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New York Times:
Federal Investigators Execute Search Warrant at Rudy Giuliani's Apartment  —  Prosecutors obtained the warrant as part of an investigation into whether Mr. Giuliani broke lobbying laws as President Trump's personal lawyer.  —  Federal investigators in Manhattan executed a search warrant …
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ABC News:
Rudy Giuliani's home, office searched by federal agents as part of lobbying probe, sources tell ABC News  —  Sources say Giuliani's electronic devices were confiscated by authorities.  —  Feds consider Rudy Giuliani email probe … Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE
Discussion: Raw Story and Insider
Benjamin Hart / New York Magazine:
Preet Bharara Thinks Rudy Giuliani Is in ‘Deep Trouble’  —  On Wednesday, federal agents raided Rudy Giuliani's apartment as part of an investigation into his dealings in Ukraine, which included digging up dirt on Joe Biden in that country.  The investigation is being led by prosecutors in the Southern District of New York.
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Senate Democrats resist Biden's $1.8 trillion pay-for plan  —  President Biden will ask Congress to pay for the entirety of his $1.8 trillion American Families Plan, yet some Democratic senators want him to finance it with deficit spending, lawmakers and their aides tell Axios.
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Michelle Stoddart / ABC News:
Biden's speech to joint session of Congress: Live updates  —  The president is set to lay out his policy agenda in his prime-time address.  —  LIVE NOW  —  ABC News Live  —  ABCNL Prime with Linsey Davis  —  President Joe Biden is set to lay out his policy agenda and provide an update …
Naomi Lim / Washington Examiner:
Biden strikes optimistic tone with joint address to Congress ahead of his 100th day in office  —  President Joe Biden struck an optimistic tone pitching his pricey legislative agenda to lawmakers and the public as he starts to look beyond his first 100 days in office and as the country edges toward normality …
Meredith Newman / delawareonline:
Delaware man to deliver first joint address to Congress Wednesday night
Discussion: Washington Times
The White House:
Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by President Biden — Address to a Joint Session of Congress
David Freddoso / Washington Examiner:
Joe Biden is full of solutions looking for problems
Shayna Jacobs / Washington Post:
Trump supporter found guilty of threatening to kill members of Congress after Jan. 6 insurrection  —  NEW YORK — Brendan Hunt, an enthusiastic Trump supporter who called for killing members of Congress days after the Jan. 6 insurrection, was found guilty Wednesday of making a death threat against elected officials.
New York Times:
Cuomo Aides Spent Months Hiding Nursing Home Death Toll  —  Aides to the New York governor, Andrew M. Cuomo, repeatedly prevented state health officials from releasing the number of nursing home deaths in the pandemic.  —  The effort by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's office to obscure the pandemic death toll …
Andrea Mitchell / MSNBC:
Pelosi on Biden address: ‘We are so pleased with what has happened so far in the first 100 days’  —  Ahead of President Joe Biden's first address to Congress, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she was excited to “make history” sitting next to the Vice President Kamala Harris during the speech …
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Aris Folley / The Hill:
Harris and Pelosi make history at Biden's first address to Congress
Benjamin Din / Politico:
‘America is not a racist country’: Sen. Tim Scott delivers GOP response  —  Sen. Tim Scott on Wednesday accused Democrats of using race as a political weapon in order to pass their agenda.  —  “Race is not a political weapon to settle every issue the way one side wants,” he said.  “It's far too important.”
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CNN:
Read Republican Sen. Tim Scott's response to Biden's address to Congress
Ted Cruz / Wall Street Journal:
Your Woke Money Is No Good Here  —  Corporations have taken advantage of Republicans for too long.  I won't take their PAC dollars anymore.  —  Georgia's new election law runs 98 generously spaced pages.  A fast reader can get through it in one sitting.  If you're the CEO of a major corporation …
Discussion: Mediaite
Ed Lavandera / CNN:
GOP precinct chair in Texas arrested in US Capitol riot  —  Dallas (CNN)A Texas man arrested for storming the US Capitol and assaulting police officers on January 6 also serves as a Republican Party precinct chair and has been an election poll worker in north Texas.
Discussion: Raw Story
Spencer Buell / Boston Magazine:
They Wanted to Call Roller World.  Instead They've Been Calling the New York Times  —  The calls come out of the blue.  He'll be relaxing on a weekend afternoon, wrapping up work on deadline, or chatting with friends on a Zoom call.  And then all of a sudden, his phone will buzz …
Alex Bollinger / LGBTQ Nation:
Concerned father arrested while peacefully testifying against Arkansas trans health care ban  —  He was arrested for going 30 seconds over his allotted two minutes to speak.  The anti-LGBTQ hate group representative who spoke before him talked for 40 minutes.
Jonah Goldberg / The Dispatch:
Outrage Overload  —  You will be assimilated into the rage machine.  —  1 hr ago  —  The York Minster Police are a small but proud lot.  There are only eight of them (the North Yorkshire Police are the major crime fighting force in the area), but they do important work.
Caleb Howe / Mediaite:
Roll The Tape: CNN's New Day Claims to be Straight News, But Adopts Dunks-and-Owns Format  —  The new New Day debuted last week on CNN.  Brianna Keilar is now the co-host alongside John Berman.  The show's reboot comes with a new attitude as they chase audience share.
U.S. Department of Justice:
Three Georgia Men Charged with Federal Hate Crimes and Attempted Kidnapping in Connection with the Death of Ahmaud Arbery  —  Three Georgia men were indicted today by a federal grand jury in the Southern District of Georgia and charged with hate crimes and the attempted kidnapping of Ahmaud Arbery.
Greg Suskin / WSOC-TV:
‘I did a stupid thing’: Volunteer fire chief apologizes for racially charged social media post  —  LANCASTER COUNTY, S.C. — A volunteer fire chief in Lancaster County is receiving criticism for an offensive, racially charged post he made on Facebook.  —  The Facebook post from Butch Ghent read:
Discussion: The Root and Raw Story
Mead Gruver / Associated Press:
Cheney: ‘Wishful thinking’ by Trump she won't seek 4th term  —  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Speculation by former President Donald Trump that she won't seek re-election next year is “wishful thinking,” Liz Cheney said Wednesday.  —  Trump suggested Tuesday that Wyoming's congresswoman would become a lobbyist or …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission:
Alex Oh Resigns from SEC; Melissa Hodgman Named Acting Director of Enforcement  —  The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Alex Oh has resigned her position as Director of the Division of Enforcement for personal reasons.  Melissa Hodgman will return to the role of Acting Director of the Division of Enforcement.
Discussion: Bloomberg
Sam Brasch / Colorado Public Radio:
Polis Threatens To Veto Climate Action Bill … Gov. Jared Polis has threatened to veto a climate action bill from state lawmakers in his own party, escalating a battle among Colorado Democrats over how to reduce the state's contribution to global warming.  —  In a conversation …
Discussion: The Colorado Sun
Washington Post:
Deadly air pollutant ‘disproportionately and systematically’ harms Americans of color, study finds  —  Black, Latino and Asian Americans face higher levels of exposure to fine particulate matter from traffic, construction and other sources  —  Nearly every source of the nation's most pervasive …
Discussion: New York Times and Earther
Sen. Kelly Statement / Senator Mark Kelly:
Sen. Kelly Statement on President Biden's Address to Congress  —  Today, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly issued this statement following President Biden's first address to a joint session of Congress:  —  “When I talk with Arizonans across the state, they tell me they want Washington working together …
The White House:
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Delivers Emergency COVID-19 Assistance for India … Reflecting the United States' solidarity with India as it battles a new wave of COVID-19 cases, the United States is delivering supplies worth more than $100 million in the coming days to provide urgent relief to our partners in India.
Discussion: The Week
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
How Biden can win the midterm elections  —  When President Biden addresses the nation and a joint session of Congress, he could fairly ask Americans, similar to what former President Reagan once asked, are you better off then you were a year ago?  Do you feel safer than you did a year ago?
David Gilbert / VICE:
This Crossfit Chiropractor Is Secretly One of QAnon's Leading Influencers  —  IET, a leading and hugely antisemitic voice in the Q community, has gone to great lengths to conceal his identity, which VICE News can now reveal.  —  DG  —  Under his pseudonym of InevitableET, or IET …
 
