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The Philadelphia Inquirer:
A 19-year-old has been charged in the carjacking of U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, police say.  Four other teens were also arrested  —  A 19-year-old from Wilmington, Del., was charged in federal court Thursday with participating in Wednesday's gunpoint carjacking of U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon …
Discussion: Delaware State Police and UPI
Washington Post:
Thompson says Jan. 6 committee focused on Trump's hours of silence during attack, weighing criminal referrals  —  The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is focusing intently on Donald Trump's actions that day as it begins to discuss whether to recommend …
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Trump asks Supreme Court to withhold records from House Jan. 6 committee
Alex Griffing / Mediaite:
MAGA Cartoonist Ben Garrison Turns on Trump After Pro-Vaccine Comments  —  Controversial cartoonist Ben Garrison's latest offering takes aim at former President Donald Trump - who once invited him to the White House for a social media summit.  —  Garrison's cartoon shows a distraught Trump riding …
Discussion: Washington Post
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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
MAGA Diehards Melt Down Over Trump's Pro-Vax Push  —  Anger and confusion reign as Trump endorses vaccines many followers believe are poison  —  In the crisscrossed, Q-addled conspiracy world where Donald Trump is held up as America's great savior, and covid-19 vaccines are denounced as part …
William Grimes / New York Times:
Joan Didion, ‘New Journalist’ Who Explored Culture and Chaos, Dies at 87  —  She established a distinctive voice in American fiction before turning to political reporting and screenplay writing.  But it was California, her native state, that provided her with her richest material.
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Harrison Smith / Washington Post:   Joan Didion, who chronicled American decadence and hypocrisy, dies at 87
Parul Sehgal / New York Times:   Joan Didion Chronicled American Disorder With Her Own Unmistakable Style
Pilar Melendez / The Daily Beast:
Ex-Minnesota Cop Kim Potter Convicted for Killing Daunte Wright  —  Since the 20-year-old Black man's death, Potter has insisted shooting him was a mistake.  Now she faces up to 35 years in prison.  —  Kim Potter, the white former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police officer …
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Katherine Eban / Vanity Fair:
The Biden Administration Rejected an October Proposal for “Free Rapid Tests for the Holidays”  —  With omicron cases spreading like wildfire, the White House is finally taking steps to make free antigen tests available to all.  But this fall, Vanity Fair has learned, it dismissed a bold plan …
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Ryan Lizza / Politico:   POLITICO Playbook: Biden's testing mess
Los Angeles Times:
14-year-old girl in dressing room of Burlington fatally shot by LAPD  —  In an incident the police chief called “devastating and tragic,” an LAPD officer fatally shot a teenage girl at a Burlington clothing store during a chaotic confrontation that also left a suspect dead and another person injured.
Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
A year ago, Fox News considered a breakup with Trump.  2021 changed those plans.  —  Going into 2022, the network's alignment with Trump has it grappling with a pair of potentially catastrophic lawsuits.  But its ratings are on top again.  —  In the weeks before the 2020 election …
Discussion: Mediaite
Davis Winkie / Army Times:
Wave of suicides hits Texas National Guard's border mission  —  Four soldiers have taken their own lives in two months  —  Pfc. Joshua R. Cortez was preparing to accept a “lifetime job” with one of the nation's biggest health insurance companies in late October.  But the Texas National Guard had other ideas.
Washington Post:
‘Burn it all down’  —  How Myanmar's military razed villages to crush a growing resistance  —  For decades, Thantlang had known peace.  The town's mostly Christian residents cherished their home among mountains in northwest Myanmar, where they hosted an annual soccer tournament.
New York Times:
Putin Demands Quick Answers on Russian Security Concerns  —  At a traditional year-end news conference, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said a potential meeting with the U.S. was a positive sign, but he also demanded a quick response to his security concerns.
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Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:
Paranoid Putin claims US is trying to partition Russia
Valerie Bonk / WTOP News:
DC had largest percentage drop in population in nation … More people are leaving D.C. than in any other area of the country.  —  The District had the largest percentage drop in population in the nation in the last year, according to new U.S. Census Bureau data.
Discussion: Breitbart
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
Interim Guidance for Managing Healthcare Personnel with SARS-CoV-2 Infection or Exposure to SARS-CoV-2 … View Larger  —  Background  —  This interim guidance is intended to assist with the following:  — Determining the duration of restriction from the workplace for HCP with SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Discussion: New York Times
Alexandra Marquez / CNBC:
New York will require masks and social distancing at scaled-back Times Square New Year's celebration  — Attendees at the Times Square New Year's Eve celebration will have to wear masks, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday.  — Social-distancing rules will limit the crowd …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
This Christmas, Republicans are giving themselves congressional seats for life  —  Republican lawmakers this holiday season are unwrapping a rare and valuable gift: congressional seats for life.  —  Thanks to a breathtaking abuse of redistricting in GOP-controlled states …
Discussion: CBS News
Michelle Hackman / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Will Waive In-Person Interviews for H-1B, Other Work Visas  —  The State Department is seeking to ease the issuance of several types of visas that have been backlogged during the Covid-19 pandemic  —  WASHINGTON—The State Department is temporarily dropping an in-person interview requirement …
Jimmy Quinn / National Review:
A Rift in the Conservative Foreign-Policy World  —  For years an influential foreign-policy voice on the right, the American Enterprise Institute finds itself at odds with hawkish Republicans.  —  hile Donald Trump's presidency realigned the foreign-policy debate on the right …
Fadel Allassan / Axios:
Trump to Candace Owens: “People aren't dying when they take the vaccine”  —  Former President Trump pushed back against doubts about the efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines during an interview with conservative media personality Candace Owens released Wednesday.
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Discussion: National Review
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