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2:05 PM ET, January 10, 2023

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CNN:
Exclusive: US intelligence materials related to Ukraine, Iran and UK found in Biden's private office, source tells CNN  —  Among the classified documents from Joe Biden's time as vice president discovered in a private office last fall are US intelligence memos and briefing materials …
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CBS News:
U.S. attorney reviewing documents marked classified from Joe Biden's vice presidency found at Biden think tank  —  Attorney General Merrick Garland has assigned the U.S. attorney in Chicago to review documents marked classified that were found at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy …
Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg:
Treasury's Yellen to Stay On at Biden's Request as Showdown Over Debt Nears  —  President Joe Biden asked Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to stay in her post, and she agreed, a White House official familiar with the matter said.  —  Biden made the request in mid-December, the official said.
Insider:
There's a key difference between the classified documents found at a former Biden office and the ones Trump kept at Mar-a-Lago, national security expert says
New York Times:
Biden Lawyers Found Classified Material at His Former Office
Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Republicans in the dark on McCarthy's shadow document  —  A private document that only some House Republicans have seen and others refuse to talk about could play an outsized role in the governance of the chamber over the next two years. … - Those members have threatened …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
McCarthy's mysterious deal with the hard right  —  Republicans can't even agree on the existence of a document outlining the terms, and are doing their best to talk around the issue — despite pledging transparency.  —  When House Republicans on Monday night passed the rules that would govern …
CNN:
Russian artillery fire down nearly 75%, US officials say, in latest sign of struggles for Moscow  —  As Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters its 11th month, US and Ukrainian officials tell CNN that Russia's artillery fire is down dramatically from its wartime high, in some places by as much as 75 percent.
Discussion: HotAir
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:   Pentagon to train Ukraine on Patriot missile system in Oklahoma
Nate Hochman / National Review:
How Ron DeSantis Stole Christmas  —  An ominous Daily Beast headline from this morning reads: “They Were Loving College.  Then Ron DeSantis Got Involved.”  Here are the opening two paragraphs: … Dun dun dun dunnnnnnn.  —  The rest of the story, unfortunately, is far less exciting …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
DeSantis Allies Plot the Hostile Takeover of a Liberal College
Discussion: Demodexio and Orlando Weekly
Craig Torres / Bloomberg:
Powell Vows to Limit Fed's Climate Role to Protect Independence  —  Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell sought to draw a line around how far the central bank will use its powers to promote a greener economy, vowing it will not be a climate regulator.  —  “The Fed does have narrow …
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New York Times:
House Republicans Vote to Rescind IRS Funding  —  The measure, one of the new majority's first legislative moves, would cut billions in funding that Democrats passed to help crack down on tax cheats.  It does not have enough votes to pass the Senate.  —  WASHINGTON — House Republicans …
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
House GOP votes to slash IRS funding, targeting pursuit of tax cheats
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge sentences ‘Baked Alaska’ to 60 days in jail for Jan. 6 conduct  —  A federal judge sentenced pro-Trump livestreamer Anthime “Baked Alaska” Gionet on Tuesday to 60 days in prison for his actions at the Capitol on Jan. 6, calling his raucous conduct “shocking” amid the chaos of the mob.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Capitol riot far-right internet personality gets 60 days
Discussion: Law & Crime
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
The Normalization of Marjorie Taylor Greene  —  Once considered a blight on the Republican party, she is now one of its prominent leaders.  —  During one of Kevin McCarthy's gauntlet of punishing votes, it was striking to see with whom he passed the time.  There she was, dressed …
Mary Kekatos / ABC News:
More US schools institute mask mandates as COVID cases rise  —  Weekly COVID-19 cases have risen over the last five weeks.  —  More schools across the United States are putting mask mandates in place as COVID-19 cases continue to rise.  —  Before winter break, districts in New Jersey …
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Punchbowl News:
1/10/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM  —  The coming brawl over committees January 10, 2023 BY PUNCHBOWL NEWS STAFF THE TOP Happy Tuesday morning.  Out: Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell and Ilhan Omar.  In: Paul Gosar, George Santos and Marjorie Taylor Greene.
