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Time:
Read the Full Transcript of Donald Trump's 2024 Person of the Year Interview With TIME — President-elect Donald Trump, TIME's 2024 Person of the Year, sat down for a wide-ranging interview at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla., on Nov. 25. — Over the course of the interview …
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Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Trump Backtracks On Campaign Pledge To Bring Down Grocery Prices — The president-elect walked back what was always a wildly unrealistic campaign promise. — LOADING — President-elect Donald Trump admitted in an interview with Time magazine that it will be difficult for him to reduce consumer prices …
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Garrett Ross / Politico:
Playbook PM: Trump's ‘fury’ road to redemption
Playbook PM: Trump's ‘fury’ road to redemption
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump rings bell at NYSE to cheers of ‘USA’ as Wall Street CEOs, business leaders look on
Trump rings bell at NYSE to cheers of ‘USA’ as Wall Street CEOs, business leaders look on
Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Trump Is Starting to Walk Back His Vow to Bring Down Grocery Prices
Trump Is Starting to Walk Back His Vow to Bring Down Grocery Prices
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New York Times:
Power, Intimidation and the Resurrection of Trump's Support for Hegseth
Power, Intimidation and the Resurrection of Trump's Support for Hegseth
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Sam Jacobs / Time:
Donald Trump — Three days before Thanksgiving, the former and future President …
Donald Trump — Three days before Thanksgiving, the former and future President …
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The White House:
FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Clemency for Nearly 1,500 Americans — Today's announcement will commute the sentences of close to 1,500 individuals who were placed on home confinement and will pardon 39 individuals convicted of non-violent crimes — Today, President Biden announced …
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Colleen Long / Associated Press:
Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency — President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and is pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes.
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Chris Wray's Pre-Surrender
Chris Wray's Pre-Surrender
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The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Providing Clemency for Nearly 1,500 Individuals on Home Confinement and Pardons for 39 Individuals Convicted of Non-Violent Crimes
Statement from President Joe Biden on Providing Clemency for Nearly 1,500 Individuals on Home Confinement and Pardons for 39 Individuals Convicted of Non-Violent Crimes
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
FBI missed ‘basic step’ when gathering intel in the lead-up to Jan. 6, DOJ watchdog finds — Investigators found no evidence of undercover FBI employees at the Capitol, but the presence of FBI informants could further fuel right-wing “fedsurrection” conspiracy theories.
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Minho Kim / New York Times:
Trump Chooses Kari Lake to Lead Voice of America — Ms. Lake, a former TV news anchor turned right-wing firebrand who has called journalists “monsters,” would be in charge of a federally funded news outlet with a huge global audience. — President-elect Donald J. Trump on Wednesday night chose Kari Lake …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Trump's Kari Lake ‘pick’ sparks fears at Voice of America — Presidents don't ordinarily pick the director of Voice of America, an international news broadcaster funded by the US government. But President-elect Donald Trump says he wants his ally Kari Lake to take over VOA.
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CNN:
Pete Hegseth, Trump's Defense pick, says allowing gay troops to serve openly reflects a Marxist agenda — Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of defense, has repeatedly criticized policies allowing gay people to serve openly in the US military, calling them part of a …
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Ex-F.B.I. Informant Agrees to Plead Guilty to Lying About Bidens — Alexander Smirnov's deal with the special counsel overseeing the investigation into Hunter Biden could lead to 48 to 72 months in prison, though a federal judge would need to review the deal.
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New York Times:
Blue States are Unaffordable. The Price Will be Political. — Every year, millions of Americans bounce around the country like electrons, moving from one state to another. But there are patterns in this chaos, and one of the clearest in recent decades is that Americans are moving from blue states to red states.
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Chris Wray folds like cheap suit. Don't be Chris Wray. — The FBI director obeys in advance. … 🚔 — FBI Director Christopher Wray became the latest public official to remove his own spine and dissolve into a puddle of genuflecting goo for the greater glory of MAGA …
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Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:
Democrats Lost the Propaganda War — The party used up about $5 billion on political ads in 2024. There's a better way. — A Fox News ad is displayed outside the Fiserv Forum on the eve of the Republican National Convention, July 14, 2024, in Milwaukee.
