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11:00 AM ET, December 22, 2025

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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
‘60 Minutes’ Pulls Segment on Venezuelans Deported by Trump Administration, Drawing Criticism  —  Sharyn Alfonsi, a “60 Minutes” correspondent, criticized the network's decision to remove her reporting from Sunday's edition of the show.  —  In a move that drew harsh criticism from its own correspondent …
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Washington Post:
‘60 Minutes’ correspondent says CBS's Bari Weiss abruptly pulled segment on Trump deportations  —  The segment on the deportation of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador's CECOT prison was pulled after the Trump administration refused to grant the network an interview.  —  Just now
David Folkenflik / NPR:
CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls ‘60 Minutes’ story, sparking outcry  —  Just a day and a half before it was set to be broadcast, new CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss pulled a planned 60 Minutes investigative segment centering on allegations of abuses at an El Salvador detention center …
Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal:
CBS News Pulls ‘60 Minutes’ Segment; Correspondent Calls Decision Political  —  News organization says the segment about El Salvador prison where Trump administration sent deportees needed additional reporting  —  CBS News pulled a planned “60 Minutes” segment on an El Salvador maximum-security prison …
David Bauder / Associated Press:
‘60 Minutes’ holds off on airing critical piece on Trump deportation policy
Sara Fischer / Axios:
“60 Minutes” yanks segment, prompting concerns around editorial independence
Discussion: HotAir and Townhall
Audrey Fahlberg / National Review:
Exclusive: Resignations Continue at Heritage Foundation amid Frustrations with Leadership  —  Staffers in the Heritage Foundation's economic, legal, and data centers resigned over the weekend to join a conservative advocacy group founded by former Vice President Mike Pence, National Review has learned …
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Josh Dawsey / Wall Street Journal:
Top Heritage Officials Flee to Mike Pence's Nonprofit as Think Tank Fractures  —  The conservative movement continues to splinter about how to deal with its most controversial voices  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence's political group is poaching top officials from the conservative …
Discussion: Reason and Mediaite
Josh Blackman / Reason:
My Resignation From The Heritage Foundation  —  It is with deep regret that I must resign my position as Senior Editor of the Heritage Guide to the Constitution.  Indeed, I could not have even conceived of such an action only a few months ago when we launched the third edition of the guide.
Discussion: Mediaite
Washington Post:
Ted Cruz weighs another presidential run, setting up clash with Vance … Sen. Ted Cruz sat down with a longtime ally in November at an office near D.C.'s Union Station to discuss the future of the Republican Party.  Before long, the discussion touched on his own future.
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Cameron Adams / The Daily Beast:
JD Vance Finally Loses It Over Attacks on His Wife: ‘Eat S**t’
Discussion: Fox News and The Hill
New York Times:
Trump Halts Five Wind Farms Off the East Coast  —  The Interior Department said the projects posed national security risks, without providing details.  The decision imperils billions of dollars of investments.  —  The Trump administration on Monday said it would pause leases …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and CBS News
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Matthew Daly / Associated Press:
Trump administration pauses 5 offshore wind projects on the East Coast  —  The Trump administration said Monday it is pausing leases for five large-scale offshore wind projects under construction in the East Coast due to unspecified national security risks identified by the Pentagon.
Fox News:
Trump admin pausing all off shore wind project construction due to national security concerns
Discussion: Bloomberg
Geir Moulson / Associated Press:
Denmark and Greenland vow that the US won't take over Greenland after Trump appoints envoy  —  The leaders of Denmark and Greenland insisted Monday that the U.S. won't take over Greenland and demanded respect for their territorial integrity after President Donald Trump ‍announced the appointment of a special envoy to Greenland.
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Siddharth Cavale / The Independent:
Greenland alarmed after Trump appoints envoy to make country ‘part of the US’
Discussion: RedState
Jennifer A Dlouhy / Bloomberg:
Trump Taps Louisiana Governor Landry as Greenland Envoy
New York Times:
Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump's Return to Office  —  The president's team has created a highly unusual fund-raising apparatus for causes he favors.  The Times analyzed more than half a billion dollars in contributions from 346 donors.
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
A Conspicuous Gap May Undermine Trump's Birthright Citizenship Plan  —  A historical review shows lawmakers without certain familial records went unchallenged as citizens when the 14th Amendment was adopted.  The finding appeared to undercut the president's claims on birthright citizenship.
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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:   Conservatives Want the Antebellum Constitution Back
Ken Dilanian / MS NOW:
Kash Patel's new ride of choice: an armored luxury BMW  —  FBI Director Kash Patel is being driven around in specially armored BMWs that the FBI bought at his request.  —  Patel had pressed the FBI for this high-end vehicle for the purpose of being less conspicuous on his outings …
NBC News:
Sudden trips and security lapses: Steve Witkoff and Marco Rubio's clashing diplomacy on Russia-Ukraine  —  Apart from disagreements about peace efforts in Ukraine, Witkoff has been at loggerheads with Rubio and State Department officials about the way he handles security.
Ian Parker / New Yorker:
Peter Navarro, Trump's Ultimate Yes-Man  —  The tariff cheerleader established the template of sycophancy for Trump Administration officials.  —  In March, 2016, Peter Navarro introduced himself to students in Managing Geopolitical Risk in an Age of a Rising China, a new undergraduate course at the University of California, Irvine.
Reuters:
High-profile Russians assassinated since start of Ukraine war  —  A Russian general was killed by a car bomb in Moscow on Monday, the latest in a growing list of military officials and other pro-war figures to be assassinated since the start of the war in Ukraine.
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
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Discussion: The Japan Times
Paul Krugman:
MAGA's Manly Manufacturing Misfire  —  According to Navigator Research, a significant number of Americans who voted for Donald Trump in 2024 now regret their choice.  As the word cloud above suggests, this regret is largely driven by Trump's utter failure to deliver on his economic promises.
Discussion: Raw Story and Dean Baker
Washington Post:
Republicans and Democrats pitch competing plans to tackle affordability  —  Affordability is topic No. 1 with midterms looming, but economists are skeptical that Congress can do much to lower prices across the board.  —  Just now  —  Lawmakers in both parties view simmering fury over the cost …
Politico:
‘We wasted a lot of time’: The next shutdown deadline will be here sooner than you think … “We wasted a lot of time because the Senate's not negotiating yet,” House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole (R-Okla.) said in an interview last week.  “When they're ready to negotiate, we can move fast.”
Discussion: The Hill
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
What have we learned about child poverty in America?  —  Members of a National Academy of Sciences committee share insights … The U.S has one of the highest child poverty rates of any developed nation.  Within the U.S., children are the age group most likely to be living in poverty …
 
 
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
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NPR:
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Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
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