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12:30 PM ET, January 17, 2025

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The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on the Equal Rights Amendment  —  I have supported the Equal Rights Amendment for more than 50 years, and I have long been clear that no one should be discriminated against based on their sex.  We, as a nation, must affirm and protect women's full equality once and for all.
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Chris Megerian / Associated Press:
Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered ratified  —  President Joe Biden announced Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered a ratified addition to the U.S. Constitution, making a symbolic statement that's unlikely to alter a decades-long push for gender equality.
Danielle Kurtzleben / NPR:
Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment is law.  What happens next is unclear  —  President Biden on Friday declared that he considers the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution is “the law of the land,” a surprising declaration that does not have any formal force of effect …
Wall Street Journal:
Biden Says Equal Rights Amendment Is the ‘Law of the Land’
Discussion: MeidasTouch News and Twin Cities
CBS News:
Supreme Court upholds law that would ban TikTok in the U.S.  —  Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a new law that would lead to a ban of the social media platform TikTok, clearing the way for the widely popular app to shutter in the U.S. as soon as Sunday.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Live Updates: Supreme Court Backs Law Requiring TikTok to Be Sold or Banned  —  The decision came a week after the justices heard a First Amendment challenge to a law aimed at the wildly popular short-form video platform used by 170 million Americans that the government fears could be influenced by China.
The White House:
Statement from White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Regarding TikTok
Discussion: NBC News and Axios
CNN:
Supreme Court says TikTok can be banned in the US, leaving its future in limbo
NBC News:
Supreme Court gives green light to law that could ban TikTok
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Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:
How Biden Destroyed His Legacy  —  During his four years in office, Joe Biden notched significant legislative victories with the narrowest of majorities in the Senate.  He presided over a virtuoso rollout of the COVID vaccines, the rapidity of which saved hundreds of thousands of lives …
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Examiner
NBC News:
‘One of the great tragedies of American politics’: Biden ends 5 decades in public life
Discussion: Axios, IJR, Breitbart and Mediaite
CNN:
Trump's inauguration expected to be moved indoors  —  President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration is expected to be moved indoors Monday due to dangerously cold temperatures projected in the nation's capital, multiple sources with direct knowledge of the plans told CNN.
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Politico:
China will dispatch an envoy to Trump's inauguration
Washington Post:
Inauguration to be moved indoors because of the predicted brutal cold
Discussion: NBC News, The Hill, CNBC and WTOP News
Alana Wise / NPR:
Freezing temperatures are expected during Trump's second inauguration
Mara Siegler / Page Six:
Trump team ‘having a good laugh’ over Michelle Obama's ‘deliberate’ decision to skip inauguration: 'Didn't expect her to come anyway'
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Additional Clemency Actions  —  Today, I am commuting the sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of non-violent drug offenses who are serving disproportionately long sentences compared to the sentences they would receive today under current law, policy, and practice.
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New York Times:   Biden to Commute Sentences of Nearly 2,500 Drug Offenders
Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Biden sets record by commuting sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted on nonviolent drug charges
Charlotte Klein / New York Magazine:
Pamela Paul Is Out at the Times Opinion Section  —  The New York Times Opinion section is negotiating the exit of columnist Pamela Paul, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.  Her impending departure is part of a handful of job cuts being made at the section.
ProPublica:
This Storm-Battered Town Voted for Trump.  He Has Vowed to Overturn the Law That Could Fix Its Homes.  —  Cynthia Robertson could be forgiven for feeling that the banner was aimed at her.  Its white-on-black lettering — “FUCK BIDEN AND FUCK YOU FOR VOTING FOR HIM” — hung from the wooden house right across the street from her own.
Amanda Seitz / Associated Press:
Ozempic, Wegovy and other drugs are among 15 selected for Medicare's price negotiations  —  Popular weight loss and diabetes drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have been added to Medicare's list of medications that will be negotiated directly between the government and drug manufacturers, the Biden administration said Friday.
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
Acosta at a Midnight Crossroads  —  CNN chief Mark Thompson wants Jim Acosta to take up the network's graveyard shift, delivering the anchor the proposal days before Donald Trump takes office. … Thompson, I'm told, delivered the veteran journalist a sudden and strange proposal: Move your show to midnight and anchor it until 2am ET.
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
How Democrats Drove Silicon Valley Into Trump's Arms  —  Marc Andreessen explains the newest faction of conservatism. … Ross Douthat: I'm someone who follows politics primarily and Silicon Valley secondarily.  And the alliance between the tech industry and the Democratic Party has always seemed …
Discussion: Raw Story
Caroline Kitchener / Washington Post:
Antiabortion advocates look for men to report their partners' abortions  —  Boyfriends and husbands can have uniquely personal and specific information necessary to help surface new lawsuits in states with abortion bans.  —  As anti abortion advocates launch legal efforts to stop abortion pills …
Discussion: Raw Story
Savannah Kuchar / USA Today:
Donald Trump taps Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson and Jon Voight to be Hollywood ‘ambassadors’  —  Lights, camera, action.  —  President-elect Donald Trump tapped a group of well-known actors to become “special ambassadors” − not to represent the U.S. overseas but rather at home.
Politico:
Marco solo: Trump could end Day 1 with a one-man Cabinet  —  Only Rubio appears to be on track for a Jan. 20 confirmation.  —  President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees are so far sailing through their Senate confirmation hearings.  But only one appears likely to sail on to a swift vote on Trump's first day in office.
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Axios:
Scoop: Trump team sweats McConnell's vote on Tulsi Gabbard
Discussion: Raw Story and Townhall
 
 
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Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
National Debt Closes in on Post-World War II Mark, CBO Says
Politico:
Senate greenlights GOP's first immigration bill, clearing the way for passage
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Politico:
Johnson gives House Intel a MAGA makeover
The Hill:
Watch live: Noem faces Senate confirmation hearing to lead DHS
Brian Bennett / Time:
White House's Pandemic Office, Busy With Bird Flu, May Shrink Under Trump
Discussion: MPR News
ProPublica:
Lawmakers in at Least Seven States Seek Expanded Abortion Access
Discussion: Truthout
 Earlier Items: 
Joann Muller / Axios:
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Discussion: Electrek
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Doris Kearns Goodwin: ‘The robber barons probably thought they were God too’
Washington Post:
Trump selections for top jobs advance, despite initial controversy
Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
Jonathan Taplin on our new Trumpian oligarchy
Marc Levy / Associated Press:
Fetterman was elected to challenge convention. Now, he's challenging his fellow Democrats
David A. Fahrenthold / New York Times:
Two Watchdogs Were Rebuffed From Joining Trump's Cost-Cutting Effort
Discussion: Daily Mail
South China Morning Post:
Trump's official portrait released - and it looks like his mugshot
New York Times:
Eric Adams Heads to Mar-a-Lago to Meet With Trump