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7:35 PM ET, January 23, 2025

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NBC News:
Pete Hegseth's nomination to lead the Pentagon clears a key hurdle in the Senate  —  Senators voted 51-49 to advance Hegseth's defense secretary bid, which has been mired in a series of controversies.  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday voted to advance Pete Hegseth's nomination …
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Tara Copp / Associated Press:
Hegseth told senator he paid $50,000 to woman who accused him of 2017 sex assault  —  Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's nominee for defense secretary, paid $50,000 to the woman who accused him of sexual assault in 2017, according to answers he provided to a senator during his confirmation process …
NBC News:
Senate confirms John Ratcliffe to be Trump's CIA director  —  Ratcliffe becomes the second Trump nominee to be approved by the Republican-led Senate.  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Thursday to confirm John Ratcliffe as the next CIA director under President Donald Trump …
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
What It Means That Republicans Aren't Acting on the Pete Hegseth Allegations
Discussion: Raw Story and Slate
Associated Press:
Senate advances Pete Hegseth as Trump's defense secretary, despite allegations
Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Hegseth clears procedural vote for defense secretary despite losing Collins and Murkowski
Associated Press:
A federal judge temporarily blocks Trump's executive order redefining birthright citizenship  —  A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's executive order denying U.S. citizenship to the children of parents living in the country illegally, calling it …
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New York Times:
Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump's Plan to End Birthright Citizenship  —  A federal judge in Seattle has issued a temporary order halting the president's plan.  —  A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Trump's executive order to end automatic citizenship to babies born on American soil …
Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Judge blocks Trump's ‘blatantly unconstitutional’ executive order that aims to end birthright citizenship
Reuters:
US judge blocks Trump's order curtailing birthright citizenship
The White House:
Declassification of Records Concerning the Assassinations  —  OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY, SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY, AND THE REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.  —  EXECUTIVE ORDER  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
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CBS News:
Trump signs executive order to release more JFK, RFK, MLK assassination files
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Revokes Security Detail for Pompeo and Others Despite Threats From Iran  —  The officials had been part of an aggressive posture against Iran during President Trump's first term.  —  President Trump revoked security protection for his former secretary of state, Mike Pompeo …
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
‘The Holocaust is not a joke’: Elon Musk finally goes too far for Anti-Defamation League  —  The Anti-Defamation League took criticism earlier this week when it declined to condemn X owner Elon Musk for making a salute at a Trump rally that many overt racists approvingly interpreted as a Nazi salute.
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Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Musk mocks Nazi salute accusations with puns
Sara Boboltz / HuffPost:   Elon Musk Doubles Down On Salute Controversy With A Bunch Of Nazi Jokes
Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
After Trump orders Denali renamed, a McKinley descendant promotes a compromise  —  Trump wants North America's tallest peak renamed in honor of President William McKinley, drawing heat from many in Alaska.  —  When President Donald Trump signed an executive order on his first day back in office …
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Associated Press:
The AP establishes style guidance on the Gulf of Mexico and Mount McKinley
Discussion: Mercury News
Brian Schwartz / Wall Street Journal:
DOGE's Top Lawyer to Depart  —  Bill McGinley, the group's counsel, is planning to return to the private sector  —  The top lawyer at Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is announcing his departure just days after President Trump's return to the White House.
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Alexandra Koch / Fox Business:
Shelling out: Egg prices rise nearly 37 percent
Discussion: The Bulwark and KCUR
Politico:20 minutes ago
Trump staff ‘furious’ after Musk trashes AI project  —  “It's clear he has abused the proximity to the president,” said one ally of the president.  —  Some of President Donald Trump's key aides and allies are furious with Elon Musk for publicly trashing his $500 billion artificial intelligence mega-deal.
City of Newark:15 minutes ago
MAYOR RAS J. BARAKA'S STATEMENT ON ICE RAID ON NEWARK BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT  —  “Today, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents raided a local establishment in the City of Newark, detaining undocumented residents as well as citizens, without producing a warrant.
