowl News:
11/20/25 ☀️ AM: … Fitzpatrick is considering filing a discharge petition to bring a sanctions bill to the floor. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Tuesday he's ready to move the Senate's sanctions measure but argued it must originate in the House for procedural reasons.
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Politico
Politico:
Thune and Johnson suffer rare split over Epstein, Jack Smith fallout
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Alternet.org, Raw Story, MS NOW and The Hill
Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Florida Democrat indicted on federal fraud charges
Florida Democrat indicted on federal fraud charges
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Hannah Ziegler / New York Times:
Florida Lawmaker Stole FEMA Funds for House Campaign, Prosecutors Say
Florida Lawmaker Stole FEMA Funds for House Campaign, Prosecutors Say
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CBS News, twitchy.com and Blaze Media
Vaccine Safety:
Autism and Vaccines — KEY POINTS … Vaccines do not cause Autism* — Pursuant to the Data Quality Act (DQA), which requires federal agencies to ensure the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information they disseminate to the public, this webpage has been updated because the statement …
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Associated Press, Bloomberg, Axios and Wonkette
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Lena H. Sun / Washington Post:
Under RFK Jr., CDC promotes false vaccines-autism link it once discredited — The CDC's website now says health authorities ignored evidence of a potential connection between vaccines and autism, despite dozens of studies showing no link. — Just now — The Centers for Disease Control …
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The Hill, Politico, MS NOW, The Independent and Joe.My.God.
The Bulwark:
Donald Trump Wants to Bullshit The Economy Into Greatness
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New Republic and The Gateway Pundit
John Yoon / New York Times:
C.D.C. Website No Longer Rejects Possible Link Between Autism and Vaccines
C.D.C. Website No Longer Rejects Possible Link Between Autism and Vaccines
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Grabien
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.
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Melissa Korn / Wall Street Journal:
Larry Summers Taking Leave From Teaching at Harvard
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Stephen Fowler / NPR:
The latest Epstein emails reveal the powerful people who sought his counsel
The latest Epstein emails reveal the powerful people who sought his counsel
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Forbes, NewsMax.com, The Independent and Washington Times
Benjamin Guggenheim / Politico:
Capitol agenda: Where health care talks stand — The Senate's leaving Thursday for Thanksgiving recess without clear bipartisan agreement on how to address expiring Obamacare subsidies. But after a busy week of talks across the Capitol, we're starting to get some clarity on what will or won't pass muster …
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Kelly Hooper / Politico:
Looming affordability crisis set to hit Americans with health insurance through work
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Los Angeles Times and Dogwood
Peter Nicholas / NBC News:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene voters say they're sticking with her, despite the Trump feud — NBC News spoke to roughly 20 voters in her conservative district, many of whom praised Greene for her courage and conviction — while making clear they still back Trump, as well.
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David Ingram / NBC News:
Elon Musk's Grokipedia cites a neo-Nazi website 42 times, researchers say — An analysis by researchers at Cornell University is the first comprehensive look at Grokipedia since Musk launched his project last month. — Tech billionaire Elon Musk's online encyclopedia, Grokipedia …
Matthew Goldstein / New York Times:
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein — Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, wants to examine how the nation's largest bank handled the reporting of more than $1 billion in suspicious transactions. — The top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee issued …
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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Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
House unanimously rebukes Thune on data seizure payouts — The House unanimously voted 426- Wednesday night to claw back language in last week's government funding bill that could award some GOP senators hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages for having their phone records unknowingly obtained …
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CNN:
House moves to repeal controversial ‘Arctic Frost’ provision that allows GOP senators to seek $500,000 payouts
House moves to repeal controversial ‘Arctic Frost’ provision that allows GOP senators to seek $500,000 payouts
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New York Times:
Family Affair: Commerce Secretary's Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy — Howard Lutnick is helping push data center projects. His family companies are profiting from them. — Kyle Lutnick, the 29-year-old scion of his family's real estate business, traveled in July to Amarillo, Texas …
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Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
How the FBI Became the Face of Deprofessionalization — A 2020 paper published in the American Journal of Political Science studied who works for secret police organizations under authoritarian governments. The authors, Christian Gläßel and Adam Scharpf, argued that those willing …
Dan Gooding / Newsweek:
Man Detained by ICE Found Dead, Hanging With Hands and Feet Tied—Attorney — Warning: This article contains descriptions of suicide. Please proceed with caution. — A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged.
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Notes From The Circus and The Colorado Sun
NBC News:
Top military lawyer raised legal concerns about boat strikes — The lawyer at U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the operations against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela, disagreed that the strikes are legal and was overruled, according to six sources.
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Wonkette, Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
Isabela Dias / Mother Jones:
Meet the Veteran Who Chases ICE on a Scooter — Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable. — Recently, Clifford “Buzz” Grambo decided to upgrade his electric scooter. The old one he had purchased online reached …
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
The hidden axis: the left-right spectrum has a non-ideology problem — This article presents more results from our November Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll. You can read the first article about this poll here: — Introduction to this essay — Dissatisfaction with American politics …
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The Preamble
Associated Press:
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with ‘suspicious’ travel patterns — The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, The Associated Press has found.
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