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Konstantin Toropin / Military and Veteran Benefits …:
Hegseth Orders Navy to Strip Name of Gay Rights Icon Harvey Milk from Ship  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to take the rare step of renaming a ship, one that bears the name of a gay rights icon, documents and sources show.  —  Military.com reviewed a memorandum …
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Eleanor Watson / CBS News:
Navy set to rename USNS Harvey Milk, mulls new names for other ships named for civil rights leaders  —  Washington — The U.S. Navy plans to rename the USNS Harvey Milk, a fleet replenishment oiler named after the slain gay rights leader and Navy veteran, and is considering renaming multiple naval ships named …
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Hegseth moves to rename Navy ship honoring gay rights icon Harvey Milk  —  The directive could be expanded to include other military vessels named for prominent American civil rights figures, said people familiar with internal discussions.  —  The Pentagon is making plans to strip the name …
Discussion: Newsbusters, Twitchy and CBS News
Natasha Bertrand / CNN:
Hegseth orders renaming of ship named after gay rights icon Harvey Milk  —  Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered the secretary of the Navy to rename the oiler ship USNS Harvey Milk, according to a defense official.  —  The ship, which was launched in 2021 and named after the gay rights activist …
Discussion: Blaze Media
New York Times:
U.S. May Strip Harvey Milk's Name From Navy Vessel  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a review of ship names honoring Mr. Milk, a gay rights pioneer, and other leaders.  In Mr. Milk's case, the move is intended as a rebuke of Pride Month.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered …
Anne Flaherty / ABC News:
Hegseth orders Navy to rename ship honoring gay rights activist Harvey Milk  —  A DOD official said the decision's timing, during Pride month, was intentional.  —  The John Lewis-class replenishment oiler USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO-206) conducts a replenishment at sea, Dec. 13, 2024.  —  MC2 Maxwell Orlosky/Dvids
Liam Archacki / The Daily Beast:
MTG Admits She Didn't Read Trump Mega Bill She Voted For  —  Diehard MAGA Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said she wished she had not voted for President Donald Trump's “One Big, Beautiful” spending bill, explaining that she wasn't aware of its contents.  “Full transparency …
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NPR:
Trump asks Congress to wipe out funding for public broadcasting  —  President Trump took yet another step Tuesday to place NPR and PBS at the center of his broader clash with major cultural institutions, formally asking Congress to take back the $1.1 billion it has set aside for all public broadcasters for the next two years.
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
‘Disgusting abomination’: Elon Musk tears into Trump megabill  —  Billionaire Elon Musk ramped up his criticism of the megabill of President Trump's tax cut and spending priorities, calling the legislation a “disgusting abomination.”  —  “I'm sorry, but I just can't stand it anymore.
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Trump formally asks Congress to claw back approved spending targeted by DOGE  —  The White House on Tuesday officially asked Congress to claw back $9.4 billion in already approved spending, taking funding away from programs targeted by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.
Wall Street Journal:
Elon Musk Calls Trump Megabill a ‘Disgusting Abomination’  —  Billionaire sides with GOP critics who say measure doesn't cut spending enough  —  WASHINGTON—Former White House cost-cutting czar Elon Musk called President Trump's “big, beautiful” tax and spending package a “disgusting abomination …
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Scoop: Four reasons Musk attacked Trump's “big beautiful bill”
Associated Press:
Trump administration revokes guidance requiring hospitals to provide emergency abortions  —  The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it would revoke guidance to the nation's hospitals that directed them to provide emergency abortions for women when they are necessary to stabilize their medical condition.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Trump Rescinds Biden Policy Requiring Hospitals to Provide Emergency Abortions
Discussion: CMS, KRDO and NewsMax.com
Carter Sherman / The Guardian:
Trump rescinds Emtala guidance protecting women in need of emergency abortions
Discussion: The Intercept
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
RNC Intervenes to Back Trump Anti-Voting Order, Claims Greater Voter Access Hurts Their Candidates  —  The Republican National Committee (RNC) filed a motion Tuesday to intervene in ongoing federal litigation against President Donald Trump's executive order on voting, which aimed …
Discussion: Politico
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Abby Vesoulis / Mother Jones:
Democrats Will Hand Out Free Tacos to Mock Trump
Politico:
Judge tosses Democratic Party challenge to Trump order's impact on FEC
Discussion: Bloomberg and Washington Times
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: DNC rents taco truck to mock Trump on ‘TACO’ slogan
Graham Kates / CBS News:
Boulder suspect's family detained by ICE, set for expedited removal, Kristi Noem says  —  Family members of the man charged with Sunday's attack in Boulder, Colorado, have been taken into custody, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday.
