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Wall Street Journal:
Spy Chief Tulsi Gabbard Is Hunting for 2020 Election Fraud — The director of national intelligence is leading an administration-wide effort to hunt for proof of tampering in the election that Trump lost — Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, has spent months investigating …
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Ben Penn / Bloomberg Law:
Bondi Hands St. Louis Prosecutor Nationwide Election Fraud Remit — The St. Louis-based US attorney overseeing the FBI search warrant executed on Fulton County's election office Wednesday received a special appointment by Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate election integrity cases nationwide …
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Axios:
Patel defends FBI raid as Georgia officials demand answers — Kash Patel on Thursday defended the FBI's raid of the Fulton County, Georgia election office and disputed that the search violated the federal statute-of-limitations. … - The search came months after the five-year statute …
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Dan De Luce / NBC News:
Tulsi Gabbard under scrutiny for showing up at FBI raid of Georgia election hub
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Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
From Minnesota to Georgia, Trump's Plans to Interfere in the Midterms Are Becoming More Dangerous
From Minnesota to Georgia, Trump's Plans to Interfere in the Midterms Are Becoming More Dangerous
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The Status Kuo, The Moderate Voice, Washington Examiner and Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Jonathan Karl / Reuters:
Trump posts discredited conspiracy theories following seizure of 2020 ballots in Georgia
Trump posts discredited conspiracy theories following seizure of 2020 ballots in Georgia
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Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Trump's Continued Obsession With 2020 Is a Joke. His Raid on a Georgia Election Site Is Not.
Trump's Continued Obsession With 2020 Is a Joke. His Raid on a Georgia Election Site Is Not.
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Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Election officials push back against Trump administration after Fulton County raid and voter roll demands
Election officials push back against Trump administration after Fulton County raid and voter roll demands
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Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
Trump Sues IRS, Treasury for $10 Billion for Tax-Return Leak — President Donald Trump sued the US Treasury and Internal Revenue Service for at least $10 billion over an unauthorized disclosure of his tax returns to the press during his first term in office, potentially putting American taxpayers on the hook for a massive payout.
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NBC News:
Trump sues the IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion over leaked tax records — The president argued in the lawsuit that the agencies failed to prevent a former contractor from leaking his tax returns from nearly a decade ago to news outlets. — Listen to this article with a free account
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Samantha Delouya / CNN:
Trump sues IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion over tax return leak — One finalist backed Democrats, higher taxes and more immigration — Trump says he's decertifying Canada-made aircraft and threatens 50% tariffs — Donald Trump Federal agencies Taxes Trump legal cases
New York Times:
Trump Sues I.R.S. Over Tax Data Leak, Demanding $10 Billion — What We're Covering Today — Shutdown Talks: Senate Democrats have struck a deal with Republicans and the White House to pass five spending bills to fund a large portion of the government for the remainder of the fiscal year …
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Julianna Bragg / Axios:
Trump sues IRS, Treasury Department over alleged tax return leaks
Politico:
Deal struck to keep government funded, Trump and Democrats say … A spokesperson for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said the deal would provide a two-week extension of current DHS funding levels, giving lawmakers time to negotiate new restrictions on the department's immigration enforcement operations.
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Axios:
Mike Johnson braces for conservative revolt over ICE funding deal
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Al Weaver / The Hill:
Senate strikes deal to avert partial shutdown
Senate strikes deal to avert partial shutdown
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Associated Press:
Live updates: Trump hosts Cabinet meeting as Democrats threaten partial government shutdown
Live updates: Trump hosts Cabinet meeting as Democrats threaten partial government shutdown
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NBC News:
Trump says he and Democrats are ‘getting close’ to a deal to resolve shutdown fight
Trump says he and Democrats are ‘getting close’ to a deal to resolve shutdown fight
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Alex Miller / Fox News:
Trump, Schumer reach government funding deal, sacrifice DHS spending bill in the process
Trump, Schumer reach government funding deal, sacrifice DHS spending bill in the process
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Politico:
Senators block funding package amid DHS standoff
Senators block funding package amid DHS standoff
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Jeffries demands ban on deportation of US citizens as part of DHS reforms
Jeffries demands ban on deportation of US citizens as part of DHS reforms
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Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Man allegedly tried to break Luigi Mangione out of jail by impersonating FBI agent: Sources — Mangione is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. — Luigi Mangione appears for a suppression of evidence hearing in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson …
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Jonah E. Bromwich / New York Times:
Pizza Cutter and a Fork: A Bizarre Bid to Break Mangione Out of Jail — Federal prosecutors said a man was arrested after he impersonated an F.B.I. agent during a visit to the federal jail complex in Brooklyn where Luigi Mangione was being held. — A man was arrested on Wednesday evening …
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Pew Research Center:
Confidence in Trump Dips, and Fewer Now Say They Support His Policies and Plans — Rising share of Democrats want their party's congressional leaders to stand up to Trump — This Pew Research Center report looks at how the U.S. public feels about Trump's job performance …
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Raw Story and Political Wire
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Scoop: Trump expects Panama Canal court win for “Donroe Doctrine” — The White House expects Panama's Supreme Court on Thursday to cancel a crucial Panama Canal ports contract operated by a firm with ties to China's government, two sources tell Axios.
