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8:05 AM ET, December 24, 2021

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Washington Post:
Thompson says Jan. 6 committee focused on Trump's hours of silence during attack, weighing criminal referrals  —  The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is focusing intently on Donald Trump's actions that day as it begins to discuss whether to recommend …
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Trump asks Supreme Court to withhold records from House Jan. 6 committee
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The Philadelphia Inquirer:
A 19-year-old has been charged in the carjacking of U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, police say.  Four other teens were also arrested  —  A 19-year-old from Wilmington, Del., was charged in federal court Thursday with participating in Wednesday's gunpoint carjacking of U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon …
Discussion: Delaware State Police and UPI
Katherine Eban / Vanity Fair:
The Biden Administration Rejected an October Proposal for “Free Rapid Tests for the Holidays”  —  With omicron cases spreading like wildfire, the White House is finally taking steps to make free antigen tests available to all.  But this fall, Vanity Fair has learned, it dismissed a bold plan …
Discussion: RedState, The White House and Slate
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Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
Inside the administration's failure to avert a covid testing shortfall  —  On his first full day in office, President Biden signed an executive order to boost the availability of coronavirus testing.  Five days later, standing in the White House with his health advisory team by his side …
Discussion: New York Post
Ryan Lizza / Politico:   POLITICO Playbook: Biden's testing mess
Alex Griffing / Mediaite:
MAGA Cartoonist Ben Garrison Turns on Trump After Pro-Vaccine Comments  —  Controversial cartoonist Ben Garrison's latest offering takes aim at former President Donald Trump - who once invited him to the White House for a social media summit.  —  Garrison's cartoon shows a distraught Trump riding …
Discussion: Washington Post
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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
MAGA Diehards Melt Down Over Trump's Pro-Vax Push  —  Anger and confusion reign as Trump endorses vaccines many followers believe are poison  —  In the crisscrossed, Q-addled conspiracy world where Donald Trump is held up as America's great savior, and covid-19 vaccines are denounced as part …
William Grimes / New York Times:
Joan Didion, ‘New Journalist’ Who Explored Culture and Chaos, Dies at 87  —  She established a distinctive voice in American fiction before turning to political reporting and screenplay writing.  But it was California, her native state, that provided her with her richest material.
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Harrison Smith / Washington Post:   Joan Didion, who chronicled American decadence and hypocrisy, dies at 87
Parul Sehgal / New York Times:   Joan Didion Chronicled American Disorder With Her Own Unmistakable Style
Pilar Melendez / The Daily Beast:
Ex-Minnesota Cop Kim Potter Convicted for Killing Daunte Wright  —  Since the 20-year-old Black man's death, Potter has insisted shooting him was a mistake.  Now she faces up to 35 years in prison.  —  Kim Potter, the white former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police officer …
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Tyler Olson / Fox News:
State legislators, voters sue Maryland over allegedly gerrymandered congressional map helping Democrats  —  Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan previously called on DOJ to sue state over redistricting plan  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for December 23  —  A group of Republican Maryland legislators …
Los Angeles Times:
14-year-old girl in dressing room of Burlington fatally shot by LAPD  —  In an incident the police chief called “devastating and tragic,” an LAPD officer fatally shot a teenage girl at a Burlington clothing store during a chaotic confrontation that also left a suspect dead and another person injured.
Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
A year ago, Fox News considered a breakup with Trump.  2021 changed those plans.  —  Going into 2022, the network's alignment with Trump has it grappling with a pair of potentially catastrophic lawsuits.  But its ratings are on top again.  —  In the weeks before the 2020 election …
Discussion: Mediaite
Davis Winkie / Army Times:
Wave of suicides hits Texas National Guard's border mission  —  Four soldiers have taken their own lives in two months  —  Pfc. Joshua R. Cortez was preparing to accept a “lifetime job” with one of the nation's biggest health insurance companies in late October.  But the Texas National Guard had other ideas.
Washington Post:
‘Burn it all down’  —  How Myanmar's military razed villages to crush a growing resistance  —  For decades, Thantlang had known peace.  The town's mostly Christian residents cherished their home among mountains in northwest Myanmar, where they hosted an annual soccer tournament.
New York Times:
Putin Demands Quick Answers on Russian Security Concerns  —  At a traditional year-end news conference, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said a potential meeting with the U.S. was a positive sign, but he also demanded a quick response to his security concerns.
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Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:
Paranoid Putin claims US is trying to partition Russia
Valerie Bonk / WTOP News:
DC had largest percentage drop in population in nation … More people are leaving D.C. than in any other area of the country.  —  The District had the largest percentage drop in population in the nation in the last year, according to new U.S. Census Bureau data.
Discussion: Breitbart
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
Interim Guidance for Managing Healthcare Personnel with SARS-CoV-2 Infection or Exposure to SARS-CoV-2 … View Larger  —  Background  —  This interim guidance is intended to assist with the following:  — Determining the duration of restriction from the workplace for HCP with SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Discussion: New York Times
Alexandra Marquez / CNBC:
New York will require masks and social distancing at scaled-back Times Square New Year's celebration  — Attendees at the Times Square New Year's Eve celebration will have to wear masks, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday.  — Social-distancing rules will limit the crowd …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
This Christmas, Republicans are giving themselves congressional seats for life  —  Republican lawmakers this holiday season are unwrapping a rare and valuable gift: congressional seats for life.  —  Thanks to a breathtaking abuse of redistricting in GOP-controlled states …
Discussion: CBS News
Michelle Hackman / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Will Waive In-Person Interviews for H-1B, Other Work Visas  —  The State Department is seeking to ease the issuance of several types of visas that have been backlogged during the Covid-19 pandemic  —  WASHINGTON—The State Department is temporarily dropping an in-person interview requirement …
 
 
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Maria Godoy / NPR:
With omicron, you need a mask that means business
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Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
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