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• Iran Suggests Pausing High Levels of Uranium Enrichment to Avoid Censure, Monitor Says
• Activist Kianoosh Sanjari’s Final Act Stuns Iran
• Wednesday Briefing: Ukraine hits Russia with U.S. Missiles
• Jay-Z's Team Roc Sues Kansas Police For 'Abuse and Misconduct' Records
• Sweden, Finland and Norway Update Crisis Advice as Ukraine-Russia War Grinds On
• Las Vegas Sheriff tells a16z partners what's next on his wish list: AI for bodycams | TechCrunch
• What People Are Getting Wrong This Week: Fake Elon Musk Stories
• US extradites Russian accused of extorting millions in Phobos ransomware payments | TechCrunch
• Russia Claims Ukraine Used U.S.-Made Missiles in Strike
• Putin Lowers Nuclear Weapons Threshold After U.S. Allows Ukraine to Use Missiles Against Russia
• U.S. Envoy Visits Lebanon, Seeking Truce Between Israel and Hezbollah
• Putin Lowers Nuclear Weapons Threshold After U.S. Allows Ukraine to Use Missiles Against Russia
• Maori Protest Bill That Is Part of Sharp Rightward Shift in New Zealand
• Tuesday Briefing
• Is the Russian Army Depleted From Fighting in Ukraine?
• Dozens of Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Leaders Sentenced in Mass Trial
• Gisèle Pelicot’s Sons Tell of a ‘Devastated’ Family at Rape Trial in France
• Tuesday Briefing: Ukraine is Poised to Strike inside Russia
• Ex-Duolingo execs raise $13M for startup making it easier to access a college education | TechCrunch
• CISA director Jen Easterly to depart agency on January 20 | TechCrunch
• AI training software firm iLearningEngines says it lost $250,000 in recent cyberattack | TechCrunch
• Israeli Strikes in Beirut’s Center Shatter a Tenuous Sense of Security
• Freed From Restraints, Ukraine Is Poised to Strike Into Russia
• Venezuela’s “Iron Lady” Pleads With Trump to Save Her Country’s Democracy
• Monday Briefing
• On Migration, Europe Warms to Ideas Once Seen as Fringe
• Trump picks Brendan Carr to lead FCC
• What Are ATACMS, the U.S. Missiles That May Be Used Against Russia?
• Monday Briefing: Ukraine Can Hit Russia With U.S. Long-Range Weapons
• Biden Allows Ukraine to Strike Russia With Long-Range U.S. Missiles
• After Musk endorsed Trump, X boosted conservatives, study suggests
• Israel Strikes Building in Central Beirut
• Why Trump’s Space for Deal-Making in the Middle East Has Shrunk
• At a Ukraine Maternity Clinic, Deaths From an Airstrike Shatter a Community
• ‘No Use for Hatred’: A Village Seeks to Move On From a U.S. Massacre
• The FTC says spam call complaints are way down since 2021
• Biden and Xi Meet as U.S.-China Relationship Faces New Uncertainty
• What a second Trump term means for the future of ransomware | TechCrunch
• Conversations With Murray Sinclair
• Israel Strikes South of Beirut Amid Questions About Cease-Fire Push
• Biden Discusses With Allies ‘Dangerous’ Cooperation Between Russia and North Korea
• NSO Group admits cutting off 10 customers because they abused its Pegasus spyware, say unsealed court documents | TechCrunch
• Iran Told U.S. That It’s Not Trying to Kill Trump
• Trump Will Encounter a Very Different Middle East in His Second Term
• X sues to block California anti-deepfakes bill | TechCrunch
• General Motors slashes another 1,000 jobs to cut costs | TechCrunch
• Putin Talks With German Chancellor, Breaking Ice With the West
• Israel Pounds Area Near Beirut Amid Signs of a Widening Offensive
• Friday Briefing
• In Moscow, Trump’s Victory Is Welcomed, But Warily
• Murray Sinclair, Who Reframed Indigenous Relations in Canada, Dies at 73
• Cardi B Says She ‘Didn’t Get Paid a Dollar’ for Kamala Harris Rally Appearance
• How to use Bluesky, the Twitter-like app that's taking on Elon Musk's X | TechCrunch
• Elon Musk Met With Iran’s U.N. Ambassador, Iranian Officials Say
• Friday Briefing: Dismay Over Trump’s Picks
• Israel Bombs Targets in Syria, and Keeps Up Strikes in Lebanon
• Pro-Harris TikTok felt safe in an algorithmic bubble — until election day
• Live Q&A: How will a Trump presidency transform global trade and financial markets?
• The Onion just bought Infowars
• What Tesla and Elon Musk gain from another Trump term
• FBI raids home of Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan | TechCrunch
• Norway Apologizes for Forced Assimilation of Sami and Other Minorities
• Investigators Assess if Netanyahu’s Aides Forged Oct. 7 Phone Records
• US confirms China-backed hackers breached telecom providers to steal wiretap data | TechCrunch
• Ukraine’s bonds jump as investors bet Trump will end war
• Thursday Briefing
• Thursday Briefing: Trump’s Victory Lap
• Trump’s Input in Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks May Put Kyiv on New Timetable
• Israeli Court Rejects Netanyahu’s Bid to Delay Corruption Trial Testimony
• Workers at Bethesda parent company strike over remote work policies
• John Thune wins Senate leadership election in rebuke to Trump allies
• Hot Topic data breach exposed personal data of 57 million customers | TechCrunch
• Who Are Mike Huckabee and Steven Witkoff, Trump’s Middle East Picks?
• Blinken Visits NATO Headquarters
• Bluesky crosses the 15 million user mark
• Man Charged in Leak of Classified Documents About Israeli Military Plans
• Wednesday Briefing
• Donald Trump announces Elon Musk will co-lead Department of Government Efficiency | TechCrunch
• U.S. Allows Americans to Hold Foreign Conferences With Speakers Under Sanctions
• Trump says Elon Musk will lead ‘DOGE’ office to cut ‘wasteful’ government spending
• Once They Were Neocons. Now Trump’s Foreign Policy Picks Are All ‘America First.’
• The Blessed Madonna Responds to Trump Win, Says America Has ‘Chosen to Buy What That Vile Man Is Selling’
• National Guard Discord leaker sentenced to 15 years in prison
• Wednesday Briefing: Trump’s Team of Loyalists
• Generative disinfo is real — you're just not the target, warns deepfake tracking nonprofit | TechCrunch
• Uncle Luke Slams Latinos Who Voted for Donald Trump: ‘Y’all Stupid A– Gon’ Get Deported’
• Snowflake hackers identified and charged with stealing 50 billion AT&T records | TechCrunch
• Now anyone in LA can hail a Waymo robotaxi | TechCrunch
• Blinken Heads to NATO as Alliance Prepares for Trump’s Return
• Archbishop of Canterbury Resigns Over U.K. Church Abuse Scandal
• Russian Doctor, Accused of Antiwar Stance, Is Jailed After Child’s Testimony
• Russia and Iran Vie for Influence in the Caucasus Region
• Israel Strikes South of Beirut Amid Push for Cease-Fire in Lebanon
• She Beat the Odds to Upend a Male Political Dynasty in Japan
• She Beat the Odds to Upend a Male Political Dynasty in Japan
• Tuesday Briefing
• ‘We Welcomed Them’: G.O.P. Embraces New Latino Voters in Arizona
• Video: Some Arizona Latinos Find New Home Within Republican Party
• The NYT Tech Guild’s election week strike is over
• Tuesday Briefing: Trump Starts Building His Cabinet