White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles revealed that President Donald Trump will get out and “campaign like it’s 2024 again” for the 2026 midterm elections.
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This page is an archive of main headlines from the US for 09.12.2025.
It displays 223 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
09.12.2025 ⇢ The Day of Campaign Finance Challenge and Trump's Tariff Threats
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December 9th saw a dual focus in US media: the Supreme Court weighing a significant Republican-led appeal to end limits on party spending in federal elections, and President Trump's aggressive rhetoric. Early reports noted Trump's threat of 5% tariffs on Mexico over water treaty violations and his commitment to campaigning for the 2026 midterms. Throughout the morning and early afternoon, the Supreme Court's potential expansion of presidential power, particularly concerning campaign finance and the firing of an FTC member, gained prominence, building on previous days' discussions about judicial actions and presidential authority. Concurrently, Trump's escalating denigration of immigrants, notably Somalis, as 'garbage' received widespread coverage. The evening continued with reports of a judge rejecting Trump's demand to free a supporter and his backtracking on releasing a controversial boat strike video.
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The Daily Beast
David Rothkopf details how key Republicans are quietly defying Trump, exposing fractures in a party long held in thrall.
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The court seemed poised to give the president a win but questions remain as to how executive power will change.
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Trump threatened a tariff on Mexico, accusing it of violating a water treaty and failing to release supplies to Texas farmers.
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The FBI agents kneeled during a protest in 2020 not to reflect a left-wing political view, but to de-escalate a volatile situation, they say in court papers. The FBI fired them in September.
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Also, in an apparent shift, the president said he would leave it to War Secretary Pete Hegseth whether to release video of the lethal so-called double tap strike against the vessel. The administration has attacked several such boats in recent weeks, saying they're involved in trafficking narcotics from Venezuela to the U.S.
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One America News
First Lady Melania Trump participated in the annual Marines' Toys for Tots Drive at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia on Monday, arriving via V-22 Osprey with Santa Claus, delivering remarks to military families and children, distributing toys, visiting activity stations, and interacting with kids.
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President Trump rolled out a bailout for farmers as he makes the case that his policy is working — or will soon.
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The New York Times has invented a new genre of reporting — covering big stories showing Democrats in a bad light years after the events that matter.
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The Washington Post
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The Washington Post
The declaration that Ukraine would not surrender land could mark the collapse of President Donald Trump’s latest plan to end the war, which critics condemned as fulfilling a wish list of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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00:47⇢Trump's Tariff Threat to Mexico
⌨US media continues to report on President Trump's aggressive stance towards Mexico, threatening tariffs over water treaty violations (Newsweek, Washington Examiner, Fox News). Additionally, discussions persist regarding the Supreme Court's potential expansion of presidential power, allowing Trump more control over government (The Epoch Times, Slate, CNN). These two themes dominate the editorial focus, highlighting ongoing executive actions and judicial developments.
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The Daily Beast
David Rothkopf details how key Republicans are quietly defying Trump, exposing fractures in a party long held in thrall.
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Associated Press
Immigration lawyers and authorities say arrests of Afghans are on the rise following the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C.
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Associated Press
A Brazilian woman with family ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will be released from immigrant detention while she fights potential deportation.
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The Washington Post
The comments come after the president previously said his administration would release video of a controversial military operation, “no problem.”
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A UAE-backed force’s power play in Saudi-backed government territory raises questions for the future of Yemen and the region.
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Boys in the Assemblies of God join the Royal Rangers for Bible study and backpacking. But the ministry has also drawn sexual predators, NBC News found.
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The Supreme Court is considering a Republican-led drive, backed by President Donald Trump’s administration, to overturn a quarter-century-old decision and erase limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for Congress and president.
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Republicans in Congress have shown some willingness to push back on President Trump, but it is not clear how far they are willing to push back against the leader of their own party.
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Second lady Usha Vance gives USA TODAY an exclusive look at the Christmas decor at the vice president’s residence and talks holiday traditions.
