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NBC News:
Trump says the U.S. is not at war with Venezuela  —  In an exclusive interview with NBC News, Trump discussed the path forward in Venezuela, including when there will be elections, the opportunities for oil companies and Congress' role.  — Add NBC News to Google
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Wall Street Journal:
CIA Concluded Regime Loyalists Were Best Placed to Lead Venezuela After Maduro  —  Trump was briefed on intelligence report that found opposition would struggle to lead a temporary government  —  WASHINGTON—A recent classified U.S. intelligence assessment determined top members …
Discussion: UPI, emptywheel, New Yorker and Raw Story
NBC News:
Trump says the U.S. government may reimburse oil companies for rebuilding Venezuela's infrastructure  —  Big oil firms will either “get reimbursed by us or through revenue,” Trump told NBC News in an exclusive interview.  — Add NBC News to Google  —  President Donald Trump said he believes …
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump Blurts Out Dark Truth about Venezuela Plan—and about MAGA Voters  —  It's often said that one of Donald Trump's biggest innovations in American politics is to confess to his corruption right out in the open.  Over the years, Trump has frequently confirmed the truth of that diagnosis.
Anatoly Kurmanaev / New York Times:
Venezuela Braces for Economic Collapse From U.S. Blockade  —  Venezuela could lose the bulk of its oil export revenues this year if the U.S. blockade stays in place, according to internal government estimates, a scenario that would set off a humanitarian crisis.
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
Trump's Venezuela adventure is already a propaganda disaster
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Don't Call It Regime Change. This Is Something Else Entirely.
The Hill:
Venezuela briefing leaves lawmakers questioning what's ahead
NOTUS:
Senate Democrats Say Rubio Has Had a ‘Full MAGA-Lobotomy’
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Mail
Brian Tyler Cohen:   Oil First, America Last  —  We're barely a week into 2026 and Trump has already thrown …
Axios:
Inside Congress's deep split after marathon Venezuela briefing
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Stephen Miller Asserts U.S. Has Right to Take Greenland  —  In a CNN interview, the top Trump aide also echoed the president's intent to run Venezuela as he laid out a case for the United States' controlling weaker states by flexing its military might.  —  Stephen Miller, a top aide to President Trump …
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Aaron Pellish / Politico:
‘We set the terms and conditions’: Stephen Miller asserts US authority over Venezuela
Politico:
Latin America silent as Trump menaces Cuba, Colombia and Mexico
Axios:
Donroe Doctrine: The war for minerals, oil and AI
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Back in power 5 years later, Trump has all but erased the stain of Jan. 6 … Five years ago today, Donald Trump and a mob of his supporters urged Congress to do what voters and courts would not: Allow him to rule over a country whose people had rejected him.
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump May Have Accidentally Pardoned the Jan. 6 Pipe Bomber … As many in Washington were easing into the new year, there was a flurry of activity last week in the prosecution of Brian Cole Jr. — the man accused of planting pipe bombs outside the DNC and RNC headquarters the night before Jan. 6, 2021.
Politico:   5 years ago today
New York Times:
For Many Jan. 6 Rioters, a Pardon From Trump Wasn't Enough
Sabrina Siddiqui / Wall Street Journal:
CDC Pares List of Recommended Childhood Vaccines  —  The changes would bring the U.S. closer to Denmark's schedule and end universal recommendations for Covid-19 and flu shots, among others  —  The U.S. is dropping universal recommendations for certain childhood vaccines …
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Washington Post:
U.S. overhauls childhood vaccine schedule, recommends fewer shots  —  The U.S. no longer broadly recommends vaccines for flu, hepatitis A, rotavirus and meningococcal disease.  Health officials say the guidance aligns with that of peer countries.  —  The Trump administration is overhauling …
Wall Street Journal:
The Kelly-Hegseth Grudge Match Helps No One  —  The Pentagon says a Senator's words were ‘seditious.’ They weren't.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the Pentagon is looking to punish retired Navy captain and now Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly.  His offense: appearing …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
2 GOP senators caution Hegseth on punishing Kelly  —  Two high-profile Republican senators on Monday warned Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth against reducing Sen. Mark Kelly's (D-Ariz.) military rank or pension as punishment for filming a video with several other Democratic lawmakers urging service members …
Hadriana Lowenkron / Bloomberg:
Hilton Says Minnesota Hotel Apologized Over Cancelled DHS Rooms  —  Hilton Hotels said one of its Hampton Inn operators had apologized for an incident in which reservations for Department of Homeland Security agents traveling to Minnesota were cancelled.  —  The Hampton Inn in the Twin Cities exurb …
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Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
2,000 federal agents deploying to Minneapolis in immigration crackdown, fraud probe
Sibylla Brodzinsky / The Guardian:
Venezuela detains journalists and seizes communication devices after Maduro's removal  —  Thirteen of those detained were released according to the country's National Union of Press Workers  —  At least 14 journalists and media employees, including 13 members of international media organisations …
Discussion: Payday Report and Semafor
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service  —  The Corporation for Public Broadcasting was dissolved Monday by its board of directors, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations.  —  The board of CPB …
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Corporation for Public Broadcasting is officially shutting down months after GOP funding cuts
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Drops Claim That Venezuela's ‘Cartel de los Soles’ Is an Actual Group  —  Last year, before capturing President Nicolás Maduro, the Trump administration designated a Venezuelan slang term for drug corruption in the military as a terrorist organization and said he led it.
Discussion: Canary and Los Angeles Times
Matt Taibbi / The Free Press:
To Protect Free Speech, I'm Suing the Man Who Defamed Me  —  There's a difference between censorship, which prevents speech, and seeking restitution for a harmful lie already in print.  —  Upgrade to Listen  —  Tech writer Eoin Higgins and Hachette Book Group in February published Owned …
Discussion: Racket News
Ben Geman / Axios:
Rebuilding Venezuelan oilfields won't be easy or cheap, analysts say  —  Nobody knows exactly how much it will cost to rebuild Venezuela's broken-down oilfields, but everyone agrees it's a lot — and there's no guarantee that U.S. companies will be chomping at the bit.
Erica Orden / Politico:
Court watchers fear Emil Bove's ‘level of allegiance’ to Trump … “I think both acts create an appearance that he's running for higher office - i.e, the Supreme Court,” said Bruce Green, a professor of legal ethics at Fordham Law School.  “Now, that doesn't distinguish him from a lot …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Brianna Sacks / Washington Post:
Emails outline potential cuts affecting thousands of FEMA disaster responders
Discussion: NOTUS and NewsMax.com
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Mehdi Hasan / Zeteo:
The Venezuela Invasion Is Going to Backfire. Here's How
Christopher Hale / Letters from Leo:
Trump's Vatican Ambassador Misrepresents Pope Leo's Venezuela Remarks to Defend U.S. Military Action
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Trump administration cannot slash NIH research funding, court rules
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