WTF Just Happened Today? Day 1456

This is a newsletter I subscribe to and I share parts of it here.
I think it's a good summary of the day that is fairly well sourced.
One can subscribe here: http://wtfjht.com

Welcome to Day 1456.

Today in one sentence: Special Counsel Jack Smith's final report made clear that Trump has not been exonerated for his “unprecedented criminal effort to overturn the legitimate results of the election in order to retain power” and that the evidence would have secured a conviction had the case gone to trial; Special Counsel David Weiss criticized Biden for calling the prosecution of his son, Hunter Biden, politically motivated; Pete Hegseth, Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, faced a contentious confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee; the Republican-led House banned transgender women and girls from participating in female sports categories; House Speaker Mike Johnson suggested tying federal aid for California wildfire recovery to debt ceiling negotiations; Mike Johnson ordered flags at the Capitol to be raised to full staff for Trump’s inauguration, temporarily overriding Biden’s directive to keep flags at half-staff for a 30-day mourning period honoring Jimmy Carter; the Biden administration moved to remove Cuba from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism, citing a lack of credible evidence to support the designation; and Trump announced plans to create an “External Revenue Service” to collect tariffs and other forms of revenue that come from foreign sources.

-Matt, current mood: ?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/14/trump-external-revenue-service-tariffs/

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/01/14/congress/trump-to-create-external-revenue-service-for-tariffs-00198155

https://apnews.com/article/irs-trump-tax-revenues-tariffs-eef2ab6930a8672a418af27f61efaed8

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-14/trump-says-he-ll-create-external-revenue-service-for-tariffs

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/14/trump-external-revenue-service-tariffs-.html

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-14/china-discusses-sale-of-tiktok-us-to-musk-as-one-possible-option

https://www.wsj.com/tech/china-officials-internally-discuss-option-of-tiktok-sale-to-musk-bac0a224

https://www.semafor.com/article/01/14/2025/china-reportedly-mulls-tiktok-sale-elon-musk

One can read the expanded version of each topic and its sources here: http://wtfjht.com