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3:30 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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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
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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ABC News:
Trump's inauguration moving indoors due to weather: Sources
Kristen Welker / NBC News:
Trump's inauguration ceremony likely moving indoors due to frigid weather forecast
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.”
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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: E&E News, Raw Story and Althouse
New York Times:   How Biden's Inner Circle Protected a Faltering President
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Biden says he spent too much time on policy, not enough on politics
Discussion: MSNBC, The Federalist and Raw Story
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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NBC News:
Some U.S. leaders and lawmakers backpedal on eve of TikTok ban
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Live Updates: Supreme Court Backs Law Requiring TikTok to Be Sold or Banned
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Trump says he spoke to Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday
Dylan Wells / Washington Post:
Vivek Ramaswamy plans to announce Ohio gubernatorial run  —  The co-leader of Trump's Department of Government Efficiency initiative plans to announce a run for Ohio governor, two people familiar with his plans said.  —  Biotech entrepreneur and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy plans …
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Andrew Tobias / Signal Cleveland:
Gov. Mike DeWine picks Jon Husted to fill JD Vance's U.S. Senate seat
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.
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Emily Crane / New York Post:
CNN wants to exile Jim Acosta's show to the ‘Siberia of television news’ to stop him annoying Trump  —  CNN is apparently plotting to exile star anchor Jim Acosta — a longtime antagonist of President-elect Donald Trump — to the “Siberia of television news” in a bid to “throw a bone” …
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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Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Biden sets record by commuting sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted on nonviolent drug charges
New York Times:
Biden to Commute Sentences of Nearly 2,500 Drug Offenders
Discussion: Townhall
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.
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
CMS:
HHS Announces 15 Additional Drugs Selected for Medicare Drug Price Negotiations in Continued Effort to Lower Prescription Drug Costs for Seniors  —  Medicare has selected 15 more drugs to negotiate directly with participating drug companies.  Building on the success of the first round of negotiations …
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Amanda Seitz / Associated Press:
Ozempic, Wegovy and other drugs are among 15 selected for Medicare's price negotiations
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Florida jury says CNN defamed Navy veteran in story about endangered Afghans  —  A Florida jury on Friday found that CNN defamed a U.S. Navy veteran in a 2021 story about people paid to rescue endangered Afghans following the Taliban takeover of that country.  —  It was an unusual ruling against a media outlet in a defamation case.
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 …
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.
Politico:
Senate greenlights GOP's first immigration bill, clearing the way for passage  —  Senators advanced Republicans' first swing at cracking down on illegal immigration on Friday, clearing the way for passage as soon as next week.  Ten Democratic senators joined all Republicans in voting …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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Al Weaver / The Hill:
Senate advances Laken Riley Act, teeing up final vote
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Leaving His Post  —  The Washington Post building.  (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)  —  Philip Rucker, The Washington Post's high-profile national editor, has indicated to people that he is exiting the newspaper, according to people familiar with the matter.
 
 
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Supreme Court Will Hear Clash Over LGBTQ-Themed Schoolbooks
Discussion: USA Today and NBC News
Lottie Joiner / The Guardian:
Washington DC residents flee ahead of Trump inauguration: 'I can't be here'
Discussion: TMZ.com
Andrew Perez / Rolling Stone:
Will Biden Pardon This Human Rights Lawyer Who Beat Big Oil in Court?
Washington Post:
Cannon holds hearing on Trump documents report as Democrats urge its release
Discussion: Raw Story
Federal Trade Commission:
FTC Sues PepsiCo for Rigging Soft Drink Competition
Discussion: NPR and Reuters
John Hendrickson / The Atlantic:
The End of the DEI Era
Discussion: New York Times and New York Post
 Earlier Items: 
Howard Husock / The Hill:
Fixing the missing ‘N’ in ‘NPR’: Public media must serve the American public at large
Discussion: The Independent
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
IRS commissioner to resign as Trump eyes replacement
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
National Debt Closes in on Post-World War II Mark, CBO Says
ProPublica:
Lawmakers in at Least Seven States Seek Expanded Abortion Access
Discussion: Truthout
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Doris Kearns Goodwin: ‘The robber barons probably thought they were God too’
Savannah Kuchar / USA Today:
Donald Trump taps Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson and Jon Voight to be Hollywood ‘ambassadors’
 

 
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