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The Atlantic:
Pete Hegseth Is Seriously Testing Trump's ‘No Scalps’ Rule  —  Lawmakers are finally waking up to the problems the defense secretary has created.  —  The suspected drug traffickers, the lone survivors of a U.S. airstrike, were sprawled on a table-size piece of floating wreckage in the Caribbean for more than 40 minutes.
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Joseph Gedeon / The Guardian:
Pressure grows on ‘reckless’ Hegseth as twin scandals engulf Pentagon chief  —  Defense secretary defiant but allegations of war crimes and blistering watchdog report increase calls for him to go  —  Pete Hegseth is facing the most serious crisis of his tenure as defense secretary …
Discussion: The Independent
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: Democrats call Trump's bluff on releasing boat strike video … - “We look forward to your prompt response and release of this footage to the public, as has already been promised by President Trump,” the lawmakers, led by Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.) wrote in a letter to Hegseth that was obtained by Axios.
Discussion: Newsweek, Joe.My.God. and Salon
Washington Examiner:   The Democrats double tap hoax exposed
David Nather / Axios:
Trump orders overhaul of U.S. vaccine schedules  —  President Trump ordered his top health officials Friday night to review all U.S. childhood vaccination recommendations and align them with the “best practices” from other developed countries. … - The Centers for Disease Control panel …
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Politico:
RFK Jr.'s vaccine panel says not all newborns need Hep B shots
Surina Venkat / The Hill:
American Medical Association trustee denounces CDC panel's vaccine vote as ‘reckless’
Erin Mansfield / USA Today:
RFK Jr. cracks down, says school vaccinated kid without consent
Politico:   CDC vaccine panel chair compares team to ‘puppets on a string’
Naftali Bendavid / Washington Post:
Trump struggles to persuade Americans to ignore affordability issues  —  A president who has often seemed to float above the laws of politics confronts a new political reality.  —  Just now … President Donald Trump has said drug prices are falling by as much as 1,500 percent, a mathematical impossibility.
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NBC News:
'People aren't dumb': Republicans worry they're not doing enough on affordability
Discussion: Fox News and Alternet.org
Washington Post:
Democrats press for expanding inquiry into Caribbean boat strike
Discussion: The Independent
Miami Herald:
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents' orders  —  The woman in medical scrubs who was forcibly yanked from her car while on her way to work in Key Largo, screaming she was a U.S. citizen, said Friday she had obeyed the federal agents' commands to roll …
Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
Trump's Security Strategy Focuses on Profit, Not Spreading Democracy  —  President Trump's new National Security Strategy describes a country that is focused on doing business and reducing migration while avoiding passing judgment on authoritarians.  —  Latin American countries must grant no-bid contracts to U.S. companies.
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
December 5, 2025  —  Late last night, the Trump administration released the 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) of the United States of America.  It did so quietly, although as foreign affairs journalist at Politico Nahal Toosi noted, the release of the NSS is usually accompanied by fanfare …
Justin Glawe / Public Notice:
Trump follows through on an especially ugly campaign promise  —  This special Saturday edition of PN is free thanks to paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🛥️ Subscribe to PN 🛥️  —  For years, Donald Trump has fantasized about lawlessly executing drug dealers.
Discussion: Fox News
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Natasha Bertrand / CNN:
Exclusive: Boat at center of double-tap strike controversy was meeting vessel headed to Suriname, admiral told lawmakers  —  South America  —  The alleged drug traffickers killed by the US military in a strike on September 2 were heading to link up with another, larger vessel that was bound for Suriname …
Phil Klay / New York Times:
Trump's Boat Strikes Corrode America's Soul
Discussion: Alternet.org
Selena Simmons-Duffin / NPR:
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait  —  As you walk down a particular hallway on the seventh floor of the Humphrey Building in Washington, D.C., you'll find a line of photographic portraits of all the people from years past who have led the Public Health Corps …
Discussion: Raw Story and Advocate
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
The Supreme Court, Once Wary of Partisan Gerrymandering, Goes All In  —  The court's conservative majority said that Texas' asserted political motives justified letting the state use voting maps meant to disadvantage Democrats in the midterms.  —  Only two decades ago …
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Politico:
The Supreme Court gave Trump a big redistricting win. But the fight is just getting started.
Sarah Betancourt / GBH:
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide  —  Becoming a U.S. citizen takes years and involves immigrants acquiring a green card, extensive interviews, background checks, classes and a citizenship test.  The naturalization ceremony is the final step to the process …
Discussion: New York Times
Axios:
How Trump flipped America's race conversation  —  President Trump's Cabinet applauded him this week after he described Somali immigrants as “garbage” who “contribute nothing.  He unapologetically condemned an entire community, with no fear of political backlash.
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors and Raw Story
Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal:
Vanity Fair, Olivia Nuzzi Agree to Part Ways  —  Nuzzi joined the magazine as an editor earlier this year  —  Vanity Fair and Olivia Nuzzi said they have agreed to part ways following new revelations and allegations about an affair with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and her behavior while reporting on him.
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Benjamin Guggenheim / Politico:
Pardoned Democrat Henry Cuellar wants GOP to probe his prosecutors … The investigation Cuellar referred to appears to be an ongoing probe of DOJ “weaponization” led by House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio).  —  Cuellar ran into Jordan shortly after Trump announced the pardon of Cuellar …
CNN:
FDA in turmoil after exit of veteran cancer researcher  —  Federal agencies Vaccines Donald Trump Prescription drugs  —  Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary is under renewed scrutiny by Trump officials amid continued turmoil at the agency, including a series …
CBS News:
11 killed, including 3 children, in shooting at a South African bar  —  A mass shooting carried out Saturday by multiple suspects in an unlicensed bar near the South African capital left at least 11 people dead, police said, including three children.  —  The children killed were a 3-year-old boy …
Discussion: WTOP News, TheJournal.ie and Reuters
Kathleen Wong / USA Today:
National parks cut free entry for MLK Day, add Trump's birthday  —  In 2026, Americans will get free admission to national parks on President Donald Trump's birthday but no longer on Juneteenth and Martin Luther King Jr. Day, according to the National Park Service website.
Stephen Engelberg / ProPublica:
The Data Doesn't Lie: How ProPublica Reports the Truth in an Era of False Claims  —  As federal data becomes less available, our journalists are doing shoe-leather reporting to provide readers with the precise numbers.  —  Change Appearance Change Appearance  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.
Joshua Keating / Vox:
Confused by the Trump administration?  Think of it as a royal family.  —  America's new “neoroyalist” foreign policy. … It was not a particularly subtle gift, but as the recipient himself would probably admit, he's never been a particularly subtle guy.  —  When President Donald Trump arrived …
Discussion: Alternet.org
Faith Wardwell / Politico:
Chi Ossé ends early bid to challenge Jeffries … The move puts an early cap on Ossé's campaign, after the 27-year-old councilmember filed paperwork to run for the Brooklyn-based 8th District just last month.  —  The DSA voted not to endorse the young councilmember's challenge late last month …
 
 
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Emily Bregel / Arizona Daily Star:
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Carol Rosenberg / New York Times:
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Bloomberg:
Netflix secured $59B in bridge financing from Wells Fargo, BNP Paribas, and HSBC for its WBD bid, one of the largest loans of its kind; Wells' share is $29.5B

Financial Times:
Sources: WBD's board wanted a proposal it could sign immediately, and Netflix was the only bidder whose paperwork was fully executable the night of December 4

Oliver Darcy / Status:
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