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Time:
Read the Full Transcript of Donald Trump's 2024 Person of the Year Interview With TIME  —  President-elect Donald Trump, TIME's 2024 Person of the Year, sat down for a wide-ranging interview at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla., on Nov. 25.  —  Over the course of the interview …
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Garrett Ross / Politico:
Playbook PM: Trump's ‘fury’ road to redemption
Discussion: NPR
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
The Postal Service's electric mail trucks are way behind schedule
Discussion: Bloomberg and Washington Examiner
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump rings bell at NYSE to cheers of ‘USA’ as Wall Street CEOs, business leaders look on
The White House:
FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Clemency for Nearly 1,500 Americans  —  Today's announcement will commute the sentences of close to 1,500 individuals who were placed on home confinement and will pardon 39 individuals convicted of non-violent crimes  —  Today, President Biden announced …
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Colleen Long / Associated Press:
Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency  —  President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and is pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes.
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Chris Wray's Pre-Surrender
Discussion: The Federalist and Washington Post
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
FBI missed ‘basic step’ when gathering intel in the lead-up to Jan. 6, DOJ watchdog finds  —  Investigators found no evidence of undercover FBI employees at the Capitol, but the presence of FBI informants could further fuel right-wing “fedsurrection” conspiracy theories.
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Fox News:
DOJ IG reveals 26 FBI informants were present on Jan. 6  —  The FBI only directed 3 confidential human sources to attend the events of Jan. 6, 2021, Horowitz says  —  Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz said there were more than two dozen confidential human sources in the crowd on Jan. 6 …
New York Times:
Trump's Middle East Adviser Pick Is a Small-Time Truck Salesman  —  The lore around Massad Boulos, Tiffany Trump's father-in-law, is that he is a billionaire dealmaker.  Records show otherwise.  —  The lore around Massad Boulos, Tiffany Trump's father-in-law, is that he is a billionaire dealmaker.
Matt Margolis / PJ Media:
Christopher Wray Is Preparing to Sabotage Trump and Patel  —  On Wednesday, Christopher Wray announced that he is resigning as director of the FBI.  —  “After weeks of careful thought, I've decided the right thing for the bureau is for me to serve until the end of the current administration …
Irie Sentner / Politico:
Murkowski: 'I'm not attached to' Republican label  —  Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Thursday she felt “more comfortable” with no party label than with “an identity as a Republican,” an escalation of the Alaska senator's occasional bucking of her party as the chamber readies itself for a slew …
Discussion: Raw Story
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New York Times:
Democrats Ask That Trump Cabinet Picks Produce Communications With Epshteyn
Discussion: CBS News
Daniel Klaidman / CBS News:   Senate Democrats want communications between Boris Epshteyn and potential Trump appointees disclosed
Dana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal:
Jeff Bezos' Amazon Plans to Donate $1 Million to Trump's Inauguration  —  The tycoon, long a Trump foe, is among tech leaders seeking improved ties with the president-elect  —  Amazon.com is planning a $1 million donation to president-elect Donald Trump's inaugural fund …
Reuters:
No Iranian drone ‘mothership’ off the United States, Pentagon says  —  The Pentagon on Wednesday flatly dismissed claims by a U.S. lawmaker that Iran might be launching drones over New Jersey from a “mothership” off the East Coast.  —  “There is no truth to that,” said Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh.
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Bruce Shipkowski / Associated Press:
US senator says mysterious drones spotted in New Jersey should be ‘shot down, if necessary’
CNN:
Pete Hegseth, Trump's Defense pick, says allowing gay troops to serve openly reflects a Marxist agenda  —  Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of defense, has repeatedly criticized policies allowing gay people to serve openly in the US military, calling them part of a …
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
FBI informant accused of lying about Joe and Hunter Biden pleads guilty  —  An FBI informant accused of lying about the Biden family has cut a plea deal with special counsel David Weiss, the prosecutor who led the criminal probe into Hunter Biden.  —  Alexander Smirnov is set to plead guilty …
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:   Ex-F.B.I. Informant Agrees to Plead Guilty to Lying About Bidens
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
House Republicans launch investigation into CVS Caremark for potential antitrust violations  —  House Republicans want to know whether pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) CVS Caremark violated federal antitrust laws by threatening independent pharmacies to keep them from using money-saving tools outside the PBM's network.
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Republicans clash over ‘SALT’ deduction as they seek to extend Trump's tax law  —  Early battle lines are forming over a contentious issue that has split Republicans in high-tax states from their other colleagues as they plan a big tax bill next year.  —  WASHINGTON — A group …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Gina Heeb / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Advisers Seek to Shrink or Eliminate Bank Regulators  —  Advisers asked potential nominees whether Trump could abolish the FDIC  —  The Trump transition team has started to explore pathways to dramatically shrink, consolidate or even eliminate the top bank watchdogs in Washington.
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Los Angeles Times Owner Wades Deeper Into Opinion Section  —  Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong's public comments and actions, including recently blocking an editorial weighing in on President-elect Trump's cabinet picks, have concerned many staff members.  —  After President-elect Donald J. Trump announced …
New York Times:
Musk's Foundation Gave Away Less Money Than Required in 2023  —  Private foundations must donate 5 percent of their assets every year.  Elon Musk's enormous charity missed that standard for three consecutive years.  —  For the third year in a row, Elon Musk's charitable foundation did not give away enough of its money.
Discussion: New Republic
James Lalino / The Daily Wire:
EXCLUSIVE: Biden Races To Sell Off Border Wall Parts Before Trump Takes Office  —  ‘The goal is to move all of it off the border before Christmas,’ Arizona border patrol agent tells The Daily Wire  —  The Biden administration is using its final weeks to haul a massive amount …
Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:
Democrats Lost the Propaganda War  —  The party used up about $5 billion on political ads in 2024.  There's a better way.  —  A Fox News ad is displayed outside the Fiserv Forum on the eve of the Republican National Convention, July 14, 2024, in Milwaukee.
Discussion: Mostly signs
Politico:
Was mocking Musk a mistake?  Democrats think about warmer relationship with the billionaire  —  Democrats had soured on the richest man on the planet.  But a few are starting to wonder if that was a mistake.  —  Ro Khanna is trading texts with Elon Musk.  Josh Shapiro took a call from him.
Discussion: HotAir
New York Times:
Blue States are Unaffordable.  The Price Will be Political.  —  Every year, millions of Americans bounce around the country like electrons, moving from one state to another.  But there are patterns in this chaos, and one of the clearest in recent decades is that Americans are moving from blue states to red states.
Ayelet Sheffey / Business Insider:
Hundreds of student-loan borrowers who applied for debt cancellation are being denied relief by a major lender, over 20 Democratic lawmakers say  — Sen. Elizabeth Warren led over 20 colleagues in requesting the CFPB and FTC investigate student-loan company Navient.
Andrew Solender / Axios:
AOC faces Pelosi-led slugfest for Oversight role … - The fight comes as several septuagenarian committee ranking members are facing desperate battles against - or yielding to - younger challengers.  — “Many members are concerned about [the] precedent these races are setting,” one senior House Democrat told Axios.
Clarissa Ward / CNN:
‘My God there is light’: CNN witnesses moment Syrian prisoner is freed from Assad's forced detention  —  While searching a secretive prison in the belly of the Assad regime's legacy of torture for American journalist Austin Tice, CNN's Clarissa Ward made a startling discovery …
Discussion: New York Post, The Sun and Mediaite
Li Zhou / Vox:
Why The Onion's Infowars bid has been blocked — for now  —  The satirical newspaper's plans to remake Alex Jones's conspiracy theories outlet have hit a roadblock. … In November, satirical newspaper The Onion won a bankruptcy auction to purchase Infowars, a website dedicated to hawking anti-government conspiracy theories.
Discussion: Mother Jones
Washington Post:
RFK Jr.'s daughter-in-law meets with Trump's chosen CIA director about possible job  —  The president-elect has voiced support for Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, a former CIA operative, getting a senior role at the agency or in another national security post.  —  Amaryllis Fox Kennedy …
Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Military academies see drop in sexual assault and harassment, but rates remain high  —  There was a “significant” drop in reported sexual harassment and assaults at the U.S. military service academies over the past two years after a spike in 2022, but rates remain high, according to new Pentagon data released Thursday.
 
