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7:50 AM ET, December 1, 2025

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Associated Press:
Trump says he'll release MRI results; he doesn't know what part of his body was scanned  —  President Donald Trump said Sunday that he would release the results of his MRI test that he received in October.  “If you want to have it released, I'll release it,” the president said during an exchange …
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Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg:
Trump Downplays Venezuelan Airspace Threat as US Mulls New Steps  —  President Donald Trump said Sunday that people shouldn't read much into a social media post where he said Venezuelan airspace should be considered closed.  —  His post from Saturday morning, addressed to airlines and …
Greg Wehner / Fox News:
Trump says he believes Hegseth ‘100%’ on Venezuelan drug boat strike denial amid allegations  —  President defends secretary of war against allegations of ordering second attack on Venezuelan vessel  —  President Donald Trump on Sunday defended Secretary of War Pete Hegseth over allegations …
Punchbowl News:
12/1/25 ☀️ AM: … Welcome to December, the final month of a tumultuous 2025.  —  The House has just 13 days left in session — it's only 12 for the Senate — before lawmakers head home for the holiday season. … The most critical deadline is Dec. 31, when enhanced Obamacare premium subsidies expire.
Discussion: Axios and Forbes
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Politico:
What Trump didn't say  —  With help from Eli Okun, Bethany Irvine, Ali Bianco and Rachel Umansky-Castro  —  On today's Playbook Podcast: Jack and Dasha talk missile strikes, peace talks ... and the finest Christmas decorations in D.C. Listen to today's episode  —  Good Monday morning, and welcome to December.
Discussion: The Daily Wire and Mother Jones
Ron Filipkowski / Meidas+:
This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 260. 11/30/25
Discussion: MS NOW and New York Times
Cassandra Vinograd / New York Times:
Rubio Says ‘Much Work’ to Be Done After Talks With Ukrainian Officials  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other U.S. officials met with a Ukrainian delegation led that was without Andriy Yermak, who resigned as chief of staff to Ukraine's president on Friday.
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump says he's picked who he wants to lead the Fed  —  President Trump said Sunday he's decided who he'll nominate to be the next Federal Reserve chair, but he wouldn't be drawn on whether the pick is National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett.
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Max Hudson / BBC:
WW1 toxic compound sprayed on Georgian protesters, BBC evidence suggests  —  Georgia's authorities used a World War One-era chemical weapon to quell anti-government protesters last year, evidence gathered by the BBC suggests.  —  “You could feel [the water] burning,” one of the protesters …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Top Trump negotiator retains partnership with Ukraine-sanctioned billionaire  —  Steve Witkoff, a fellow real estate developer and frequent golf partner of President Trump, was appointed by Trump as special envoy for peace missions, tasked with negotiating a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.
Discussion: The Hill and The Independent
Jonathan Lemire / The Atlantic:
Trump Has Never Been More Isolated  —  For a decade, Donald Trump's rallies were intertwined with his political identity.  His big crowds were how he first got the media and the Republican Party to take him seriously, and they provided real-time feedback.  Those who followed him closely …
Tim Ross / Politico:
EU tells Trump: You can't pardon Putin for war crimes in Ukraine  —  Donald Trump's drive to secure peace in Ukraine must not let Vladimir Putin off the hook for war crimes committed by Russian forces, a top EU official has warned, effectively setting a new red line for a deal.
Discussion: Semafor and Raw Story
Anna Clark / ProPublica:
In Congress, He Said Tariffs Were Bad for Business.  As Trump's Ambassador to Canada, He's Reversed Course.  —  Pete Hoekstra once testified that “the market should dictate the price of steel, not the government.”  But he now champions the Trump trade policies that are being linked to job losses in his former Michigan district.
Politico:
Record-setting personnel issues are marring Trump's second term … The pace of withdrawals, the highest since at least the Ronald Reagan presidency, has flown below the radar in the day-to-day churn on Capitol Hill, with many Republican senators expressing surprise at the data in interviews.
The Guardian:
The Guardian view on the inequality emergency: why a Nobel prize winner's warning must be heeded  —  Rising economic division is destabilising nations and eroding accountability.  Joseph Stiglitz's G20 blueprint offers a way toward global economic renewal  —  When Swiss tycoons handed Donald Trump …
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
November 30, 2025  —  On Friday evening, the Wall Street Journal published an article about the Trump administration's negotiations with Russia over Ukraine that illuminated the administration's approach to the world at home, as well as overseas.  Authors Drew Hinshaw, Benoit Faucon …
New York Times:
College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving  —  Any Lucia López Belloza, 19, was detained by immigration agents at the Boston airport before a flight to surprise her family in Texas for Thanksgiving.  She is now in Honduras.  —  A 19-year-old college student …
Jill Cowan / New York Times:
Haunted by History, Japanese Americans Fight Trump's Immigration Crackdown  —  Japanese Americans are seeing parallels between the government's incarceration of their families during World War II and the current detention of Latinos.  —  From the passenger seat of a sky blue Prius …
Emma Bussey / Fox News:
Trump gave Maduro ultimatum to flee Venezuela as land operations loom: report  —  Venezuelan dictator reportedly asked for global amnesty and military control before talks stalled  —  President Donald Trump delivered a stern ultimatum to Nicolás Maduro to leave Venezuela immediately …
Channel NewsAsia:
Indonesians pick up the pieces after floods ravage Sumatra; death toll hits 442  —  For some Aceh residents, this has reignited the trauma of the 2004 tsunami that killed more than 170,000 people in the province alone.  —  BANDA ACEH, Indonesia: Gazing at the destruction in her flood-hit village …
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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José Olivares / The Guardian:
Gutting of key US watchdog could pave way for grave immigration abuses, experts warn
Ana Ceballos / Los Angeles Times:
Robert Garcia leads Democrats' strategy on Epstein probe, to GOP's dismay
Discussion: Raw Story
CBS News:
Kevin Hassett on ACA subsidy extension rumors: “Sometimes people leak pre-decisional things”
Jasper Ward / Reuters:
American and Syrian forces conduct airstrikes on ISIS weapon storage facilities, US military says
Jacob Wendler / Politico:
White House bullish on economic growth as Thanksgiving spending rises
Discussion: Washington Times
Dana Bash / CNN:
GOP Sen. Mullin: Trump has “not committed” to U.S. military strikes inside Venezuela
Discussion: NewsMax.com, The Hill and Al Jazeera
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Eva McKend / CNN:
How life changed in a rural town that lost its clinic after Trump's megabill
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Farnoush Amiri / Associated Press:
Suspect in National Guard attack struggled with ‘dark isolation’ as community raised concerns
David W. Chen / New York Times:
‘The New Price of Eggs.’ The Political Shocks of Data Centers and Electric Bills
Discussion: The Guardian and Eschaton
Washington Post:
Hegseth conscripts the Pentagon for Trump's ‘retribution campaign’
Discussion: Raw Story
Tom Burgis / The Guardian:
All the president's millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches
Gary Fineout / Politico:
Trump's pick to replace DeSantis faces a Republican pile-on in Florida
Discussion: NOTUS, American Thinker and Raw Story
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