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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.
Discussion: NPR and PBS NewsHour
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Reuters:
Brutal New Poll Shows Just How Badly Donald Trump Is Tanking On Epstein And The Economy  —  The four-day poll comes as the president's grip on his Republican Party shows signs of weakening.  —  President Donald Trump's approval rating fell to 38%, the lowest since his return to power …
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.
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Trump's Justice Department may have accidentally handed Democrats five House seats  —  In a decision that could potentially reshape the 2026 midterm elections and cement the Democratic Party's future control of the US House, a federal court just struck down the gerrymandered Texas maps …
Jason Lange / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump approval falls to lowest of his term over prices and Epstein files, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds  — Trump's approval rating falls to 38%, weighed down by cost of living concerns, Epstein  — Only 26% approve of Trump's handling of everyday expenses
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Trump's Scheme to Give the GOP Extra House Seats Just Blew Up in His Face
The Downballot:
Morning Digest: Court blocks new Texas map, dealing surprise blow to Republicans
Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Senate sends bill to release Epstein files to Trump
Victoria Bisset / Washington Post:
Only lawmaker to vote no on Epstein files calls it a ‘principled’ stand
Alex Miller / Fox News:
Senate unanimously agrees to send bill demanding Epstein file release to Trump's desk
Punchbowl News:
11/19/25 ☀️ AM: … President Donald Trump and House Republicans thought …
Discussion: Politico
Eleanor Klibanoff / The Texas Tribune:
Federal court blocks Texas from using new congressional gerrymander in 2026 midterms
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
House rejects resolution to censure House Democrat over texting Epstein during hearing
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Trump attacks ABC reporter after question about killing of Saudi journalist Khashoggi  —  President Donald Trump denounced ABC News' Mary Bruce as a “terrible reporter” Tuesday and threatened the network's license to broadcast after she asked him three sharp questions at the White House.
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Washington Post:
‘Things happen’  —  Setting the record straight about our murdered colleague.  —  Just now
Farrah Tomazin / The Daily Beast:
Trump Attacks Another Female Reporter After ‘Piggy’ Rant
Isabel Fattal / The Atlantic:
Trump Told a Woman, ‘Quiet, Piggy,’ When She Asked Him About Epstein
Jeremy Barr / The Guardian:
Trump faces criticism for referring to female Bloomberg reporter as ‘piggy’
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Phillips P. OBrien / Phillips's Newsletter:
Trump Was Working With Putin The Entire Time
Politico:
A peace deal ‘as soon as this week’
Discussion: Reuters
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 …
Epstein Larry Summers Openai / Associated Press:
Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers quits OpenAI board after release of Epstein emails  —  Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers is resigning from OpenAI's board of directors, the ChatGPT maker and his office said Wednesday.  —  His departure comes after the release of emails showing …
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Emine Sinmaz / The Guardian:
New York Times cuts ties with Larry Summers over Epstein emails
Ana Swanson / New York Times:
Trump's Tariffs Sent Trade Plummeting in August  —  The steep tariffs President Trump issued in August led to a significant contraction in imports and the trade deficit, newly released data shows.  —  ‘Really Good Friends’: Trump Lauds Saudi Leader During Lavish Visit
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Appeals court panel mulls $1M penalty for Trump in lawsuit against Hillary Clinton … “I can read this complaint,” said Pryor, a George W. Bush appointee.  “It seems a classic shotgun complaint.  It incorporates, by reference, hundreds of paragraphs into succeeding counts.”
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Liz Dye / Public Notice:
CNN shows that when media orgs fight Trump, they win
Jonah Kaplan / CBS News:
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say  —  More than a dozen men have been arrested after trying to solicit a minor for sex in Bloomington, Minnesota, police say.  —  According to Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges, officers started the three-day sting on Nov. 5.
Discussion: Raw Story, MPR News and Pharyngula
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
The White House Gold Rush Is On  —  Here is a small selection of stories concerning either the president, a member of his family or a member of his cabinet.  —  This week, President Trump welcomed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia with a lavish reception at the White House.
ProPublica:
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker.  She Died After She Couldn't Get an Abortion in Texas.  —  ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn't access abortions.  Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother …
Tom Joscelyn / Just Security:
State Dept's Foreign Terrorist Designations Undermine Claims of “Antifa” Threat  —  On Nov. 13, the State Department added four European entities to the U.S. government's list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs), claiming that they are affiliated with “Antifa.”
Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field  —  The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press. … The news of journalist Olivia Nuzzi's affair with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. …
NBC News:
James Comey seeks to dismiss ‘selective and vindictive’ case against him in key hearing  —  Comey's lawyers want Judge Michael Nachmanoff to dismiss the case with prejudice, meaning the case cannot be brought for a second time.  —  James Comey will appear before a federal judge in Virginia …
The Hill:
What to know about GOP's ObamaCare talks  —  Republicans are rushing to deliver an alternative to the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) enhanced subsidies ahead of a self-imposed mid-December deadline.  —  President Trump wants to send ACA subsidy money directly to consumers, and Republicans are trying to find a way to make that happen.
Discussion: Axios, CNN and The Bulwark
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Alex Gangitano / Politico:
Who is the Democrat talking with Trump on health policy?
Discussion: Bloomberg Law and Raw Story
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
“Quiet Piggy!”  —  Subscribe to Civil Discourse and become part of a community that believes we have the power to save democracy, and that we don't have to obey a president who wants us to give up our rights so he can be a king.  Being informed is our superpower.
NBC News:
Pardoned Capitol rioter tried to bribe child sex victim with promise of Jan. 6 payout, officials say  —  Andrew Paul Johnson, 44, faces multiple charges in Florida, including lewd/lascivious molestation, according to the Hernando County Sheriff's Office.  —  A man pardoned by President Donald Trump …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Katie Hawkinson / The Independent:
Good work if you can get it: Elon Musk is set to make more than every elementary school teacher COMBINED  —  Tesla shareholders approved a $1 trillion pay package for the world's richest person  —  in Washington, D.C.  —  Your support helps us to tell the story
Discussion: Breitbart and Althouse
Jason Lalljee / Axios:
Exclusive: Coinbase explains donation to Trump's ballroom  —  Coinbase donated to President Trump's $300 million White House ballroom project as an appeal to the administration, Emilie Choi, the cryptocurrency exchange's president and COO, said at Axios' BFD event on Tuesday.
Discussion: CBS News and The Independent
 
 
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Hannah Schoenbaum / Associated Press:
Gustav Klimt portrait that spared its subject from Nazis breaks modern art record with $236M sale
Discussion: Straight Arrow News and CBS News
Arden Farhi / CBS News:
Majority of corporate Trump ballroom donors represented by 3 lobbying firms, watchdog says
Discussion: Raw Story and Alternet.org
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Worried about $2,000 tariff check inflation? Don't spend it, Bessent says
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Lauren McGaughy / ProPublica:
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Mark Gongloff / Bloomberg:
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New York Times:
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GovExec.com:
Final Schedule F regulations to describe civil service protections as ‘unconstitutional overcorrections’
Tobias Peter / American Enterprise Institute:
Legalizing Single-Family Home Conversions to Duplexes, Triplexes, or Townhomes in Washington, DC's, New Comprehensive Plan
U.S. Department of Education:
U.S. Department of Education Announces Six New Agency Partnerships to Break Up Federal Bureaucracy
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Texas Governor Declares Muslim Civil Rights Group a ‘Terrorist Organization’