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Special counsel Jack Smith resigns from DOJ — The special counsel's departure was disclosed in a court filing submitted Saturday afternoon to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon. — Special counsel Jack Smith has completed his work on two criminal investigations of President-elect Donald Trump …
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Cybele Mayes-Osterman / USA Today:
DOJ says judge was ‘plainly’ wrong to block Trump election interference report — The Justice Department filed an emergency motion late Friday pushing for the speedy release of special counsel Jack Smith's investigative report on President-elect Donald Trump's alleged effort to overturn …
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New York Times:
Jack Smith, Who Led Prosecutions of Trump, Resigns — Mr. Smith, a special counsel appointed by Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, had signaled that he would step down before Donald J. Trump's inauguration. — Jack Smith, the special counsel who brought two unsuccessful federal prosecutions …
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Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Biden Awards Medal of Freedom to Pope Francis — President Biden, a Catholic, awarded the medal with distinction to the pontiff, to whom he has turned for personal guidance. — President Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction to Pope Francis on Saturday …
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The White House:
President Biden Awards Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction to His Holiness Pope Francis
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Tony Czuczka / Bloomberg:
Biden Awards Pope a Presidential Medal in Waning Days of Term
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Mike Ives / New York Times:
Trump Calls Officials Handling Los Angeles Wildfires ‘Incompetent’ — Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles County authorities have invited President-elect Donald J. Trump to tour the devastation, but he has not publicly responded. — President-elect Donald J. Trump offered fresh criticism early Sunday …
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New York Times:
Inside Elon Musk's Plan for DOGE to Slash Government Costs — Mr. Musk has turned to Silicon Valley to help recruit executives who will take up unofficial positions across the federal government. — An unpaid group of billionaires, tech executives and some disciples of Peter Thiel …
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Daily Kos
Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Republican congressman calls for halting of disaster relief to California — Warren Davidson of Ohio says aid should be withheld until the state ravaged by wildfires reforms forestry management — A Republican US congressman from Ohio has called for federal disaster relief to be withheld …
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Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. / Breitbart:
Steve Bannon: ‘I Will Do Anything’ to Keep Elon Musk out of the White House — ROME — Former Breitbart News executive chairman Steve Bannon has declared war on Elon Musk, vowing to have the tech billionaire kicked out of the White House by the time Donald Trump is inaugurated.
Wendy Benjaminson / Bloomberg:
Vance Says Violent Jan. 6 Protesters Shouldn't Be Pardoned — Vice President-elect JD Vance tempered his boss's promise to pardon all the protesters involved in the US Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, saying those who behaved violently should “obviously” not receive pardons.
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Washington Times
Alex Nitzberg / Fox News:
Dem senator warns ‘LA fires are preview of coming atrocities,’ claims Trump bought off by ‘Big Oil’ — Ed Markey claims there is a ‘climate crisis’ — As fires wreak havoc in California, Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., claimed in a post on X the catastrophe is “what a climate emergency looks like.”
Politico:
Trump tells House Republicans to find a ‘fair number’ on SALT — New York Republicans left a meeting with the incoming president saying he supported increasing the cap on the SALT deduction. — New York Republicans came out of a Mar-a-Lago meeting with Donald Trump on Saturday confident …
Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:
F.B.I. Briefs Top Senators on Armed Services Panel About Hegseth — The committee's Republican chairman and its top Democrat were briefed on F.B.I. findings into Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's defense secretary pick. Democrats questioned whether there were gaps.
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NBC News
CNN:
More than a dozen states have passed new laws that led to restrictions on pornography. Now, the Supreme Court will weigh in — In Texas, Florida, and more than a dozen other states, users who try to access the world's largest pornography website are greeted by a surprising sight …
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New York Times
Annie Grayer / CNN:
Trump border czar privately tempers Republican lawmaker expectations on administration's initial deportation operation — President-elect Donald Trump's border czar Tom Homan has privately told Republican lawmakers to temper their expectations for the incoming administration's initial deportation operation …
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Politico:
Trump charms GOP rebels at Mar-a-Lago, with Musk in tow — “Unity was a huge part” of the confab, one of several House GOP meetings the president-elect has scheduled this weekend. — Donald Trump is working to smooth over roadblocks to his massive legislative agenda this weekend at his Florida resort …
Audra D. S. Burch / New York Times:
Tulsa Massacre Was a ‘Coordinated, Military-Style Attack,’ Federal Report Says — The Justice Department's conclusion follows an investigation of the 1921 atrocity in Oklahoma in which up to 300 Black residents were killed. — The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, in which a prosperous Black neighborhood …
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UPI, ABC News, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, The Hill and Axios
Ilana Berger / Media Matters for America:
As fast-moving wildfires rage in Los Angeles, right-wing media misleadingly blame forest mismanagement — Right-wing media have long pinned wildfires on Democratic leadership and “bad forest management” to avoid acknowledging climate change and other complex factors
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