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Exclusive: Survivors clinging to capsized boat didn't radio for backup, admiral overseeing double-tap strike tells lawmakers — Pete Hegseth Congressional news — The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat in a secondary strike against a suspected drug vessel …
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New York Times:
Second Strike Scrutiny Obscures Larger Question About Trump's Boat Attacks — Congress is focusing on two deaths in one strike. But nine other people died in that same attack, and the United States has killed 87 in all. Were any of those killings legal?
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Washington Post:
Video shows second strike hit before survivors could flip boat, lawmakers say — The footage was shown on Capitol Hill, where Adm. Frank M. Bradley, who oversaw a deadly attack on alleged drug smugglers, faced a day of difficult questions about the operation.
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Samantha Waldenberg / CNN:
US strikes another boat in the Eastern Pacific, killing four, amid escalating questions about its counter-drug offensive — Congressional news Drugs in society — The US military carried out a strike Thursday on a suspected drug boat in the Eastern Pacific, killing four people on board …
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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
A war criminal without a war
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
December 4, 2025 — “What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen …
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Hegseth Defense Collapses as Dems Reveal Horrific Video Strike Details
Hegseth Defense Collapses as Dems Reveal Horrific Video Strike Details
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Pipe bomb suspect told FBI he believed 2020 election conspiracy theories — The suspect has been cooperating with the FBI, according to sources, and is expected to make his first court appearance on Friday. — WASHINGTON — The man charged with planting two pipe bombs near the Democratic …
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CNN:
Accused DC pipe bomber told FBI he believed the 2020 election was stolen, sources say — Federal agencies Congressional news January 6th US elections — During interviews with the FBI, the suspect arrested in the pipe bomb probe told investigators that he believed the 2020 election was stolen …
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Mike Stobbe / Associated Press:
US vaccine advisers say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth — A federal vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they're born. A loud chorus of medical and public health leaders decried …
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Wall Street Journal:
How RFK Jr.'s Vaccine Policy Put a Doctor-Turned-Senator in a Political Bind
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Brandy Zadrozny / MS NOW:
RFK Jr.'s CDC panel: No more hepatitis B vaccine for some newborns
RFK Jr.'s CDC panel: No more hepatitis B vaccine for some newborns
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NBC News:
Grand jury declines to indict N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James, less than two weeks after the first case was dismissed — Federal officials failed to secure the new indictment against James, whom Trump has targeted, after a judge said the previous one was secured by an unlawfully appointed prosecutor.
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Grand jury declines to reindict Letitia James — Federal agencies — A grand jury declined to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James after being asked to look at the mortgage fraud case against her a second time, 10 days after a federal judge threw out the initial charges against her …
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CNN:
Judges lash out at Justice Department for still listing Lindsey Halligan on court documents
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Associated Press:
Grand jury rejects new mortgage fraud indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James
Grand jury rejects new mortgage fraud indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James
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Carol Leonnig / MS NOW:
Kash Patel ordered FBI detail to give girlfriend's pal a lift home: sources — The FBI director's use of resources is under intense scrutiny as he insists he's “a steward of the taxpayer dollars.” — FBI Director Kash Patel has — on more than one occasion — ordered that the security detail protecting …
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Paul Krugman:
MAGA's Affordability Crisis Will Soon Get Worse — And Trump's numbers will continue to slide — Long ago, probably in a long-forgotten hotel room, I watched a 1974 movie called The Internecine Project — now available, as you'll see if you follow the hyperlink, on YouTube. In truth, it's a pretty bad movie.
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Catherine Rampell / The Bulwark:
Trump's Affordability “Con Job” — He pooh-poohs cost complaints as a “hoax.” Here's what the numbers say. — LIKE CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE EPSTEIN FILES, the affordability issue is a “hoax.” So saith our president. — “The word ‘affordability’ is a con job by the Democrats,” …
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Kylie Mohr / SFGATE:
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people — Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth — The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks …
Punchbowl News:
12/5/25 ☀️ AM: … Senate Majority Leader John Thune is in unfamiliar territory — taking heat from all sides of his conference with no clear path out of the mess. It's a precarious position for Thune, one that's testing the limits of the leadership philosophy that helped him win the job.
