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2:20 PM ET, December 11, 2025

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Associated Press:
Trump's handling of the economy is at its lowest point in AP-NORC polling  —  President Donald Trump's approval on the economy and immigration have fallen substantially since March, according to a new AP-NORC poll, the latest indication that two signature issues that got him elected barely …
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AP-NORC:
Trump's approval rating slips on the economy and immigration
Discussion: The Hill
Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:   Why Trump is Doomed to Lose the Affordability Fight
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Voters sour on Trump's handling of the economy in new poll
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Senate rejects extension of health care subsidies as costs are set to rise for millions of Americans  —  The Senate on Thursday rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year.
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Punchbowl News:
12/11/25 ☀️ AM: … Four live discharge petitions.  Being forced to bargain for GOP support during simple procedural votes.  Calls to Cabinet secretaries from the House floor to help win over members.  A prolonged debate on health care with a disengaged president.
Peter Sullivan / Axios:
Senate rejects rival Obamacare bills
Robert King / Politico:
What fraud? State Obamacare officials don't see the problem GOP subsidy opponents do
Dan Friedman / Mother Jones:
I Asked the Pentagon About Pete Hegseth's Mentor.  Then the Threats Started.  —  Six weeks ago, Jack Posobiec asked me to comment on whether I have a “creepy fetish for Asian women.”  —  That was one of several false and wildly personal allegations that the far-right pundit and newly minted member …
Associated Press:
Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be immediately released from immigration detention  —  A federal judge in Maryland ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from immigration detention on Thursday while his legal challenge against his deportation moves forward.
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: Kristi Noem added to Dems' impeachment target list
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs / Forbes:
Olivia Nuzzi's ‘Canto’ Sells Just 1,200 Print Copies In First Week  —  By Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,Forbes Staff.  Mary Roeloffs is a Forbes breaking news reporter covering pop culture.  —  Topline  —  Viral blog posts about her alleged affair with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. …
CNBC:
Trump says ‘I guess’ U.S. could keep seized oil tanker — but a sale appears likely … After the U.S. military seized a large crude oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast, President Donald Trump suggested the ship's contents could remain in U.S. possession.  —  “Well, we keep it, I guess,” …
Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
A band-aid on a festering hand wound  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🤝 Subscribe to PN 🤝  —  The Epstein files and illegal boat strikes aren't the only coverups taking place right now in the White House.
Discussion: Atlanta Black Star
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Walker Bragman / Important Context:
Liam Neeson Narrates Anti-Vax, Pro-RFK Documentary  —  Liam Neeson has a very particular set of skills—skills he recently lent to a new anti-vax documentary that glorifies the rise of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. The Academy Award-nominated actor …
Discussion: The Hill
Aisha Down / The Guardian:
Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content  —  More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings  —  Meta has removed or restricted dozens …
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation
NBC News:
AI toys for kids talk about sex and issue Chinese Communist Party talking points, tests show  —  New research from Public Interest Research Group and tests conducted by NBC News found that a wide range of AI toys have loose guardrails.  —  Listen to this article with a free account
Discussion: Futurism
Aiden Reiter / Politico:
Bessent resets financial watchdog with deregulatory mandate … The council was established in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis to address potential risks to the U.S. financial system.  —  The letter also outlines the establishment of new working groups focused on market resilience …
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CNBC:
Bessent to propose major overhaul of regulatory body created from financial crisis
Time:
The Architects of AI Are TIME's 2025 Person of the Year  —  Jensen Huang needs a moment.  —  The CEO of Nvidia enters a cavernous studio at the company's Bay Area headquarters and hunches over a table, his head bowed.  —  At 62, the world's eighth richest man is compact, polished …
Zeteo:
SCOOP: Trump Admin Is Preparing to Revoke Visas of Critics of Elon Musk's Twitter  —  Trump officials are considering revoking the visas of former European Union Commissioner Thierry Breton and Imran Ahmed, of the Center for Countering Digital Hate.  —  ∙ Paid
Discussion: Wonkette
Wall Street Journal:
Fed Chair Jerome Powell Says U.S. May Be Drastically Overstating Jobs Numbers  —  The country could be losing 20,000 jobs a month, Powell said, a concern that was part of the decision to cut interest rates  —  Fed Chair Jerome Powell pointed on Wednesday to a job-market risk that economists …
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 …
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Ohio 2026 Poll: Democrats Make Gains in Races for Governor and US Senate  —  Trump Approval Underwater Among Ohio Voters  —  A new Emerson College Polling survey of Ohio voters finds both statewide elections for Governor and U.S. Senate tightening, with both races falling within the poll's margin of error.
