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2:40 AM ET, December 8, 2025

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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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Hadriana Lowenkron / Bloomberg:
Trump Voices Disappointment in Zelenskiy as Peace Talks Drag
Discussion: Reuters and The Hill
Patrick Wintour / The Guardian:
US may end support for Ukraine war effort, says Donald Trump Jr
Discussion: Sky News, Politico, Newsweek and NewsMax.com
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: Blaze Media, HuffPost and France 24
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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.
Shaun Walker / The Guardian:
Kremlin hails Trump's national security strategy as aligned with Russia's vision
Discussion: Politico, KDFX-TV, Alternet.org and Axios
Scott Wong / NBC News:
‘I am America First’: Marjorie Taylor Greene knocks Trump for not focusing on domestic issues  —  In an interview on CBS News' “60 Minutes,” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said she has “zero plans” to run for president in 2028.  —  In a high-profile interview, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene …
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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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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Trump blasts pardoned Democrat as lacking “LOYALTY”
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Netflix co-CEO discussed Warner Bros. deal with Trump  —  Will Netflix's $82.7 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. get approval from federal regulators?  —  While Paramount was assumed to be the frontrunner to acquire the storied movie studio thanks to CEO David Ellison's connections …
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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 …
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.
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.
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.
Keith Bradsher / New York Times:
China's Trade Surplus Climbs Past $1 Trillion for First Time  —  President Trump's tariffs weren't enough to hold back the global export flood by China, which pushed past last year's record in just 11 months.  —  China got the world's attention last January when it announced that its trade surplus …
Discussion: Euronews and Semafor
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 …
Discussion: New Jersey Online and KDFX-TV
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Jacob Wendler / Politico:
Cassidy projects optimism on winning bipartisan support for his health care plan
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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 …
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 …
Discussion: The Nerd Reich
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:
Transcript: Rep. Jim Himes on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Dec. 7, 2025
Discussion: NOTUS and The Hill
Holly Otterbein / Axios:
Scoop: S. Carolina Dems enlist influencers for primary fight  —  Top South Carolina Democrats are courting social media influencers for help in persuading national party officials to pick the state to hold the nation's first presidential primary in 2028, Axios has learned.
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Bloomberg:
Trump to Unveil $12 Billion in Long-Awaited Farm Aid Program  —  The Trump administration on Monday plans to unveil a long-awaited farm aid package, according to a White House official, offering $12 billion in assistance to a key base of support hit hard by low crop prices and the impact of the president's tariff policies.
Discussion: Joe.My.God., Axios and NewsMax.com
Michael Kaplan / CBS News:
Appointment of controversial FDA official rocking agency like “an atom bomb,” scientists there say  —  The Trump administration's elevation of a vaccine skeptic to lead a high-profile office within the Food and Drug Administration is raising alarm among multiple senior FDA officials …
Discussion: Forbes
Associated Press:
Zohran Mamdani tells immigrant New Yorkers about their right not to comply with ICE  —  New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani posted a video to social media on Sunday explaining immigrants' right to refuse to speak to or comply with agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement …
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 …
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Sen. Tom Cotton says survivors of first September boat strike ‘were not incapacitated’  —  Cotton, who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, also argued that the president doesn't need to seek congressional approval if he continues the strikes past the window designated by law.
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Dan Sturman / New York Times:
The Crucial Lesson of a Forgotten Nixon-Era Episode
Andrew O'Hehir / Salon:
Trump's foreign policy vision: Make Europe white again
Discussion: Raw Story and The Mahablog
Benjamin Wallace-Wells / New Yorker:
In the Line of Fire  —  During the Trump era, political violence has become an increasingly urgent problem.
Discussion: Axios
David French / New York Times:
What Do Republicans Have to Fear? Ask Tennessee.
Discussion: Deseret News and Raw Story
Max Rego / The Hill:
Former FDA commissioner: Trump claims about hepatitis B transmission ‘simply not true’
Discussion: CBS News and Forbes
Politico:
‘Sort of blackmail’: Billions in rural health funding hinge on states passing Trump-backed policies
Michael Warren / Associated Press:
Bullet-pocked marker memorializing 1918 lynching goes on display in Atlanta
 Earlier Items: 
Luke Mullins / Politico:
Trump May Be Getting Ready to Blow Up the Model of a Presidential Library
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump's plans to shatter the bureaucracy have a green light at the Supreme Court
Discussion: Bloomberg
Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
Land War or Self-Terrorism?
Jeh C. Johnson / New York Times:
Not All Targeted Killings Are the Same. Hegseth's Boat Strikes Are Illegal.
Aaron Krolik / New York Times:
How a Cryptocurrency Helps Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions
 

 
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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

Pamela McClintock / The Hollywood Reporter:
A look at Paramount's culture shift under David Ellison, where the focus is on male-driven action movies, and not on prestige films seen as critics' darlings

Matt Donnelly / Variety:
A look at the auction for the Oscars' TV rights, as sources say Netflix is out, NBCUniversal gains ground, and YouTube and ABC remain active bidders

 
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