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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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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
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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Associated Press:
Trump writes partisan plaques for predecessors in his newly installed Presidential Walk of Fame  —  Months after President Donald Trump refashioned a West Wing walkway into what he calls the Presidential Walk of Fame, he has added partisan and subjective plaques to the display …
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Trump trolls Biden, Obama in new plaques on ‘Presidential Walk of Fame’
NBC News:   White House installs plaques mocking former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden
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 …
Discussion: NewsMax.com, NPR, Raw Story and Roll Call
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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.”
Associated Press:
Jack Smith set for private interview with lawmakers about Trump investigations  —  Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith told lawmakers in a closed-door interview Wednesday that his team of investigators “developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that President Donald Trump …
Ella Lee / The Hill:
Fani Willis gives full-throated defense of 2020 election subversion case
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Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
Republicans defy Speaker Johnson to force House vote on extending ACA subsidies
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 …
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 …
Robert Jimison / New York Times:
House Rejects Measure to Bar Strikes Inside Venezuela  —  The Democratic measure was defeated mostly along party lines, along with another resolution that would have halted the military's escalating campaign of boat attacks.  —  The House on Wednesday rejected a pair of resolutions …
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
For Hegseth, There Is One Boat Strike He Doesn't Want the Public to See
Discussion: The Hill and Reason
John Rogers / Associated Press:
Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett, who reported from Vietnam and Gulf War, has died  —  Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from the rice paddies of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq, has died at 91.
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: UPI
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
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.
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The revealing pointlessness of Trump's primetime speech  —  The president is a desperate man. … When a president gives a primetime televised speech, it is typically about something of serious import: to make the case for a major new policy or to announce the beginning of a war.
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Politico:
Trump administration asking US oil industry to return to Venezuela — but getting no takers … The markets, glutted with supply and with prices at nearly five-year lows, are giving President Donald Trump an unusually free hand to tighten military pressure on the South American OPEC member …
David Ingram / NBC News:
Two families sue Meta over teens' deaths by suicide, citing ‘sextortion’ scams  —  One boy joined Instagram on Sunday and was dead by Tuesday afternoon.  His mother says the app is to blame.  —  Warning: This article includes descriptions of self-harm.  —  The families of two teenage boys …
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Politico:
US, Russia to hold talks on Ukraine war in Miami this weekend … The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.  —  Witkoff and Kushner earlier this week held marathon talks in Berlin with Ukrainian and European officials to agree on U.S. security guarantees for Kyiv …
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.
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
The Trump Family Business Empire Is Growing.  We Mapped Out 268 Pieces of It.  —  A second-term boom in crypto and other areas has created billions in new wealth for the first family  —  When President Trump ran for re-election in 2024, he and his family already had vast business interests stretching …
Discussion: CBS News
ABC News:
Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell asks court to set aside her conviction  —  Maxwell's request could complicate the release of the Epstein files.  —  In this Sept. 20, 2013, file photo, Ghislaine Maxwell attends an event in New York.  —  Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted co-conspirator …
Hassan Ali Kanu / Politico:
Trump admin broke spending deal agreement to halt mass layoffs, judge rules … “The government did what it was ordered not to do,” she later added.  —  Illston's ruling — at least the third in the case — blocks the administration from initiating or implementing layoffs …
Ariana Eunjung Cha / Washington Post:
Trump taps Yale doctor who pushed unproven covid treatment to lead U.S. cancer effort  —  Harvey Risch, an epidemiologist respected for his cancer research, promoted the use of hydroxychloroquine during the pandemic, despite a lack of evidence it worked against covid.  —  Just now
 
 
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Martin Wolf / Financial Times:
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Sudiksha Kochi / The Hill:
Democrats to introduce stock trading discharge petition next year
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Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
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Scott Lincicome / The Dispatch:
The Year America Went (Kinda) Socialist
John Ismay / New York Times:
Defense Dept. Opens Formal Inquiry Into Senator Mark Kelly
Discussion: The Hill
Geoff Mulvihill / Associated Press:
Nebraska plans to be the first state to implement Trump's new Medicaid work requirements
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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.
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Senators Press FBI Over Failure to Investigate Epstein's Lawyer and Accountant
 

 
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Financial Times:
Sources: Standard General hedge fund founder Soo Kim has been in talks with a major WBD shareholder over potentially buying or investing in the WBD TV networks

Scott Feinberg / The Hollywood Reporter:
The Academy signs a multiyear deal that gives YouTube the exclusive global rights to the Oscars, beginning in 2029 and running through 2033, streaming for free

Laura Cress / BBC:
Netflix wins rights to a FIFA soccer simulation game, developed by Delphi Interactive and set for release ahead of the 2026 World Cup, for free to Netflix users
 
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