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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!
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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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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.
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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 …
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Yashar Ali / The Reset:
BREAKING: Here's the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don't Want You to See
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Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
CBS pulls ‘60 Minutes’ segment on notorious El Salvador prison
CBS pulls ‘60 Minutes’ segment on notorious El Salvador prison
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Bari Weiss Praised El Salvador's Dictator Before Spiking ‘60 Minutes’ Story on His Torture Prison
Bari Weiss Praised El Salvador's Dictator Before Spiking ‘60 Minutes’ Story on His Torture Prison
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Scoop: Weiss told top “60 Minutes” producers that delayed segment had problems
Scoop: Weiss told top “60 Minutes” producers that delayed segment had problems
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Is CBS News censoring 60 Minutes?
Is CBS News censoring 60 Minutes?
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Will Neal / The Daily Beast:
Katie Miller Gives ‘60 Minutes’ a Bonkers Lecture After Pro-Trump Censorship
Katie Miller Gives ‘60 Minutes’ a Bonkers Lecture After Pro-Trump Censorship
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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 …
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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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Steve Holland / Reuters:
Trump announces plan for new class of more powerful US battleships
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Paul McLeary / Politico:
Trump's new ‘Trump-Class’ battleship will carry nuclear weapons
Trump's new ‘Trump-Class’ battleship will carry nuclear weapons
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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.
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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.
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Audrey Fahlberg / National Review:
Exclusive: Resignations Continue at Heritage Foundation amid Frustrations with Leadership
Exclusive: Resignations Continue at Heritage Foundation amid Frustrations with Leadership
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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.
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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:
‘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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Edward Wong / New York Times:
Trump Administration Orders Nearly 30 U.S. Ambassadors to Leave Their Posts — A union representing career diplomats said such a mass recall had never happened in the history of the U.S. Foreign Service. — The Trump administration has ordered nearly 30 ambassadors in embassies around …
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Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
Lawmaker Sues to Remove Trump's Name From the Kennedy Center — Representative Joyce Beatty, Democrat of Ohio, argues that only Congress is authorized to rename the D.C. performing arts institution. — Representative Joyce Beatty, Democrat of Ohio, sued President Trump on Monday …
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Democrat sues to stop “Trump-Kennedy Center” renaming
House Democrat sues to stop “Trump-Kennedy Center” renaming
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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.
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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Trump says US will keep oil and ships seized near Venezuela
Trump says US will keep oil and ships seized near Venezuela
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Vance begins to lock down parts of MAGA coalition for 2028 — At the Turning Point USA conference in Phoenix last week, the vice president was a heavy favorite, securing the endorsement of CEO Erika Kirk and winning a straw poll of attendees. — PHOENIX — Vice President JD Vance …
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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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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.
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 …
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Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Trump critic George Conway files to run for NY House seat
Trump critic George Conway files to run for NY House seat
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Linda Qiu / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: President to Make Announcement With Hegseth in Florida — Where Things Stand — Trump announcement: President Trump is scheduled to make an announcement with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the secretary of the Navy on Monday afternoon in Palm Beach …
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Cameron Peters / Vox:
Trump's war on windmills, briefly explained
Trump's war on windmills, briefly explained
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Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves — I am standing on the corner of Harris Road and Young Street outside of the Crossroads Business Park in Bakersfield, California, looking up at a Flock surveillance camera bolted high above a traffic signal.
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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.
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Brittany Gibson / Axios:
ICE traps immigrants at green card interviews — ICE has turned green card interviews into nightmares for some families, as immigrants leave in handcuffs instead of with paths to legal status. … But federal buildings are no longer safe(ish) spaces for undocumented immigrants.