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CBC News:
Carney says he expects U.S. to ‘respect Canadian sovereignty’ after Alberta separatists meet with Trump team — Meeting with premiers in Ottawa was to ‘come together and build,’ PM says — Smith, Carney say they expect U.S. would respect Canadian sovereignty on Alberta separatism
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pbump:
ICE's excuse for wearing masks has never actually manifested — From the earliest months of Donald Trump's second term in office, federal immigration officers have conducted their raids and arrests while concealing their identities, a notable deviation from the way in which law enforcement has long been conducted in the United States.
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Florida's Voice
Annabelle Zhang / The Dartmouth:
College approached and paid student to write op-ed in The Dartmouth — The Dartmouth ran the article on Nov. 17 without knowledge that the College had been involved. — The College approached a student to promote Evergreen.AI — the College's wellness artificial intelligence project …
Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Trump threatens Canada with 50% tariff on aircraft sold in US, expanding trade war — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened Canada with a 50% tariff on any aircraft sold in the U.S., the latest salvo in his trade war with America's northern neighbor as his feud with Prime Minister Mark Carney expands.
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Portland Press-Herald:
ICE agents shatter window, leave 1-month-old baby, mother in car after Portland arrest — Video shows federal immigration agents leaving behind an infant and broken glass after detaining a Guinean immigrant with no known criminal history. — Community: — 4 min readFont size +
Olivia Little / Media Matters for America:
Libs of TikTok is doxxing teachers and nurses who support Alex Pretti or oppose ICE, trying to get them fired — Chaya Raichik, who runs the social media account Libs of TikTok, has spent the days following Alex Pretti's killing doxxing ordinary working people — teachers, nurses …
John Publius / Wired:
ICE Pretends It's a Military Force. Its Tactics Would Get Real Soldiers Killed — WIRED asked an active military officer to break down immigration enforcement actions in Minneapolis and elsewhere. — As a veteran of the war on terror, I have spent the past year watching Immigration …
Associated Press:
Justice Department charges man who squirted vinegar on Rep. Ilhan Omar — The Justice Department has charged a man who squirted apple cider vinegar on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at an event in Minneapolis. The man arrested for Tuesday's attack, Anthony Kazmierczak …
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Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
House Ethics finds ‘substantial evidence’ of fraud charges against Florida Democrat — A panel of House lawmakers found “substantial evidence” that Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, who's facing federal fraud charges, committed conduct outlined in the indictment against her.
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The Hill, Orlando Sentinel, Raw Story and NOTUS
New York Times:
Trump Weighs New Military Options Against Iran — The plans being weighed by the president go beyond those he considered weeks ago amid widespread protests against Iran's government. — President Trump has been presented in recent days with an expanded list of potential military options …
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Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Did Trump Really Give Nicki Minaj a $1 Million ‘Gold Card’ Visa? — “Gold Trump card free of charge,” the rapper wrote on social media. But the White House says it's not what it seems. — After a joint appearance with President Trump this week, the rapper Nicki Minaj flaunted what appeared …
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Catherine Rampell / The Bulwark:
Trump Is Making America Stupider — “I LOVE THE POORLY EDUCATED,” Donald Trump once declared. That was back in 2016, during his first presidential campaign. — Now, a decade later, he and the rest of the MAGA movement have manifested that love into policy, with a series of changes …
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Victoria Balara / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: An early look at the 2026 midterms — Voters prefer Democrats on affordability, Republicans on border security — As the midterm election year gets underway, voters are already drawing clear lines between the Democratic and Republican parties on the issues.
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Clinton contempt votes will hit the House floor next Wednesday — House GOP leaders are planning votes next Wednesday on a pair of contempt of Congress resolutions against former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, according to three people granted anonymity to discuss private planning.
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Haaretz:
IDF Accepts Gaza Health Ministry Death Toll of Over 71,000 Palestinians Killed During the War — Although many international experts have accepted the Health Ministry's data as reliable, and even conservative relative to the true death toll, Israel had refused to accept the Health Ministry's count until now
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Calen Razor / Politico:
Amy Klobuchar's governor run sets up Senate leadership shakeup — Sen. Amy Klobuchar, the No. 3 Democratic Party leader, made her bid for Minnesota governor official Thursday morning, presaging a leadership shakeup in the caucus. Klobuchar was viewed as a potential contender to succeed Illinois …
Julianna Bragg / Axios:
Trump says Americans will be “safe” as Venezuelan airspace reopens — Venezuela's commercial airspace is set to reopen and Americans will soon be able to visit the Latin American country, President Trump announced Thursday. … - “It's under very strong control,” Trump said, adding that American citizens will be “safe” in Venezuela.
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Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Trump hears updates from his Cabinet...but skips right over embattled Noem — The Secretary of Homeland Security was snubbed at first Trump cabinet meeting of 2026 — President Donald Trump has always loved hearing fulsome praise from his hand-picked cabinet at meetings that can run …
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Bloomberg:
Trump Administration Prepares for Warsh Fed Chair Nomination — The Trump administration is preparing for the president to nominate Kevin Warsh to be the next Federal Reserve chair, according to people familiar with the matter. — President Donald Trump said Thursday he plans to announce …
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