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7:15 AM ET, December 4, 2025

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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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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
Cameron Adams / The Daily Beast:
Real Reason for Pentagon Pete Commander's Shock Retirement Revealed  —  FRIENDLY FIRE  —  Reports initially stated Hegseth had nothing to do with the officer's abrupt exit.  —  A top Pentagon officer whose abrupt retirement came as a shock to his colleagues was reportedly forced …
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.
Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:
The shifting responses of Hegseth, Trump and others on the lethal boat strikes
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Republican Anger Erupts at Johnson as Party Frets About Future … Representative Elise Stefanik of New York called Speaker Mike Johnson a habitual liar.  —  Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina has told people she is so frustrated with the Louisiana Republican and sick of the way he has run …
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Axios:
Scoop: Johnson blindsided by Trump's Cuellar pardon  —  President Trump didn't tell Speaker Mike Johnson that he was granting a “full and unconditional PARDON” to Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) before announcing it on Truth Social this morning, Johnson told Axios.
Kadia Goba / Washington Post:
Stefanik spars with GOP House speaker as she seeks GOP nod for N.Y. governor
Discussion: MS NOW
Axios:
Mike Johnson faces widespread Republican revolt
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
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Pentagon's Signalgate Review Finds Hegseth Violated Defense Department Regulations
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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Punchbowl News:
12/4/25 ☀️ AM: … The deadline to extend Obamacare premium subsidies is just three weeks away.  And Congress is nowhere on this issue. … As the chances for a deal hover near zero, the fingerpointing has only intensified ahead of “show” votes in the Senate next week.
Discussion: Politico and Salon
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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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Mary Cunningham / CBS News:
Trump administration moves to roll back fuel economy standards set under Biden
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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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’
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: DNYUZ and Raw Story
Erik Wemple / New York Times:
New York Times Sues Pentagon Over First Amendment Rights  —  The company said in a lawsuit that the Defense Department's new reporting restrictions infringed on the constitutional rights of journalists.  —  The New York Times sued the Pentagon on Thursday, arguing that the Defense Department infringed …
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network  —  Amazon has long been the Postal Service's top customer, providing more than $6 billion in annual revenue to the agency in 2025.  —  Just now … Bogage has covered the Postal Service since 2020.
Discussion: Quartz
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
Politico:
Macron warned US could ‘betray’ Ukraine in leaked leaders' call, Spiegel reports  —  French President Emmanuel Macron warned the U.S. could be about to “betray” Ukraine, according to a leaked transcript of a call between European leaders strategizing about how to protect Kyiv.
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
 
 
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New York Times:
Trump's Former Campaign Manager Assisted Honduran Presidential Candidate
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Democrat announces articles of impeachment against Hegseth
Drew Friedman / Federal News Network:
Fired EPA employees challenge agency, alleging free speech violations
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