Antoaneta Roussi / Politico:
Danish intelligence classifies Trump's America as a security risk  —  Denmark sounds the alarm about the U.S.'s increasingly antagonistic posture toward Europe.  —  Denmark's military intelligence service has for the first time classified the U.S. as a security risk, a striking shift …
Nette Nöstlinger / Politico:
NATO's Rutte says Europe must prepare for ‘scale of war our grandparents’ endured  —  If Putin is “prepared to sacrifice ordinary Russians in this way, what is he prepared to do to us?” the NATO chief said.  —  NATO Chief Mark Rutte urged member countries to do more to prepare for the possibility …
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Trump's Deportations Are Ripping Mothers from Their Babies  —  The president's immigration policy is “beyond inhumane.”  —  ABSORBING THE NEWS ABOUT THE BRUTAL treatment of detainees, to say nothing of the outright murder of “suspected” drug runners in the Caribbean, I think back to a conversation I had in February of this year.
Washington Post:
How a U.S. admiral decided to kill two boat strike survivors  —  The controversial order given by Adm. Frank Bradley is under scrutiny from Congress.  Inside the most consequential deliberation of his career. … In the minutes after U.S. forces attacked a suspected drug smuggling boat near Trinidad …
Discussion: Raw Story
Mark Nevitt / Just Security:
The Law on Targeting Shipwrecked Drug Traffickers: Expert Backgrounder  —  This is part of Just Security's Collection: U.S. Lethal Strikes on Suspected Drug Traffickers.  —  On Sept. 2, 2025 U.S. forces launched a missile strike against a suspected drug vessel in the Caribbean.
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.
Discussion: Alternet.org and New Republic
Betsy Klein / CNN:
Trump takes steps toward demolishing four federal buildings, preservationist alleges  —  Donald Trump  —  After demolishing the White House's East Wing, President Donald Trump is now eying four federal buildings for the same treatment and is circumventing a key government agency with his plans …
Washington Post:
Meet the Trump administration's 12 billionaires  —  At a net worth of $390 billion, it's the wealthiest White House in modern history.  —  Just now  —  The world's richest man.  The owner of the Houston Rockets.  The former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment.
Discussion: Reason, HuffPost and The Hill
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell announces a campaign for Minnesota governor  —  Lindell, a Trump backer who promoted debunked allegations about the 2020 elections and has been embroiled in defamation suits, joins a crowded Republican field.  —  MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, a longtime backer …
Megan O'Matz / ProPublica:
Senator Endorses Discredited Doctor's Book on a Chemical He Claims Treats Everything From Autism to Cancer  —  Wisconsin's Ron Johnson has a history of spreading vaccine misinformation.  Now he's giving credence to assertions about the therapeutic powers of chlorine dioxide, a disinfectant and deodorizer.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
 
 
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Aaron Parnas / MeidasTouch News:
Kristi Noem Caught Lying About Why She Left Committee Hearing Early
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Marc Caputo / Axios:
Scoop: Trump sanctions Maduro's nephews, 6 ships carrying Venezuela oil
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Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
David Trone launches primary bid for old House seat
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Politico:
France seeks to delay crunch vote on EU's Mercosur mega deal
Discussion: Bloomberg
Eleni Courea / The Guardian:
US engaging in ‘extreme rightwing tropes’ reminiscent of 1930s, British MPs warn
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EXCLUSIVE: Wes Moore Won a Key White House Post Claiming He Was ‘Touted as a Foremost Expert’ …
Christopher Miller / Financial Times:
Ukraine's ‘fortress belt’ that Donald Trump wants to trade for peace
Minho Kim / New York Times:
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Wall Street Journal:
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