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Oriana Pawlyk / Politico:
FAA chief resigns, opening another spot for a Trump pick — Mike Whitaker's resignation comes at a time of turmoil for the agency, which is facing air traffic controller shortages and aging equipment. — The head of the Federal Aviation Administration is resigning in January …
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New York Times:
Trump's Middle East Adviser Pick Is a Small-Time Truck Salesman … President-elect Donald Trump's incoming Middle East adviser, Massad Boulos, has enjoyed a reputation as a billionaire mogul at the helm of a business that bears his family name. — Mr. Boulos has been profiled as a tycoon …
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USA Today
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
House passes bipartisan judges bill that Biden has vowed to veto — The federal judiciary has long requested new judges and both parties agreed, but Donald Trump's election win turned Democrats against the bill. — WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives on Thursday passed …
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Anthony Adragna / Politico:
Biden judicial nominations endgame comes into focus
Biden judicial nominations endgame comes into focus
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Wall Street Journal:
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Donates $1 Million to Trump's Inaugural Fund — President-elect had blasted the tech tycoon during the presidential campaign, but ties have been improving — Meta Platforms has donated $1 million to president-elect Donald Trump's inaugural fund …
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Clarissa Ward / CNN:
‘My God there is light’: CNN witnesses moment Syrian prisoner is freed from Assad's forced detention — While searching a secretive prison in the belly of the Assad regime's legacy of torture for American journalist Austin Tice, CNN's Clarissa Ward made a startling discovery …
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Melissa Koenig / Daily Mail:
Trump's border czar Tom Homan reveals which Democrat city is first on his list for mass deportations — President-elect Donald Trump's border czar Tom Homan has revealed that the nation's largest mass deportation effort will begin in Chicago. — Homan, 63, the former acting head of Immigration …
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Ayelet Sheffey / Business Insider:
Hundreds of student-loan borrowers who applied for debt cancellation are being denied relief by a major lender, over 20 Democratic lawmakers say — Sen. Elizabeth Warren led over 20 colleagues in requesting the CFPB and FTC investigate student-loan company Navient.
Ian Campbell / The Hill Times:
Rise of Bluesky may create progressive ‘echo chamber,’ say observers as more MPs join — 'If you don't allow yourself to be exposed to opposing viewpoints, that can actually increase polarization,' says former Conservative staffer Jennifer Laewetz. — SPONSORED CONTENT
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Ohio teacher suspended for including four books with LGBTQ characters in her classroom library — Karen Cahall has been a teacher in the New Richmond School District in Ohio for 34 years. During that time, according to a lawsuit Cahall filed earlier this month, she “consistently received …
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New York Times:
Musk's Foundation Gave Away Less Money Than Required in 2023 — Private foundations must donate 5 percent of their assets every year. Elon Musk's enormous charity missed that standard for three consecutive years. — For the third year in a row, Elon Musk's charitable foundation did not give away enough of its money.
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Daniel Payne / Politico:
Trump says he'll pull vaccines if he finds they're unsafe — President-elect Donald Trump said he's open to getting rid of vaccines depending on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s review of their safety. Trump's comments to Time magazine contradict promises previously made by Kennedy …
Brian Platt / Bloomberg:
Canada Weighs Export Taxes on Uranium, Oil If Trump Starts Trade War — Move would be a last resort to put economic pressure on US — Some US refiners rely heavily on cheap Canadian crude — Canada is examining the use of export taxes on major commodities it exports to the US …
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Washington Post:
RFK Jr.'s daughter-in-law meets with Trump's chosen CIA director about possible job — The president-elect has voiced support for Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, a former CIA operative, getting a senior role at the agency or in another national security post. — Amaryllis Fox Kennedy …
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