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Rachel Muller-Heyndyk / BBC:
New US security strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says — Russia has welcomed US President Donald Trump's new National Security Strategy, calling it “largely consistent” with Moscow's vision. — The 33-page document, unveiled by the US administration this week, suggests Europe is facing …
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Shaun Walker / The Guardian:
Kremlin hails Trump's national security strategy as aligned with Russia's vision
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Axios and Washington Examiner
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Trump's son suggests president may walk away from Ukraine
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One America News Network, The Guardian and Joe.My.God.
Patrick Wintour / The Guardian:
US may end support for Ukraine war effort, says Donald Trump Jr
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Sky News, NewsMax.com and Newsweek
Jacob Wendler / Politico:
Trump sours on Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar after issuing pardon … He lambasted Cuellar for “a lack of LOYALTY, something that Texas Voters, and Henry's daughters, will not like.” At the same time, he criticized Democrats for “mercilessly” attempting to “destroy” Cuellar and his family in the post …
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Sophia Vento / The Hill:
Trump on Cuellar running as Democrat after pardon: ‘Such a lack of loyalty’
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Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:
Presidential Power Gets Tested Before Supreme Court After Long Conservative Project to Shrink Agencies — President Trump has repeatedly ousted leaders of independent agencies despite federal laws meant to shield those regulators from politics. — As a young staff member in the Reagan administration …
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Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
For Landmark Test of Executive Power, Echoes of a 1930s Supreme Court Battle
Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Supreme Court to hear major test of presidential power over Trump's firing of FTC commissioner
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Bloomberg and New York Times
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump's plans to shatter the bureaucracy have a green light at the Supreme Court
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Bloomberg
Washington Post:
Mom of Karoline Leavitt's nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest — In an interview, Bruna Ferreira, who chose the White House press secretary as her son's godmother, contested the portrayal of her as a criminal, absentee mom. — Just now
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Trump's latest anti-immigration push echoes the nativism of the 1920s — The president and his aides have escalated anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies in recent weeks. — Just now … Somalis are “garbage,” and “we don't want them in our country.” Migration from “all Third World countries” should be halted.
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Robert Tait / The Guardian:
Trump vows to slam America's doors shut as he heaps scorn on immigrants
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Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Homan defends Trump after president calls Somali community ‘garbage’
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Joe.My.God., Washington Times and The Gateway Pundit
NBC News:
Admiral told lawmakers everyone on alleged drug boat was on a list of military targets — Adm. Frank Bradley said U.S. intelligence had identified the 11 people on the boat and determined the military was authorized to kill them as part of Trump's campaign against alleged drug-smuggling vessels.
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Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Democratic lawmakers press for transparency over ‘double tap’ strike
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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Sen. Tom Cotton says survivors of first September boat strike ‘were not incapacitated’
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Washington Post
Max Griera / Politico:
Europe's populist right hails Trump team's EU bashing — Europe's far-right firebrands are rushing to hitch their fortunes to Washington's new crusade against Brussels. — Senior U.S. government officials, including Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio …
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Max Griera / Politico:
Keep hitting US Big Tech with fines, Europe's Greens tell von der Leyen
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Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Trump's Security Doctrine Leaves Europe at a Strategic Crossroads
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Aaron Krolik / New York Times:
How a Cryptocurrency Helps Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions … Smugglers, money launderers and people facing sanctions once relied on diamonds, gold and artwork to store illicit fortunes. The luxury goods could help hide wealth but were cumbersome to move and hard to spend.
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Judge Stalls Justice Dept. Effort to Seek New Comey Indictment — The judge's decision prevented the government until at least next Friday from having access to much of the evidence it used to secure its original indictment against Mr. Comey. — A federal judge on Saturday night threw …
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CBS News:
Transcript: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Dec. 7, 2025 — The following is the transcript of the interview with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Dec. 7, 2025.
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New York Times, NewsMax.com and New Republic
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Sahara Sajjadi / Copper Courier:
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court — More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to serve as their own attorneys in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
Jeh C. Johnson / New York Times:
Not All Targeted Killings Are the Same. Hegseth's Boat Strikes Are Illegal. — With its strikes on suspected drug couriers in the Caribbean, our government is conducting extrajudicial killings on the high seas — plain and simple. Some Americans may wonder how this is any different …
Robert Klemko / Washington Post:
The U.S. citizens getting caught in Trump's immigration crackdown — Latinos describe being detained and assaulted by officers who want to know: “Where were you born?” — Just now … WAUKEGAN, Ill. — If you rolled past Bedrosian Park after the final bell rang at Waukegan High School …
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Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
Land War or Self-Terrorism? — Trump's Likely Next Step — In certain ways, the autumn of 2025 in the United States has recalled the autumn of 1938 in Nazi Germany. — The mass deportation of undocumented people was one of Hitler's largest coercive policies before the war.
Washington Post:
Donald Trump's Kennedy Center is showier, emptier and more political — In 10 months, the president has transformed Washington's cultural hub. Now comes his biggest night yet: the Kennedy Center Honors. — On the day in February that President Donald Trump took over the John F. Kennedy Center …
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NBC News:
Video shows masked Border Patrol agent chasing woman back to her Louisiana home — Jacelynn Guzman said she is a U.S.-born citizen. The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it “determined the individual in question was not the target.” — Masked immigration authorities …
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New Republic
NBC News:
ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records, data shows — The figures do not include arrests made by Border Patrol, which has launched aggressive immigration operations in several cities in recent months. — More than a third of the roughly 220,000 people arrested …
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