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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Pipe bomb suspect told FBI he believed 2020 election conspiracy theories  —  The suspect has been cooperating with the FBI, according to sources, and is expected to make his first court appearance on Friday.  —  WASHINGTON — The man charged with planting two pipe bombs near the Democratic …
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CNN:
Accused DC pipe bomber told FBI he believed the 2020 election was stolen, sources say  —  Federal agencies Congressional news January 6th US elections  —  During interviews with the FBI, the suspect arrested in the pipe bomb probe told investigators that he believed the 2020 election was stolen …
CNN:
Exclusive: Survivors clinging to capsized boat didn't radio for backup, admiral overseeing double-tap strike tells lawmakers  —  Pete Hegseth Congressional news  —  The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat in a secondary strike against a suspected drug vessel …
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Mike Stobbe / Associated Press:
US vaccine advisers say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth  —  A federal vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they're born.  A loud chorus of medical and public health leaders decried …
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Panel Votes to End Recommendation for Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns  —  In a step toward Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s goal of upending vaccine policy, the committee decided to limit at-birth hepatitis B shots to babies whose mothers are infected with the virus.
Brandy Zadrozny / MS NOW:
RFK Jr.'s CDC panel: No more hepatitis B vaccine for some newborns
CNBC:
Netflix to buy Warner Bros. film and streaming assets in $72 billion deal … Netflix announced Friday it's reached a deal to buy pieces of Warner Bros. Discovery, bringing a swift end to a dramatic bidding process that saw Paramount Skydance and Comcast also vying for the legacy assets.
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About Netflix:
Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. Following the Separation of Discovery Global for a Total Enterprise Value of $82.7 Billion (Equity Value of $72.0 Billion)  —  Transaction Unites Warner Bros.' Iconic Franchises and Storied Libraries with Netflix's Leading Entertainment Service, Creating an Extraordinary Offering for Consumers
Carol Leonnig / MS NOW:
Kash Patel ordered FBI detail to give girlfriend's pal a lift home: sources  —  The FBI director's use of resources is under intense scrutiny as he insists he's “a steward of the taxpayer dollars.”  —  FBI Director Kash Patel has — on more than one occasion — ordered that the security detail protecting …
Paul Krugman:
MAGA's Affordability Crisis Will Soon Get Worse  —  And Trump's numbers will continue to slide  —  Long ago, probably in a long-forgotten hotel room, I watched a 1974 movie called The Internecine Project — now available, as you'll see if you follow the hyperlink, on YouTube.  In truth, it's a pretty bad movie.
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
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Neera Tanden / Wall Street Journal:
Why Democrats Won the Shutdown
Discussion: Fox News
Laura Kayali / Politico:
Trump warns Europe faces ‘civilizational erasure’ in explosive new document  —  U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration blame the EU and migration for what they say is imminent, total cultural unraveling in Europe.  —  The explosive claim is made in the U.S. National Security Strategy …
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Trump reveals what he wants for the world
Kylie Mohr / SFGATE:
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people  —  Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth  —  The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks …
New York Times:
Trump's Approval Rating Dips as Views of His Handling of the Economy Sour  —  The shift, while small, is notable after months of stability in President Trump's approval rating.  —  After months of holding steady, President Trump's approval rating has taken a dip over the past several weeks …
Isabel Van Brugen / The Daily Beast:
Trump, 79, Is Fuming Over Coverage of His Deteriorating Health  —  DROWSY DON  —  Insiders say the president spends days obsessing over reports comparing him to “Sleepy Joe.”  —  President Donald Trump is raging over snowballing reports on his apparent cognitive and physical decline.
New York Times:
FIFA's Leader Often Flatters Trump.  Now, He's Awarding a Peace Prize.  —  Gianni Infantino, head of soccer's governing body, has been ingratiating himself with the president to help ensure a successful 2026 World Cup.  —  Not long after President Trump missed out on the Nobel Peace Prize …
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Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Ex-D.E.A. Agent Charged With Agreeing to Launder Millions for Cartel  —  The former agent, Paul Campo, laundered money for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel in Mexico, according to an indictment unsealed on Friday.  —  A former longtime Drug Enforcement Administration agent who rose …
Discussion: RedState
New York Times:
Post-Trump, What Happens to His War Chest?  Utah Offers One Clue.  —  A Trump-aligned political group is quietly spending millions to help state Republicans have a friendlier House map in 2028 — not in 2026, as with all of his other redistricting efforts.  —  A political group tied …
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Politico:
Trump-allied PACs target Indiana Republicans blocking redistricting push
Discussion: Alternet.org
Sarah Isgur / New York Times:
Actually, the Supreme Court Has a Plan  —  Critics of the Supreme Court have argued that it has too often deferred to the Trump administration and that the conservative justices are under the sway of suspicious propositions like the unitary executive theory and the major questions doctrine.
April Rubin / Axios:
Trump allies back Elon Musk's X after Europe hits it with $140M fine  —  Top Trump administration officials on Friday decried the European Commission's nearly $140 million (€120 million) fine on Elon Musk's X for violating its moderation law. … - X did not respond to Axios' request for comment.
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Politico:
EU slaps €120M fine on Elon Musk's X, straining ties with US
Todd Zwillich / Off Message:
The Trump-Epstein Emergency Isn't in the Files  —  Donald Trump repeatedly skates past wrongdoing and scandal that would debilitate—if not destroy—any other public person.  Pardoning violent rioters who assaulted police for him; granting trade concessions to countries when their officials send …
Financial Times:
‘Why are we letting this guy go?’  Donald Trump's pardons upend US justice system  —  Releases of drug traffickers and fraudsters puzzle allies and send shockwaves through legal circles  —  It took dozens of special agents the best part of a decade to bring Juan Orlando Hernández to justice for flooding US cities with cocaine.
Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
JD Vance says his marriage with Usha is 'as strong as it's ever been'  —  Yes, the very online vice president has seen the online speculation about his marriage.  He said he and the second lady found the recent episode around her wedding ring funny.  —  WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance …
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump approves tiny ‘cars of the very near future’  —  President Trump said Friday he had granted approval for “tiny cars” to be built in the United States, a move that would expand the availability of similar smaller vehicles that are popular in Asia.  —  “I have just approved TINY CARS to be built in America.
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Mike Johnson scrambles to pass Pentagon bill as GOP ranks seethe … Other deeply divisive issues remain, ranging from cryptocurrency policy to in vitro fertilization, that could threaten to further splinter the House GOP and imperil the typically bipartisan Pentagon bill.
Discussion: NBC News
CNN:
Judges lash out at Justice Department for still listing Lindsey Halligan on court documents  —  Federal agencies  —  Federal judges in Alexandria, Virginia, have lashed out at the Justice Department as they continue to list Lindsey Halligan on court documents — some going as far as striking her name from paperwork from the bench.
The Nation:
A New Roosevelt Institute Report Confronts the Roots of Our Media Crisis—and Calls for Breaking Up Corporate Media  —  Today's journalism crisis wasn't inevitable, but it's time to free journalism from the straitjacket of turning a democratic obligation into a profit-maximizing business model.
Skylar Woodhouse / Bloomberg:
Hassett Backs Call for Fed Presidents to Come From Districts  —  National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett backed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's call for a new residency requirement in the appointment of presidents of Federal Reserve banks.  —  “The reason we have all these regional Feds …
Discussion: Raw Story, New York Post and Politico
Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters:
Bondi orders US law enforcement to investigate ‘extremist groups’  —  U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday ordered federal law enforcement to step up investigations into the anti-fascist antifa movement and similar “extremist groups,” and asked the FBI to compile a list …
Virginia Heffernan / New Republic:
No, Progressives Don't Want “Purity.”  They Just Want Some Courage.  —  Mainstream Democrats use dozens of old catchphrases that suggest they're out of step.  “When they go low, we go high,” for example, sounded fine when Michelle Obama first said it in 2016, but it passed its sell-by date almost the next day.
Rebecca Santana / Associated Press:
Trump administration will expand travel ban to more than 30 countries, Noem says  —  The Trump administration will be expanding its ban on travel for citizens of certain countries to more than 30, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said, in the latest restriction to come since a man …
 
