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2:45 PM ET, December 8, 2024

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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Trump will ‘most likely’ pardon Capitol rioters on Day 1 and says Jan. 6 committee members should be jailed  —  The president-elect also said during an exclusive interview with “Meet the Press” that he won't request a special prosecutor to investigate outgoing President Joe Biden.
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Peter Nicholas / NBC News:
Trump details sweeping changes he'll carry out on day one and beyond in an exclusive interview  —  Trump vowed to launch a mass deportation effort, impose tariffs and pardon many convicted in the Jan. 6 attack in an interview with “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker.
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Trump's Biggest Lies from His ‘Meet the Press’ Interview  —  From immigrants to Obamacare, the president-elect continued his campaign trail falsehoods  —  Donald Trump gave his first network interview since the election and spread falsehoods about immigrants, the Affordable Care Act and — of course — the 2020 election.
Discussion: NBC News
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Trump Wants Jan. 6 Committee Members Imprisoned  —  “Everybody on that committee ... for what they did, yeah, honestly, they should go to jail,” Trump said … “Everybody on that committee ... for what they did, yeah, honestly, they should go to jail,” Trump said on Sunday's Meet the Press.
Donald Trump / NBC News:
Read the full transcript: President-elect Donald Trump interviewed by “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump: 'I don't think' access to abortion pills is going to change
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Abbey Fenbert / The Kyiv Independent:
Syrian rebels announce fall of Russia-backed Assad regime  —  Syrian rebels announced on Dec. 8 that they had ousted President Bashar al-Assad from the capital city of Damascus.  —  “The tyrant Bashar al-Assad has fled.  We declare the city of Damascus free from the tyrant Bashar al-Assad,” rebel leaders said in a statement.
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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
The Syrian Regime Collapsed Gradually—And Then Suddenly  —  Assad's fall offers the possibility of change.  —  As Hemingway once wrote of bankruptcy, the collapse of autocratic regimes tends to happen gradually and then suddenly—slowly, and then all at once.  This is not just a literary metaphor.
Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
Khamenei Loses Everything  —  The October 7 attack on Israel has now cost Iran its regional proxy forces.  —  When Hamas's Yahya Sinwar launched Operation Al-Aqsa Flood against Israel on October 7, 2023, he intended to deal a decisive blow against a powerful nation-state—and he succeeded.
Reuters:
Russia says Syria's Assad has left country and gave orders for peaceful power handover  —  Russia said on Sunday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had left office and departed his country after giving orders for a peaceful transfer of power, but did not say where he was now or whether the Russian military planned to stay in Syria.
Associated Press:
Jubilation and gunfire as Syrians celebrate the end of the Assad family's half-century rule  —  Syrians poured into streets echoing with celebratory gunfire on Sunday after a stunning rebel advance reached the capital, ending the Assad family's 50 years of iron rule but raising questions …
Reuters:
Syria rebels celebrate in captured Homs, set sights on Damascus
CNN:
Assad regime in Syria may fall in days, US increasingly believes
Farnaz Fassihi / New York Times:
In the Syrian Regime's Hour of Need, Its Patron Iran Makes an Exit
Simon J. Levien / New York Times:
Trump Transition Live Updates: Trump Gives First Televised Interview Since Election  —  Where Things Stand  — President-elect Donald J. Trump insisted in an interview with NBC's “Meet the Press” to air on Sunday that he would not direct his administration to seek retribution …
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Washington Post:
Trump says members of Jan. 6 committee should be jailed
Discussion: Deadline
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Did Trump Drain Democrats' Energy?  These Races Will Be the First Test.  —  As Democrats try to fire up their fatigued base, two contests for the Virginia legislature will serve as the first measure of partisan enthusiasm since Donald J. Trump's victory.  —  Even as the exhausted nation recovers …
Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
Trump's FBI pick co-hosted a show for a conspiracy-filled, far-right media organization  —  The show could receive fresh scrutiny as Kash Patel faces Senate confirmation hearings.  —  Rampant FBI misconduct, election fraud, the deep state.  Such were the weekly topics on “Kash's Corner,” …
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump is stacking his White House roster with uber-rich backers … Donald Trump's first administration was chock full of super-rich figures whose combined wealth exceeded $5 billion, marking an unprecedented marriage of money and executive power.  —  Trump's second term could make that total look like chump change.
Discussion: NewsNation and Blue Virginia
Adam Wren / Politico:
Playbook: The right dons brass knuckles for Hegseth brawl  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  SYRIA LATEST — Syria's Assad era is over.  President BASHAR AL-ASSAD, the dictator whose family has ruled in the country for a half-century …
 
 
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