Wednesday, December 17th, 2025
Today, Pete Hegseth refuses to release the full video of the double tap boat strike in the Caribbean; Mike Johnson refuses to hold a vote on extending the Affordable Care Act subsidies; the Trump administration says the White House East Wing destruction is a matter of national security; enforcement of Texas’ bathroom bill draws challenges; Trump sues the BBC for $10B over edited January 6th insurrection speech; Kushner abandons his plan to build a hotel in Serbia amid backlash; Denver rejects the Key Lime Air airport lease because of ICE flights; election thief Tina Peters’ lawyer demands Colorado honor Trump’s pardon; Pulitzer Board members hit Trump with discovery in his lawsuit; Vanity Fair publishes a two-part expose on Trump Chief of Staff Susie Wiles; and Allison and Dana deliver and your Good News.
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Guest: Isabela Dias - Reporter at Mother Jones
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House Republican leaders ditch vote on ACA funding, all but ensuring premiums will rise | NBC News
Trump sues BBC for billions | POLITICO
Tina Peters' lawyers citing Trump pardon launch new efforts to free her | Colorado Newsline
After Backlash, Jared Kushner Drops Plan to Build a Trump Hotel in Serbia | WSJ
Enforcement of Texas’ bathroom bill draws challenges | Texas Tribune
ICE flights cited in Denver's denial of Key Lime airport lease | Colorado Newsline
Takeaways From Susie Wiles’s Vanity Fair Interviews Describing Trump World | NYT
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