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Tribune News Service on Dec 10, 2025

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Marjorie Taylor Greene is leaving for now, but never say never

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene ran for Congress in 2020 to fix a system she believed failed to deliver for the people. President Donald Trump, in her opinion, was the solution, but he needed more allies like her in office to make good on his promises.

“I was very disgruntled with Republicans in Congress,” she said during an interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Tuesday. “Which is ironic, because I’m once again, literally, in the same boat: disgruntled with Republicans in Congress.”

Greene’s frustrations largely fall in two buckets. She is not a fan of House Speaker Mike Johnson’s leadership. And she believes Trump has failed to implement many of the “America First” policies he campaigned on last year.

But her decision to resign from Congress — her last day is Jan. 5 — came only after Trump decided he had enough of Greene not falling in line, particularly when it came to supporting release of the Epstein files. The final straw came when he called her a “traitor” and a “lunatic.”

—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Elon Musk claims it’s not safe for him to be in public in wake of Charlie Kirk killing

Billionaire MAGA activist Elon Musk claims that being in public puts him at risk, particularly in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing. The 54-year-old Tesla CEO expressed his concerns on “The Katie Miller Podcast,” which is hosted by the wife of White House adviser Stephen Miller.

In addition to saying his largely unpopular work with the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency was only “somewhat successful” and not something he’d do again, Musk indicated he no longer feels safe in crowds.

“When’s the last time you did something extremely ordinary like go to Target or CVS?” Musk was asked.

“I can’t go to things where there’s the general public because… there’s an immediate ‘Can I have a selfie?’ line that forms,” he replied. “And these days, particularly in light of Charlie Kirk’s murder, there are serious, um, security issues.”

—New York Daily News

Trump administration accuses Minneapolis schools of racism in protecting minority teachers

MINNEAPOLIS — The U.S. Department of Justice has filed suit against Minneapolis Public Schools, accusing the state’s third-largest district of providing discriminatory protections to teachers of color in layoff and reassignment decisions.

The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Minnesota, marks the Trump administration’s latest salvo against diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives — in this case, the district’s efforts to bolster its minority teaching ranks.

At issue is a contract agreement with educators that includes language shielding teachers of color from “last-in, first-out” layoff practices and prioritizing the hiring of black male educators at a north Minneapolis elementary school.

“Discrimination is unacceptable in all forms, especially when it comes to hiring decisions,” U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a news release Wednesday. “Our public education system in Minnesota and across the country must be a bastion of merit and equal opportunity — not DEI.”

—Star Tribune

Over 500,000 flee Thai-Cambodia clash as Trump to urge peace

President Donald Trump plans to speak to the leaders of Thailand and Cambodia as more than half a million people flee a revived border clash, one of eight conflicts the U.S. leader has claimed credit for ending.

Fighting between the neighbors, which has killed at least 12 people, erupted over the weekend along their 800-kilometer (500-mile) frontier. Both sides exchanged artillery fire, and Thailand deployed F-16 jets after accusing Cambodia of firing rockets into civilian areas.

“Tomorrow I’ll have to make a phone call” to both countries, Trump said at an event Tuesday evening in Pennsylvania. “Who else could say, ‘I’m going to make a phone call and stop a war of two very powerful countries,’” he said. “We’re making peace through strength.”

Trump threatened the two nations with trade restrictions to stop fighting in July that left dozens dead. In October, he oversaw the signing of the so-called Kuala Lumpur Accords that sketched out a path to peace and included trade deals with both countries.

—Bloomberg News