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Toronto Sun:
Zuckerberg wears $900,000 watch to announce end of Meta fact checks — Mark Zuckerberg wore a rare Swiss watch worth about $900,000 in a video explaining his company's decision to end third-party fact checking on its social media platforms in the U.S. — Play Video
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Meta:
More Speech and Fewer Mistakes — Meta's platforms are built to be places where people can express themselves freely. That can be messy. On platforms where billions of people can have a voice, all the good, bad and ugly is on display. But that's free expression.
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NBC News:
Meta is ending its fact-checking program in favor of a ‘community notes’ system similar to X — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a series of major changes to the company's moderation policies and practices, saying that the election felt like a “cultural tipping point.”
Robert Booth / The Guardian:
Meta to get rid of factcheckers and recommend more political content
Meta to get rid of factcheckers and recommend more political content
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Zuckerberg Achieves Trump Lap Monkey Badge And Other Platform News
Zuckerberg Achieves Trump Lap Monkey Badge And Other Platform News
New York Times:
Live Updates: Meta to End Fact-Checking Program in Shift Ahead of Trump Term
Live Updates: Meta to End Fact-Checking Program in Shift Ahead of Trump Term
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Meta ends fact-checking program as Zuckerberg vows to restore free expression on Facebook, Instagram
Meta ends fact-checking program as Zuckerberg vows to restore free expression on Facebook, Instagram
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Clare Duffy / CNN:
Meta is getting rid of fact checkers. Zuckerberg acknowledged more harmful content will appear on the platforms now
Meta is getting rid of fact checkers. Zuckerberg acknowledged more harmful content will appear on the platforms now
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Mark Zuckerberg Is a Surrender Monkey
Mark Zuckerberg Is a Surrender Monkey
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Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Cannon temporarily blocks report on Trump classified-documents probe — Two Trump employees charged alongside him in the classified documents case separately asked Judge Aileen Cannon to block the release. — The federal judge in Florida who dismissed the case against Donald Trump …
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Ella Lee / The Hill:
New York appeals court denies halting Trump's sentencing — A New York appellate judge on Tuesday declined to suspend President-elect Trump's Friday sentencing on his hush money criminal conviction. — Judge Ellen Gesmer of the state's midlevel appeals court rejected Trump's emergency petition …
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Judge Cannon Blocks Release of Special Counsel's Final Report on Trump Documents Investigation — Judge Aileen M. Cannon, a Trump appointee who dismissed the documents case in its entirety this summer, on Tuesday temporarily barred the special counsel, Jack Smith, from releasing the results of his investigation to the public.
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Judge temporarily blocks release of special counsel report on Trump cases as court fight simmers
Judge temporarily blocks release of special counsel report on Trump cases as court fight simmers
Politico:
Cannon temporarily blocks release of Jack Smith report
Cannon temporarily blocks release of Jack Smith report
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Daniel Barnes / NBC News:
Judge blocks release of special counsel report on Trump's criminal cases
Judge blocks release of special counsel report on Trump's criminal cases
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Associated Press:
Donald Trump Jr. arrives in Greenland with a message from his dad: 'We're going to treat you well' — President-elect Donald Trump told residents of Greenland that “we're going to treat you well” as his oldest son visited the mineral-rich Danish territory that's home to a large U.S. military base …
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Associated Press:
Trump refuses to rule out use of military force to take control of Greenland and the Panama Canal — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would not rule out the use of military force to seize control of the Panama Canal and Greenland, as he declared U.S. control of both to be vital to American national security.
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Transition Live Updates: Trump Hints at U.S. Territorial Expansion and Airs Grievances — Here's what to know — In an hourlong news conference at Mar-a-Lago, President-elect Donald J. Trump refused to rule out using military force to retake the Panama Canal, which was returned by treaty …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
In sum: Trump just left open using military force against a NATO ally — Trump regularly declines to rule things out, but this one on Greenland is different. — President-elect Donald Trump is the king of not ruling things out. It's his default response when a possibility …
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Politico:
‘Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders,’ says Danish PM as Donald Trump Jr. arrives
‘Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders,’ says Danish PM as Donald Trump Jr. arrives
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Robbie Gramer / Politico:
Donald Trump Jr. heads to Greenland as his father eyes the Danish territory
Donald Trump Jr. heads to Greenland as his father eyes the Danish territory
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump muses over renaming Gulf of Mexico ‘Gulf of America’ — President-elect Trump on Tuesday told reporters he wants to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America as he bemoaned that Mexico was taking advantage of the United States on trade and immigration.
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CNBC:
Trump announces $20 billion foreign investment to build new U.S. data centers
Trump announces $20 billion foreign investment to build new U.S. data centers
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Doug Palmer / Politico:
Trump warns of new tariffs against Canada, Mexico, EU. And maybe Denmark, too.
Trump warns of new tariffs against Canada, Mexico, EU. And maybe Denmark, too.
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Matthew Belloni / Puck:
Melania Trump Documentary Scores Massive Amazon Payday — It's 2025, and even the Walt Disney Co. is kissing Donald Trump's ring. But it's still stunning that Amazon is paying a whopping $40 million to license the Brett Ratner-directed Melania Trump documentary.
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Cami Mondeaux / Washington Examiner:
SALT emerges as redline for blue state Republicans in reconciliation negotiations — As House Republicans grapple with intraparty disagreements over what to include in President-elect Donald Trump's reconciliation bill, some GOP lawmakers are making specific tax provision demands they say will be necessary for their support.
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Ivana Saric / Axios:
Biden admin finalizes rule to ban medical debt from credit reports … - The CFPB estimates that for Americans with medical debt, the new rule could raise their credit scores by an average of 20 points. — “People who get sick shouldn't have their financial future upended,” CFPB Director Rohit Chopra said in the press release.
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
CFPB issues rules to remove medical debt from consumer credit reports
CFPB issues rules to remove medical debt from consumer credit reports
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Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:
Federal prosecutors say they've uncovered ‘additional criminal conduct’ by NYC Mayor Adams — Federal prosecutors who indicted Mayor Adams on corruption charges last year allege they have uncovered “additional criminal conduct” that the mayor and others engaged in.
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AM New York
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Axios:
Scoop: Senate Dems delay Tulsi Gabbard nomination … - Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is balking at GOP requests to hold a hearing for Gabbard early next week, according to multiple sources familiar with the conversations.
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Politico:
New Dem additions to a plum panel are spurring private angst — An under-the-radar decision to add Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and about half a dozen other members to the House Energy and Commerce is causing some angst among House Democrats, according to three people familiar with the matter …
FIRE:
FIRE to defend veteran pollster J. Ann Selzer in Trump lawsuit over outlier election poll — “Punishing someone for their political prediction is about as unconstitutional as it gets,” said FIRE Chief Counsel Bob Corn-Revere. “This is America. No one should be afraid to predict the outcome of an election.
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Washington Post Lays Off 4 Percent of Its Work Force — The layoffs will affect employees across The Post's business operations, not its newsroom. — The Washington Post has started laying off roughly 4 percent of its work force, the company said on Tuesday, as the newspaper struggles to stem millions of dollars in annual losses.
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Georgia GOP boots former lieutenant governor who backed Harris — The Georgia Republican Party has booted longtime President-elect Trump critic former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan (R), who backed Vice President Harris's 2024 bid for the White House. — A resolution from the Georgia GOP's State …
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