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2:25 PM ET, January 15, 2025

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Reuters:
Live Updates: Israel and Hamas Agree to Gaza Cease-Fire Deal, Officials Say  —  The cease-fire would take effect immediately, a White House official said.  The first phase of the deal, including the start of hostage releases, would last six weeks, although it was not clear what day that would begin, the official said.
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The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden  —  Today, after many months of intensive diplomacy by the United States, along with Egypt and Qatar, Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire and hostage deal.  This deal will halt the fighting in Gaza, surge much needed-humanitarian assistance to Palestinian civilians …
NBC News:
Israel and Hamas reach deal on Gaza ceasefire and hostage release  —  The Biden administration is calling for a final push before the president leaves office, with many seeing the Trump inauguration as an unofficial deadline.  —  WASHINGTON — A ceasefire deal has been reached to end 15 months …
Associated Press:
Biden expected to address Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal, officials say
Andrew Wilks / Associated Press:
Live updates: Multiple officials tout Gaza ceasefire deal; Israel says details are still in flux
emptywheel:
How Right Wingers Rushed to DEI Hire Pete Hegseth  —  Pete Hegseth is wildly unqualified to run DOD.  He described yesterday the most people he had ever supervised was 100.  The non-profit budgets that went broke under his stewardship were in the $10 million range.
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Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
The Greatest DEI Disaster Ever  —  Democratic Senators—especially the women—shed an even brighter light on a sketchy, uninformed nominee who has no business lording over the Pentagon  —  Watching Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth demonstrate his appalling lack of credentials …
New York Times:
Live Updates: Trump's Attorney General Pick to Face Questions Over Lobbying
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
AG nominee Pam Bondi won't say Trump lost 2020 election
Ashley Oliver / Washington Examiner:
Pam Bondi pledges ‘new golden age’ at DOJ if confirmed as Trump attorney general
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
By Targeting Hegseth, Democrats Open a Path for Gabbard
US Food and Drug Administration:
FDA to Revoke Authorization for the Use of Red No. 3 in Food and Ingested Drugs  —  Constituent Update  —  The FDA is revoking the authorization for the use of FD&C Red No. 3 as a matter of law, based on the Delaney Clause of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act).
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NBC News:
FDA bans Red No. 3, artificial coloring used in beverages, candy and other foods  —  Evidence shows that the synthetic dye can cause cancer in lab animals.  —  The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it's banning the use of Red No. 3, a synthetic dye that gives food and drinks …
Discussion: New York Post, UPI and Common Dreams
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Scoop: Trump's $500 million post-election windfall … - “The money is just pouring in at Mar-a-Lago. … - “We're looking at half a billion [dollars] by June, and we're on track,” this adviser said. … - They include the president-elect's inauguration account, the MAGA Inc. super PAC …
Discussion: New Republic, Breitbart and Raw Story
Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump team asks three US senior career diplomats to resign, sources say  —  Aides to President-elect Donald Trump have asked three senior career diplomats who oversee the U.S. State Department's workforce and internal coordination to step down from their roles …
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Trump will begin his presidency in delicate position, poll finds  —  As Donald Trump prepares to once again assume the office of the presidency, a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds that, despite his claims of an “unprecedented and powerful mandate,” Trump may have to be careful about how far he decides to go with what he wants to do.
NOTUS:
Trump Said He'd Solve Ukraine on Day One.  Republicans Say He Didn't Mean ‘Day One.’  —  “I don't think the media pressing Day One is specifically ‘Day One,’” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene told NOTUS.  — Copy  —  Early on in his latest campaign for president, Donald Trump unveiled a headline-grabbing campaign promise on Ukraine.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Gram Slattery / Reuters:
Trump advisers concede Ukraine peace deal is months away
Discussion: Axios, Politico and Euromaidan Press
Harry Litman / New Republic:
No, Merrick Garland Did Not Let Donald Trump Skate  —  Some time in the next five days, Merrick Garland will step down as the nation's eighty-sixth attorney general, bringing to a close one of the most distinguished careers in public service in the last century.
