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7:20 AM ET, January 17, 2025

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NBC News:
Biden administration has no plans to fine companies if TikTok ban goes into effect  —  A ban on the popular app is set to start on Sunday, although the Supreme Court could rule at any time on whether to uphold it.  —  WASHINGTON — The Biden administration does not plan to levy billions …
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Sophia Cai / Politico:
TikTok to sponsor Trump inauguration party
Associated Press:
Biden won't enforce TikTok ban, official says, leaving fate of app to Trump
The Hill:
Pelosi not attending Trump inauguration
New York Times:
Eric Adams Heads to Mar-a-Lago to Meet With Trump  —  The New York mayor, who is under federal indictment, has spoken warmly about President-elect Donald J. Trump in recent weeks and has said he is open to receiving a pardon from him.  —  Mayor Eric Adams of New York City was on his way to Florida …
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New York Times:
Giuliani Keeps His Home in Settlement of Defamation Case  —  The former mayor of New York City was at risk of forfeiting his sole remaining home, a Palm Beach apartment, to election workers he defamed after the 2020 vote.  —  Rudolph W. Giuliani has reached a settlement with two Georgia election workers …
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Associated Press:
Giuliani settles legal fight with former Georgia election workers, agrees to stop defaming them
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Biden says he spent too much time on policy, not enough on politics  —  President Biden said that he spent too much time on policy and not enough time on politics while reflecting on his presidency in his final interview just days away from leaving office.  —  Biden sat down with MSNBC host …
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NBC News:
‘One of the great tragedies of American politics’: Biden ends 5 decades in public life
Discussion: Chronicles
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Mike Johnson faces bipartisan shock, fury for ousting Intel chair … - Turner's replacement is Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.), who is closer to MAGA world on issues like Ukraine, Axios' Hans Nichols reported. … - “This is not a President Trump decision. … - “It's a new Congress.
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Politico:
Rep. Rick Crawford expected to serve as House Intelligence chair
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.
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Associated Press:
Donald Trump vows to help ‘troubled’ Hollywood with Mel Gibson, Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone
Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
Jonathan Taplin on our new Trumpian oligarchy  —  “It's just people who are craven cowards bowing down and kissing the ring.”  —  ∙ Paid  —  🧑‍💻 Subscribe to Public Notice 🧑‍💻  —  As you've probably noticed by now, it's discount season on big tech billionaires.
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.
Maya Prabhu / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Far-right state senator arrested for trying to enter the Georgia House  —  State Sen. Colton Moore last year was banned from House chambers by the speaker.  —  A northwest Georgia senator was arrested Thursday after he refused to abide by a ban on entering the House chamber made by the speaker last year …
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Dan Raby / WAGA-TV:
State senator arrested at Georgia Capitol while trying to enter House chamber
Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Trump Picks a Jet-Setting Pal of Elon Musk to Go Get Greenland  —  Negotiations over an 836,000-square-mile island may fall to a close friend of Elon Musk with experience in deal-making.  Just not that kind of deal-making.  —  Ken Howery is a quiet, unassuming tech investor who prioritizes discretion.
Discussion: Townhall
Fox News:
FBI closed DEI office in December, agency says  —  EXCLUSIVE: The FBI has closed its DEI office, Fox News can confirm.  —  “In recent weeks, the FBI took steps to close the Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI), effective by December 2024,” the agency told Fox News Digital on Thursday.
Thomas P.M. Barnett / Politico:
An Expert in Grand Strategy Thinks Trump Is on to Something  —  Do you want a future in which Canada defects to the EU, Russia rules the Arctic and China runs Latin America?  That's the default outcome of non-action.  —  Our inbound president Donald Trump generates torrents of diplomatic angst …
Axios:
Scoop: Trump team sweats McConnell's vote on Tulsi Gabbard … - Gabbard's team isn't banking on McConnell's vote, sources tell Axios.  — McConnell is studiously avoiding public or private indications that he'll support Trump's nominees, three people familiar with the matter tell Axios.
New York Times:
'I'm Urging You Not to Run': How Schumer Pushed Biden to Drop Out  —  The New York senator, who swallowed concerns for months and then dragged his feet on sharing them with President Biden, ultimately told him he risked going down as one of the “darkest figures.”
Discussion: Power Line and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
Stephen Miller, Channeling Trump, Has Built More Power Than Ever … In less than a decade, Stephen Miller has risen from an anti-immigrant agitator on Capitol Hill to one of the most powerful unelected people in America.Doug Mills/The New York Times  —  When Stephen Miller met with Mark Zuckerberg …
Rebecca Shaw / The Guardian:
I knew one day I'd have to watch powerful men burn the world down - I just didn't expect them to be such losers  —  Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg's desperation to be cool as they suck up to Donald Trump is so cringe it makes my skin crawl  —  I don't know if anyone else has noticed …
Discussion: Raw Story
Marc Levy / Associated Press:
Fetterman was elected to challenge convention.  Now, he's challenging his fellow Democrats  —  When Democrat John Fetterman got elected to Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate seat, many backers hoped he'd challenge convention and the status quo.  He did and has — just not in the way many had expected.
Discussion: USA Today, The Daily Beast and Townhall
South China Morning Post:
Trump's official portrait released - and it looks like his mugshot  —  Unlike his smiling photo from his first term, Trump is seen glaring at the camera like he does in the image taken at Fulton County Jail  —  The official US presidential and vice-presidential portraits of Donald Trump …
Bryan Metzger / Business Insider:
Trump's attorney general pick owned at least $3.9 million in Truth Social stock and made $1 million as a lobbyist last year  — Pam Bondi owned $3.9 million in Truth Social stock as of mid-December, per financial documents.  — She also earned more than $1 million last year from lobbying.
 
