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7:25 AM ET, December 11, 2025

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NBC News:
The GOP's health care woes: From the Politics Desk  —  Plus, Ukraine at a crossroads.  —  By The Politics Desk … Republicans struggle to agree on a health care plan  —  By Scott Wong, Sahil Kapur and Kyle Stewart  —  House Republicans are vowing to vote on a health care plan next week before go home for the holidays.
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Politico:
How Trump changes the world  —  With help from Eli Okun, Bethany Irvine, Ali Bianco and Rachel Umansky-Castro  —  Good Thursday morning.  This is Jack Blanchard.  Get in touch.  —  In today's Playbook ...  — How America got MAGA-ified on the world stage.  — Could Congress still save those Obamacare subsidies?
Discussion: CNN and The Hill
Robert King / Politico:
States argue enhanced Obamacare subsidies not the cause of fraud
Punchbowl News:
Health care deal gets further out of reach
Discussion: Politico, The Hill and UPI
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
What Could Thwart the G.O.P.'s Plan to Pick Up 5 House Seats in Texas
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Infighting erupts as more Democrats go rogue on impeachment
New York Times:
U.S. Seizes Oil Tanker Off Venezuelan Coast, Trump Says  —  The seizure comes as the United States builds up its forces in the Caribbean as part of a pressure campaign against Nicolás Maduro, the leader of Venezuela.  —  The United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela …
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Bloomberg:
US Seizes Sanctioned Oil Tanker Off the Coast of Venezuela  —  US forces intercepted and seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, marking a serious escalation of tensions between the two countries.  —  “We've just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela — large tanker …
NBC News:
U.S. seizes oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, Trump says
Reuters:
US seizes oil tanker off coast of Venezuela, officials say
New York Times:
U.S. Moves to Drop Charges in International Soccer Corruption Case  —  Hernán López, a former Fox executive, and an Argentine sports marketing company were convicted in 2023 of bribing officials to secure soccer broadcast rights.  —  Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn have moved …
Brianna Tucker / Washington Post:
Calibri font banished as U.S. diplomacy returns to Times New Roman  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the Biden administration's shift to a sans serif font, to assist people with vision issues, a “wasteful” diversity move.  —  Just now … A sans serif font, Secretary of State Marco Rubio …
Reuters:
ICE threatens family separation, indefinite detention to satisfy Trump deportation goal  —  The email from a U.S. immigration officer presented Kelly and Yerson Vargas with a stark choice: accept deportation to their native Colombia or risk being charged with a crime and separated from their 6-year-old daughter, Maria Paola.
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Gisela Salomon / Associated Press:
Trump administration separates thousands of migrant families in the US
Discussion: American Greatness
Salvador Rizzo / Washington Post:
Feds bring woman to U.S. to face charges, then say she's here illegally
Discussion: New Republic and The Independent
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Trump enters Warner Bros. fight, says it's ‘imperative that CNN be sold’  —  Donald Trump Corporate news Media  —  President Donald Trump inserted himself directly into the battle for control of Warner Bros. Discovery on Wednesday, saying, “It's imperative that CNN be sold,” while deriding the network's news coverage.
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Erika Edwards / NBC News:
South Carolina measles outbreak is ‘accelerating,’ driving hundreds into quarantine  —  Some students who remain unvaccinated are now in a second 21-day quarantine since the beginning of the school year.  —  The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end …
Discussion: KDFX-TV and Gizmodo
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 …
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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
Megan Mineiro / New York Times:
Live Updates: House Passes $900 Billion Bill That Would Put Trump's Stamp on Military  —  Where Things Stand  — Defense bill: The House on Wednesday approved a $900 billion defense policy bill that would give U.S. troops a raise and codify much of President Trump's national security agenda.
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Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Trump Pardoned Them for Jan. 6.  Now They Want Millions of Dollars  —  Almost 400 people pardoned or granted clemency by President Donald Trump in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol are now seeking millions of dollars in payouts from the federal government, according to their lawyer.
Discussion: CBS News
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump admin reveals new militarized zone plan for California-Mexico border  —  The Trump administration announced plans Wednesday for a new militarized zone in California, along the U.S.-Mexico border. … - President Trump's administration has since April designated several new militarized zones along …
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Axios:
Inside Kristi Noem's bitter feud with Trump's border czar … - Noem's backers blamed the whisper campaign on supporters of her administration rival, border czar Tom Homan.  — Homan's partisans deny any involvement. … Trump has shown no signs of wanting a change.
CBS News:
Tony Dokoupil named anchor of the “CBS Evening News”  —  Emmy Award-winning journalist Tony Dokoupil has been named anchor of the “CBS Evening News,” the network announced Wednesday.  He begins his new role on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, ushering in an ambitious new era for America's longest-running …
Molly Guinness / archive.ph:
Father's anger at girl's potentially fatal testosterone dose  —  The child, who was 15 at the time, was given the prescription by the private GenderGP clinic after one online counselling session  —  The father of a child who was prescribed a potentially fatal dose of testosterone …
Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Remember the Torture Memos?  The Boat Strike Memos May Be Worse. … Perhaps not surprisingly, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and senior military leaders have faced the worst of the political uproar from the Trump administration's boat strikes off the coasts of Central and South America.
Mattathias Schwartz / New York Times:
Judge Emil Bove Faces Ethics Complaint for Attending Trump Rally  —  One of the president's appeals-court nominees, a former lawyer for the president, was in the crowd at a raucous event in Mt. Pocono, Pa.  —  Judge Emil Bove III, a federal appeals court judge who made his career …
Tal Axelrod / Axios:
Influencer feuds trigger total MAGA meltdown  —  MAGA's media machine is ripping itself to shreds, locked in a web of interpersonal feuds that have derailed its once-relentless focus on advancing President Trump's agenda. … Now, less than a year into Trump's second term …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
Fed Chair Jerome Powell Says U.S. May Be Drastically Overstating Jobs Numbers
Discussion: Fortune and Bloomberg
Wall Street Journal:
A Visual Breakdown of Trump's Pardon Spree
Susannah Savage / Financial Times:
Donald Trump's tariffs intensify strain on US farmers, Deere warns
Discussion: CNBC and Manufacturing Dive
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Sergio Mendoza / Bloomberg:
Bolivian Ex-President Arce Held in Embezzlement Probe
Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Trump's ‘gold card’ program goes live, offering US visas starting at $1 million per person
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Trump finally confirms using vulgar slur about several countries in 2018
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Divided Fed approves third rate cut this year, sees slower pace ahead
 

 
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