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5:05 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 …
Washington Post:
Israel and Hamas agree to ceasefire deal, including hostage release, Biden says  —  Qatar announces Gaza ceasefire  —  A hostage and ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel has been reached Wednesday following more than 15 months of extraordinary bloodshed and violence in Gaza, President Joe Biden said Wednesday.
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
The Israeli Right May Soon Be Disenchanted With Trump  —  The most interesting detail of the hostage-cease fire deal that Israeli and Hamas officials agreed to on Wednesday lies neither in its terms, which mainly resemble what's been on the table for months, nor in the fact that Benjamin Netanyahu …
Discussion: Townhall, DNyuz and Breitbart
Reuters:
Israel, Hamas reach ceasefire deal designed to end 15-month Gaza war  —  Israel and Hamas agreed to a deal to halt fighting in Gaza and exchange Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, an official briefed on the deal told Reuters on Wednesday, opening the way to a possible end to a 15-month war that has upended the Middle East.
Andrew Wilks / Associated Press:
Live updates: Multiple officials tout Gaza ceasefire deal; Israel says details are still in flux
Associated Press:
WATCH: Biden announces Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Biden on if Trump will get credit over him for ceasefire deal: ‘Is that a joke?’
NBC News:
Israel and Hamas reach deal on Gaza ceasefire and hostage release
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
AG nominee Pam Bondi won't say Trump lost 2020 election  —  Attorney general nominee Pam Bondi dodged a question from Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Wednesday about whether President-elect Trump lost the 2020 election.  —  Bondi echoed other Republicans in stating President Biden is now the president …
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New York Times:
Live Updates: Trump's Attorney General Pick to Face Questions Over Lobbying
Elie Honig / New York Times:
Would Pam Bondi Stand Up to Trump as Attorney General?
Ashley Oliver / Washington Examiner:
Pam Bondi pledges ‘new golden age’ at DOJ if confirmed as Trump attorney general
Bloomberg:
Bondi Vows DOJ Won't Have ‘Enemies List’ Under Her Watch
New York Times:
Zuckerberg Will Host a Party for Trump's Inauguration  —  Mark Zuckerberg, the Meta chief executive, is one of several tech leaders expected to play a high-profile role in celebrating the new administration next week.  —  Mark Zuckerberg, the Meta chief executive who has tried to keep …
Discussion: NBC News, Sludge, Forbes and ABC News
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Mario Parker / Bloomberg:
Apple's Tim Cook Plans to Join Tech CEOs at Trump's Inauguration
Discussion: 9to5Mac
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
Discussion: New York Post, Boston Herald and UPI
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.
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Default:
Notes on the Smith Report, Vol. 1
Discussion: The Hill
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Jack Smith reminds us of the futility of truth in the Trump era
Discussion: Blue Virginia
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 …
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Stacey Abrams group to pay largest fine for campaign violations in Georgia history  —  A voting rights group founded by Stacey Abrams will pay $300,000 for illegally supporting her 2018 gubernatorial campaign — the largest fine ever assessed for violating Georgia campaign finance laws.
Discussion: NOTUS, Associated Press and Axios
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David A. Fahrenthold / New York Times:
Nonprofit Founded by Stacey Abrams Admits Secretly Aiding Her 2018 Campaign  —  The New Georgia Project, whose leaders also included Raphael Warnock, now a senator, admitted violating campaign finance laws.  It agreed to a $300,000 penalty.  —  A nonprofit founded by Stacey Abrams …
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
Discussion: Slate
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 …
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court seems eager to curb First Amendment protections for porn  —  On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard the first major First Amendment case involving pornography — or, for that matter, sexual speech of any kind — in more than two decades.  It's also the first such case since …
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Kaelan Deese / Washington Examiner:
Pornography age-verification laws get warm reception at Supreme Court
Politico:
Ramaswamy and DeWine met to discuss Ohio Senate appointment  —  The DOGE co-leader previously took himself out of the running for the post.  —  Two months after taking himself out of the running for an Ohio Senate seat, Vivek Ramaswamy is under consideration for the post …
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.
Kara Voght / Washington Post:
Jill Biden still hopes for a good ending  —  The first lady, after a half-century in public life, reflects on the past year — and looks to the future.  —  The first lady says she's at peace with this ending.  But.  —  “Let's just say I was disappointed with how it unfolded.”  —  Why?
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
Brett Murphy / ProPublica:
A Year of Empty Threats and a “Smokescreen” Policy: How the State Department Let Israel Get Away With Horrors in Gaza  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.
Discussion: Reuters
Kim Tong-Hyung / Associated Press:
Yoon becomes South Korea's first sitting president to be detained after martial law chaos  —  South Korea's impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, was detained in a major law enforcement operation at the presidential compound Wednesday, defiantly insisting the anti-corruption agency …
Bill Mahoney / Politico:
Cuomo has nearly $8M in his warchest  —  The ex-governor's legal bills are less than they've been in the past.  —  ALBANY, New York — Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo has $7.7 million in his state-level campaign finance account, according to a disclosure report he submitted Wednesday morning.
Ryan Grim / Drop Site News:
Kamala Harris Paid the Price for Not Breaking With Biden on Gaza, New Poll Shows  —  From 2020 to 2024, Democrats saw a staggering dropoff in support at the presidential level, with some 19 million people who voted for Joe Biden staying home (or not mailing in their ballots) in 2024.
Discussion: The Independent and мир …
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 …
Reuters:
TikTok prepares for US shutdown from Sunday, sources say  —  TikTok plans to shut its app for U.S. users from Sunday, when a federal ban on the social media app could come into effect, unless the Supreme Court moves to block it, people familiar with the matter said.
 
 
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