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Washington Post:
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all — As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Operations commander followed the defense secretary's order to leave no survivors. — Just now
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A Dishonorable Strike — Please click here to opt in to receive via email our Roundup—brief daily summaries of news developments and commentary related to executive power. — One can imagine stretching Article II of the Constitution to authorize the U.S. drug boat campaign.
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ABC News:
Hegseth declines to comment on report that boat survivors were killed as a result of his orders to military — “The Department has no response to this article.” — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth looks on during a meeting with President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince …
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New York Times:
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case — Juan Orlando Hernández was accused of receiving millions in bribes and partnering with cocaine traffickers. He was convicted in Manhattan in 2024 and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
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Associated Press:
Trump says he plans to pardon former Honduran President Hernandez for 2024 drug trafficking sentence — President Donald Trump said Friday that he will be pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who in 2024 was convicted for drug trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
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José Luis Granados Ceja / Drop Site News:
Trump Bribing Honduran Voters To Restore Narcotrafficking Government to Power
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Washington Post:
U.S. halts all asylum decisions, pauses visas for Afghan nationals — The decisions come a day after President Donald Trump vowed to “permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries,” among other threats. — Just now — The United States on Friday halted all decisions relating …
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Associated Press:
Trump pushes for more restrictions on Afghan refugees. Experts say many are already in place — The Trump administration is promising an even tougher anti-immigration agenda after an Afghan national was charged this week in the shooting of two National Guard members, with new restrictions targeting …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Pushes for ‘Reverse Migration’ as He Seeks to Widen Crackdown
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New York Post:
How alleged DC terrorist Rahmanullah Lakanwal was welcomed into the US after CIA vetting — and then turned against it
Gabriel Hays / Fox News:
Trump calls reporter a ‘stupid person’ during tense exchange about National Guardsmen murder suspect
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Wall Street Journal:
D.C. Ambush Exposes Risks for National Guard on Capital's Crime Patrols — A fatal attack on a routine patrol has intensified questions over the administration's open-ended military deployments in American cities — Soon after a gunman shot two National Guard members in downtown Washington …
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Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for ‘heart of gold’ — The slain soldier's former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn't even have to know you and she'll do anything for you,” he said. — Sarah Beckstrom, the West Virginia National Guard member …
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Washington Post:
D.C. police to begin patrolling with National Guard after fatal attack
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Michael R. Gordon / Wall Street Journal:
Witness Photos Captured Attack on the National Guard
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US Department of Justice:
The United States Announces Agreement with Northwestern University — For Immediate Release — Today, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of Education, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reached an agreement with Northwestern University (Northwestern) …
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Bianca Quilantan / Politico:
Northwestern reaches $75M deal with Trump administration to get federal funding reinstated
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Christina Jewett / New York Times:
F.D.A. Attributes 10 Children's Deaths to Covid Vaccines — The agency's top vaccine regulator said that a review had found that the children were likely to have died “because of” the shots. But public health experts want to examine the data. — The director of the Food …
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Holly Ramer / Associated Press:
College freshman is deported flying home for Thanksgiving surprise, despite court order — A college freshman trying to fly from Boston to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving was instead deported to Honduras in violation of a court order, according to her attorney.
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Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Trump's Approval Rating Drops to 36%, New Second-Term Low — WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump's job approval rating has fallen five percentage points to 36%, the lowest of his second term, while disapproval has risen to 60%. The latest decline follows three months of stability …
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Reuters:
Airbus issues major A320 recall, threatening widespread global disruption — Airbus orders immediate repairs to 6,000 A320 jets — Repairs needed due to flight-control software issue — Incident linked to solar flares affecting flight controls — Europe's Airbus (AIR.PA) …
Associated Press:
Zelenskyy's chief of staff resigns after anti-corruption investigators search home — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Friday the resignation of his powerful chief of staff, Andrii Yermak, who was also the country's lead negotiator in talks with the U.S …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Zelensky's chief of staff resigns amid corruption probe
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New York Times:
Trump Spoke by Phone Last Week With Maduro, Venezuela's Leader — They discussed a possible meeting between the two of them, but nothing has been scheduled, and the administration continues to increase the military pressure on Venezuela. — President Trump spoke by phone last week …
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Alyssa Lukpat / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says He Is Canceling All Biden Executive Orders Signed With Autopen — The president has antagonized his predecessor over using proxy to sign documents — President Trump said Friday he was revoking all executive orders former President Joe Biden signed with an autopen …
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Adam Wren / Politico:
How Trump's base could break … The results underscore just how sui generis the cohort that reelected Trump was — and foreshadow the GOP's coming challenges. — More than half of Trump's voters last year — 55 percent — describe themselves as MAGA, but a critical 38 percent do not …
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