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Ross Douthat / CBS News:
60 Minutes Transcript: Donald Trump, the 2026 post-midterm elections interview — This past Tuesday, President Donald Trump's Republican Party suffered an extraordinary midterm repudiation - losing not just the House and Senate, but statewide offices in red states, from Texas to Kansas to South Carolina …
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Ross Douthat / CBS News:
10 takeaways from Trump's 60 Minutes interview: Why GOP lost the midterms, what went wrong on immigration and more — Days after Republicans faced a series of bruising midterm election losses, President Trump stood by his handling of the economy and the Iran war — but he acknowledged some …
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CBS News:
Read the full transcript of Ross Douthat's interview with President Trump — President Trump sat down with Ross Douthat to discuss Republican losses in the midterm elections, the wars in Iran and Ukraine, the economy and more. Below is a transcript of their conversation.
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Madison Mills / Axios:
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admits affair, board to launch investigation — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admitted to having a romantic relationship with a suspected Chinese spy in a message to his company, and the company's board announced an independent investigation Sunday. … - “I was unfaithful to my wife.
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Trump backs Nvidia's Huang amid affair, spy investigation
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New York Times:
Rubio Warned Officials About Nvidia Chief's Entanglement With Chinese Spy
Rubio Warned Officials About Nvidia Chief's Entanglement With Chinese Spy
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Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
Nvidia shares slide as it probes alleged Chinese spy scandal
Nvidia shares slide as it probes alleged Chinese spy scandal
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Tripp Mickle / New York Times:
Nvidia Opens Investigation Into Jensen Huang's Relationship With Chinese Spy
Nvidia Opens Investigation Into Jensen Huang's Relationship With Chinese Spy
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Jensen Huang spy scandal rocks AI race
Jensen Huang spy scandal rocks AI race
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Chris Marquette / Politico:
House Democrats plan more prominent placement for Jan. 6 memorial plaque — Democrats intend to find a more prominent location to display a memorial plaque honoring the law enforcement officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — which Republicans currently have relegated to the basement of the building.
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Politico:
Jeffries faces big choice on Trump — Presented by IN TODAY'S EDITION: — Murkowski seen as spending check on Trump — Hegseth's impeachment risk grows — Senate takes up permitting deal — Dozens of Democratic House freshmen descended on the Hill this week …
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Politico:
Between the Bloc and a hard place — With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco and Irie Sentner — AT TRUMP'S TABLE: The most coveted seats in MAGA world were occupied at Mar-a-Lago on Friday evening by new chief of staff Stephen Miller, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his wife …
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Joe Biden / The Atlantic:
Biden: What Trump Did on January 6 ‘Should Follow Him to His Grave’ — Eight days after the 2024 election, I honored a presidential tradition by hosting a visit from the president-elect. Jill and I met President Trump and his entourage in the Diplomatic Reception Room …
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Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Trump says he was just kidding about making UFC's Dana White his press secretary — President Donald Trump said Sunday he was only kidding about making UFC boss Dana White his next White House press secretary after announcing on social media he had offered his close friend the job.
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Jalen Beckford / Politico:
Trump reacts to Vance's Iran war post, says he'd make the same call — President Donald Trump pushed back Sunday on Vice President JD Vance's social media post blaming the Iran war for Republicans' midterm losses, saying Vance left out whether he would make the same decision again. Trump said he would.
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Holly Otterbein / Axios:
Scoop: Mamdani's bid for 2028 kingmaker — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani can't be president, so he's trying to be the next best thing: a progressive kingmaker for 2028. — Mamdani has been meeting privately with union leaders, urgently talking up the need for a labor-aligned …
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Kellen Browning / New York Times:
Progressives Launch ‘Ready for AOC,’ as 2028 Jockeying Heats Up
Priya Sridhar / MS NOW:
‘You gotta be kidding me’: Hegseth used these four things to decide on senior officer promotions — A senior official exclusively told MS NOW how decorated military officers with decades of experience were withheld from promotion after Pentagon staff printed out internet searches showing …
Adela Suliman / NBC News:
Joe Biden to scale back book tour as cancer ‘slows me down’ — Biden, 83, said Sunday he would no longer “be able to do as many conversations about my book as I'd hoped” ahead of the release of his memoir, “Promise me, America.” — Former President Joe Biden signaled he will have to scale …
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Vincent Lee / Bloomberg:
Biden Limits His Memoir Promotion With Hint at Health Struggles
Biden Limits His Memoir Promotion With Hint at Health Struggles
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Politico:
'Russ Vought's gonna meet his match': What Murkowski's potential promotion means for the White House — As President Donald Trump loses one of the biggest GOP critics of his administration with Sen. Susan Collins' defeat, he's gaining an increasingly powerful Republican antagonist who could pose a bigger liability for his agenda.
New York Times:
Here Are the Difficult Options Trump Is Weighing to Resolve the War in Iran — There are no good choices facing President Trump as he tries to find a way out of the deeply unpopular conflict. But there are choices. — The public split last week between Vice President JD Vance …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Major media outlets sanitize Stephen Miller's white nationalist ideas — Miller has a long history of promoting some of the core tenets of white nationalism. Media outlets, with few exceptions, chose not to describe his views in plain terms. — After a historic defeat in the 2026 midterm elections …
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Jasper Goodman / Politico:
Elizabeth Warren is ready to go big against corporate America — Brace yourself for the most progressive — and aggressive — Senate Banking Committee chair in decades. — Elizabeth Warren, the longtime Wall Street antagonist poised to take over the Banking panel next year …
ProPublica:
Firm Linked to Trump's Sons Got Nearly $40 Million in Federal Contracts to Screen for Ebola and Other Diseases — XpresTest has years of experience conducting disease screening in U.S. airports but has never worked with Ebola or provided biosecurity services abroad. It's “a new thing for us,” the company's CEO said.
Riley Rogerson / Politico:
Hakeem Jeffries has a choice to make: Will he work with Trump? — President Donald Trump said after Tuesday's midterm drubbing he wants to “work with” Democrats. Now Hakeem Jeffries has to decide if his party will play ball. — As he prepares to lead a massive House Democratic majority …
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Wall Street Journal:
Former Trump Aides Feud Online, Trade Legal Threats in Bitter Election Fallout — Two former senior Trump advisers have been sending threatening text exchanges and trading barbs online — Ahead of what would become a public feud on social media this weekend, James Blair …
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Thomas English / New York Post:
Trump explains $3B net worth jump in ‘60 Minutes’ interview: 'You should've had stock' — President Trump has insisted there is a simple explanation for him becoming more than $3 billion richer on paper since the start of his second term. — “You should've had stock,” Trump told “60 Minutes” …
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Republicans eye Florida's “alligator people” for 2028 — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is positioning himself for a presidential run. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is running away from the idea of his own campaign for the White House. … - Before Tuesday's midterm Republican wipeout …
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Natalie Hausmann / Democracy Docket:
Blanche threatens to investigate congressional Democrats. It's unclear for what — Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday he plans to investigate congressional Democrats — but he couldn't specify what crime they had potentially committed. — Blanche's comments came …
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Holly Berkley Fletcher / Liberal Currents:
The Evangelical Vote Will Return in 2028 … Fans of liberal democracy, including those of us who follow religion, are right to be buoyed by this week's results. Unlike in 2020, Americans resoundingly rejected not just MAGA candidates, but the bigoted, fear-mongering tactics that have sadly proven successful over the last ten years.
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