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2:10 PM ET, December 27, 2025

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Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Zelenskyy focuses on security guarantees ahead of Trump visit … “It is very important for us that there is a signal that we want legally binding security guarantees,” Zelenskyy told reporters.  “And this depends primarily on President Trump.  The question is what security guarantees President Trump is ready to give to Ukraine.”
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Cassandra Vinograd / New York Times:
Russia Pummels Kyiv Before Trump-Zelensky Meeting  —  President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said that the assault, which continued for nearly 10 hours, showed that Moscow was not serious about peace.  —  Powerful explosions boomed in the skies over the Ukrainian capital on Saturday …
Tim Balk / New York Times:
Some G.O.P. Senators Join Democrats in Urging Trump to Adopt Hard Line With Putin
Discussion: Raw Story and The Dispatch
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Trump tells Post there's a ‘good shot’ at reaching Russia-Ukraine peace during Zelensky's visit
Tim Balk / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Zelensky Says He Will Meet President This Weekend
Discussion: MS NOW
Sophia Cai / Politico:
Trump to POLITICO: Midterm elections will be about ‘pricing’ … Trump's comments follow a string of favorable economic reports over the last two weeks showing inflation is cooling and the economy is hotter than expected.  The White House is keen to tout the latest data as it confronts cost …
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
The fight for young men intensifies ahead of the 2026 midterm elections  —  Democrats believe they're making progress after Trump's gains with young men helped him win in 2024.  Republicans say they're focused on ensuring those inconsistent voters turn out.  — Add NBC News to Google
Discussion: Politico and NewsMax.com
Steven Rattner / New York Times:
Trump's First Year Back, in 10 Charts  —  President Trump indisputably dominated 2025.  Only the second president to be elected to nonconsecutive terms, the reinvigorated Mr. Trump plunged back into office with a muscularity unmatched by any other president in my lifetime.
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David Smith / The Guardian:
Dragged down by an unpopular president, Republicans are bracing for a midterm trouncing
Discussion: RedState and Raw Story
Ron Filipkowski / Meidas+:
25 Worst Villains of the Trump Admin
Discussion: Sky Dancing
Nimi Princewill / CNN:
Fear and confusion in Nigerian village hit in US strike, as locals say no history of ISIS in area  —  Africa National security Terrorism Donald Trump  —  A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility …
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New York Times:
Trump's Claims About Nigeria Strike Belie a Complex Situation on the Ground
Washington Post:
Kennedy, other Trump officials balk at requests to testify on Capitol Hill  —  Democrats have suggested the lack of testimony is yet another way the administration is snubbing the legislative branch.  —  When Sen. Bill Cassidy announced in February that he would vote to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr …
Discussion: Raw Story
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The Hill:
Congress looks to reclaim relevance after ceding power to White House  —  Frustrated lawmakers are looking to 2026 in the hopes that they can reclaim some of the power many fear they've ceded to the White House under President Trump.  —  Over the course of 2025, the Trump administration …
Discussion: Raw Story
Max Rego / The Hill:
The key ballot measures to watch in 2026  —  Voters will head to the polls in next year's midterms to decide on a number of critical ballot measures.  —  While most of the attention in 2026 will be on the fights for the House, Senate and governor's mansions, these measures are no less significant.
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Washington Post:
The U.S. sank the alleged narco-terrorists' boat — and let them go  —  In blowing up the vessel, destroying evidence and repatriating the survivors, the U.S. cut short a process that's helped bring down traffickers.  —  Reach the reporters securely on Signal: Samantha Schmidt at SchmidtS.10 and Alex Horton at AlexHorton.85
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
December 26, 2025  —  On Tuesday, December 23, the U.S. Supreme Court made a preliminary finding that President Donald J. Trump's deployment of federalized National Guard troops in the Chicago area beginning in October was unlawful.  Six of the nine justices held that the law Trump invoked …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
ICE Agents Arrest Man on Christmas Eve—and Then Steal His Groceries  —  Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers in Yakima, Washington, spent Christmas Eve arresting a man in a Walmart parking lot—even taking his already purchased groceries for themselves.
Wall Street Journal:
The Unexpected Winner of Rising American Tariffs Is Mexico  —  The country's exports to the U.S. have surged since President Trump imposed new duties on countries this year  —  MEXICO CITY—When President Trump began raising tariffs earlier this year, government officials …
Discussion: HuffPost
New York Post:
Ilhan Omar's hubby's $30M firm quietly scrubs names from website - as ‘Squad’ member faces mounting questions on sudden wealth amid Minnesota welfare fraud  —  Embattled Rep. Ilhan Omar's husband's venture capital firm quietly scrubbed key officer details — including former Obama officials …
Laura Belin / Bleeding Heartland:
On “fair” reporting and what happened at “60 Minutes”  —  I need to talk about what happened at CBS News this past week.  —  You may not know that early in my career, I covered Russian politics for about ten years, spanning the second half of Boris Yeltsin's presidency and the early Vladimir Putin years.
Axios:
Trump's Cabinet of main characters … But in national security roles, showmanship can quickly become a liability.  —  FBI Director Kash Patel, for example, has seized the spotlight far more than his predecessors — often for all the wrong reasons.  — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jeff Amy / Associated Press:
Anonymous money fuels $5 million in attacks on Georgia's Lt. Gov. Burt Jones  —  It's the biggest mystery in Georgia politics right now: Who's paying for the attacks on Republican Lt. Gov. Burt Jones?  Someone operating under the name “Georgians for Integrity” has dumped around $5 million into television ads, mailers and texts.
 
 
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Ashifa Kassam / The Guardian:
'It's frightening': How far right is infiltrating everyday culture
Autumn Billings / Reason:
Justice Department Says Filming Immigration Raids Is ‘Domestic Terrorism’
Wall Street Journal:
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Discussion: Cafe Hayek and Raw Story
Liz Oyer / New York Times:
I Was the President's Pardon Attorney. He's Making a Mockery of the Pardon Process.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Trump tells The Post he's not ready to embrace Somaliland independence — unlike pal Netanyahu
Brian Karem / Salon:
The judiciary's Christmas gift to Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
Berny Belvedere / The UnPopulist:
The Buzz Out There About The UnPopulist and LibCon
Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
Trump Invited White South Africans to America. One Ended Up in Detention.
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Bill Faries / Bloomberg:
Patel Says FBI Headquarters to ‘Permanently Close’ With Move
Steven Sloan / Associated Press:
Kennedy Center criticizes musician who canceled performance after Trump name added to building
Tom Latchem / The Daily Beast:
Trump Hires Beauty Salon Owner to Decide Who to Ban From U.S.
Discussion: The Independent and Raw Story
Fox News:
Karoline Leavitt is expecting a baby girl in May 2026, says motherhood is ‘closest thing to Heaven on Earth’
 

 
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Michael Acton / Financial Times:
US FTC chair urges Tim Cook to review Apple News' terms and curation after a study claimed the app promoted “leftist outlets” and suppressed conservative ones

Pew Research Center:
Survey: 80% of Americans say being informed about the news is essential to voting, but only 8% say people in the US have a responsibility to pay for news

Andy Sheehan / CBS News:
Local efforts to keep the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette operating appear to have stalled; one potential buyer blames owner Block's unwillingness to speak with buyers

 
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