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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court rejects Trump's bid to deploy National Guard in Illinois  —  The Trump administration says troops are needed to protect immigration agents in the Chicago area, a move that local officials strongly object to.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rebuffed …
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court keeps Trump's National Guard deployment blocked in the Chicago area, for now
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Supreme Court Upholds Block to Trump's Chicago Military Takeover
Discussion: doj.state.or.us
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court just handed Trump a rare — and very significant — loss
Discussion: Robert Reich
April Rubin / Axios:
Epstein letter to Larry Nassar is fake, Justice Department says  —  The Justice Department on Tuesday said a letter in the trove of Epstein files addressed from Jeffrey Epstein to convicted sex offender Larry Nassar is fake and that the handwriting “does not appear to match” Epstein's.
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Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
The president, the plane and the prince: Top takeaways from the 3rd Epstein files release
Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers  —  The Trump administration, citing “foreign censorship,” imposed travel bans on experts involved in monitoring major tech platforms.  —  The Trump administration is barring five prominent Europeans from the United States …
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Marco Rubio / United States Department of State:
Announcement of Actions to Combat the Global Censorship-Industrial Complex  —  The State Department is taking decisive action against five individuals who have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose.
Discussion: The Verge and The National Pulse
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Congress set records in 2025, some more dubious than others  —  Republican lawmakers reflect on a year that continued legislative atrophy while ceding more power to the White House.  —  Just now  —  The Republican-led Congress managed to land quite a few achievements in 2025 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Politico:
The internal dispute that could derail the GOP's 2026 agenda … Some rank-and-file conservatives in the House and Senate are privately discussing a potential centerpiece for a second reconciliation bill: using tariff revenues to send taxpayers cash to address rising health care costs …
Discussion: Fox News
The Atlantic:
House Republicans Aren't Having Any Fun
Discussion: Raw Story
Annabella Rosciglione / The Daily Beast:
Megyn Kelly Escalates Feud with Bari Weiss: ‘More Truth Coming’  —  STAY TUNED  —  The MAGA civil war continues as Megyn Kelly claims she has more coming against CBS News boss Bari Weiss.  —  Conservative radio host Megyn Kelly claimed there is “more truth coming” as she continues to rally …
Benjamin Guggenheim / Politico:
3 policy heavyweights endangered by redistricting … And then there's Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), a vocal progressive and the second-most senior Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee, who is choosing to retire rather than compete against his younger colleague, rising progressive star Greg Casar.
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Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Where the national redistricting fight is heading in 2026  —  At least two major states are expected to try to enact new congressional maps — and a looming Supreme Court decision could open the door for more to enter the fray.  —  The 2026 midterm elections are fast approaching …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Newsweek:
ICE Detains Woman Whose Lawyer Insists Is US Citizen.  DHS Says She Isn't  —  A family in Maryland is trying to find a woman arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), whose attorneys say is an American citizen but the government insists is Mexican.
Julianne McShane / MS NOW:
Department of Veterans Affairs quietly implements abortion ban  —  A VA spokesperson confirmed to MS NOW that the ban was in place following a Department of Justice memo issued last week.  —  The Department of Veterans Affairs has implemented an abortion ban after the Department of Justice issued …
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Department of Veterans Affairs quietly bans abortion services, counseling
Discussion: UPI, The National Pulse and Fox News
Julianna Bragg / Axios:
U.S. murders on pace for largest one-year drop on record  —  The U.S. is on pace for the largest one-year drop in murders the nation has ever recorded, according to an analysis by crime stats expert Jeff Asher.  —  The big picture: The decline in killings is part of a broader decrease in violent crime following the COVID-era spike.
Discussion: Jeff-alytics
George Chidi / The Guardian:
Some Epstein file redactions are being undone with hacks  —  Un-redacted text from released documents began circulating on social media on Monday evening  —  People examining documents released by the Department of Justice in the Jeffrey Epstein case discovered that some of the file redaction …
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump-appointed judge: DHS must restore disaster grants to Democratic states  —  A federal judge blocked Trump administration efforts to reallocate Department of Homeland Security counterterrorism and security grants away from states that won't cooperate on the president's immigration enforcement policies.
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Kimberlee Kruesi / Associated Press:
Federal judge says Trump administration must restore disaster money to Democratic states
Wall Street Journal:
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon  —  Lobbyists close to Trump say their going rate to advocate for a pardon is $1 million  —  President Trump had just awarded a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom for Charlie Kirk in October when his son ushered friends toward the Oval Office.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
New York Times:
U.S. Is Adding to Its Military Buildup in the Caribbean  —  Over the past week, C-17 heavy-lift cargo planes, which usually transport troops and equipment, flew to Puerto Rico at least 16 times, according to flight tracking data reviewed by The New York Times.
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Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. eyes additional Coast Guard assets to seize fleeing tanker, sources say  —  The U.S. Coast Guard is waiting for additional forces to arrive before potentially attempting to board and seize a Venezuela-linked oil tanker it has been pursuing since Sunday, a U.S. official and a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Miami Herald:
Body cam footage shows feds threatening U.S. citizen detained in Key Largo  —  The woman who was dragged out of her car by federal immigration agents in Key Largo while screaming she was a U.S. citizen said the feds had already stopped her twice within a few weeks, including when they had detained …
Hannah Natanson / Washington Post:
I am The Post's ‘federal government whisperer.’ It's been brutal.  —  One reporter's effort to show how Trump was transforming government brought her 1,169 new sources — and nearly broke her.  —  Hannah Natanson, The Post's government transformation reporter, can be reached on Signal at (202) 580-5477.
Sam Sutton / Politico:
It's boom times for Trump's economy.  Especially if you're rich. … But the robust numbers mask the extent to which the wealthy are driving growth.  And while business leaders from Manhattan to South Florida are bullish on the outlook — “It's the Roaring '20s here in Palm Beach County,” …
Zeteo:
Trumpland Grades His Epstein Cover-Up an ‘F-Minus’  —  ‘They keep making it look like we have something to hide,’ a White House official complains to Zeteo.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Trumpworld is wildly unimpressed with the administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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New York Times:
19 States Sue to Block White House Plan to End Gender-Related Care for Minors
Samuel Chamberlain / New York Post:
Hunter Biden says he's up to $15M in debt, claims ‘I have no idea’ how to pay that off
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
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Reuters:
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Max Rego / The Hill:
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 Earlier Items: 
Steve Benen / MS NOW:
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Scoop... New CBS masthead
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Scoop: Bari Weiss plans overhaul of CBS News and “60 Minutes” standards and procedures
Bryony Gooch / The Independent:
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