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Politico:
GOP frets ‘dangerous’ result in Tennessee … Democrat Aftyn Behn's overperformance in the Tennessee special election — which attracted millions of dollars in spending and national attention in its final days — continues a trend of concerning electoral results for the GOP.
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G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
What the special election in Tennessee says about the 2026 midterms  —  Voters in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District voted on Tuesday, Dec. 2, to fill a vacancy left by Republican representative Mark Green, who resigned from Congress in July 2025.  The election for this rural seat went …
Discussion: CNN, Raw Story, NPR and The Daily Caller
Andrew Howard / Politico:
Despite loss, Democrats overperformed in bright red Tennessee House race … Democrats, projecting confidence after their Election Day overperformance last month throughout the country, quickly highlighted the thinner-than-usual margin as a sign of their strength heading into next year's midterms …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
The G.O.P. Continues to Slip  —  Almost every election night this year has gone poorly for Republicans — a familiar position for the party that occupies the White House.  —  Over the last 20 years, something keeps happening to the party that wins a presidential election.  —  It starts losing.
Discussion: The Hill
New York Times:
Tennessee Seventh District Special Election Results
Associated Press:
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says  —  Federal authorities are preparing a targeted immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota that would primarily focus on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S., according to a person familiar with the planning.
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New York Times:
Trump Calls Somalis ‘Garbage’ He Doesn't Want in the Country  —  President Trump has a history of insulting people from African countries, but the outburst was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry.  Vice President JD Vance banged the table in encouragement.
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Trump Appears to Fight Sleep During Cabinet Meeting  —  President Trump began the meeting by criticizing media coverage about him showing signs of fatigue.  Last month, he appeared to doze off during a meeting in the Oval Office.  —  President Trump appeared to be fighting sleep on Tuesday during …
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Stefanik secures NDAA provision after high-profile fight with Johnson  —  Rep. Elise Stefanik declared victory over Speaker Mike Johnson Wednesday, saying she had secured the inclusion of a key provision she wanted attached to the annual Pentagon policy bill after a remarkable public spat with the speaker a day earlier.
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Politico:
College sports bill heads to final vote despite GOP defections
Discussion: The Hill, Washington Examiner and Axios
Politico:
Elise Stefanik's feud with Johnson reflects a House spinning out of control
New York Times:
U.S. Pauses Immigration Applications From Nations on Travel Ban List  —  The pause, which will halt green card and U.S. citizenship processing for broad swaths of people, deepens a remarkable crackdown on legal immigration pathways in recent days.  —  The Trump administration has paused …
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Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
For Trump, Even the National Guard Shooting Is About Immigration
Discussion: KDFX-TV, Townhall and The Daily Wire
Washington Post:
Trump administration will block SNAP management funds for blue states  —  Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said officials won't send money to administer food stamps to states that don't share information about benefits recipients with the federal government.  —  Just now
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Josephine Walker / Axios:
SNAP benefits at risk as states resist Trump's immigration data demands
Washington Post:
Trump appears to doze off in another meeting  —  It was the second time in a month Trump has appeared to struggle to stay awake as his advisers have spoken to cameras about the administration's initiatives.  —  Just now … President Donald Trump closed his eyes for extended periods …
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Marc J. Dunkelman / New York Times:
What the Left Could Learn From Trump's Brutal Efficiency  —  Those of us opposed to MAGA complain plenty about what the Trump administration has done or is doing to the government — drawing on vast administrative resources for deportations, taking stakes in private companies, destabilizing the Federal Reserve.
George F. Will / Washington Post:
A sickening moral slum of an administration  —  Regarding Venezuela, Ukraine and much more, Trump and his acolytes are worse than simply incompetent. … Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal.  Without a war.  An interesting achievement.
Kelly Garrity / Politico:
Rep. Ayanna Pressley will run for reelection, foregoing Senate race  —  Rep. Ayanna Pressley won't challenge Sen. Ed Markey for his Senate seat and instead plans to seek reelection to her House seat, she announced today, ending weeks of speculation about the progressive Democrat's political future.
Gwynne Hogan / The City:
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say  —  ICE agents arrested a Chinese father and his 6-year-old son, separating the two and sending the father to Orange County Jail while the whereabouts of the son remain unknown as of Tuesday morning.
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Trump Claims Former President Joe Biden's Pardons Are Invalid  —  President Donald Trump falsely claimed Tuesday that all pardons and commutations signed by former President Joe Biden are now “invalid” because they were allegedly authorized using the autopen.
