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9:45 PM ET, January 24, 2025

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ABC7:
US Secret Service approached South Side school, not ICE agents, officials say  —  Chicago Public Schools officials initially claimed they denied ICE entry to Hamline Elementary Friday morning  —  US Secret Service approached Hamline Elementary School in Back of the Yards …
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Patrick Reis / Vox:
The Logoff: The truth about “mass deportations”
Discussion: KOKH and HuffPost
Dalia Faheid / CNN:
Law enforcement agents tried to enter a Chicago elementary school but were not allowed, Chicago Public Schools officials say
Discussion: The Independent
Financial Times:
Donald Trump in fiery call with Denmark's prime minister over Greenland  —  US president insisted he wants to take over Arctic island  —  Donald Trump insisted he was serious in his determination to take over Greenland in a fiery telephone call with Denmark's prime minister, according to senior European officials.
NBC News:
Mexico refuses to accept a U.S. deportation flight  —  The Mexican government has criticized President Donald Trump's unilateral immigration actions, and the landing would have required Mexico's assistance.  —  WASHINGTON — Mexico denied a U.S. military plane access to land Thursday …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Dems Worry Sen. Whitehouse Considering Vote for RFK Jr  —  Wanted to share some information on the RFK Jr. nomination before the Senate.  —  It probably won't surprise you that RFK Jr., along with Tulsi Gabbard, are among the few Trump nominees who might actually not get confirmed.
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Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
Experts saw Samoa's plunging vaccination rates as a crisis.  RFK Jr. saw an opportunity.  —  New details show how Robert F. Kennedy Jr., then chair of an anti-vaccine group and now Trump's pick for health secretary, sought to exploit a deadly vaccine accident.
Politico:
State Department issues immediate, widespread pause on foreign aid  —  The “stop-work orders” appear to apply to US aid for all countries except Israel and Egypt.  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday issued new guidance halting spending on most existing foreign aid grants for 90 days.
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Trump Pauses Disbursements to Program Supplying H.I.V. Treatment Worldwide  —  Pepfar, which is estimated to have delivered lifesaving treatment as many as 25 million people in 54 countries, faces a funding delay of as long as 180 days.  —  The Trump administration has halted disbursement …
Camilla Schick / CBS News:
Rubio orders freeze of new funding for nearly all U.S. foreign aid programs
Discussion: NBC News and New Republic
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Trump has pulled Fauci's security detail, source says  —  President Donald Trump has terminated Dr. Anthony Fauci's security detail that was being provided and paid for by the National Institutes of Health, a source familiar with the situation tells CNN.  It was pulled on Thursday night.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Trump returns — and so does his astounding ignorance  —  If you feel off-kilter, you're in good company.  The president seems downright bewildered.  —  “I think we're going to do things that people would be shocked at,” President Donald Trump declared on his second day in office.
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump recommends ending FEMA ahead of California fire site visit
Wall Street Journal:
Wall Street Banks Prepare to Sell Billions of Dollars of X Loans  —  Banks are hoping to sell the X debt at around 90 to 95 cents on the dollar  —  Banks are getting ready to sell billions of dollars in debt borrowed by Elon Musk's X, bringing Wall Street a step closer to exiting …
Politico:
Trump signs anti-abortion policies after speaking to March for Life  —  Those impacted include overseas health organizations that distribute contraception and help combat HIV.  —  President Donald Trump's campaign-trail promise to leave abortion regulation to the states lasted just a few days into his presidency.
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New York Times:
Sensing Political Support, Abortion Opponents Raise Ambitions
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Johnson touts ‘new era’ of abortion opposition under Trump
Discussion: Slate
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court to hear church-state fight over Oklahoma bid to launch first publicly funded religious school  —  An attempt to authorize the Catholic school was challenged as a violation of the First Amendment, which limits government involvement in religion.
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Phil Williams / WTVF-TV:
Facing FBI investigation that Trump could halt, Andy Ogles proposes allowing third term for president  —  The Tennessee congressman, who was effusive in his praise of President Trump, faces an FBI investigation over allegations of fraud in reporting a $320,000 personal loan to his campaign.
Discussion: CNBC
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
New GOP bill would let Trump (but not Obama) run for a third term
Associated Press:
Senate is preparing to confirm Hegseth as defense secretary in late evening vote  —  The Senate is muscling Pete Hegseth's nomination as defense secretary toward confirmation late Friday, prioritizing his vow to create a “warrior culture” at the Pentagon over allegations of heavy drinking and aggressive behavior toward women.
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Elon Musk doesn't deserve the benefit of the doubt  —  Since Donald Trump's rise to power, some liberals have developed a bad habit of seeing secret Nazi imagery everywhere on the right.  —  Be it Laura Ingraham allegedly sieg-heiling at the 2016 Republican National Convention …
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Rolling Stone:
Team Trump Says Mark Zuckerberg Has ‘More Ass-Kissing’ to Do  —  Trump's aides and allies aren't ready to buy the Facebook chief's right-wing conversion.  “He can't just snap his fingers and make the past not happen” … The Meta CEO and Facebook co-founder reportedly promised the administration …
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
The immigrant crackdown has begun.  Its first target might surprise you.  —  Trump is not just going after foreigners who break the law.  —  Donald Trump promised to crack down on illegal immigration, a vow many Americans support.  But so far, his administration has been much more fixated …
Discussion: Baltimore Sun, RTÉ and CBS News
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Trump's Plan to Crush the Academic Left  —  Last year, Chris Rufo, the influential right-wing strategist who spearheaded the campaign against diversity, equity and inclusion, or D.E.I., initiatives, told me about his ambitions for a second Trump presidency.  He hoped, he said …
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Jessica Blake / Inside Higher Ed:   Rutgers Center Cancels Conference in Response to Trump DEI Orders
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump enlists attorney general to investigate Biden administration  —  President has thrown weight of justice department behind two politically charged reviews into his personal grievances  —  Donald Trump has tasked the attorney general in two executive orders to conduct far-reaching investigations …
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Trump Leaves Democrats Dazed and on the Defensive  —  Locked out of power in Washington, the party is struggling to agree on a unified message of opposition.  Some of its lawmakers are even telling Republicans they want to work together.  —  As President Trump pushes aggressively to reshape …
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Walter Olson / The UnPopulist:
Trump's Obscene Jan. 6 Pardons Will Live in Infamy  —  As Inauguration Day neared, Donald Trump and his associates put out a reassuring message: while the new president would pardon many Jan. 6 rioters, as he had promised supporters, he would do so in a responsible and prudent way.
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
RFK Jr. skipped meeting where officials planned fight against a future pandemic  —  The session between Trump and Biden administration officials is required of transitions and included other Trump Cabinet nominees.  —  As Biden officials packed up the White House last week …
NBC News:
Trump administration tests the power to email every federal employee at once  —  The new feature, announced by the Office of Personnel Management, aligns with the goals of DOGE.  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's administration is testing a new capability that would allow officials …
Discussion: BBC
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Charles Kaiser / Columbia Journalism Review:
Paul Krugman on Leaving the New York Times  —  The paper wanted to take away his newsletter or make him write less frequently, he says.  —  For two and a half decades, Paul Krugman's columns in the New York Times were beacons of intelligence and common sense.
more at Mediagazer »
Phoebe Petrovic / ProPublica:
Madison and Nashville School Shooters Appear to Have Crossed Paths in Online Extremist Communities  —  A month after a student opened fire at Abundant Life Christian School, another killed a classmate at Antioch High School.  Both were active in an internet subculture that glorifies mass shooters …
Shondiin Silversmith / Arizona Mirror:
Reports of Navajo people being detained in immigration sweeps sparks concern from tribal leaders  —  Navajo Nation Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley called for swift action from Navajo tribal leaders to address the concern over ICE raids that have impacted Navajo people living in urban areas.
Discussion: Fox News, Turtle Talk and Baltimore Sun
Punchbowl News:
Inside the room: Where House Republicans are looking to slash … We got our hands on the presentations that House committee chairs made during a closed-door Republican conference meeting this week.  —  They lay out a road map of where the GOP's hunt for spending cuts is heading right now.
 
