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3:50 PM ET, December 9, 2024

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New York Times:
Here's what to know about the manhunt.  —  A man is being held for questioning in connection with last week's killing of a health insurance executive in Midtown Manhattan, according to three law enforcement officials briefed on the investigation.  —  The man was identified based on a tip …
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New York Post:
Person of interest in fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson ID'd as Luigi Mangione, an ex-Ivy League student  —  The person of interest identified in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is an anti-capitalist former Ivy League student — who liked online quotes from …
New York Post:
Person of interest in fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson caught with manifesto, gun and fake ID at McDonald's  —  A person of interest was nabbed Monday in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson — busted possibly trying to use a fake ID in a McDonald's, law enforcement sources said.
New York Post:
Daniel Penny acquitted in subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely  —  A Manhattan jury has cleared Daniel Penny of criminal wrongdoing in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely on a crowded subway — a caught-on-video killing that sparked fierce debate over the city's mental health system and crime underground.
Associated Press:
Lara Trump stepping down as RNC co-chair and addressing speculation about Florida Senate seat  —  Lara Trump will step down as co-chair of the Republican National Committee as she considers a number of potential options with her father-in-law, President-elect Donald Trump, set to return to the White House.
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
More Americans say health care is government responsibility: Gallup  —  Sixty-two percent of Americans say it's the federal government's responsibility to ensure everyone has health care coverage, a new survey from Gallup found.  —  The figure is the highest it's been in more than a decade …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
More in U.S. See Health Coverage as Government Responsibility  —  Approval of Affordable Care Act also near high point  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sixty-two percent of U.S. adults, the highest percentage in more than a decade, say it is the federal government's responsibility to ensure all Americans have healthcare coverage.
Discussion: Semafor, Quartz and Daily Kos
Jennifer Bowers Bahney / Mediaite:
GOP Rep. Eyes Medicare, Social Security For DOGE Cuts: ‘We Can Move The Retirement Age Back’  —  Republican Rep. Mark Alford (R-MO) suggested Monday that Medicare and Social Security are on the table when it comes to accomplishing the Department of Government Efficienty's goal of cutting $2 trillion from the federal budget.
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Aris Folley / The Hill:
House Republican eyes Medicare, Social Security for DOGE cuts
Discussion: Breitbart
404 Media:
404 Media Objects to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's Subpoena to Access Our Reporting  —  404 Media's reporting on an internal Google privacy violation database has been subpoenaed by the State of Texas.  We are fighting it.  —  In October, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton subpoenaed 404 Media …
Melania Trump / MSNBC:
Clyburn urges Biden to pardon Trump ‘so we can clean the slate’  —  After convincing President Biden to pardon his son Hunter, South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn is now calling for clemency for Donald Trump.  “If we keep digging at things in the past, I'm not too sure the country will not lose its way …
Dominique Mosbergen / Wall Street Journal:
Meet the Trump Nominees Selling Vitamins on the Side  —  Supplement makers are cheering a warmer welcome in Washington; ‘The industry is getting excited’  —  President-elect Donald Trump's top political appointees want you to buy supplements.  —  Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, Trump's pick for surgeon general …
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Abdallah Fayyad / Vox:
What we don't talk about when we talk about the “working class”  —  Since Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris, pundits and politicians have been trying to figure out why the country's working class is moving to the right.  —  “Donald Trump Won as the Champion of Working-Class Discontent,” read one headline.
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Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:   How Some Voters Moved From Bernie Sanders to Donald Trump
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Politico:
Biden shrinks from view ahead of Trump's return to Washington  —  With 42 days left in office, Biden avoids unscripted moments or press questions.  —  Joe Biden is president of the United States for 42 more days.  But within the Democratic Party, on Capitol Hill — and even within his own administration …
New York Times:
Rupert Murdoch Fails in Bid to Change Family Trust  —  A Nevada commissioner ruled resoundingly against Mr. Murdoch, who was trying to give full control of his empire to his son Lachlan and lock in Fox News's right-wing editorial slant.  —  A Nevada commissioner ruled resoundingly …
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The Guardian:
US woman caught with golden gun in luggage at Sydney airport jailed for a year  —  Liliana Goodson travelled to Australia in 2023 to attend clown school with the gold-plated pistol, worth about $3,000, in her luggage  — Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast
Mike Masnick / MSNBC:
Trump's NIH pick wants you to believe he's a victim of government censorship  —  Dr. Jay Bhattacharya made his name by claiming he was censored during the Covid pandemic.  But it never happened.  —  President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford professor …
New Republic:
Transcript: Trump's Private Rage at “Traitors” Reveals Dark 2025 Plans  —  The following is a lightly edited transcript of the December 9 episode of the  —  Daily Blast podcast.  Listen to it here.  —  Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR network.
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos
New York Times:
How Old Is Too Old to Be President?  Democrats Still Don't Want to Say.  —  At a gathering of Democratic governors, many were reluctant to discuss the issue that sank President Biden's campaign: age.  Others are ready for a Gen X president.  —  Voters long believed that President Biden was too old to seek a second term.
Discussion: HuffPost and Semafor
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump has a new family separation problem  —  Trump's mass deportation policy could lead to massive family separations, and he and allies don't seem to have an answer.  —  If there's a problem that epitomizes the arduousness — and likely the impracticality — of President-elect Donald …
Public Notice:
The J. Edgar Hoover precedent for weaponizing the FBI  —  “Yes, we could have a repeat of that,” Frank Figliuzzi tells us.  —  ∙ Paid … 🕵️  —  After serving in the FBI for more than two decades, in 2011 Frank Figliuzzi replaced a guy named Robert Mueller …
Mackenzie Mays / Los Angeles Times:
A California labor union helped oust a Democrat from the state Capitol.  His replacement wants to curb union power.  —  A University of California workers union was successful in its fight to oust an Orange County Democrat from the state Senate after he did not support a bill it backed in the Legislature.
Joanne Haner / The Hill:
Schiff: Trump jail threat ‘about sending a message that no one better hold him to account’  —  Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said President-elect Trump's threat to throw members of the House committee that investigated rioting at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in jail is a signal “that no one better hold him to account.”
New York Times:
Activists Call on Biden to Clear Death Row Before Trump Takes Office  —  In a series of open letters, human rights activists, former corrections officials and families of crime victims noted that President Biden had campaigned on opposing capital punishment.
Discussion: The Guardian, Rolling Stone and UnHerd
Politico:
Austria prepares to deport Syrian migrants after Assad regime falls  —  BRUSSELS — Austria has announced plans to deport Syrian migrants following the fall of the country's dictator Bashar Assad to rebel forces after 13 years of civil war, while Belgium, France, Greece and Germany are pausing Syrian asylum applications.
Discussion: Reuters, Breitbart, Bloomberg and WHDH-TV
Maureen Groppe / USA Today:
Supreme Court rejects case pitting the ‘spirit of Aloha’ against gun owners' rights  —  The case included a swipe by a Hawaii judge at the Supreme Court's embrace of gun rights.  “The thing about the old days, they the old days,” the judge said, quoting HBO's “The Wire.”
Discussion: NPR, The Hill, CBS News and IJR
 
