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Holmes Lybrand / CNN:
Federal judge dismissed indictments against Letitia James and James Comey — A federal judge dismissed the indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday. — The judge found that the appointment of interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan in Alexandria, Virginia, was invalid.
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Judge dismisses Comey, James indictments after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed — A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges …
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NBC News:
Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding prosecutor was unlawfully appointed — The cases were dismissed without prejudice, meaning they can be refiled at a later date. — A federal judge dismissed the criminal indictments against former FBI Director James Comey …
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Politico:
Comey, James cases dismissed as judge disqualifies interim US attorney Lindsey Halligan … However, Currie dismissed the cases “without prejudice.” That could allow them to be re-filed, but Comey's attorneys have already indicated that they will argue that he cannot be re-indicted …
Konstantin Toropin / Associated Press:
Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly for video urging troops to defy ‘illegal orders’ — The Pentagon says that it is investigating Democratic Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona for possible breaches of military law after Kelly joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called for U.S. troops to refuse unlawful orders.
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Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
Elon Musk's Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors — How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature — Over the weekend, Elon Musk's X rolled out a feature that had the immediate result of sowing maximum chaos. The update, called “About This Account,” allows people to click …
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
X's New Feature Reveals Why Trust & Safety Work Was Never About The ‘Censorship Industrial Complex’ — For the last few years, Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, and their allies have spent considerable energy attacking both academic researchers studying disinformation and the trust & safety teams …
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Axios:
How Trump's 28-point plan for Ukraine shocked the world … By Friday, Zelensky was warning the Ukrainian people that Trump's plan — and the pressure he faced to sign it — had plunged Ukraine into one of the most difficult moments of its existence. — Zelensky's participation by phone …
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Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
Russian Unreality and American Weakness
Russian Unreality and American Weakness
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Washington Post:
U.S., Ukraine agree to change draft of peace plan that appeased Russia
U.S., Ukraine agree to change draft of peace plan that appeased Russia
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Dems win key messaging battles against Trump — Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 🌊 Subscribe to PN 🌊 — Last week, Democrats achieved two impressive, consequential, and very different messaging victories over President Donald Trump.
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Madison Mills / Axios:
More Republicans disapprove of Trump's economy
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Cassandra Dumay / Politico:
'You can't just talk about gas and groceries': GOP grapples with housing affordability message
'You can't just talk about gas and groceries': GOP grapples with housing affordability message
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
On Illegal War and Immoral Peace — Well, it's official: the Department of Government Efficiency, which launched to great fanfare early in Trump's term but which sputtered to a halt after the departure of Elon Musk, is no more. Reuters reported this weekend that the administration …
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
November 23, 2025 — “Do I understand correctly that there is now a dispute within the administration about whether this ‘peace plan’ was written by Russians or Americans?” foreign affairs journalist Anne Applebaum asked last night on social media. — Applebaum was referring to confusion …
Paul Krugman:
The Trump Trade is Unraveling — What is Bitcoin good for? It isn't money — that is, it isn't a medium of exchange, something you can use to make payments. It isn't a hedge against inflation. It isn't a hedge against financial risks — on the contrary, the price of Bitcoin has generally moved …
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Brian Cheung / NBC News:
The Trump Mobile phone is nowhere to be found after months of delay — Trump Mobile has posted conflicting photos of the phone and scrubbed mention of its “Made in the USA” promise. — In June, President Donald Trump's two older sons held an event at Trump Tower where they touted …
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Benjamin Guggenheim / Politico:
White House to pitch a Trump Obamacare extension with limits … As part of a deal to reopen the government earlier this month, Senate Republicans agreed to give Democrats a vote on the ACA tax credits in December. But GOP lawmakers across the Capitol have been divided over how to respond …
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Punchbowl News:
11/24/25 ☀️ AM: … Happy Thanksgiving week. We are only publishing AM editions through Wednesday. Thursday and Friday are company-wide holidays. … MTG has never been representative of the House Republican Conference writ large. She clearly has a bone to pick with Trump and the leadership.
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Sarah Stillman / New Yorker:
Disappeared to a Foreign Prison — The Trump Administration is deporting people to countries they have no ties to, where many are being detained indefinitely or forcibly returned to the places they fled. — One Saturday morning in early September, I got a WhatsApp video call …
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Appeals court upholds ruling blocking Trump plan for expedited removals
Appeals court upholds ruling blocking Trump plan for expedited removals
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Washington Post:
How Democrats are building their own digital media army … AUSTIN — Donald Trump's victory last November devastated the Democratic Party. But it may have also invigorated its new media strategy. — As Trump and his allies prepared to retake the White House and supercharge its briefing room …
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Leslie Rangel / The Barbed Wire:
A Disabled Child's Mom Reported Him Missing. He Was Locked Away by Federal Immigration Authorities for 48 Days. — Emmanuel Gonzalez, a 15-year-old who has an intellectual disability, walked away from his mom's fruit stand in October. Houston Police called ICE instead of reuniting them.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Former DOJ lawyer whose remarks about Epstein files were recorded sues over firing … Bondi fired Schnitt, the acting deputy chief of the Witness Security Program at DOJ, one day after his comments were posted online. She cited his “publicly inappropriate comments that were detrimental …
Steve Vladeck / One First:
194. Another Bad Week for the Presumption of Regularity — Three different flashpoints highlight how much the Trump administration has done, in such short order, to undermine its own litigation efforts and to damage—perhaps irreparably—DOJ's credibility. — Welcome back to “One First …
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Holly Otterbein / Axios:
Scoop: Dems eye ranked-choice voting for primaries … - It's a tool that drew national attention when it propelled New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to a decisive primary win. … - Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), Joe Biden pollster Celinda Lake, the nonprofit FairVote Action …
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Michael Scherer / The Atlantic:
Why Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. So Convinced He's Right? — How an outsider, once ignored by the public-health establishment, became the most powerful man in science — robert f. kennedy jr. somehow knew, even as a little boy, that fate can lead a person to terrible places.
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