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• A Frustrated Congress Pushes the Pentagon to Produce Its Boat Strike Orders

  08-12-2025 23:19 via nytimes.com
  In a sign of bipartisan frustration with the Defense Department, the final defense policy bill aims to compel the Pentagon to share execute orders and video documentation.
  
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• Supreme Court Grapples With Whether to Lift Campaign Finance Limits

  09-12-2025 19:04 via nytimes.com
  The dispute before the court involved a Republican effort to lift limits on how much money political parties can spend in coordination with candidates.
  
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• A History of U.S. Military Action in Latin America

  09-12-2025 18:00 via nytimes.com
  The United States’ history in the region includes several about-faces, contradictions and missteps.
  
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• Trump Administration Fights Roadblock to Pursuing Comey Case

  09-12-2025 17:42 via nytimes.com
  The battle preceded the department’s looming decision over whether — and how — to bring new charges against James B. Comey.
  
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• As Prices Increase From Tariffs, Trump Administration Goes on the Defensive About Affordability

  09-12-2025 17:32 via nytimes.com
  The president rolled out a $12 billion bailout for farmers as he makes the case that his policy is working — or will soon.
  
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• Trump Calls Europe ‘Decaying’ and Suggests ‘Size Will Win’ in Ukraine War

  09-12-2025 17:17 via nytimes.com
  President Trump’s comments deepened his rift with mainstream European leaders over defense and Ukraine policy.
  
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• Judge Suggests Lindsey Halligan, Prosecutor on Comey and James Cases, Should Resign

  09-12-2025 16:11 via nytimes.com
  Lindsey Halligan’s indictments against James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, and Letitia James, the attorney general of New York, were dismissed last month over Ms. Halligan’s appointment.
  
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• Kamala Harris Isn’t Ready to Be Written Off

  09-12-2025 14:54 via nytimes.com
  She was seen for two decades as a future face of the Democratic Party. Is she now suddenly a figure of its past?
  
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• Supreme Court Struggles With How to Insulate the Federal Reserve From Politics

  09-12-2025 11:04 via nytimes.com
  The president seemed poised for a big Supreme Court win letting him remove officials without cause. But the justices appeared to struggle with how to insulate the Federal Reserve from politics.
  
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• Trump Plans $12 Billion Bailout to Aid Farmers Hit by Tariffs

  09-12-2025 03:27 via nytimes.com
  The federal aid comes after China boycotted American farm products in retaliation for U.S. tariffs.
  
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• Trump Again Threatens Tariffs on Mexico Over Long-Running Water Dispute

  09-12-2025 03:08 via nytimes.com
  The threat is the latest aggressive action that President Trump has taken against America’s biggest trading partners.
  
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• Why Democratic Governors Argue They Are the Party’s Best Shot for 2028

  09-12-2025 00:14 via nytimes.com
  A long list of people could test that theory, though governors have struggled to make the leap to presidential nominations in recent years.
  
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• Alina Habba, a Trump Loyalist, Resigns as U.S. Attorney in New Jersey

  08-12-2025 23:36 via nytimes.com
  Ms. Habba resigned on Monday, after a federal appeals court last week found she had been serving as U.S. attorney unlawfully.
  
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• Trump Backtracks on Releasing Video of Boat Strike

  08-12-2025 22:52 via nytimes.com
  The president said he would defer to his defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, on whether to release a video showing a follow-up attack that killed survivors of a Sept. 2 strike on an alleged drug smuggling boat.
  
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• G.O.P. Senators Push Health Care Options as Vote Looms

  08-12-2025 22:39 via nytimes.com
  The Senate is set to vote later this week on a three-year extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies that Republicans oppose. The G.O.P. has yet to coalesce around an alternative.
  
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• Trump’s Birthday Becomes Free National Park Day as MLK Day and Juneteenth Are Cut

  08-12-2025 22:28 via nytimes.com
  Visitors will instead get free entry on President Trump’s birthday, which coincides with Flag Day.
  
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• FBI Agents Sue Patel After Being Fired Over Kneeling at George Floyd Protest

  08-12-2025 21:35 via nytimes.com
  A five-year-old photo of agents kneeling at a D.C. protest after George Floyd’s killing led to the firing of about 16 agents.
  
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• Cora Weiss, Lifelong Champion of Social Justice, Dies at 91

  08-12-2025 20:29 via nytimes.com
  With a group called Women Strike for Peace, she helped organize demonstrations against the Vietnam War and nuclear weapons. “We managed to get things done,” she said.
  
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• At a Democratic Governors Event, Hope, Nerves and Buzz for the Midterms and 2028 Election

  08-12-2025 18:05 via nytimes.com
  At an annual event for Democratic governors, optimism about next year overshadowed the search for a long-term vision. As Gretchen Whitmer put it, adding an expletive: “Let’s go!”
  
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• Supreme Court’s Conservatives Have Already Narrowed the 1935 Precedent

  08-12-2025 17:39 via nytimes.com
  Several conservative justices have indicated their willingness to strengthen the president’s power to fire independent agency leaders.
  
