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3:15 PM ET, January 1, 2025

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Gabriella Killett / NOLA.com:
New Orleans attack suspect named, accused of killing at least 10, injuring dozens  —  The suspect accused of plowing a truck through a crowd on Bourbon Street early Wednesday morning has been identified by a law enforcement source as 42-year-old Shamsud Din Jabbar.
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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.
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.
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 …
Associated Press:
Driver rams New Year's revelers in New Orleans, killing 10.  FBI investigating as ‘act of terrorism’  —  A driver wrought carnage on New Orleans' famed French Quarter early on New Year's Day, ramming a pickup truck into a crowd and killing 10 people before being shot to death by police, authorities said.
Chris Pandolfo / Fox News:
Suspect identified as FBI investigates act of terrorism after Bourbon Street attack  —  At least 10 people are dead and dozens injured in New Orleans after a driver plowed a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year's revelers on Bourbon Street, police and city officials said.
Leah Barkoukis / Townhall:
Vehicle Used in New Orleans Terror Attack Crossed the Border Two Days Ago.  Trump Responds.  —  The vehicle used to plow through a crowd of people in New Orleans early Wednesday morning crossed the U.S.-Mexico border two days ago, Fox News is reporting.  —  Whether the suspect is the person …
Alexandra Hutzler / ABC News:
Biden, Trump respond to deadly New Year's Day attack in New Orleans
Fox News:
Suspect identified after driver kills ten, injures dozens in Bourbon Street truck attack
KSNV:
Truck engulfed in flames outside Trump Hotel lobby on Las Vegas Strip  —  LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Firefighters and police are responding to a vehicle fire and explosion just outside Trump International Hotel near the north end of the Las Vegas Strip Wednesday morning.
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Katie Daviscourt / The Post Millennial:
BREAKING: Cybertruck blows up outside Trump International Hotel Las Vegas  —  Witnesses reported a “massive explosion” near the 64-story luxury building owned by President-elect Donald Trump. … Minute Read  —  Authorities are investigating a vehicle explosion that occurred Wednesday outside …
Andrew Perez / Rolling Stone:
John Roberts Absurdly Suggests the Supreme Court Has No ‘Political Bias’  —  The chief justice bashed “public officials” who criticize judges for their partisan rulings “without a credible basis for such allegations”  —  In his first term as president, Donald Trump built a conservative 6-3 supermajority on the Supreme Court.
Discussion: CNN, Politico and ABC News
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
John Roberts attacks court criticism that he decides lacks a “credible basis” as “illegitimate”
Discussion: Raw Story and NBC News
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Chief Justice Roberts Condemns Threats to Judicial Independence
Chelsea Robinson / WDSU-TV:
Sugar Bowl postponed until Thursday due to terror attack in French Quarter, sources say  —  Sources confirm to WDSU that the Sugar Bowl has been postponed to Thursday after a terror attack happened in the New Orleans French Quarter.  —  As tourists descended on New Orleans to attend …
BBC:
Elon Musk changes his name to Kekius Maximus on X  —  The world's richest man, Elon Musk, has sparked speculation after changing his name on his social media platform X to “Kekius Maximus”.  —  The tech mogul - and close confidant of US President-Elect Donald Trump - offered no immediate explanation …
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
Robert McCoy / New Republic:
Trump Voters Are in for a Rude Awakening  —  In his 1987 book, The Art of the Deal, Donald Trump let readers in on a promotional strategy of his.  “I play to people's fantasies,” the real estate developer wrote, by insisting that a project “is the biggest and the greatest and the most spectacular.”
Discussion: Raw Story
Joe Gallinaro / d2076:
Louisiana Congressman Mike Johnson expects to be re-elected as House Speaker after Trump's endorsement  —  Baton Rouge / louisianaradionetwork.com  —  Louisiana Republican Congressman Mike Johnson says President-elect Donald Trump's endorsement of him for House Speaker was supposed to come …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Says He Plans to Attend Carter's Funeral
New York Times:
Ukraine Halts the Flow of Natural Gas From Russia to Europe  —  A transnational pipeline was shut down on Wednesday after Kyiv refused to renew a prewar agreement that allowed for the transit of Russian gas through its territory.  —  The flow of natural gas through a major pipeline from Russia …
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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
 
 
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