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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, Raw Story and MPR News
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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: The Hill
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
Samantha Waldenberg / CNN:
US strikes another boat in the Eastern Pacific, killing four, amid escalating questions about its counter-drug offensive
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
US military blows up alleged drug boat in eastern Pacific, killing 4 ‘narco-terrorists’
Discussion: Defense One and The Daily Signal
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  —  Video Ad Feedback  —  FBI makes arrest in DC pipe bomber investigation, sources say  —  At 16 he learned he had hepatitis B. Now, a CDC proposal to delay vaccination worries him
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 …
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
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 …
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Skylar Woodhouse / Bloomberg:
Trump Replaces Architect to Lead $300 Million Ballroom Design
Discussion: Fox News and Associated Press
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 …
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
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 …
Discussion: New York Times
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Ilhan Omar / New York Times:
Somali Americans Aren't Afraid of Trump's Bigotry
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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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 …
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,” …
European Commission:
Commission fines X €120 million under the Digital Services Act  —  Today, the Commission has issued a fine of €120 million to X for breaching its transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA).  The breaches include the deceptive design of its ‘blue checkmark’ …
Kyle Khan-Mullins / Forbes:
Eric Trump Has Gotten 10 Times Richer Since Dad's Election  —  Crypto took the real estate heir's fortune and supersized it, briefly making the president's second-oldest son a billionaire in early September.  —  Eric Trump, who has been managing his father's business for nine years now …
Discussion: DNYUZ
Jon Seidel / Chicago Sun Times:
Broadview conspiracy defendants want to see if White House played a role in their case  —  Federal prosecutors in Chicago are being asked to turn over “White House communications” by attorneys defending six people — including four Democratic politicians — charged with a conspiracy tied …
 
 
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