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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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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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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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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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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 — 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 and Mediaite
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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The Hill, Washington Examiner, Raw Story and Blue Virginia
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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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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 …
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NBC News and New York Post
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Caitlin Reilly / Bloomberg:
George Conway to Run as a Democrat for Nadler's Manhattan Seat
George Conway to Run as a Democrat for Nadler's Manhattan Seat
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Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller and 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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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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Associated Press, Mediaite, Newsweek, Semafor and The Guardian
Cameron Adams / The Daily Beast:
JD Vance Finally Loses It Over Attacks on His Wife: ‘Eat S**t’
JD Vance Finally Loses It Over Attacks on His Wife: ‘Eat S**t’
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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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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, New York Times, Washington Examiner, New York Sun and Fox News
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 …
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New Republic, Raw Story and Mediaite
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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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 …
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
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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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Raw Story and Dean Baker
Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
Larry Ellison Provides Personal Guarantee for Paramount's Bid for Warner — Warner earlier recommended that shareholders reject Paramount's $30-per-share bid for all of the company — Paramount amended its offer for Warner Bros. Discovery , with billionaire Larry Ellison agreeing …
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Victoria Bekiempis / The Guardian:
Files release illuminates Maxwell's tactics to lure teens into Epstein's orbit — Documents allege Epstein's accomplice and ex-girlfriend ‘normalized’ his grooming and ‘directed’ girls on what to do — A document among the tranche of newly released Jeffrey Epstein files casts fresh light …
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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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.
Fox News:
Trump admin recalling around 30 ambassadors as part of State Dept realignment, official confirms — Diplomats will be reassigned elsewhere at State Department rather than fired, senior official says — The Trump administration is recalling about 30 ambassadors from around the world …
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