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Politico:
Full transcript: POLITICO's interview with President Donald Trump … Past names that have topped the list include President Zelenskyy, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and President Viktor Orbán.  This year, POLITICO broke precedent to recognize an American for the first time in the decades-long history of P28.
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Andrew Pantazi / Axios:
Trump blasts “decaying” Europe but praises Orbán, Erdoğan  —  President Trump offered a grim assessment of America's closest allies in a new interview, dismissing European nations as “decaying” while embracing authoritarian leaders who enforce strict borders.
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Trump doesn't rule out troops in Venezuela, says President Nicolás Maduro's ‘days are numbered’  —  In a wide-ranging interview with Politico, Trump also said Russia has the upper hand in negotiations over its war with Ukraine and called European leaders “weak.”
Associated Press:
Trump says he's fixing affordability problems. He'll test out that message at a rally
Megan Messerly / Politico:
7 takeaways from POLITICO's interview with President Trump
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Politico:
The POLITICO Trump interview
Discussion: The Independent
Axios:
Dems face a Tea Party-style revolt in Texas and beyond  —  Hours after former NFL star Colin Allred quit the Texas Senate race Monday, rabble-rousing Rep. Jasmine Crockett jumped in — the latest sign that Democrats are facing a Tea Party-style revolt by progressives.
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Punchbowl News:   12/9/25 ☀️ AM: … The legislation — summarized here — would also crack …
Nancy Mace / New York Times:
Why The Republican House Isn't Working
Tara Suter / NewsNation:
Crockett's Senate launch video highlights audio of Trump insulting her
Wall Street Journal:
Behind Paramount's Relentless Campaign to Woo Warner Discovery and President Trump  —  David Ellison has launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Discovery, taking his case directly to shareholders after Netflix clinched a deal  —  Paramount Chief Executive David Ellison knew his latest bid …
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Politico:
Inside the Warner Bros. lobbying bonanza
Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
In Warner Fight, a Hollywood Plot That Makes Trump the Star
Discussion: MS NOW, Raw Story, Vanity Fair and Mediaite
New York Times:
Looks Like the Supreme Court Will Continue to Overturn the 20th Century  —  On Monday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trump v. Slaughter, a case that will decide whether Congress can require cause before the president removes the heads of most independent agencies.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Struggles With How to Insulate the Federal Reserve From Politics
Discussion: CNN and Bloomberg
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
SCOTUS appears ready to give Trump greater firing powers, over sharp liberal warnings
Annie Correal / New York Times:
Honduras Issues Warrant for Juan Orlando Hernández  —  The country's attorney general said he had issued an international arrest warrant for Juan Orlando Hernández.  —  The Honduran attorney general announced Monday night that he had issued an international arrest warrant …
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Trump says Hegseth will decide whether to release boat strike video  —  The comments come after the president previously said his administration would release video of a controversial military operation, “no problem.”  —  Just now … President Donald Trump on Monday said he will let …
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NBC News:
Defense policy bill includes provision to limit defense secretary's travel budget unless unedited boat strike video is released  —  It is unclear whether the bill would survive amendment votes to be approved.  —  A new version of the annual defense policy bill released Sunday …
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:   JD Vance's hedging on a presidential run could imperil his campaign finance Supreme Court case
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Scoop: Trump aides bullish on Supreme Court boosting GOP in midterms  —  Senior Trump advisers are telling top GOP donors that a pair of upcoming Supreme Court decisions are likely to bolster Republicans in the 2026 midterms — and transform the party's power to win elections for years.
Discussion: Indianapolis Star and Raw Story
Reuters:
Australia's social media ban for children takes effect in world first  —  Australia has become the first country to ban social media for children under 16, blocking access to platforms including TikTok, Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) YouTube and Meta's (META.O) Instagram and Facebook from midnight.
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Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Rahm Emanuel says U.S. should follow Australia's youth social media ban
Discussion: Reuters and ABC, more at Techmeme »
Jaden Edison / The Texas Tribune:
Texas launches plan to open Turning Point USA chapters in every high school  —  Republican officials in Oklahoma and Florida have also launched plans to expand the presence of the conservative youth organization founded by Charlie Kirk.  —  TAKE OUR CONTENT — PLEASE!
NBC News:
New York judge orders release of Ghislaine Maxwell-related grand jury records  —  The ruling comes days after a federal judge in Florida also ordered the release of grand jury investigations into Jeffrey Epstein from 2005 and 2007.  —  A federal judge in New York on Tuesday granted …
Joshua Keating / Vox:
There is a real chance of a US-Venezuela war — so why does it feel fake?  —  The post-modern philosopher Jean Baudrillard infamously argued in 1991 that the Gulf War did not take place, by which he did not mean that no fighting had actually occurred, but that the real events …
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Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:   Venezuela, Western Dominance, & Regime Change: Rep. Adam Smith's Striking Updates
Danielle Renwick / The Guardian:
We asked critics from authoritarian regimes what they wish they'd known sooner.  Here's what they said  —  Critics from Hungary, El Salvador and Turkey offer advice to the US about what they've learned about authoritarians  —  Donald Trump makes no secret of his admiration for strongmen …
Associated Press:
Judge grants Justice Department request to unseal Ghislaine Maxwell records in sex trafficking case  —  Federal judge on Tuesday granted the Justice Department's request to unseal records from Ghislaine Maxwell's 2021 sex trafficking case.  MOST READ  —  12 FBI agents fired …
Financial Times:
Russia's hybrid warfare puts Europe to the test  —  Officials suspect a campaign of sabotage that once looked opportunistic may be a strategic escalation  —  In July 2024, DHL parcels exploded in logistics centres in the UK, Poland and Germany.  Each of them was powerful enough to have brought …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Washington Post:
Police investigation faults Nancy Mace for profanity-laced airport tirade  —  The report found the congresswoman turned a “minor miscommunication” by police into a “spectacle.”  —  Just now … Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina) berated airport police and Transportation Security Administration officers …
Discussion: al.com and The Independent
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
Mike Johnson's downward spiral  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🧠 Subscribe to PN 🧠  —  Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is a mild-mannered fellow.  He never raises his voice, and usually wears an expression somewhere between satisfaction and resignation.
Discussion: New York Sun and The Guardian
Ilya Somin / The UnPopulist:
Nationalism Is Driving the Neo Right's Virulent Antisemitic Turn  —  Its zero-sum mentality is fundamentally at odds with American universalism that defends the equal rights of all  —  American conservatism has been rocked by the rise of “Groyper” antisemitism within its ranks …
 
 
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Washington Post:
How Jared Kushner became Trump's indispensable second peace envoy
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Ben Casselman / New York Times:
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Fola Akinnibi / Bloomberg:
Democrats Want Probe of Trump Officials and Immigration Deals
Eric Levitz / Vox:
Older voters are gaining power. Young people are paying the price.
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A Trump Doctrine of Contradictions
Bloomberg:
FDA Slow Walking a Long-Awaited Abortion Pill Safety Study
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The J6 Pipe Bomber Arrest Only Made the Conspiracy Theories Worse
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Anthropic:
Anthropic donates the Model Context Protocol to the Agentic AI Foundation and says there are now more than 10,000 active public MCP servers

Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
President Trump says the US will let Nvidia ship its H200 chips to “approved customers” in China and elsewhere, on the condition that the US gets a 25% cut

Barbara Moens / Financial Times:
The European Commission opens an investigation into whether Google used publishers' content to provide AI services and YouTube content to train its AI models
 
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