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8:20 PM ET, November 30, 2024

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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Trump says he will replace FBI Director Wray with loyalist Kash Patel  —  Because FBI directors serve 10-year terms, Trump would have to fire Wray — or Wray would have to resign — for Patel to take over the bureau.
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NBC News:
Trump taps Kash Patel for FBI director  —  Patel served as chief of staff to to the acting secretary of defense during the first Trump administration.  —  President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday he would pick Kash Patel, the former chief of staff to to the acting secretary …
Discussion: USA Today
Associated Press:
Trump taps Kash Patel for FBI director, a loyalist who would aid effort to upend law enforcement  —  President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Kash Patel to serve as FBI director, turning to a fierce ally to upend America's premier law enforcement agency and rid the government of perceived “conspirators.”
New York Times:
Trump Says He Will Nominate Kash Patel to Run F.B.I.  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump turned to a firebrand loyalist to become director of the bureau, which he sees as part of a ‘deep state’ conspiracy against him.  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump said on Saturday that he wants …
Sudiksha Kochi / USA Today:
Trump nominates Charles Kushner, father of Jared Kushner, as US Ambassador to France  —  WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump selected Charles Kushner, father of Jared Kushner, to serve as U.S. Ambassador to France on Saturday.  —  “I am pleased to nominate Charles Kusher, of New Jersey …
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Associated Press:
Trump wants pardoned real estate developer Charles Kushner to become US ambassador to France  —  President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday he intends to nominate real estate developer Charles Kushner, father of Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, to serve as ambassador to France.
Discussion: New York Magazine and Forbes
Zach Montague / New York Times:   Trump Names Charles Kushner as Pick for Ambassador to France
Azi Paybarah / Washington Post:
Charles Kushner, pardoned in 2020, to be nominated ambassador to France
Discussion: Axios and Raw Story
Kat Tenbarge / NBC News:
Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly ‘toxic’  —  Journalists are finding more readers and less hate on Bluesky than on the platform they used to know as Twitter.  —  When Ashton Pittman, an award-winning news editor and reporter, first joined the app Bluesky, he said …
Fatima Hussein / Associated Press:
Trump threatens 100% tariff on the BRIC bloc of nations if they act to undermine US dollar  —  President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday threatened 100% tariffs against a bloc of nine nations if they act to undermine the U.S. dollar.  His threat was directed at countries in the so-called BRIC alliance …
Ellen Knickmeyer / Associated Press:
What to know about sudden rebel gains in Syria's 13-year war and why it matters  —  The 13-year civil war in Syria has roared back into prominence with a surprise rebel offensive on Aleppo, one of Syria's largest cities and an ancient business hub.  The push is among the rebels' strongest …
Wall Street Journal:
Corporate America Launches Unorthodox Campaign to Gain Trump's Attention  —  Companies look at scrubbing left-leaning policies from their websites and scoping out appearances on conservative podcasts  —  Corporate America is unleashing an unorthodox campaign to influence Donald Trump's agenda …
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Democrats Weigh Dumping Nadler, Regrouping to Counter Trump  —  Some House Democrats want to oust aging committee leaders like Representative Jerrold Nadler in favor of younger lawmakers who they see as better suited to take on the president.  —  House Democrats are considering pushing aside …
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Washington Examiner:
Nancy Pelosi shows no sign of freeing the Democratic Party from her grip
Discussion: RedState
Scott Patterson / Wall Street Journal:   Trump Vowed to Kill Biden's Climate Law. Republicans Say Not So Fast.
David Thompson / The Daily Beast:
Pete Hegseth's Mom Said He Abused ‘Many’ Women in Bombshell Email  —  CLOSE TO HOME  —  The family matriarch said in a 2018 email that she had “no respect” for the Fox News host turned Trump defense secretary nominee.  —  Pete Hegseth's mother trashed his character in a blistering email shortly …
Discussion: Breitbart
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New York Times:
Pete Hegseth's Mother Accused Her Son of Mistreating Women for Years
Christine Fernando / Associated Press:
Emboldened ‘manosphere’ accelerates threats and demeaning language toward women after US election  —  In the days after the presidential election, Sadie Perez began carrying pepper spray with her around campus.  Her mom also ordered her and her sister a self-defense kit that included keychain spikes …
Politico:
Dems fear Harris' continued fundraising ‘erodes trust’  —  The fundraising emails sound as urgent as ever, even following her defeat.  —  The 2024 election is over.  But Kamala Harris' fundraising emails keep coming — and sound as urgent as ever.  —  “Even a quick donation of $50 is enough …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump promised Jan. 6 pardons.  His post-election silence is making loyalists nervous.  —  His die-hard supporters — as well as some federal judges — are left to speculate about his clemency plans.  —  Donald Trump campaigned on a pledge to pardon a vast swath of supporters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
 
 
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Irie Sentner / Politico:
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Discussion: Washington Examiner
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