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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court keeps Trump's National Guard deployment blocked in the Chicago area, for now — The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to allow the Trump administration to deploy National Guard troops in the Chicago area to support its immigration crackdown. The justices declined …
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Politico:
Supreme Court blocks Trump effort to deploy National Guard troops to Illinois … Three conservative justices — Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch — dissented, while another conservative, Brett Kavanaugh, declined to join the majority's explanation of the ruling.
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Washington Post:
Supreme Court blocks National Guard deployment to Chicago in defeat for Trump — The order is a rare loss for the administration at the high court. Three conservative justices dissented. — The Supreme Court said Tuesday it would not allow President Donald Trump to deploy the National Guard …
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Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Supreme Court says Trump can't deploy National Guard to Chicago as legal challenge moves forward — Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a bid by the Trump administration to deploy National Guard members to the Chicago area while a legal challenge moves forward …
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Chelsea Brasted / Axios:
National Guard deploys to New Orleans
National Guard deploys to New Orleans
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court just handed Trump a rare — and very significant — loss
The Supreme Court just handed Trump a rare — and very significant — loss
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Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers — The Trump administration, citing “foreign censorship,” imposed travel bans on experts involved in monitoring major tech platforms. — The Trump administration is barring five prominent Europeans from the United States …
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Marco Rubio / United States Department of State:
Announcement of Actions to Combat the Global Censorship-Industrial Complex — The State Department is taking decisive action against five individuals who have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose.
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Fatima Hussein / Associated Press:
US bars five Europeans it says pressured tech firms to censor American viewpoints online
US bars five Europeans it says pressured tech firms to censor American viewpoints online
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Scoop: Bari Weiss plans overhaul of CBS News and “60 Minutes” standards and procedures — CBS News' new editor-in-chief Bari Weiss is planning to create a masthead for the broadcaster as part of a broader overhaul of standards and procedures, according to a source familiar with her plans.
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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Cancel Culture's Boomerang Effect — What the 60 Minutes scandal reveals — On Sunday night Bari Weiss, the editor of The Free Press and the new head of CBS News, abruptly stopped a forthcoming 60 Minutes report on the torture endured by migrants in the brutal El Salvadoran prison CECOT …
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April Rubin / Axios:
Epstein letter to Larry Nassar is fake, Justice Department says — The Justice Department on Tuesday said a letter in the trove of Epstein files addressed from Jeffrey Epstein to convicted sex offender Larry Nassar is fake and that the handwriting “does not appear to match” Epstein's.
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Politico:
New revelations about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor appear in latest Epstein files
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Joe Walsh / CBS News:
Epstein files live updates as DOJ releases huge new set of photos, documents with many mentions of Trump
Epstein files live updates as DOJ releases huge new set of photos, documents with many mentions of Trump
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Bryony Gooch / The Independent:
Russell Brand charged with further counts of rape and sexual assault — The alleged offences took place in 2009, the Crown Protection Service said — For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails — Comedian Russell Brand will face …
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Robyn Vinter / The Guardian:
Russell Brand charged with further sexual offences including rape
Russell Brand charged with further sexual offences including rape
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Chao Deng / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Economy Posts Robust Growth in the Third Quarter — A long-delayed government report shows GDP grew at an annual 4.3% rate — The U.S. economy grew at an unexpectedly robust pace in the third quarter, according to a shutdown-delayed government report.
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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis:
Gross Domestic Product, 3rd Quarter 2025 (Initial Estimate) and Corporate Profits (Preliminary)
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Julianne McShane / MS NOW:
Department of Veterans Affairs quietly implements abortion ban — A VA spokesperson confirmed to MS NOW that the ban was in place following a Department of Justice memo issued last week. — The Department of Veterans Affairs has implemented an abortion ban after the Department of Justice issued …
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Department of Veterans Affairs quietly bans abortion services, counseling
Department of Veterans Affairs quietly bans abortion services, counseling
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Annie Nova / CNBC:
Trump administration to start seizing pay of defaulted student loan borrowers in January … The Trump administration will start garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers in default in early January, a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Education confirmed to CNBC on Tuesday.
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Emmett Lindner / New York Times:
Student Loan Borrowers in Default Could See Wages Garnished in Early 2026
Student Loan Borrowers in Default Could See Wages Garnished in Early 2026
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The Harvard Crimson:
Summers Named Successor Executor in 2014 Draft of Epstein's Will — Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was once designated as a successor executor in convicted sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein's will, positioning him to oversee Epstein's estate if the primary executors were unable …
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George Chidi / The Guardian:
Some Epstein file redactions are being undone with hacks
Some Epstein file redactions are being undone with hacks
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Adeel Hassan / New York Times:
Ben Sasse Says He Has Terminal Pancreatic Cancer — Mr. Sasse, a former senator from Nebraska, wrote on social media that he had received a diagnosis last week for Stage 4 pancreatic cancer. — Ben Sasse, a Republican former senator from Nebraska and a former president of the University of Florida …
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Al Weaver / The Hill:
Ben Sasse diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer
Ben Sasse diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer
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New York Times:
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little? … Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency said it made more than 29,000 cuts to the federal government — slashing billion-dollar contracts, canceling thousands of grants and pushing out civil servants.
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Miami Herald:
Body cam footage shows feds threatening U.S. citizen detained in Key Largo — The woman who was dragged out of her car by federal immigration agents in Key Largo while screaming she was a U.S. citizen said the feds had already stopped her twice within a few weeks, including when they had detained …
Hamed Aleaziz / New York Times:
Stephen Miller Cites Children of Immigrants as a Problem — As it seeks to end birthright citizenship, the Trump administration is arguing that immigrants bring problems that extend for generations. The data shows otherwise. — When Stephen Miller, one of President Trump's top advisers …
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Eugene Volokh / Reason:
California Policy Limiting Teachers' Disclosure to Parents of Student's Changed Gender Identity Violates First Amendment, Court Holds — The introduction to today's long opinion by Judge Roger Benitez in Mirabelli v. Olson (S.D. Cal.): — Long before Horace Mann advocated in the 1840's …
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Moves Troops and Additional Special- Operations Aircraft Into Caribbean — Deployment is latest by Trump administration to ratchet up pressure on Maduro regime in Venezuela — The U.S. moved a large number of special-operations aircraft and multiple cargo planes filled with troops …
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Jay Nordlinger / The Next Move:
‘Heritage Americans’ and the American Heritage — A note from The Next Move: Happy holidays! To celebrate the end of a successful first year on Substack, we're giving away five chess boards signed by RDI's Garry Kasparov. Anyone signed up as a premium subscriber by December 31, 2025 will be automatically eligible to win.
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment and threats have changed their lives — More than 100 pizzas were delivered to the homes of judges and their families this year, some with signs of foreign involvement. Judges say the message is clear: We know where you live.
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Politico:
New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver returns to ICE facility after assault charges to push for its closure … McIver — a first-term member of Congress whose district encompasses Newark — told reporters Tuesday that she was the one who was assaulted and that the facility should be shut down.
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Tom Latchem / The Daily Beast:
Vance's Navy SEAL Cosplay Immediately Backfires — GI TRY-HARD — The vice president's beach workout with an elite unit drew jibes and questions about his priorities. — Vice President JD Vance posted glossy photos of his personal training session with Navy SEALs …
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