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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Turmoil at CBS News After Bari Weiss Pulls a ‘60 Minutes’ Segment  —  Several veteran correspondents questioned how Ms. Weiss, the new CBS News editor in chief, had handled the segment, after she defended her decision on a call with the newsroom.  —  CBS News remained roiled on Monday …
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Allison Gill / The Breakdown:
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment  —  I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.  —  The segment apparently aired on Canada's Global TV app and was shared by this Bluesky user @jasonparis.bsky.social.  You can watch the entire segment below!  Please share widely!
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Yanked “60 Minutes” episode aired in Canada  —  The “60 Minutes” segment pulled from air by CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss did not include new comments from Trump administration officials, according to a copy of the segment viewed by Axios.  —  Why it matters: The segment …
Zeteo:
Bari Weiss Praised El Salvador's Dictator Before Spiking ‘60 Minutes’ Story on His Torture Prison
Parker Molloy / The Present Age:
The Kill Switch  —  In 1995, 60 Minutes made a decision that nearly destroyed the program.
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
CBS pulls ‘60 Minutes’ segment on notorious El Salvador prison
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Scoop: Weiss told top “60 Minutes” producers that delayed segment had problems
Washington Post:
Second big batch of Epstein files includes many mentions of Trump  —  The Justice Department had been heavily criticized on Capitol Hill for including few Trump-related documents in its first release of files.  —  Three days after releasing a large tranche of Jeffrey Epstein documents …
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Politico:
New trove of apparent Epstein files posted on DOJ site disappears … Justice Department spokespeople didn't respond to POLITICO's requests for comment on the new documents.  The material included tens of thousands of government documents and emails, as well as several dozen videos from the Bureau of Prisons.
Discussion: Fox News
Wall Street Journal:
Takeaways From the FBI's Second Batch of Epstein Files  —  Justice Department releases thousands of more Epstein documents, including fake passport, fake suicide clip  —  The Justice Department released a second trove of files related to the late Jeffrey Epstein, including a fake video …
Discussion: Wired
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Justice Department releases 3rd batch of Jeffrey Epstein files, including some that mention Trump
Ryan King / New York Post:
Trump decries the release of embarrassing pics of Bill Clinton with Jeffrey Epstein
Hamed Ahmadi / NOTUS:
Trump Is Naming a New Class of Navy Battleships After Himself  —  President Donald Trump on Monday unveiled plans for a new class of U.S. Navy battleships named after himself, reviving a type of warship the United States has not built in decades.  —  Flanked by top national security officials during …
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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 …
Bloomberg:
Trump Unveils Warship Named After Himself in Shipbuilding Push
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:   December 22, 2025  —  This afternoon, President Donald J. Trump announced that the U.S. Navy …
Paul McLeary / Politico:
Trump's new ‘Trump-Class’ battleship will carry nuclear weapons
U.S. Department of Education:
U.S. Department of Education Announces Review of Brown University for Potential Clery Act Violations  —  Today, the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) announced it will conduct a program review of Brown University (Brown) in response to the December 13, 2025, shooting on its campus, which killed two students.
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Brown University:
Brown University outlines enhanced safety measures, after-action review and security assessment  —  Following the senseless Dec. 13 shooting on campus, the University will conduct an external After-Action Review of the incident and a comprehensive Campus Safety and Security Assessment of the Brown campus.
Spencer Buell / The Boston Globe:
Brown University custodian says he saw shooting suspect casing building over several weeks, flagged security
Josh Blackman / Reason:
Breaking: Cully Stimson and Hans von Spakovsky Resign From Heritage  —  Last night, Kevin Roberts told the Heritage staff that two people would be directing the Meese Center.  National Review reported: … I just spoke with Cully, who told me that both he and Hans resigned from the Heritage Foundation.
Discussion: National Review and Raw Story
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Wall Street Journal:
The Heritage Foundation Blows Up  —  Its conservative scholars jump to Mike Pence's policy shop after being stifled at the think tank.  —  The debate over the direction of the post-Trump right is underway, and one of the first casualties is the Heritage Foundation.
Politico:
‘Incredibly reckless’: Trump's wind halt stuns even some allies … And Trump's newest move jeopardizes major new power sources that were already on their way to completion.  —  “It is coming at a time when the main topic is affordability, affordability.  This is running contrary to that in my opinion …
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Shifra Dayak / NOTUS:
Interior Department Pauses Five Major Offshore Wind Projects, Citing National Security
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.
Wall Street Journal:
The Donald J. Trump Center for Everything  —  Only Congress has the authority to rename the Kennedy Center.  —  President Trump's desire to have his name on everything, preferably in gold, is well-known, and at first we thought the addition of his name to the John F. Kennedy center for the arts …
Discussion: NBC News and WUSA
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Democrat sues to stop “Trump-Kennedy Center” renaming
Discussion: Mediaite and Bloomberg
Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
Lawmaker Sues to Remove Trump's Name From the Kennedy Center
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Raw Story
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Trump on seized Venezuelan oil: “We're gonna keep it”  —  The U.S. now controls about 3.7 million barrels of Venezuelan crude from two interdicted oil tankers.  And President Trump doesn't want to give it up. … - It threatens to escalate tensions with China, which buys a much as 75% of Venezuela's oil.
Discussion: New York Times, CNBC, The Hill and Reuters
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NPR:
Federal judge says U.S. must give due process to deported Venezuelans  —  A federal judge on Monday said the U.S. government denied due process to the Venezuelan men it deported to a prison in El Salvador in March after President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act.
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Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Trump critic George Conway files papers for U.S. House bid in New York  —  Conway joins a crowded Democratic race to succeed Rep. Jerry Nadler (D).  —  Just now  —  George Conway, a onetime supporter of President Donald Trump who has become a vocal critic in recent years …
Discussion: CBS News, NewsNation, NBC News and NOTUS
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Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Trump critic George Conway files to run for NY House seat
Politico:
These 3 Republican senators are giving John Thune headaches … Thune ultimately wore the three Republicans down with some outside assistance from President Donald Trump, cutting deals to win their consent to advance the proposed trillion-dollar “minibus” funding package.
Discussion: MS NOW
Nette Nöstlinger / Politico:
Germany's far-right AfD accused of gathering information for the Kremlin  —  BERLIN — Far-right German politician Ringo Mühlmann has taken a noteworthy interest in exposing information his political opponents say could be of great interest to Russian intelligence.
 
 
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ProPublica:
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