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2:50 PM ET, December 14, 2024

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Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol impeached after martial law ploy  —  Yoon must immediately hand over power to the prime minister, who will act as caretaker while the courts review the impeachment vote.  The process could take months.  —  SEOUL — The South Korean National Assembly voted Saturday …
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CNN:
South Korea's parliament votes to impeach president over martial law debacle
New York Times:
In Display of Fealty, Tech Industry Curries Favor With Trump  —  It was a week of frenzied activity, as Silicon Valley billionaires and their companies brandished checks and compliments for the President-elect.  —  The $1 million donations came gradually — and then all at once.  —  Meta.  Amazon.
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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Apple CEO visits Mar-a-Lago, joining list of tech execs seemingly courting Trump  —  Apple CEO Tim Cook visited Mar-a-Lago on Friday, joining a growing list of tech executives that are seemingly courting President-elect Trump ahead of his return to the White House.
Discussion: Breitbart and The Verge
Michael Dorgan / Fox News:
Trump brings political drama to Army-Navy game sidelines  —  Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth and Marine veteran Daniel Penny are attending the game with President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance  —  President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance will attend …
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Washington Post:
Vance invites Daniel Penny, acquitted in chokehold death, to Army-Navy game
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 …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
When depicting the government as bad is more important than stopping polio
Discussion: New York Times
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
How GOP Senators Are Secretly Getting Ready to Surrender to Trump … It's largely passing unnoticed, but Republicans are quietly laying the groundwork to give their full blessing to one of Donald Trump's more corrupt schemes: Unleashing law enforcement on his political enemies without cause once he's sworn in again next year.
Discussion: The Guardian, RedState and Alternet.org
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Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Assessing Patel's confirmation chances  —  With assists from POLITICO's Congress team  —  KASH'S HILL DASH  —  Trump loyalist Kash Patel's chances to become the head of the FBI are looking better and better.  —  This week, Patel held meetings with 17 Republican senators …
Axios:
Inside Democrats' emerging Trump inauguration boycott … - For many Democrats, the scars of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol remain fresh in the mind, marking Trump as a threat to democracy.  — “For somebody who he said he's going to lock me up, I don't see the excitement …
Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:
Pelosi underwent hip surgery after ‘hard fall’ in Luxembourg  —  The former speaker had surgery after she was hospitalized after a fall during a congressional visit to Luxembourg marking the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge.  —  Former House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) …
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump's Transition Business Largely Happens After Night Falls  —  At his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, the president-elect has been hosting diplomatic dinners, announcing cabinet picks and firing off texts to his aides — all after the sun goes down.  —  It was past midnight in Florida this week …
Discussion: Althouse
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Obesity rate among US adults fell in 2023 for first time in over a decade: Study  —  The obesity rate among U.S. adults fell in 2023 for the first time in over a decade, according to a new study released on Friday.  —  The study published in the journal JAMA Health Forum found that obesity nationwide …
Texas Attorney General:
Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues Activist New York Doctor for Illegally Providing Abortion Drugs Across State Lines  —  Attorney General Ken Paxton sued a New York doctor for unlawfully providing abortion-inducing drugs to Texas residents in direct violation of state law.
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Juliann Ventura / The Hill:
Trump calls for mystery drones to be shot down
Felix Light / Reuters:
Georgia lawmakers elect Western critic as new president  —  Georgian lawmakers elected Mikheil Kavelashvili, a hardline critic of the West, as president on Saturday, setting him up to replace a pro-Western incumbent amid major protests against the government over a halt to the country's European Union accession talks last month.
Wall Street Journal:
A New Risk for Employers: Losing Millions of Migrants With Temporary Work Permits  —  Trump promised to eliminate programs that provide temporary work permits, including to Dreamers  —  Nate Koetje, chief executive of an electrical contractor based in Grand Rapids, Mich., would like to hire as many as 200 workers next year.
Discussion: Alternet.org
NBC News:
Trump nominates conservative culture warrior to lead DOJ civil rights  —  Harmeet Dhillon, a Republican lawyer in liberal San Francisco, is poised to be the first Sikh American to run the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division.  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump tapped Harmeet Dhillon …
Marc A. Caputo / The Bulwark:
RFK Jr.'s Hopes of Having Daughter-in-Law at CIA Hit Roadblock  —  ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR.'S DAUGHTER-IN-LAW faces long odds in winning a top job at the Central Intelligence Agency amid mounting criticism from members of Donald Trump's transition team and Senate Republicans.
Wall Street Journal:
The Week CEOs Bent the Knee to Trump  —  Companies abandoned him after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.  Now, they are rushing to curry favor with the president-elect as he prepares to return to the White House.  —  When Donald Trump arrived at the New York Stock Exchange this week for a postelection victory lap …
Discussion: Axios
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Are Childhood Vaccines ‘Overloading’ the Immune System?  No.  —  Vaccines today are more efficient and contain far fewer stimulants to the immune system than some used decades ago.  —  It's an idea as popular as it is incorrect: American babies now receive too many vaccines …
 
 
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ABC News:
No women will lead House committees for first time in 2 decades
James Poniewozik / New York Times:
The Trump Show Is Returning. Will It Be Triumph, Tragedy or Farce?
Justin Baragona / The Independent:
LA Times billionaire owner killed op-ed that was critical of Trump's cabinet picks, report says
Discussion: The Independent
Jennifer Pahlka / Eating Policy:
Bringing Elon to a knife fight
Discussion: Slow Boring
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DeSantis's dilemma on sending Lara Trump to the Senate
Andrew Kirell / NBC News:
Trump ordered to sit for deposition next week in his defamation case against ABC News
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Memo: Trump revels as establishment figures pay homage at home and abroad
Discussion: Alternet.org
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump wants to turn the clock on daylight saving time
Emily Anthes / New York Times:
For Wild Animals, the Bird Flu Disaster Is Already Here
Discussion: Iowa Capital Dispatch
 

 
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