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NBC News
Boys in the Assemblies of God join the Royal Rangers for Bible study and backpacking. But the ministry has also drawn sexual predators, NBC News found.
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The Washington Post
Despite promising to stay on the sidelines this administration, the president’s son-in-lawhas become enmeshed in critical diplomatic negotiations.
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06:30⇢Supreme Court Weighs Campaign Finance Limits
⌨US media continues to focus on President Trump's actions, with new reports highlighting a Republican-led Supreme Court appeal to end limits on party spending in federal elections (AP News). Concerns are also raised about Trump's expanded authority within the GOP (NPR) and his late-night fretting over the Supreme Court case (The Daily Beast). Additionally, Jared Kushner's diplomatic involvement is noted (Washington Post).
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Vice President JD Vance and others brought a lawsuit against a law limiting party coordination with candidates, arguing it is unconstitutional.
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The Washington Post
Republicans never could unite around a health care plan to replace Obamacare, and now they’re struggling to coalesce around short- and long-term fixes as Congress faces a year-end cliff.
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The Washington Post
Senate Republicans are floating a variety of health care plans to address the year-end expiration of enhanced Obamacare premium subsidies that is projected to more than double out-of-pocket costs for 22 million Americans.
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National Review
The newly announced Senate candidate is perhaps the only person the Democrats could pick who is almost guaranteed to lose in the midterms.
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A strange porn subculture reveals what life online is doing to us.
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The Washington Post
President Trump will outline his plan to tackle persistent inflation and economic concerns during a stop in the Poconos region of Pennsylvania on Tuesday, effectively kicking off a midterm election season that will focus on Americans’ finances.
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Second lady Usha Vance gives USA TODAY an exclusive look at the Christmas decor at the vice president’s residence and talks holiday traditions.
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‘[T]here is no such thing in our constitutional order as a fourth branch of government that’s quasi-judicial and quasi-legislative,’ said Justice Gorsuch.
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“They’re godless demons, in my opinion. Just cowards, awful individuals, worse than criminals,” said 15-year-old Bryce Tate’s dad.
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07:59⇢Trump's Affordability Drive
⌨US media continues to focus on President Trump's actions, with reports highlighting his efforts to gain an upper hand on the affordability debate (Washington Times, The Hill) and his administration's plans if Maduro were ousted (CNN). Trump's denigration of immigrants, specifically Somalis, as 'garbage' is also noted (Boston Globe, MSNBC). The Supreme Court is further weighing challenges to campaign finance restrictions (The Epoch Times, AP News).
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The Washington Post
The looming Capitol Hill vote on the annual defense authorization will be a test of whether Congress is ready to deliver on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s push for major reforms to accelerate the Pentagon’s process for acquiring new advanced tech weaponry for American warfighters.
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The Atlantic
Not about Iraq. But the moral tenor of their political writings could be an antidote to Trumpism.
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Boys in the Assemblies of God join the Royal Rangers for Bible study and backpacking. But the ministry has also drawn sexual predators, NBC News found.
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Breitbart News
Two teenage illegal migrants from Afghanistan have been sentenced to prison for the rape of a 15-year-old girl in a park in the English town of Leamington Spa in Warwickshire.
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Balancing the smooth running of local government with a bold reform agenda, as Zohran Mamdani will have to do in New York, isn’t easy. Spain’s recent experiments with left local governance offer some lessons on how (and how not) to do it.
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President Donald Trump, in a pair of early morning social media posts, warned that a "negative decision" by the Supreme Court would be catastrophic to the United States.
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Two teenage illegal migrants from Afghanistan have been sentenced to prison for the rape of a 15-year-old girl in a park in the English town of Leamington Spa in Warwickshire.
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Over the weekend, Bernie Sanders spoke to a gathering of over a hundred democratic socialist elected officials. Here’s what he said.
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The Daily Beast
The president says he wants Samuel Alito, 75, and Clarence Thomas, 77, in their posts.
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Second lady Usha Vance gives USA TODAY an exclusive look at the Christmas decor at the vice president’s residence and talks holiday traditions.
