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Hamed Aleaziz / New York Times:
Trump Administration Aims to Strip More Foreign-Born Americans of Citizenship  —  An official with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said it would prioritize “those who've unlawfully obtained U.S. citizenship.”  —  The Trump administration plans to ramp up efforts to strip …
Shane O'Neill / Washington Post:
His Vanity Fair photos of Trumpworld blew up online.  We called to talk.  —  Every line, spot, blemish and blood vessel was captured by Christopher Anderson's lens.  What was he thinking?  —  On Tuesday, Vanity Fair published a two-part story by Chris Whipple about the inner circle …
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Jenny Goldsberry / Washington Examiner:
Byron York points out Susie Wiles ‘invited’ Vanity Fair controversy
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Jack Smith tells Congress he could prove Trump engaged in a ‘criminal scheme’ to overturn 2020 election  —  Smith testified about his investigations into Trump during a closed-door hearing with members of the House Judiciary Committee.  —  WASHINGTON — Former special counsel Jack Smith told …
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Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Jack Smith makes his case against Trump in closed-door deposition … He maintained that this team found evidence to prove “beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power.”
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Jack Smith says he'd do it all over again in testimony on Trump to House GOP
Ella Lee / The Hill:
Fani Willis gives full-throated defense of 2020 election subversion case
Carol Leonnig / MS NOW:
FBI's No. 2 quietly tells colleagues he's moving on  —  Speculation and anticipation have gripped the nation's premier law enforcement agency over the future of one of its top leaders, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino.  —  Bongino has quietly told confidants he plans to formally leave …
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino says he plans to resign next month as bureau's No 2 official  —  FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said Wednesday that he will resign from the bureau next month, ending a brief and tumultuous tenure in which he clashed with the Justice Department over the handling …
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino is stepping down in January
Ariana Baio / The Independent:
White House adds plaques below Biden and Obama portraits, calling them ‘the worst President in American history’ and ‘divisive’  —  Newest additions appear to be part of the administration's ongoing ‘troll’ campaign against former presidents and Trump's opponents
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NBC News:   White House installs plaques mocking former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden
Ruby Mellen / Washington Post:
Trump administration to dismantle key climate research center  —  Russell Vought, who directs the White House Office of Management and Budget, announced plans to split up the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, citing concerns about “climate alarmism.”
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New York Times:
National Center for Atmospheric Research to Be Dismantled, Trump Administration Says  —  Russell Vought, the White House budget director, called the laboratory a source of “climate alarmism.”  —  The Trump administration said it will be dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado …
NBC News:
Trump administration plans to break up largest federal climate research center
Discussion: Associated Press and NCAR News
Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
Republicans defy Speaker Johnson to force House vote on extending ACA subsidies  —  Four centrist Republicans broke with Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday and signed onto a Democratic-led petition that will force a House vole on extending for three years an enhanced pandemic-era subsidy …
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CNN:
GOP centrists choose nuclear option in fight with Mike Johnson over Obamacare  —  House leadership Health care policy Congressional news  —  A bloc of House GOP centrists just made the ultimate hardball play against Speaker Mike Johnson — agreeing to help Democrats effectively seize control …
Axios:
House Republicans help Democrats defy Johnson on ACA in stunning revolt
Washington Post:
American Academy of Pediatrics loses HHS funding after criticizing RFK Jr.  —  HHS cuts key AAP grants, citing concerns about “identity-based language” and insufficient focus on agency priorities.  The organization said the cuts could harm child health.
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Berkeley Lovelace Jr / NBC News:
HHS cuts millions in grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics
Discussion: Axios, UPI, WWL-TV and CBS News
Politico:
Judge lifts Trump administration limits on lawmaker visits to ICE jails … The Biden appointee noted that the seven-day notice requirement complicated lawmakers' ability to view real-time conditions at facilities immigrants have long complained are overcrowded, unsanitary and unsafe.
