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Trump unleashes latest insult at female reporter as he says he will release MRI results

(The Independent) President Donald Trump has insulted another female reporter after he was asked about releasing the results of an MRI test that he announced he had taken earlier this month. The president took questions from reporters aboard Air Force One Sunday night, as he returned to Washington D.C. from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida where he had celebrated Thanksgiving.

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Trump Defends Calling Tim Walz 'Seriously Retarded': 'I Think There's Something Wrong With Him'

(Mediaite) President Donald Trump defended his remarks calling Tim Walz “seriously retarded” on Sunday, insisting there was “something wrong” with the Minnesota governor. During a Q&A with the president on Air Force One, a reporter asked, “You mentioned Tim Walz and you called him what many Americans do find an offensive word, ‘retarded.’ Do you stand by that claim of calling Tim Walz retarded?” “Yeah, I think there’s something wrong with him,” Trump responded.

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Kash Patel's meltdown over a jacket

(Daily Mail) The damaging new dossier, obtained by the New York Post's Miranda Devine, detailed an embarrassing tantrum Patel allegedly threw after the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk. Patel reportedly flew into Provo, Utah, on September 11, the day after the assassination, and refused to 'disembark from the plane without an FBI raid jacket.' He did not have his own, and was so concerned about the optics that he pulled Salt Lake City FBI field agents from the investigation and ordered them to find him a medium-sized jacket. They eventually tracked down one he could wear but embarrassingly, it belonged to a female agent.

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Democrats winning on health care post-shutdown, some analysts say

(Roll Call) Democrats emerged from the shutdown empty-handed on a health care subsidy extension, but the party is well-positioned for messaging ahead of next year’s midterms, according to analysts and early polling data. Putting the focus squarely on health care could force Republicans into a binary choice — either they reach a compromise that achieves some Democratic goals, or the GOP majority is unable to put forth anything on rising heath care costs. Though it’s early for such predictions, either could boost Democrats next November.

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Democrat says he'll reintroduce war powers resolutions after report of attack on drug boat survivors

(ABC News) Sen. Tim Kaine says he plans to refile his resolution demanding there be no war against Venezuela without congressional approval and expressed confidence it could pass given recent developments in the Trump administration's escalating campaign against the South American country. Kaine also said he plans to reintroduce the war powers resolution that he and Democratic colleague Adam Schiff introduced in October that block the use of U.S. military force in the Caribbean Sea without an Authorization of Military Force by Congress.

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5 ways Republicans are breaking with Trump

(The Hill) President Trump is facing increasing resistance from Republicans in Congress to certain proposals and parts of his agenda as he nears the end of his first year back in office. Trump remains the unquestioned leader of the Republican Party, and aides have argued that any lawmakers who fall out of line risk facing a primary or losing the president’s support. But that hasn’t stopped GOP lawmakers from criticizing Trump’s actions or rebuffing some of his demands.

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Venezuela's National Assembly to investigate US boat strikes

(Reuters) Venezuela's National Assembly will form a special commission to investigate U.S. President Donald Trump's deadly strikes on suspected drug trafficking boats off the Venezuelan coast and in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the congressional body's president said on Sunday. Speaking on state television, Jorge Rodriguez said the investigation would look into a Washington Post report on Friday that said U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered all people aboard one of the boats killed during a strike in September. A second strike was then carried out to kill two survivors, the report said.

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EU tells Trump: You can't pardon Putin for war crimes in Ukraine

(Politico) Donald Trump’s drive to secure peace in Ukraine must not let Vladimir Putin off the hook for war crimes committed by Russian forces, a top EU official has warned, effectively setting a new red line for a deal. In an interview with POLITICO, Michael McGrath, the European commissioner for justice and democracy, said negotiators must ensure the push for a ceasefire does not result in Russia escaping prosecution. His comments reflect concerns widely held in European capitals that the original American blueprint for a deal included the promise of a “full amnesty for actions committed during the war,” alongside plans to reintegrate Russia into the world economy.

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Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence

(New York Times) President Trump has set free a private equity executive who had served less than two weeks of a seven-year sentence for his role in what prosecutors described as a $1.6 billion scheme that defrauded thousands of victims. David Gentile, 59, a onetime resident of Nassau County, N.Y., had reported to prison on Nov. 14, and was released on Wednesday, according to Bureau of Prisons records and a White House official who was not authorized to discuss the matter.

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