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11:25 AM ET, December 4, 2025

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Politico:
Playbook: The case for the defense  —  With help from Eli Okun, Bethany Irvine, Ali Bianco and Rachel Umansky-Castro  —  On today's Playbook Podcast: Jack and Dasha discuss the future of under-fire Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ... and why for Donald Trump, affordability is still the hardest word.
Discussion: CNN and Washington Post
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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 …
Erin Doherty / Politico:
Poll: Trump's own voters begin blaming him for affordability crisis … New polling shows many Americans have begun to blame President Donald Trump for the high costs they're feeling across virtually every part of their lives — and it's shifting politics.  —  Almost half — 46 percent …
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 …
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Scoop: Trump's comeback travel  —  President Trump, staring down criticism that he's prioritized global issues over pocketbook worries, next week will kick off a year of heavy stateside travel that's focused on selling his economic agenda ahead of the midterms.
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The Only Democrats Trump Likes...
Discussion: Axios, CBS News and MS NOW
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
The President Who Never Grew Up
Discussion: Raw Story and Alternet.org
Punchbowl News:
Republicans on edge about 2026  —  Republicans were already antsy about the midterms.
Cameron Adams / The Daily Beast:
Real Reason for Pentagon Pete Commander's Shock Retirement Revealed
Discussion: Alternet.org and DNYUZ
Associated Press:
FBI makes arrest in investigation into pipe bombs placed in DC on eve of Jan. 6 riot, AP source says  —  The FBI made an arrest on Thursday in its nearly 5-year-old investigation into who placed pipe bombs in Washington on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
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NBC News:
Suspect arrested in January 2021 D.C. pipe bomb case  —  The bombs were planted outside the Republican and Democratic national party headquarters in Washington, D.C., on the eve of the Jan. 6 siege on the Capitol.  —  The FBI has arrested a suspect in its investigation into pipe bombs planted near …
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: Raw Story and DNYUZ
Sadie Gurman / Wall Street Journal:
FBI Makes Arrest in Connection With Jan. 6 Pipe Bombs
Discussion: CBS News
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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Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:
The shifting responses of Hegseth, Trump and others on the lethal boat strikes
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 …
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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 …
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Patrick Smith / NBC News:
New York Times sues Pentagon over reporting rules, citing First Amendment rights
Washington Post:
Most immigrants arrested in Trump's D.C. crackdown had no criminal records  —  The “crime emergency” declared by President Donald Trump resulted in 932 arrests of immigrants with no criminal conviction or pending charge, federal data shows.  —  Just now
Wall Street Journal:
How a Man Convicted of Running a Latin American Narco State Landed a Pardon  —  Juan Orlando Hernández's unusual network of Trump allies and MAGA influencers helped deliver an extraordinary pardon  —  President Trump's pardon of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández …
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Niall O'Connor / TheJournal.ie:
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin  —  Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.  —  26.4k  —  FOUR UNIDENTIFIED MILITARY-STYLE drones breached a no-fly zone …
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’  —  Academy Award-winning actress Halle Berry lashed out at California Gov. Gavin Newsom Wednesday, arguing that he overlooks women and shouldn't “be our next president.”
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Politico:
‘Some of you are probably fine with it’: Newsom confronts business elite on Trump
Discussion: Raw Story and NewsMax.com
New York Times:
Inside Kennedy's Methodical Quest to Shake Up America's Vaccine System … Throughout his two-decade crusade against vaccines, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. viewed the federal government's Vaccine Safety Datalink as a kind of holy grail.  With millions of confidential patient records, the database …
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.
Department of Homeland Security:
Miles from Nation's Capital, ICE Arrests ISIS-K Afghan Terrorist Who Was Released into the U.S. Under Biden's Operation Allies Welcome  —  This marks the third Afghan national terrorist arrested in recent days that was brought into the country by the Biden Administration under Operation Allies Welcome
Jeremy Barr / The Guardian:
Bari Weiss to moderate CBS News town hall with Charlie Kirk's widow Erika Kirk  —  Exclusive: event, scheduled to air on 13 December, will focus on ‘grief, faith, politics, and more’, according to internal files  —  Bari Weiss, the editor-in-chief of CBS News, is scheduled to moderate …
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.
Ken Dilanian / MS NOW:
Prosecutors expected to seek reindictment of Letitia James this week  —  Federal prosecutors are expected to seek to reindict New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday in Norfolk, Virginia, on charges related to alleged mortgage fraud, according to a source with knowledge of the plans.
Ken Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Press Firms About Trump Ballroom Donations  —  Lawmakers, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren, ask if Nvidia, Apple, Meta and others made donations in exchange for favorable treatment  —  WASHINGTON—Sen. Elizabeth Warren and other Democrats are pressing the leaders of Nvidia, Apple …
Discussion: DNYUZ
American Prospect:
Losing India's Guardian Angels  —  BIHAR, INDIA - Sitting outside his modest house in India's eastern state of Bihar, Sudeshwar Singh, 48, scrolls on his smartphone through the recent Global Tuberculosis Report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) last month to check India's status.
Ece Yildirim / Gizmodo:
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business  —  Alex Karp vows to use his “whole influence” on immigration and defense policy.  —  READING TIME 3 MINUTES  —  Read Later Read Later  —  Palantir CEO and Trump ally Alex Karp is no stranger to controversial (troll-ish even) comments.
 
 
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Fossil-fuel billionaires bought up millions of shares after meeting with top Trump officials
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
Detainees at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ facing ‘harrowing human right violations’, new report alleges
Chris Lehmann / The Nation:
A Desperate Trump Is Stirring Up Race Hatred
Caroline Haskins / Wired:
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Bloomberg:
AI Companies Need One Book to Rule Them All
 Earlier Items: 
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
California 2026 Poll: Swalwell Shakes Up Election for Governor
Discussion: The Hill and NewsMax.com
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Costco demands a refund from Trump
Discussion: WTTG-TV
Politico:
Texas exodus underscores the state's fading relevance in the House GOP
Lucy Campbell / The Guardian:
Trump says he will repeal Biden-era fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks
CNN:
Trump pardons former top entertainment executive who was charged by his own Justice Department
 

 
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
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