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New York Times:
Special Counsel Report Says Trump Would Have Been Convicted in Election Case — “But for Mr. Trump's election and imminent return to the presidency, the office assessed that the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial,” the report said.
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Washington Post:
Justice Dept. releases Trump special counsel report on Jan. 6 case — President-elect Donald Trump has tried to prevent the release of special counsel Jack Smith's report before he takes office next week. — If Donald Trump wasn't elected president in November, the Justice Department …
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Norman Eisen / The Contrarian:
A Contrarian Take on Volume One of Jack Smith's Report — The fact that we are already familiar with almost all of the facts in the first volume of Jack Smith's final report on January 6th and Donald Trump's attempted self-coup, makes them no less horrifying.
Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
The Report on Trump's 2020 Election Subversion Is Damning — “The admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial,” Jack Smith's team wrote in the 130-page report … The 130-page report is damning, and concludes that “the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial.”
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NBC News:
Justice Dept. sends Congress Jack Smith's report on Trump's effort to overturn 2020 election
Justice Dept. sends Congress Jack Smith's report on Trump's effort to overturn 2020 election
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Breaking: Special counsel's report on the January 6 case is now public
Breaking: Special counsel's report on the January 6 case is now public
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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Trump rages after Smith report release: ‘Lamebrain prosecutor’
Trump rages after Smith report release: ‘Lamebrain prosecutor’
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Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
The Pressure Campaign to Get Pete Hegseth Confirmed as Defense Secretary — Supporters of Donald Trump's nominee have intimidated potential witnesses and suppressed the F.B.I. background check of the former Fox News host in the run-up to his Senate hearing.
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Sarah Fitzpatrick / NBC News:
Former Fox anchor Gretchen Carlson makes request ahead of hearing — Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson and her nonprofit group sent a letter yesterday asking the Senate Armed Services Committee to allow an alleged victim of sexual assault to testify anonymously at Hegseth's confirmation hearing.
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Bloomberg:
Hegseth Says He'd Be Pentagon ‘Change Agent,’ Rebuffing Critics at Confirmation Hearing
Hegseth Says He'd Be Pentagon ‘Change Agent,’ Rebuffing Critics at Confirmation Hearing
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Read: Full text of Pete Hegseth's opening statement
Read: Full text of Pete Hegseth's opening statement
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The Federalist, The Post Millennial, Mediaite, Fox News, IJR and Fox Business
NBC News:
Pete Hegseth's FBI background check does not include interviews with key women from his past
Pete Hegseth's FBI background check does not include interviews with key women from his past
Wall Street Journal:
Zuckerberg Debuts ‘Real Mark’ in Push to Woo Trump — Meta pursues a MAGA makeover, in the latest political pivot for a company that once banned the now-president-elect from its platforms — Mark Zuckerberg wants Donald Trump to get to know the “real Mark.”
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Bannon: Zuckerberg 'can't be trusted' — Steve Bannon, a former adviser to President-elect Trump, went after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a Monday episode of his “Bannon's War Room” podcast. — “Zuckerberg can't be trusted, at all,” Bannon said on his show, in a clip highlighted by Mediaite.
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Bloomberg:
China Discusses Sale of TikTok US to Musk as One Possible Option — ByteDance's preferred strategy is to fight ban, sources say — Trump has said he would like to delay ban to seek resolution — Chinese officials are evaluating a potential option that involves Elon Musk acquiring …
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CNN:
What is RedNote, the Chinese social media app that US TikTokers are flocking to?
What is RedNote, the Chinese social media app that US TikTokers are flocking to?
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Bloomberg:
Trump Floats Creating ‘External Revenue Service’ for Tariffs — Trump has framed tariffs as way to offset cost of his agenda — Economists say Trump tariffs threaten to raise consumer prices — President-elect Donald Trump said he would create an “External Revenue Service” …
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Marco Rubio Isn't Likely to Last Long as Secretary of State — He's being undermined by fellow Republicans, and that's before he shows up to lead a workforce Trump distrusts. — Congratulations, Marco Rubio! You'll soon be secretary of State. — Condolences, too. You're not likely to last long in the job.
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Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Michelle Obama will skip Trump inauguration, but ex-Presidents Obama, Clinton and Bush will be there — Former first lady Michelle Obama will skip the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, the second time in two weeks that she is not attending a gathering of former U.S. leaders and their spouses …
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Jonathan Alter / Washington Monthly:
A Life Sentence of Disgrace — It goes without saying that the big historic event of last week—maybe of the year—is the catastrophic L.A. Fire, which I will write about in the weeks ahead. But before we say farewell to Jimmy Carter's Long Goodbye, I wanted to tell you a bit about my experience …
Jennifer Jacobs / CBS News:
Harris declines to invite Vance for courtesy visit to vice president's residence before inauguration — When JD Vance, his wife Usha and their three young children move into the Naval Observatory residence on Jan. 20, it will be their first time inside the white Queen Anne-style mansion …
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USA Today:
‘Conditions’ should be placed on California wildfire aid: House Speaker Mike Johnson — A number of Republicans are calling for conditions to any federal aid that goes to California as the state struggles with catastrophic wildfires. One Democrat says it could come back to bite them.
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Dylan Matthews / Vox:
The president who could not choose — “To govern is to choose, however difficult the choices may be.” —Pierre Mendès France, prime minister of France 1954-'55 — If you want to understand where Joe Biden's presidency went wrong, when his administration stopped looking …
David R. Lurie / Public Notice:
Putin needs Trump's help more than ever — And Trump is signaling that he'll deliver. — It's been nearly three years since Vladimir Putin's despotic regime began its reign of terror against Ukraine by attempting to conquer the country and, in Putin's words, put an end to the “fictional” Ukrainian nation.
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Euromaidan Press, New York Times and 19FortyFive
Taylor Giorno / The Hill:
Consumer bureau sues Capital One for ‘cheating’ customers on savings account interest — The government's consumer watchdog on Tuesday sued Capital One for alleging “cheating” customers out of billions in interest payments. — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) …
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Zach Montague / New York Times:
Biden's Push to Cancel Student Debt Surpasses 5 Million Borrowers — With Monday's authorization and 27 previous ones, the Biden administration has forgiven over $180 billion in student loans, even as its larger policy vision never took root. — The Education Department announced on Monday …
Alanna Vagianos / HuffPost:
New Jersey Announces It's Stockpiling Abortion Pills Before Trump Takes Office — Gov. Phil Murphy is expected to make the announcement Tuesday, joining a number of other states in trying to safeguard access to mifepristone. — LOADING — New Jersey is joining a handful of states …
Washington Post:
Ethics worries grow for Florida Democrat as state sues over $5 million covid payment — Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick's self-reported income increased by millions of dollars the same year as the overpayment. — Questions surrounding a newly reelected Democratic lawmaker deepened …
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Florida Politics
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Democrats will get amendments to Senate immigration bill, says key Republican — Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) said on Tuesday that there will “absolutely” be amendments to the Senate GOP's first immigration bill — indication that Republicans will agree to Democratic demands for a more expansive legislative debate.
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