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11:35 AM 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 …
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.
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
MAGA's Foundational Lie
Discussion: Roll Call
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
January 6th and the Never-Ending Coup
Discussion: America, America and amuse on 𝕏
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 …
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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
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.
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 …
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump Blurts Out Dark Truth about Venezuela Plan—and about MAGA Voters
Discussion: The Guardian
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.
Alexander Smith / NBC News:
U.S. allies warn Trump over threats to seize Greenland  —  European powers were meeting in Paris on Tuesday to finalize security guarantees for Ukraine, but President Donald Trump's threats to seize the Danish territory clouded the talks.  — Add NBC News to Google
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:   January 5, 2026 (Monday)  —  Five years ago, on January 6, 2021, more than 2,000 rioters stormed …
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.
NBC News:
GOP Rep. Doug LaMalfa dies at 65
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 …
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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Kyle Cheney / Politico:   DOJ says millions of Epstein files have yet to be released
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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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Indiana congressman Jim Baird and wife hospitalized after car crash
Discussion: New York Post
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.
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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Erika Edwards / NBC News:
Flu surges in 45 states as doctor visits reach highest level in nearly 30 years
Discussion: Associated Press
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
NOTUS:
Senate Democrats Say Rubio Has Had a ‘Full MAGA-Lobotomy’  —  Senate Democrats unanimously backed Secretary of State Marco Rubio for confirmation last year.  But in the wake of military action in Venezuela, they might be having buyer's remorse.  —  Sen. Chris Van Hollen said Rubio has “had a full MAGA-lobotomy.”
Discussion: Raw Story
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Politico:
Dems use Venezuela to hammer affordability issues at home
Discussion: HotAir
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 …
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
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.
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
There Is a Sickness Eating Away at American Democracy  —  Most Americans like to believe that this is a nation of laws, where justice is blind to power and status.  But that is a bit of self-flattery.  The truth is that as a country we have often found one reason or another to let the powerful escape the consequences of their actions.
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Connor Hart / Wall Street Journal:
Lockheed Martin to More Than Triple PAC-3 Missile Production Under Pentagon Deal
Discussion: Breaking Defense and NewsMax.com
Ben Blanchet / HuffPost:
‘Biggest Mistake’: MAGA Loses It After Hilton Allegedly Cancels ICE Agents' Reservations
Katherine Pompilio / Lawfare:
‘Me Considero Prisionero de Guerra’: Maduro Arraigned in Federal Court
Discussion: BBC and The Hill
Thor Benson / Rolling Stone:
Trump's Assault on the Environment Has Been Even Worse Than Experts Predicted
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
US abandons child exploitation and drug cases to prioritize ICE, Democrats allege
 Earlier Items: 
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
Trump's Venezuela adventure is already a propaganda disaster
Erica Orden / Politico:
Court watchers fear Emil Bove's ‘level of allegiance’ to Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
U.S. overhauls childhood vaccine schedule, recommends fewer shots
 

 
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