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New York Times:
Inside the Oval Office Showdown Between Trump and Jeanine Pirro  —  Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, told President Trump that his interior secretary, Doug Burgum, had misled him with a self-serving cover story for his own mistakes.  —  Jeanine Pirro had had it up to here with Doug Burgum.
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Sarah N. Lynch / CBS News:
Pirro brought box of evidence to show Trump what caused Reflecting Pool damage  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  The top federal prosecutor in the nation's capital carted a box full of evidence to the White House on Monday, in a bid to prove to President Trump that the damage to the Reflecting Pool …
Politico:
Jeanine Pirro struggles to give Trump the wins he craves the most  —  Jeanine Pirro's focus on murders and other major crimes in Washington has helped President Donald Trump deliver on his pledge to go after violent offenders in the nation's capital — work he often touts publicly.
Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
DOJ moves to drop charges against more Reflecting Pool vandalism suspects  —  The Justice Department (DOJ) on Monday moved to drop its charges against more people accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, shortly after dropping a similar case against a former Olympian canoeist.
Washington Post:
How Trump's claims of vandalism at the renovated Reflecting Pool crumbled
Kat Lonsdorf / NPR:
A veteran was detained by the National Guard in her front yard.  Now she's suing  —  Anna King was sitting on a bench one afternoon outside her home on a busy street in Washington, D.C., scrolling on her phone when three National Guard members entered her front gate, confronted her and pushed …
Discussion: Military.com
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Isabel Keane / The Independent:   Purple Heart vet sues after National Guard troops detained her as she sat quietly in the front yard of her DC home
Washington Post:
Trump orders changes to new helipad after weeks of around-the-clock work  —  Contractors have removed the granite seal that had begun to take shape in recent days, after the president complained about the slope of the White House Lawn.  —  Summary  —  President Donald Trump has directed contractors …
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David A. Fahrenthold / New York Times:
Workers Disassemble Parts of Trump's White House Helipad, Photos Show  —  Last week, construction workers had begun to decorate the new South Lawn helipad with a giant presidential seal.  By Tuesday, the design was gone.  —  President Trump has been building a huge new helipad at the White House.
Bloomberg:
Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says  —  Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, greater oversight …
Discussion: NPR and NewsMax.com
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Aaron Parnas / MeidasTouch:
Follow the Money: How Wall Street Bankrolled Epstein, and How the Trump Administration and CBS are Blocking The Truth
Discussion: Al Jazeera and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
How Well Is the Progressive Left Actually Doing?  —  Its wins have been largely confined to highly educated and heavily Democratic parts of urban America.  But two races could change that.  —  After racking up a series of high-profile wins this summer, the left looks ascendant in blue America.
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Politico:
The left's Bern notice
Discussion: The Daily Wire
Politico:   Bernie Sanders' circle is pretty clear on who his successor will be
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Fox News:
Alarming missile report draws forceful response from Trump as Iran war tests America's arsenal
Discussion: CBS News, RedState and The Daily Caller
Politico:
Max Miller's lawyer admits to accidentally releasing ‘private images’ of daughter  —  A lawyer for Rep. Max Miller took responsibility Tuesday for inadvertently releasing sensitive photos of the Ohio Republican's daughter in a trove of material Miller published Sunday in a bid to defend himself against domestic abuse claims.
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Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Max Miller wants House Ethics to probe allegations against him
David Ellison / New York Times:
Let's Set the Record Straight on the Paramount-Warner Deal  —  Many people have weighed in on Paramount's agreement to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery — media analysts, power brokers, political commentators, competitors and, of course, lawyers.  For a transaction of this size, that is expected and appropriate.
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Susan Collins opposes Todd Blanche for attorney general
Michael Phillis / Associated Press:
Divided federal appeals court says Trump administration was wrong to terminate climate program  —  A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday said the Trump administration improperly terminated a multi-billion program to boost clean energy projects, handing a win to a coalition of nonprofits picked to run the Biden-era effort.
