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Yahoo PoliticsDec 16, 2025
Trump orders 'blockade' of sanctioned oil tankers leaving, entering Venezuela


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New York Times PoliticsDec 16, 2025
Johnson Rules Out House Vote to Extend Health Insurance Subsidies
The speaker had planned to give moderate Republicans seeking an extension of the tax credits a vote on their proposal, but said on Tuesday it was simply "not to be."

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Federal judge suggests White House ballroom construction may continue (Washington Post Politics)

Drudge ReportDec 16, 2025
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Politics - U.S. SenateDec 16, 2025
Lawmakers Demand the Release of Classified Boat Strike Video
Following classified hearings for all the members of the House and Senate, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declined on Tuesday to release the unedited video of a boat attack in September that included a second strike to kill survivors.

Yahoo PoliticsDec 16, 2025
Takeaways: Susie Wiles pulls back the curtain on the Trump administration in revealing interviews


New York Times PoliticsDec 16, 2025
Trump Stymied on Prosecutors as G.O.P. Refuses to Defy Democrats
An informal custom gives Senate Democrats leverage on federal prosecutors even as Republicans have sought to ease other confirmations. The president wants it eliminated.

Yahoo PoliticsDec 16, 2025
Federal judge says he's inclined to deny preservationists' request to halt Trump's ballroom project


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Judge Says He Will Not Immediately Halt Trump's Ballroom Project (New York Times Politics)

Washington Post PoliticsDec 16, 2025
White House rallies around Susie Wiles after unguarded interviews
Chief of staff candidly assesses the president and his team to Vanity Fair, saying Trump has "an alcoholic's personality," Bondi "whiffed" on the Epstein files and Vance's pro-Trump makeover was "political."

Drudge ReportDec 16, 2025
BBC COMES OUT FIGHTING: PLANS TO PUT TRUMP UNDER OATH IN LAWSUIT GRILLING...




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Yahoo PoliticsDec 16, 2025
Former NIH scientist sues Trump administration, claims illegal firing over research cuts


New York Times PoliticsDec 16, 2025
Trump Expands Travel Ban and Restrictions to 20 More Countries
People from Syria, South Sudan and those with documents issued by the Palestinian Authority are included in the latest restrictions. More than 35 countries are now under U.S. travel restrictions.

Yahoo PoliticsDec 16, 2025
16 states sue Trump administration again over billions in withheld electric vehicle charging funds


Drudge ReportDec 16, 2025
Palestinians Banned From Entering USA -- Along With Five Countries...




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Politics - U.S. HouseDec 16, 2025
Pelosi Long Resisted Stock-Trading Ban for Congress, Fueling Suspicion
The former speaker failed to appreciate the groundswell of support for banning the practice, refusing to give an inch amid G.O.P. accusations that she was corrupt.

Democracy NowDec 16, 2025
From "Alligator Alcatraz" to Gaza: U.S. Companies Line Up for Lucrative Gaza Contracts Under Trump
At least a dozen people have died in Gaza as winter storms batter displaced Palestinians forced to shelter in makeshift tents among the rubble of collapsing buildings severely damaged by Israeli bombing. That rubble is being eyed by U.S.-based contractors, who are already vying for lucrative contracts to rebuild Gaza under the Trump-backed ceasefire deal. "People are lining up and treating this the way they they treated reconstruction in Iraq," says Aram Roston, whose latest investigation for The Guardian US looks at how the company behind the notorious Florida immigration detention jail nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz" has been involved in rebuilding plans spearheaded by Trump's so-called Board of Peace.

Roston also discusses his reporting on the CIA's involvement in U.S. military strikes on boats in the Caribbean. "It plays this key role in picking the targets that are chosen by the military for destruction."


Drudge ReportDec 16, 2025
After Generation of Peace, Europe Tells Its People to Prepare...




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New York Times PoliticsDec 16, 2025
Susie Wiles, Trump's Chief of Staff, Criticizes Bondi and Vance in Candid Interviews
In interviews with Vanity Fair, Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, said President Trump "has an alcoholic's personality," called JD Vance a "conspiracy theorist" and concluded that Pam Bondi "completely whiffed" the early handling of the Epstein files.