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09:53⇢Trump's Judicial Demands
⌨US media continues to report on Donald Trump's presidential actions and political influence. Discussions include Trump's demand for aging SCOTUS judges to remain in their posts (The Daily Beast), his shift on releasing video of a second strike on a suspected drug boat (The Daily Wire, Newsmax, Common Dreams), and ongoing plans regarding Venezuela's Maduro (CNN). Additionally, the Supreme Court is weighing campaign finance restrictions (AP News, The Epoch Times).
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A lawyer defending spending limits argues the case is moot because of the vice president's equivocation about a presidential run.
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Insiders accuse the defense secretary of lashing out against those who warned him about drug boat attacks.
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A judge ordered the release of grand jury transcripts and evidence against Ghislaine Maxwell, an aide to accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein
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The Justice Department can release investigative materials from a sex trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime confidant of Jeffrey Epstein, a federal judge said.
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The Washington Post
A federal judge on Tuesday approved the Justice Department’s request to release files relating to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein that were kept under seal as part of the case against his accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell.
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“We are Minnesotan, we are Americans, and we are not going anywhere.”
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The looming Capitol Hill vote on the annual defense authorization will be a test of whether Congress is ready to deliver on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s push for major reforms to accelerate the Pentagon’s process for acquiring new advanced tech weaponry for American warfighters.
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The Daily Beast
The president was up late fretting over his Supreme Court case.
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‘The path to this decision has been one of the more intriguing ones of the year,’ market strategist Jay Woods said.
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National Review
Hollywood has a lot of problems. But one of the biggest and most glaring ones is that it stopped making movies that people enjoy watching.
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In the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll, the president had a small overall approval rating bump, while Republicans' views on one key issue jumped.
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Joshua Michals, 26, faces life in prison after he was found guilty of brutally stabbing to death fellow student Zhe Wang, 31, following an argument at her southeast London apartment.
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11:27⇢Trump's SCOTUS Tariff Concerns
⌨US media continues to focus on President Trump's political actions and judicial developments. Reports highlight his late-night fretting over a Supreme Court case concerning tariffs (The Daily Beast, HuffPost) and his appeals to justices (Daily Caller). Discussions also include his ongoing attacks on immigrants, specifically the Somali community, which historians view as alarming (Newsweek, Boston Globe, MSNBC). The unsealing of Ghislaine Maxwell's case records also receives attention (AP News, CBS).
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Joshua Michals, 26, faces life in prison after he was found guilty of brutally stabbing to death fellow student Zhe Wang, 31, following an argument at her southeast London apartment.
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It’s gone from science fiction to a matter of serious military planning in a remarkably short time.
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Seniors’ rising political influence is a threat to economic growth.
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The deals are aimed at encouraging both nations to assume more financial responsibility as the United States gradually reduces its support over the years.
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President Donald Trump says wealthy foreigners are abusing the nation’s birthright citizenship policy to bring their foreign relatives to the United States after having secured citizenship through their U.S.-born children.
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The Daily Caller
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The New York Times
The valuations of some companies are approaching those of the dot-com boom. But investors worry that pulling money from today’s market risks future gains.
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Democrats have become the party of the status quo, says Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland. He's urging members of his party to craft sharper election messages and back new voices in the party.
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The Washington Post
President Trump threatened to impose an additional 5% tariff on Mexican products if the southern neighbor does not comply with a decades-old treaty that requires the nations to share water from the Colorado and Rio Grande rivers.
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The Daily Beast
The report flatly describes the supposedly “terroristic” sidewalk slogans outside the Millers’ home as “non-threatening.”
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The Washington Post
President Donald Trump has said Nicolás Maduro’s “days are numbered” as the country’s leader and declined to rule out deploying U.S. troops on the ground there.
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12:42⇢Trump's Escalating Europe Rhetoric
⌨US media continues its focus on President Trump, highlighting his escalated rhetoric against European leaders and threats of new tariffs on Mexico over a water treaty (Washington Examiner, Washington Times, CNN). Conservative outlets also report on his economic agenda ahead of midterms (ABC News), and a birthright citizenship controversy (Breitbart). Democrats, meanwhile, are urged to define their own agenda beyond anti-Trump sentiment (NPR).
