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Washington Post:
Trump asks Supreme Court to withhold records from House Jan. 6 committee  —  Lawyers for former president Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to block release of his White House records to a congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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 …
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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 …
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Trump Pushes Back on Candace Owens Undermining Vaccine: 'People Aren't Dying When They Take the Vaccine'
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
Justice News:
Wilmington Man to Face Federal Charges For Armed Carjacking in FDR Park Yesterday Afternoon  —  PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Josiah Brown, 19, of Wilmington, DE, was arrested and charged by Criminal Complaint on charges of carjacking …
Discussion: 6abc, Fox News, CBS News, Power Line, The Hill and CNN
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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, UPI and The Hill
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
Discussion: New York Times and HotAir
Virginia Aabram / Washington Examiner:
Jury finds former officer Kim Potter guilty in Daunte Wright's death  —  A jury found Kim Potter, the former Minnesota police officer who said she accidentally shot a young black man when she mistook her gun for her Taser, guilty on two manslaughter charges Thursday.
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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.
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.
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
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 …
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
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 …
Washington Post:
Trump's newest business partner: A Chinese firm with a history of SEC investigations  —  Shanghai-based Arc Capital, an investment firm that has been the target of probes by securities regulators, is at the center of the deal to take Trump's media venture public.
governor.ny.gov:
Governor Hochul Signs Legislation to Improve State Response to COVID-19 Pandemic  —  Legislation (S.4516-C/A.7536-B) Makes the Falsification of COVID-19 Vaccination Records a Crime  —  Legislation (S.4962/A.5062) Gives Schools Improved Access to the Statewide Immunization Database
Lauren McGaughy / Dallas Morning News:
George Floyd pardon recommendation withdrawn, as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott grants 8 others clemency  —  The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles withdrew Floyd's unanimous pardon recommendation because it “contained procedural errors and lack of compliance with Board rules.”
Yahoo News:
Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has boasted about being unvaccinated, owns stock in 3 major vaccine makers  —  Bill Bostock,Camila DeChalus,Kimberly Leonard,Warren Rojas,Madison Hall  —  American politician and businesswoman from the state of Georgia  — Marjorie Taylor Greene owns stock …
Discussion: Mediaite, Daily Kos and IJR
 
 
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Maria Godoy / NPR:
With omicron, you need a mask that means business
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Michelle Hackman / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Will Waive In-Person Interviews for H-1B, Other Work Visas
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Macron's wife plans to sue over false claims she is transgender
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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