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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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Jonathan Karl / Reuters:
Trump posts discredited conspiracy theories following seizure of 2020 ballots in Georgia
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Axios:
Patel defends FBI raid as Georgia officials demand answers
Patel defends FBI raid as Georgia officials demand answers
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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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Dan De Luce / NBC News:
Tulsi Gabbard under scrutiny for showing up at FBI raid of Georgia election hub
Tulsi Gabbard under scrutiny for showing up at FBI raid of Georgia election hub
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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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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
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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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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New York Times:
Trump Sues I.R.S. Over Tax Data Leak, Demanding $10 Billion
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Julianna Bragg / Axios:
Trump sues IRS, Treasury Department over alleged tax return leaks
Politico:
Trump-blessed deal to keep government funded gets snagged in Senate … Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was more blunt: “Republicans need to get their act together.” — Thune said there were unresolved issues on both sides of the aisle. But the main sticking point appears …
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NBC News:
Trump says he and Democrats are ‘getting close’ to a deal to resolve shutdown fight — The agreement includes advancing five spending bills and funding the Department of Homeland Security for two weeks as lawmakers negotiate changes to DHS and ICE. — Add NBC News to Google
Al Weaver / The Hill:
Senate strikes deal to avert partial shutdown
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Axios:
Mike Johnson braces for conservative revolt over ICE funding deal
Mike Johnson braces for conservative revolt over ICE funding deal
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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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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
Pizza Cutter and a Fork: A Bizarre Bid to Break Mangione Out of Jail
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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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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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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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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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 …
Joey Peters / Sahan Journal:
Border Patrol employee found ‘covered in vomit’ in St. Paul, charged with drunk driving — A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol employee was charged with drunken driving in St. Paul after a state trooper found him passed out in a car Tuesday morning “covered in vomit.”
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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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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Bloomberg:
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US — Plans for ‘mega centers’ and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools. — Despite protests in small towns and cities across the US, the Trump administration …
Bloomberg:
Trump Administration Prepares to Back Warsh for Fed Chair — 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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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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New York Times:
Melania Trump Documentary Premiere: Who Was at the Kennedy Center — Top White House officials streamed into the Kennedy Center on Thursday for a screening of Amazon's new documentary about the first lady, Melania Trump. — After a $35 million marketing campaign, Amazon's new Melania Trump documentary …
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.
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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MPR News:
'I don't have words': 2 more kids from Liam Ramos' Columbia Heights school taken into ICE custody — {"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"parag raph", “content”:[{"text":"Two more Minnesota children — a second grader and a fifth grader — were taken into custody with their mother on Thursday …
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 …
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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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 +
