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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.
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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.
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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 …
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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.
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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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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.
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Leah Barkoukis / Townhall:
Vehicle Used in New Orleans Terror Attack Crossed the Border Two Days Ago. Trump Responds.
Vehicle Used in New Orleans Terror Attack Crossed the Border Two Days Ago. Trump Responds.
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
John Roberts attacks court criticism that he decides lacks a “credible basis” as “illegitimate” — Conflating violence against judges with broad criticism the court faces for its extremism, the chief justice ultimately sends a chilling end-of-year report. — Chief Justice John Roberts decided …
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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 …
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Chief Justice John Roberts defends judiciary from ‘illegitimate’ attacks
Chief Justice John Roberts defends judiciary from ‘illegitimate’ attacks
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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 …
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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 …
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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
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 …
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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
Trump Says He Plans to Attend Carter's Funeral
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Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
Republicans Admit MAGA Civil War Is a Total ‘S***show’
Republicans Admit MAGA Civil War Is a Total ‘S***show’
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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.
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Eugene Daniels / Politico:
5 storylines to watch in 2025 — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — TRAGEDY IN NEW ORLEANS — “10 killed, dozens injured on Bourbon Street in New Orleans as car plows into crowd,” by the Times-Picayune's Ben Myers: “Ten people were killed …
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Paul Krugman / Krugman wonks out:
The Plot to Poison Children's Minds — Social media should be treated like alcohol. But money got in the way. — This is going to be a post about social media, why it's often harmful, and the disgusting failure of Congress to do anything to mitigate the harm.
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Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
The President 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 where its namesake spent the first few years of his life.
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 …
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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
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