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Allison Gill / The Breakdown:
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment  —  I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.  —  The segment apparently aired on Canada's Global TV app and was shared by this Bluesky user @jasonparis.bsky.social.  You can watch the entire segment below!  Please share widely!
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Parker Molloy / The Present Age:
The Kill Switch  —  In 1995, 60 Minutes made a decision that nearly destroyed the program.  Producers killed an interview with Jeffrey Wigand, a tobacco industry whistleblower who had evidence that cigarette companies knew their products were addictive and carcinogenic.
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Turmoil at CBS News After Bari Weiss Pulls a ‘60 Minutes’ Segment  —  Several veteran correspondents questioned how Ms. Weiss, the new CBS News editor in chief, had handled the segment, after she defended her decision on a call with the newsroom.  —  CBS News remained roiled on Monday …
Discussion: Yashar Ali
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Yanked “60 Minutes” episode aired in Canada  —  The “60 Minutes” segment pulled from air by CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss did not include new comments from Trump administration officials, according to a copy of the segment viewed by Axios.  —  Why it matters: The segment …
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
CBS pulls ‘60 Minutes’ segment on notorious El Salvador prison … CBS said in a statement that the segment will air at a later date, and Weiss defended the decision to hold the segment in a statement to POLITICO.  —  “My job is to make sure that all stories we publish are the best they can be,” Weiss said.
Yashar Ali / The Reset:
BREAKING: Here's the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don't Want You to See  —  Hours before it was set to air last night, CBS News executives pulled the segment, but Canada's Global TV app received it prior to broadcast.  —  (If you already know the story, the video is down at the bottom)
Zeteo:
Bari Weiss Praised El Salvador's Dictator Before Spiking ‘60 Minutes’ Story on His Torture Prison
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Scoop: Weiss told top “60 Minutes” producers that delayed segment had problems
Will Neal / The Daily Beast:
Katie Miller Gives ‘60 Minutes’ a Bonkers Lecture After Pro-Trump Censorship
Discussion: Public and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Trump To Announce Navy Will Buy New ‘Battleship’  —  The new warship will be the latest in what the White House envisions as a “Golden Fleet”  —  President Trump will announce on Monday a new fleet of large warships he is calling “battleships,” according to a U.S. official and another official familiar …
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Hamed Ahmadi / NOTUS:
Trump Is Naming a New Class of Navy Battleships After Himself  —  Previous battleship classes were traditionally named after U.S. states, but this new generation would be called the “Trump class.”  — Copy  —  President Donald Trump on Monday unveiled plans for a new class …
Steve Holland / Reuters:
Trump announces plan for new class of more powerful US battleships  —  President Donald Trump announced on Monday plans to build a new “Trump-class” of battleships — larger, faster and “100 times more powerful” than any before — aimed at cementing U.S. naval dominance, starting with two vessels as part of an expanded “Golden Fleet.”
Paul McLeary / Politico:
Trump's new ‘Trump-Class’ battleship will carry nuclear weapons
Politico:
New trove of apparent Epstein files posted on DOJ site disappears … Justice Department spokespeople didn't respond to POLITICO's requests for comment on the new documents.  The material included tens of thousands of government documents and emails, as well as several dozen videos from the Bureau of Prisons.
Discussion: Fox News
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Washington Post:
Second big batch of Epstein files includes many mentions of Trump  —  The Justice Department had been heavily criticized on Capitol Hill for including few Trump-related documents in its first release of files.  —  Three days after releasing a large tranche of Jeffrey Epstein documents …
Jacob Wendler / Politico:
Bill Clinton spox calls on DOJ to release Epstein files referencing the former president
Josh Blackman / Reason:
Breaking: Cully Stimson and Hans von Spakovsky Resign From Heritage  —  Last night, Kevin Roberts told the Heritage staff that two people would be directing the Meese Center.  National Review reported: … I just spoke with Cully, who told me that both he and Hans resigned from the Heritage Foundation.
