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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
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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 …
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Jon Henley / The Guardian:
‘Cultivate resistance’: policy paper lays bare Trump support for Europe's far right
Discussion: Raw Story
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Trump reveals what he wants for the world
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
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Indiana House passes new Republican-drawn congressional map  —  The map now moves to the state Senate, where it's unclear whether there is enough GOP support for it to pass, despite pressure from Trump.  —  The Indiana House on Friday approved a new congressional map designed to net Republicans two seats …
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Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
Kagan issues scathing dissent in Texas redistricting case
New York Times:   Post-Trump, What Happens to His War Chest? Utah Offers One Clue.
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 …
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:
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 …
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 and NewsMax.com
CNN:
Speaker Johnson under attack from his own as mood darkens in House GOP  —  House leadership Congressional news Donald Trump US shutdown  —  Speaker Mike Johnson is a political survivor, weathering crisis after crisis since his unlikely ascent two years ago.
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.
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 …
Bloomberg:
US Urged Europeans to Oppose EU's Loan Plan to Help Ukraine  —  The US lobbied several countries in the European Union in an effort to block EU plans to use frozen Russian central bank assets to back a massive loan to Ukraine, according to European diplomats familiar with the matter.
Discussion: France 24
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Ben Sills / Bloomberg:
Trump Says Europe Risks Being Wiped Away Unless It Changes
Discussion: CBS 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.
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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April Rubin / Axios:
Trump allies back Elon Musk's X after Europe hits it with $140M fine
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
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
 
 
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Peter Pinedo / Fox News:
AOC silent on whether she will amend doomsday climate prediction as deadline looms
Discussion: IJR and The Hill
Mother Jones:
Your Private Data Is Building Trump's Voter Purge Machine
Alex Nitzberg / Fox News:
Vance acknowledges voters ‘impatient’ on affordability, rejects ‘totally bulls— narrative’
Discussion: IJR, NBC News and Raw Story
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
Skylar Woodhouse / Bloomberg:
Hassett Backs Call for Fed Presidents to Come From Districts
Discussion: Raw Story, New York Post and Politico
 Earlier Items: 
Sudiksha Kochi / The Hill:
Greene faces GOP criticism for missing votes after sudden resignation
Discussion: The Independent and NewsMax.com
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
Christa Dutton / NOTUS:
Democrats Raise the Stakes for Their 2026 Races — By Making It About 2032
Discussion: The Argument
Bill Scher / Washington Monthly:
On Immigration, Stephen Miller Is no Calvin Coolidge
Discussion: New York Times