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1:20 PM ET, December 7, 2025

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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 …
Discussion: Reuters, HuffPost and France 24
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Shaun Walker / The Guardian:
Kremlin hails Trump's national security strategy as aligned with Russia's vision  —  Moscow welcomes White House document critical of the EU as talks to end the Ukraine war enter a key phase  —  The Kremlin has heaped praise on Donald Trump's latest national security strategy …
Discussion: Axios and Washington Examiner
Patrick Wintour / The Guardian:
US may end support for Ukraine war effort, says Donald Trump Jr
Discussion: Sky News, NewsMax.com and Newsweek
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Trump's son suggests president may walk away from Ukraine
Discussion: The Guardian and Joe.My.God.
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
Sophia Vento / The Hill:
Trump on Cuellar running as Democrat after pardon: ‘Such a lack of loyalty’  —  President Trump on Sunday offered more insight into his decision to pardon former Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) and his wife Imelda, who were both indicted last year on bribery charges, but criticized the former congressman …
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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 …
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Trump blasts pardoned Democrat as lacking “LOYALTY”  —  President Trump blasted Rep. Henry Cuellar on Sunday for “a lack of LOYALTY” days after he pardoned the Texas Democrat in a shock move last week. … - “Such a lack of LOYALTY, something that Texas Voters, and Henry's daughters, will not like,” the president wrote.
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.
Discussion: Austin Kocher
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Robert Tait / The Guardian:
Trump vows to slam America's doors shut as he heaps scorn on immigrants
Discussion: KDFX-TV
Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
For Landmark Test of Executive Power, Echoes of a 1930s Supreme Court Battle … A new president with a bold agenda, determined to exert control over government agencies to carry it out.  An agency head who refused to quit, rejecting the president's demand that he resign and insisting Congress …
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Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Supreme Court to hear major test of presidential power over Trump's firing of FTC commissioner
Discussion: Bloomberg and New York Times
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
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
Christopher Flavelle / New York Times:
How Biden Ignored Warnings and Lost Americans' Faith in Immigration … In the weeks after Joseph R. Biden Jr. was elected president, advisers delivered a warning: His approach to immigration could prove disastrous.  —  Mr. Biden had pledged to treat unauthorized immigrants more humanely …
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Politico:
Judge blocks prosecutors' access to James Comey's lawyer's emails and data … Kollar-Kotelly, a Clinton appointee based in Washington, issued the restraining order before getting a formal response from prosecutors to a petition Richman filed last week seeking return of his data.
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:   Judge Stalls Justice Dept. Effort to Seek New Comey Indictment
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.
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 …
Discussion: RedState, Fox News and NewsMax.com
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Politico:
Trump awards medals to Kennedy Center honorees in Oval Office ceremony
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.
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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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 …
Discussion: ProPublica
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 …
Discussion: New Republic
 
 
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
On the sunny Sunday morning of December 7, 1941, Messman Doris Miller had served breakfast aboard …
David Shuster / Blue Amp Media:
EXCLUSIVE: US Navy Deleted Video of October Boat Attack Survivors
Discussion: Raw Story
ProPublica:
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Hegseth declares end of US ‘utopian idealism’ with new military strategy
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Wall Street Journal:
How Abortion Access Became a Major Sticking Point in the GOP Healthcare Fight
Discussion: Breitbart and Politico
David Klepper / Associated Press:
National Park Service drops free admission on MLK Day, Juneteenth while adding Trump's birthday
Washington Post:
A land fight pits a sacred Apache tradition against a copper mine
Gil Duran / The Nerd Reich:
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
 

 
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Ted Sarandos met with President Trump in November, and both agreed WBD should go to the highest bidder; Sarandos argued that Netflix wasn't a monopoly

Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch:
A look at Hamlet, a startup that uses AI to process local government meeting videos and which plans to provide the tool to local journalists for free

Kat Tenbarge / Wired:
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