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Dan Primack / Axios:
Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery — Affinity Partners, the private equity firm led by Jared Kushner, is part of Paramount's hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros Discovery, according to a regulatory filing. … - Paramount is led by David Ellison …
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CNBC:
Paramount Skydance launches hostile bid for WBD after Netflix wins bidding war … Paramount Skydance is launching a hostile bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery after it lost out to Netflix in a months-long bidding war for the legacy assets, the company said Monday.
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Paramount Skydance Corporation:
PARAMOUNT LAUNCHES All-CASH TENDER OFFER TO ACQUIRE WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY FOR $30 PER SHARE — Offer provides superior value, and a more certain and quicker path to completion to WBD shareholders — Equity to be backstopped by Ellison Family and RedBird Capital in addition …
Politico:
Republicans have an affordability problem. They can't agree on how to fix it. … “The cost of living is a legitimate issue — I think it was one of the main reasons President Trump was elected. I think it's still an issue,” Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said in an interview …
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Wall Street Journal:
The GOP Can't Agree on a Healthcare Plan. Some Republicans Are Panicking.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Republicans look to Trump to quell conservative rebellion in Senate
Republicans look to Trump to quell conservative rebellion in Senate
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Raw Story
Axios:
Scoop: Senate GOP chairs circulate health plan as clock ticks on ACA subsidies
Scoop: Senate GOP chairs circulate health plan as clock ticks on ACA subsidies
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NewsMax.com
Punchbowl News:
12/8/25 ☀️ AM: … The Senate returns this afternoon and the House comes back Tuesday evening.
12/8/25 ☀️ AM: … The Senate returns this afternoon and the House comes back Tuesday evening.
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Politico:
Indiana Republicans threaten to thwart Trump's redistricting onslaught
Indiana Republicans threaten to thwart Trump's redistricting onslaught
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Wall Street Journal:
ObamaCare Is a Mecca for Fraud
ObamaCare Is a Mecca for Fraud
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The Gateway Pundit and The Federalist
Leigh Ann Caldwell / Puck:
Johnson's Career Crisis & The House G.O.P. Exodus
Johnson's Career Crisis & The House G.O.P. Exodus
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Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Compromise defense bill stymies Trump on Europe troop withdrawals
Compromise defense bill stymies Trump on Europe troop withdrawals
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Associated Press:
Trump is proposing a $12B aid package for farmers hit hard by his trade war with China — President Donald Trump is planning a $12 billion farm aid package, according to a White House official — a boost to farmers who have struggled to sell their crops while getting hit by rising costs …
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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.
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Unveil $12 Billion Bailout for Farmers — The financial aid comes as the agriculture sector grapples with the fallout from the president's tariffs — WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is planning to announce $12 billion in aid to U.S. farmers, according to administration officials …
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Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Trump to announce $12 billion tariff relief for farmers
ProPublica:
Trump's Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal — For months, the Trump administration has been accusing its political enemies of mortgage fraud for claiming more than one primary residence. — President Donald Trump branded one foe who did so “deceitful and potentially criminal.”
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Trump's battle with independent agencies is back at the Supreme Court — Since returning to office, President Donald Trump has fired multiple members of agencies that Congress set up to be insulated from political pressures. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday weighs whether …
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Axios:
Humphrey's Executor: SCOTUS weighs Trump's power to fire
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Kate Shaw / New York Times:
Trump Wants Complete Control. Will the Supreme Court Hand It to Him?
Trump Wants Complete Control. Will the Supreme Court Hand It to Him?
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Paul Krugman:
Is This The End of the Free World? — Trump wants to MAGAfy Europe, too — There was a time, not so long ago, when America was the leader of the free world. It was the first among equals within an alliance of nations bound together by shared values — above all a commitment to democracy and civil liberties.
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Gideon Rachman / Financial Times:
Trump's America and a clash of civilisations with Europe — The White House sees mass immigration as a bigger threat than Russia — and it is pressuring Europe to agree — The Trump administration's new national security strategy has got lousy reviews in Europe. Nonetheless, it is a genuinely interesting document.
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Daniel Desrochers / Politico:
‘Only so long’ before Trump's tariff costs hit consumers, businesses warn … “In the first half of next year, we are concerned that consumers are going to start to see the price increases become a little more broad based, and there may not be all the [holiday sales] promotion to help clear through …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
All Gas. No Brakes. Trump Quakes.
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Bailey Richards / People:
Immigrants Approved for Citizenship ‘Plucked Out’ of Line Moments Before Pledging Allegiance: Report — As of Dec. 2, USCIS is halting all applications for immigrants from the 19 countries the Trump administration has deemed high-risk — Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens …
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The Daily Beast
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Hegseth in 2016 repeatedly warned of Trump issuing unlawful military orders — Donald Trump Pete Hegseth US elections Immigration — In 2016, as then-presidential candidate Donald Trump vowed that US troops would carry out even his most extreme battlefield orders as commander in chief …
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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 …
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Bloomberg:
Zelenskiy Says No Accord Yet on Ukraine's East in US Talks — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said negotiators discussing a US-brokered peace initiative remain divided over territory as President Donald Trump expressed disappointment in Kyiv's handling of the deal.
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Veronika Melkozerova / Politico:
What the US wants from Ukraine: Leave Donbas, one way or another
What the US wants from Ukraine: Leave Donbas, one way or another
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The Daily Wire
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
“I think it's really important that this video be made public,” Representative Jim Himes (D-CT) said today on Face the Nation. Himes was referring to a video of the September 2 U.S. military strike on a small boat with 11 people on it. In that attack, the first strike broke the boat apart and set it on fire.
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Annie Correal / New York Times:
Immigration Agents Target Family of Deported College Student — The father of Any Lucía Belloza López said agents appeared at his home in Austin, Texas, on Sunday. His daughter, 19, was deported to Honduras during a surprise trip home for Thanksgiving.
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Let's call Trump's anti-Somali hate for what it is — PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 🎄 Subscribe to PN 🎄 — President Donald Trump once again disgraced his office last week, this time by launching into multiple disgusting racist attacks …
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Independents Drive Approval of ACA to New High of 57% — 91% of Democrats, 63% of independents and 15% of Republicans approve of the 2010 healthcare law — Editor's Note: This research was conducted in partnership with the West Health-Gallup Center on Healthcare in America …
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Andrew Jones / KFF Health News:
A North Carolina Hospital Was Slated To Open in 2025. Mired in Bureaucracy, It's Still a Dirt Field. — Madison County, tucked in the mountains of western North Carolina, has no hospital and just three ambulances serving its roughly 22,000 people. — The ambulances frequently travel …
