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New York Times:
Kennedy's Lawyer Has Asked the F.D.A. to Revoke Approval of the Polio Vaccine  —  Aaron Siri, who specializes in vaccine lawsuits, has been at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s side reviewing candidates for top jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services.  —  The lawyer helping Robert F …
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Reuters:
Trump to discuss ending childhood vaccination programs with RFK Jr.  —  U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in an interview published on Thursday said he will be talking to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services, about ending childhood vaccination programs.
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
RFK Jr key adviser petitioned regulators to revoke approval of polio vaccine  —  Aaron Siri is helping Trump's health secretary pick to select top jobs despite long history of attacking vaccines  —  A key legal adviser to Robert Kennedy Jr, Donald Trump's pick for health secretary …
Fox News:
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi injured, hospitalized while traveling to Luxembourg  —  Pelosi, 84, was traveling overseas for Battle of the Bulge remembrances  —  Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suffered an injury and has been admitted to a hospital in Luxembourg, Fox News has confirmed.
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Pelosi Hospitalized in Luxembourg After Falling  —  A person familiar with the incident said the former House speaker, 84, had tripped going down stairs at a palace.  She was taken to a hospital for treatment and evaluation.  —  Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi was hospitalized on Friday …
Axios:
Pelosi injured and hospitalized during trip to Luxembourg … - “While traveling with a bipartisan Congressional delegation in Luxembourg to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi sustained an injury during an official engagement and was admitted to the hospital for evaluation,” Krager said.
Discussion: Politico
NBC News:
Nancy Pelosi hospitalized during congressional visit to Luxembourg  —  Her spokesperson said she is continuing to work while she receives treatment for an unspecified injury.  —  Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was injured and admitted to a hospital in Luxembourg …
Discussion: The Hill, CBS News and Bloomberg
Andrew Solender / Axios:
AOC faces Pelosi-led slugfest for Oversight role
Chris Truax / The Hill:
America voted for a dumpster fire — Democrats just need to let it burn itself out  —  There's a quiet but intense debate going on today in America, over how and whether the country will function over the next few years.  —  Despite Republicans having an ostensible House majority for the last two years …
Discussion: Roll Call and Axios
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Democrats livid with exiting Sinema, Manchin: ‘Pathetic’  —  Senate Democrats were livid after Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) and Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.), two longtime members of their caucus, voted Wednesday to block President Biden's nominee, Lauren McFerran, to serve another five-year term on the National Labor Relations Board.
Eric Levitz / Vox:
Democrats' problem with working-class voters is bigger than free trade
Discussion: The Nation
Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump transition wants to scrap crash reporting requirement opposed by Tesla  —  The Trump transition team wants the incoming administration to drop a car-crash reporting requirement opposed by Elon Musk's Tesla (TSLA.O), according to a document seen by Reuters …
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Trump Is About to Betray His Rural Supporters  —  This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter.  Sign up for it here.  —  Donald Trump's support in rural America appears to have virtually no ceiling.  In last month's election, Trump won country communities …
Discussion: Raw Story
New Republic:
Transcript: Trump's Rage at FBI Darkens as GOPers Signal Surrender  —  The following is a lightly edited transcript of the December 13 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: New York Times
Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Vance invites Daniel Penny to Army-Navy game  —  “Daniel's a good guy, and New York's mob district attorney tried to ruin his life for having a backbone,” Vance wrote in a post on X.  —  Vice-president elect JD Vance will bring Daniel Penny, a Marine veteran recently acquitted …
Politico:
'Everyone's demoralized.' Trump's climate threats rattle world's biggest science meeting  —  Researchers attending the American Geophysical Union conference worry their work could disappear when a president who rejects climate science takes office.  —  Censorship.  Funding cuts.  Layoffs.
Emily Baumgaertner / New York Times:
Six Childhood Scourges We've Forgotten About, Thanks to Vaccines  —  Most Americans, including doctors, have no memory of the devastating diseases that routinely threatened children until the 1960s.  —  Some of President-elect Donald J. Trump's picks for the government's top health posts …
Anna Merlan / Mother Jones:
The Conspiracy World Is Pushing Paranoia About a Post-Inauguration “Plandemic”  —  Trump will face new viral threats, but anti-vax forces are twisting words to suggest a dark plot.  —  In the lead-up to Donald Trump's second inauguration, professional conspiracy peddlers are hard …
Discussion: Raw Story and USA Today
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Meet the New FBI Boss.  He Sued the Old Boss.  And Got Laughed Out of Court  —  The short, strange story of that time Kash Patel sued FBI director Christopher Wray, the man Trump wants Patel to replace  —  The nomination of the Trump hyper loyalist Kash Patel to serve as FBI director is unusual.
Marcia Brown / Politico:
