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With that, here’s the news you missed today:
Democrats are abandoning a “go high” approach in favor of aggressive tactics to counter Donald Trump’s push for gerrymandered congressional maps, with leaders like Gavin Newsom, JB Pritzker, Kathy Hochul, and Jasmine Crockett supporting retaliatory redistricting, escalating rhetoric, and a readiness to “fight fire with fire” to defend what they see as a democracy under threat.
IRS commissioner Billy Long was removed from his post after reportedly clashing with the Trump administration over a request to share confidential taxpayer data to help locate undocumented immigrants; the IRS verified fewer than 3% of the 40,000 names provided by DHS and refused to release information, citing privacy laws, making Long’s two-month tenure the shortest in the agency’s history before being appointed US ambassador to Iceland.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed not to cede territory to Russia after Donald Trump announced a planned meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska and suggested the war’s end would involve “some swapping of territories,” raising concerns that a potential US-Russia deal could cement Russian gains without Ukraine’s consent, even as European leaders signaled cautious optimism about a possible ceasefire.
Law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and UK’s National Crime Agency, have warned of a sharp rise in online child sextortion, with Snapchat logging about 20,000 cases in six months—more than all other major platforms combined—prompting “unprecedented” public awareness campaigns amid revelations of a 101-page manual allegedly used by online predators to groom, exploit, and blackmail minors, sometimes driving victims to suicide.
Donald Trump has Trump 2028 merchandise in the White House.
President Trump suggested on Truth Social that mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could be relisted on the New York Stock Exchange.
The United States’ national debt has reached $37 trillion.
Documents obtained by The Washington Post indicate that President Trump used tariff policies to benefit corporate allies.
According to The Wall Street Journal, President Trump is considering reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug.
Norm Eisen’s group, Democracy Defenders Fund, has filed a FOIA request seeking Justice Department records on who approved transferring convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell to a minimum-security prison camp, including communications involving Pam Bondi and Todd Blanche.
In its five-year bankruptcy case, the New Orleans Roman Catholic archdiocese has proposed a $180m–$235m settlement for clergy abuse survivors using a points-based system—assigning values by severity and impact of abuse—to determine payouts, but opposition from attorneys, creditors, and some survivors threatens to derail the plan, which could send cases back to individual lawsuits with potentially higher awards but years of further litigation.
A gunman identified as 30-year-old Patrick Joseph White opened fire on CDC headquarters in Atlanta from across the street, killing police officer David Rose and striking at least four buildings before being found dead inside a CVS; authorities suspect he may have targeted the agency over vaccine-related grievances, and the attack—amid recent staff cuts and funding threats—left employees shaken, with CDC leadership moving operations remote while conducting a security review.
President Trump has nominated White House economist Stephen Miran to temporarily fill a vacant Federal Reserve Board seat while intensifying his search for a new Fed chair to replace Jerome Powell when his term ends in May, with contenders including Fed Governor Christopher Waller—whose recent dissent favoring a rate cut boosted his standing—former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh, White House economist Kevin Hassett, and former St. Louis Fed President James Bullard.
An NBC News analysis of satellite imagery and videos shows Israel establishing and expanding fortified buffer zones beyond its borders with Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria as part of a post–Oct. 7 military doctrine, a strategy officials say is to keep hostile groups away but critics warn violates sovereignty, risks fueling conflict, and effectively “redraws the map” of the region.
See you in the morning.
— Aaron
