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Veronika Melkozerova / Politico:
Ukraine fears being ignored in US plan to end Russia's war — The U.S. is keen to finalize Ukraine's position on territorial issues and security guarantees in ongoing talks in Florida. — KYIV — Ukrainian and American delegations traded warm words Sunday before heading into a key meeting …
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Jeff Mason / Reuters:
US officials expect more progress during US-Ukraine talks in Florida
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Daniel W. Drezner / Drezner's World:
Five Questions About American Foreign Policy
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence — David Gentile had been found guilty for his role in what prosecutors described as a $1.6 billion scheme that defrauded thousands of investors. — President Trump has set free a private equity executive who had served less …
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Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Motive behind National Guard shootings remains unknown, Noem says … She added that officials have received “some participation” from those they have interviewed so far. — Lakanwal is accused of ambushing U.S. Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24.
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NBC News:
Kristi Noem blames Biden Afghanistan ‘abandonment’ for National Guard shooting: Full interview
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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Noem says National Guard shooting suspect was ‘radicalized’ in the U.S.
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Michael Gold / New York Times:
Lawmakers Suggest Follow-Up Boat Strike Could Be a War Crime — Top Republicans have joined Democrats in demanding answers about the escalating military campaign the Trump administration says is aimed at targeting drug traffickers. — A top Republican and Democrats in Congress suggested …
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Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Sen. Mark Kelly says Trump and Hegseth are ‘not serious people’ amid military video investigation
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New York Times:
Silicon Valley's Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends … In July, David Sacks, one of the Trump administration's top technology officials, beamed as he strode onstage at a neoclassical auditorium just blocks from the White House. He had convened top government officials …
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Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Steve Bannon Was Epstein's Comeback Consultant. Where's the Uproar? — IF YOU FOLLOWED THE TWISTS AND TURNS of the Jeffrey Epstein saga over the last few weeks, you already know that several prominent names emerged from the tranche of emails that the Epstein estate released.
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New York Times:
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine — Juan Orlando Hernández, whom Mr. Trump called a victim of persecution, helped orchestrate a decades-long trafficking conspiracy. It ravaged his Central American country. — He once boasted that he would “stuff the drugs up the gringos' noses.”
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Sadiba Hasan / New York Times:
Cory Booker Weds Alexis Lewis in a Private Ceremony — The couple legally married at a courthouse in Newark days before hosting an intimate wedding in Washington, D.C. on Saturday. They shared their wedding details exclusively with The New York Times. — Senator Cory Booker …
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Jacob Wendler / Politico:
White House bullish on economic growth as Thanksgiving spending rises … The White House has repeatedly dismissed warnings that its aggressive tariff policy could hinder economic growth amid rising costs, a weakening job market and economic uncertainty. — Preliminary data on Black Friday spending …
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Washington Times
Washington Post:
Hegseth conscripts the Pentagon for Trump's ‘retribution campaign’ — In threatening to deploy the military justice system against Democrats, Hegseth has joined Trump's norm-shattering bid to punish political foes. — Just now — After Donald Trump's reelection last year …
Jez Corden / Windows Central:
OpenAI is a loss-making machine, with estimates that it has no road to profitability by 2030 — and will need a further $207 billion in funding even if it gets there — Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments …
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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 …
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
‘We Intended the Strike to Be Lethal’ Is Not a Defense — An explosive Washington Post report, the subject of so much discussion the past two days, says that, in the first missile strike the Trump Defense Department carried out against operatives of a boat suspected of transporting narcotics …
David W. Chen / New York Times:
‘The New Price of Eggs.’ The Political Shocks of Data Centers and Electric Bills — Democrats zeroed in on utilities and affordability to win Republican support in upset elections in Georgia and Virginia. Can the same playbook work in 2026? — As loyal Republicans …
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Gary Fineout / Politico:
Trump's pick to replace DeSantis faces a Republican pile-on in Florida … The result is a disjointed and increasingly nasty primary in the nation's third-largest state — one unfolding as Republicans continue to widen their voter registration advantage in the former battleground.
Max Rego / The Hill:
Klobuchar says Senate ACA vote ‘will happen’ before New Year — Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) predicted Sunday that the Senate will hold a vote on extending subsidies offered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) this year. — “That vote will happen. And whether it will pass is in the hands …
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María Paula Mijares Torres / Bloomberg:
Fed Contender Hassett Says Market Is Ready for Trump Chair Pick — White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett touted a positive market response to indications that Donald Trump could pick the next Federal Reserve chair before the end of the year — a job …
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CBS News:
Kevin Hassett on ACA subsidy extension rumors: “Sometimes people leak pre-decisional things” — White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett told “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that the back-and-forth rumors last week about the White House backing an extension …
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
In a time of crisis, Trump falls back on rants rather than unity — The president has used the language of divisiveness at a time when tragedy demands leadership. — Just now — There was a time, not that far in the past, when a shocking tragedy would bring the country together.
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NBC News:
Noem says deportation operation decisions are hers amid case over flights to El Salvador — The Justice Department has said that she made the final call on deportation flights after a judge ordered them to turn around. — WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem …
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Tom Burgis / The Guardian:
All the president's millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches — From Vietnam to the Balkans, Donald Trump's family has launched a global dealmaking blitz since his re-election — A crusading prosecutor in the Balkans comes under pressure to drop a big case.
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