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8:35 AM ET, December 1, 2024

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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 …
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Associated Press:
Trump taps Kash Patel for FBI director, an ally who would aid in his effort to upend law enforcement  —  President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate 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.”
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 …
Sadie Gurman / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Picks Kash Patel as FBI Director  —  President-elect chooses loyalist as he looks to force out current leader Christopher Wray  —  WASHINGTON—Donald Trump has chosen Kash Patel to be Federal Bureau of Investigation director, moving to force out the bureau's current leader …
Associated Press:
Social democrats gain and incumbents are punished in Iceland's election  —  Voters in Iceland appeared to have rejected incumbent parties in a parliamentary election, partial results showed Sunday, with a center-left party leading the contest in the North Atlantic island nation.
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Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir / Bloomberg:
Iceland Opposition Social Democrats Set for Election Victory  — Party is seen getting most seats in Nordic nation's parliament  — Voters' dismay over sticky inflation dominated short campaign  —  Iceland's opposition Social Democrats remain on track to win snap parliamentary elections …
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 …
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John L. Dorman / Business Insider:
Trump is now threatening 100% tariffs on the BRICS group — which comprises 9 emerging market countries  — Trump on Saturday floated “100% tariffs” on the BRICS group of emerging markets.  — Trump is pushing back on efforts to dethrone the US dollar as the primary global reserve currency.
Associated Press:
Canada's Trudeau returns home after Trump meeting without assurances that tariffs are off the table
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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Azi Paybarah / Washington Post:
Charles Kushner, pardoned in 2020, to be nominated ambassador to France
Discussion: Raw Story and Axios
Zach Montague / New York Times:
Trump Names Charles Kushner as Pick for Ambassador to France
Discussion: Forbes
Associated Press:
Trump wants pardoned real estate developer Charles Kushner to become US ambassador to France
Discussion: CBS News
Zach LaChance / Washington Examiner:
Former House Democrat lays into ‘toxic’ party, calls for ‘rebrand’ after election blowout  —  As assessments of what went wrong for Democrats in the 2024 election have poured in over the past few weeks and the party searches for its next leader, one former House member is calling for a “complete rebranding.”
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Zachary Leeman / Mediaite:
Ex-Dem Rep Tim Ryan Warns On MSNBC His Own Party ‘Is Toxic’ To Voters: ‘What Are We Doing?’
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
A Second Trump Term Poses a Crucial Test of the Senate's Independence  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump is threatening to challenge the institution's historic role, and the Constitution, with his prospective nominees and threats to push the boundaries of executive authority.
Discussion: USA Today
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 …
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Wisconsin Democratic Chair Says He Is the One to Revive a Distressed Party  —  Ben Wikler, who has led the Wisconsin Democratic Party since 2019, announced a bid to be national party chair with a platform to “unite, fight, win.”  —  Ben Wikler, the Wisconsin Democratic chairman …
Discussion: Althouse
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 …
Ryan Maue / New York Times:
Republicans Would Regret Letting Elon Musk Ax Weather Forecasting  —  One way Donald Trump may try to differentiate his second term from his first is by slashing the federal work force and budget and consolidating and restructuring a host of government agencies.
Discussion: Raw Story
The White House:
Statement by NSC Spokesperson Sean Savett on Edan Alexander  —  The hostage video released today of American-Israeli citizen Edan Alexander is a cruel reminder of Hamas's terror against citizens of multiple countries, including our own.  We have been in touch with Edan's family.
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Washington Post:
Trump taps Florida sheriff as DEA administrator  —  The change in DEA leadership comes as the agency — and the nation — is still grappling with a drug crisis fueled by the flow of illicit fentanyl.  —  President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday tapped Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister …
 
 
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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Trump says he will replace FBI Director Wray with loyalist Kash Patel
Discussion: Washington Times
Washington Examiner:
Nancy Pelosi shows no sign of freeing the Democratic Party from her grip
Discussion: RedState and New York Times
Irie Sentner / Politico:
After 2 flops, pollsters think they finally figured out Trump
Discussion: Twitchy and Raw Story
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