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9:35 AM ET, January 13, 2025

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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
House Republicans and Trump discuss tying California wildfire aid to debt ceiling  —  The current California fires could become the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history.  —  A group of House Republicans and President-elect Donald Trump talked about tying wildfire aid …
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Trump's thuggish response to the California fires is a bad omen  —  Southern California is experiencing its most devastating winter fire season in more than 40 years.  As of Sunday, ongoing wildfires have destroyed more than 12,000 homes and killed at least 24 people while burning through an area larger than San Francisco.
Discussion: Washington Post
Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
Newsom suspends landmark environmental laws to ease rebuilding in wildfire zones
Ned Finkle / NVIDIA:
NVIDIA Statement on the Biden Administration's Misguided ‘AI Diffusion’ Rule  —  For decades, leadership in computing and software ecosystems has been a cornerstone of American strength and influence worldwide.  The federal government has wisely refrained from dictating the design …
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The White House:
FACT SHEET: Ensuring U.S. Security and Economic Strength in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
How Lagging Vaccination Could Lead to a Polio Resurgence  —  In its original form, the virus survives in just two countries.  But a type linked to an oral vaccine used in other nations has already turned up in the West.  —  Most American parents hardly give thought to polio beyond the instant …
Discussion: Orlando Sentinel
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Paul A. Offit / New York Times:
Don't Call Kennedy a Vaccine Skeptic.  Call Him What He Is: A Cynic.  —  The news media labels Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a “vaccine skeptic.”  He's not.  I'm an actual vaccine skeptic.  In fact, everyone who serves with me on the Food and Drug Administration's vaccine advisory committee is a vaccine skeptic.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
The Hill:
Democrats want to slow Gabbard confirmation path  —  Senate Democrats want to slow the roll on Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Trump's pick to lead the U.S. intelligence community.  —  Democrats are insisting on delaying Gabbard's confirmation hearing for director of national intelligence …
Discussion: CBS News and Washington Examiner
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Confirmation Hearings Open in a Test of Trump's Hold on Senate G.O.P.
Associated Press:
Incoming Trump Team Is Questioning National Security Council Staff Over Loyalty  —  Nonpolitical career civil servants are reportedly being grilled over who they voted for, their political contributions and more.  —  LOADING  —  Incoming senior Trump administration officials …
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Jen Rubin exits Washington Post, joins Norm Eisen to launch new outlet countering ‘authoritarian threat’  —  New York CNN —  Veteran opinion columnist Jennifer Rubin is becoming the latest in a long list of Washington Post figures to leave the troubled institution.
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Defense pick Pete Hegseth repeatedly criticized removing names of Confederate generals from US bases  —  Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of defense, has voiced strong opposition to removing the names of Confederate generals from US military bases, repeatedly saying the names should be changed back.
Discussion: Raw Story
Cagan Koc / Bloomberg:
Europe's Largest Pension Fund Sold Tesla Stake Over Musk's Pay  —  Europe's largest pension fund sold its entire €571 million ($585 million) stake in Tesla Inc. in the third quarter partly due to disagreement with Elon Musk's remuneration package.  —  “We had a problem” with Musk's pay package …
Discussion: Fortune
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: House Dems plan $10 million opening salvo for 2026 … - Jeffries has already started to message against the legislation, labeling it the “GOP tax scam part two” at a press conference last week. … - The campaign will include TV and digital ads to “hold Republicans accountable …
Sam Skove / Politico:
Moon over Mars?  Congress is determined to kill Elon Musk's space dream.  —  The Trump ally wants the U.S. to forgo the lunar surface for the red planet.  He faces one problem: Congress.  —  Trump confidant Elon Musk wants NASA to drop its ambitious plans to return to the moon and instead head straight to Mars.
Erin Doherty / Axios:
Exclusive: DNC taps Harris' viral wizards for new social media push … - The account will be run by many of the same people who led the @KamalaHQ social media account during the 2024 campaign.  — @FactPostNews will start on X, Threads, and Bluesky and will eventually expand to TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram.
Discussion: Fox News
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
New rule could slash nicotine levels in tobacco products  —  The Biden administration is poised to try to lower the amount of nicotine in tobacco products, an eleventh-hour effort that's been years in the making.  —  The move would give the White House one last chance to try to regulate tobacco …
Discussion: Carolina Journal and Reason
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Vance says those who ‘committed violence’ on Jan. 6 ‘obviously’ shouldn't be pardoned  —  Vice President-elect JD Vance said people who “committed violence” on Jan. 6, 2021, “obviously” shouldn't be pardoned by President-elect Trump.  —  “I think it's very simple, look …
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Associated Press:
Vance says Jan. 6 participants who committed violence ‘obviously’ shouldn't be pardoned
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:   Vance: Jan. 6 Rioters Who ‘Committed Violence’ Should Not Be Pardoned
Chris Michael / The Guardian:
Steve Bannon condemns Elon Musk as ‘racist’ and ‘truly evil’  —  Ex-Trump adviser denounces tech CEO's embrace of some forms of immigration and vows to ‘take this guy down’  —  In an escalation of discontent among the highest-profile far-right followers of Donald Trump …
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Steve Bannon derides Elon Musk, vowing to limit influence over Trump
 
 
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Michael Hirsh / Politico:
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Discussion: Reuters
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Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
GOP Senator Blames Americans for Most of Their Health Problems
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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NBC News:
GOP Sen. Lankford says U.S. ‘is not going to invade’ Greenland despite Trump's comments
Tara Bannow / STAT:
DOJ seeks interviews with former UnitedHealth Group doctors
Jonel Aleccia / Associated Press:
He gave his cats raw milk because he thought it was healthier. He says it tragically backfired
Stacey Young / New York Times:
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Paramount and YouTube cut a new carriage deal that will keep Paramount channels available on the YouTube TV video service; terms of the deal were not disclosed

Sara Fischer / Axios:
The White House says it will bar AP from events in the Oval Office and on Air Force One over AP's refusal to use “Gulf of America” instead of “Gulf of Mexico”

Katie Campione / Deadline:
WGA West President Meredith Stiehm asked studios to “stand up and fight back on AI” and said the guild recovered $78M in late pay and residuals owed in 2024

 
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