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07.12.2025

The Day Trump Demanded Loyalty After Pardon and SCOTUS Weighed Firing Power

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This page is an archive of main headlines from the US for 07.12.2025.

It displays 147 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.

07.12.2025 ⇢ The Day Trump Demanded Loyalty After Pardon and SCOTUS Weighed Firing Power
⌹Media attention on December 7th focused initially on the Pentagon chief monitoring a Caribbean vessel sinking and Trump's new 'apprehension fee' for migrants. Defense Secretary Hegseth defended military strikes on alleged cartel boats. Early afternoon reports highlighted Trump hosting the Kennedy Center Honors and its perceived transformation. Later, a significant story emerged concerning the Supreme Court, which was poised to hear a major case on presidential firing power, specifically challenging Trump's authority to dismiss officials, building on previous days' discussions around judicial actions and presidential power. Concurrently, Trump publicly rebuked Congressman Henry Cuellar for "lack of loyalty" after a pardon, a story that developed throughout the evening. The controversy surrounding US attacks on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean also persisted, with lawmakers debating video evidence.
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President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an executive order directing the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission to create new Food Supply Chain Security Task Force units to investigate price fixing and other anti-competitive behavior across food-related industries. The order carries a focus on whether foreign-controlled corporations are driving up grocery costs and creating national security risks. [Full Story]
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05:17 (10:17)⇢Hegseth Defends Military Strikes

⌹US media continues to focus on President Trump's actions, with defense secretary Hegseth defending military strikes on alleged drug cartel boats (AP News, HuffPost, CBS). The administration is also probing food price fixing (Newsmax) and companies seek tariff refunds as a Supreme Court decision looms (Washington Post). Separately, a federal court blocked the DOJ from using data from an ex-Comey lawyer (Washington Examiner, Fox News).
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08:42 (13:42)⇢Trump's Kennedy Center Vision

⌹US media continues to spotlight President Trump's influence, specifically focusing on the Kennedy Center Honors and its transformation under his administration (Washington Post, AP News, The Daily Beast, The Epoch Times, Breitbart). There is also ongoing attention to the Supreme Court's actions regarding official oustings, redistricting, and a previous decision (NYTimes, Slate, The Hill). Immigration issues persist, with reports on an ICE crackdown in Minnesota (The Intercept, The Daily Wire).
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Few economists have had a greater impact on the way we talk about global trade and China’s role in the world economy than Michael Pettis. He spoke to Jacobin about Donald Trump’s tariffs and why inequality is at the heart of the trade war.
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From its origins in 1955 as a US-sponsored bulwark against the Left, the conservative Liberal Democratic Party has dominated Japanese politics for seven decades. It now faces a new electoral challenge from parties of the populist, xenophobic right.
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A “flaming abolitionist” of lesser fame, William Goodell was praised by Frederick Douglass for being among the most important opponents of slavery in his time. He articulated a radical moral vision: a political theology of hope grounded in justice and reason.
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11:20 (16:20)⇢Trump's Firing Power at Supreme Court

⌹US media attention continues to focus on President Trump, with reports highlighting the transformation of the Kennedy Center under his administration, described as more political and showier (Washington Post, The Daily Beast, AP News). Simultaneously, the Supreme Court is poised to hear a major case concerning the limits of presidential firing power (Washington Examiner, HuffPost, CBS, NYTimes). The administration's actions regarding food supply chain security and price fixing are also noted (The Epoch Times, Newsmax).
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A former CIA station chief revered by Miami’s anti-Castro circles now faces prison as an unregistered foreign agent. His path from Cold War covert ops to selling secrets says a lot about the political machinery he came from.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel and Hamas are close to entering the second phase of the ceasefire agreement, which will begin shortly after the terror group returns the remains of the last hostage held in Gaza.
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Chris Hani, the South African Communist who led the ANC’s military wing, was assassinated in April 1993 before seeing the liberation he had fought for. The loss of Hani and his socialist perspective was a major blow to the new South Africa.
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Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., on Sunday defended the Trump administration's strikes on boats "crewed by associates and members" of drug cartels designated as foreign terrorist organizations and urged that they continue. "The order, like the entire operation... is to destroy these drug boats, which are running drugs into our country from foreign drug cartels and traffickers that are killing hundreds of Arkansans every year and hundreds of thousands of Americans," Cotton said. [Full Story]
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The College Football Playoff 12-team bracket was unveiled on Sunday, Dec. 7. Catch up here for the highlights, brackets and more.
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13:30 (18:30)⇢Trump's Loyalty Demand

⌹US media continues to focus on President Trump's actions, specifically his public rebuke of Congressman Henry Cuellar for "lack of loyalty" after a pardon (The Daily Beast, Washington Examiner, HuffPost, Daily Caller). Concurrently, the Supreme Court is a major topic, with rulings and discussions surrounding presidential firing power (NYTimes, Washington Times, CBS) and campaign finance limits (Newsweek). Military actions against drug cartels also remain in the spotlight (Newsmax, NBC News).
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A former CIA station chief revered by Miami’s anti-Castro circles now faces prison in the US as an unregistered foreign agent for Angola. His path from Cold War covert ops to selling secrets says a lot about the political machinery he came from.
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As the Supreme Court weighs the constitutional presidential authority on tariffs, President Donald Trump fired his latest salvo Sunday to defend the "strong and decision national security result" from tariffs delivered with "speed, power, and certainty." [Full Story]
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17:25 (22:25)⇢Trump's Tariffs and Caribbean Boat Strikes

⌹US media continues to prioritize President Trump's actions, with ongoing discussion about his tariffs (Newsmax, USA Today) and his public rebuke of Congressman Cuellar following a pardon (Washington Examiner, MSNBC). The administration's national security strategy, welcomed by Russia, also garners attention (Newsweek, The Federalist, The Epoch Times). Separately, the controversy surrounding US attacks on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean persists (NYTimes, Washington Times, CNN, ABC News, HuffPost, NBC News).
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President Trump’s “Golden Dome” czar says he’s held “one-vs-one” talks with more than 300 private companies in recent months to hash out the secretive architecture of the futuristic missile defense shield that the administration is determined to put into operation over the entire U.S. homeland by mid-2028.
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President Donald Trump, appearing on the red carpet at the Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday night, said he was "a little bit disappointed" in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for not yet reading the text of Washington's latest proposed peace plan for the Russia-Ukraine war. Trump said Zelenskyy's top Ukrainian officials "love it," and "Russia is fine with it," but stressed that Zelenskyy himself had not reviewed the document as of several hours before the event. [Full Story]
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Several prominent figures, including Sylvester Stallone, the band KISS, and Gloria Gaynor were seen on the red carpet entering the venue.
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President Donald Trump, appearing on the red carpet at the Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday night, said he was "a little bit disappointed" in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for not yet reading the text of Washington's latest proposed peace plan for the Russia-Ukraine war. Trump said Zelenskyy's top Ukrainian officials "love it," and "Russia is fine with it," but stressed that Zelenskyy himself had not reviewed the document as of several hours before the event. [Full Story]
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21:38 (02:38)⇢Trump's Immigration Crackdown Expands

⌹US media continues to prioritize President Trump's actions, with new focus on his immigration crackdown affecting US citizens (Washington Post, Boston Globe) and his anger at a pardoned congressman's 'disloyalty' (AP News, MSNBC, Daily Caller). Discussions also cover the controversy surrounding US attacks on suspected drug boats (CNN, Washington Times, NYTimes), and Trump's comments on Ukraine's peace plan (Newsmax).
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