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Politico:
US offered Ukraine 15 years of security guarantees, Zelenskyy says — The Ukrainian leader is pushing for more extensive guarantees from Washington. — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the current draft peace framework includes 15 years of security guarantees from the U.S. …
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The Hill, New York Post and Politico
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Illia Novikov / Associated Press:
US offers Ukraine 15-year security guarantee as part of peace plan, Zelenskyy says
US offers Ukraine 15-year security guarantee as part of peace plan, Zelenskyy says
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Washington Times and Agence France-Presse
Holly Ellyatt / CNBC:
Zelenskyy asks Trump for 50 years of security guarantees, says meeting with Russia possible
Zelenskyy asks Trump for 50 years of security guarantees, says meeting with Russia possible
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Bloomberg, UPI, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, France 24 and NBC News
Bloomberg:
Trump Praises Zelenskiy After Talks That Yielded No Breakthrough
Trump Praises Zelenskiy After Talks That Yielded No Breakthrough
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Reuters, Euronews, New York Times, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, BBC, Al Jazeera, The Hill and MS NOW
Robert Draper / New York Times:
‘I Was Just So Naïve’: Inside Marjorie Taylor Greene's Break With Trump … Eleven days after Charlie Kirk was killed in September, Marjorie Taylor Greene, the third-term Georgia congresswoman, was watching his memorial service on TV as the luminaries of the conservative movement …
Connie Loizos / TechCrunch:
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for “super premium” customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos — When Kevin Hartz's security system failed to alert him as an intruder rang his doorbell and tried to enter his San Francisco home late one night, the serial entrepreneur decided existing solutions weren't good enough.
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Suspect Confessed to Planting Pipe Bombs Near the Capitol Before Jan. 6 — A Virginia man was charged with planting the bombs outside Democratic and Republican headquarters. Court documents show he believed that the 2020 election had been “tampered with.”
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Associated Press, Axios, MS NOW, Washingtonian, Washington Examiner, The Independent, WUSA, New York Post and NewsMax.com
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Jacob Wendler / Politico:
Justice Department says Jan. 6 pipe bomb suspect believed election conspiracy theories
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Raw Story, emptywheel, Fox News, ABC News, The Daily Caller, RedState, Mediaite, NewsMax.com and Breitbart
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
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Washington Post:
How Vance brokered a truce between Trump and Musk — JD Vance played a key role brokering a reconciliation between the president and his wealthiest supporter. But as Trump's first year in office comes to a close, both he and his Trump world allies have learned hard lessons about Musk's unusual influence.
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New Republic and Raw Story, more at Techmeme »
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
What voters in every state think about Trump and prices — Support independent, empirical political journalism in 2026 — If you find my data-driven political analysis valuable, consider becoming a premium subscriber to Strength In Numbers. Over the last year, I have published dozens …
Regina Davis Moss / USA Today:
Who gets to be born? Dr. Oz just revealed Trump's strategy. — President Donald Trump's administration will stop at nothing to ensure the political dominance of White people in this country. — “We've dropped (the price of) the infertility drugs to make lots of Trump babies, I'm hoping by the midterms.”
Brittny Mejia / Los Angeles Times:
Federal judge dismisses indictment against TikToker shot by ICE, citing constitutional violations — 8 min Click here to listen to this article — A federal judge dismissed an indictment against a TikTok streamer who was shot by ICE agents — New body cam footage of the arrest shows the mayhem during the shooting
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Mercury News
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
What we learned about the state of the Trump coalition in conversations with 50 voters this year — A set of focus groups featuring 2024 Trump voters showed them largely sticking with the president, but they also showed discontent around the economy and immigration.
Anna Liss-Roy / Washington Post:
Duty? Insanity? These former members of Congress want to come back. — By The Washington Post's latest tally, at least 18 former members — 11 Democrats and seven Republicans — are asking voters to send them back to D.C. next year. — Republican House candidate Mayra Flores keeps getting the same question: Is she insane?
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Washington Examiner
Lydia Wheeler / Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Using Fraud Law to Target Companies on DEI — Google and Verizon among those being investigated under novel interpretation of law applying to government contractors — WASHINGTON—The Trump administration has launched investigations into the use of diversity initiatives …
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New York Post and NewsMax.com, more at Techmeme »
Alex Bronzini-Vender / New York Times:
Harvard's New Campus Orthodoxy Is Even More Stifling Than the Old — This past spring, under intense pressure from the Trump administration, Harvard University pulled the plug on diversity, equity and inclusion. The administrator who had overseen D.E.I. operations announced that the university …
New York Times:
How Kevin Hassett Became a Trump Loyalist and Fed Chair Contender — Mr. Hassett's evolution from conservative economist to defender of the president's economic agenda has raised questions about how he would lead the central bank. — For years, Kevin Hassett, an economist who advised …
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Trump says the U.S. took out a ‘big facility’ in Venezuela amid strikes on alleged drug boats — The president did not provide details about the apparent strike, which NBC News has not independently confirmed. — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said in an interview with WABC radio …
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CNN, New York Times, MS NOW and Mediaite
New York Times:
Experts Question Denmark's Vaccine Program as a Model for the U.S. — The United States is expected to adopt the vaccine schedule used by Denmark, a much smaller country with universal health care. — The United States, a nation of 343 million people with a complex and overburdened health care system …
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Washington Post and The Daily Wire
Anita Gates / New York Times:
Brigitte Bardot, Movie Idol Who Renounced Stardom, Dies at 91 — “And God Created Woman” made her a world-famous sex symbol in the 1950s. She later gave up acting to devote her life to animal welfare. — Brigitte Bardot, the pouty, tousle-haired French actress who redefined mid-20th …
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The New World, The Guardian, The American Spectator, 77 WABC, Variety, Vanity Fair, France 24, JONATHAN TURLEY, The Hollywood Reporter, NPR, Semafor, Daily Mail and Page Six
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The Guardian:
Brigitte Bardot, French screen legend, dies aged 91
Brigitte Bardot, French screen legend, dies aged 91
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Reuters, Decider, Fox News, IJR, PinkNews, Rolling Stone, Daily Mail, Fortune, Agence France-Presse, France 24, The Daily Caller, New York Daily News, Los Angeles Times, UPI, Associated Press, TMZ.com, Channels Television, The Gateway Pundit, The Japan Times, Al Jazeera, CBS News, Breitbart and Variety

