More Speech and Fewer Mistakes  —  Joel Kaplan, Chief Global Affairs Officer  —  https://about.fb.com/wp-content/ uploads/2025/01/V2.Single-Take-CS25_MZ_ JanAnnouncement_v09_16x9.mp4  —  Takeaways  — Starting in the US, we are ending our third party fact-checking program and moving to a Community Notes model.

Trump urges Garland to block release of Jack Smith's final report  —  His lawyers wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland.  —  Donald Trump and two of his allies are making a last-minute push to block special counsel Jack Smith from issuing his final report on his two dismissed criminal cases against the president-elect.

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.

Danish king changes coat of arms amid row with Trump over Greenland  —  Design shows intent to keep control of Faroe Islands and Greenland - which Trump says he would like the US to buy  —  The Danish king has shocked some historians by changing the royal coat of arms to more prominently feature Greenland …

Trump's one-bill two-step perplexes GOP senators  —  GOP senators are questioning the president-elect's commitment to “one powerful bill.”  —  If Donald Trump thought he was settling the GOP's most important strategy dispute, Senate Republicans are not getting the message.

Why Mike Johnson's fake “Jefferson prayer” matters  —  Replacing facts with phony history is a linchpin of the Christian nationalist movement  —  One cannot say for certain that Rep. Mike Johnson was deliberately lying during his acceptance speech to return as Speaker of the House.

Former French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen dies aged 96  —  Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of the far-right National Front party who tapped into working class concerns over immigration and globalisation, shaking up the French political establishment, has died, sources close to his daughter Marine Le Pen said on Tuesday.

Former VP Mike Pence praises VP Kamala Harris for certifying election, Trump's victory  —  It is “particularly admirable that Vice President Harris would preside over the certification of a presidential election that she lost,” the former Vice President said.  —  Julia Gomez Kinsey CrowleyUSA TODAY

How Democrats should talk about Trump's corruption  —  “There's really a need for a whole new set of reforms,” Noah Bookbinder says.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Donald Trump is the most brazenly self-dealing president in history.  He's surrounded these days by an obscene cast of billionaires …

GOP leaders plan votes on first bill to address illegal immigration  —  Congressional Republicans are moving quickly to take steps to address illegal immigration, bringing up a bill this week that would require the detention of undocumented migrants charged with theft or burglary.

Americans Think History Will Rate Biden Presidency Negatively  —  Perceptions of how Trump's first term will be regarded have improved considerably  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Many more Americans expect history to judge Joe Biden's presidency unfavorably rather than favorably.

10 corporations that kept their promises after January 6, 2021  —  After a violent mob stormed the Capitol building on January 6, 2021, hundreds of corporations took action to communicate to the public that democracy itself was more important than maximizing their political influence.

Pressure mounts on EU to use legal weapons against Musk's interference  —  European Commission says it will study whether X gives unfair boost to far right in German election.  —  What are you waiting for, Brussels?  —  Elon Musk's decision to host German far-right leader Alice Weidel …

No one is above the law — except Trump  —  The Prussian statesman Otto von Bismarck famously said that “politics is the art of the possible.”  And there is no greater example of the principle than Donald Trump's return to power.  —  Trump has pulled off the greatest political comeback in American history.

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.

Mark Carney Says He's Considering Running to Succeed Trudeau  —  Mark Carney, the former governor of the Bank of Canada and Bank of England, said he's considering entering the race to replace Justin Trudeau as Canada's prime minister.  —  Carney said he's “encouraged and honored by the support …

Trump pushes “president-elect immunity” to fight hush money case sentencing … - Trump has waged a legal battle to get out of the Jan. 10 court date, despite the fact that Judge Juan Merchan has already indicated that he won't face jail time.  — Trump's filing comes …

U.S. in Talks to Swap Detained Americans in Afghanistan for Guantanamo Prisoner  —  Biden administration negotiates for the release of three Americans in exchange for an alleged Osama bin Laden associate—and seeks to avoid political blowback  —  WASHINGTON—The Biden administration …