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Fox News:
Family of Boulder firebombing suspect taken into federal custody, visas revoked: sources
Reuters:
Exclusive: CDC expert resigns from COVID vaccines advisory role, sources say  —  Pediatric infectious disease expert Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos of the U.S. CDC resigned on Tuesday as co-leader of a working group that advises outside experts on COVID-19 vaccines and is leaving the agency …
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Alexander Tin / CBS News:
CDC official overseeing COVID-19 vaccine recommendations resigns
Discussion: STAT
Javier C. Hernández / New York Times:
After Trump Takeover, Kennedy Center Ticket Sales Fall Sharply  —  The Kennedy Center disputed the relevance of the data, part of an analysis by employees, saying that it had started its annual subscription campaign later than usual.  —  Ticket sales and subscription revenue …
Discussion: Raw Story, Breitbart and The Wrap
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Andrea Castillo / Los Angeles Times:
Bakersfield girl who faced deportation and loss of lifesaving medical care is allowed to stay in U.S.  —  WASHINGTON — The family of a 4-year-old Bakersfield girl with a rare medical condition has been granted humanitarian protection from deportation, allowing her to continue receiving lifesaving treatment in the United States.
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Politico:
Mexican 4-year-old allowed to continue receiving lifesaving care in US
Discussion: CBS News
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
The Washington Post Plans an Influx of Outside Opinion Writers  —  A new program, known internally as Ripple, would open The Post to journalists at other publications and influential writers on Substack.  —  The Washington Post has published some of the world's most influential voices …
Matt Krupnick / ProPublica:
Trump Wants to Cut Tribal College Funding by Nearly 90%, Putting Them at Risk of Closing  —  ProPublica found that Congress was underfunding tribal colleges by a quarter-billion dollars per year.  Rather than fixing the problem, proposed federal funding cuts unveiled this week would devastate the schools, tribal education leaders say.
Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
Joni Ernst's Medicaid Quip Could Cost Iowa GOP  —  Up until now, Iowa has been the poster state for Donald Trump's alleged electoral revolution.  Prior to Trump's first race, it went Democratic in six of the seven presidential elections (and went Republican only by an eyelash in the other).
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Luke Barr / ABC News:
2 Chinese nationals charged with smuggling ‘potential agroterrorism’ fungus into US: DOJ  —  Authorities said it was in connection with work at the University of Michigan.  —  This photo released by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan shows what authorities …
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Robert Snell / The Detroit News:
Chinese scholar at UM tried to smuggle biological pathogen into the U.S., feds say
Alan Festo / The Gainesville Sun:
Florida higher ed board stuns UF, blocks Santa Ono from becoming president  —  In a stunning move, the board that oversees Florida's higher education system voted against the confirmation of Dr. Santa Ono, formerly president of the University of Michigan, as the University of Florida's 14th president.
Time:
Google's New AI Tool Generates Convincing Deepfakes of Riots, Conflict, and Election Fraud  —  Google's recently launched AI video tool can generate realistic clips that contain misleading or inflammatory information about news events, according to a TIME analysis and several tech watchdogs.
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Troop Casualties in Ukraine War Near 1.4 Million, Study Finds  —  With high casualty figures and the slow pace of Russia's territorial gains, President Vladimir V. Putin could face years more of a grinding war of attrition in Ukraine.  —  Nearly one million Russian troops have been killed …
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
Some of Trump's Biggest Inaugural Donors Benefit From Early Government Actions
Discussion: Alternet.org
Jim Acosta / The Jim Acosta Show:
ACOSTA, TROYE, FANONE EPIC TOWN HALL WITH ROSIE O'DONNELL AND JASMINE CROCKETT, AARON PARNAS, HARRY DUNN AND MANY MORE
Ella Lee / The Hill:
DOJ dismisses Biden-era records lawsuit against Peter Navarro
Discussion: WHEC.com and Washington Examiner
Adam Klasfeld / All Rise News:
BREAKING: Trump admin must process education grants “without delay”
Zach Montague / New York Times:
Trump Administration Backs Off Effort to Collect Data on Food Stamp Recipients
Discussion: NPR
 Earlier Items: 
Politico:
Fetterman's chief of staff leaves amid string of departures
Discussion: Axios, KRDO and The Hill
Somini Sengupta / New York Times:
The White House Gutted Science Funding. Now It Wants to ‘Correct’ Research.
Representative Crockett:
Rep. Jasmine Crockett Officially Announces Candidacy for Ranking Member of House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Discussion: Washington Examiner, Axios and The Hill
Politico:
Jasmine Crockett makes House Oversight bid official
Discussion: Breitbart and Fox News
Tess McClure / The Guardian:
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists' horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Denouncing Antisemitism, Trump Also Fans Its Flames
 

 
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