JUST IN via @reuters.com's Marisa Taylor & @nanditab1.bsky.social‬: "Exclusive: After #Trump feud, role of #Musk's #SpaceX in #GoldenDome missile shield in question" www.reuters.com/business/aer...

Exclusive: Musk's SpaceX in Golden Dome missile shield in question www.reuters.com/business/aer... w/ @nanditab1.bsky.social

Sean Hannity was welcomed aboard Air Force One for Donald Trump's swing through the Middle East. But, in an unprecedented move, the White House barred reporters from the wire services from traveling with the president on an International trip. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/trump-midd...

With DOGE duties winding down, Elon Musk is laying the groundwork for a major role as a megadonor in the midterms — but not before asking Trump to boost Tesla’s image. Both men have denied Musk ever sought help. My latest w/ @alexandraulmer.bsky.social www.reuters.com/business/aut...

With DOGE duties winding down, Elon Musk is laying the groundwork for a major role as a megadonor in the midterms — but not before asking Trump to boost Tesla’s image. Both men have denied Musk ever sought help. www.reuters.com/business/aut...

"I think he's exhausted and exasperated," one source says of Elon Musk as he wraps up his time at DOGE. Latest with @nanditab1.bsky.social www.reuters.com/business/aut...

Biden: Fewer than 100 days into this new administration, they have done so much damage and destruction. It is kind of breathtaking it could happen that soon.

Trump fires 17 independent inspectors general at federal agencies, source says @nanditab1.bsky.social @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

NEW YORK, Dec 30 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a $5 million verdict that E. Jean Carroll won against Donald Trump when a jury found the U.S. president-elect liable for sexually abusing and later defaming the former magazine columnist.

President Joe Biden when asked if there’s a lesson President-elect Donald Trump should take from Jimmy Carter, says “decency”

Wow. Musk suspended Loomer.

Biden commutes sentences of 37 of 40 inmates on federal death row www.reuters.com/world/us/bid... by @nanditab1.bsky.social (paywal).

President Assad is in Moscow and Russia has granted him and his family asylum, Russian agencies said, citing a Kremlin source.

US President Joe Biden said he had pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, who had been convicted of making false statements on a gun background check and illegally possessing a firearm and pled guilty to federal tax charges reut.rs/3ZdYRZi

I've probably read this poem 100 times, but when the world seems particularly gone to hell, it still brings me to tears.

The United States now has: • 45,020 reporters • 275,550 public relations specialists For every reporter, there are now six PR people. (data via U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)

BREAKING: @SallyBuzbee, former executive editor of both @Washington post and @AP, will be joining @Reuters as News Editor for the United States and Canada.

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An old time favourite of mine, for giving hope when times feel dark 👇 #Tolkien

Martin O’Malley has become the first announced candidate for chair of the Democratic National Committee. He is a former Maryland governor and Baltimore mayor, who most recently served as commissioner of the Social Security Administration

DC this evening

BIG NEWS: The Biden administration has lifted restrictions that had blocked Ukraine from using U.S.-provided weapons to strike deep into Russian territory, per three sources familiar w/the matter -- a significant reversal of U.S. policy in the Ukraine war.

JUST IN: Steven Cheung will be the new White House Communications Director under Trump