 
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Melissa Goldin / Associated Press:
FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims made by Trump during his first week back in office
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
New Luxury Hotel in Serbia Will Be a Trump-Kushner Joint Project
Discussion: Mother Jones
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
House Democrats worry a repeat loser will ruin their chances in a Michigan battleground
Discussion: Raw Story
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Trump's DOJ asks Supreme Court to freeze cases on student debt, environment
Discussion: USA Today and SCOTUSblog
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
The owner of CBS News is talking about caving to Trump
Discussion: The Hill and PoliticusUSA
 Earlier Items: 
Justin Baragona / The Independent:
Far-right pundit Matt Walsh rails against women in law enforcement: 'It's an absurdity!'
Vittoria Elliott / Wired:
DOGE Will Allow Elon Musk to Surveil the US Government From the Inside
Discussion: DNyuz
Katherine Doherty / Bloomberg:
Trump Tells BofA's Moynihan to Stop Blocking Conservatives
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Two Words and a World of Trouble
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
DOJ asks judge to drop order barring Oath Keepers from visiting Capitol
Steve Strunsky / New Jersey Online:
Newark mayor: ICE raided business without a warrant, detained U.S. citizens
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Apple and Google are restoring TikTok to their US app stores on Thursday, following Trump administration assurances that a ban wouldn't immediately be enforced

David Cohen / Adweek:
DoubleVerify announces steps to further prevent clients' ads from appearing on sites hosting CSAM, after Adalytics found major brands appearing on unsafe sites

The Indian Express:
JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar officially merge to launch JioHotstar, a new streaming service in India that brings together content from the two platforms
 
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