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7:35 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.
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.
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.
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
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
Chris Pandolfo / Fox News:
Suspect identified as FBI investigates act of terrorism after Bourbon Street 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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Ty O'Neil / Associated Press:
1 person dies when Tesla truck catches fire and explodes outside Trump's Las Vegas hotel  —  One person died and seven others were injured Wednesday when a Tesla Cybertruck that appeared to be carrying fireworks caught fire and exploded outside President-elect Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel, authorities said.
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 …
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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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Mike Johnson faces “growing number” of threats to his gavel
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Says He Plans to Attend Carter's Funeral
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
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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 …
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
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and NBC News
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Chief Justice Roberts Condemns Threats to Judicial Independence
 
 
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