 
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Dem Senators Demand: No Anti-LGBTQ or Abortion Measures in Funding Bill
Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech / The Hill:
Ohio Senate passes measure forcing hospitals to administer ivermectin, other patient-requested treatments
Discussion: Plain Dealer
Rolling Stone:
'It'll Be Brutal': Inside Trump's Planned War on Leakers and the Press
Discussion: Alternet.org
Leah Willingham / Associated Press:
Newly elected West Virginia lawmaker arrested and accused of making terroristic threats
Discussion: New York Times
 Earlier Items: 
Victoria Prodeline / Monmouth University …:
Republicans Would Not Be That Bothered if Trump Goes After Political Enemies
Ian Campbell / The Hill Times:
Rise of Bluesky may create progressive ‘echo chamber,’ say observers as more MPs join
Melissa Koenig / Daily Mail:
Trump's border czar Tom Homan reveals which Democrat city is first on his list for mass deportations
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Trump Backtracks On Campaign Pledge To Bring Down Grocery Prices
Discussion: Mediaite and Democrats
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Trump's Kari Lake ‘pick’ sparks fears at Voice of America
Tyler Austin Harper / The Atlantic:
Is This How Democrats Win Back the Working Class?
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen and Fox: Super Bowl 2025 averaged a record 126M viewers, up 2% YoY, across Fox, Fox Deportes, Telemundo, Tubi, and NFL platforms; Tubi had 13.6M alone

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
PBS closes its DEI office to comply with President Trump's EO and says affected staff are leaving, as it faces an FCC investigation and threats to its funding

Max Tani / Semafor:
Mark Halperin's media startup 2WAY, which hosts panel videos and does live events built around political pundits like Sean Spicer, raised a $4M seed in December

 
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