Top Items:
CNN:
Poland says it has shot down drones that entered its airspace during Russian attack on Ukraine — Poland's military said early Wednesday that it had shot down drones that violated its airspace during a Russian attack on neighboring Ukraine, in what is potentially a major provocation for Europe.
Discussion:
Phillips's Newsletter, NBC News, HotAir, Reuters, Telegraph, CBS News, The Hill, The Gateway Pundit, TASS, Wired, Daily Mail, Semafor, El País, Bloomberg, WTOP News, KSTP-TV, UPI and National Politics
RELATED:
New York Times:
NATO Says It Scrambled Fighter Jets to Shoot Down Russian Drones Over Poland — The incursion was the first time alliance planes had engaged enemy targets in NATO airspace. Poland's leader called it “a large-scale provocation.” — More than a dozen Russian drones entered Poland overnight …
Discussion:
The Status Kuo, BBC, NOTUS, The Hill, Reuters, Washington Post, spiked, IJR, Raw Story, National Review, CBS News, CNBC, Townhall and Washington Examiner
Steff Chávez / Financial Times:
Poland shoots down Russian drones — Prime Minister Donald Tusk cites ‘multiple violations of Polish airspace’ — Poland said it had shot down drones that violated its airspace during a Russian attack on Ukraine, in what the Nato member said was an “unprecedented violation” of its airspace.
Discussion:
Reuters, Fox News, Axios, The Sun, Daily Mail, El País, KSTP-TV, Notes From Poland, The Hill, WBUR, Politico, Al Jazeera, CBS News and RedState
Associated Press:
Poland says it shot down Russian drones that violated its airspace during strikes on Ukraine — Poland said Wednesday that multiple Russian drones entered its territory over the course of several hours and were shot down with help from NATO allies, describing the incursion as an “act of aggression” …
Discussion:
The Times, The Economist, Reuters, The Hill, CBS News, El País, Associated Press, WTOP News, Mediaite, NewsMax.com, Defense One, Patterico's Pontifications, Daily Mail, New York Sun, Military and Veteran …, Fox News, KSTP-TV, New York Times, Washington Times, Breaking Defense, Al Jazeera, The Korea Herald, BizPac Review, HuffPost, The Parnas Perspective, israelhayom.com, Politico, Newsweek, The Sun and Semafor
Wall Street Journal:
NATO Planes Shoot Down Russian Drones Deep Inside Poland
NATO Planes Shoot Down Russian Drones Deep Inside Poland
Discussion:
Newsweek, Washington Post, Bloomberg, The New World, RedState, Reuters, Lawyers, Guns & Money, CBS News and Crooks and Liars
BBC:
Russia says it had no plans to target Poland as Nato condemns ‘reckless’ drone incursions
Russia says it had no plans to target Poland as Nato condemns ‘reckless’ drone incursions
Discussion:
Reuters, Breitbart, The Guardian, The Hill, Mediaite and Military and Veteran …
New York Times:
Boat Suspected of Smuggling Drugs Is Said to Have Turned Before U.S. Attacked It — The Trump administration has argued that the summary killing of 11 people it accused of running drugs was legal under the laws of war. — A Venezuelan boat that the U.S. military destroyed in the Caribbean …
Discussion:
Foreign Policy, Associated Press and Fox News
RELATED:
Marty Lederman / Just Security:
The Many Ways in Which the September 2 Caribbean Strike was Unlawful ... and the Grave Line the Military Has Crossed — Now that the President has submitted the required War Powers Resolution report to Congress, we can begin to take stock of just how extraordinary and significant last Tuesday's lethal strike in the Caribbean Sea was.
Discussion:
The Intercept
Kamala Harris / The Atlantic:
The Constant Battle — The first excerpt from 107 Days … The first stop on the day's calendar had been planned months earlier. At a meeting in the Oval Office discussing her work uplifting Black executives and entrepreneurs, Dr. Stacie NC Grant had invited me to address the annual gathering …
Discussion:
Washington Post, The Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Caller, Fox News, New York Times, Rolling Stone, Axios, The Hill, Politico, Wall Street Journal, NBC News, Washington Examiner, Mother Jones, New York Magazine, BizPac Review, Mediaite, Salon, TMZ.com, Bloomberg, The Guardian, Deadline, RedState, al.com, Daily Mail, NewsMax.com, The Sun, The Independent, Scripps News and The Gateway Pundit
RELATED:
Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:
Harris admits Biden ‘got tired,’ denies ‘conspiracy’ to hide mental decline
Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
In new book, Kamala Harris says it was reckless to let Biden make reelection decision on his own
In new book, Kamala Harris says it was reckless to let Biden make reelection decision on his own
Discussion:
New York Post, Washington Post, New York Sun, Mediaite, twitchy.com and al.com
Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
You Really Need to See Epstein's Birthday Book for Yourself — This time, the conspiracy theorists were right. — Looking back, I don't know what exactly I was expecting when I opened “Request No. 1,” the PDF file containing the contents of Jeffrey Epstein's 50th-birthday book.
