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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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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
McConnell Defends Polio Vaccine, an Apparent Warning to Kennedy  —  “Efforts to undermine public confidence in proven cures are not just uninformed — they're dangerous,” said the former Republican leader, who is a polio survivor.  —  Senator Mitch McConnell, the former Republican leader …
Discussion: The Hill and Mediaite
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.
Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:
Polio survivor Mitch McConnell criticizes efforts to undermine vaccine
Discussion: NBC News
Philip Bump / Washington Post:   When depicting the government as bad is more important than stopping polio
Eleanor Klibanoff / The Texas Tribune:
Texas files first lawsuit against out-of-state abortion provider  —  This case sets up a legal battle between Texas' near-total abortion ban and New York's shield law that protects doctors from out-of-state prosecution.  —  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit accusing …
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Associated Press:
Texas' abortion pill lawsuit against New York doctor marks new challenge to interstate telemedicine  —  Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, launching one of the first challenges in the U.S. to shield laws that Democrat-controlled states passed …
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 …
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Fox News:
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi injured, hospitalized while traveling to Luxembourg
Bloomberg:
Trump to Dine With Apple's Tim Cook at Mar-A-Lago Friday  — Cook skirted tariff threats on Apple in Trump's first term  — President-elect also plans meeting with Amazon's Bezos … Cook and Trump will dine at the president-elect's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, the people said …
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Democrats need to change their approach to Trump's second term, top Kamala Harris pollster says  —  One of the first public airings of Democrats' strategy suggests they should try something new this time around with the president-elect.  —  A pollster to Kamala Harris' presidential campaign …
Cade Metz / New York Times:
OpenAI's Sam Altman to Donate $1 Million to Trump's Inaugural Fund
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 …
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump says GOP will push to eliminate daylight saving time  —  President-elect Trump on Friday said Republicans would push to eliminate daylight saving time, calling it “inconvenient” and “costly.”  —  “The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time …
Discussion: Breitbart
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Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump wants to turn the clock on daylight saving time
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Memo: Trump revels as establishment figures pay homage at home and abroad  —  The second time's a charm for President-elect Trump — at least when it comes to an election win getting him the establishment recognition he has always sought.  —  Trump has received a display of homage at home …
Discussion: CNN
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
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 …
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Survey: Most voters disapprove of RFK Jr.'s nomination after learning his views  —  Most Americans disapprove of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. potentially leading the Department of Health and Human Services once they hear about his positions and beliefs, according to a survey from Democratic-aligned groups Protect …
Juliann Ventura / The Hill:
Trump calls for mystery drones to be shot down  —  President-elect Trump on Friday evening called for authorities to shoot down the mysterious drones that have been seen in the skies of New Jersey and around the country.  —  He also suggested the government must know more about the mysterious sightings.
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April Rubin / Axios:
NJ governor urges Biden to direct more resources to mystery drone investigation
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Gillibrand Presses Biden to Amend the Constitution to Enshrine Sex Equality  —  Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York is leading the charge for Democrats to persuade President Biden to adopt the Equal Rights Amendment, which would invite a Supreme Court battle.
Graham Fraser / BBC:
BBC complains to Apple over misleading shooting headline  —  The BBC has complained to Apple after the tech giant's new iPhone feature generated a false headline about a high-profile murder in the United States.  —  Apple Intelligence, launched in the UK earlier this week, uses artificial intelligence …
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.
Kevin Frey / Spectrum News NY1:
'I wish I didn't pull that damn fire alarm': Rep. Bowman reflects on his time in Congress, primary loss  —  “I wish I didn't pull that damn fire alarm, you know what I'm saying?”  —  A candid admission by New York Congressman Jamaal Bowman about a moment that made him the butt of jokes …
Discussion: Axios and IJR
Adam Cancryn / Politico:
Biden granted clemency to the ‘kids-for-cash’ judge.  The White House didn't consider the case specifics.  —  The Biden administration used broad parameters in granting the nearly 1,500 clemency requests.  —  The White House commuted the sentence of the judge at the center of a notorious …
April Rubin / Axios:
Half of Americans have no confidence in Trump's Cabinet picks: Poll … - Only three in 10 Americans feel “extremely” or “very” confident that he'll choose qualified Cabinet members.  — Respondents had a similar level of confidence in his ability to manage government spending and perform …
Discussion: AP-NORC, Associated Press and The Hill
Reuters:
Assad's final hours in Syria: Deception, despair and flight  —  Bashar al-Assad confided in almost no one about his plans to flee Syria as his reign collapsed.  Instead, aides, officials and even relatives were deceived or kept in the dark, more than a dozen people with knowledge of the events told Reuters.
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
Anthony Adragna / Politico:
HFC backs two-pronged reconciliation plan, urges focus on border  —  The House Freedom Caucus is throwing its weight behind a two-step, party-line policy push, with the ultra-conservative bloc calling for an initial bill to address border security that's fully paid for and a second push for tax and other policy priorities.
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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