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CNN:
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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New York Times:
C.I.A. Conducted Drone Strike on Port in Venezuela  —  The attack last week, on a dock purportedly used for shipping narcotics, did not kill anyone, people briefed on the operation said.  But it was the first known U.S. operation inside Venezuela.  —  The C.I.A. conducted a drone strike …
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.
Washington Post:
Trump says U.S. destroyed loading dock in Venezuela  —  The president would not say if the military or the CIA conducted the strike amid escalating U.S. pressure on Maduro.  —  President Donald Trump said Monday that unspecified U.S. forces were responsible for an explosion at a marine loading facility …
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and NBC News
Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:   Trump says US bombed alleged drug facility in Venezuela. No one knows if it's true.
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Putin was the missing man at Mar-a-Lago
Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Trump sides with Russia on claims that Ukraine targeted Putin residence
Axios:
Putin tells Trump Ukraine attacked his residence, which Kyiv denies
Kate Sullivan / Bloomberg:
Trump's Ukraine Plan Faces New Obstacles After Putin Call
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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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 🥳
Discussion: Advocate
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 …
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 …
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:   More Kennedy Center Performances Are Canceled After Trump's Renaming
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 …
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.
Discussion: Mediaite, Newsbusters and Townhall
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
Dave Lawler / Axios:
Israel's president denies telling Trump a Netanyahu pardon is “on its way”
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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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Associated Press:
Homeland Security says a fraud investigation is underway in Minneapolis
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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Wall Street Journal:
ObamaCare Is a Money Pit for Taxpayers
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
Erick Chomskis / The Hill:
The double standard on executive power is impossible to ignore  —  For more than two centuries, presidents of both parties exercised wide executive latitude across war, trade, and immigration.  The Constitution grants the president authority as commander-in-chief, and presidents have routinely used …
New York Post:
Quality ‘Learing’ daycare targeted in Minneapolis ‘fraud’ video blames designer for typo — as worker snaps at Post reporter: ‘Get the f-k out of here’  —  MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The Quality “Learing” Center Minneapolis, a purported day care flagged in a viral video designed to expose fraud …
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
Somini Sengupta / New York Times:
Cheap Solar Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa  —  Chinese panels are now so affordable that businesses and families are snapping them up, slashing their bills and challenging utilities.  —  POWER ⚡︎ MOVES  —  Chinese panels are now so affordable that businesses …
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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CMS:
CMS Announces $50 Billion in Awards to Strengthen Rural Health in All 50 States
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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