Discussion:
New York Times, Courier-Journal, Raw Story, Mock Paper Scissors, HuffPost, Time, The Wrap, Rolling Stone, Fox News, All Rise News, The Bulwark, Washington Post and Boston.com
RELATED:
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
As Joe Perticone outlines in The Bulwark today, Republican lawmakers are greeting the release …
As Joe Perticone outlines in The Bulwark today, Republican lawmakers are greeting the release …
Discussion:
Staten Island Advance, Mediaite and electrive.com
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Is the signature Trump's? Epstein birthday book feeds speculation.
Discussion:
Lawyers, Guns & Money, HuffPost, To the Contrary, New Republic, New York Times, Meidas+ and Al Jazeera
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
After declaring D.C. ‘safe,’ Trump dines out in the city — The president boasted in recent days about the success of the federal takeover of D.C. police. During his first term, he ventured only to the restaurant at the hotel he owned. — President Donald Trump on Tuesday night arrived …
Discussion:
NPR, New York Times, The Guardian, NBC News, CBS News, Jewish, Raw Story, Townhall, Fox News, New York Post, Washington Times, The Hill and San Diego Union-Tribune
RELATED:
Li Zhou / HuffPost:
Activists Protest Trump At DC Restaurant, Call Him ‘Hitler Of Our Time’
Discussion:
CNN, New York Magazine, Mediaite, MLive.com, The Guardian, IJR, The Daily Caller and LGBTQ Nation
Ewan Palmer / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Melts Down at Secret Service Over Trump's Humiliating Dinner
MAGA Melts Down at Secret Service Over Trump's Humiliating Dinner
Discussion:
RealClearPolitics, Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
Julia Ornedo / The Daily Beast:
Trump Gets Called Hitler on First Ever D.C. Restaurant Trip
Trump Gets Called Hitler on First Ever D.C. Restaurant Trip
Discussion:
Advocate, Mediaite, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, al.com, El País, The Independent, The Gateway Pundit, Tampa Free Press, Raw Story and Instapundit
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
National Guard documents show public ‘fear,’ troops' ‘shame’ over D.C. presence — Internal documents reviewed by The Post show how domestic missions rooted in politics risk damaging Americans' trust in the military. — The National Guard, in measuring public sentiment …
Discussion:
Raw Story, Salon and New Republic
Mark A. Welsh III / president.tamu.edu:
GENERAL (RET.) MARK A. WELSH III — I am reaching out today to follow up on a statement I distributed through social media yesterday regarding an ongoing issue with one of our 16,000 course sections. I directed the Provost to remove the College of Arts and Sciences Dean and English Department Head from their administrative positions.
Discussion:
New York Times and Adventus
BBC:
Anti-Islamic US biker gang members run security at deadly Gaza aid sites — The firm guarding sites where aid is distributed in Gaza has been using members of a US biker gang with a history of hostility to Islam to run its armed security, a BBC investigation has found.
Discussion:
Middle East Monitor
The Hill:
Republicans bash Florida's anti-vaccine stand: ‘Horrible idea’ — Republicans on Capitol Hill are sounding alarms over Florida's move to end vaccine mandates for school children, voicing fears about the spread of preventable infectious diseases and what it means for their home states.
