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9:05 PM ET, December 19, 2025

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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Epstein files explode open as DOJ details discovery of powerful figures and more than 1,200 victims  —  The files include new photos of former President Bill Clinton and Epstein  —  EXCLUSIVE: More than a dozen politically exposed people and government officials' names appear in the hundreds …
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Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
DOJ won't meet Friday deadline to release all the Epstein files … “I expect that we're going to release more documents over the next couple of weeks, so today several hundred thousand and then over the next couple weeks, I expect several hundred thousand more,” Blanche said.
New York Times:
What Is the Origin of the Epstein Case?  —  The material includes thousands of documents related to past investigations of Jeffrey Epstein, as well as hundreds of images.  Some depict politicians, pop stars and royals; others show women whose faces have been redacted.
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Blanche says DOJ won't release full Epstein files to Congress by Friday deadline  —  Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Department of Justice (DOJ) would not be releasing the full Epstein files to Congress Friday as required under new legislation, instead sending over a partial batch.
Washington Post:
Justice Department releases huge trove of Jeffrey Epstein documents  —  Hundreds of thousands of files are to be released today, with more in the weeks to come. … The Justice Department began releasing a huge trove of documents Friday connected to the deceased financier …
Mike Baker / New York Times:
Epstein Files Include 1996 Child Porn Complaint That F.B.I. Ignored  —  Newly released files show how Maria Farmer, who worked for Mr. Epstein in the 1990s, had urged the F.B.I. to investigate him.  The case went nowhere for years.  —  A woman who once worked for Jeffrey Epstein filed …
Discussion: Raw Story and Michigan News Source
Axios:
Dems threaten lawsuit as DOJ says it will miss Epstein files deadline
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
DOJ Chickens Out on Epstein Files Release in Violation of New Law
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Elise Stefanik Drops Out of N.Y. Governor's Race and Will Leave Congress  —  Ms. Stefanik, a Republican congresswoman and staunch ally of President Trump, abruptly ended her bid to unseat Gov. Kathy Hochul and said she would not seek another House term.  —  Representative Elise Stefanik of New York …
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Politico:
Rep. Elise Stefanik set to drop bid for New York governor
Anthony Izaguirre / Associated Press:
Rep. Elise Stefanik says she's suspending her campaign for New York governor, won't seek reelection
Discussion: Raw Story and The Independent
Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Elise Stefanik ends bid for N.Y. governor and won't run again for House
Discussion: Raw Story
Annie Karni / New York Times:   Elise Stefanik Tried Everything to Please Trump. He Still Jilted Her.
NewsNation:
Stefanik exits New York governor race and Congress
Washington Post:
Kennedy Center adds Trump's name to building  —  The signage change follows a vote by the board of trustees to rename the performing arts complex “the Trump Kennedy Center.” … The Kennedy Center began updating signage on the exterior of the building Friday morning, a day after its board voted …
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Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Kennedy Center Adds Trump's Name to Facade  —  Where Things Stand  — Kennedy Center: President Trump's name was already being added to the performing arts center in Washington early Friday, just a day after its board moved to rename it the Trump-Kennedy Center.
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Trump, Hunger Games, and the Kennedy Center  —  The dystopia everyone said was impossible is already here.  —  ∙ Paid  —  The Secret Podcast will drop later today.  It's a long one.  —  1. Back to the Future  —  Imagine that it's October 2024.
Discussion: CNN and NBC4 Washington
Washington Post:
Under RFK Jr., U.S. plans to stop recommending most vaccines, defer to doctors  —  The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.  —  Just now
Discussion: CNN and The MAHA Report
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
R.F.K. Jr. Likely to Swap U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule for Denmark's  —  The shift would mean fewer shots recommended for children.  But a Danish health official found the idea baffling, saying the United States was getting “crazier and crazier in public health.”
Al Weaver / The Hill:
Lummis announces retirement from Senate  —  Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) announced on Friday that she will not seek reelection to the upper chamber next year, setting up an open seat primary in the ruby red state.  —  Lummis made the announcement after the Senate adjourned for the holiday break …
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Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Sen. Cynthia Lummis will not seek reelection
Jesse Arm / City Journal:
