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9:00 PM ET, December 1, 2024

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NBC News:
President Biden set to issue a pardon of his son Hunter Biden  —  The president is expected to announce his decision Sunday night, according to a senior White House official.  —  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has decided to issue a pardon for his son Hunter and is expected to announce it Sunday night …
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The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden  —  Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter.  From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere with the Justice Department's decision-making, and I kept my word even as I have watched my son being selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted.
Associated Press:
Biden pardons his son Hunter despite previous pledges not to  —  President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, on Sunday night, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions and reversing his past promises not to use the extraordinary powers …
David Frum / The Atlantic:
A Constitutional Crisis Greater Than Watergate  —  Trump's nomination of Kash Patel threatens to turn the FBI into an instrument of personal presidential power.  —  For more than four decades before Donald Trump assumed the presidency, the FBI director was a position above politics.
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Republicans Stand Behind Trump's Choice of Kash Patel to Lead F.B.I.  —  Several lawmakers expressed support on Sunday for the president-elect's plan to install a loyalist who has vowed to use the position to exact revenge on adversaries.  —  Several Republican lawmakers fell in line …
Washington Post:
Lawmakers express doubt over Trump's plan to replace FBI's Christopher Wray  —  On Sunday, members of Congress on both sides of the aisle said the FBI director, whom Trump appointed in 2017, should be allowed to serve out his 10-year term.  —  Lawmakers share strong opinions on Patel as FBI pick
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Trump's shock and awe … - Trump named real estate developer Charles Kushner — father of Trump's son-in-law, Jared — as ambassador to France. … - Less than six hours later, Trump announced he picked Kash Patel, one of the hardest of his first-term hardliners, as FBI director.
Discussion: Raw Story
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The Kash Patel Principle
Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
Five Things to Know About Kash Patel, Trump's Pick to Lead the F.B.I.
Nick Arama / RedState:
DELICIOUS: Andrew McCabe Throws a Fit on CNN Over Trump Nomination of Kash Patel
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Playbook: Two big fights defining Washington right now
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Rachel Scully / The Hill:
Cheryl Hines sells products with naked RFK Jr. showering behind her  —  Actress Cheryl Hines, the wife of former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., posted a video promoting her beauty products featuring her husband showering half-naked in the background.
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Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech / The Hill:
Trump's health team: RFK Jr. and 5 doctors tapped to lead ‘MAHA’
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Stacy Mitchell / The Atlantic:
The Great Grocery Squeeze  —  How a federal policy change in the 1980s created the modern food desert  —  The concept of the food desert has been around long enough that it feels almost like a fact of nature.  Tens of millions of Americans live in low-income communities with no easy access …
Jonathan Nicholson / HuffPost:
Trump's Next Term Could See America's First True Oligarchs, Warns Democracy Activist Garry Kasparov  —  Elon Musk's DOGE plan could mix public and private interests in a way previously not seen in American politics, the former world chess champion said.  —  LOADING
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Adam Nichols / Raw Story:   ‘The first oligarch’: Russian dissident warns of ‘extremely dangerous’ development in U.S.
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Recess appointments could put Trump at odds with conservatives on the Supreme Court  —  Republicans will control the White House and both houses of Congress come January.  But President-elect Donald Trump's intent to nominate loyalists to fill key Cabinet posts has set up a possible confrontation …
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Nancy Scola / Politico:
Democrats Face an Existential Crisis on X  —  Conversations with a dozen insiders point to a party that is unsure about whether to leave or engage with the increasingly MAGA platform.  —  Two days after the election, Patrick Dillon, a longtime Democratic strategist and current Biden administration official …
Rachel Scully / The Hill:
John Bolton compares Kash Patel to Soviet secret police leader  —  Former National Security Advisor John Bolton compared Kash Patel, President-elect Trump's nomination for head of FBI, to one of the USSR's most feared secret police chiefs, Lavrentiy Beria.  —  “Trump has nominated Kash Patel …
Zach Montague / New York Times:
Trump Offers Massad Boulos Middle East Adviser Role  —  The announcement on Sunday was the second time this weekend that Mr. Trump offered an influential post to an in-law.  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump announced on Sunday that he would name Massad Boulos, a Lebanese American businessman …
Associated Press:
Putin signs off record Russian defense spending as top EU officials visit Kyiv  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin approved budget plans, raising 2025 military spending to record levels as Moscow seeks to prevail in the war in Ukraine.  Around 32.5% of the budget posted on a government website Sunday …
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Claudia Chiappa / Politico:
Putin approves new budget with record defense spending
Discussion: The Kyiv Independent and Reuters
 
 
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New York Times:
Long a ‘Crown Jewel’ of Government, N.I.H. Is Now a Target
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
Rolling Stone:
Trump and His Team Are ‘Laughing’ at Biden's Commitment to Decorum
Discussion: Raw Story and Associated Press
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