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Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Supreme Court Clears the Way for Republican-Friendly Texas Voting Maps
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court allows Texas to use a congressional map favorable to Republicans in 2026
Supreme Court allows Texas to use a congressional map favorable to Republicans in 2026
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Laura Kayali / Politico:
Trump warns Europe faces ‘civilizational erasure’ in explosive new document — U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration blame the EU and migration for what they say is imminent, total cultural unraveling in Europe. — The explosive claim is made in the U.S. National Security Strategy …
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Trump reveals what he wants for the world
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Andrew Childers / Axios:
Trump's “Monroe Doctrine” bashes immigration and globalization
Skylar Woodhouse / Bloomberg:
Hassett Backs Call for Fed Presidents to Come From Districts — National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett backed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's call for a new residency requirement in the appointment of presidents of Federal Reserve banks. — “The reason we have all these regional Feds …
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Victoria Guida / Politico:
Trump Keeps Squeezing the Next Fed Chair
Trump Keeps Squeezing the Next Fed Chair
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Politico:
EU slaps €120M fine on Elon Musk's X, straining ties with US — US vice president says EU should not be ‘attacking American companies over garbage.’ — This article is also available in: French — BRUSSELS — The European Commission on Friday imposed a €120 million fine on Elon Musk's X …
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New York Times:
Trump's Approval Rating Dips as Views of His Handling of the Economy Sour — The shift, while small, is notable after months of stability in President Trump's approval rating. — After months of holding steady, President Trump's approval rating has taken a dip over the past several weeks …
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Isabel Van Brugen / The Daily Beast:
Trump, 79, Is Fuming Over Coverage of His Deteriorating Health — DROWSY DON — Insiders say the president spends days obsessing over reports comparing him to “Sleepy Joe.” — President Donald Trump is raging over snowballing reports on his apparent cognitive and physical decline.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Exclusive: Meta strikes multiple AI deals with news publishers — Meta on Friday said it has struck several commercial AI data agreements with news publishers ranging from USA Today, People Inc., CNN, Fox News, The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner and Le Monde.
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Adam Rhodes / Prism:
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people, memo says — Real journalists wrote and edited this (not AI)—independent, community-driven journalism survives because you back it. Donate to sustain Prism's mission and the humans behind it.
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Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters:
Bondi orders US law enforcement to investigate ‘extremist groups’ — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday ordered federal law enforcement to step up investigations into the anti-fascist antifa movement and similar “extremist groups,” and asked the FBI to compile a list …
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Sarah Isgur / New York Times:
Actually, the Supreme Court Has a Plan — Critics of the Supreme Court have argued that it has too often deferred to the Trump administration and that the conservative justices are under the sway of suspicious propositions like the unitary executive theory and the major questions doctrine.
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Albert Sun / New York Times:
Most Immigrants Arrested in City Crackdowns Have No Criminal Record — The federal deployments that have swept through major cities as part of President Trump's immigration crackdown have led to thousands of arrests. But they have been less effective at apprehending immigrants …
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Mike Johnson scrambles to pass Pentagon bill as GOP ranks seethe … Other deeply divisive issues remain, ranging from cryptocurrency policy to in vitro fertilization, that could threaten to further splinter the House GOP and imperil the typically bipartisan Pentagon bill.
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Colleen Madden Blumenfeld / Challenger …:
Dec 04 Challenger Report: 71,321 Job Cuts On Restructurings, Closings, Economy — NOVEMBER CUTS FALL FROM OCTOBER; UP 24% FROM NOVEMBER 2024 — U.S.-based employers announced 71,321 job cuts in November, up 24% from the 57,727 job cuts announced in the same month last year.
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump approves tiny ‘cars of the very near future’ — President Trump said Friday he had granted approval for “tiny cars” to be built in the United States, a move that would expand the availability of similar smaller vehicles that are popular in Asia. — “I have just approved TINY CARS to be built in America.
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