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Associated Press:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, former Trump loyalist, says she is resigning from Congress — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a once-loyal supporter of President Donald Trump who has become a critic, said Friday she is resigning from Congress in January. Trump and Greene have fallen out in a public feud.
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Plans to Resign in January — Ms. Greene, who was elected in 2020, had positioned herself as a die-hard Trump supporter until a series of recent ruptures with the president, who recently unendorsed her. — Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene will resign after fallout with Trump … Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia announced on Friday that she will resign her seat in the House of Representatives in early January, after a dramatic falling out with President Donald Trump over the Jeffrey Epstein files and other issues.
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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
Reuters:
MAGA favorite Marjorie Taylor Greene to resign after split with Trump — Longtime Trump ally Greene to leave office in January — Departure will narrow Republican majority in House to 218-213 — Trump, Greene have had a public falling out in recent weeks
Ryan Schwach / Queens Daily Eagle:
Queens men meet — The first man from Queens to be elected president and the first Queens resident to be elected mayor of New York City met for the first time in the Oval Office on Friday. — President Donald Trump and Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani met in Washington D.C in a highly anticipated meeting between …
Olivia Beavers / Wall Street Journal:
Marjorie Taylor Greene to Resign From Congress
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Fox News:
Trump reveals ‘one thing in common’ he has with Mamdani after Oval Office love fest
Trump reveals ‘one thing in common’ he has with Mamdani after Oval Office love fest
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump and Mamdani Set Aside Differences During White House Meeting
Trump and Mamdani Set Aside Differences During White House Meeting
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Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
Trump pivots from bashing Mamdani, predicting he will ‘do a great job’ as mayor
Trump pivots from bashing Mamdani, predicting he will ‘do a great job’ as mayor
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Politico:
Alito lets Texas reinstate gerrymandered House map that could give GOP 5 more seats … Texas' petition formally asked the justices to weigh in on a matter that could determine control of the House in next year's midterm elections. A longer-term ruling by the high court restoring Texas …
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Texas seeks Supreme Court order to use a congressional map judges held is likely racially biased — Texas on Friday asked the Supreme Court for an emergency order to be allowed to use a congressional redistricting plan pushed by President Donald Trump that is favorable to Republicans …
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Megan Stringer / Axios:
Supreme Court Justice Alito blocks hold on GOP-backed Texas map — Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito on Friday temporarily reinstated Texas' GOP-favored congressional map, meaning the state can use the new boundaries as the deadline to run for Congress nears.
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Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Supreme Court, For Now, Keeps in Place Texas Republican-Friendly Congressional Map
Supreme Court, For Now, Keeps in Place Texas Republican-Friendly Congressional Map
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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.
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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.
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Politico:
‘Witkoff needs a psychiatrist’: Europeans fume at Trump's plan to profit from frozen Russian assets
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Nick Paton Walsh / CNN:
Trump is giving Russia almost everything it wants with his Ukraine peace plan
Trump is giving Russia almost everything it wants with his Ukraine peace plan
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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 …
Andrew Duehren / New York Times:
Judge Places Hold on I.R.S. Data Sharing With ICE — A judge halted a federal deportation effort Friday, writing that the tax agency had illegally disseminated the data of some migrants. — A federal judge placed on hold a Trump administration effort to use typically confidential tax information …
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Danny Nguyen / Politico:
Judge puts hold on IRS sharing taxpayer info for immigration crackdown
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Ginia Bellafante / New York Times:
Vanity Fair Is Reviewing Its Ties to Olivia Nuzzi — The magazine, which recently hired the journalist, said it had been “taken by surprise” by new claims in an essay by her former fiancé, Ryan Lizza. — The editor Mark Guiducci has made two big moves since taking the helm of Vanity Fair in June.
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CNN:
Washington resident dies of complications from bird flu strain never before reported in humans — A Washington resident died of complications from an infection with a bird flu strain never before reported in humans, the state Department of Health said on Friday.
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USAGM:
U.S. Agency for Global Media Clamps Down on Grantee Rogue Behavior — The U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) is setting the record straight after a wave of misleading press reports and troubling financial claims pushed out by its own federal grantee, Radio Free Asia (RFA).
Holly Bartholomew / OPB:
ICE arrests McMinnville High School student during Friday lunch period — Family told local news the 17-year-old is a U.S. citizen. — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested a high school student in McMinnville during Friday's lunch period, according to school officials.
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Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
86 Democrats Condemn Socialism as Zohran Mamdani Meets With Trump — In a country where the cost of living skyrockets while wages remain low, where a few broken bones can leave you in financial ruin, and where the young feel they have no chance at any upward mobility, 86 House Democrats joined Republicans …
Reuters:
French lawmakers reject income part of budget bill as it heads to Senate — The French lower house rejected parts of the 2026 budget bill on Saturday, leaving open whether the politically fragmented parliament, under pressure from investors to reduce a budget deficit, can strike a deal before the end of the year.
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: FBI concludes Trump shooter Thomas Crooks acted alone after unprecedented global investigation — Kash Patel, Dan Bongino and a senior official involved in the FBI probe gave an hourlong exclusive interview to Fox News Digital's Brooke Singman — EXCLUSIVE: The FBI came …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Arizona attorney general asks state supreme court to revive case against Trump's 2020 allies … An appeals court upheld that order, and Mayes had until Friday to ask the state's high court, consider seeking a new indictment or dropping the case altogether. Mayes' bid to resuscitate …
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Ella Lee / The Hill:
Comey seeks dismissal over ‘fundamental errors’ in grand jury process — Former FBI Director James Comey has urged a federal judge to dismiss his case without a trial over “fundamental errors” in the grand jury process that resulted in his indictment. — In a 29-page motion Friday …
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ProPublica:
Senators Launch Inquiry After a White House Official Intervened on Behalf of Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation — In letters to the White House and DHS, Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Gary Peters called the intervention by Paul Ingrassia a “brazen interference with a federal investigation.”
Julianna Bragg / Axios:
Epstein survivors say they received death threats in new letter — A group of nearly 30 Jeffrey Epstein survivors said Friday that they have received death threats amid the ongoing push to release investigation files linked to the convicted sex offender.
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John Sexton / HotAir:
Rapper Gets 14 Years for Funneling Millions to Obama Campaign — It's not every day that a Grammy-winning rapper gets sent to prison for election fraud, but yesterday was one of those days. A rapper who was a founding member of the Fugees got sentenced to 14-years, partly for funneling millions …
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