Discussion: National Review and Raw Story
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Wall Street Journal:
The Heritage Foundation Blows Up  —  Its conservative scholars jump to Mike Pence's policy shop after being stifled at the think tank.  —  The debate over the direction of the post-Trump right is underway, and one of the first casualties is the Heritage Foundation.
Politico:
‘Incredibly reckless’: Trump's wind halt stuns even some allies … And Trump's newest move jeopardizes major new power sources that were already on their way to completion.  —  “It is coming at a time when the main topic is affordability, affordability.  This is running contrary to that in my opinion …
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Shifra Dayak / NOTUS:
Interior Department Pauses Five Major Offshore Wind Projects, Citing National Security
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Trump Administration Orders Nearly 30 U.S. Ambassadors to Leave Their Posts  —  A union representing career diplomats said such a mass recall had never happened in the history of the U.S. Foreign Service.  —  The Trump administration has ordered nearly 30 ambassadors in embassies around …
Discussion: RedState
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Wall Street Journal:
Mass Recall of U.S. Ambassadors Leaves Unprecedented Global Vacancies
Discussion: Bloomberg
Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
Lawmaker Sues to Remove Trump's Name From the Kennedy Center  —  Representative Joyce Beatty, Democrat of Ohio, argues that only Congress is authorized to rename the D.C. performing arts institution.  —  Representative Joyce Beatty, Democrat of Ohio, sued President Trump on Monday …
Discussion: NBC News and Raw Story
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Democrat sues to stop “Trump-Kennedy Center” renaming
Discussion: Bloomberg
NPR:
Federal judge says U.S. must give due process to deported Venezuelans  —  A federal judge on Monday said the U.S. government denied due process to the Venezuelan men it deported to a prison in El Salvador in March after President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act.
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U.S. Department of Education:
U.S. Department of Education Announces Review of Brown University for Potential Clery Act Violations  —  Today, the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) announced it will conduct a program review of Brown University (Brown) in response to the December 13, 2025, shooting on its campus, which killed two students.
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Trump critic George Conway files papers for U.S. House bid in New York  —  Conway joins a crowded Democratic race to succeed Rep. Jerry Nadler (D).  —  Just now  —  George Conway, a onetime supporter of President Donald Trump who has become a vocal critic in recent years …
Discussion: NBC News, NewsNation and NOTUS
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Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Trump critic George Conway files to run for NY House seat
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Trump on seized Venezuelan oil: “We're gonna keep it”  —  The U.S. now controls about 3.7 million barrels of Venezuelan crude from two interdicted oil tankers.  And President Trump doesn't want to give it up. … - It threatens to escalate tensions with China, which buys a much as 75% of Venezuela's oil.
Discussion: New York Times, CNBC, The Hill and Reuters
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Cameron Peters / Vox:
Trump's war on windmills, briefly explained
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet.  We Tracked Ourselves  —  I am standing on the corner of Harris Road and Young Street outside of the Crossroads Business Park in Bakersfield, California, looking up at a Flock surveillance camera bolted high above a traffic signal.
Discussion: Straight Arrow News
Spencer Buell / The Boston Globe:
Brown University custodian says he saw shooting suspect casing building over several weeks, flagged security  —  A Brown University custodian says he saw the alleged mass shooter, who opened fire in a classroom on Dec. 13, killing two people and injuring nine others, nearly a dozen times several weeks …
 
 
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Nette Nöstlinger / Politico:
Germany's far-right AfD accused of gathering information for the Kremlin
Gosia Wozniacka / Oregonian:
Oregon couple deported, forced to leave toddler behind
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C.J. Ciaramella / Reason:
DHS Says Recording or Following Law Enforcement ‘Sure Sounds Like Obstruction of Justice’
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Tom Latchem / The Daily Beast:
ICE Barbie Makes Desperate Christmas Plea to Boost Failing Deportation App
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Behold! 🔥 The Focus Group from Hell 🔥
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