 
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Kinsey Crowley / USA Today:
What is birthright citizenship and the 14th amendment? Explaining Trump's desired changes
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump sees the investigators, not the rioters, as the Jan. 6 criminals
Discussion: CBS News
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Manchin, Welch unveil bill placing term limits on Supreme Court
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Emma Colton / Fox News:
‘Warrior whose vote cannot be bought’: Hundreds of vets pour out in support of Tulsi Gabbard for DNI
Discussion: The Post Millennial and RedState
Brian Platt / Bloomberg:
Trudeau Now Tied With Conservative Leader on Who's Trusted to Deal With Trump
Discussion: The Post Millennial
ProPublica:
How Much Formaldehyde Is in Your Car, Your Kitchen or Your Furniture? Here's What Our Testing Found.
Kate Selig / New York Times:
Judge Pauses Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Against Trump's Education Secretary Pick
Discussion: The Hill and IJR
Margaret Manto / NOTUS:
RFK Jr. Doesn't Trust 5G. In the Trump Administration, He'd Have Power to Upend It.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Trump's business empire has expanded. Here's where he could profit in his second term.
Discussion: Democrats, Vanity Fair and Raw Story
 

 
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT Tech Guild and its 600+ members reach a tentative deal with management on a contract enhancing job security, setting flexible hybrid schedules, and more

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: CNBC plans to launch streaming outlet CNBC+ in Q1 2025, to make a “global feed” available that lets users follow programming from Asia and Europe

The Guardian:
Guardian and Observer journalists hold a second 48-hour strike against The Observer sale to Tortoise Media; the Scott Trust has agreed to the sale in principle
 
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