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7:05 PM ET, November 30, 2024

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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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Zach Montague / New York Times:
Trump Names Charles Kushner as Pick for Ambassador to France  —  The announcement elevated Mr. Kushner, the father of President Donald J. Trump's son-in-law and the recipient of a presidential pardon at the end of Mr. Trump's first term.  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump announced on Saturday …
Azi Paybarah / Washington Post:
Charles Kushner, pardoned in 2020, to be nominated ambassador to France  —  The New Jersey real estate developer, political donor and philanthropist is also the father of Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner.  —  President-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday he would nominate Charles Kushner …
Discussion: Axios and Raw Story
Associated Press:
Trump wants pardoned real estate developer Charles Kushner to be ambassador to France  —  President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he wants real estate developer Charles Kushner, father of Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, to serve as ambassador to France.
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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Scott Patterson / Wall Street Journal:   Trump Vowed to Kill Biden's Climate Law. Republicans Say Not So Fast.
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 …
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
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 …
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 …
Associated Press:
Canada's Trudeau returns home after Trump meeting without assurances that tariffs are off the table  —  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau returned home Saturday after his meeting with Donald Trump without assurances the president-elect will back away from threatened tariffs on all products from the major American trading partner.
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Darren Major / CBC News:
Trudeau in Florida to meet with Donald Trump in wake of tariff threat
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.
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 …
Irie Sentner / Politico:
After two flops, pollsters think they finally figured out Trump  —  In Donald Trump's last election, pollsters say they ultimately cracked the challenge of pinning down his voters.  —  For pollsters hoping to accurately forecast an election with Donald Trump at the top of the ticket …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
 
 
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Michael Flaherty / Axios:
Getty Images Holdings and Shutterstock agree to merge in a deal that creates a $3.7B company; Getty CEO Craig Peters will remain CEO of the combined business

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Sources: Apple plans to expand Apple News in more countries and considered building locally focused news coverage in the UK; Apple News has 125M monthly users

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
The Washington Post is laying off roughly 4% of its workforce, affecting fewer than 100 people across its business divisions; its newsroom is not affected
 
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