Today’s edition of quick hits.
* Legal news that Trump wanted to see: “U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon has issued an order temporarily blocking the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s final report on his investigations into Donald Trump.”
* Legal news that Trump did not want to see: “A New York appeals court judge on Tuesday denied Donald Trump’s bid for an emergency order halting the president-elect’s scheduled sentencing Friday on criminal charges in the hush money case. Justice Ellen Gesmer rejected the emergency stay request following brief arguments between Trump attorney Todd Blanche and a lawyer from the Manhattan district attorney’s office.”
* The vote on the Laken Riley Act was 264 to 159: “The Republican-led House on Tuesday passed its first bill of the new Congress — a strict border measure named for a 22-year-old Georgia nursing school student whose murder last year by an immigrant in the country illegally became a flashpoint in the 2024 presidential campaign.”
* Biden’s policymaking efforts aren’t done: “President Biden will travel on Tuesday to the Coachella Valley in California to announce the creation of two national monuments that together will protect more than 848,000 acres of land in the state from drilling and mining as well as wind, solar and other energy development.”
* Millions of Americans would benefit enormously if Trump leaves this Biden administration policy intact: “The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau moved on Tuesday to ban medical debt from appearing on credit reports, potentially lifting the credit scores of about 15 million Americans and making it easier for them to obtain loans.” * The latest tech industry disappointment, Part I: “As Jeff Bezos joins the lineup of billionaires making nice with President-elect Donald Trump, Amazon Prime Video said Sunday that it plans to release a documentary about Melania Trump to ‘give viewers an unprecedented behind-the-scenes look’ at the incoming first lady.” * The latest tech industry disappointment, Part II: “Meta said on Tuesday that it was ending its longstanding fact-checking program, a policy instituted to curtail the spread of misinformation across its social media apps, in a stark sign of how the company was repositioning itself for the Trump presidency and throwing its weight behind unfettered speech online.” See you tomorrow.
Steve Benen is a producer for "The Rachel Maddow Show," the editor of MaddowBlog and an MS NOW political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of "Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past."
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