The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach. Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM

“You can’t find a more exciting historical story.” 250 years after Paul Revere’s famous midnight ride, we followed the 16-mile route and spoke to people who felt a sense of wonder about that April night. nyti.ms/4cPQeun

History shows that trying to eliminate dissent to your leadership is a sign of weakness.

The Trump administration's efforts to end DEI programs is hitting some unexpected targets, including a nationwide effort planting shade trees in neighborhoods to reduce extreme heat.

After engaging in a campaign of retribution against his enemies within the federal government, President Trump is turning to those outside of it. On "The Daily," our reporter explains what that retribution has looked like for one law firm, and how it's impacting the entire legal profession.

As Elon Musk brandishes a chain saw at CPAC, stories like these are popping up in national and local media, detailing the human toll of job cuts and how they will be felt across the country. x.com/bill_hutchin...

A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up.

Let me say @wired.com is killing on coverage.

The White House is touting that it is transparent, but much of what is known about what Elon Musk is doing to the federal government is via media reporting, not the administration explaining exactly what is happening and what the plan is.

U.S. government bureaucrats are now going through a transcript to determine if a private news organization made a proper editorial call.

If you don’t advertise with us, we will sue you. bsky.app/profile/npr....

Any Paramount Global settlement with Trump over the 60 Minutes interview would be an extraordinary cave on the part of a major media company.

NEW: Welcome to the "try and stop me" presidency. Donald Trump's onslaught of executive actions, summary firings and outright breaches of laws meant to check executive power are an implicit bet that courts and Congress ultimately won't check him. www.politico.com/news/2025/01...

At today’s press briefing, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt made clear that when reference is made to deporting criminals, anyone who crossed the border illegally would fall into that category.

I just saw one major publication claim that no other modern president has done more in his first six days than Trump. But this is all by executive order — a number of which are being challenged in court, by Congress or, in the words of one judge, blatantly unconstitutional.

The order bars the government from "any conduct that would unconstitutionally abridge the free speech of any American citizen" and orders an investigation into the Biden administration's actions.

If you Google "inauguration day," you're greeted with an animation of fireworks forming the shape of the American flag. Google has never done something like this for the inauguration, sources told me, out of fear of appearing partisan. But that's changed now, with Sergey and Sundar attending.

In the House chamber for the speaker vote, to take place before the swearing in of a new Congress. Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), key holdout to Mike Johnson, is seated along the center aisle. It's about the same spot where Matt Gaetz sat when he held out on Kevin McCarthy two years ago.

At Citizens Medal ceremony at the White House, Liz Cheney gets extended cheers and a standing ovation as she accepts award from President Biden.

When public officials hold press conferences to provide updates to major tragedies, reporters are seeking more information on what happened. So the most important people at these press conferences are law enforcement, FBI, etc., not members of Congress.

An NYT 2006 “Last Word” interview for his obituary with Jimmy Carter. Very well done. PS A shame the Times no longer does these. www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...

GOP regulators are singling out NewsGuard for attacks, in ways that worry First Amendment advocates. x.com/deadline/sta...

Many pundits say that the 2024 election was won by Trump because of his promise to lower prices. Yet in the aftermath of his victory, Trump has still stewed over an Iowa poll that showed Harris with the lead, even though he won the state. Now he has sued the pollster. deadline.com/2024/12/trum...

Perhaps being overlooked that Wray’s resignation timing puts a career agent in charge until a successor is confirmed, where his firing (if upheld, as it likely would have been), would have left Trump a freer hand on interim choice.

Both of Trump’s new appointees — Brendan Carr at the FCC and Andrew Ferguson at the FTC — are going after NewsGuard, which rates news sites for their trustworthiness. Newsmax gets a low rating, and Carr and Ferguson each suggest that there is some kind of legal violation.

Lester Holt will anchor NBC Nightly News tonight from Los Angeles and will be reporting from the Malibu fire zone, per the network.

@jessicatarlov.bsky.social joins us on the latest Deadline ElectionLine podcast. x.com/deadline/sta...

Powerful by George Packer in @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

A so-called free speech champion thinks the federal government needs to investigate a private entity, in this case a media watchdog that publishes ratings she doesn’t like. x.com/nicoleshanah...

"Morning Joe" ratings fell from Monday to Tuesday, following announcement of meeting w/Donald Trump. Average was 770,000 on Monday, 680,000 on Tuesday, per Nielsen. We'll see if this is momentary --- morning news habits are usually pretty solid.

I can’t wait for a presidential election result isn’t one where people are living in fear over losing their jobs, arrest, retribution and what happens next.

The incoming FCC chairman issued a clear warning to broadcasters overnight that they would be held to their “public interest” obligations. He didn’t specify what those are, but Brendan Carr has not pushed back on Trump’s threats against CBS and ABC over their news coverage.