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4:15 PM ET, December 10, 2025

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Bloomberg:
US Seizes Sanctioned Oil Tanker Off the Coast of Venezuela  —  US forces have intercepted and seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, according to people familiar with the matter, a move that marks a serious escalation of tensions between the two countries.
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NBC News:
U.S. seizes oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, Trump says  —  President Donald Trump told reporters about the seizure just after he said that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's “days are numbered” in an interview.  —  The U.S. military has seized an oil tanker off of Venezuela's coast …
Discussion: New York Sun, The Daily Caller and Vox
Morgan Phillips / Fox News:
Trump says US seizes massive Venezuelan oil tanker as showdown with Maduro erupts into new phase
Discussion: RedState, Townhall and New York Post
Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:
What Explains Trump's Aggression Toward Venezuela? Who Knows.
Discussion: Rolling Stone and Mediaite
Federal Register:
Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision; Arrival and Departure Record (Form I-94) and Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA)  —  Published Document: 2025-22461 (90 FR 57208)  —  This document has been published in the Federal Register.
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NBC News:
Foreign tourists could be required to disclose 5 years of social media histories under Trump administration plan  —  The Customs and Border Protection proposal would apply even to countries that don't require visas to enter.  —  The Trump administration plans to require all foreign tourists …
Discussion: UPI
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Tourists from 42 countries will have to submit 5 years of social media history to enter U.S. under Trump plan  —  The Trump administration is proposing to ask visitors from several dozen nations that enjoy visa-free travel to the U.S. to submit additional personal information before entering the country …
Discussion: ABC News, Bloomberg and Metro.co.uk
Joseph De Avila / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Wants to Screen Foreign Visitors' Social-Media History for Entry
Discussion: The Hill
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Divided Fed approves third rate cut this year, sees slower pace ahead  —  A Federal Reserve split over where its priorities should lie cut its key interest rate Wednesday, but signaled a tougher road ahead for further reductions.  —  Fulfilling expectations of a “hawkish cut,” …
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Paul Krugman:
Trump Says That You Are the Problem  —  Last night Donald Trump gave an important speech on the economy in Pennsylvania — supposedly in a working-class area, although the actual venue was a luxury casino resort.  The event was initially touted as the start of an “affordability tour,” …
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Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
A Senate majority could be within Democrats' reach  —  That's the real lesson of the Tennessee special — just don't blow it  —  I wasn't paying much attention to last week's special election in Tennessee until the votes came in and a little factional squabbling started about whether that race …
Discussion: Washington Post and NewsMax.com
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Ethan Cohen / CNN:
Georgia Democrat Eric Gisler flips a state House seat in district Trump won by double digits, CNN projects
Erin Doherty / Politico:
New poll paints a grim picture of a nation under financial strain … Americans are struggling with affordability pressures that are squeezing everything from their everyday necessities to their biggest-ticket expenses.  —  Nearly half of Americans said they find groceries, utility bills …
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Politico:
Trump's blind spot
Washington Post:
DHS inks contract to create its own fleet of Boeing 737s for deportations  —  The agency will spend nearly $140 million to buy the planes, funding that comes from a massive budget increase for immigration enforcement approved by Congress. … The Department of Homeland Security recently signed …
Associated Press:
Live updates: Judge orders Trump to end California National Guard deployment in Los Angeles  —  The Trump administration must stop deploying the California National Guard in Los Angeles and return control of the troops to the state, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
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Laurel Rosenhall / New York Times:
Judge Says Trump Must End Guard Deployment in Los Angeles  —  A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration had illegally kept troops in Los Angeles after emergency conditions had ended.  The administration is expected to appeal.  —  A federal judge ordered the Trump administration …
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Politico:
Congress' health care headache
Discussion: CBS News and The Hill
Annie Karni / New York Times:
House Democrat Seeks to Impeach Kennedy for Undercutting Public Health  —  The move by Representative Haley Stevens, a Michigan Democrat who is running for Senate, does not have the support of her party's leaders and is all but certain to fail.  —  Representative Haley Stevens of Michigan …
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Humeyra Pamuk / Reuters:
Exclusive: US threatens new ICC sanctions unless court pledges not to prosecute Trump  —  President Donald Trump's administration wants the International Criminal Court to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate the Republican president and his top officials …
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
New York Times:
Inside the Pentagon's Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors … The Pentagon was in a bind.  The military had plucked two survivors from the Caribbean Sea in mid-October after striking a boat that U.S. officials said was carrying drugs, and it needed to figure out what to do with them.
