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1:40 PM ET, January 14, 2025

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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 …
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.
Discussion: The Atlantic
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.”
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:   It was the Best of Biden, It was the Worst of Biden
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
The Most Damning Lines in Jack Smith's Brutal Trump January 6 Report
Punchbowl News:
Jan. 6 committee members talk to White House about pardons
Discussion: HuffPost and Raw Story
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Trump rages after Smith report release: ‘Lamebrain prosecutor’
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.
Discussion: Associated Press and Al Jazeera
Washington Examiner:
Hegseth fights back against ‘smear campaign’ as Democrats charge he is unqualified to lead Pentagon
New York Times:
Live Updates: Pete Hegseth to Face Sharp Questions at Confirmation Hearing
NBC News:
Pete Hegseth's FBI background check does not include interviews with key women from his past
NBC News:
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg to attend Trump's inauguration  —  The three will be seated together on the inauguration platform with other prominent guests.  —  Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg will attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday …
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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.
Discussion: New Republic, Mediaite and Vanity Fair
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.”
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?
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 …
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” …
Discussion: The Hill
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Joseph Choi / The Hill:
How Trump's Greenland demands could impact Ozempic costs
Discussion: RADAR
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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Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg:
Rubio Set to Say China Cheated Its Way to Superpower Status
Discussion: Fox News
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 …
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 …
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) …
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.
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 …
Discussion: Florida Politics
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 …
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Americans See Little Progress in Key Areas Under Biden  —  More think the U.S. lost than gained ground in a majority of economic, national and international areas  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — As President Joe Biden prepares to leave office, Americans offer a largely negative assessment of the progress …
 
 
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Politico:
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
A new Supreme Court case seeks to make it harder to get screened for cancer
Discussion: Daily Kos
Erin Doherty / Axios:
Trump picks historically young group of top officials
Financial Times:
Is corporate America going Maga?
Discussion: The Bulwark and Raw Story
Casey Newton / Platformer:
Meta goes mask-off
USA Today:
‘Conditions’ should be placed on California wildfire aid: House Speaker Mike Johnson
 

 
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
PBS and a public TV affiliate in Minnesota sue the Trump administration, saying his executive order to cut federal funding violated PBS' First Amendment rights

Chris Willman / Variety:
Taylor Swift acquires the rights to her first six albums from Shamrock Capital; sources say the deal was in the mid-$300M range

Rory Carroll / The Guardian:
Former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams wins a defamation case against the BBC over a documentary that claimed that Adams had sanctioned an MI5 informant's murder
 
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