 
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David A. Fahrenthold / New York Times:
Two Watchdogs Were Rebuffed From Joining Trump's Cost-Cutting Effort
Discussion: Daily Mail
Taylor Giorno / The Hill:
Trump Treasury secretary nominee won't support raising minimum wage
Michael Copley / NPR:
Trump's pick for EPA administrator is Lee Zeldin. Here's what to know.
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Judge who wanted to ban mifepristone refuses to dismiss case
Discussion: The Hill
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Biden Tightens Cybersecurity Rules, Forcing Trump to Make a Choice
Discussion: The Japan Times
Jason Cohen / The Daily Caller:
Ex-CNN Analyst Tears Into Jill Biden For Being ‘Driving Force’ Behind Her Husband's Decision To Run Again
Lanre Bakare / The Guardian:
Moon added to list of threatened cultural sites for first time
Discussion: Focus Taiwan and SPACE.com
 Earlier Items: 
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump floats adding Los Angeles aid to reconciliation bill
Naomi LaChance / Rolling Stone:
Trump's Billionaire Treasury Pick Stresses Importance of Tax Cuts for Billionaires
Graham Kates / CBS News:
Judgment in Trump's New York fraud case stands at $502 million ahead of inauguration
Discussion: Raw Story
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
The House Democrat who wants Trump to go big on tariffs
Discussion: Kennebec Journal …
Ginger Conejero Saab / NBC Bay Area:
Famed cartoonist with Bay Area ties arrested on child porn charges
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
The Washington Post's New Mission: Reach ‘All of America’
 

 
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Michael Savage / The Guardian:
Sources: senior BBC executives are considering charging US consumers for access to its journalism to boost revenues amid falling UK license fee incomes

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: WaPo officials told staffers a cyberattack compromised the email accounts of several journalists and was potentially the work of a foreign government

Neal Rubin / Detroit Free Press:
Gannett says the Detroit Free Press' joint operating agreement with The Detroit News, signed in 1989, will be dissolved at the start of 2026
 
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