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2:45 PM ET, December 24, 2025

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Adam Satariano / New York Times:
They Seek to Curb Online Hate.  The U.S. Accuses Them of Censorship.  —  The Trump administration said five regulators and researchers who work to tackle disinformation and abuse on the internet had been barred from entering the United States.  —  Josephine Ballon and Anna-Lena von Hodenberg lead …
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Financial Times:
US bars former EU commissioner Thierry Breton and others over tech rules  —  France hits out at visa sanctions as Washington targets what it calls the ‘global censorship-industrial complex’  —  Washington has barred former EU commissioner Thierry Breton and four other people from entering …
Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers
Tasmin Lockwood / CNBC:
‘Witch hunt’: Ex-EU commissioner Breton denounces U.S. visa ban targeting ‘censorship’
Washington Post:
ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses  —  The Trump administration aims to build seven large-scale holding centers to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.  —  Douglas MacMillan can be reached securely on Signal at (415) 269-6352 and Jonathan O'Connell can be reached at jonathanoc.76
The Hill:
Democrats grapple with internal divisions heading into new year  —  Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter.  Subscribe here.  —  In today's issue:  —  ▪ Dems looking back and ahead  —  ▪ Trump dealt blow by Supreme Court  —  ▪ President links tariffs with GDP growth
Discussion: SCOTUSblog and NewsMax.com
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
19 Democratic-led states and DC sue over Trump gender-affirming care crackdown
Discussion: NY State Attorney General and STAT
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Congress set records in 2025, some more dubious than others
Discussion: Raw Story
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Democrats divided over how to retake House, Senate majorities
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Scoop: Trump administration expects Epstein files release could last another week  —  The Trump administration estimates it has about one week to go — and as many as 700,000 more pages to review — before it finishes releasing all the Jeffrey Epstein files.  — Meanwhile, they'll lose the PR war, day after day.
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Exclusive: Justice Department scrambling to find holiday volunteers to redact the Epstein files, internal DOJ email says  —  The Justice Department's leadership asked career prosecutors in Florida to volunteer over the “next several days” to help redact the Epstein files …
Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. eyes additional Coast Guard assets to seize fleeing tanker, sources say  —  The U.S. Coast Guard is waiting for additional forces to arrive before potentially attempting to board and seize a Venezuela-linked oil tanker it has been pursuing since Sunday, a U.S. official and a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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The Guardian:
Trump's claims to Venezuelan oil are part of broader ‘resource imperialism’, experts say
Discussion: BBC and Vanity Fair
Peter Eavis / New York Times:   Trump's Seizures of Oil Tankers Challenge Maritime Rules and Customs
Constant Méheut / New York Times:
Zelensky Opens Way to Demilitarized Zone in Eastern Ukraine to Reach Peace  —  The offer was the closest Mr. Zelensky has come to addressing the thorny territorial disputes in Donetsk that have repeatedly derailed peace talks.  —  President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine told reporters …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and France 24
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Politico:
Zelenskyy floats terms for peace plan, signaling possible withdrawal from eastern Ukraine
Anastasiia Malenko / Wall Street Journal:
Zelensky Proposes Demilitarized Zone in Eastern Ukraine as Way to Peace
Discussion: HotAir, CNN and CBS News
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump-appointed judge: DHS must restore disaster grants to Democratic states  —  A federal judge blocked Trump administration efforts to reallocate Department of Homeland Security counterterrorism and security grants away from states that won't cooperate on the president's immigration enforcement policies.
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New York Times:
Chasing an Economic Boom, White House Dismisses Risks of A.I.  —  The administration has downplayed concerns — from mass job losses, to a potential financial bubble — as President Trump cheers soaring stock prices and faster growth.  —  It was early November, and the stock market …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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Stu Woo / Wall Street Journal:
China Is Worried AI Threatens Party Rule—and Is Trying to Tame It
Sam Sutton / Politico:
Trump's ‘Golden Age’ has arrived for the top 10 percent … But the robust numbers mask the extent to which the wealthy are driving growth.  And while business leaders from Manhattan to South Florida are bullish on the outlook — “It's the Roaring '20s here in Palm Beach County,” …
Radley Balko / New Republic:
Trump's Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here  —  Donald Trump's assault on the city of Chicago began in September, and it claimed its first casualty quickly.  As Reuters would later report, on September 12, Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez dropped his kids off at their school in the suburb …
New York Times:
'He's a Maximalist': Inside Trump's Gilded Oval Office  —  After nearly a year of revamping the Oval Office, President Trump is nearly out of wall space.  —  His extravagant design choices are most apparent around the fireplace, where he has hosted more than two dozen visits from world leaders since taking office.
Discussion: Raw Story and Althouse
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
How a Scholar Nudged the Supreme Court Toward Its Troop Deployment Ruling  —  Accepting an argument from a law professor that no party to the case had made, the Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a stinging loss that could lead to more aggressive tactics.
Politico:
The internal dispute that could derail the GOP's 2026 agenda … Some rank-and-file conservatives in the House and Senate are privately discussing a potential centerpiece for a second reconciliation bill: using tariff revenues to send taxpayers cash to address rising health care costs …
New York Times:
In Private Letters, Harvard and Trump Administration Escalate Duel  —  It is the latest twist in the marquee battle of the administration's campaign to rein in colleges and universities it views as too liberal.  —  The letter landed like a thud on Saturday in the inbox of Harvard University's president, Alan M. Garber.
Joshua Keating / Vox:
Trump is talking about Greenland again  —  2025 is ending much as it began: with President Donald Trump talking about annexing Greenland.  —  On Sunday, Trump appointed Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry as a special envoy to Greenland with the goal, as Landry put it, “to make Greenland a part of the US.”
Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Donald Trump and Mike Lindell are targeting Tim Walz.  Some Republicans are worried that could backfire. … Republicans have insisted they can be competitive statewide in the blue-leaning Minnesota ever since Trump lost Minnesota by less than 2 points in 2016.
Wall Street Journal:
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon  —  Lobbyists close to Trump say their going rate to advocate for a pardon is $1 million  —  President Trump had just awarded a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom for Charlie Kirk in October when his son ushered friends toward the Oval Office.
 
 
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