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6:55 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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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 …
Andrew Solender / Axios:   Death threats surge against Democrats targeted by Trump
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Is Trump Giving Illegal Orders? Dems Just Blew the Question Wide Open.
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
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New York Times:
European Leaders Back Zelensky After U.S. Plan Leaves Them Out  —  A U.S.-Russian proposal would require Kyiv to give up territory and reduce its army.  If Moscow complies with the terms, it could receive benefits including reintegration into the global economy.
Tom Balmforth / Reuters:
Exclusive: US threatens to cut intel, weapons to press Ukraine into peace deal, sources say
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: MS NOW and Bangor Daily News
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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Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
Trump pivots from bashing Mamdani, predicting he will ‘do a great job’ as mayor
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
House votes to denounce ‘horrors’ of socialism ahead of Mamdani-Trump meeting
Fox News:
Trump reveals ‘one thing in common’ he has with Mamdani after Oval Office love fest
Hadriana Lowenkron / Bloomberg:
Trump Says He Wants Alternate Health Care Plan ‘Done’ by Jan. 30  —  President Donald Trump said he hopes to secure a solution by Jan. 30 for an impending surge in health insurance premiums for millions of Americans, the first timeline he has publicly offered for what he has pitched as an alternative to the Affordable Care Act.
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Bipartisan House lawmakers float two-year ACA subsidy extension
Discussion: NewsMax.com, Roll Call and NewsNation
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
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 …
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.
Danny Nguyen / Politico:
Judge puts hold on IRS sharing taxpayer info for immigration crackdown … A federal judge on Friday barred the IRS from sharing tax return information that immigration officials aimed to use to deport undocumented immigrants.  —  U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly …
Discussion: DNYUZ, NewsMax.com and The Independent
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Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Judge issues order blocking IRS from sharing taxpayer information with ICE
Reuters:
In reversal, DOJ says Comey indictment was reviewed by full grand jury  —  The prosecutor previously said only two members reviewed the final indictment.  —  Former FBI Director James Comey speaks to the media after giving a private deposition to the House Judiciary and House Government …
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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
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: The Federalist and Raw Story
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
 
 
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Emily Brooks / The Hill:
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Robert Jimison / New York Times:
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