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5:35 PM ET, November 21, 2025

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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Brace Yourself for ... Full.  Blown.  Panic.  —  The craziest thing about Trump's slowly weakening grip over Republicans in Congress isn't that it's happening.  It's that some Republicans are even starting to say it's happening, right out loud.  “He'd be the outlier if it didn't happen …
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New Republic:
Trump's Angry Tirade Calling for “Death” to Dems Just Backfired Badly  —  On Thursday, President Trump called for the execution of a number of members of the opposition party.  This came after Democratic lawmakers released a powerful video informing military and intelligence officials …
NBC News:
Trump says he wasn't threatening Democrats he accused of ‘seditious behavior, punishable by death’  —  The president said that while he wasn't threatening the Democratic lawmakers with death, he does believe they are “in serious trouble.”  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday that he's …
Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
Crockett: Someone made ‘white supremacist threats’ at DC office
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Kennedy Says He Told C.D.C. to Change Website's Language on Autism and Vaccines  —  In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research.  His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.  —  Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr …
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Aaron Pellish / Politico:
RFK Jr. says he directed CDC to remove claim that vaccines do not cause autism
Discussion: Bangor Daily News and MS NOW
Lawrence Freedman / Comment is Freed:
The Witkoff-Dmitriev peace plan annotated  —  We now know a bit more about the process which led to the new peace plan and we now have a copy of its contents, to which I will turn soon.  —  Yesterday I noted that the plan, which was largely drafted by Steve Witkoff and Kirll Dmitriev …
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Dave Lawler / Axios:
Zelensky says Trump plan forces Ukraine to choose between “dignity” and the U.S.  —  President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Ukrainian people on Friday and said President Trump's 28-point peace plan will force Ukraine to chose between “losing our dignity” or risking the loss of U.S. support.
New York Times:
Here's the latest.  —  After months of warning voters against electing Zohran Mamdani, President Trump said the two found common ground in an Oval Office meeting, adding, “I think he is going to surprise some conservative people, actually.”  —  Watch Live: Trump Meets With Mamdani  —  LIVE
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Fox News:
Trump reveals ‘one thing in common’ he has with Mamdani after Oval Office love fest
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
House votes to denounce ‘horrors’ of socialism ahead of Mamdani-Trump meeting
Washington Post:
How billionaires took over American politics  —  The concentration of wealth among the richest Americans is unlike anything in history — and so is billionaires' influence in politics.  —  Just now  —  New York City billionaire John Catsimatidis has long been immersed in politics.
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Washington Post:
The top 20 billionaires influencing American politics  —  Campaign donations from the country's richest are soaring.  But only 12 percent of the public says billionaires have a positive impact on society.  —  In the past decade, billionaires have been more empowered than ever before to spend money to influence American elections.
Washington Post:
In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols  —  The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.  —  The U.S. Coast Guard issued a new …
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CNN:
Coast Guard reclassifies swastikas and nooses as hate symbols after backlash
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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Lindsey Halligan's bad bad week
Discussion: Bloomberg
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal  —  Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings  —  The FBI spied on a private Signal group chat of immigrants' rights activists who were organizing …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
G.O.P. Redistricting Push May Backfire, Giving Democrats a Midterm Edge  —  A series of setbacks for Republicans leaves an unlikely opening for Democrats to narrowly win this year's redistricting wars.  —  When President Trump launched his summer campaign to redraw congressional districts …
Discussion: New York Magazine and NOTUS
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Iran International:
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens  —  Iran's capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain.
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
GOP barrels toward ObamaCare cliff as prospects dim for subsidy extensions  —  Prospects look dim for Congress to agree to an extension of ObamaCare's enhanced subsidies, as Republicans run headlong toward a December cliff without a clear plan to break their fall.
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FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth:
NTX men planned to murder men, enslave women on foreign island: Indictment  — Two North Texas men have been indicted for plotting to invade a Haitian island, kill its men, and enslave women and children.  — Gavin Weisenburg and Tanner Thomas face charges of conspiracy to murder abroad and producing child pornography.
Discussion: WCNC-TV
CNN:
Trump officials prepare for potential cabinet shakeup after one-year mark  —  The White House is preparing for possible turnover in the Cabinet after President Donald Trump reaches the one-year mark of his term, potentially shaking up his otherwise stable team of secretaries, according to multiple people familiar with the discussions.
Guy Chazan / Financial Times:
Lawrence Summers' extraordinary fall from grace  —  The reputation of one of America's leading economists is in tatters since the emergence of emails to Jeffrey Epstein  —  Sheryl Sandberg's encomium to her mentor, Lawrence Summers, could hardly have been more effusive.
