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Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Trump and top Iranian officials exchange threats over protests roiling Iran — U.S. President Donald Trump and top Iranian officials exchanged dueling threats Friday as widening protests swept across parts of the Islamic Republic, further escalating tensions between the countries after America bombed Iranian nuclear sites in June.
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Trump says U.S. will intervene if Iran kills peaceful protesters as economic unrest spreads — “We are locked and loaded and ready to go,” the president said in a post on Truth Social early Friday, after economic protests in the Islamic Republic took a sharply violent turn. — Add NBC News to Google
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Ramsey Al-Rikabi / Bloomberg:
Trump, Iran Trade Threats as Protesters Seek Economic Relief
Trump, Iran Trade Threats as Protesters Seek Economic Relief
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April Roach / CNBC:
Trump says U.S. will intervene if Iran ‘violently kills’ protestors
Trump says U.S. will intervene if Iran ‘violently kills’ protestors
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Nicholas Wu / Politico:
‘Mighty mad’: Democrats prepare to harness public anger over expired Obamacare subsidies … “The public now gets that the subsidies are what's keeping health care costs down,” said Rep. Ami Bera (D-Calif.). “I think the public's angry. So I think they will blame the party in charge.”
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1/2/26 ☀️ AM: … Today is the last day of Congress' winter break.
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Alex Ellerbeck / New York Times:
A.C.A. Subsidies Have Expired. How Are You Affording Health Care?
A.C.A. Subsidies Have Expired. How Are You Affording Health Care?
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Pamela Herd / Can We Still Govern?:
Understanding Mamdani's Vision — Whatever your views on Zohran Mamdani, it is worth paying attention to his inauguration speech. He is the first executive of a major American government in the long time to lay out a vision that is unapologetically and explicitly left-wing.
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New York Times:
The Full Transcript of Zohran Mamdani's Inauguration Speech — New York's new mayor challenged his supporters and his opponents to make the city better, and to hold him to account. — The following is a transcript of Mayor Zohran Mamdani's remarks at his inauguration, as recorded by The New York Times.
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Joe Anuta / Politico:
The Mamdani era begins
The Mamdani era begins
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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
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Tom Phillips / The Guardian:
Maduro urges Trump to abandon ‘illegal warmongering’ and start ‘serious talks’ — Venezuelan president warns of a ‘forever war’ similar to Iraq after US counterpart claims first land strike on dock — The Venezuelan leader, Nicolás Maduro, has urged Donald Trump to abandon his …
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Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Maduro says US ‘invented’ accusations of Venezuelan drug trafficking amid Trump pressure campaign … Trump has piled on the pressure against Maduro in recent weeks, imposing a blockade on Venezuela in December and classifying Maduro and other high-ranking members of the country's government …
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Max Rego / The Hill:
Ex-Cheney physician says Trump aspirin regimen ‘makes no sense’ — Dr. Jonathan Reiner, cardiologist to the late former Vice President Dick Cheney, dismissed President Trump's aspirin regimen Thursday. — The president told the Wall Street Journal that he takes a larger dose of the pain reliever …
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New York Times:
Mamdani's First Orders Focus on Housing and Undoing Adams's Decisions — Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed a flurry of executive orders on his first day as mayor of New York City. They were aimed at protecting tenants and revoking some of ex-Mayor Eric Adams's past orders.
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Jasmine Baehr / Fox News:
Hours after taking office, NYC Mayor Mamdani targets landlords, moves to intervene in private bankruptcy case
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Deanna Garcia / Spectrum News NY1:
Mamdani signs executive orders aimed at addressing housing in NYC
Mamdani signs executive orders aimed at addressing housing in NYC
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Matthew Purdy / New York Times:
After Watergate, the Presidency Was Tamed. Trump Is Unleashing It. — In the 1970s, Congress passed a raft of laws to hold the White House accountable. President Trump has decided they don't apply to him. — A power-hungry president had twisted the government into a tool for his personal political benefit.
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Jack Ewing / New York Times:
Tesla Car Sales Dropped 9% in 2025, Falling Behind China's BYD — As the largest maker of electric vehicles in the United States, Tesla suffered more than other carmakers from the elimination of federal incentives. — Tesla's car sales declined 16 percent in the last three months of 2025 …
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Lauren Fedor / Financial Times:
US retreats from Donald Trump's Italian pasta tariffs — Rome says proposed levies of up to 92% set to be reduced after US commerce department review — The US government has softened its stance on proposed tariffs that would have roughly doubled the cost of Italian pasta brands …
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Mark Hertling / The Bulwark:
What ‘Regime Change’ in Venezuela Would Really Mean — It's not clear the administration has settled on a goal, much less considered the consequences. — AS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION INCREASES military pressure on the Maduro regime in Venezuela, a debate has emerged about whether …
Stephen Fowler / NPR:
With few Epstein files released, conspiracy theories flourish and questions remain — During the 2024 election, President Trump promised to release the Epstein files as part of a campaign message arguing the government was run by powerful people hiding the truth from Americans.
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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump's wealth grew in 2025, but his investors took lumps — Retail investors had the chance in 2025 to put their money directly on Donald Trump, in a way unlike any American presidency in history. — A couple of those bets didn't work out so well.
Steve Benen / MS NOW:
Trump gives away the game on his motivations for the first vetoes of his second term — After his first term in the White House, Donald Trump had issued fewer vetoes than any American president since Warren Harding, who served only two years in the White House in the early 1920s.
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Reuters:
US says it thwarted potential ISIS-inspired New Year's Eve attack in North Carolina — The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday it thwarted an alleged plan by a North Carolina man to carry out an ISIS-inspired attack using knives and hammers on New Year's Eve.


