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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.
Discussion: The Hill, Politico, Alternet.org and IJR
Peter Beaumont / The Guardian:
Trump lambasts ‘weak’ and ‘decaying’ Europe and hints at walking away from Ukraine
Associated Press:
Trump says he's fixing affordability problems. He'll test out that message at a rally
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
‘Dishonors the decades-long bipartisan commitment’: Democrats slam Trump for his European takedown
Discussion: Politico and NewsMax.com
Politico:
The POLITICO Trump interview
Discussion: The Independent
Megan Messerly / Politico:
7 takeaways from POLITICO's interview with President Trump
Discussion: The Hill, Mediaite and Raw Story
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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Tara Suter / NewsNation:
Crockett's Senate launch video highlights audio of Trump insulting her
Punchbowl News:
12/9/25 ☀️ AM: … The legislation — summarized here — would also crack …
Discussion: New York Times
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.
Discussion: Raw Story, SCOTUSblog and HotAir
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Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
At will?  Whose will?  —  Removing independent agency heads is part of a broader assault on a nonpartisan government  —  Based on the oral arguments in the Slaughter case, it is clear that the Supreme Court will soon tell Congress that it can no longer decide if the heads of independent agencies are to be nonpartisan experts.
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
SCOTUS appears ready to give Trump greater firing powers, over sharp liberal warnings
Kim Wehle / The Bulwark:
Supreme Court Poised to Vastly Expand Presidential Power, Again
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 …
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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 …
Shayna Jacobs / Washington Post:
Judge orders release of ‘voluminous’ records in Ghislaine Maxwell case
Discussion: New York Times and CBS News
Greg Olear / PREVAIL:   Infrequently Asked Questions About Jeffrey Epstein, Part Two: Commodity Flow Information
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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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.
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Axios:   2. 🏛️ Scoop: GOP expects SCOTUS boost
Popular Information:
Kushner and Saudis back hostile takeover of Hollywood giant  —  Jared Kushner is funneling $24 billion from Middle Eastern governments to back a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery—all while advising President Trump on foreign policy.  —  On Monday morning, Paramount announced …
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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 …
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 …
Andrew Howard / Politico:
GOP takes aim at campaign finance limits in big Supreme Court test … “The government should not restrict a party committee's support for its own candidates,” NRCC Chair Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) and NRSC Chair Tim Scott (R-S.C.) said in a statement when the court decided it would hear the case.
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:   JD Vance's hedging on a presidential run could imperil his campaign finance Supreme Court case
Associated Press:
Zelenskyy reaffirms his refusal to cede land to Russia as he rallies European support  —  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reaffirmed his strong refusal to cede any territory, resisting U.S. pressure for painful concessions to Russia as he moved ahead Tuesday to rally more European support for his country.
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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 …
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!
Politico:
Scoop: A San Francisco proposal to keep ICE off city turf  —  FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: SHIELDS UP — A San Francisco supervisor will unveil legislation today that would prohibit the Trump administration from commandeering city property to stage federal immigration raids — the first proposal …
CNBC:
ICEBlock developer sues U.S. government after DOJ demanded Apple remove app from store … The developer of ICEBlock, an app used to track local sightings of ICE agents and other law enforcement authorities, sued the U.S. government on Monday for allegedly infringing his free speech rights.
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
 
 
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Ketrin Jochecová / Politico:
Slovakia dismantles whistleblower office despite EU Commission pushback
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Scott MacFarlane / CBS News:
Justice Department faces call for internal probe into legal opinion on Venezuelan boat strikes
Discussion: NBC News
Maya Yang / The Guardian:
US civic health rating downgraded after year of ‘restrictive’ Trump actions
Liam Dillon / Politico:
YIMBY group threatens suit over Newsom's duplex ban in LA wildfire recovery
Paul Krugman:
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Washington Post:
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Eric Levitz / Vox:
Older voters are gaining power. Young people are paying the price.
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
More local officials than ever see political polarization as harmful nationally, survey finds
New York Times:
Trump Clears Sale of More Powerful Nvidia A.I. Chips to China
 

 
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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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