Top Items:
ABC News:
New Orleans updates: 10 dead in ‘terrorist attack’ with pickup in New Orleans, local officials say — The driver remained at large after the Bourbon Street incident, police said. — Emergency vehicles are seen near Bourbon Street in New Orleans on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025.
RELATED:
Tucker Reals / CBS News:
Man intentionally slams truck into crowd in New Orleans, killing 10 and injuring dozens; suspect dead — Ten people were killed and dozens injured early Wednesday when a man intentionally drove a pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans' French Quarter as revelers were celebrating the new year, officials said.
Discussion:
Breitbart, Reuters, WVUE-TV, BBC, Bloomberg, New York Times, WWL-TV, PJ Media, Associated Press, The Gateway Pundit, Must Read Alaska, The Hill, Rolling Stone, RedState, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, d2076, Blaze Media, Raw Story, WFAA-TV, Fox News, Metro.co.uk, The Sun, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Axios and Semafor
Harry Howard / WWL-TV:
10 Dead, 35 injured after driver targets Bourbon Street crowd — Suspect killed after driving truck into crowd; FBI confirms terrorism investigation. — NEW ORLEANS — The FBI has taken over the investigation into a mass casualty incident on Bourbon Street, now being treated as an act of terrorism.
Discussion:
CBS News and New York Times
Victoria Bisset / Washington Post:
Live updates 10 killed in New Orleans as driver plows truck into crowd — Ten people were killed and dozens injured when a man intentionally drove a pickup truck into a large crowd in the Bourbon Street area of New Orleans early Wednesday, officials said. The FBI said that the driver is dead …
Discussion:
CBS News, UPI, USA Today, Fox News, Deadline, Sputnik News, Townhall, New York Times, WAGA-TV and Al Jazeera
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Chief Justice Roberts Condemns Threats to Judicial Independence — In his year-end report on the federal judiciary, the chief justice decried violence, intimidation and disinformation and warned against defiance of court rulings. — Judicial independence is under grave threat on several fronts …
Discussion:
Axios, The Hill, Reason, Business Insider, Associated Press, ABC News, SCOTUSblog, Raw Story, USA Today and Washington Post
RELATED:
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Chief Justice John Roberts defends judiciary from ‘illegitimate’ attacks
Chief Justice John Roberts defends judiciary from ‘illegitimate’ attacks
New York Times:
Ukraine Forces a Halt to Flow of Natural Gas From Russia to Europe — A transnational pipeline was shut down on Wednesday after Kyiv refused to renew an agreement that allowed for the transit of Russian gas through its territory. — The flow of natural gas through a major pipeline from Russia …
Discussion:
The Gateway Pundit, Sputnik News and Radio Free Europe/Radio …
RELATED:
Associated Press:
Ukraine halts transit of Russian gas to Europe after a prewar deal expired — Ukraine on Wednesday halted Russian gas supplies to European customers through its pipeline network after a prewar transit deal expired at the end of last year. Ukraine's energy minister, Herman Halushchenko …
Discussion:
The Hill, Al Jazeera, Breitbart, Human Events, Sputnik News, Reuters, Radio Free Europe/Radio … and Semafor
Amethyst Martinez / The Daily Beast:
Stars Flee Jeff Bezos' Paper for Steve Jobs' Widow's Mag — OUT WITH THE OLD... The Washington Post is taking more blows after losing 200,000 subscribers when its owner stopped it endorsing Kamala Harris. — SHOP WITH SCOUTED — J.Crew's Semi-Secret Factory Sale Is Not to Be Missed
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
‘Trump is a little guy, Musk is a big guy’: historian predicts trouble for president-elect — Timothy Snyder says world's richest man is likely to exert uncomfortable influence over White House — Allies and aides to Donald Trump should be increasingly concerned by Elon Musk's proximity …
Discussion:
Raw Story
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
F.B.I. Says It Found Largest Cache of Homemade Explosives in Its History at Va. Farm — Investigators discovered more than 150 devices, mostly pipe bombs, on a property outside Norfolk, court papers say. — A Virginia man was arrested this month with what federal prosecutors described …
Discussion:
Sputnik News, WUSA, The Sun, Digby's Hullabaloo, The Virginian-Pilot and Raw Story
RELATED:
Seamus Hughes / Court Watch:
‘Largest Seizure of Homemade Explosives in FBI History’ made in Virginia
‘Largest Seizure of Homemade Explosives in FBI History’ made in Virginia
Discussion:
ABC News, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill, Smithfield Times, New York Post and CBS News
David Klepper / Associated Press:
US imposes sanctions on Russian and Iranian groups over disinformation targeting American voters — The United States has imposed sanctions on two groups linked to Iranian and Russian efforts to target American voters with disinformation ahead of this year's election.
Discussion:
Radio Free Europe/Radio …, Middle East Monitor, The Times of Israel, USA Today, The Hill, New York Post and CBS News
RELATED:
Joe Heim / Washington Post:
For Jimmy Carter, faith was inseparable from politics and life — Carter talked openly and often in the 1976 campaign about his evangelical “born again” faith, ignoring those who advised him to downplay his beliefs. — In his inaugural address in January 1977, President Jimmy Carter spoke …
Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
The Other President Whom Trump Is Pushing Aside — Only one historic site bears the name of America's 22nd and 24th president—and it's no Monticello. — The Grover Cleveland Presidential Library and Museum occupies a one-story building in Caldwell, New Jersey, behind the house …
Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Trump says he is planning to attend Jimmy Carter's funeral — President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he's planning to attend the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter. Asked about it as he walked into a New Year's Eve party at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, Trump responded, “I'll be there.”
Discussion:
The Hill, New York Times, USA Today, Politico, Washington Times, New York Post and Reuters
USA Today:
Eggs, guns, gym memberships: Which new laws are going into effect in 2025? — Kinsey Crowley Tom Ackerman Rebecca Powell C. A. Bridges Mark Robison Charles DunlapUSA TODAY NETWORK — As we turn the corner into 2025, federal policies are destined to change when President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office.
Discussion:
New York Times and Coloradoan Online
Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Chris Sununu still believes the GOP is bigger than Donald Trump — The four-term New Hampshire governor discusses the state of the Republican Party and his future plans as he leaves office. — Donald Trump remade the GOP in his image. Chris Sununu doesn't think it'll stick.
Discussion:
Washington Examiner
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Ukraine Says It Downed Russian Helicopter With Sea Drone For First Time — Ukraine claims that for the first time one of its sea drones has downed a Russian military target in the air during a day of intense attacks by both sides as the war edges closer to its three-year anniversary.
Discussion:
The War Zone, Associated Press, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera and Reuters
Andrew Solender / Axios:
C-SPAN cameras to return to House chamber in January … - The high level of public engagement with that behind-the-scenes access led to a push to allow the independent news organization to be granted permanent permission to freely film the inside of the chamber.
Discussion:
Raw Story, Washington Times and Rolling Stone
Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
Republicans Admit MAGA Civil War Is a Total ‘S***show’ — The MAGA Civil War has already rendered the Republican Party ungovernable, according to former GOP lawmakers who think the “s—show” is going to continue spiraling out of control.The party is already acrimoniously split between …
Discussion:
ABC News, Twitchy, Raw Story, Washington Examiner, Digby's Hullabaloo, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill, HuffPost and Grabien
RELATED: