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9:50 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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Wall Street Journal:
Another Trump Tariff Retreat  —  This time it's a delay for a year on higher taxes on upholstered furniture and kitchen cabinets.  —  One of the striking contradictions of President Trump's tariffs is the way his chorus claims their rousing success even as he carves out hundreds of exceptions.
Discussion: Al Jazeera, Raw Story and Newsweek
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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Talya Minsberg / New York Times:
Ocasio-Cortez Urges New Yorkers to Celebrate Mamdani's Inauguration as Their Own  —  Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, speaking at Zohran Mamdani's inauguration, said that his election represented New Yorkers' choosing “prosperity for the many over spoils for the few.”
Julia Shapero / The Hill:
Ocasio-Cortez touts ‘new era for New York City’ at Mamdani inauguration
Discussion: Breitbart and Washington Examiner
Dana Rubinstein / New York Times:
Zohran Mamdani Is Sworn In as Mayor of New York City
Safiyah Riddle / Associated Press:
Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as mayor on a Quran, a first in New York City history
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
Deanna Garcia / Spectrum News NY1:
Mamdani signs executive orders aimed at addressing housing in NYC  —  On his first day as mayor, Zohran Mamdani signed executive orders that aim to address housing in the city Thursday afternoon in Brooklyn.  —  “These are sweeping measures, but it is just the beginning of comprehensive measure …
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Julie Roginsky / Salty Politics with Julie Roginsky:
MAGA Voters F-Ed Around.  In 2026, They're Finding Out.  —  Obamacare spikes are now in effect.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Happy New Year, although 2026 is shaping up to be less than happy for the 22 million Americans who have purchased health insurance through the Affordable Care Act.
Discussion: MS NOW
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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!
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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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.
Discussion: NPR, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Reuters
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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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
Tunku Varadarajan / Wall Street Journal:
Q&A: Curtis Sliwa  —  He lost the race become New York's mayor to Zohran Mamdani, but the Guardian Angels founder tips his red beret to the ‘Z Man.’  —  Curtis Sliwa was the Republican candidate in the 2025 New York mayoral election, his second consecutive losing run for mayor.
 
 
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New York Times:
Trump Has Renamed the Kennedy Center, but a Satirist Owns the URL
Discussion: The Guardian
David Smith / The Guardian:
‘Their first instinct was to loot’: how Trump's acolytes are plundering the Kennedy Center
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Post
Aiden Reiter / Politico:
Trump's dismantling of consumer bureau creates headache for small banks
Discussion: Bloomberg
Miles Johnson / Financial Times:
Iran offers to sell advanced weapons systems for crypto
Discussion: Breitbart
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Julianna Bragg / Axios:
The Supreme Court cases that could shape 2026
Discussion: Raw Story and Fox News
Emily Peck / Axios:
Charted: The sharp decline in federal employment
NPR:
Rideshare union rights, social media limits and other state laws taking effect Jan. 1
Rebecca Solnit / Meditations in an Emergency:
People (Still) Have (Some of) the Power: Looking Forward to 2026
Discussion: New Republic
Dylan Wells / Washington Post:
She provides the raw material to Trump's influencer machine
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Katie Campione / Deadline:
Nielsen: the most-watched Christmas NFL game was Netflix's Lions-Vikings, with 27.5M live plus same-day US viewers; Prime Video's Chiefs vs. Broncos drew 21.06M

Katherine Rosman / New York Times:
Without disclosure, New York Magazine digitally removed a senior adviser to NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani from a December 17 cover photo after she resigned

Jordan Moreau / Variety:
Zootopia 2 becomes Disney Animation's highest grossing movie ever, with $1.46B at the global box office, beating Frozen 2, which made $1.45B in 2019
 
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