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Politico:
Playbook: What the GOP's new Big 3 discussed this weekend — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — TOP-ED — “The Price of American Retreat,” by Mitch McConnell for Foreign Affairs: “To pretend that the United States can focus on just one threat at a time …
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HuffPost and New York Magazine
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Jennifer Scholtes / Politico:
Congress grapples over pre-Christmas catch-all deal as government shutdown looms — Top lawmakers had aimed to release bill text over the weekend but hit an impasse over agriculture aid. — Congressional leaders were still trading offers Sunday afternoon on a government funding patch attached …
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Alternet.org, The Hill and Fox News
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Journalists anticipate a renewed hostility toward their work under the incoming Trump administration — For the press heading into a second Trump administration, there's a balancing act between being prepared and being fearful. The return to power of Donald Trump, who has called journalists enemies …
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David Enrich / New York Times:
Trump and His Picks Threaten More Lawsuits Over Critical Coverage — The small flurry of threatened defamation suits is the latest sign that the incoming Trump administration appears poised to do what it can to crack down on unfavorable media coverage. — The legal threats have arrived in various forms.
Wall Street Journal:
RFK Jr. Has a Battle Plan to Get Senate Confirmation — Health secretary nominee, after meeting resistance in some corners, plans to play down vaccine skepticism, pro-abortion stances — WASHINGTON—Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s attempt to win over Capitol Hill starts this week with a strategy …
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Curt Devine / CNN:
Trump vows to ‘hire American.’ His businesses keep hiring foreign guest workers — President-elect Donald Trump vowed on the campaign trail to do everything in his power to benefit American workers. “We will build American, buy American and hire American,” he said during a rally in August.
Wall Street Journal:
Why Musk Doesn't Have Access to SpaceX's Biggest Government Secrets — Executives haven't sought higher security clearance for the CEO to avoid questions about his drug use and contact with foreign officials; the answers might no longer matter — The payloads SpaceX launches into the heavens …
Beth Reinhard / Washington Post:
How Pam Bondi boosted Trump's election fraud claims in a key swing state — In Pennsylvania in 2020, Trump's pick for attorney general pushed baseless claims of widespread voting fraud — On the morning of Nov. 4, 2020, former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi drove northeast from Washington …
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Tax Cuts Take Lead Over Deficit Worries in GOP's Internal Fight — Republicans embrace the contentious idea that some of their tax cuts would largely pay for themselves — WASHINGTON—Tax cutters are beating deficit hawks in the early phases of the Republican Party's fiscal tug of war.
David Gardner / The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon Is Already Claiming Trump Can Run Again in 2028 — WHO'S GONNA STOP ME? — The political strategist says the Constitution doesn't count in this case.
The Hill:
Speaker Johnson faces ‘complicated’ decision on crucial Rules Committee chair — Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is barreling into a tricky — yet critical — decision over whom to appoint as the next chair of the House Rules Committee, a post that will set the tone for legislating and play …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Trump girds for battle with Democrats, Supreme Court over birthright citizenship — President-elect Trump, Democratic lawmakers and the Supreme Court are on a collision course over restricting birthright citizenship, which Trump has identified as a top priority for his incoming administration.
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Los Angeles Times and Daily Kos
Sam Sutton / Politico:
Trump's ‘explosive’ economic growth claims are no match for the $36 trillion debt — The new president could face even more daunting challenges than his predecessors if he follows through on his tax and tariff pledges. — Jeff Bezos, Larry Fink and Donald Trump's Treasury pick Scott Bessent all agree …
New York Times:
His Family Voted to Support Trump's Deportation Plan. That Includes Him. — His friends and family members in Rome, Ga., voted to support mass deportation. Now he's scrambling to stay in the country. — Jaime Cachua with his son Julian. He fears he will be deported.
Pilar Arias / Fox News:
Bernie Sanders believes Hunter Biden pardon sets a ‘dangerous’ precedent — Sanders discusses Biden's legacy, one way he will work with President-elect Trump — Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., had two thoughts about President Biden pardoning his son Hunter Biden after previously saying he would not …
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NBC News, The Hill, HuffPost, New York Post, Washington Examiner and Daily Mail
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Jack Birle / Washington Examiner:
Romney defends Trump after ‘overwhelming’ win: 'Can't complain' — Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) is contending people “can't complain” about President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks given Trump signaled he would make such picks before he was elected. — Romney, a longtime critic of the president-elect …
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Piper Hudspeth Blackburn / CNN:
Romney stands by Trump criticism but says MAGA is now the Republican Party
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RedState, Townhall, The Hill, The Independent, Mediaite, USA Today, HuffPost, New York Post, Daily Caller News Foundation, Politico and Washington Times
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