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Joe Stanley-Smith / Politico:
Russia praises US security strategy shift heralded by ‘strong’ Trump — Vladimir Putin's press secretary on Sunday praised U.S. President Donald Trump's controversial new National Security Strategy as largely in line with Russia's view of the world. — Moscow's public acknowledgement …
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Patrick Wintour / The Guardian:
US may end support for Ukraine war effort, says Donald Trump Jr
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Trump's son suggests president may walk away from Ukraine
Trump's son suggests president may walk away from Ukraine
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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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Reuters:
Kremlin says new US security strategy accords largely with Russia's view — The Kremlin on Sunday welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump's new national security strategy and said it largely accorded with Russia's own perceptions, the first time that Moscow has so fulsomely praised such a document from its former Cold War foe.
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Shaun Walker / The Guardian:
Kremlin hails Trump's national security strategy as aligned with Russia's vision
Kremlin hails Trump's national security strategy as aligned with Russia's vision
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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 …
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Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Trump slams pardoned Democratic congressman as ‘disloyal’ for not switching parties — Donald Trump is angry that Rep. Henry Cuellar is running again as a Democrat rather than switch parties after the president pardoned the Texas congressman and his wife in a federal bribery and conspiracy case.
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Trump blasts pardoned Democrat as lacking “LOYALTY”
Trump blasts pardoned Democrat as lacking “LOYALTY”
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Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Compromise defense bill stymies Trump on Europe troop withdrawals … The final bill is the result of weeks of negotiations between House and Senate leadership in both parties, heads of the Armed Services panels and the White House. The measure had been slowed in recent days by talks …
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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.
The Hill:
Health care fight hits critical juncture — The fierce fight over health care costs hits a crucial juncture this week, with a series of major developments that could make or break the future of enhanced ObamaCare subsidies. — For months, GOP leaders have been squeezed between centrist …
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Jacob Wendler / Politico:
Cassidy projects optimism on winning bipartisan support for his health care plan
Cassidy projects optimism on winning bipartisan support for his health care plan
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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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CBS News:
Marjorie Taylor Greene: The 2025 60 Minutes Interview — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a dogged supporter-turned-critic of President Trump, tells 60 Minutes about her fractured relationship with the president and why she decided to resign from Congress.
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Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
Former MAGA loyalist Marjorie Taylor Greene says Trump policies are not America First
Former MAGA loyalist Marjorie Taylor Greene says Trump policies are not America First
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Audrey McAvoy / Associated Press:
Soon no Pearl Harbor survivors will be alive. People turn to other ways to learn about the bombing — Survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor have long been the center of a remembrance ceremony held each year on the military base's waterfront.
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Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Democratic lawmakers press for transparency over ‘double tap’ strike … The Pentagon has come under fire after reporting from The Washington Post alleged that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth authorized a deadly second strike to kill all remaining survivors on a Venezuelan boat allegedly carrying drugs in international waters.
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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Sen. Tom Cotton says survivors of first September boat strike ‘were not incapacitated’
Sen. Tom Cotton says survivors of first September boat strike ‘were not incapacitated’
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Hannah Murphy / Financial Times:
Tech elites are starting their own for-profit cities — They want to escape from regulation and ‘failing’ democracy — but are they more opportunistic than libertarian? — Balaji Srinivasan, former chief technology officer of Coinbase, the cryptocurrency exchange, turns to address …
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Leigh Ann Caldwell / Puck:
Johnson's Career Crisis & The House G.O.P. Exodus — Serving in the House—even when your party controls that chamber, the Senate, and the Oval Office—just ain't what it used to be. The 119th Congress has been divided and demoralized, and is on track to be the least productive in recent memory.
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump pushes foreign food crackdown as grocery prices rise — President Trump, facing mounting pressure over inflation at the grocery store, ordered a sweeping investigation into food price-fixing that especially targets foreign companies. … It has proven difficult to have cheap food …
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Julia Ornedo / The Daily Beast:
Immigrants ‘Plucked Out’ of Oath Ceremony Lines After Trump Order — PLEASE HOLD — The Trump administration has reportedly canceled the naturalization ceremonies of immigrants from certain countries. — Immigrants who are one step away from American citizenship have suddenly found themselves …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump's plans to shatter the bureaucracy have a green light at the Supreme Court … President Donald Trump's drive to replace agency leaders and his mass firings across the federal government are all based on the same basic legal concept: the unitary executive theory.
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Sharon Waxman / New York Times:
Hollywood Doesn't Want Netflix to Buy Warner Bros. — I was pretty surprised this summer when a longstanding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, those guys who hand out the Oscars, said the quiet part out loud in a casual conversation in my backyard.
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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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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.
Borys Kit / The Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: Ted Sarandos Met With Donald Trump Ahead of Netflix's Winning Warner Bros. Deal — As the streaming giant aims to acquire the legacy studio, multiple insiders say that a recent conversation between its CEO and the President may have helped pave the way.
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Politico:
‘Sort of blackmail’: Billions in rural health funding hinge on states passing Trump-backed policies … But in a bid to get better scores on their applications, and thus more funding, several also vowed to change their own laws — making promises, for example, to restrict low-income people …
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Dimon on Trump Media debanking: ‘People have to grow up here’ — JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon pushed back on allegations that Trump Media Group was “debanked” by Chase, saying his company abides by government subpoenas but does not target individuals or entities because of their political leanings.
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