Zach Everson / Forbes:
Nasdaq Tells Trump Crypto Partner Alt5 Sigma It ‘No Longer Meets’ Listing Requirements After Missed Report  —  Topline  —  Nasdaq notified Alt5 Sigma — a partner with the Trumps' World Liberty Financial crypto venture — that it is noncompliant for failing to file its third-quarter report …
Martin Wolf / Financial Times:
It's time to sound the alarm on growing fiscal and financial risk  —  Rising public debt is one concern — another is how it is being financed  —  Prior to the financial crisis of 2007-09, the Bank for International Settlements made itself unpopular with monetary authorities around the world …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Marta Pacheco / Euronews:
EU lawmakers agree to ban Russian gas imports by 2027  —  The EU is trying to end all energy dependency on Moscow and to stop financing its war against Ukraine.  Landlocked countries will be protected by a suspension clause in case of an emergency.  Still, Hungary and Slovakia may challenge the law.
Eric Garcia / MS NOW:
Trump used a slur against Tim Walz.  Many on the right didn't mind  —  Note how few Republicans have criticized the president for invoking the word long used as a pejorative for people with disabilities. … Much has been made of the fact that after President Donald Trump posted …
Discussion: The Independent
New York Times:
Fed Pick Puts Pressure on Bessent to Deliver for Trump  —  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who is leading the search for the next Federal Reserve chair, could face President Trump's wrath if the person chosen does not quickly lower interest rates.  —  In an August post on Truth Social …
Aram Roston / The Guardian:
Family of victim in alleged Trump ‘drug boat’ killings files first formal complaint  —  Exclusive: Petition says Colombia citizen Alejandro Carranza Medina was illegally killed in US airstrike on 15 September  —  A family in Colombia filed a petition on Tuesday with the Washington DC-based …
Jason Beeferman / Politico:
Young Republicans chapter plans to host far-right German leader after ‘I love Hitler’ chat … In a statement to POLITICO, the group defended inviting the German politician, calling the AfD a model for fighting the far left and denying their “über alles” statement was intended to invoke Nazism.
Discussion: New York Times
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Hawley pitches new health care tax plan  —  Sen. Josh Hawley is pitching his colleagues — and President Donald Trump — on a new health care plan.  The Missouri Republican's proposal comes as his party is grappling separately over what its strategy on health care should be as the Senate stares …
NBC News:
Pentagon inspector general investigation into ‘Signalgate’ is complete  —  The report was given to Defense Secretary Hegseth on Tuesday and could be released publicly later this week.  —  WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday was given a final copy of the completed Defense …
Rachel Frazin / Associated Press:
Trump backs Monsanto in Roundup litigation  —  Thank you for signing up!  —  The latest in politics and policy.  Direct to your inbox.  Sign up for the Energy and Environment newsletter  —  The Trump administration is backing Monsanto in its effort to convince the Supreme Court to shield …
Brandy Zadrozny / MS NOW:
RFK Jr.'s pick to reshape the childhood vaccine schedule embraces Covid conspiracy theories  —  A doctor who falsely claimed that Covid was a U.S.-made bioweapon and that Covid vaccines cause cancer, miscarriage and widespread heart disease is leading a federal panel likely to implement sweeping changes …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Kushner's Moscow mission wasn't just corrupt.  It was unconstitutional.  —  Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law, has been traveling the world to participate in high-stakes foreign policy negotiations on behalf of the president.  On Tuesday, Kushner traveled to Moscow and sat across …
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
DOJ Sues Six More States in Sweeping Push to Obtain Unredacted Voter Rolls  —  The Justice Department launched a new wave of lawsuits against six more Democratic-led states Tuesday — escalating a federal effort to seize unredacted information from millions of voters.
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump officials say second strike aimed to destroy drug boat instead of crew  —  Officials hew closely to secret memo which gives legal cover to firing on boats even if it would kill people on board  —  Trump administration officials have defended carrying out a follow-up strike on a drug boat …
Discussion: Bloomberg
New York Times:
Ahead of Tariff Ruling, Businesses Race to Secure Refunds  —  The Supreme Court has not yet ruled on the legality of President Trump's sweeping tariffs, but some companies aren't waiting to try to secure a speedy and substantial payout.  —  From the buy-in-bulk retailer Costco …
 
 
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