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Jaden Jefferson
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🎥🎤 17-year-old journalist covering Ohio/national politics & policy 🏛️📄 and the economy | Host of 'Behind the Byline' podcast🎙️& writer ✍️ for the Toledo Free Press | Instagram 📸: @jaden_reports | Subscribe to my channel 📺 ▶️ YouTube.com/JadenReports
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Watch ▶️ Misinformation and disinformation were already pervasive on social media — even before generative artificial intelligence. Now, A.I. is creating new problems. Benjamin Schultz, lead researcher at the American Sunlight Project, joined me to explain. ⬇️ youtu.be/z0NB7op916w?...
How artificial intelligence is contributing to global mis- & disinformation
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November 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The president un-endorses one his staunchest supporters, an immigration operation begins in Charlotte, and another boat strike in the Pacific by the Trump administration — in this Sunday News Brief. | Listen here 🎧⬇️ youtu.be/4Xa3StOns1Q?...
Sunday News Brief for November 16, 2025
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November 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This was 65 years ago today.

That 6-year-old is now 71.

Really goes to show how you're never as separated from historical events as it may seem.

📷: Public domain
November 15, 2025 at 2:54 AM
"These goods, the Trump administration said on Friday, cannot be produced in sufficient quantities domestically." www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump rolls back tariffs on dozens of food products
The executive order allowing products like coffee and bananas to escape tariffs comes as the Trump administration faces mounting pressure over rising prices.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:42 PM
#ICYMI: House Oversight Committee Democrats, on Wednesday, released emails — from the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — that make mention of President Trump. Here's what the emails say and the president's response to their release.↴ youtu.be/JwO6l01a_pE?...
House Democrats release Epstein emails mentioning Trump; president responds
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November 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
A first in 43 days, the federal government has funding to operate at full capacity. Shortly before 11 o'clock, the president signed into law an appropriations bill passed by the House, earlier in the evening, and Senate on Sunday. The bill doesn't, however, extend ACA subsidies.
November 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
JUST IN: The House has voted to advance a bill that ends the government shutdown — but first, it has to be signed by the president.
November 13, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Watch ▶️ The ongoing federal #GovernmentShutdown, today being day 43, may very well end in the coming hours. Here's how we arrived at this point — in the last few days — after an over month-long stalemate.↴ youtu.be/OU2TosrJKwE?...
Is the longest government shutdown in U.S. history on the brink of a resolution?
YouTube video by Jaden Jefferson Reports
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November 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The northern lights: A fragment of beauty from a broken world.
November 12, 2025 at 3:16 AM
#ICYMI: A challenge to the tariffs President Trump imposed, under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, has made it to the Supreme Court.

Washington Post Global Economics Correspondent David Lynch joined me to discuss the case.

