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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 …
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
NBC News:
CDC advisory panel rolls back universal hepatitis B vaccine recommendation
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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
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Discussion: New York Times and Newsweek
Victoria Craw / Washington Post:
Who is Adm. Frank Bradley, commander in the boat strike controversy?
Discussion: Associated Press
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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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 …
European Commission:
Commission fines X €120 million under the Digital Services Act  —  Today, the Commission has issued a fine of €120 million to X for breaching its transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA).  The breaches include the deceptive design of its ‘blue checkmark’ …
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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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Politico:
Trump-allied PACs target Indiana Republicans blocking redistricting push … Indiana state House Republicans released a draft congressional map earlier this week that would give the GOP a leg up in all nine of the state's congressional districts.  But the effort has faced resistance …
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New York Times:   Post-Trump, What Happens to His War Chest? Utah Offers One Clue.
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
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.
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Associated Press:
Grand jury rejects new mortgage fraud indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James
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
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Victoria Guida / Politico:
Trump Keeps Squeezing the Next Fed Chair
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.
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.
Discussion: America, America
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.
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story, USA Today and DNYUZ
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 …
 
 
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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
The Nation:
A New Roosevelt Institute Report Confronts the Roots of Our Media Crisis—and Calls for Breaking Up Corporate Media
Virginia Heffernan / New Republic:
No, Progressives Don't Want “Purity.” They Just Want Some Courage.
Associated Press:
Around the world, refugees are shut out of the US by Trump's new policies
Sudiksha Kochi / The Hill:
Greene faces GOP criticism for missing votes after sudden resignation
Discussion: The Independent and NewsMax.com
 Earlier Items: 
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Trump's closure of Voice of America is coming back to bite him
Discussion: Bloomberg
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Mike Johnson scrambles to pass Pentagon bill as GOP ranks seethe
Discussion: NBC News
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.
Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Supreme Court Clears the Way for Republican-Friendly Texas Voting Maps
 

 
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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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