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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 …
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 …
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Slate:
The Supreme Court Is Doing Everything in Its Power to Save Trump in the Midterms
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Indiana House passes new Republican-drawn congressional map
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.
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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New York Times:
Halligan Continues as U.S. Attorney, Prompting Criticism From Judges  —  The Justice Department has seized on a lack of explicit instruction from a federal judge to keep Lindsey Halligan in place for now.  —  The legal decision that ended the criminal cases against the former F.B …
Discussion: Democracy Docket
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court to decide if Trump can limit the constitutional right to citizenship at birth  —  The Trump administration is seeking to roll back the historical understanding that birthright citizenship extends to almost anyone born in the United States.  —  WASHINGTON — Teeing up a blockbuster ruling …
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Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Supreme Court Agrees to Review Trump Order Restricting Birthright Citizenship  —  The administration asked the justices to uphold an executive order ending birthright citizenship after lower courts ruled it violated the Constitution.  —  The Supreme Court announced on Friday that it would hear …
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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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.
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
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Nicolai Ouroussoff / New York Times:
Frank O. Gehry, Titan of Architecture, Is Dead at 96  —  He burst onto the scene with an attention-getting renovation of his Southern California home before going on to design some of the world's most recognizable buildings.  —  Frank O. Gehry, one of the most formidable and original talents …
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
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 …
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.
 
 
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Laura Doan / CBS News:
Trump touts over $20 trillion in new U.S. investments, but the numbers don't add up
flgov.com:
Governor Ron DeSantis Announces Proposal for Citizen Bill of Rights for Artificial Intelligence
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Breitbart
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
The Nation:
A New Roosevelt Institute Report Confronts the Roots of Our Media Crisis—and Calls for Breaking Up Corporate Media
 Earlier Items: 
Politico:
Trump-allied PACs target Indiana Republicans blocking redistricting push
Virginia Heffernan / New Republic:
No, Progressives Don't Want “Purity.” They Just Want Some Courage.
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
Bloomberg:
US Urged Europeans to Oppose EU's Loan Plan to Help Ukraine
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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
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Wall Street Journal:
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