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The Justice Department on Tuesday issued a final rule updating its regulations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, eliminating "disparate-impact" liability from its Title VI appropach to focus on intentional discrimination rather than statistical outcomes.
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The president is justifying deadly military strikes on fatal US overdoses. But Venezuela is linked to cocaine, which is far less deadly than fentanyl.
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The conservative court appears likely to issue a ruling notwithstanding arguments that the case is moot because of Vance's equivocation about 2028.
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The Daily Beast
The report flatly describes the supposedly “terroristic” sidewalk slogans outside the Millers’ home as “non-threatening.”
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Gen. Ken Wilsbach promotes nuclear “recapitalization” in his first memo to the Air Force — fueling fear of a radical shift away from nukes acting solely as deterrence.
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“I’m sick of your s–t, I’m tired of having to wait. I should not have to wait. You guys are always [f–king] late, this is [f–king] ridiculous,” Mace fumed to the airport cops.
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The Daily Beast
The report flatly describes the supposedly “terroristic” sidewalk slogans outside the Millers’ home as “non-threatening.”
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One America News
Liberal late night host Jimmy Kimmel announced on a Monday episode of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" that he signed a one-year contract extension with ABC, extending the show through May 2027, amid ongoing public feuds with President Donald Trump.
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National Review
We should, by all means, breathe new life into a doctrine that in recent decades has become a museum curiosity.
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The Daily Beast
Former election clerk Tina Peters had filed a petition to be freed on bond while she appeals her felony conviction.
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The Supreme Court could continue its trend of striking down campaign finance rules as improper restrictions on speech. How far will they go?
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Trump Is Using the 'Misinformation' Censorship Playbook Republicans Attacked Biden for
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The Washington Post
Australia’s concerns about China’s rising might and jitters about America’s commitment to its Pacific allies were not eased by this week’s meetings between top officials from Sydney and the Trump administration.
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14:21⇢Trump's Judicial Setbacks Mount
⌨US media continues its focus on President Trump's actions and legal challenges, with new reports highlighting a judge rejecting his demand to free a supporter (The Daily Beast) and his retreat on releasing boat strike video (ABC News, The Daily Wire). The Supreme Court is also poised to further dismantle campaign finance limits (NBC News, USA Today). Conservative outlets continue to emphasize a Somali fraud scheme (The Blaze) and the DOJ's shift on civil rights enforcement (Newsmax).
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The Daily Beast
The report flatly describes the supposedly “terroristic” sidewalk slogans outside the Millers’ home as “non-threatening.”
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White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles hasn't informed President Donald Trump yet, but she plans to push him aggressively onto the campaign trail ahead of the 2026 midterms. "So, I haven't quite broken it to him yet, but he's going to campaign like it's 2024 again."
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Breitbart News
A decade of Somali migration to the United States was plagued with mass fraud, the federal government and a retired Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official previously revealed.
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The Supreme Court could continue its trend of striking down campaign finance rules as improper restrictions on speech. How far will they go?
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YouTube CEO Neal Mohan has been named TIME Magazine's 2025 CEO of the Year, with the outlet celebrating his leadership in transforming YouTube into a dominant force in global entertainment and culture.
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The Washington Post
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The Republican Party wants the Supreme Court to overturn a 2001 decision aimed at preventing donors from bypassing limits on what they can give candidates.
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National Review
‘They cannot communicate the clear end goal,’ one GOP senator told NR. The administration insists its strategy revolves around stopping the flow of illegal drugs.
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The Epoch Times
Conversations involving Washington, Moscow, and Kyiv have continued since Trump’s proposed plan to end the conflict came to light in November.
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The Daily Beast
Other events for the spectacle include weigh-ins at the Lincoln Memorial and autograph signings across the National Mall.
