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Exclusive: CIA carried out drone strike on port facility on Venezuelan coast — South America Federal agencies National security Donald Trump — The CIA carried out a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility on the coast of Venezuela, sources familiar with the matter told CNN …
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
December 29, 2025 — In an appearance on New York's WABC radio on Friday, President Donald J. Trump told billionaire businessman John Catsimatidis and co-host Rita Cosby: “We just knocked out—I don't know if you read or you saw—they have a big plant or big facility where they send the, you know, where the ships come from.
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump fills end of 2025 with foreign policy — President Trump is consuming himself with foreign policy matters as the first year of his second term comes to a close, even as concerns about the economy are set to consume the Republican Party in 2026. — Trump is spending the final weeks …
Piper Hudspeth Blackburn / CNN:
US strikes vessel in eastern Pacific, killing 2
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Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
Trump says US bombed alleged drug facility in Venezuela. No one knows if it's true.
New York Times:
C.I.A. Conducted Drone Strike on Port in Venezuela
C.I.A. Conducted Drone Strike on Port in Venezuela
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Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Trump sides with Russia on claims that Ukraine targeted Putin residence
Trump sides with Russia on claims that Ukraine targeted Putin residence
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Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
US struck ‘big facility’ in Venezuela, Trump claimed without offering details
US struck ‘big facility’ in Venezuela, Trump claimed without offering details
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Axios:
Putin tells Trump Ukraine attacked his residence, which Kyiv denies
Putin tells Trump Ukraine attacked his residence, which Kyiv denies
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New York Times:
Trump Says the U.S. Struck a ‘Big Facility’ in Campaign Against Venezuela
Trump Says the U.S. Struck a ‘Big Facility’ in Campaign Against Venezuela
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Phillips P. OBrien / Phillips's Newsletter:
Why the Pantomime? Its Always Been About Defending Putin
Why the Pantomime? Its Always Been About Defending Putin
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New York Times:
New Year's Eve Concerts at Kennedy Center Are Canceled — The jazz drummer Billy Hart said the decision was “evidently” connected to President Trump's name being added to the arts center. — 1.1k — A veteran jazz ensemble and a New York dance company have canceled events …
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Tomás Mier / Rolling Stone:
More Kennedy Center Performers Pull Out After Trump's Name Change — Doug Varone, who canceled his dance company's event, called the decision to protest it “financially devastating but morally exhilarating” — At least three more events are no longer happening at the Kennedy Center after its board …
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
The regime wants to turn artists into performing monkeys — 🍾 PN NEW YEAR'S SPECIAL 🎊 Click the button below to sign up for an annual paid subscription for the special price of $40 ⬇️ — 🥳 PN New Year's Special 🥳
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Washington Post:
New Year's Eve concert is latest cancellation at the Kennedy Center — Jazz supergroup the Cookers scrapped their New Year's Eve shows at the center days after a Christmas Eve concert was called off. Other acts have followed suit. — Two more artistic groups announced …
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
More Kennedy Center Performances Are Canceled After Trump's Renaming — A dance company withdrew from two performances next year, and the arts center's website says two New Year's Eve jazz concerts have been canceled. — A prominent New York dance company on Monday said it was canceling …
Raquel Coronell Uribe / NBC News:
More musicians cancel Kennedy Center concerts after board votes to add Trump's name to the building — Recent cancellations have left the performing arts center in Washington with gaps in programming for Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve. — More musicians have canceled their upcoming concerts …
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Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
Trump Admin Scores Visa for Founder of Russian Propaganda Outlet — RIGHT-WING MEDIA PERSONALITY Lauren Chen left the United States in July in disgrace. Her Tenet Media YouTube channel, which positioned itself as a sort of MAGA supergroup bringing together such popular commentators as Tim Pool …
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Greg Wehner / Fox News:
Netanyahu says Trump to become first non-Israeli to receive Israel Prize — Netanyahu announces Trump will be first non-Israeli to receive Israel Prize for ‘tremendous contributions’ — Breaking with decades of tradition, Israel will award President Donald Trump the Israel Prize …
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New York Times:
Trump and Netanyahu Praise Each Other After Meeting, Despite Differences Over Gaza
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Michael Gold / New York Times:
Democrats Aim to Spotlight Republican Efforts to Rewrite the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot — On the fifth anniversary of the attack, which falls next Tuesday, Democrats plan to hold an informal hearing to review President Trump's clemency for the rioters and G.O.P. attempts to sanitize the event.
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
House to reconvene Jan. 6 panel for 5-year anniversary hearing
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Mike Johnson / Wall Street Journal:
House Republicans Had a Great Year
House Republicans Had a Great Year
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Jonah Kaplan / CBS News:
How a viral video prompted investigations into alleged fraud at day care centers in Minnesota — As Homeland Security agents were in Minnesota conducting what DHS Secretary Kristi Noem called a “massive investigation on childcare and other rampant fraud” on Monday, many of their targets came …
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Washington Post:
How Social Security has gotten worse under Trump — Customer service has deteriorated by key measures as the agency enacted sweeping cuts in Trump's second term, internal data and interviews show. — Just now — The Social Security Administration — the sprawling federal agency …
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Raw Story
Politico:
States step into the breach as Obamacare subsidies lapse … The speed at which the mostly Democratic states have taken action underscores the mounting national anxiety about the medical and political impact the end of these subsidies will have. Millions of Americans will no longer be able …
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Fox News, New York Daily News and Dallas Express
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Jan Crawford's attack on SCOTUS “corruption” narrative was its own substance-free narrative — On Face the Nation, CBS News's chief legal correspondent went after Supreme Court critics as “dangerous.” And yet, her court defense was completely lacking in specifics.
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Mediaite, Newsbusters and Townhall
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
How Trump is trying to MAGAfy the world — Donald Trump The Middle East South America Africa — Most presidents profess not to interfere in other countries' domestic politics and elections — despite decades of nefarious US political game-playing abroad. — President Donald Trump doesn't bother with the pretense.
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Peter Sullivan / Axios:
States get first awards from rural health fund — The Trump administration on Monday announced the first awards to states from the $50 billion rural health fund in this summer's Republican megabill — including a big award for Alaska, whose lawmakers' support was critical to the bill's passage.
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Tyler Katzenberger / Politico:
Trump admin can share immigrants' Medicaid data with ICE, judge rules … The decision marks a significant setback for California Attorney General Rob Bonta and 21 of his Democratic counterparts, who sued in July to prevent the Trump administration from using Medicaid data obtained …
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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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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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