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10:20 AM ET, December 16, 2025

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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump's Top Aide Acknowledges ‘Score Settling’ Behind Prosecutions … President Trump's chief of staff said she tried to get him to end his “score settling” against political enemies after 90 days in office, but acknowledged that the administration's still ongoing push for prosecutions …
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Vanity Fair:
Susie Wiles, JD Vance, and the “Junkyard Dogs”: The White House Chief of Staff On Trump's Second Term (Part 1 of 2)  —  Throughout the first year of Donald Trump's second administration, Vanity Fair writer Chris Whipple has interviewed Wiles amid each moment of crisis.
Vanity Fair:
Susie Wiles Talks Epstein Files, Pete Hegseth's War Tactics, Retribution, and More (Part 2 of 2)  —  Trump's chief reveals her thoughts on the first year, and on the team she's built with JD Vance, Karoline Leavitt, Marco Rubio, and 3 more key players.  Vanity Fair writer Chris Whipple reports.
Discussion: The Hill and HuffPost
Politico:
White House weighs risks of a health care fight as ACA subsidies set to expire … As congressional Republicans duke out their intraparty divisions on how to address the expiration of some Affordable Care Act subsidies, administration officials don't believe Trump should engage — more than he already has.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Politico:
House GOP moderates signal they'll fall in line with Johnson's health plan … “I haven't seen anything objectionable yet,” Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) said Monday.  “For me to vote against it, I'd have to find something objectionable.  I wouldn't vote against it in protest.”
Politico:
Capitol agenda: Parallel pushes for an 11th-hour health deal
Discussion: New York Magazine
Punchbowl News:
Is a Jan. 30 shutdown in the cards?
Discussion: Semafor and NewsMax.com
Peter R. Orszag / New York Times:   Why Both Republicans and Democrats Are Wrong About Health Care
Politico:
Senators talk last-minute Obamacare extension
Asawin Suebsaeng / Zeteo:
BREAKING: Trump Dances on Rob Reiner's Grave  —  On Sunday, news broke that acclaimed Hollywood filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found stabbed to death in their Los Angeles estate.  By Monday morning, the president of the United States - widely known …
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Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Republicans rebuff Trump's post on Rob Reiner … The director of “The Princess Bride” and his wife were found dead in their Los Angeles home Sunday.  Police are currently investigating the deaths as an “apparent homicide.”  Authorities announced on Monday that Reiner's son, Nick Reiner, is in custody as a suspect.
John Dickerson / The Atlantic:
Trump Widens the Breach
Discussion: Deadline and Raw Story
Myles McCormick / Financial Times:
US unemployment rate hits four-year high of 4.6%  —  Jobless level for November indicates weakening labour market  —  The US unemployment rate rose to 4.6 per cent in November, the highest level in more than four years, in an indication of weakness in the labour market.
Discussion: The Guardian, MS NOW and NewsMax.com
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Politico:
Jobless rate rises, adding to Trump's economic messaging woes
Lauren Kaori Gurley / Washington Post:
Labor market lost 41,000 jobs over October, November; unemployment rate up
Rebecca Davis O'Brien / New York Times:   Live Updates: Jobs Report Expected to Provide Overdue Clarity on Economy
Arden Farhi / CBS News:
Raskin to introduce bill to require review of White House renovation plans  —  Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland plans to introduce legislation Tuesday that would subject White House renovations like President Trump's ballroom project to the same reviews as other federal projects.
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Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Trump administration says White House ballroom construction is a matter of national security
Lydia Wheeler / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Renovation Spree Is Spreading to More Washington Landmarks
Discussion: Raw Story and Roll Call
Associated Press:
US military says strikes on 3 boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean kill 8 people  —  The U.S. military said Monday that it attacked three boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a total of eight people.  The military said in a statement on social media that the strikes targeted …
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Piper Hudspeth Blackburn / CNN:
US military strikes 3 more boats in the Pacific Ocean, killing 8
Deutsche Welle:
Ukraine-US talks ‘real chance for peace process’ — Germany  —  Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Berlin for talks with Germany's Friedrich Merz and other European allies.  European leaders proposed a multinational force to enforce a Ukraine peace deal.  Follow DW for more.  —  What you need to know
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Financial Times:
Donald Trump says Ukraine peace deal ‘closer than ever’ after talks in Berlin  —  Germany says US to provide security guarantees as Kyiv and Washington admit differences on territorial issues  —  Max Seddon and Anne-Sylvaine Chassany in Berlin, Christopher Miller in Kyiv and Amy Mackinnon and Steff Chávez in Washington
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Scoop: Musk diving into 2026 midterms for the GOP  —  Elon Musk has begun funding the GOP's House and Senate campaigns for the 2026 midterms — an indication his relationship with President Trump has thawed since their messy breakup earlier this year.
Discussion: HotAir, Raw Story and Election Law Blog
Liv McMahon / BBC:
Negotiations over US-UK tech deal stall  —  Negotiations over a technology deal between the UK and US have stalled due to stumbling blocks in wider trade negotiations between the two sides.  —  The Technology Prosperity Deal - which was billed as “historic” when it was unveiled during US …
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Financial Times:
US suspends technology deal with the UK
Discussion: Reuters
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Trump's war on democracy is failing  —  If you want to understand how the US government works today, you should study President Donald Trump's attempt to pardon a woman named Tina Peters last week.  —  Peters is a former Colorado election clerk and a die-hard believer in the false claim that the 2020 election was stolen.
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Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:   The most important open question about the political future
BBC:
Trump sues BBC for defamation over Panorama speech edit  —  US President Donald Trump has sued the BBC for defamation over an edit of his 6 January 2021 speech in a Panorama documentary.  —  Trump accused the broadcaster of defamation and of violating a trade practices law, according to court documents filed in Florida.
Axios:
Pentagon says it's “escalating” Kelly review to “official” investigation  —  The Pentagon said Monday it is “escalating” a “preliminary review” into “serious allegations of misconduct” leveled against Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), a retired naval officer, after he clashed with President Trump.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
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Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Trump Admin Intensifies Military Probe Against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, Launches Command Investigation
Washington Post:
Pentagon plan calls for major power shifts within U.S. military  —  If adopted, the changes would complement other efforts by the Trump administration to shift resources away from the Middle East and Europe. … Senior Pentagon officials are preparing a plan to downgrade several …
Washington Post:
Statue of Black teen who fought segregation replaces Robert E. Lee at U.S. Capitol  —  Barbara Rose Johns was only 16 when she led a walkout in 1951 to protest horrendous conditions at her segregated high school for Black students in rural Farmville, Virginia.
Discussion: Associated Press
Yair Rosenberg / The Atlantic:
'The More I'm Around Young People, the More Panicked I Am'  —  Anti-Jewish prejudice isn't a partisan divide—it's a generational one.  —  “The more I'm around young people, the more panicked I am,” Tim Miller told me recently.  A prominent anti-Trump commentator, Miller hosts …
New York Times:
Kushner's Firm Pulls Out of Trump-Branded Hotel Deal in Serbia  —  The announcement came just hours after prosecutors there charged four government officials with corruption in connection with the half-billion-dollar project.  —  The private equity firm headed by Jared Kushner …
New York Times:
Eager for Center Stage, Patel Casts Aside Caution in Statements as F.B.I. Leader  —  Kash Patel's impulse to publicize the work of the bureau under his leadership has revived questions about his competence and his future in the administration.  —  A heinous act of violence.  A faceless killer on the loose.
Jeffrey Mervis / Science:
NSF pares down grant-review process, reducing influence of outside scientists  —  Memo cites overburdened staff, but some say move also aims to elevate White House priorities  —  Skip backwardsGo ten seconds backward Skip forwardsGo ten seconds forward  —  Audio is AI-generated.  Report an issue|
 