Victor Nava / New York Post:
Dr. Jeffrey Epstein - the Long Island neurosurgeon Jasmine Crockett confused with notorious pedophile - floats epic revenge he could exact on the congresswoman  —  Dr. Jeffrey Epstein, the Long Island neurosurgeon who Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) suggested could be the notorious sex trafficker …
Associated Press:
Trump, Harris and big money transform Tennessee special election into marquee contest  —  For weeks, a Tennessee special election was flying under the radar in a heavily Republican congressional district.  But now funding from President Donald Trump's allies and an appearance …
Discussion: Roll Call, NBC News and IJR
New York Times:
A Fraudster Pardoned by Trump Gets 37 Years for Running Ponzi Scheme  —  A New Jersey man convicted of defrauding investors of roughly a quarter-billion dollars is among a growing number of people granted clemency only to to be charged with new crimes.  —  A New Jersey fraudster who was pardoned …
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell enters crowded California governor's race  —  Swalwell, a fervent Trump critic, is the latest in a long list of Democrats who have launched bids to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom.  —  Rep. Eric Swalwell announced Thursday that he will run for California governor …
Josh Koehn / The San Francisco Standard:
San Francisco congressional candidate calls out-of-state house his primary home … Saikat Chakrabarti, a progressive tech millionaire who is running to succeed Rep. Nancy Pelosi in Congress, has spent years claiming that a home in Maryland is his principal residence while actually living 2,800 miles away …
Discussion: Raw Story
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
Johnson counters Thune on Russian sanctions bill process: ‘Not my understanding’  —  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said that Senate Majority Leader John Thune's (R-S.D.) assertion that a bill to expand Russian sanctions would start in the House came as a surprise to him, countering …
Discussion: Axios and NewsMax.com
Keri Blakinger / ProPublica:
“We're Broken”: As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Are Leaving in Droves for ICE  —  Many of the problems the agency is facing now are not new, but staff and prisoners fear an exodus of officers could make life behind bars even worse.  —  Change Appearance Change Appearance
Discussion: CalMatters
CNN:
More charges are possible against John Bolton, Justice Department says  —  President Donald Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton could face more charges, Justice Department prosecutors suggested at a Friday court hearing in his criminal case.
U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works:
Whitehouse Launches Investigation into Cronyism, Corruption at Kennedy Center Under Grenell  —  Documents obtained by EPW Democrats show millions in lost revenue, luxury spending, and preferential treatment for Trump allies  —  Washington, DC—Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) …
Tom Balmforth / Reuters:
Exclusive: US threatens to cut intel, weapons to press Ukraine into peace deal, sources say  —  The United States has threatened to cut intelligence sharing and weapons supplies for Ukraine to press it into agreeing to the framework of a U.S.-brokered peace deal, two people familiar with the matter said.
CBS News:
U.S. unveils new female crash test dummy, says it could be used for federal safety testing  —  The U.S. Department of Transportation introduced a new female crash dummy as it seeks to step up safety for women, who face a higher injury risk in car crashes than men.
Discussion: UPI, The Guardian, Associated Press and NPR
Politico:
An ex-senator walks into a zoning meeting  —  The push to build artificial intelligence infrastructure is getting a boost from a new group of players — former members of Congress.  And they're already ruffling feathers among some local politicians who need to sign off on the projects.
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation and E&E News
Mark Hertling / The Bulwark:
What Americans Should Understand About the Military Disobeying Illegal Orders  —  WHEN SIX MEMBERS OF CONGRESS released a short video on Tuesday emphatically reminding military personnel 1 that they must not obey illegal orders, the message ricocheted through the political world and the media like a rifle shot.
Discussion: Washington Post, Alternet.org and NPR
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
MAGA Disarray And The Accumulated Debt Of Corruption  —  They'd bring America down rather than face accountability, but accountability is not optional.  —  Why did Republicans close ranks around Donald Trump in 2016, when they could have salvaged their old party and rebuilt after losing?
Discussion: New York Times
 
 
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David Gardner / The Daily Beast:
Vance Urged Bezos to Make the Washington Post Even More MAGA
Discussion: DNYUZ
Aram Roston / The Guardian:
Trump's DoJ investigating unfounded claims Venezuela helped steal 2020 election
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
Lauren Gardner / Politico:
The White House has asked for the resignation of a top aide to FDA chief
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Trump's All-but-Forgotten Border Wall Reaches an Angry Laredo, Texas
Wall Street Journal:
Middle Class Is Buckling Under Almost Five Years of Persistent Inflation
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