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Why Trump Gets Away With It

The institutional checks that got the country through Watergate are far weaker now. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Trump Gets Away With It
The institutional checks that got the country through Watergate are far weaker now.
www.theatlantic.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Orbán’s claims of Trump summit triumph mask growing doubts over his grip on power

Embattled Hungarian leader says he won an indefinite reprieve from sanctions on oil and gas from Russia, but the US has since disputed this. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Orbán’s claims of Trump summit triumph mask growing doubts over his grip on power
Embattled Hungarian leader says he won an indefinite reprieve from sanctions on oil and gas from Russia, but the US has since disputed this
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Breaking down the looming House vote on the Epstein files

The vote now looms, with Johnson announcing plans to schedule it for next week. So, what happens next? What could the vote mean? And what are the political dynamics edition.cnn.com/2025/11/15/p...
Breaking down the looming House vote on the Epstein files | CNN Politics
This coming week is expected to deliver the moment that House Speaker Mike Johnson has been forestalling in one form or another for nearly four months: when the House votes on whether to release the J...
edition.cnn.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Emails highlight Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon relationship www.bbc.com/news/article...
Emails highlight Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon relationship
New documents show the pair discussing travel arrangements and UK politics in messages from 2018.
www.bbc.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Reposted by Sjoerd Nolf
This is a better answer than I gave on The Source to @kaitlancollins.bsky.social last night.
November 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Trump drops tariffs on dozens of food items, from beef to bananas

The order marks the most significant backtracking of the administration's trade policy yet. www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
Trump drops tariffs on dozens of food items, from beef to bananas
The growing affordability crisis has become a political liability for the administration.
www.axios.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Ukraine scrambles to limit damage from corruption scandal

"Clearing any corruption in any government institution is a matter of dignity for our government. We bear responsibility before our defenders." - Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko. www.politico.eu/article/volo...
Ukraine scrambles to limit damage from blockbuster corruption scandal
“Clearing any corruption in any government institution is a matter of dignity for our government,” prime minister tells POLITICO.
www.politico.eu
November 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Republicans turn on Trump’s defense policy chief Elbridge Colby

Administration allies say they are fed up with the Defense Department’s third-most senior leader and his foreign policy surprises. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Republicans turn on Trump’s defense policy chief
Administration allies say they are fed up with the Defense Department’s third-most senior leader and his foreign policy surprises.
www.politico.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Bondi assigns prosecutor to lead investigation into Trump adversaries over Epstein ties

Attorney general Pam Bondi announced today that she has assigned Jay Clayton, the US attorney for the southern district of New York, to lead the investigation.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Bondi assigns prosecutor to lead investigation into Trump adversaries over Epstein ties – live updates
As he faces scrutiny amid latest Epstein email release, US president uses Department of Justice to investigate opponents including Bill Clinton
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Michael Wolff wants Trump to take the stand. Melania is his weapon

The American journalist is on a $1bn collision course with the White House over the US president’s ties to Epstein. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
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www.telegraph.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
A unanimous Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday revived the criminal case against six prominent allies of President Donald Trump who falsely claimed to be legitimate presidential electors amid Trump’s effort to subvert the 2020 election. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Nevada Supreme Court revives criminal case over Trump elector gambit
The 6-0 decision comes just days after Trump pardoned dozens of allies — including these defendants — for any potential federal crimes related to the 2020 election.
www.politico.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Georgia election interference case against Trump and allies will carry on with new prosecutor to replace Fani Willis
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/14/p...
Georgia election interference case against Trump and allies will carry on with new prosecutor to replace Fani Willis | CNN Politics
The sprawling 41-count 2023 racketeering indictment case against President Donald Trump and several allies for their efforts to overturn his 2020 electoral defeat in Georgia will continue and is now i...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The President Who Cried ‘Hoax’

Republicans went after Epstein only when it was politically useful. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The President Who Cried ‘Hoax’
Republicans went after Epstein only when it was politically useful.
www.theatlantic.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Epstein Returns at the Worst Time for Trump