Everyone Wants to Know What Gen Z Republicans Think.  We Asked Them.  —  Twenty GOP Zoomers on Trump, Hitler, dating, racism, politics, the economy, and more  —  Gen Z conservatives are often portrayed by the media as a cohort radicalized by economic despair.
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Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Trump Judge Threatens to Hold Government in Contempt Over ICE  —  A Trump-appointed judge was so upset with the living conditions in which ICE detained an immigrant in Long Island, New York, that he threatened to hold the government in contempt.  —  U.S. District Judge Gary Brown …
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Santul Nerkar / New York Times:   Trump-Appointed Judge Flays ICE Over Conditions in Long Island Lockup
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Trump to summon insurance execs to demand premium cuts  —  President Trump said Friday he plans to hold a meeting with major insurance companies in the coming days in a bid to pressure them to lower prices for consumers who are set to see premium costs soar when ObamaCare's enhanced subsidies expire at the end of the year.
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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Announces Largest Developments to Date in Bringing Most-Favored-Nation Pricing to American Patients
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Drug companies line up to make deals with Trump after initial hesitation
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Trump's win streak on Supreme Court emergency docket breaks  —  The Supreme Court refused to intervene Friday in a battle concerning immigration judges' speech restrictions, for now, snapping the Trump administration's months-long winning streak on the court's emergency docket.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Supreme Court rebuffs Trump in immigration judges' free-speech case
Discussion: New York Times
Mitt Romney / New York Times:
Tax the Rich, Like Me  —  In 2012, political ads suggested that some of my policy proposals, if enacted, would amount to pushing grandma off a cliff.  Actually, my proposals were intended to prevent that very thing from happening.  —  Today, all of us, including our grandmas …
The Hill:
Trump suspends green-card lottery program used by Brown University, MIT shootings suspect  —  President Trump on Thursday suspended the green-card lottery program, which was used by the suspected gunman in the Brown University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology shootings to enter the U.S.
Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
U.S. Strikes Islamic State Targets in Syria  —  American forces struck dozens of suspected ISIS sites, making good on President Trump's vow to avenge two American soldiers and a civilian U.S. interpreter killed by the group last week.  —  The United States began major airstrikes …
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Christine Chung / New York Times:
After Airport Pat-Down, Sean Duffy's Daughter Calls T.S.A. ‘Unconstitutional’  —  Evita Duffy-Alfonso suggested that her father, the transportation secretary, would try to eliminate the security agency if he were in charge of it.  —  A daughter of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy denounced an …
Discussion: Fox News
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Associated Press:
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's daughter calls TSA ‘unconstitutional’ after pat-down
Discussion: RedState
Washington Post:
Trump's pardons wipe out payments to defrauded victims  —  In addition to clearing prison sentences, the president's clemency actions have erased millions in restitution payments. … By the time a federal judge in 2023 sentenced convicted fraudster Trevor Milton to four years in prison …
Discussion: Gazette
Samuel Moyn / The Guardian:
It's time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced  —  We need to remake the US high court so Americans don't suffer future decades of oligarchy-facilitating rule  —  The justices of the US supreme court - even its conservatives - have traditionally valued their institution's own standing.
Madeline Fening / Cincinnati CityBeat:
Cincinnati ICE Leader Charged Federally, Booked into Butler County Jail  —  “This may be the first time an ICE agent is incarcerated in his own ICE jail,” said Lynn Tramonte, executive director of the Ohio Immigrant Alliance.  — Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
Faris Tanyos / CBS News:
Motive sought after suspect in Brown University shooting, MIT professor's killing found dead, officials say  —  What to know about the investigations into the Brown University shooting and the killing of an MIT professor:  — The suspect in the Dec. 13 mass shooting on the campus …
 
 
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Kate Santaliz / Axios:
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Discussion: HuffPost
New York Post:
Zohran Mamdani appointee resigns after vile antisemitic social media posts resurface
CNN:
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Discussion: Raw Story
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Karl Bode / Techdirt:
The TikTok deal is the worst of all possible outcomes, shifting ownership of TikTok to Trump's allies, while maintaining the supposed problematic links to China

Paul Glynn / BBC:
HarperCollins UK drops children's author and comedian David Walliams following allegations of inappropriate behavior toward young women

Ken Vogel / @kenvogel:
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