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12:20 PM ET, December 19, 2025

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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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Matt Vespa / Townhall:
What Trump Did to the Kennedy Center Triggered a Level-Five Lib Meltdown  —  When Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), aka Temu Obama, says this move was illegal, a) you know you struck a chord with the Left, and b) prepare to watch some fireworks.  President Trump, who has low-key assimilated the Kennedy Center …
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Screw It.  Let's Rename the Moon.  —  The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget reported a grim milestone this week: In Fiscal Year 2025, for the first time in history, the U.S. spent more than $1 trillion servicing the national debt.  And the problem's only getting worse …
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Trump, Hunger Games, and the Kennedy Center
Discussion: CNN and NBC4 Washington
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
JFK's family erupts over “Trump-Kennedy Center” renaming plan
Associated Press:
Trump says he's ‘surprised’ and ‘honored’ his handpicked board voted to rename Kennedy Center
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.
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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.
Wall Street Journal:
A Guide to the ‘Epstein Files’ and Other Materials Released So Far
Jacob Wendler / Politico:
Justice Department faces Friday deadline for releasing Epstein documents
Associated Press:
Man suspected in shooting at Brown University has been found dead in New Hampshire, AP source says  —  A man who is suspected of killing two and wounding several others at Brown University has been found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility, a law enforcement official and a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump pauses green card lottery program after Brown University, MIT shootings  —  President Trump ordered the suspension of a green card lottery program that enabled the suspect in the Brown University mass shooting and killing of an MIT professor to live in the U.S, a top official announced late Thursday.
New York Times:
Live Updates: Suspect in Brown University Shooting Is Found Dead in New Hampshire  —  The man, a 48-year-old former Brown student, was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a storage unit, officials said.  They believe he was also connected to the killing of an M.I.T. professor this week.
Faris Tanyos / CBS News:
Brown University shooting suspect found dead in New Hampshire, also killed MIT professor, officials say
Ross O'Keefe / Washington Examiner:
Noem suspends green card lottery system that allowed suspected Brown-MIT shooter into US
Axios:
Officials: Suspect in Brown shooting, MIT professor's killing found dead
HuffPost:
ICE Says U.S. Citizen's Birth Certificate Is Fake After Arresting Her: Attorneys  —  Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday.  ICE won't release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.  —  A Maryland woman has spent days …
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Todd Richmond / Associated Press:
Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan's defense argues ‘top levels of government’ pushed to bring charges  —  The “top levels of government” were involved in bringing charges against a Wisconsin judge who helped a Mexican immigrant evade federal authorities, her defense attorney told jurors during closing arguments …
Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Judge in Wisconsin convicted of helping immigrant avoid arrest by ICE
Julie Bosman / New York Times:
Judge Convicted of Obstructing Agents as They Sought Undocumented Immigrant
Paul Krugman:
Lies, Damned Lies and Trump Speeches  —  What MAGA genius thought that Trump's “affordability” speech was a good idea?  —  Source  —  Today is a travel day so this will be a short post.  Fortunately the main topic that I want to talk about is uncomplicated - the speech that Donald Trump gave on Wednesday night.
Discussion: Meidas+ and New York Magazine
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
White House inner circle seeks to get Trump on script
Discussion: CNN, Raw Story and HuffPost
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 …
Discussion: New Jersey Online
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Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Will Democrats Force Another Government Shutdown Over Health Care?
Discussion: The Hill
Andrew Howard / Politico:
MAGA infighting erupts at Turning Point USA Conference … “The conservative movement is in serious danger,” Shapiro said, arguing the danger is not just on the left, but “from charlatans who claim to speak in the name of principle but actually traffic in conspiracism and dishonesty.”
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Erika Kirk endorses JD Vance for president in 2028
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 …
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.
Discussion: Bloomberg
The Athletic:
Rams star Puka Nacua apologizes for antisemitic dance on livestream  —  Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua apologized on Thursday after appearing on a livestream in which he practiced an antisemitic touchdown dance.  —  “When I appeared the other day on a social media livestream …
NBC News:
Trump not ruling out war with Venezuela  —  In an exclusive phone interview with NBC News, Trump talked about his offensive against Venezuela, his plan for health care and his outlook for the midterm elections.  — Add NBC News to Google  —  President Donald Trump said Thursday …
Radley Balko / The Watch:
104 murders in 107 days  —  One of the more surreal phenomena of the last year is the way in which our fleeting news cycle and plodding legal system combine to distract us from this administration's atrocities.  —  On the legal side, the federal courts operate on a “doctrine of regularity” …
Discussion: New York Times, Al Jazeera and CBS News
April Rubin / Axios:
Facing Trump's wrath, Jack Smith requests public hearing in House GOP probe  —  Former special counsel Jack Smith requested to testify in “an open and public hearing” in a Thursday letter from his attorneys to House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio).
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Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Jack Smith's lawyers ask Jordan for open hearing after closed-door testimony
Discussion: CBS News
CNN:
Exclusive: Top lawyer for military joint chiefs told chairman that officers should retire if faced with an unlawful order  —  How should a military commander respond if they determine they have received an unlawful order?  —  Request to retire — and refrain from resigning in protest …
 
 
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Bloomberg:
White House Investigates Mystery Video Stream on Website
Discussion: Associated Press and New Republic
Bloomberg:
Zuckerberg Cut Ties With Pro-Immigration Organization He Founded
Will McCarthy / Politico:
I Drove 700 Miles Through California's Absurd New Congressional District
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
Undaunted in Faith  —  Three religious leaders provide inspiration: Pope Leo XIV …
Lizzy Lawrence / STAT:
STAT+: FDA voucher program has become vehicle for political interference in drug review decisions, staffers say
Discussion: New York Times and ProPublica
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
Revealed: FBI opened domestic terrorism investigations into anti-ICE activity across US
Discussion: New Republic
Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:
The Transphobic Mask Is Off
Emma Colton / Fox News:
HHS unleashes sweeping crackdown on child ‘sex-rejecting procedures,’ threatens hospital, Medicaid funding
 Earlier Items: 
Catherine Rampell / The Bulwark:
Trump Is Walloping Construction Businesses. The Industry Stays Quiet.
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
The legal “defense” for Trump's ballroom is a joke
ProPublica:
Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump
Natasha Dangoor / Wall Street Journal:
They Get Wheeled on Flights and Miraculously Walk Off. Praise ‘Jetway Jesus.’
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump's Attacks on Rob Reiner and Others Characterize an Uninhibited 2nd Term
Discussion: Mediaite
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