The president is desperate to make the questions go away, but there is no sign they will. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Epstein Returns at the Worst Time for Trump
The president is desperate to make the questions go away, but there is no sign they will.
www.theatlantic.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
How tiny details expose Putin’s location

President keeps identical offices across Russia to obscure movements - but small clues give him away. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
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www.telegraph.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Johnson shifts strategy on Epstein files vote as GOP leaders brace for mass defections

Speaker decided to quickly schedule a vote on an effort to force the release of all of the Epstein case files once the calculation was made that it couldn’t be stopped. www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/p...
Johnson shifts strategy on Epstein files vote – as GOP leaders brace for mass defections | CNN Politics
House Speaker Mike Johnson decided to quickly schedule a House vote on an effort to force the release of all of the Jeffrey Epstein case files once the calculation was made that it couldn’t be stopped...
www.cnn.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Statue of Trump and Epstein returns to D.C. after emails released

The bronze protest artwork, titled "Best Friends Forever," to highlight Epstein's previous friendship with Trump, now stands outside the Busboys and Poets Art Cafe on 14th Street NW. www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
Statue of Trump and Epstein returns to D.C. after emails released
"Much like Trump's name in an Epstein e-mail dump, we have popped our head out to say an unannounced hello," the protest artists said.
www.axios.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Reposted by Sjoerd Nolf
Fires are visible in Novorossiysk following the overnight strikes, according to satellite mapping. Russian sources report Neptune anti-ship missiles were used in the attack.
November 14, 2025 at 8:13 AM
BBC apologises to Trump over Panorama edit but refuses to pay compensation

They added: "While the BBC sincerely regrets the manner in which the video clip was edited, we strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim." www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC apologises to Trump over Panorama edit but refuses to pay compensation
Lawyers for the US president have threatened to sue the corporation for $1bn (£759m).
www.bbc.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Tomorrow, I Will Hold a Staff Meeting Focused Specifically on This Region – on the Defense of Zaporizhzhia and All the Issues Raised – Address by the President — Official website of the President of Ukraine: www.president.gov.ua/en/news/zavt...
www.president.gov.ua
November 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
How Putin's troops are turning on one another

Three winters into Putin's war, his army is devouring itself. Conscripts shooting fellow recruits, officers executing men who disobey orders - and troops forced to fight one another to the death. mol.im/a/15285407
How Putin's troops are turning on one another: DAVID PATRIKARAKOS
The first shot tore into the back of the man just in front of him - close enough for the Russian private to feel a warm spray of blood across his face.
mol.im
November 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
‘The photo of Andrew and Giuffre was real,’ Epstein emails suggest

Emails show Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor telling Jeffrey Epstein he ‘can’t take any more of this’ as the scandal began to engulf the royal family. www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
Epstein email claims Andrew photo with Virginia Giuffre is real
Released files appear to show Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor telling Jeffrey Epstein he ‘can’t take any more of this’ as the scandal began to engulf the royal family
www.thetimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Ukraine’s most perilous winter so far

The big question is whether the country will emerge in good enough shape to resist a bad peace deal being foisted on it. www.politico.eu/article/ukra...
Ukraine’s most perilous winter so far
The big question is whether the country will emerge in good enough shape to resist a bad peace deal being foisted on it.
www.politico.eu
November 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back
The Guardian has no billionaire or corporate owner: funded by readers, our fierce independence is guaranteed
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Unlimited toilet paper and special privileges: Inside Ghislaine Maxwell’s life in prison edition.cnn.com/2025/11/13/p...
Unlimited toilet paper and special privileges: Inside Ghislaine Maxwell’s life in prison | CNN Politics
Some of the rules that apply to Ghislaine Maxwell’s fellow inmates at Bryan simply do not appear to apply to the late-Jeffrey Epstein’s infamous right-hand woman.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM