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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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‘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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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 …
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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 …
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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David Bauder / Associated Press:
‘60 Minutes’ holds off on airing critical piece on Trump deportation policy
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
“60 Minutes” yanks segment, prompting concerns around editorial independence
“60 Minutes” yanks segment, prompting concerns around editorial independence
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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 …
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.
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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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Sohrab Ahmari / UnHerd:
JD Vance: Nick Fuentes ‘can eat shit’ The VP on the Right's civil war
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Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Vance Refuses to Take Sides in G.O.P. Fight Over Bigotry
Vance Refuses to Take Sides in G.O.P. Fight Over Bigotry
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Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
JD Vance is ‘walking a tightrope’ on raging Israel debate within MAGA
JD Vance is ‘walking a tightrope’ on raging Israel debate within MAGA
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Jon Henley / The Guardian:
You cannot annex other countries, Danish and Greenlandic leaders tell Trump — Mette Frederiksen and Jens-Frederik Nielsen demand respect for borders after US appoints Greenland envoy — The prime ministers of Denmark and Greenland have demanded respect for their borders after Donald Trump appointed …
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Siddharth Cavale / The Independent:
Greenland alarmed after Trump appoints envoy to make country ‘part of the US’
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Geir Moulson / Associated Press:
Denmark and Greenland vow that the US won't take over Greenland after Trump appoints envoy
Denmark and Greenland vow that the US won't take over Greenland after Trump appoints envoy
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Washington Post:
Trump appoints Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry as special envoy to Greenland
Trump appoints Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry as special envoy to Greenland
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Jennifer A Dlouhy / Bloomberg:
Trump Taps Louisiana Governor Landry as Greenland Envoy
Trump Taps Louisiana Governor Landry as Greenland Envoy
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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 …
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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.
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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.
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.
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Associated Press:
Car bomb kills Russian general in Moscow — A car bomb killed a Russian general on Monday, the third such killing of a senior military officer in just over a year. Investigators said Ukraine may be behind the attack. — Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate …
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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 …
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.
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
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Ben Makuch / The Guardian:
Neo-Nazi terror group steps up US operations as FBI pulls back — Online activity shows the Base, headed by alleged Russian asset Rinaldo Nazzaro, sees US and Ukraine as key centers — Amid high-profile arrests in its Spanish cell, the American-born and designated neo-Nazi terrorist group the Base …
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.
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