Discussion:
Politico, NewsMax.com and New York Daily News
RELATED:
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
How to Exploit Trump's Weaknesses
Marita Vlachou / HuffPost:
Federal Agents Retreat From Immigration Raid In Upstate New York Amid Protests: ‘Gestapo’ — The operation took one man into custody, according to local outlet WXXI. — Federal agents pulled back from a raid on rooftop workers at a rental site in upstate New York on Tuesday morning …
Discussion:
WXXI News, Raw Story, BizPac Review, Block Club Chicago and Fox News
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
“The Axios Show” exclusive: Lutnick says U.S. should take a chunk of universities' patent revenue … The debut episode, featuring our conversation with Lutnick in his Commerce Department office, will be out later this week. … - The next step, Lutnick says, is to guarantee the U.S. gets …
Discussion:
The Hill, Washington Times, The Wrap, Mock Paper Scissors, NewsMax.com and Raw Story
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Former top FBI officials sue, say Kash Patel fired them to stay in Trump's good graces — The suit, which names Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi, was filed by former acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll as well as Steven Jensen and Spencer Evans. — WASHINGTON — Three former top FBI officials …
Discussion:
CBS News, New York Times, MSNBC and Associated Press
RELATED:
Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Fired FBI agents allege retribution, incompetence at top security agency
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
They Don't Want to Live in Lincoln's America — Although it has long since entered the pantheon of American rhetoric as one of our nation's great orations, there was a time, however brief, when the Gettysburg Address had its critics. — The president's funeral sermon …
Discussion:
Lawyers, Guns & Money
John Carney / Breitbart:
Biden's Final Flop: 911,000 Fewer Jobs Than Reported in the Year Through March — The U.S. economy added nearly a million fewer jobs in the year through March 2025 than previously reported, according to preliminary figures released Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
RELATED:
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Labor Department watchdog opens probe of BLS jobs, inflation data collection
Labor Department watchdog opens probe of BLS jobs, inflation data collection
Discussion:
HotAir, New York Times, Fox Business, UPI, Bloomberg, The San Joaquin Valley Sun, Fortune, The Hill and Deseret News
Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Capitol agenda: What the CR timing dispute is really about — The Trump administration wants a stopgap funding plan through Jan. 31. Appropriators are prepared to go their own way. It's about more than a date — it's the latest proxy battle in the larger clash over whether to pursue …
Discussion:
Punchbowl News, The Hill, Federal News Network, Roll Call and NOTUS
John Fritze / CNN:
Kavanaugh faces blowback for claiming Americans can sue over encounters with ICE — Justice Brett Kavanaugh's breezy suggestion this week that Americans who are roughed up by ICE can sue agents in federal court is drawing pushback from civil rights attorneys who note the Supreme Court's conservative majority …
Discussion:
Raw Story and Divided Argument
David Klion / The Guardian:
Disgruntled NYT journalist to ‘anti-woke’ power grab: how far can Bari Weiss go? — After leaving the New York Times, she turned her Substack into a unshakeable pro-Israel voice. Now as Paramount eyes acquisition of her company, Weiss is poised to become Trump's ally among media elites
Andrew Howard / Politico:
Mills is interviewing staff for a possible Senate run — Maine Democratic Gov. Janet Mills is interviewing staff for a potential Senate bid, a person familiar with the process confirmed on Wednesday. The news was first reported by Punchbowl. The interviews come as Mills is “seriously considering” …
Discussion:
Punchbowl News, The Daily Signal, The Downballot and Bangor Daily News
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Appeals court, weighing Trump's Library of Congress takeover, reinstates copyright chief — A federal appeals court ruled the nation's top copyright official can continue serving in her post following President Donald Trump's attempt to fire her. A divided three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court …
Discussion:
Washington Examiner, Associated Press, Roll Call, Washington Times and Newsweek
The Guardian:
Leaked Ice document shows worker detained in Hyundai raid had valid visa — Exclusive: critics accuse Ice of ‘outrageous’ and ‘unlawful’ detention of Korean man — At least one of the Korean workers swept up in a massive immigration raid on a Hyundai Motor factory site in Georgia last week …
Discussion:
CBS News, The Korea Herald and New Republic
The Guardian:
Leak exposes Washington Post boss Will Lewis's role as secret adviser to Boris Johnson while PM — Extensive meetings in 2022 between Lewis, then vice-chair of AP, and Johnson were not disclosed in transparency records — The publisher of the Washington Post, Will Lewis …
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
New Mexico to become the first state to offer universal child care — The program may offer a blueprint for other states on an issue that was prominent during the 2024 campaign. — New Mexico will become the first state in the country to begin offering free universal child care, Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced.
Discussion:
Washington Examiner, WIFR-TV, Office of the Governor, Truthout and The 19th
Mallory Wilson / Washington Times:
Emails show Dr. Fauci ordered documents destroyed and lied to Congress, Sen. Rand Paul says — Sen. Rand Paul is calling for Dr. Anthony Fauci to reappear before Congress after emails were uncovered that contradict his testimony to lawmakers. — The Senate Homeland Security …
Discussion:
Breitbart, IJR, NewsMax.com and The Gateway Pundit
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Brett Kavanaugh explains that SCOTUS really IS doing racism — PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one 👇 — 🧑⚖️ Subscribe to PN 🧑⚖️ — On Monday, the Supreme Court's six conservatives legalized racial profiling …
Discussion:
The Atlantic, New Republic, The Contrarian, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion and Los Angeles Times
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Schumer moves to force Senate vote on Epstein files — Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is moving to force the Senate to take a vote that would force disclosure of the Jeffrey Epstein files, throwing the chamber into a debate Republicans have so far largely been able to avoid.
Discussion:
The Hill
Jennifer Rankin / The Guardian:
Ursula von der Leyen calls for suspension of EU free trade with Israel — Commission president cites illegal West Bank settlement plans, Gaza and attempts to ‘undermine two-state solution’ — The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, has called for a suspension of free trade with Israel …
Discussion:
Politico, Associated Press, Al Jazeera, israelhayom.com, Reuters and Bloomberg

