BREAKING: Tsunami alert issued to Alaska, Hawaii, and West Coast residents after 8.8 magnitude earthquake near Russia. Officials are urging impacted residents to seek higher ground immediately and visit tsunami.gov for more information.

BREAKING: Donald Trump’s name appeared multiple times in the Epstein files. DOJ officials informed him of this development back in May. — WSJ

Bluesky launches org-based verification, in stark contrast to the subscription method that has taken hold of Meta and X:

TRUDEAU RESIGNS AS CANADIAN PM — BBC

Tesla reports 1.1% sales drop for 2024, first annual decline in at least 9 years — AP

House passes bill to add 66 new federal judgeships, but prospects murky after Biden veto threat — AP

S. Korean democracy at 'most critical moment', says opposition leader — AFP

Ukrainian President Zelenskiy calls for domestic production of weapons to be ramped up after his forces received the first batch of a new drone-missile. — Bloomberg

President Biden is weighing the possibility of pre-emptive pardons for potential targets of Trump’s retribution — NBC

Federal appeals court upholds law that could ban TikTok in U.S. — MSNBC

Tsunami warning issued to California residents after 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the state’s coast. Officials are urging impacted residents to visit tsunami.gov for more information.

Trump and RFK Jr. hosted the chief executives of Pfizer, Eli Lilly and PhRMA last night at Mar-a-Lago — Axios

DOJ report finds the Memphis Police Department engaged in excessive force and discrimination against Black and disabled people — MSNBC

Senate Republican Joni Ernst declined to support Pete Hegseth’s defense secretary nomination, and called for more investigations — Bloomberg

Incoming Trump administration plans to deport some migrants to countries other than their own — NBC

The Democratic Party has officially joined Bluesky and verified their identity with their domain handle: @democrats.org

Rep. Nadler plans to step down as the House Judiciary Committee’s top Democrat — NYT

The French government has collapsed as parliament voted to oust Prime Minister Michel Barnier and his cabinet — Axios

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, a longtime Democrat, says he will run for Michigan governor as an independent in 2026 — AP

Trump Transition considering Ron DeSantis as potential replacement for Secretary of Defense if Hegseth’s nomination does not move forward — AP

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@aoc.bsky.social) said she is considering running to lead Democrats on the House Oversight Committee — Axios

House Democrat will force a floor vote this week to release former Rep. Matt Gaetz’ ethics report — NBC

Amtrak says ridership topped 2019 pre-COVID levels for the first time in 2024 and reached a record high even with less capacity. — Reuters

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol backed down less than 4 hours after we built a custom feed to track the news coverage of his attempted coup d’état. We’ll be keeping this feed up for the foreseeable future, since the aftermath of this crisis will likely be newsworthy.

We have put together a reverse-chronological feed of English reporting on the latest crisis in #SouthKorea

Sarah Jeong is an editor with @theverge.com, she’s live at the National Assembly in Seoul providing live coverage of the developing situation in #SouthKorea:

Michael Bloomberg says Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would be ‘beyond dangerous’ as health secretary — NYT

South Korean president declares emergency martial law, accusing opposition of anti-state activities — AP

US Senate approves promotion of general involved in Afghanistan withdrawal — Reuters

France’s center-right government faces no-confidence vote amid budget dispute. — NYT

Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez (@aoc.bsky.social) has reached 1 million followers on Bluesky, and remains the largest account on the platform, with the exception of @bsky.app

Democratic senators urge Biden to try to limit Trump's ability to use the U.S. military domestically — NBC

Putin ally says he believes Moscow will turn down any Ukraine ceasefire offer brokered by Donald Trump — Bloomberg

Iraqi militias enter Syria to reinforce government forces, military sources say — Reuters

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised President-elect Trump tougher border controls. — Reuters

Jaime Raskin is making a bid to unseat House Judiciary Committee ranking member Jerry Nadler. — Axios

PRESIDENT BIDEN PARDONS HIS SON HUNTER BIDEN — White House

Syria sends in reinforcements to halt insurgents from advancing after seizing Aleppo — AP

Georgia President Says Will Not Step Down Until 'Illegitimate' Elections Re-run — AFP

The head of Hezbollah pledged to coordinate closely with the Lebanese army to implement a ceasefire deal with Israel. — Reuters

Saudi Arabia abandons pursuit of US defense treaty over Israel stalemate — Reuters

Donald Trump chose Stanford academic and U.S. COVID policy critic Jay Bhattacharya to run the National Institutes of Health. — Reuters

Biden to push for Gaza ceasefire after Israel-Lebanon deal — Reuters

Judge says Rudy Giuliani cannot delay his trial to attend Trump’s inauguration events — MSNBC

President-elect Trump is considering naming an AI czar in the White House to coordinate federal policy and governmental use of the emerging technology. — Axios

UN evacuates staff from Haiti as gangs deepen control over capital — Reuters

Pope Francis asks Vatican to consider classifying 'spiritual abuse' as new Catholic crime — Reuters

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) vetoed a bill passed by the state’s Republican-controlled legislature that would strip his office of important powers and shift more authority to GOP officials. — NYT

The Biden administration proposed requiring Medicare and Medicaid to cover weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic — Axios

President Claudia Sheinbaum suggested that Mexico could retaliate with tariffs of its own, after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to impose 25% tariffs on Mexican goods. — AP