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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 …
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Mike Lee / Politico:
Trump's Texas troubles — Happy Monday. This is Mike Lee, based in Dallas-Fort Worth covering transportation for Climatewire and E&E News. Around here, we're digging into the last of the Christmas tamales and remembering we need to pull the car in the garage on New Year's Eve. Get in touch.
Robert Draper / New York Times:
Four Takeaways From the New York Times Profile of Marjorie Taylor Greene — The congresswoman discussed her break with President Trump and her journey from MAGA zealot to political isolation. — When Marjorie Taylor Greene proclaimed in early 2021 that the Republican Party “belonged” to Donald Trump, I thought she sounded nuts.
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Washington Post:
How Vance brokered a truce between Trump and Musk
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Sudiksha Kochi / The Hill:
Greene: Speaker Mike Johnson ‘is not our Speaker’ and is controlled by White House
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New York Times:
Grim Evidence of Trump's Airstrikes Washes Ashore on a Colombian Peninsula … A thunderous boom rang out through the windless late-afternoon air. Seconds later, smoke began rising out of the sea as if the horizon were on fire. — Watching from the shore on Nov. 6, Erika Palacio Fernández whipped …
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New York Times:
Trump Says the U.S. Struck a ‘Big Facility’ in Campaign Against Venezuela — The administration provided no details of what the president said was an attack last week linked to U.S. efforts to disrupt drug trafficking from Latin America. — President Trump said in a radio interview …
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Kate Sullivan / Bloomberg:
Trump's Ukraine Plan Faces New Obstacles After Putin Call — President Donald Trump's push to end the war in Ukraine faced new complications on Monday when Vladimir Putin said he would revise his country's negotiating position after the Russian leader claimed Ukrainian drones targeted his residence.
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Axios:
Putin tells Trump Ukraine attacked his residence, which Kyiv denies
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Phillips P. OBrien / Phillips's Newsletter:
Why the Pantomime? Its Always Been About Defending Putin
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Constant Méheut / New York Times:
For Zelensky, Just Keeping Trump Talking Counts as a Win
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Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
When MAGA Comes to Christmas Dinner — Donald Trump has recently taken to saying that we have the “hottest” country in the world. But the markets say otherwise. “US stocks eclipsed by rest of world in 2025 as investors diversify,” reports the Financial Times this morning.
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Charles Ornstein / ProPublica:
Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation. — This summer, my colleagues were reporting out a story about the Department of Education's “final mission,” its effort to undermine public education even as the Trump administration worked feverishly to close the agency.
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Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
DOJ Organizing Vast Conspiracy Investigation Against Trump Enemies, Bondi Says — For months, MAGA insiders and pundits have hinted that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is preparing a vast grand jury investigation against an expansive list of President Donald Trump's enemies.
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Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
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Trump admin doles out billions for rural health … The national reaction to the program has been mixed since it was announced this summer. — Some lawmakers and rural health advocates are upset that states are receiving billions more in funding for passing policies favored by the Trump administration.
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Priscilla DeGregory / New York Post:
Charlie Kirk suspect Tyler Robinson's secret hearing to be made public after judge's order — A Utah judge ordered a secret hearing in the criminal case against Tyler Robinson for allegedly assassinating conservative firebrand Charlie Kirk, be made public. — Judge Tony Graf announced during …
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Lydia Polgreen / New York Times:
One of America's Most Successful Experiments Is Coming to a Shuddering Halt — It was a joyous day, the fulfillment of a quarter-century of hard work and relentless fund-raising. Srinivasachary Tamirisa, a retired doctor living in Sugar Land, Texas, beamed with pride as his dream …
Mike Johnson / Wall Street Journal:
House Republicans Had a Great Year — In 2025 we passed tax cuts, helped businesses expand, and repealed harmful regulations. — In the final days of this year, 211 House Democrats voted against House Republicans' bill to address the rising cost of healthcare.
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Wall Street Journal:
MAGA's Latest Stolen 2020 Election Theory — This blunder by Fulton County, Ga., isn't what Trump's allies claim. — Click for Sound — The 2026 midterms are coming, and Republicans have work to do if they want to hold Congress. Yet the nation's MAGA minds are still looking back at 2020 …
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Nancy Gertner / The Atlantic:
Why the Supreme Court Is Giving ICE So Much Power — The Constitution inarguably applies to federal immigration agents—but the Supreme Court has taken away the hope of ever holding them to that standard. — Untold numbers of ICE agents have appeared on America's streets in recent months …
Iran International:
From markets to streets: Iran protests spread nationwide on day two — Strikes and protests in Iran spread nationwide on Monday, turning violent in several cities as nighttime crowds chanted against the ruling state and bazaar merchants vowed to continue their shutdowns and demonstrations into Tuesday.
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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.
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Fox News:
Tim Walz pushes back on Minnesota fraud allegations following viral daycare video — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's office is pushing back against fraud allegations after a viral video showed visits to multiple childcare centers in the state, including one that allegedly received millions of dollars …
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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 …
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Swalwell: Democrats should ‘telegraph’ impeaching, defunding Trump officials — Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) said Sunday that his party should “telegraph” impeaching and defunding Trump administration officials over files linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, if Democrats win back the House in 2026.
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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 …
Dave Lawler / Axios:
Israel's president denies telling Trump a Netanyahu pardon is “on its way” — Israeli President Isaac Herzog swiftly denied President Trump's claim on Monday that he had told the U.S. president he would pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. … He did so once again on Monday when Netanyahu arrived to meet him at Mar-a-Lago.
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