Yahoo PoliticsDec 16, 2025
Trump sues the BBC for $10 billion, alleging defamation over January 6 documentary


BBC PoliticsDec 16, 2025
Foreign interference in UK politics to be investigated after jailing of ex-Welsh Reform leader
Communities secretary says the country must learn lessons from the Nathan Gill bribery case.

Drudge ReportDec 16, 2025
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Democracy NowDec 16, 2025
"We're Angry": Brown Univ. Student & Parkland Survivor Zoe Weissman Demands Action on Gun Violence
The two victims in Saturday's mass shooting at Brown University have been identified: freshman Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov and sophomore Ella Cook. We speak to another sophomore, Zoe Weissman, who came to Brown from Parkland, Florida, where she was a student at the middle school adjacent to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during the mass shooting that occurred there in 2018. "Because I've already processed all the grief and the sadness before," says Weissman about surviving a second school shooting in her young life, "my most predominant emotion right now is, honestly, anger … because we are the only country where this happens, and … the only country that has more guns than people."

New York Times PoliticsDec 16, 2025
The Timing of Trump's $10 Billion Lawsuit Against the BBC Is Significant
The lawsuit landed just hours before a once-a-decade review of the broadcaster's royal charter, which governs its mission, purpose and funding.

BBC PoliticsDec 16, 2025
Government considers advertising or subscription model for BBC
It has published a consultation document - or green paper - laying out plans to futureproof the BBC.

Drudge ReportDec 16, 2025
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New York Times PoliticsDec 16, 2025
Senators Investigate Role of A.I. Data Centers in Rising Electricity Costs
Three Democrats are seeking information from tech firms about the growing energy use of data centers and the utility bills of individuals and other businesses.

Politics - U.S. SenateDec 16, 2025
Why Both Republicans and Democrats Are Wrong About Health Care
The real issue is how to address overall cost. Haggling over Obamacare subsidies or what might replace them isn't the solution.

Yahoo PoliticsDec 16, 2025
What Makes MAGA's Response To Rob Reiner's Death So Hypocritical? Experts Say It Comes Down To This.


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Democracy NowDec 15, 2025
Antony Loewenstein on the Hanukkah Massacre in Sydney & the Muslim Food Vendor Who Saved Lives
At least 15 people were fatally shot during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney's famed Bondi Beach this Saturday, and at least another 42 people were injured, marking Australia's worst mass shooting in nearly three decades. Victims included a 10-year-old girl, two rabbis and a Holocaust survivor who died while shielding his wife from bullets.

After Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu blamed Australia's recognition of a Palestinian state for the shooting, Antony Loewenstein, member of the Jewish Council of Australia, says the shooting is "being weaponized by the worst people imaginable to support incredibly draconian policies."


Yahoo PoliticsDec 15, 2025
Trump bashes late director Rob Reiner, drawing immediate backlash


Washington Post PoliticsDec 15, 2025
Trump attack on Rob Reiner tests the limits, even for his MAGA base
The president accused the Hollywood director, who was stabbed to death along with his wife, of having "Trump derangement syndrome."
Politics - U.S. SenateDec 12, 2025
For Republicans, Trump's Hands-Off Approach to Health Care Is a Problem
The prospect of soaring health care costs could exacerbate Americans' feelings about affordability, an issue that President Trump has tried to downplay. But Democrats plan to keep the issue front and center.

Democracy NowDec 02, 2025
"A War Crime & Murder": David Cole on U.S. Killing of Survivors of Boat Strike in Caribbean
As bipartisan criticism intensifies over U.S. attacks on alleged "drug boats" in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, the White House is defending a September 2 operation that killed 11 people. The Washington Post reports Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a second attack to kill two survivors of an initial strike, an order that legal experts say would constitute a war crime. The White House on Monday confirmed the second strike but said the authorization came not from Hegseth, but from Admiral Frank "Mitch" Bradley, then head of Joint Special Operations Command.

This comes as Hegseth threatens to court-martial Democratic Senator Mark Kelly, a former naval officer, after Kelly and five other Democratic veterans urged service members to refuse unlawful commands.

"Killing civilians who are not engaged in armed conflict against us is a war crime," says law professor David Cole of Georgetown University.

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