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Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Fetterman: Kash Patel Told Me He Won't Go After Trump's ‘Enemies List’ — The senator said that Democrats should “chill out” about Trump — Sen. John Fetterman said that Kash Patel, Donald Trump's nominee to lead the FBI, assured him he will not be targeting Trump's enemies.
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The Hill, ABC News, The Guardian and People For
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Washington Post:
Trump signals plans to use all levers of power against the media — Press freedom advocates say they fear that the second Trump administration will ramp up pressure on journalists, in keeping with the president-elect's combative rhetoric. — For many years, Donald Trump repeatedly threatened …
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Grabien
Washington Post:
How Trump and Musk set off the shutdown crisis — but got little in return — The past week provides a preview of what spending battles could be like in a closely divided Congress and with warring GOP factions — Some time after Donald Trump won the Nov. 5 election, he told House Speaker Mike Johnson …
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The Hill, Raw Story, Grabien and Clayton Cramer
Wall Street Journal:
The Woody Johnson Republicans
The Woody Johnson Republicans
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The Independent, Cafe Hayek and Raw Story
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Absent GOP Congresswoman Found in Assisted Living and Memory Care Home: Report — Rep. Kay Granger has not cast a single vote in Congress since late July — Republican Rep. Kay Granger, who has missed 100 percent of votes in the House since July 24, has been in an assisted living and memory care home, according to a report.
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The Daily Caller, The Guardian and Alternet.org
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Stephen M. Lepore / Daily Mail:
‘Missing’ GOP Congresswoman Kay Granger found living in Texas assisted living facility for dementia patients — A still sitting Texas Congresswoman has been missing votes in Washington because she's been living in a $4,000-a-month nursing home for the past six months.
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New York Post and Breitbart
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Two US Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent ‘friendly fire’ incident, US military says — Two U.S. Navy pilots were shot down Sunday over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” incident, the U.S military said, marking the most serious incident to threaten troops in over a year of America targeting Yemen's Houthi rebels.
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Sam LaGrone / USNI News:
U.S. Super Hornet Shot Down Over Red Sea in Friendly Fire Incident; Aviators Safe — This post has been updated with additional information on the timing of the incident. — Two U.S. Navy aviators are safe after their two-seat F/A-18F Super Hornet was shot down by an American ship by mistake …
Associated Press:
Bluesky finds with growth comes growing pains — and bots — Bluesky has seen its user base soar since the U.S. presidential election, boosted by people seeking refuge from Elon Musk's X, which they view as increasingly leaning too far to the right given its owner's support of President-elect Donald Trump …
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NBC News
Financial Times:
Donald Trump's transition team seeks to pull US out of WHO ‘on day one’ — Swift exit would remove global health body's main source of funds and damage its ability to tackle emergencies — Donald Trump's transition team is pushing to pull the US out of the World Health Organization …
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Breitbart
Betsy Klein / CNN:
Ivanka Trump is done with politics and says she isn't coming back — For Ivanka Trump's entire adult life, she worked for her father. — When Donald Trump was a real estate mogul, she was designing his next hotel. When he was on a reality TV show, she was in his television boardroom.
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Raw Story
Francis Wilkinson / Bloomberg:
MAGA's Orban-esque Plan to Control What Universities Teach — Trump and Vance are already indicating they'll follow the Project 2025 blueprint to wage a pressure campaign on colleges. — While Republicans have long complained about the academy, Donald Trump, JD Vance and their MAGA followers …
Sophia Vento / The Hill:
Trump: Panama will lose control of Canal if it continues to ‘rip-off’ US — President-elect Trump took issue with fees charged to use the Panama Canal, a vital shipping route, on Saturday night, claiming that he will demand oversight of the waterway be given back to the U.S. when he returns to office if it's not changed.
Heather / Crooks and Liars:
Tucker: GOP Senators Who Vote Against Tulsi's Confirmation Are America's ‘Enemy’ — Look who's making empty threats against United States Senators. — Become a subscriber: — To become an ad-free subscriber please select one of the following two options.
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump names Miran head of Council of Economic Advisers … - “Steve will work with the rest of my Economic Team to deliver a Great Economic Boom that lifts up all Americans,” Trump wrote. — The three-member CEA, whose chair must be confirmed by the Senate, advises the president on economic policy.
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Washington Post and Bloomberg