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• Donald Trump’s Kennedy Center is showier, emptier and more political - The Washington Post

  07-12-2025 23:57 via news.google.com
  Donald Trump’s Kennedy Center is showier, emptier and more political  The Washington PostSylvester Stallone, George Strait lead Trump's Kennedy Center Honors red carpet  Fox NewsWho are the 2025 Kennedy Center honorees?  CNNTrump awards medals to Kennedy Center honorees in Oval Office ceremony  PoliticoTrump Set to Host the Kennedy Center Honors  The New York Times
  
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• Benin coup thwarted by loyalist troops, President Talon tells nation - BBC

  07-12-2025 22:53 via news.google.com
  Benin coup thwarted by loyalist troops, President Talon tells nation  BBCTroops and warplanes deployed in Benin after ‘failed coup attempt’  The GuardianSoldiers appear on television to announce apparent military coup in Benin  CNNBenin is the latest African country to experience a coup. Here is a look at other military takeovers  ABC NewsBenin's interior minister says a coup attempt has been foiled  NBC News
  
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• Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Baltimore Ravens Live Score and Stats - December 7, 2025 Gametracker - CBS Sports

  07-12-2025 22:43 via news.google.com
  Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Baltimore Ravens Live Score and Stats - December 7, 2025 Gametracker  CBS SportsHow to watch the Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Baltimore Ravens game today in Week 14 of the NFL schedule  CBS NewsRavens playoff picture: Odds, remaining schedule, division standings  USA TodayFive Days After 42nd Birthday, Aaron Rodgers Leads Steelers Over Ravens 27-22  Yahoo SportsGame Recap: Ravens' Comeback vs. Steelers Comes Up Short  Ravens Ho
  
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• Bond Traders Defy the Fed and Spark Heated Debate on Wall Street - Bloomberg.com

  07-12-2025 22:38 via news.google.com
  Bond Traders Defy the Fed and Spark Heated Debate on Wall Street  Bloomberg.com
  
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• Netflix Chief Ted Sarandos Scored White House Meeting With Trump Ahead of Warner Bros. Deal - Variety

  07-12-2025 22:37 via news.google.com
  Netflix Chief Ted Sarandos Scored White House Meeting With Trump Ahead of Warner Bros. Deal  VarietyNetflix’s Sarandos Wooed Trump Personally Ahead of Warner Bid  Bloomberg.comSources: Ted Sarandos Met With Donald Trump Ahead of Netflix’s Winning Warner Bros. Deal  The Hollywood ReporterNetflix CEO made a visit to the White House before buying Warner Bros.  The VergeNetflix CEO Ted Sarandos Met With Donald Trump Ahead of Warner Bros. Takeover B
  
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• Presidential Power Gets Tested Before Supreme Court After Long Conservative Project to Shrink Agencies - The New York Times

  07-12-2025 22:28 via news.google.com
  Presidential Power Gets Tested Before Supreme Court After Long Conservative Project to Shrink Agencies  The New York TimesTrump’s plans to shatter the bureaucracy have a green light at the Supreme Court  PoliticoTrump fired this regulator. She’s fighting him to the Supreme Court.  The Washington PostSupreme Court to reconsider a 90-year-old unanimous ruling that limits presidential power  FortuneSupreme Court to hear major test of presidential
  
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• Indiana grabs top seed in College Football Playoff, Alabama and Miami make it; Notre Dame left out - AP News

  07-12-2025 22:24 via news.google.com
  Indiana grabs top seed in College Football Playoff, Alabama and Miami make it; Notre Dame left out  AP NewsCFP Anger Index: An absurd farce over Notre Dame, Miami  ESPNWinners and losers of College Football Playoff selection day: Not all is well in the SEC  The New York TimesCollege Football Playoff field is set: Indiana, Ohio State, Georgia, Texas Tech earn first-round byes  CNNThe College Football Playoff Schedule: Kickoff Times, TV Schedule and Betting
  
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• Jaguars take control of AFC South as Colts lose the game and Daniel Jones - NBC Sports

  07-12-2025 22:16 via news.google.com
  Jaguars take control of AFC South as Colts lose the game and Daniel Jones  NBC SportsJags vs. Colts: What fans need to know about gameday weather  News4JAXHow to watch the Indianapolis Colts at Jacksonville Jaguars on December 7, 2025  Colts.comSevere weather threatens crucial Week 14 NFL matchup  MSNGame Report, 2025 Week 14: Jaguars 36, Colts 19  Jaguars.com
  
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• Suspect arrested in stabbing on Charlotte light rail line where Ukrainian refugee was killed - KSL.com

  07-12-2025 22:12 via news.google.com
  Suspect arrested in stabbing on Charlotte light rail line where Ukrainian refugee was killed  KSL.comSuspect arrested in stabbing on the same Charlotte light rail line where Ukrainian refugee was killed  CNNStabbing on North Carolina commuter train draws Trump's attention amid immigration crackdown  CBS NewsICE Lodges Detainer for Criminal Illegal Alien Charged with Attempted Murder After Stabbing Victim on Train in Charlotte, NC  Homeland Security (.gov)M
  
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• Immigration Agents Target Family of Deported College Student - The New York Times

  07-12-2025 22:11 via news.google.com
  Immigration Agents Target Family of Deported College Student  The New York TimesCollege student deported during Thanksgiving trip could've fought removal as a kid, US says  AP NewsICE deported Austin college student before court could intervene, filing shows  Austin American-StatesmanStudent describes ‘horror show’ ICE deportation to Honduras at Thanksgiving  The GuardianExclusive: Student says she was living 'American Dream' before she was dep
  
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