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Cancels Entry-Level Job Offers in Honors Program  —  The program, which has functioned quietly for decades, is the latest target of Trump administration appointees who are eager to exert more control over who gets government jobs.  —  The Justice Department has abruptly rescinded job offers …
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Washington Post:
Justice Dept. revokes job offers to young lawyers in elite honors program
Discussion: The Independent
Washington Post:
Trump moves to close Pentagon office focused on curbing civilian deaths  —  Officials are drafting a proposal to defund and potentially ‘disestablish’ the Civilian Protection Center of Excellence, though Congress would have to approve doing so.  —  The Trump administration is moving to abolish …
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Trump's FCC chair gets to work on punishing TV news stations accused of bias … Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr has revived three complaints against broadcast stations accused of bias against President Donald Trump.  —  Outgoing Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel …
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Reuters:   FCC reinstates complaints against ABC, CBS and NBC for 2024 election coverage
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Mississippi lawmaker introduces ‘Contraception Begins at Erection Act’  —  The bill, which is unlikely to pass, would make it unlawful for “a person to discharge genetic material without the intent to fertilize an embryo.”  —  Mississippi state Sen. Bradford Blackmon, a Democrat …
Joseph Gedeon / The Guardian:
Rubio instructs staff to freeze passport applications with ‘X’ sex markers  —  Secretary of state tells staff ‘sex is not changeable’ in email following Trump executive order on gender  —  The US state department has frozen all applications for passports with “X” sex markers and changes …
Claire Heddles / NOTUS:20 minutes ago
Trump's White House Press Secretary Reveals Her Failed Campaign Spent $200K in Illicit Contributions  —  On Thursday, Karoline Leavitt's failed congressional campaign amended every FEC filing it had ever made to reveal that she failed to disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars …
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
CNN Plots Major Overhaul as It Enters a New Trump Era  —  Mark Thompson has promised to reinvent CNN since he arrived in 2023.  Now, he is remaking the network's TV lineup and its work force.  —  Give people news when and where they want it.  —  That, says Mark Thompson, CNN's chief executive …
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Costco's board rejects anti-DEI motion, defends ‘respect and inclusion’  —  Costco's board of directors rejected anti-diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts, noting the company will defend “respect and inclusion” as efforts are underway nationwide to strike the practices.
New York Times:
What Republicans Could Cut to Pay for Trump's Tax Cuts: Medicaid and More  —  President Trump wants a massive tax cut and immigration crackdown bill.  Now Republicans must decide what to cut to help pay for it.  —  Top Republicans are passing around an extensive menu of ideas to cover …
Nick Bednar / Default:NEW!
President Trump and The Civil Service: Day 1  —  This week's actions to reshape personnel policy enable the Trump administration to more easily politicize the ranks of the federal workforce and diminish its size.  —  Meet The Authors … On Jan. 20, 2025, Donald Trump was sworn in as president of the United States.
 
 
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Emily Jacobs / Jewish Insider:
McConnell speaks out against Trump administration's isolationist Pentagon hires
The Daily Wire:
President Trump To Pardon Imprisoned Pro-Life Activists Within Days
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Vulnerable House Republicans warn leaders against cutting Obamacare
Niall Ferguson / The Free Press:
Always Bet Against the Davos Man
 Earlier Items: 
Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
A Trump movie that Trump hates is going to get a lot more attention, courtesy of the Oscars
Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Jeffries draws red line on debt-for-aid deal: ‘Nonstarter’
Discussion: Axios and PoliticusUSA
New York Times:
F.B.I. Pick Pushed False and Misleading Claims About Trump Investigations
Discussion: Raw Story
Paul Krugman / Krugman wonks out:
Trump, Energy and MAGA Brain
 

 
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Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Substack launches Creator Accelerator Fund to lure US creators who already have $2K+ per month in recurring revenue away from other subscription-based platforms

Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Former Barstool Sports CEO Erika Ayers Badan joins Vice Media's board of directors; Vice Media launched a sports division in December 2024

Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Netflix gets 16 Oscar nominations, including 13 for Emilia Pérez, which is the most nominated film of the year; A24 came in second with 14 nominations

 
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