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The Trump back channel: how diplomacy works in Washington www.ft.com/content/05bd... via @ft
The Trump back channel: how diplomacy works in Washington
Rather than use the traditional policy process, foreign governments are dealing with the handful of envoys who appear to have the president’s ear
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December 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Donald Trump has ‘alcoholic’s personality’ says chief of staff in tell-all interview www.ft.com/content/4b18... via @ft
Donald Trump has ‘alcoholic’s personality’ says chief of staff in tell-all interview
Susie Wiles reveals administration’s divisions over tariffs, Epstein files and the vice-president’s shifting allegiances
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December 17, 2025 at 11:38 AM
They Answered an Ad for Surrogates, and Found Themselves in a Nightmare www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/m...
They Answered an Ad for Surrogates, and Found Themselves in a Nightmare
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December 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The S.E.C. Was Tough on Crypto. It Pulled Back After Trump Returned to Office. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
The S.E.C. Was Tough on Crypto. It Pulled Back After Trump Returned to Office.
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December 15, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Russia is ‘exporting chaos’, new head of Britain’s spy agency MI6 warns www.ft.com/content/5cbe... via @ft
Russia is ‘exporting chaos’, new head of Britain’s spy agency MI6 warns
In her first public remarks since taking office, Blaise Metreweli will also say UK support for Ukraine is ‘enduring’
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December 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Fraudster’s Victims Are Seething After Trump Commuted His Sentence www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/n...
Fraudster’s Victims Are Seething After Trump Commuted His Sentence
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December 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Trump’s America and a clash of civilisations with Europe www.ft.com/content/9536... via @ft
Trump’s America and a clash of civilisations with Europe
The White House sees mass immigration as a bigger threat than Russia — and it is pressuring Europe to agree
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December 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A Grand Jury Again Declines to Reindict Letitia James www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/u...
A Grand Jury Again Declines to Reindict Letitia James
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December 12, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Indiana Lawmakers Reject Trump’s New Political Map www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/u...
Indiana Lawmakers Reject Trump’s New Political Map
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December 12, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Hundreds Quarantined in South Carolina as Measles Spreads www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/w...
Hundreds Quarantined in South Carolina as Measles Spreads
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December 12, 2025 at 10:04 AM
US healthcare costs set to leap as senators fail to reach deal www.ft.com/content/ca48... via @ft
US healthcare costs set to leap as senators fail to reach deal
Government subsidies that lower premiums for 22mn Americans will expire on December 31
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December 12, 2025 at 9:43 AM
America’s affordability crunch is real — and worse under Trump www.ft.com/content/e569... via @ft
America’s affordability crunch is real — and worse under Trump
The president may pretend it’s a hoax but his policy agenda has added to the squeeze
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December 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
How a Manosphere Star Accused of Rape and Trafficking Was Freed
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December 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The Supreme Court Is Failing at Its Most Important Job www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/o...
Opinion | The Supreme Court Is Failing at Its Most Important Job
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December 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The Supreme Court, Once Wary of Partisan Gerrymandering, Goes All In www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
The Supreme Court, Once Wary of Partisan Gerrymandering, Goes All In
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December 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Pete Hegseth is unfit to lead the Pentagon
December 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Trump-style regime change in Venezuela
December 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The hot air of Trump’s tariffs is approaching a ceiling of cold reality www.ft.com/content/5fa7... via @ft
The hot air of Trump’s tariffs is approaching a ceiling of cold reality
Even before their full effect has hit, the duties are doing real damage
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November 29, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Is China winning the innovation race? www.ft.com/content/3ecc... via @ft
Is China winning the innovation race?
Once the world’s factory, Beijing’s relentless focus on R&D means the country has become the world’s laboratory
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November 29, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The death of the diplomat in Trump’s America www.ft.com/content/ad6e... via @ft
The death of the diplomat in Trump’s America
Sidelining the state department and relying on dealmakers will come at a cost
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November 29, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Trump’s world view: cynical, self-interested and money-grabbing www.ft.com/content/8ccf... via @ft
Trump’s world view: cynical, self-interested and money-grabbing
Latest Ukraine peace plan presented by the US would be a capitulation to Moscow
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November 29, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Congress released a cache of documents this week that were recently turned over by Epstein’s estate. Among them: more than 2,300 email threads that the convicted sex offender either sent or received between 2008 and 2019 www.wsj.com/politics/pol... via @WSJ
The Epstein Email Cache: 2,300 Messages, Many of Which Mention Trump
An analysis of documents released this week by Congress shows President Trump was mentioned in more than half of the messages.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson
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November 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Epstein is not going away www.ft.com/content/0fd7... via @ft
Epstein is not going away
The issue is Trump’s Achilles heel — and the US president knows it
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November 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM