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7:05 PM ET, January 1, 2026

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Wall Street Journal:
As Signs of Aging Emerge, Trump Responds With Defiance  —  In an interview, the president says he has eschewed some advice from his doctors and regrets getting advanced imaging  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump is taking more aspirin than his doctors recommend.
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Parker Molloy / The Present Age:
House Republicans Buried the Jack Smith Transcript on New Year's Eve.  I Read It So You Don't Have To.  —  12 takeaways from Smith's closed-door testimony  —  House Republicans released the 255-page transcript of Jack Smith's closed-door deposition on New Year's Eve.
Discussion: Mediaite and twitchy.com
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emptywheel:
Jim Jordan Buries His Own Cowardice in a Cowardly Document Dump
Discussion: Raw Story
Kanishka Singh / Reuters:
Jack Smith says Trump acknowledged to others that he lost 2020 election
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Capitol riot ‘does not happen’ without Trump, Jack Smith told Congress
Joe Anuta / Politico:
Mamdani takes office, promising sweeping change for New York City … Mamdani repeatedly pledged wholesale changes to city services, a lofty task given the municipal government's gigantic size — it employs more than 300,000 people — and the nest of union contracts and civil service rules that govern that vast workforce.
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Dana Rubinstein / New York Times:
Zohran Mamdani Is Sworn In as Mayor of New York City  —  Zohran Mamdani officially took office as mayor after the New Year's Eve ball drop, in a private ceremony held at a shuttered relic of the city's subway.  —  Zohran Mamdani, the left-leaning populist who deployed a mix of charm …
Safiyah Riddle / Associated Press:
Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as mayor on a Quran, a first in New York City history
New York Times:
Trump's Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches  —  Since his return to office, President Trump and his family have engaged in a moneymaking campaign like none in modern American history.  —  It is enriching the family, as well as important officials and business partners.
The White House:
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Adjusts Imports of Timber, Lumber, and Their Derivative Products into the United States  —  SUPPORTING AMERICA'S LUMBER INDUSTRY: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Proclamation invoking Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Act) …
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Tyler Pager / New York Times:
Trump Abandons Efforts to Deploy National Guard to 3 Major Cities  —  The troops had nearly no presence in two of the cities, Portland and Chicago.  But the decision signaled a retreat, at least for now, in one of the president's most audacious attempts to test his power.
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David Forbes / Trans News Network:
‘A Directive From Above’: Former NYT Editor Lays Out How The Paper Pushes Anti-Trans Bigotry  —  Follow the Trans News Network Bluesky starter pack here, and find our other socials here.  —  The New York Times headquarters, taken from Wikimedia Commons.  —  Subscribe to TNN  —  Support us!
Ernesto Londoño / New York Times:
Minnesota Families Are Rattled by Threat to Cut Federal Aid for Child Care  —  After the federal government threatened to withhold funds for Minnesota's child-care program, citing fraud concerns, parents and providers warned that the effects could be dire.  —  Minnesota day-care providers …
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Paul Waldman / MS NOW:
Why Minnesota child care fraud is MAGA's new obsession
New York Times:
Russia Asks United States to Stop Pursuit of Fleeing Oil Tanker  —  The tanker, which had been sailing to Venezuela to pick up oil, has claimed Russian protection, although the U.S. authorities say it is a stateless vessel.  —  The government of Russia has made a formal diplomatic request …
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Trump enacted dozens of Project 2025 goals.  Here's what's left  —  The Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 was a campaign trail boogeyman for President Trump, but much of it became reality during his first year back in office.  —  Why it matters: From reshaping the federal government …
Discussion: Raw Story
Tom Latchem / The Daily Beast:
ICE Barbie and ICE Baldy Dance Badly to ‘Ice Ice Baby’ in Cringe NYE Vid  —  VERY VANILLA  —  Noem and Miller swayed to Vanilla Ice at Trump's bash in an on-the-nose moment for the architects of the deportation drive.  —  Two key architects of Donald Trump's ICE immigration blitz were caught …
Dylan Wells / Washington Post:
She provides the raw material to Trump's influencer machine  —  Margo Martin, a lesser-known member of the president's staff, fuels social media with a blitz of Trump content.  —  Over the past two years, a little-known aide to President Donald Trump has become one of the GOP's …
Molly Crabapple / The Guardian:
They tried to smear him as an antisemite - but Mayor Zohran Mamdani walks in a rich Jewish tradition  —  When I look at Mamdani, I don't see some radical departure.  I see him an heir to the Yiddish socialism that helped build New York  —  Billionaires raised fortunes against him.
 
 
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New York Times:
Trump Has Renamed the Kennedy Center, but a Satirist Owns the URL
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