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6:30 AM ET, December 14, 2024

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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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New York Times:
Texas Attorney General Sues New York Doctor for Mailing Abortion Pills  —  The lawsuit appeared to be among the first attempts to stop doctors from mailing the medication to states that ban abortions.  —  The Texas attorney general opened a new front in the contentious battle over access …
Discussion: Washington Post, Law Dork and Mediaite
Carter Sherman / The Guardian:   Texas sues New York doctor accused of mailing abortion pills across state lines
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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Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:
Polio survivor Mitch McConnell criticizes efforts to undermine vaccine  —  The statement is the first time the Senate minority leader has publicly weighed in on the nomination process beyond acknowledging meeting with some of Trump's picks for his administration.
Discussion: NBC News
Philip Bump / Washington Post:   When depicting the government as bad is more important than stopping polio
Ross O'Keefe / Washington Examiner:
RFK Jr. adviser wants FDA to revoke approval for polio and hepatitis B vaccines
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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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.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Forbes and CBS News
Cade Metz / New York Times:
OpenAI's Sam Altman to Donate $1 Million to Trump's Inaugural Fund
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 and Raw Story
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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: Raw Story and CNN
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
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 …
Peter Eavis / New York Times:
Trump Backs a Longshoremen's Union That Supported Him  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump is supporting the International Longshoremen's Association, which could strike soon if it doesn't reach a deal on automation with employers.  —  Leaders of some labor unions tried to establish …
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 …
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 …
New York Times:
Patel Distorts Justice Dept. Benghazi Inquiry, Inflating His Role  —  Donald J. Trump's pick to be the next F.B.I. director has both exaggerated his importance in the government's criminal inquiry into the 2012 attack and misleadingly distorted its conduct and results.
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Vance invites Daniel Penny, acquitted in chokehold death, to Army-Navy game  —  Penny, a former Marine, was asked to accompany President-elect Donald Trump in his suite at the game Saturday.  —  Vice President-elect JD Vance has invited Daniel Penny, a former Marine who was acquitted …
Jennifer Pahlka / Eating Policy:
Bringing Elon to a knife fight  —  DOGE has made it both impossible not to talk about government reform, and impossible to talk about it.  The topic is everywhere, but the subject is now entirely eclipsed on the left by the horror of who has been assigned the task and the need to decry DOGE as a bad faith effort.
Discussion: Slow Boring
New York Post:
Donald Trump ‘eyes deal’ to save failing DC Waldorf-Astoria, turn it back into Trump International Hotel  —  President-elect Donald Trump is weighing a bid to save the failing Waldorf-Astoria hotel in Washington, DC - and rebrand it once more as a Trump International Hotel, The Post has learned.
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Biden Administration Is Said to Allow California to Ban New Gas-Powered Cars  —  California and 11 other states want to halt the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035.  President-elect Donald Trump is expected to try to stop them.  —  The Biden administration is expected in the coming days …
Tobi Raji / Washington Post:
Woman arrested after telling her health insurer ‘you people are next’  —  The Florida woman allegedly also referenced words written on the bullets that killed a United Healthcare CEO during a recorded phone call.  —  A 42-year-old woman from Florida has been arrested and charged after police …
Discussion: Townhall and CBS News
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 …
 
 
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DeSantis's dilemma on sending Lara Trump to the Senate
Adam Cancryn / Politico:
Biden granted clemency to the ‘kids-for-cash’ judge. The White House didn't consider the case specifics.
Anthony Adragna / Politico:
HFC backs two-pronged reconciliation plan, urges focus on border
Discussion: IJR, The Hill and Associated Press
Juliann Ventura / The Hill:
Trump calls for mystery drones to be shot down
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump may be moving GOP senators on Hegseth, but he's not swaying Americans
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Harris to Deliver Speech Urging Young People to Stay Civically Engaged
Discussion: The Hill
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Gillibrand Presses Biden to Amend the Constitution to Enshrine Sex Equality
Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump transition wants to scrap crash reporting requirement opposed by Tesla
 

 
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Jakob Rodgers / Mercury News:
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Politico:
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