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11:10 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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Federal Bureau of Investigation:
FBI Statement on the Attack in New Orleans  —  Today, at approximately 3:15 a.m. CST, an individual drove a pickup truck into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing at least 10 and injuring dozens of others.  After hitting the crowd, he exited the vehicle and fired upon local law enforcement.
New York Times:
The attack was the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a year.  —  Officials postponed the Sugar Bowl and said they were hunting for possible connections between the suspect, who rammed into New Year's revelers, and terrorist organizations.  —  TRANSCRIPT  —  Back  —  Deadly New Year's Day Attack in New Orleans
Associated Press:
Driver rams New Year's revelers in New Orleans, killing 10. FBI investigating as ‘act of terrorism’
ABC News:
New Orleans updates: 10 dead in ‘terrorist attack’ with pickup in New Orleans, local officials say
NOLA.com:
Live updates: Death toll rises to 15 in suspected ‘act of terrorism’ on Bourbon Street
Chelsea Robinson / WDSU-TV:
Sugar Bowl postponed until Thursday due to terror attack in French Quarter, sources say
Victoria Bisset / Washington Post:
Live updates 10 killed in New Orleans as driver plows truck into crowd
Chris Pandolfo / Fox News:
Suspect identified as FBI investigates act of terrorism after Bourbon Street attack
Tucker Reals / CBS News:
Man intentionally slams truck into crowd in New Orleans, killing 10 and injuring dozens; suspect dead
Fox News:
Suspect identified after driver kills ten, injures dozens in Bourbon Street truck attack
ABC News:
Police treating vehicle explosion at Trump Las Vegas hotel as possible act of terror: Official  —  Police are also probing the Cybertruck incident as a possible criminal act.  —  General views of the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas on April 15, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Associated Press:
Firework mortars, gas cannisters stuffed inside Tesla that exploded outside Trump's Las Vegas hotel  —  Firework mortars and camp fuel canisters were found stuffed into the back of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside President-elect Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel early Wednesday …
CNN:
Fireworks, gas tanks and camping fuel used in Tesla cybertruck explosion outside Las Vegas Trump Hotel  —  Authorities believe fireworks, gas tanks and camping fuel were connected to a detonation system controlled by the driver in the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside a Trump Hotel in Las Vegas Wednesday morning.
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 …
NBC News:
Tesla Cybertruck bursts into flames outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas, killing one  —  The Clark County Fire Department confirmed that it responded to a vehicle fire early Wednesday.  —  A Tesla Cybertruck burst into flames Wednesday morning just outside the entrance of Trump International Hotel …
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Trump uses New Orleans attack to rant about ‘Democrats and the Fake News Media’  —  Hours after a man drove an F-150 truck through barriers in New Orleans' Bourbon Street district killing at least ten revelers and injuring at three dozen, Donald Trump weighed in on Truth Social.
Discussion: Mediaite and The Post Millennial
New York Times:
Suspect in New Orleans Attack Is Identified as a Texan and Had an ISIS Flag With Him  —  In a YouTube video from 2020, the man identified as the suspect said he had been born and raised in Beaumont, Texas, and had served in the U.S. military.  —  The man killed in a shootout with the police …
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Alexandra Hutzler / ABC News:
Biden, Trump respond to deadly New Year's Day attack in New Orleans
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Johnson protected, diversity office scrapped in new House rules … - Instead of any single House Republican being able to force such a vote, now the motion will have to have eight additional GOP co-sponsors.  — The change is the result of a deal struck between House Republican factions …
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Jason Linkins / New Republic:
Enshittification Comes to Washington  —  My experiences with private-sector package delivery are, to put it mildly, not the best.  As I write this, I'm watching and fretting over a package that is supposed to be delivered to my apartment by FedEx, which only occasionally manages to locate …
Discussion: Raw Story
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump to hold DC rally day before inauguration  —  President-elect Trump will hold a rally in Washington the day before he is set to be inaugurated for a second term.  —  The president-elect will hold what is being dubbed a “victory rally” at Capital One Arena on Jan. 19 …
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
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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, ABC News and SCOTUSblog
 
 
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