Natalia Ojewska / Bloomberg:
Poland's Tusk Says Russia Planned Terror Acts Against Airlines  —  Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk accused Russia of planning to carry out “acts of air terror” against airlines worldwide as he urged European partners to join forces in countering Moscow's alleged sabotage attempts.
Discussion: New York Times
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Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Defending Michigan's Auto Industry, Whitmer Warns of Tariff Risks  —  Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addressed the Detroit Auto Show, saying that tariffs should not be used “to punish our closest trading partners,” like Canada.  —  Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, a leading Democrat …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and HuffPost
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Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
Why Greenland?  —  And Canada, Mexico, Panama...  In one way, Trump is utterly predictable.  He wants to die in bed rather than in prison, and he wants that bed to be in the White House.  That's what they all want, all of these supposedly strong men with their ostensibly national feeling: the eternal clean sheets.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The questions Pete Hegseth wouldn't answer  —  Hegseth awkwardly skirted firm answers on a number of topics related to his personal baggage and what he would do as defense secretary.  —  Democrats pressure Hegseth during confirmation questioning  —  The conventional wisdom is that Pete Hegseth …
Discussion: The Hill, Townhall and Breaking Defense
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Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:
Joni Ernst Says She Will Vote to Confirm Pete Hegseth
Mary Ann Akers / The Daily Beast:
RFK Jr. Admits He Didn't Come Clean on Anti-Vax Fortune  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. failed to disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars he made from his anti-vax crusade, Donald Trump's transition team has admitted to the Daily Beast.Trump's pick for health secretary previously said his career as the founder …
Discussion: New Republic and Democrats
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Paul Krugman Issues Dire Warning On How ‘A Lot’ Of Trump Voters Will Be ‘Brutally Scammed’  —  The economist also slammed one of the president-elect's policies as “terrible.”  —  LOADING  —  “A lot of people” who voted for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election …
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Jack Smith reminds us of the futility of truth in the Trump era  —  Yesterday unfolded in a sort of perfectly stupid synchronicity, with the past crimes of Donald Trump, as detailed in the just-released Jack Smith report, being overshadowed by the confirmation hearing for Trump's secretary of defense nominee, Pete Hegseth.
Discussion: Daring Fireball
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Biden's Cuba bombshell shocks Florida Democrats … - In Florida — where Hispanics make up 19% of the voters — the issue of “socialism” turns off many people with roots in Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Colombia, countries many of them escaped to avoid leftist violence or regimes.
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Michelle Obama signals she's done with Trump  —  Michelle Obama is done with President-elect Trump, if her decision to skip next week's inauguration means anything.  —  The former first lady, who once called on Democrats to go high when Trump's Republican Party goes low …
Kenneth C. Brill / The Hill:
Overhaul national intelligence without Tulsi Gabbard at the helm  —  President-elect Donald Trump has nominated a remarkably unqualified person, Tulsi Gabbard, to be the director of National Intelligence.  The Senate should reject her nomination, but also strengthen oversight of the Office …
Discussion: The Daily Signal
New York Times:
Are We Sleepwalking Into Autocracy?  —  Since Donald Trump's election victory, we have witnessed striking accommodations to his narrow win and mandate, what has been called “anticipatory obedience.”  —  Are we sleepwalking into an autocracy?  We hope not, and would be glad if the threat does not materialize.
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
How a major bank cheated its customers out of $2 billion, according to a new federal lawsuit  —  An explosive new lawsuit filed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) alleges that Capital One bank cheated its customers out of $2 billion.  According to the lawsuit …
NBC News:
Kamala Harris' potential next move: A book  —  The outgoing vice president has yet to tell the full story of her 107-day campaign for the presidency in her own words.  —  WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris has a lot of options for her next act — including possible runs for governor …
New York Times:
Ramaswamy Has a High-Profile Perch and a Raft of Potential Conflicts … Vivek Ramaswamy became one of the world's youngest billionaires after making his fortune in the pharmaceutical industry.Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times  —  Vivek Ramaswamy is the less famous and less wealthy half …
Discussion: OutsideTheBeltway
 
 
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