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10:10 AM ET, January 6, 2026

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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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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 …
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 …
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.
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.
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.
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 …
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.
Politico:
5 years ago today
Discussion: HuffPost
New York Times:   For Many Jan. 6 Rioters, a Pardon From Trump Wasn't Enough
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
MAGA's Foundational Lie
Discussion: Roll Call
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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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.
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Greenland could be next  —  Emboldened by the Venezuelan operation, Trump is seeking a foreign balm for domestic pain  —  Though a teetotaller, Donald Trump has an “alcoholic's personality”, according to Susie Wiles, his chief of staff.  Addictive personalities tend to be compulsive risk-takers.
Alexander Smith / NBC News:
U.S. allies warn Trump over threats to seize Greenland
Axios:
Donroe Doctrine: The war for minerals, oil and AI
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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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 …
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Sabrina Siddiqui / Wall Street Journal:
CDC Pares List of Recommended Childhood Vaccines
Discussion: Forbes, UPI, RUMBLE, NOTUS and Bloomberg
Joe Walsh / CBS News:
DOJ says it has reviewed less than 1% of Epstein files so far  —  The Justice Department said late Monday it is still poring through millions of documents that may be related to Jeffrey Epstein, as the Trump administration grapples with a congressional mandate to release all of its files on the late sex offender.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:   DOJ says millions of Epstein files have yet to be released
Politico:
Dems use Venezuela to hammer affordability issues at home … The frame from Democrats shows how potent the party views affordability as an issue in the midterms, one that Trump and his team have grown increasingly preoccupied by after across-the-board losses in 2025.
Discussion: HotAir
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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
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
There Is a Sickness Eating Away at American Democracy
Discussion: Raw Story
Robert Reich:
The most shameful day in American history
Discussion: The Contrarian, Plain Dealer and Salon
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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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
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.
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
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 …
 
 
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Jared Mitovich / Wall Street Journal:
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Thor Benson / Rolling Stone:
Trump's Assault on the Environment Has Been Even Worse Than Experts Predicted
Kaelan Deese / Washington Examiner:
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Discussion: NewsMax.com and RedState
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
US abandons child exploitation and drug cases to prioritize ICE, Democrats allege
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Emails outline potential cuts affecting thousands of FEMA disaster responders
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