 
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Monica Showalter / American Thinker:
Leftists crushed in blowout conservative presidential victory in Chile
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
The high cost of rolling over on immigration
Alex Abad-Santos / Vox:
Please don't make airports healthy again. Just make them more efficient.
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
Words & Phrases That Have Lost All Meaning
Josh Siegel / Politico:
GOP leaders make concessions to conservatives on permitting bill
Discussion: Semafor, E&E News and NOTUS
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
The tech industry will come to regret its embrace of Trump
Jason Sattler / THE FARCE:
Call them ‘Nuzzi Pox’
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
Trump has signed more executive orders in 2025 than in his entire first term
Michael S. Rosenwald / New York Times:
Robert Samuelson, Award-Winning Economics Columnist, Dies at 79
Discussion: Washington Post
Matt Naham / Law & Crime:
Pulitzer Prize Board members dump broad discovery demands on Trump for tax returns, psych records, and ‘any’ prescription meds history
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
The White House:
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Designates Fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump files a $10B defamation lawsuit against the BBC in a Florida court, alleging it deceptively doctored his January 6 speech in a Panorama documentary

Jake Kanter / Deadline:
The UK government begins its review of the BBC's charter, set to expire in 2027, as ministers consider licence fee reforms and allowing more commercial revenue

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Howard Stern signs a new three-year deal with SiriusXM, after a report earlier this year suggested that his show was about to be canceled

 
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