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7:40 AM ET, December 12, 2025

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Washington Post:
Trump seeks to cut restrictions on marijuana through planned order  —  The president is expected to direct agencies to reclassify marijuana as a Schedule III drug, similar to some common prescription painkillers.  —  Just now … President Donald Trump is expected to push the government …
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Mychael Schnell / MS NOW:
Marjorie Taylor Greene's farewell gift to Mike Johnson: a longshot plot to oust him  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been gauging whether there's enough support among her GOP colleagues to remove Rep. Mike Johnson from the speakership.  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene may be resigning …
Discussion: Townhall and Raw Story
Punchbowl News:
12/12/25 ☀️ AM: … If House Republicans were counting on redistricting to save their endangered majority, it isn't working. … This loss is the latest in a series of stinging redistricting defeats and setbacks for Republicans in Ohio, Utah, Kansas and potentially Missouri.
Discussion: Axios, Washington Monthly and France 24
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
The Trump administration's authoritarian house of cards is starting to fall down  —  It's not over.  Not by a long shot.  It could — and likely will — still get worse on many fronts in many ways before this is all over.  —  But, on Thursday, a series of developments only connected insofar …
Adam Wren / Politico:
Indiana GOP rejects Trump's map in major blow to his gerrymandering push … The members held out in spite of pipe bomb threats, unsolicited pizza deliveries to their homes, and swattings of their homes.  —  It's a major setback for the president as well and a blow to his party's hopes …
Adam Wren / Politico:
Hoosier daddy  —  With help from Eli Okun, Bethany Irvine, Ali Bianco and Rachel Umansky-Castro  —  Happy Friday.  This is Adam Wren, filing today's Playbook from the Indiana Statehouse.  We made it to the end of the week.  Get in touch.  —  FRIDAY LISTEN: Bill Gates is this week's guest on …
Arika Herron / Axios:
Indiana Senate rejects Trump's redistricting effort  —  Indiana's Senate didn't have the votes, after all. … - Trump pressured Indiana Republicans for months to pass new maps, calling out those by name who expressed doubt about the proposal and threatening consequences for those who opposed him and the state.
Mitch Smith / New York Times:
Indiana Senate Republicans Reject Trump's Redistricting Effort
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Judge Orders Abrego Garcia's Immediate Release from Immigration Custody
Washington Post:
Senate blocks Democrats' bill to extend expiring Obamacare subsidies
Christa Dutton / NOTUS:
Indiana Republicans Reject Redistricting Despite Trump's Primary Threats
Dylan Scott / Vox:
Blame Republicans for our health insurance mess
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Senate rejects extension of health care subsidies as costs are set to rise for millions of Americans
New York Times:
A Grand Jury Again Declines to Reindict Letitia James  —  It was a striking rejection of the administration's retribution campaign.  —  A grand jury in Alexandria, Va., on Thursday rejected the Trump administration's effort to bring new charges against Letitia James, the New York attorney general …
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NBC News:
Justice Department fails in its 3rd attempt to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James  —  The Justice Department also tried and failed last week to secure a new indictment against James in Norfolk, Virginia.  —  ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia …
Discussion: HotAir and CBS News
Washington Post:   Administration fails again to indict N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James
Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
Trump Moves to Stop States From Regulating AI With a New Executive Order  —  The order would create one federal regulatory framework for artificial intelligence, President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.  —  President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that aims …
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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Purpose.  United States leadership in Artificial Intelligence (AI) …
The Hill:
Trump signs order to fight state AI laws
Discussion: Axios
Gabriela Aoun Angueira / Associated Press:
Federal judge orders FEMA to restore billions in canceled disaster mitigation funding  —  A federal judge in Massachusetts on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to restore billions of dollars in canceled FEMA disaster mitigation funding, siding with 22 states and the District of Columbia …
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Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Highly anticipated meeting on the future of FEMA abruptly canceled
Aaron Parnas / MeidasTouch News:
Kristi Noem Caught Lying About Why She Left Committee Hearing Early
Discussion: The Hill, E&E News and Raw Story