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Justin Glawe / Public Notice:
2025 was a political disaster for MAGA
Discussion: PBS NewsHour and The Mahablog
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Republicans are quiet quitting on Trump
Brian Schwartz / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Told by Alan Dershowitz Constitutionality of Third Term Is Unclear  —  Trump's former lawyer presented him with his forthcoming book that concludes the Constitution is ambiguous on the question  —  President Trump on Tuesday received and discussed a draft copy of a book by lawyer Alan Dershowitz …
Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Senate passes defense bill that defies Trump and forces sharing of boat strike videos … Lawmakers are using the sprawling policy bill to demand the Pentagon hand over unedited videos of strikes against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Latin America.  The bill restricts a quarter …
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Quinnipiac University Poll:
Voters Give Democrats In Congress A Record Low Job Approval But Still Might Vote For Them In 2026, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Majority Think Trump's Use Of Presidential Power Goes Too Far  — mail_outline  —  Heading into a year with midterm elections …
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John Vandiver / Stars & Stripes:
Hegseth to overhaul chaplain corps, toss ‘unacceptable and unserious’ Army spiritual fitness guide  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth this week ordered sweeping changes to the U.S. military's chaplain corps, with a plan to simplify a system that he said has become too focused on “new age” concepts.
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Hegseth overhauling chaplain corps, targeting ‘new age’ concepts
Discussion: NewsMax.com, The Daily Signal and UPI
Washington Post:
‘You see this news?’:  What Charlie Kirk's alleged killer told friends after the attack  —  A patchwork of social interactions and a trail of online posts provide a view into Tyler Robinson's life and his beliefs, a Post examination found.  —  Fifty-five minutes before he allegedly shot …
ProPublica:
Inside the Trump Administration's Man-Made Hunger Crisis  —  On July 18, a mild, overcast night in Nairobi, Kenya, a team of President Donald Trump's top foreign aid advisers ducked into a meeting room at the Tribe Hotel, their luxury accommodations in the city's diplomatic quarter, for a private dinner.
Discussion: Futurism
Hassan Ali Kanu / Politico:
Trump admin broke spending deal agreement to halt mass layoffs, judge says … “The government did what it was ordered not to do,” she later added.  —  Illston said she would issue another order — at least the third in the case — that will again ban the administration from initiating …
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
The Man Who Rules the Country Presides Over Nothing  —  There is a presidency at work in Washington, but it is not clear that there is a president at work in the Oval Office.  —  Ask Donald Trump about the goings on of his administration, and there is a good chance he'll defer to a deputy rather than answer the question.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Paul Krugman:
An A+++++  Economy, My A++  —  Trump made big boasts but he isn't delivering  —  When Politico recently asked Donald Trump to grade the current U.S. economy, he replied “A-plus-plus-plus-plus-plus.”  He made this boast at a time when actual economic data were still scarce …
Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
Senator Reaches Damning Conclusions After Classified Briefing With Hegseth, Rubio  —  Sen. Chris Murphy trashed a meeting with the Cabinet duo about the Trump administration's boat bombings.  —  Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said a classified meeting with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth …
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
100 days of Kavanaugh stops and the justices who silently allowed them — and a bill to change that  —  The Shadow Docket Sunlight Act is being introduced on Wednesday.  And, Justice Kavanaugh still isn't saying if he's having second thoughts on his September opinion.
New York Times:
Harvard Secretly Investigates Students Over Larry Summers Video on Epstein  —  The students face discipline for recording Mr. Summers, the former Harvard president, discussing his ties to Jeffrey Epstein in a Harvard class.  —  Harvard officials have opened a secret disciplinary investigation …
Ilya Somin / Reason:
Trump's Attempt to Deport Chinese Dissident Guan Heng is Part of an Awful Pattern  —  The Trump Administration's effort to deport Chinese dissident Guan Heng has rightly drawn widespread outrage and condemnation.  Guan is a hero for his exposure of the Chinese government's oppression …
 
 
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Geoff Mulvihill / Associated Press:
Nebraska plans to be the first state to implement Trump's new Medicaid work requirements
Discussion: The Hill
Kenneth Chang / New York Times:
Trump's NASA Pick Is Confirmed to Lead Space Program in Peril
Madiba K. Dennie / Balls and Strikes:
How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Resegregating the American Workforce
Washington Post:
A retired policeman was jailed over an anti-Trump meme. Now he's suing.
Discussion: Ars Technica and MS NOW
Ariana Eunjung Cha / Washington Post:
Trump taps Yale doctor who pushed unproven covid treatment to lead U.S. cancer effort
Fox News:
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Craig Harrington / Media Matters for America:
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Wall Street Journal:
Senators Press FBI Over Failure to Investigate Epstein's Lawyer and Accountant
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Politico:
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Matt Sepic / MPR News:
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Reuters:
They prosecuted the Capitol rioters. Now the rioters and the DOJ are after them.
 

 
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Scott Feinberg / The Hollywood Reporter:
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
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