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9:10 AM ET, November 18, 2024

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Wall Street Journal:
A Wistful Biden Says Goodbye in a Closing Appearance on the World Stage  —  His valedictory visit to South America marks an end to an era as other leaders look ahead to a Trump presidency  —  RIO DE JANEIRO—After defeating Donald Trump four years ago, President Biden declared at his first summit “America is back.”
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
As Trump Looms, Biden Makes a Last-Ditch Pitch to Global Leaders  —  The president approved Ukraine's use of long-range missiles inside Russia, but that decision, among others, may soon be reversed.  —  President Biden will begin what is likely to be his last summit with global leaders …
Discussion: The Independent
New York Times:
Biden Allows Ukraine to Strike Russia With Long-Range U.S. Missiles
Associated Press:
Biden authorizes Ukraine to use US-supplied longer range missiles for deeper strikes inside Russia
Washington Post:
Biden approves Ukraine's use of long-range U.S. weapons inside Russia, reversing policy
David Nir / Public Notice:
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Signals a ‘Seismic Shift,’ Shocking the Washington Establishment  —  The president-elect's early transition moves amount to a generational test of a system as he seeks to rewrite the balance of power and install lieutenants to blow up key parts of government.  —  Somehow disruption doesn't begin to cover it.
Associated Press:
Trump names Brendan Carr, senior GOP leader at FCC, to lead the agency
Politico:   Republicans suddenly think the economy's great and the election wasn't rigged
NBC News:
Speaker Mike Johnson leaves the door open to recess appointments
Discussion: The Bulwark
Ivana Saric / Axios:
Trump confirms he will declare national emergency to carry out mass deportations … - A Truth Social post early Monday is the first time the president-elect has confirmed how his administration will execute the controversial plan. … - Trump reposted Fitton's comment Monday with the caption, “TRUE!!”
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Washington Examiner:
Trump confirms plans to declare national emergency to implement mass deportation program  —  President-elect Donald Trump confirmed on Truth Social early Monday morning that his incoming administration will declare a national emergency and use military resources to implement a mass deportation of illegal immigrants.
Discussion: Daily Mail
Politico:
Trump's immigration crackdown is expected to start on Day 1  —  The president-elect is expected to take a series of actions aimed at restricting immigration and ramping up deportations.  —  In his first 100 days, President-elect Donald Trump plans to begin the process of deporting hundreds of thousands of people.
Discussion: Mercury News, Daily Mail and WPR
BBC:
Undocumented migrants hope Trump mass deportations only ‘for criminals’
Discussion: CNN
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Gonzales: Targeting workers instead of convicted criminals for deportation means ‘government has failed us’
Discussion: ABC News
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Musk, top Trump adviser clash over Cabinet picks … - Musk — who fueled Trump's election effort by giving at least $119 million — has questioned whether Epshteyn has had too much influence in Trump's selections, especially his top Justice Department picks and the White House counsel …
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New York Times:
After Flurry of Cabinet Picks, Trump Rethinks Candidates for Treasury Secretary  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump is expected to invite the contenders for the role, including Kevin Warsh and Marc Rowan, to Mar-a-Lago this week.  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump is eyeing a new candidate …
Bloomberg:
Trump Treasury Cabinet Pick in Flux as Jockeying Slows Selection
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Matt Gaetz feels the heat  —  The would-be attorney general is facing new pressure this week from his accusers and from Senate Democrats.  —  President-elect Donald Trump is dead serious about making him attorney general.  Speaker Mike Johnson is pledging to bury a critical House Ethics Committee report …
Discussion: Mediaite and New Republic
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Ann Selzer leaving election polling after Iowa whiff  —  The legendary pollster is ending her relationship with the Des Moines Register, which dates back to 1997.  —  Two weeks after her firm incorrectly found Vice President Kamala Harris surging in increasingly red Iowa …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
13 things everyone should know about Pete Hegseth  —  Secretary of Defense is one of the most complex and consequential positions on earth.  The person in that position is responsible for overseeing the world's largest bureaucracy, the Department of Defense, with over 2.6 million employees and a budget of over $840 billion.
Oliver Darcy / Status:
The Verge Editor-In-Chief Nilay Patel breathes fire on Elon Musk and Donald Trump's Big Tech enablers  —  “All of these men are now hopelessly trapped in a problem their own platforms and algorithms created.”  —  The Verge Editor-In-Chief Nilay Patel is one of the most blunt voices in American media.
Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
Trump's Impossible Task: Delivering for the Working Class and Billionaires  —  He's attempting to pull off plutocratic populism, but the math doesn't square. … He improved on his 2020 vote share nearly everywhere on the map.  And he made significant gains with working-class Latino and Black voters …
Associated Press:
From the Amazon rainforest, Biden declares nobody can reverse US progress on clean energy  —  Joe Biden witnessed the devastation of drought up close as the first sitting American president to visit the Amazon rainforest Sunday, declaring that nobody can reverse “the clean energy revolution that's underway …
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Francois Murphy / Reuters:
Austrian parties agree to launch full coalition talks
Discussion: Bloomberg
Matthew Loh / Business Insider:
Trump picked a Project 2025 coauthor to run the FCC. Here's what it means for Big Tech.
Wes Davis / The Verge:
A study found that X's algorithm now loves two things: Republicans and Elon Musk
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Playbook: Heritage comes out of the bunker
Discussion: The Independent
Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Dems who overcame GOP tide urge party to focus on ‘kitchen-table issues’
Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Donald Trump Jr. says pushback against Cabinet picks proves they're the disrupters voters wanted
Adeola Adeosun / Newsweek:
AOC Blasts Rumored DNC Chair Contender: ‘Disease’
Discussion: Washington Examiner
 Earlier Items: 
Bloomberg:
Trump Team Is Seeking to Ease US Rules for Self-Driving Cars
Discussion: Quartz and Fortune, more at Techmeme »
David Remnick / New Yorker:
Donald Trump's Cabinet of Wonders
Discussion: Breitbart
The Guardian:
In Donald Trump, the morality of civil society has been abandoned
Roxane Gay / New York Times:
Enough  —  For the past decade, as Donald Trump has risen in political stature …
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Trump defense secretary pick Pete Hegseth denies sexual assault allegation, acknowledges payment to accuser
Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Maine Rep. Jared Golden, Trump Country Democrat, Wins Reelection
NBC News:
DOJ and FBI officials reach out to lawyers as potential Trump revenge prosecutions loom
 

 
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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Apple says Meta has made 15 interoperability requests under the EU's DMA, more than any other company, and that these could affect users' privacy and security

Kiyoshi Takenaka / Reuters:
Sony buys ~$320M of shares in Japanese media powerhouse Kadokawa, which owns FromSoftware, taking its stake to ~10% and becoming Kadokawa's top shareholder

Will Judd / Eurogamer.net:
Sony details the PS5 Pro's specs, including an AMD RDNA 2 GPU and ray tracing improvements, and announces a long-term machine learning partnership with AMD

 
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