Discussion: New Republic and CNN
Ben Jacobs / New York Magazine:
The Messy New York GOP Fight Trump Tried and Failed to Avoid  —  What he told Bruce Blakeman about challenging Elise Stefanik for governor.  —  Bruce Blakeman's announcement that he is running for governor against fellow Republican Elise Stefanik caught many by surprise, not least of which was the White House.
Whitney Curry Wimbish / American Prospect:
For-Profit School Opening in For-Profit ICE Family Prison  —  A for-profit virtual education company accused of defrauding investors and other harms is set to run a new school at an immigration prison in Texas, according to job advertisements.  —  Stride, Inc., an S&P 600 corporation based in Virginia …
David Smith / The Guardian:
Wrong voters, wrong message: progressives' autopsy lays bare Kamala Harris failures  —  RootsAction report finds Harris courted moderates instead of working-class Democrats - and Gaza stance did not help  —  Kamala Harris lost last year's US presidential election because she chased …
Arthur Jones II / Reuters:
Trump administration moves to end major student loan forgiveness plan: 'We won't tolerate it'  —  “The law is clear: if you take out a loan, you must pay it back.”  —  Education Secretary Linda McMahon speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Nov. 20, 2025, in Washington.
Associated Press:
Judge grants Justice Department request to unseal records from Epstein's 2019 sex trafficking case  —  Secret grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein's 2019 sex trafficking case can be made public, a judge ruled Wednesday, joining two other judges in granting the Justice Department's requests …
Miami Herald:
Democrat Eileen Higgins wins Miami mayor's race, beats Trump's pick  —  Democrat Eileen Higgins has defeated Trump-backed opponent Emilio González in Tuesday night's runoff for Miami mayor, with the former Miami-Dade commissioner edging out the former city manager with nearly 60% of the vote …
Reese Gorman / NOTUS:
National Republicans Propped Up Jasmine Crockett to Push Her Into a Senate Run  —  Republicans' Senate campaign arm has actively worked behind the scenes to encourage Rep. Jasmine Crockett to jump into the Senate Democratic primary in Texas, believing she will be the easiest opponent to beat.
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
When G. Elliott Morris of Strength in Numbers asked ChatGPT to fact-check an article for him yesterday, the chatbot couldn't get its head around modern America.  It told him there were “multiple factual impossibilities” in his article, including his statements that “[t]he current Secretary …
Jon Henley / The Guardian:
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds  —  Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%  —  Fewer than 60,000 people - .001% of the world's population - control three times as much wealth …
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Politico:
Trump aides and allies float potential Noem successors as speculation grows over her tenure … This story is based on conversations with 17 people, including administration officials, people close to the White House, and lawmakers.  Many were granted anonymity to discuss sensitive personnel issues.
Joe Concha / Washington Examiner:
Time's 2025 Person of the Year should be an obvious choice: Charlie Kirk  —  In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America.  Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture.
Reuters:
US farmers say Trump's $12 billion aid package won't cover losses  —  U.S. farmers facing steep losses this year welcomed President Donald Trump's $12 billion aid package announced on Monday, but said they would need more than that to fully offset low crop prices and lost export opportunities from his trade war.
 
 
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
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Lexi Lonas Cochran / The Hill:
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F.A.A. Chief Failed to Divest Airline Holdings as Promised, Ethics Agency Says
Discussion: Bloomberg
Politico:
Andy Kim seeks to take down the Democratic machines in 2027
Alex Miller / Fox News:
Senate GOP barrels past blockade to advance nearly 100 Trump nominees
Discussion: IJR
Kaelan Deese / Washington Examiner:
Appeals court hands Trump win in lawsuit over transgender military ban
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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Trump's New Imperialism  —  Just like the neocons he criticizes, Trump embraces the wielding …
Reuters:
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