Watch here ▶️ youtu.be/4BAtNvGbxe0?...
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
#Breaking: The Senate has passed a spending bill to reopen the government, which now heads to the House — and if passed there — to the desk of President Trump for signage.
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
New reporting from NPR explores the concerns of Ohio National Guard members, about how the Trump administration has been deploying guard members across the country. ⬇️ www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
In an encrypted group chat, National Guard members question Trump deployments
As President Trump's call for National Guard deployments rings out across the U.S., a small contingent of Ohio guard members is quietly expressing concern in an encrypted group chat.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Watch ▶️ A hearing was held at the Supreme Court last week, in a case challenging President Trump's ability to impose tariffs, using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. David Lynch, global economics correspondent for The Washington Post, joined me to discuss it.↴ youtu.be/4BAtNvGbxe0?...
Supreme Court hears arguments over the legality of some Trump tariffs
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November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
In this Saturday News Brief: Day 39 of the #GovernmentShutdown, new developments on Russia's war in #Ukraine, update on #SNAP, and details on the #COP30 conference that starts Monday. | Listen here 🎧⬇️ youtu.be/uTU34T9SdFY?...
Saturday News Brief for November 8, 2025
YouTube video by Jaden Jefferson Reports
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November 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Watch ▶️ On day 38 of the federal #GovernmentShutdown, I sit down with POLITICO Food & Agriculture Reporter Marcia Brown, for a rundown of the latest developments regarding SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program).↴ youtu.be/GNlsWtIl3a8?...
An update on how the longest government shutdown in history is affecting SNAP
YouTube video by Jaden Jefferson Reports
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November 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Watch ▶️ Amy Acton and Vivek Ramaswamy, Ohio's Democrat and Republican candidates for governor, have shared their thoughts on last night's election results in Virginia and New Jersey. Here's what they had to say.↴ youtu.be/_0WxWHMCLrY?...
Ohio's gubernatorial candidates react to Democrat wins in Virginia, New Jersey
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November 6, 2025 at 12:40 AM
#BREAKING: In New York City's mayoral race, the AP projects a win for Zohran Mamdani (D), over opponents Andrew Cuomo (I) and Curtis Sliwa (R). apnews.com/article/mamd...
Zohran Mamdani wins NYC mayor's race, capping a stunning ascent
Zohran Mamdani has been elected mayor of New York City, capping the Democrat’s stunning ascent from little-known state lawmaker just a year ago to one of the most talked-about politicians in the count...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
#BREAKING: In the New Jersey gubernatorial race, the Associated Press projects a victory for Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D). apnews.com/article/miki...
Democrat Mikie Sherrill elected governor of New Jersey, defeating opponent who aligned with Trump
Democratic U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill has been elected governor of New Jersey. Her victory over Republican Jack Ciattarelli shores up Democratic control of a state that has been reliably blue in preside...
apnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
#BREAKING: In the race for governor of Virginia, the Associated Press has called it a win for Abigail Spanberger (D).
BREAKING: Democrat Abigail Spanberger has won the Virginia governor’s race, defeating Republican Winsome Earle-Sears and becoming the state's first female governor.
Virginia governor’s race will test Trump and Democrats nationally — and make history
Democrat Abigail Spanberger is facing Republican Winsome Earle-Sears in the Virginia race for governor.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Defense secretary under George H.W. Bush, and vice president alongside George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, has died at the age of 84. A statement from his family, the AP reports, says he died Monday night, "due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease."
November 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
It's #ElectionDay. 🗳️ Tonight, I'll be following the:

• Gubernatorial races in New Jersey & Virginia
• Mayoral race in New York City
• Fate of California's Proposition 50
November 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
▶️ Going into the redistricting process, Republicans held 10 out of Ohio's 15 congressional seats. Now, they have an improved chance at flipping two of the five currently held by Democrats — with a map Democrats on the Ohio Redistricting Commission voted for. Here's why.↴ youtu.be/t7Oj241067k?...
Why the two Democrats on the Ohio Redistricting Commission backed new congressional map
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November 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
HEADLINES 🎧: Day 33 of the federal #GovernmentShutdown, President Trump's push to eliminate the filibuster, and previewing #ElectionDay on Tuesday — in this Sunday News Brief. Listen here.↴ youtu.be/tz8N80ciYyU?...
Sunday News Brief for November 2, 2025
YouTube video by Jaden Jefferson Reports
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November 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
#ElectionDay is Tuesday, with some votes having already been cast, in Toledo's mayoral and city council races. 🗳️ Click here for a rundown of what to know, including interviews with the candidates, conducted by the Toledo Free Press' Stephen Zenner and myself. ⬇️ toledofreepress.com/toledo-free-...
Toledo Free Press Voter's Guide: 2025 - Toledo Free Press
Voting Guide 2025: 98 officials will be elected in Lucas County during the Tuesday, Nov. 4 General Election.
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November 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
A map that would make Ohio's 9th Congressional District (in the northwest part of the state) and 1st Congressional District (in the southwest) — more red — is set to be voted on tomorrow, by the Ohio Redistricting Commission.
October 31, 2025 at 1:30 AM