Thursday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stock Lower After Jobless Claims: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Holds Gain on China Stimulus, US Stockpiles Drop

[AP] US applications for unemployment benefits hold steady, but continuing claims rise to 3-year high

[AP] Americans are exhausted by political news. TV ratings and a new AP-NORC poll show they’re tuning out

[Axios] Trump's first day frenzy: Everything he promised to do on "day one"

[CNN] How America lost control of the bird flu, setting the stage for another pandemic

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Japan Plans Record Budget With Ramped-Up Defense Spending

[Bloomberg] In American Debt We Trust — But for How Long?

[Bloomberg] Russia Rejects Trump Call for Ukraine Truce, But Ready for Talks

[Bloomberg] China Ousts Two Military Lawmakers as Xi’s Defense Purge Widens

[Bloomberg] Xi May Be Facing a No Good, Very Bad 2025

[WSJ] A New Year’s Resolution for the Federal Reserve

[WSJ] America’s Big Natural-Gas Footprint Is About to Get Even Bigger

[WSJ] It Was a Bad Year for the World’s Autocrats

[FT] Finland probes Russian shadow fleet oil tanker after cable-cutting incident

[FT] India roars ahead of China to top Asian IPO rankings