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5:20 AM ET, December 4, 2025

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Axios:
Mike Johnson faces widespread Republican revolt
Discussion: Newsweek and Raw Story
Axios:
Scoop: Johnson blindsided by Trump's Cuellar pardon
Olivia Beavers / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Ally Elise Stefanik Attacks Speaker Johnson's Leadership
CNN:
Exclusive: Watchdog finds Hegseth risked endangering troops by sharing sensitive war plans on Signal, sources say  —  Pete Hegseth Federal agencies US military  —  Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth risked compromising sensitive military information, which could have endangered American troops …
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The Atlantic:
Hegseth Risked Endangering Troops With Signal Messages  —  An inspector-general report finds that the defense secretary violated his department's policies.  —  For nearly nine months, Trump-administration officials have defended top national-security leaders who shared information …
Discussion: NPR, MS NOW, DNYUZ, Al Jazeera and CBS News
Associated Press:
Pentagon watchdog finds Hegseth's use of Signal posed risk to US personnel, AP sources say
New York Times:
U.S. Military's Boat Strikes Planning Takes On New Significance  —  The details could raise questions about who was responsible for a follow-up strike on Sept. 2 — the commander who ordered it or the defense secretary.  —  Before the Trump administration began attacking people suspected …
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Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
Pentagon knew boat attack left survivors but still launched a follow-on strike, AP sources say  —  The Pentagon knew there were survivors after a September attack on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea and the U.S. military still carried out a follow-up strike, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Discussion: Washington Times, Reason and Esquire
Lucy Campbell / The Guardian:
Trump says he will repeal Biden-era fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks  —  Move marks president's latest effort to dismantle pollution regulations and support for cleaner-running vehicles  —  Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he is repealing the Biden-era federal fuel economy standards …
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New York Times:
Trump Returns to Gasoline as Fuel of Choice for Cars, Gutting Biden's Climate Policy  —  The president said he would weaken Biden-era mileage standards, which were designed to increase electric-vehicle sales, calling them a “scam.”  —  President Trump on Wednesday threw the weight …
Discussion: Deseret News, Politico, IJR, The Hill and KDFX-TV
Mary Cunningham / CBS News:
Trump administration moves to roll back fuel economy standards set under Biden
Wall Street Journal:
Survivors of Boat Strike Were Actively Continuing Drug Mission, Admiral to Tell Lawmakers  —  Commander of September attack to provide account of his role for the first time in closed briefing  —  WASHINGTON—Two survivors of a Sept. 2 U.S. strike on a boat in the Caribbean were killed …
Aishvarya Kavi / New York Times:
Trump Renames Institute of Peace for Himself  —  Workers installed Mr. Trump's name to a Washington building on Wednesday, thrusting the institute back into the spotlight as it is set to host the signing of a peace deal between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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CNN:
Trump pardons former top entertainment executive who was charged by his own Justice Department  —  Federal agencies Donald Trump  —  President Donald Trump issued a “full and unconditional pardon” for Oak View Group co-founder Tim Leiweke, who was indicted by the president's own Justice Department earlier …
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Wall Street Journal:
Hegseth Asked Top Admiral to Resign After Months of Discord  —  The relationship between the Pentagon chief and military leader had been deteriorating since Trump's inauguration  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shocked official Washington in mid-October when he announced that the four-star head …
Discussion: The Independent and Mediaite
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NBC News:
Live updates: Trump says he would release video of Sept. 2 boat strikes; Democrats release new images and videos from Epstein's private island  —  Trump said he is pardoning Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar, who was indicted last year on bribery and money laundering charges, and his wife.
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The Committee on Oversight …:
Ranking Member Robert Garcia Statement on Production of Photos and Videos from Epstein's Island
Politico:
‘Some of you are probably fine with it’: Newsom confronts business elite on Trump … Speaking between Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk, Newsom repeatedly pivoted his interview responses toward Trump.  He bemoaned the Trump administration's deployment …
Discussion: Raw Story and NewsMax.com
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Victor Nava / New York Post:
Halle Berry bashes Gov. Gavin Newsom at NYT summit just before he takes stage: ‘Should not be our next president either’
Rachel Roubein / Washington Post:
A dozen former FDA commissioners condemn plan to tighten vaccine approvals  —  In the New England Journal of Medicine, the former leaders wrote they were “deeply concerned” at how the top vaccine regulator is raising the bar for approvals.  —  just now
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Miami Herald:
'I'm a U.S. citizen.' Agents pull woman from car in Keys.  Feds said she wouldn't show ID  —  A woman in medical scrubs who was driving on U.S. 1 in the Florida Keys Wednesday morning was stopped by federal immigration agents and forcibly removed from her car, despite screaming she was an American citizen.
Discussion: Raw Story
Tim Alberta / The Atlantic:
The Operator  —  It is a rare thing to see Josh Shapiro sweat.  For all the grief the Pennsylvania governor gets for imitating Barack Obama—the staggered cadence, the side-of-the-mouth delivery for effect—their essential shared trait is self-possession.  If Pennsylvania's governor has a superpower …
Ben Penn / Bloomberg Law:
FBI Seeks ‘Seditious Conspiracy’ Probe of Democratic Lawmakers  —  FBI headquarters is pressuring the bureau's domestic terrorism agents to open a seditious conspiracy investigation into six Democratic lawmakers who advised military service members to defy unlawful orders, according to three people familiar with the situation.
Discussion: Alternet.org and Raw Story
Politico:
Trump asserts executive privilege to thwart Jan. 6 lawsuit … It's unclear precisely which records Trump is attempting to keep out of the hands of the plaintiffs in the Jan. 6 lawsuit.  However, a White House spokesperson confirmed Wednesday that the president has decided to fight disclosure …
Discussion: Newsweek and RUMBLE
Drew Friedman / Federal News Network:
Fired EPA employees challenge agency, alleging free speech violations  —  Former Environmental Protection Agency employees who were fired after signing a letter criticizing the Trump administration are now appealing their dismissals before the Merit Systems Protection Board.
 
 
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Mike Johnson works in secret to strip IVF health coverage from defense bill
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New York Times:
Trump's Former Campaign Manager Assisted Honduran Presidential Candidate
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Democrat announces articles of impeachment against Hegseth
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Andrew DeMillo / Associated Press:
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Associated Press:
Israel receives remains of possible hostage and plans to reopen Gaza crossing into Egypt
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NBC News:
Federal agents begin immigration operations in New Orleans and Minneapolis
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Liberals: Stop the Masochism
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Jack Smith subpoenaed for closed-door House Judiciary interview
Gabby Birenbaum / The Texas Tribune:
Donald Trump to pardon Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar
Charlie Sykes / To the Contrary:
“A sickening moral slum of an administration”
Discussion: The Moderate Voice