 
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Alex Nitzberg / Fox News:
Vance acknowledges voters ‘impatient’ on affordability, rejects ‘totally bulls— narrative’
Discussion: IJR, NBC News and Raw Story
Sasha Rogelberg / Fortune:
‘There is no Mamdani effect’: Manhattan luxury home sales surge after mayoral election, undercutting predictions of doom and escape to Florida
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Bloomberg
Associated Press:
Around the world, refugees are shut out of the US by Trump's new policies
Aaron Sibarium / The Washington Free Beacon:
‘No US Citizens’: Meet the IT Firms Discriminating Against Americans
Discussion: Semafor and Forbes
Sudiksha Kochi / The Hill:
Greene faces GOP criticism for missing votes after sudden resignation
Discussion: The Independent and NewsMax.com
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
‘Really?!?’: Prince Harry Royally Roasts Donald Trump In Surprise Cameo With Colbert
 Earlier Items: 
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Trump's closure of Voice of America is coming back to bite him
Discussion: Bloomberg
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
Imagining pro-growth urbanism
Reuters:
Exclusive: US sets 2027 deadline for Europe-led NATO defense, officials say
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Scoop: New fundraising platform ignites MAGA cash clash
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Breitbart
Bill Scher / Washington Monthly:
On Immigration, Stephen Miller Is no Calvin Coolidge
Discussion: New York Times
 

 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Netflix agrees to acquire WBD's studios and streaming business in an $82.7B cash-and-stock deal, including debt, to close after WBD splits in two in Q3 2026

Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
The Chicago Tribune sues Perplexity for copyright infringement, alleging Perplexity's platforms lift Tribune content verbatim and divert traffic from the paper

Liam Scott / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the First Amendment Watch's SLAPP Back Initiative, a US SLAPP tracker; in 2024, 69 of 500 cases involved the media, of which 46 were dismissed

 
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