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CNN:
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 …
Discussion: Newsweek, NPR and Raw Story
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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?
Discussion: Al Jazeera and The Hill
Samantha Waldenberg / CNN:
US strikes another boat in the Eastern Pacific, killing four, amid escalating questions about its counter-drug offensive
Washington Post:
Video shows second strike hit before survivors could flip boat, lawmakers say
Josephine Walker / Axios:
“Impermissible”: Congress fumes over Hegseth's Venezuela strike secrecy
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court allows Texas to use a congressional map favorable to Republicans in 2026  —  The Supreme Court on Thursday came to the rescue of Texas Republicans, allowing next year's elections to be held under the state's congressional redistricting plan favorable to the GOP and pushed …
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Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Supreme Court Clears the Way for Republican-Friendly Texas Voting Maps  —  Texas officials had asked the court to allow the state to use the new maps in the midterm elections, part of a push by President Trump to gain a partisan advantage.  —  The Supreme Court cleared the way on Thursday …
Talking Points Memo:
Supreme Court Conservatives Reinstate Texas' Gerrymandered House Map  —  The Supreme Court, in a Thursday evening order, put on hold a lower court ruling that blocked Texas' aggressive gerrymander, a maneuver the state legislature carried out on orders from the Trump administration and the president himself …
John Fritze / CNN:
Supreme Court allows Texas to use Trump-backed congressional map in midterms
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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CNN:
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 …
Associated Press:
Grand jury rejects new mortgage fraud indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James  —  The Justice Department failed Thursday to secure a new indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James after a judge dismissed the previous mortgage fraud prosecution encouraged …
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.
Discussion: PinkNews
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Jaclyn Diaz / NPR:
DOJ orders prison inspectors to stop considering LGBTQ safety standards
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and NewsMax.com
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 …
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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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 …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: Security upped for Rep. Jamie Raskin after alleged incident  —  Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) had his security increased this week after a pardoned Jan. 6 defendant who was previously convicted of threatening him and former President Obama allegedly showed up near his house Monday night, Axios has learned.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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Politico:
Justice Department urges judge to jail former Jan. 6 defendant after alarming return to DC
Discussion: Alternet.org and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Trump hires new White House ballroom architect  —  Although the two had clashed over the size of the project, the decisive factor was the small firm's limited capacity to handle such an enormous project. … President Donald Trump has replaced the architect he handpicked to design his White House ballroom …
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.
Robert Tracinski / The UnPopulist:
Trump's Pardons Cover Every Conceivable Form of Corruption  —  He is doling them to crooks, cronies, campaign contributors, violent insurrectionists, child sex offenders, convicted drug dealers, and others  —  Since January, Donald Trump has been conducting a large-scale experiment to probe …
Discussion: Politico, Time, PolitiFact and The Guardian
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Washington Post:
For international soccer, the way to keep Trump onside is clear: Flattery  —  Just now  —  Make us preferred on Google  —  In today's edition ... Democrats are kvetching about a possible progressive injection in the Texas Senate race ... but first ...  For international soccer, the way to Trump's heart is clear: Flattery
Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Vance says antisemitism isn't ‘exploding’ on the right  —  In an exclusive interview with NBC News, the vice president covered a wide range of topics, including his thoughts on high prices, 2028 and Democrats he appreciates.  —  Vice President JD Vance, reflecting Thursday on his first year in office …
Madison Fernandez / Politico:
Democrats test an affordability message in one of the nation's richest districts … Republicans are wary about the midterms after a spate of Democratic wins and overperformances across the country — most recently in this week's special election in Tennessee, where the Democrat lost …
Reuters:
Exclusive: US sets 2027 deadline for Europe-led NATO defense, officials say  —  The United States wants Europe to take over the majority of NATO's conventional defense capabilities, from intelligence to missiles, by 2027, Pentagon officials told diplomats in Washington this week …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Politico and LewRockwell
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Scoop: New fundraising platform ignites MAGA cash clash  —  A new Trump-aligned online fundraising platform has emerged, and is poised to upend the Republican Party's massive cash ecosystem.  —  Why it matters: The new platform — called Impact — will clash with the party's dominant small …
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Breitbart
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
Imagining pro-growth urbanism  —  Plus my plan to spend $1 billion and the hottest Charles Evans Hughes takes around  —  I have become, in some areas, more appreciative of free markets over the years, but in others I have bigger doubts than ever.  —  For example, there's a new paper …
Wall Street Journal:
How RFK Jr.'s Vaccine Policy Put a Doctor-Turned-Senator in a Political Bind  —  Health secretary is poised to oversee the undoing of a vaccine norm that Sen. Cassidy worked to promote  —  During Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confirmation hearings in Congress, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R., La.) …
 
 
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