Reuters:
Exclusive: US preparing to seize more tankers off Venezuela's coast after first ship taken, sources say  —  The U.S. is preparing to intercept more ships transporting Venezuelan oil following the seizure of a tanker this week, as it increases pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro …
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New York Times:
U.S. Issues New Sanctions Targeting Maduro's Family and the Oil Sector
Charles Gaba / ACA Signups:
Breaking: Thing everyone expected to happen, happens.  Now what?  —  So, as expected, both the Senate Democrats bill to simply extend the enhanced ACA tax credits for 3 more years and the Senate Republican bill to make everything worse just failed to reach cloture (appropriately enough …
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Joe Heim / Washington Post:
Military admits ‘mistake’ in viral arrest of U.S. civilian in Japan  —  Kareem El, a civilian from Washington, D.C., visiting Okinawa, was held by U.S. military police for declining to provide identification. … Kareem El was standing outside of a bar in Okinawa, Japan …
Paul Krugman:
Donald Trump, Security Threat  —  The call is coming from inside the White House  —  To update Samuel Johnson, these days national security is the last refuge of a scoundrel.  According to Donald Trump, anything he doesn't like is a threat to national security.  Question his clearly illegal tariffs?
Discussion: USA Today and MS NOW
Axios:
Trump embraces great power cooperation with China and Russia  —  President Trump's first term opened the age of “Great Power Competition” with China and Russia.  — His second is actively working to end it. … - Trump is challenging that entire foundation, envisioning a new world order …
Discussion: Washington Times
Washington Post:
Trump asserts he has pardoned county clerk convicted in Colorado case  —  Impact of Trump's claim is unclear since Tina Peters was convicted in state, not federal, court.  —  Just now … President Donald Trump said Thursday that he has pardoned Tina Peters, a former county clerk in Colorado …
ProPublica:
The Shakedown: Trump's DOJ Pressured Lawyers to “Find” Evidence That UCLA Had Illegally Tolerated Antisemitism  —  Co-published with The Chronicle of Higher Education  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.
Catherine Rampell / The Bulwark:
The Sleeper Issue That Could Destroy the Economy  —  THERE ARE MANY ITEMS on President Trump's agenda that are hurting the U.S. economy: the pointless trade wars, the socialization of the private sector, the mass deportations, and much more.  —  But in the long run, the most damaging policy …
Discussion: Raw Story, NewsMax.com and MS NOW
Washington Post:
The minority voters who powered Trump to a second term are drifting away  —  Extended conversations with Black, Latino and Asian American voters who cast ballots for Trump in 2024 showed mixed feelings about the president and their votes.  —  Just now
Discussion: The Hill
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Redistricting fight shifts to Wisconsin, where judicial panels may pick new maps  —  The Wisconsin Supreme Court ordered a pair of three-judge panels to oversee lawsuits seeking a redraw of the battleground state's congressional map.  —  Wisconsin has quietly emerged as the latest front …
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
The Curse of Trump 2.0  —  What does it say that the President doesn't even feel he needs to hide his most profane and radical views anymore?  —  In January of 2018, Donald Trump hosted a group of lawmakers in the Oval Office to discuss the possibility of a bipartisan immigration deal.
Discussion: CNN
 
 
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Mickey Djuric / Politico:
Surprise defection leaves Carney's Liberals just one seat short of majority
Discussion: Bloomberg and Associated Press
Luke Goldstein / The Lever:
Google Bankrolled Secret Summit For Key State Lawmakers
Josh Funk / Associated Press:
Senator says FAA administrator failed to sell multimillion-dollar airline stake as promised
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RFK Jr.'s Health Department Is Pondering a National Men's Health Initiative
Discussion: New York Post
Hassan Ali Kanu / Politico:
White House raises concerns about Trump's ‘image’ in lawsuit over sign language interpreters
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Trump and the Oligarchs Are Killing Corporate Media
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Walker Bragman / Important Context:
Liam Neeson Narrates Anti-Vax, Pro-RFK Documentary
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OpenAI debuts GPT-5.2, its “best model yet”, in Instant, Thinking, and Pro variants, with significant improvements in writing, coding, and reasoning benchmarks

Reuters:
President Trump signs an executive order aimed at preempting a growing number of state AI laws, saying “we want to have one central source of approval”

Reuters:
Reddit files a lawsuit against Australia over its social media ban for under-16s, saying the ban “infringes the implied freedom of political communication”
 
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