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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Hegseth Defense Collapses as Dems Reveal Horrific Video Strike Details  —  Members of Congress were just permitted to view the video of the second boat-bombing strike that's consuming Washington in controversy, during a classified briefing with Admiral Frank Bradley, who oversaw the operation.
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?
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.
Samantha Waldenberg / CNN:
US strikes another boat in the Eastern Pacific, killing four, amid escalating questions about its counter-drug offensive
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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Talking Points Memo:
Supreme Court Conservatives Reinstate Texas' Gerrymandered House Map
John Fritze / CNN:
Supreme Court allows Texas to use Trump-backed congressional map in midterms
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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
CNN:
Judges lash out at Justice Department for still listing Lindsey Halligan on court documents
Discussion: The Atlantic
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 …
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 …
Discussion: The Bulwark and Salt Lake Tribune
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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Ben Sills / Bloomberg:
Trump Says Europe Risks Being Wiped Away Unless It Changes
Discussion: Breaking Defense
Ben Hall / Financial Times:   US national security strategy calls for ‘cultivating resistance’ in Europe
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 …
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
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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Paul Krugman:
MAGA's Affordability Crisis Will Soon Get Worse
Discussion: CNN, Raw Story and Politico
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 …
Discussion: New York Post, Politico, Semafor and Fortune
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Victoria Guida / Politico:
Trump Keeps Squeezing the Next Fed Chair
Discussion: Fortune and Al Jazeera
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 …
Bill Scher / Washington Monthly:
On Immigration, Stephen Miller Is no Calvin Coolidge  —  Nativists extol the 30th president for closing the golden door.  But he never broadly disparaged immigrants and often praised diversity.  —  President Donald Trump, during his December 2 cabinet meeting, spewed among …
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Amanda Frost / New York Times:   Trump's Immigration Crackdown Could Be Illegal
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.
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.
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.) …
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.
Discussion: Zeteo and DNYUZ
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.
Discussion: NBC News and The Bulwark
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.
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Trump's closure of Voice of America is coming back to bite him  —  As the president threatens Venezuela, Russia and China are filling the information vacuum. … President Donald Trump has said he won't rule out anything when it comes to removing Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro from power.
Discussion: Bloomberg
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
 
 
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Discussion: Semafor, Forbes and RedState
Sudiksha Kochi / The Hill:
Greene faces GOP criticism for missing votes after sudden resignation
Discussion: NewsMax.com and The Independent
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
‘Really?!?’: Prince Harry Royally Roasts Donald Trump In Surprise Cameo With Colbert
Madison Fernandez / Politico:
Democrats test an affordability message in one of the nation's richest districts
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Reuters:
Exclusive: US sets 2027 deadline for Europe-led NATO defense, officials say
Discussion: Bloomberg, Politico and LewRockwell
Christa Dutton / NOTUS:
Democrats Raise the Stakes for Their 2026 Races — By Making It About 2032
Discussion: The Argument
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Scoop: New fundraising platform ignites MAGA cash clash
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: Security upped for Rep. Jamie Raskin after alleged incident
Discussion: Politico and Joe.My.God.
 

 
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