Trump's pick to lead USDA hasn't returned Vilsack's call  —  Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack called his likely successor at USDA, Brooke Rollins, and left a voicemail — but hasn't received a response, he told reporters Friday.  “I received her cell phone number from a senator who had visited with her …
Discussion: RedState
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
A toxic brew of money and threats is perverting the courts  —  Alex Jones and Elon Musk are using MAGA tactics to intimidate judges. … 📚  —  Earlier this week, The Onion's bid to buy Alex Jones's Infowars fell apart in a manner that was as perplexing as it was depressing.
Discussion: Vox
Annie Waldman / ProPublica:
UnitedHealth Is Strategically Limiting Access to Critical Treatment for Kids With Autism  —  America's Mental Barrier: How Insurers Interfere With Mental Health Care  — Secret Playbook: Leaked documents show that UnitedHealth is aggressively targeting the treatment of thousands of children …
Associated Press:
About 3 in 10 are highly confident in Trump on Cabinet, spending or military oversight: AP-NORC poll  —  Americans may have recently elected Donald Trump to a second term, but that doesn't mean they have high confidence in his ability to choose well-qualified people for his Cabinet …
Discussion: AP-NORC, Axios, The Hill and The Independent
Agence France-Presse:
Switzerland seeks to ban Nazi symbols amid surge in antisemitism  —  Proposed ban would cover the swastika and Hitler salute but also more cryptic symbols used by the far right  —  Switzerland is seeking to ban the swastika, Hitler salute and other Nazi signs due to a rise in antisemitism, the federal government has announced.
James Halpin / Citizen's Voice:
Biden commutes sentence for Kids-for-Cash judge  —  Former Luzerne County Judge Michael T. Conahan, who gained notoriety for wrongfully imprisoning juveniles in the Kids-for-Cash scandal, is one of nearly 1,500 inmates whose sentences President Joe Biden commuted Thursday as his term in office comes to a close.
Bill Lueders / The Bulwark:
Trump's Border Czar Is a Terrible Person  —  ON NOVEMBER 11, THE DAY AFTER President-elect Donald Trump anointed him “border czar” in the next administration, Tom Homan appeared on Fox News, where he has worked as a contributor, to offer up a peculiar assurance: “Frankly, I don't care what people think about me.”
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
The New Age of Trump: Protection Money and FU You Money  —  How our billionaires are responding.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Today's Secret show is a banger.  I'm just going to give you one quote from Sarah as your teaser:  —  “I see how they get away with it now.”  —  Go listen to this thing right now.
Erin Mansfield / USA Today:
Dr. Mehmet Oz had up to $33 million in companies doing business with agency he'd run  —  President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be the top health insurance regulator in the country, Dr. Mehmet Oz, has invested in companies that do business with the agency he would run.
Politico:
Hegseth does a 180 on women and gays in combat  —  The Pentagon pick backtracked after conversations with Republican senators seen as potential swing votes.  —  Donald Trump's allies have taken credit for getting Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) to bend on the president-elect's pick for Pentagon chief.
The Hill:
Gabbard struggles to woo senators ahead of confirmation fight  —  Tulsi Gabbard is struggling through her meetings with senators this week, sources told The Hill, highlighting the difficult path she faces in winning confirmation to be director of national intelligence.
Discussion: New Republic
Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
The Wellness Women Are on the March  —  On Instagram, the wellness women don't seem like a political movement.  Their pictures scroll by like snapshots from heaven.  Angels with luminous skin offer glimpses into their lives—earth-toned vignettes of gleaming countertops and root vegetables.
Newsweek:
Xi Jinping Rejects Donald Trump's Inauguration Invitation: Report  —  is not expected to attend President-elect  —  's inauguration next month, despite receiving a personal invitation from Trump shortly after Election Day, two sources familiar with the planning told CBS News.
Enda Curran / Bloomberg:
Trump Tax Cuts May Fail to Drive Much, If Any, Economic Gain  — Republicans plan to renew tax cuts for households under Trump  — Cuts estimated to cost $4.6 trillion, with few offset plans  —  President-elect Donald Trump says renewing tax cuts would turbo-charge investment …
 
 
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Char Adams / NBC News:
Biden is on track to appoint more federal judges of color than any other president
Discussion: HuffPost and The Root
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Surprise! Key Witness Reveals He Lied About Biden Corruption
Reuters:
Biden administration inks new science cooperation deal with China; Republicans cry foul
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Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
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Liz Goodwin / Washington Post:
Trump allies pressure GOP senators to back Cabinet picks — or else
Discussion: Raw Story
Steve Baker / Blaze Media:
Exclusive: Officer who killed Ashli Babbitt abandoned US Capitol post for card game, lied to investigators about it, source says
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Fox News:
Biden clemency announcement gets mixed reviews on Capitol Hill: 'Where's the bar?'
 

 
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Wall Street Journal:
Letter: Meta urges California's AG to stop OpenAI's for-profit transition, says Musk is “qualified” to “represent the interests of Californians in this matter”

Nicola Jones / Nature:
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Financial Times:
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