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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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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.
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 …
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Trump and Co. Can't Keep Their Lies Straight  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham is typically a reliable cheerleader for the White House at home and abroad.  So it was notable to hear him say yesterday, fresh off a trip to the Middle East, that the peace deal between Israel and Hamas might be working less …
Discussion: NBC News, MS NOW and Mediaite
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 …
Washington Post:
‘60 Minutes’ correspondent says CBS's Bari Weiss abruptly pulled segment on Trump deportations
Brian Stelter / CNN:
CBS shelves ‘60 Minutes’ story on Trump deportees at the last minute: ‘People are threatening to quit,’ staffers say
Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:   CBS and CNN Are Being Sacrificed to Trump
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
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Josephine Walker / Axios:   Mike Pence's think tank poaches top Heritage staff as MAGA rift grows
Washington Post:
Heritage staffers walk out amid latest strife at MAGA institution
Discussion: Reason
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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U.S. Department of the Interior:
The Trump Administration Protects U.S. National Security by Pausing Offshore Wind Leases
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
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Discussion: Raw Story and Wonkette
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Julianna Bragg / Axios:
Epstein survivors criticize DOJ for failure to release all files
Joseph Gedeon / The Guardian:
Schumer to ask Senate to back legal action over partial Epstein files release
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Sohrab Ahmari / UnHerd:
JD Vance: Nick Fuentes ‘can eat shit’  —  JD Vance has for months faced mounting pressure to censure Nicholas J. Fuentes and his army of boisterously racist and antisemitic supporters, known as Groypers.  Speaking exclusively to UnHerd at the vice president's residence on Friday, he doesn't mince his words.
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Washington Post:
Ted Cruz weighs another presidential run, setting up clash with Vance
Discussion: Raw Story and NewsMax.com
Cameron Adams / The Daily Beast:
JD Vance Finally Loses It Over Attacks on His Wife: ‘Eat S**t’
Discussion: IJR
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 …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Raw Story and 19FortyFive
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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Geir Moulson / Associated Press:
Denmark and Greenland vow that the US won't take over Greenland after Trump appoints envoy
Siddharth Cavale / The Independent:
Greenland alarmed after Trump appoints envoy to make country ‘part of the US’
Discussion: RedState and NewsMax.com
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.
Discussion: Meidas+ and Raw Story
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Trump critic George Conway files to run for NY House seat … Though George Conway was also offered a position with the administration during Trump's first term, he declined.  The relationship between the president and Conway turned contentious, with Conway often criticizing Trump and the president …
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.
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: Dean Baker and Raw Story
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 …
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 …
ProPublica:
The FDA Often Doesn't Test Generic Drugs for Quality Concerns, So ProPublica Did  —  Rx Roulette: The FDA's Dangerous Gamble on America's Drugs  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.
Discussion: The People's Pharmacy
 
 
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Reuters:
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ProPublica:
Top DOJ Official Shut Down Enforcement Against Crypto Companies While Holding More Than $150,000 in Crypto Investments
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The Guardian:
US justice department halts funding for human-trafficking survivors
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Victoria Bekiempis / The Guardian:
Files release illuminates Maxwell's tactics to lure teens into Epstein's orbit
New York Times:
The Economy Avoided a Recession in 2025, but Many Americans Are Reeling
Discussion: New Yorker
Brad Heath / Reuters:
Exclusive: How immigration swallowed up federal gun crime efforts
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Trump's attempted takeover of DC golf courses sets off controversy
Discussion: Raw Story, IJR and Washington Post
Asawin Suebsaeng / Zeteo:
‘Our MAGA Civil War Is Spreading’
Discussion: Raw Story and Axios
Ian Parker / New Yorker:
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Sara Salinas / CNBC:
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Ali Watkins / New York Times:
Channel 4 says Jimmy Kimmel will share a message on Christmas Day as part of its Alternative Christmas Message show, emphasizing the importance of free speech

Mitchell Peters / Billboard:
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