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Melania Trump / MSNBC:
Clyburn urges Biden to pardon Trump ‘so we can clean the slate’ — After convincing President Biden to pardon his son Hunter, South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn is now calling for clemency for Donald Trump. “If we keep digging at things in the past, I'm not too sure the country will not lose its way …
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Mock Paper Scissors and Balloon Juice
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Politico:
Biden shrinks from view ahead of Trump's return to Washington — With 42 days left in office, Biden avoids unscripted moments or press questions. — Joe Biden is president of the United States for 42 more days. But within the Democratic Party, on Capitol Hill — and even within his own administration …
Associated Press:
Lara Trump steps down as RNC co-chair and addresses speculation about Florida Senate seat — Lara Trump will step down as co-chair of the Republican National Committee as she considers a number of potential options with her father-in-law, President-elect Donald Trump, set to return to the White House.
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Maureen Groppe / USA Today:
Supreme Court won't review admissions policy challenged as unfair to whites, Asian Americans — WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court on Monday declined to decide whether Asian Americans and white students can challenge a school's admissions policy as discriminatory even if those racial groups …
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NBC News, The Hill and Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion
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Pacific Legal Foundation:
Supreme Court refuses to hear Boston parents' challenge to racial discrimination in public school admissions — Washington, DC; December 9, 2024: Today, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case Boston Parent Coalition for Academic Excellence v. School Committee …
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CBS News, Associated Press, CNN and IJR
Abdallah Fayyad / Vox:
What does “working class” even mean? — Since Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris, pundits and politicians have been trying to figure out why the country's working class is moving to the right. — “Donald Trump Won as the Champion of Working-Class Discontent,” read one headline.
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Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:
How Some Voters Moved From Bernie Sanders to Donald Trump — For some young men in particular, the populist pitches from Mr. Sanders and Mr. Trump aligned with their attitudes about the ruling class. — They feel frustrated by the status quo, and they're fed up with the system.
Dominique Mosbergen / Wall Street Journal:
Meet the Trump Nominees Selling Vitamins on the Side — Supplement makers are cheering a warmer welcome in Washington; ‘The industry is getting excited’ — President-elect Donald Trump's top political appointees want you to buy supplements. — Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, Trump's pick for surgeon general …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Threatened With Jail, Cheney Condemns Trump's ‘Assault on the Rule of Law’ — Liz Cheney, the former Republican representative, said President-elect Donald J. Trump “lied about” the bipartisan House committee that investigated his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.
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Jude Sheerin / BBC:
Trump vows to end birthright citizenship and pardon US Capitol rioters
Trump vows to end birthright citizenship and pardon US Capitol rioters
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Washington Post:
Biden officials race to help stabilize Syria after regime collapse — President Joe Biden announced that U.S. forces have hit Islamic State militant camps and operatives in Syria. — Biden cites risks and opportunities after Assad's fall — The Biden administration raced Sunday to try …
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
With Assad Gone, a Brutal Dictatorship Ends. But the New Risks Are Huge.
With Assad Gone, a Brutal Dictatorship Ends. But the New Risks Are Huge.
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New York Times:
South Korea Bars President From Traveling Abroad — President Yoon Suk Yeol cannot leave the country as an investigation unfolds into whether he led an insurrection last week when he briefly imposed martial law. — South Korea's political dysfunction deepened Monday as its Ministry …
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Al Jazeera and Asia Times
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
More in U.S. See Health Coverage as Government Responsibility — Approval of Affordable Care Act also near high point — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sixty-two percent of U.S. adults, the highest percentage in more than a decade, say it is the federal government's responsibility to ensure all Americans have healthcare coverage.
Henry Meyer / Bloomberg:
Putin's Syria Setback Threatens Key Russian Military Bases — Bases key to Kremlin's effort to rebuild Cold War influence — Moscow says it will seek talks on bases with new Syria leaders — The fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria represents a personal defeat for Russian President Vladimir Putin …
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Public Notice:
The J. Edgar Hoover precedent for weaponizing the FBI — “Yes, we could have a repeat of that,” Frank Figliuzzi tells us. — ∙ Paid … 🕵️ — After serving in the FBI for more than two decades, in 2011 Frank Figliuzzi replaced a guy named Robert Mueller …
Brian Platt / Bloomberg:
Trudeau Now Tied With Conservative Leader on Who's Trusted to Deal With Trump — Poll taken just after Trudeau-Trump dinner at Mar-a-Lago — PM was 11 points behind Tory leader on issue in January — Canadians' trust in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to deal with incoming US President Donald Trump …
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The Post Millennial
Ella Lee / The Hill:
Trump suspect requests delay of attempted assassination trial — Public defenders for Ryan Routh, the man accused of attempting to assassinate former President Trump at one of his Florida golf courses, asked a federal judge to delay his criminal trial over an “extraordinary volume” of discovery with just two months to go.
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Washington Examiner and Law & Crime
NBC News:
Trump says RFK Jr. will investigate the discredited link between vaccines and autism: ‘Somebody has to find out’ — Researchers attribute a rise in autism diagnoses to increased screening and changing definitions of the condition. Hundreds of studies have found childhood vaccines to be safe.
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The Guardian, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit and The Hill
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Trump Suggests Kennedy Will Examine Debunked Link Between Vaccines and Autism
Trump Suggests Kennedy Will Examine Debunked Link Between Vaccines and Autism
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STAT and The Daily Caller