 
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Andrew Duehren / Wall Street Journal:
Some Democrats Not Sold on Biden's Proposed Capital-Gains Tax Boost
Discussion: HuffPost, BuzzFeed News and Insider
Mihir Zaveri / New York Times:
N.Y.P.D. Will Stop Using Robot Dog After Backlash
Discussion: New York Post and The Hill
Jake Dima / Washington Examiner:
Biden renews push for ‘assault weapon’ ban and prohibition on ‘ghost guns’
Discussion: The Hill and National Review
Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Lawsuit alleges that Georgia voting law discriminates against Black voters
Jerry Iannelli / The Appeal:
Lori Lightfoot's Record Shows the Limits of ‘Police Reform’
Molly O'Toole / Los Angeles Times:
‘A gold rush for human smugglers’: Biden's Title 42 policy fuels migrant family kidnappings at border, extortion in U.S.
Discussion: HotAir
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
US Navy fires warning shots in new tense encounter with Iran
 Earlier Items: 
Josh Siegel / Washington Examiner:
Senate votes to cancel Trump EPA deregulation in effort to reinstate methane emissions curbs
Discussion: Associated Press and Politico
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Sinema at center of filibuster storm in Arizona
Discussion: Breitbart
Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
Supreme Court debates student free speech rights on social media
BuzzFeed News:
Facebook Is Hiding Posts With #ResignModi
Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
The Fascist Face Of Charlottesville Joined The Military. Then He Got Kicked Out.
Laurie McGinley / Washington Post:
Biden administration expected to announce plan to ban menthol cigarettes
 

 
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John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Mia Sato / The Verge:
Facebook makes Views its primary metric for content, bringing it in line with Instagram; each time a piece of content appears on a screen, it counts as a View

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion
 
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