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The Washington Post
Adm. Alvin Holsey, who oversees military operations in Latin America, has voiced concern about the Trump administration’s activities there.
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Breitbart News
A decade of Somali migration to the United States was plagued with mass fraud, the federal government and a retired Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official previously revealed.
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The Intercept
Both chambers included Pentagon budget provisions for a right to repair, but they died after defense industry meetings on Capitol Hill.
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Legal challenges put SAVE borrowers in limbo for months, a time during which they were not required to make payments on their loans. That would change if the proposed settlement is approved.
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The Trump administration announced a joint legal settlement that will end Biden's main student debt relief program.
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15:54⇢Trump's Legal and Campaign Paths
⌨US media continues to focus on President Trump's political actions and legal challenges. New reports highlight a judge tossing a Trump ban on wind energy projects (Common Dreams) and the end of Biden's student loan repayment plan due to a Trump administration settlement (USA Today). There's ongoing attention to the Somali migration fraud crisis (Breitbart, Fox News, Newsweek) and Trump's preparations for future campaigns (Newsmax).
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The U.S. Navy admiral who is retiring early from command of the campaign to destroy vessels allegedly carrying drugs near Venezuela is speaking to key lawmakers.
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The Daily Beast
Other events for the spectacle include weigh-ins at the Lincoln Memorial and autograph signings across the National Mall.
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President Donald Trump's envoys have given Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy only days to respond to a proposed peace deal that would require Ukraine to accept territorial losses in exchange for unspecified U.S. security guarantees, with one person familiar with the timeline saying Trump wants an agreement "by Christmas."
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The Washington Post
The Trump administration’s new national security strategy has rejected what it calls America’s “misguided experiment” of hectoring Gulf monarchies and declared “the days in which the Middle East dominated American foreign policy in both long-term planning and day-to-day execution are thankfully over.”
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The Washington Post
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The Daily Beast
The three liberal justices raised alarms over a case to expand presidential power.
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A new U.S. military-focused artificial intelligence (AI) platform was announced on Tuesday by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.
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The U.S. Navy admiral who is retiring early from command of the campaign to destroy vessels allegedly carrying drugs near Venezuela is speaking to key lawmakers.
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The Washington Post
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We consistently underestimate how much other people like us, and it may be hurting our social lives.
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A fast-growing Filipino chain is serving burgers and chicken that seem like typical American fare—until you taste them.
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New York Post
Medical examiners announced Carrie Romney’s cause of death weeks after she plunged from a California parking garage.
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17:25⇢Trump's Dual Front: Venezuela Strikes and Ukraine Peace
⌨US media continues to focus on President Trump's political actions and legal challenges, specifically regarding alleged boat strikes near Venezuela and a proposed peace deal for Ukraine (AP News, Common Dreams, Newsmax, Washington Post, National Review, ABC News). Discussions also include a Supreme Court challenge to presidential power (The Daily Beast, Mother Jones) and the ongoing narrative surrounding Somali migration (The Blaze, Breitbart, Newsweek). The Pentagon's new AI platform is also noted (One America News Network, NYTimes).
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he’s still weighing whether to release the full video of an attack on an alleged drug boat that killed two survivors.
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Associated Press
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The Washington Post
Supreme Court justices grappled Tuesday with whether to topple another domino in campaign finance restrictions — this one a limit on political party committees being able to coordinate with individual candidates on how to spend money.
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The Daily Beast
A highly controversial military figure is secretly whispering into the Defense Secretary’s ear at a time of maximum controversy, our must-read newsletter reveals.
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One America News
Amid ongoing lawsuits and other tensions between the federal immigration authorities and disruptive left-wing leaders, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem suggested on Monday that New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani already potentially "violated the Constitution."
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President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is launching a public database where Americans can search the “worst of the worst” illegal aliens arrested by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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The White House has sought to convince voters that cost-of-living anxieties aside, the economy will emerge stronger next year and that any inflation fears have nothing to do with Trump.
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Democrat Eileen Higgins holds a slight lead over Republican Emilio González to become Miami's next mayor.
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