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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’ — 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
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
CBS shelves ‘60 Minutes’ story on Trump deportees at the last minute: ‘People are threatening to quit,’ staffers say — “60 Minutes” just suffered a severe blow to its credibility. Now one of its own correspondents fears the program is being “dismantled,” and some employees are threatening to quit.
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Stephanie Kaloi / The Wrap:
‘60 Minutes’ Pulls Segment on Trump Deportees Sent to El Salvador Megaprison 2 Hours Before Airtime — The episode Terrorism Confinement Center will reportedly air at a later date — “60 Minutes” abruptly dropped a segment about Trump deportees sent to a megaprison in El Salvador Sunday — two hours before it was set to air.
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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 …
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Dean Obeidallah / The Dean's Report:
Where is the footage Jeffrey Epstein secretly recorded of people in his houses?! — This footage could finally lead to justice for the survivors — The headlines surrounding the (corrupt) DOJ's release of a small chunk of the Epstein files on Friday has focused on aspects ranging …
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Washington Post:
Two lawmakers seek to find Bondi in contempt over Epstein files
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Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie say they're considering inherent contempt charges against Pam Bondi
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CBS News:
Transcript: Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Dec. 21, 2025
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Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Lawmakers say White House ‘covering up things’ in release of Epstein files
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Al Weaver / The Hill:
Senate stares down fraught health care battle with ObamaCare subsidies set to expire — Senate negotiators are set for a high-wire act on health care in the coming weeks after leaving Washington for the holidays without a resolution on the expiring enhanced subsidies, with lawmakers increasingly shifting …
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Max Rego / The Hill:
Jeffries says House ‘will pass’ ObamaCare subsidies extension ‘with a bipartisan majority’
Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:
As insurers retreat from Obamacare, a working family is caught in the squeeze
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Lankford: Americans will decide whether to blame GOP for lapsed ObamaCare subsidies
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Jennifer A Dlouhy / Bloomberg:
Trump Taps Louisiana Governor Landry as Greenland Envoy — President Donald Trump said he's nominating Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as US special envoy to Greenland, in the latest signal that the president retains designs on increasing US influence over the island he's suggested he wants to purchase.
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Alex Nieves / Politico:
‘A very clear plan’: How Trump demolished California's electric vehicle mandate … The infighting, sloppy rulemaking and a lack of clear policy goals that marked Trump's first administration have been replaced by an aggressively overhauled government workforce stocked with MAGA loyalists …
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Politico:
If Congress is going to avoid another shutdown, lawmakers need to start talking … “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.”
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Caitlin Owens / Axios:
Chaos could be coming for children's vaccines — Some leading vaccine manufacturers could be exposed to litigation they've been protected from for decades if the U.S. decides to adopt a new childhood vaccine schedule resembling Denmark's, as it appears likely to do in the new year.
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NBC News:
U.S. Coast Guard ‘in active pursuit’ of third vessel off the Venezuelan coast — The vessel is part of Venezuela's illegal sanctions evasion, a U.S. official said. — The U.S. Coast Guard “is in active pursuit” of a sanctioned vessel in international waters off the coast of Venezuela …
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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.
Shaimaa Khalil / BBC:
Israel approves 19 new settlements in occupied West Bank — Israel's security cabinet has approved the recognition of 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank as the government continues its settlement expansion push. — Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich …
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Anushka Patil / New York Times:
Russia Dismisses Reports of Progress in Ukraine Peace Talks — Proposals that emerged in recent negotiations with the United States were “rather unconstructive,” a Kremlin official said on Sunday. — The Kremlin on Sunday appeared to throw cold water on the results of several days of peace talks in Miami …
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Kimmel to give “deeply personal” Christmas Day message on U.K. TV — Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel will deliver a very “personal” 2025 Alternative Christmas Message for viewers on Channel 4 in the U.K., the British network announced Sunday. … - Channel 4 noted in the statement …
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Andrew Howard / Politico:
Vance tries to weather the MAGA storm at Turning Point … “If you miss Charlie Kirk, do you promise to fight what he died for? Do you promise to take the country back from the people who took his life?” Vance asked the crowd. — His speech at the Phoenix Convention Center is the culmination …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
MAGA media mess deepens at Turning Point convention
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CNN:
'They're attacking their own': DC Democrats irked by surge of left-wing challengers with House majority on the line — Congressional news House election US elections Donald Trump — When Rep. Dan Goldman first ran for Congress in 2022, he was cheered on the left as the party's top lawyer …
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