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12:40 PM ET, January 6, 2026

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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.
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Jamie Raskin / New York Times:
Jan. 6 Never Ended  —  Tuesday is a heavy day for the police officers who fought to put down the bloody insurrection at the Capitol five years ago.  It is also a solemn day for the F.B.I. agents and federal prosecutors who worked the largest criminal investigation in American history to bring …
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
MAGA's Foundational Lie
Discussion: Roll Call
Harry Dunn / Meidas+:   History Bends Toward Distortion When Accountability is Denied
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.
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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 …
The Guardian:
Trump suggests US taxpayers could reimburse oil firms for Venezuela investment  —  President says a ‘tremendous amount of money’ will need to be spent repairing country's infrastructure  —  Donald Trump has suggested US taxpayers could reimburse energy companies for repairing Venezuelan infrastructure for extracting and shipping oil.
Discussion: The Hill and Business Insider
NBC News:
Trump says the U.S. is not at war with Venezuela
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:   Trump's Venezuela adventure is already a propaganda disaster
Anatoly Kurmanaev / New York Times:
Venezuela Braces for Economic Collapse From U.S. Blockade
Discussion: CBS News and Bloomberg
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
GOP lawmaker Doug LaMalfa dies at 65 … Rep. Doug LaMalfa, a California Republican known for his expertise on water and forestry issues, has died at 65, according to statements from GOP officials.  —  LaMalfa, a fourth-generation rice farmer and former state legislator, was serving his seventh term.
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Emily Brooks / The Hill:
California Republican Doug LaMalfa dies  —  Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa, who represented a Northern California district, has died at 65 years old.  —  Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.), chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee, confirmed LaMalfa's death in a statement.
Sam Meredith / CNBC:
‘Greenland belongs to its people’: European leaders unite over Trump's threats to annex territory … European leaders on Tuesday issued a joint statement to push back against U.S. President Donald Trump's renewed interest in Greenland, saying security in the Arctic must be achieved collectively.
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Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Stephen Miller Asserts U.S. Has Right to Take Greenland
Rebecca Solnit / Meditations in an Emergency:   Notes on Unbearable Stupidity, January 6, 2026 Edition
Alexander Smith / NBC News:
U.S. allies warn Trump over threats to seize Greenland
David Rothkopf / Need to Know:
Trump Chooses the Path of Hitler, Stalin and Genghis Khan
Discussion: Rolling Stone, CNN and The Hill
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
January 5, 2026 (Monday)  —  Five years ago, on January 6, 2021, more than 2,000 rioters stormed …
Discussion: Politico
Minho Kim / New York Times:
Health Dept. to Freeze $10 Billion in Funding to 5 Democratic States  —  The funding pause could jeopardize child care and other programs that serve hundreds of thousands of households in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York.  —  The Trump administration plans to freeze $10 billion …
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Fox News:
Republican congressman hospitalized after car accident, sources say  —  The Indiana Republican is responsive and in stable condition, sources say  —  Rep. Jim Baird, R-Ind., has been hospitalized after a car accident, Fox News has learned.  —  Baird is responsive and in stable condition, Fox News sources said.
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Sam Hill / SFGATE:
DOI cracks down on stickers covering Trump's face on national park passes  —  Your American the Beautiful pass could be voided.  —  Covering up Donald Trump's face on an America the Beautiful pass may come with an extra cost at national park entrance gates this year.
Bryce Elder / Financial Times:
Who's who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter  —  Armstrong is a former Morgan Stanley banker and trusted lieutenant of Elon Musk who advised on the takeover of Twitter.  He was appointed late last year to head up the finance function for both X Corp and xAI.
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
US justice department has released less than 1% of Epstein files, filing reveals  —  Federal law required majority of documents to be released by 19 December, but only 125,575 pages have been published  —  The Department of Justice has released less than 1% of the so-called Epstein files …
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Hilton: On Second Thought, Please Don't Bud-Light Us!  —  Hilton got played, at best.  Everpeak Hospitality lied.  The Department of Homeland Security told the truth.  And now Hilton wants to avoid the social and commercial consequences of going woke in the most ridiculous way possible.
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Ben Blanchet / HuffPost:
‘Biggest Mistake’: MAGA Loses It After Hilton Allegedly Cancels ICE Agents' Reservations
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
Popular Information:
Five years later, these 10 corporations still aren't funding election deniers  —  Five years ago today, on January 6, 2021, a violent mob stormed the Capitol building.  Following the attack, over a hundred major companies released statements condemning the insurrection and promising …
Discussion: Roll Call
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
Mead Gruver / Associated Press:
Abortion stays legal in Wyoming as its top court strikes down laws, including first US pill ban  —  Abortion will remain legal in Wyoming after the state Supreme Court struck down laws including the country's first explicit ban on abortion pills, ruling Tuesday that they violate the state constitution.
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Here is the Agreement Giving ICE Medicaid Patients' Data  —  A data sharing agreement between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which was designed for ICE to receive the personal data of nearly 80 million Medicaid patients …
Brenda Goodman / CNN:
Flu reaches highest level in the US in 25 years  —  Flu continues to bring misery across the US, with all but four states showing high or very high levels of activity as a new virus strain called subclade K continues to spread.  —  By another measure - visits to the doctor for fever plus …
 
 
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Supreme Court Sets Friday for Opinions Amid Tariffs Watch
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Alex Arsenych / CP24:
‘Stop sending butt plugs to Bahrain’: Toronto sex store receives letters from U.S. Department of War
Connor Hart / Wall Street Journal:
Lockheed Martin to More Than Triple PAC-3 Missile Production Under Pentagon Deal
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
US abandons child exploitation and drug cases to prioritize ICE, Democrats allege
 Earlier Items: 
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
There Is a Sickness Eating Away at American Democracy
Discussion: Raw Story
Erica Orden / Politico:
Court watchers fear Emil Bove's ‘level of allegiance’ to Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
Ben Geman / Axios:
Rebuilding Venezuelan oilfields won't be easy or cheap, analysts say
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Washington Post:
U.S. overhauls childhood vaccine schedule, recommends fewer shots
 

 
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Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
Researcher: Grok generated ~6,700 sexually suggestive or “nudifying” images per hour on X between January 5 and January 6; 85% of Grok images are sexualized

xAI:
xAI raised a $20B Series E, exceeding its $15B targeted round size, with participation from Valor, Nvidia, and others, and says Grok 5 is currently in training

Financial Times:
Polymarket is disputing that the US mission to capture Nicolás Maduro constituted an “invasion”, refusing to pay out bets on a contract with $10.5M in wagers
 
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