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Claire Brown / New York Times:
Appeals Court Says E.P.A. Cannot Block Billions in Climate Grants
Discussion: The Hill
Sophie Gardner / Politico:
Paul sets Fauci committee vote for Thursday  —  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) will hold a committee vote Thursday morning on whether to hold Anthony Fauci — the former Covid czar who Paul has long reviled — in contempt of Congress.  Fauci appeared last week before the Senate Homeland Security …
Discussion: HuffPost
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
FBI agents fired over Trump investigation get broad backing in lawsuit against administration  —  An association of thousands of FBI agents and other groups are backing a lawsuit filed by three bureau employees who were fired last year for their roles in an investigation into President Donald Trump's efforts …
Michael Crowley / New York Times:
An Angry Trump Struggles to Understand Iran's Defiant Leaders  —  Iran's leaders have perplexed several American presidents, perhaps none more than President Trump.  —  President Trump's angry claim on Monday that Iran was being “unbelievably duplicitous” in its dealings with the United States …
Discussion: The Guardian and Scripps News
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Trump administration revokes visa of Brazil's ambassador to US in spat with Lula  —  The Trump administration has revoked the visa of Brazil's ambassador to the United States in retaliation for Brazil's denial of visas last month for two American diplomats who sought to visit the country ahead …
Discussion: Reuters and KIFI-TV
Reuters:
US judge grants DOJ bid to dismiss Jan. 6 cases against Oath Keepers  —  A U.S. judge on Tuesday granted the U.S. Justice Department's bid to dismiss cases against members of the right-wing Oath Keepers militia who took part in the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to a court filing.
Cecilia Lenzen / Fort Worth Report:
Tarrant County judge removes attendees during public meeting about voting site reductions  —  Tarrant County Judge Tim O'Hare directed meeting attendees to leave the commissioners courtroom Tuesday when some audience members clapped after he instructed them not to.
Discussion: Lone Star Left
David Strom / HotAir:
Climate Change Started Another Fire With Matches  —  Climate Change, as we know, is the root cause of all bad things.  It has become so destructive that it is whispering in the ears of arsonists, telling them to start fires that burn down vast swathes of nature and not a few homes in places like Los Angeles and Spokane.
Jordan Rubin / MS NOW:
California and other blue states warn of ‘extreme’ risk in backing Trump election order  —  “The consequences of allowing such transformative changes to take effect so close to this fall's elections would be extreme,” 23 states and D.C. argue.  —  California and other Democratic-led states told …
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Francesca Hong defends call to ‘cancel Thanksgiving,’ but says ‘views can evolve’  —  Democratic socialist and former Wisconsin state Rep. Francesca Hong (D) on Monday defended a past social media post urging the country to “cancel Thanksgiving” further leaning into her progressive agenda …
Robert King / Politico:
Ron Johnson's handling of budget hearing rankles Dems  —  Democrats on the Budget Committee were frustrated by Sen. Ron Johnson's (R-Wis.) first turn with the gavel after the new chair rebutted each of their remarks.  “Welcome to the chairmanship, but I find you are turning this into a debate committee …
Lara Seligman / Wall Street Journal:
Hegseth's Pick for Top Army Job Is Losing Republican Support  —  Some lawmakers and experts say Gen. Christopher LaNeve lacks experience at the four-star level  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's pick for Army chief of staff is in jeopardy because of objections from Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Natalie Alms / NOTUS:
FEMA Cut Staff Without Planning for Future Work, Watchdog Says  —  The Trump administration cut the Federal Emergency Management Agency's workforce without a plan, Congress' watchdog found.  —  The disaster-response agency is at risk of being unprepared and without the necessary staff …
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Pressley breaks with Jeffries over Missouri primary race  —  Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) has once again broken ranks with House Democratic leadership over endorsements, this time to support former Missouri Rep. Cori Bush over incumbent Rep. Wesley Bell.  In a post to social media Tuesday …
US Department of Justice:
Justice Department Announces Monitoring of Polling Sites in Four Michigan Cities  —  For Immediate Release  —  Today, the Department of Justice is monitoring polling sites in four Michigan cities for the state's primary election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law.
Politico:
A lab-leak proponent is in line for Fauci's old job  —  Steven Quay, a pharma executive known for his books making the case Covid came from a Chinese lab, is on the verge of getting Anthony Fauci's old job.  —  The post atop the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases comes …
Discussion: The Independent, Townhall and USA Today
 
 
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Andi Ortiz / The Wrap:
Tom Selleck Says Trump Is a ‘Mixed Bag’ but Won't Weigh in on Politics Anymore: ‘Why Piss Off Half the Country?’
Discussion: Washington Times and HuffPost
Associated Press:
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Axios:
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Washington Post:
Trump keeps making threats. The world has stopped flinching.