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Reuters:
Saudi Arabia abandons pursuit of U.S. defence treaty over Israel stalemate — Saudi Arabia has abandoned its pursuit of an ambitious defence treaty with Washington in return for normalising relations with Israel and is now pushing for a more modest military cooperation agreement, two Saudi and four Western officials told Reuters.
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Playbook: Biden's frustrating photo finish — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM? — “Saudi Arabia abandons pursuit of US defence treaty over Israel stalemate,” by Reuters' Samia Nakhoul and Pesha Magid: “[W] …
Nick Paton Walsh / CNN:
Trump's Ukraine envoy has a plan to end the war that Putin may revel in — In a single post, the president-elect told the world what the end of the Ukraine war might look like. And it is going to be a big diplomatic ask, to say the least. — “I am very pleased to nominate General Keith Kellogg …
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Michael Crowley / New York Times:
Trump May Find Things to Like About Biden's ‘Horrible’ Foreign Policy
Trump May Find Things to Like About Biden's ‘Horrible’ Foreign Policy
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Raw Story, New Statesman and Wall Street Journal
Politico:
With Ag secretary pick, Trump brushes back RFK Jr. — Trump's HHS pick Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other Trump allies have been bitterly warring over the USDA chief role for weeks. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent weeks lobbying Donald Trump to nominate an Agriculture secretary who would be his ally …
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Stephen M. Lepore / Daily Mail:
Gavin Newsom and his wife Jennifer's Thanksgiving Day message to Californians spectacularly backfires... and everyone is saying the same thing — Gavin Newsom has been slammed online for posting a turkey of a Thanksgiving video amid concerns the wealthy governor is out of touch with his state's problems.
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David R. Lurie / Public Notice:
Tulsi Gabbard and Trump's scheme to gut the intel agencies — 🛍️ Black Friday Special! 🛍️ Click the button below to sign up for a full annual subscription to Public Notice for the special discounted price of $40. — 🎁 PN Black Friday Special Offer 🎁
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Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Putin praises ‘intelligent’ Trump amid assassination threats — Russian President Vladimir Putin praised President-elect Trump as an “intelligent” and “experienced” leader Thursday, while noting he does not believe the president-elect is “safe” following the two attempts on his life earlier this year.
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The Guardian:
Tesla owners turn against Musk: 'I'm embarrassed driving this car around' — The electric car brand was once a liberal favourite - but the CEO's embrace of Trump has led to an angry backlash — As Elon Musk has embraced Donald Trump and various far-right conspiracy theories …
Jenny Jarvie / Los Angeles Times:
As Trump's lead in popular vote shrinks, does he really have a ‘mandate’? — Though Trump overwhelmingly won the electoral college vote, his tally in the popular vote is hardly a landslide. — In the last 75 years, only three other presidents had popular-vote margins that were smaller than Trump's.
Politico:
Louise Haigh quits UK government as transport secretary over stolen phone ‘mistake’ — Louise Haigh resigned as U.K. transport secretary after Sky News reported she had been convicted of falsely telling police her work mobile phone had been stolen in 2013. — Haigh sent a letter of resignation …
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Washington Post:
Texas is gearing up in a big way for Trump's mass deportation campaign — The state's Republican leaders say they're primed for Texas to be both the model and epicenter as the incoming administration cracks down on immigration. — EAGLE PASS, Texas — While Donald Trump's opponents denounce …
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Nicholas Pyke / Daily Mail:
Bill Clinton makes stunning confession about his bizarre behavior after Hillary's defeat in America's ‘darkest election’ — President Bill Clinton was so enraged by the treatment of his wife, Hillary, during her failed presidential bid that he couldn't sleep for two years, he now admits - or stop complaining about the shock defeat.
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Mara Hvistendahl / New York Times:
U.S. Zoos Gave a Fortune to Protect Pandas. That's Not How China Spent It. — A Times investigation found that zoos knew conservation money went toward apartment buildings and roads. But they wanted to keep displaying pandas, so nobody looked too closely.
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Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Girds for a Test of Its Independence — President-elect Donald Trump's plans to install loyalists have left officials fearful that he intends to carry out his threats of retribution but hopeful that rule-of-law norms can hold. — It was an early case of Donald J …
Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg:
Trump Is Tapping Deep Conservative Network to Press His Agenda — Think tanks and advocacy groups preparing for a second Trump term have reaped hundreds of millions of dollars in donations since 2020 — When Donald Trump first became president, he lacked the infrastructure of Washington think tanks …
Tom Gerken / BBC:
Mark Zuckerberg dines with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago — Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg has visited Donald Trump at his resort in Mar-a-Lago, further evidence of the apparent thawing in their once frosty relations. — The president-elect already has a close, high-profile relationship with another …
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Leigh Kimmins McManus / The Daily Beast:
Laura Loomer: Mark Zuckerberg's Trump Visit Was ‘Very Disturbing’
Laura Loomer: Mark Zuckerberg's Trump Visit Was ‘Very Disturbing’
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