New York Times:
Crime Concerns Drove Asian Americans Away From New York Democrats  —  Worries about public safety, especially attacks against Asian Americans, caused some in the once-reliably Democratic bloc to vote Republican last year.  —  Asian Americans have typically formed a crucial and reliable voting bloc …
Michael Malaszczyk / Herald Community Newspapers:
A light in the tunnel for George Santos: New York Young Republican Club offers their support  —  U.S. Rep. George Santos, known for alleged fabrications and “embellishments” about his resume, has no shortage of detractors.  Many people, including prominent Republicans like former Congressman Peter King, have called for his resignation.
New York Times:
Death Toll in Peru Rises to 46 Amid Extraordinary Violence  —  “What happened yesterday was really a massacre,” said one human rights activist.  —  LIMA, Peru — At least 17 people were killed in southern Peru in a matter of hours on Monday amid ongoing protests over the ouster of the former president …
Jennifer Gonnerman / New Yorker:
UPS and the Package Wars  —  The company offers old-fashioned middle-class jobs and is enjoying record profits.  So why is a strike looming? … For nearly twenty years, Antoine Andrews has been driving a UPS route in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bay Ridge.
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Can Ron DeSantis Avoid Meeting the Press?  —  The Florida governor easily won re-election despite little engagement with mainstream news outlets, another sign of partisan division ahead of the 2024 presidential race.  —  Assigned to cover the re-election campaign of Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida …
Washington Post:
Satellite images show crowds at China's crematoriums as covid surges  —  An overwhelmed funeral home in Chengdu, China, stopped offering memorial services, budgeting just two minutes for each family to say goodbye to loved ones before cremation.  A funeral parlor on the outskirts of Beijing quickly cleared space for a new parking lot.
Shira Stein / San Francisco Chronicle:
California Rep. Katie Porter, a rising progressive star, announces U.S. Senate bid  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. Katie Porter, a rising progressive star who represents coastal Orange County, is running for U.S. Senate, she announced Tuesday.  Sen. Dianne Feinstein's term ends in 2024 …
Washington Post:
Fani Willis, the Georgia prosecutor investigating Trump, has taken on seemingly untouchable targets … ATLANTA — Standardized test scores in Atlanta public schools were going up, but the explanation in dozens of schools was not necessarily that students were learning more.
Jessica Chasmar / Fox News:
Gaetz introduces amendment to bring C-SPAN cameras back to House floor  —  Gaetz says pool view of Congress is 'antiquated, ‘boomer-fied’  —  The House is in a stronger position after these concessions: Rep. Matt Gaetz  —  EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., is introducing an amendment …
Marisa Sarnoff / Law & Crime:
Judge Rejects Proud Boys' Racial Bias Claims Over Diverse Jury, Notes Panel Isn't ‘Bereft of White People’  —  A federal judge rejected an 11th hour claim by Proud Boys' lawyers that prosecutors improperly discriminated against white jurors.  The ruling, made by a Donald Trump appointee …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
Madison Hall / Insider:
Madison Cawthorn never bothered to hand over constituent casework to the successor who beat him and it's now a gigantic mess  — Outgoing members of Congress are required to pass along ongoing constituent service information to their successors.  — Madison Cawthorn did not do that.
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Lawsuit Reveals Trump Can't Stand Being Compared to Hitler  —  A new lawsuit against CNN reveals just how much Donald Trump hates being compared to “Adolph” Hitler.  —  Former President Donald Trump is doubling down on his “I am not Hitler” defamation lawsuit against CNN by adopting …
Discussion: Raw Story
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Cherokee tribes turn to K Street to fulfill a 187-year-old promise for a seat in Congress  —  Three Cherokee tribes are pushing aggressively for the U.S. government to make good on a nearly 200-year-old promise to award them a sitting delegate in the House of Representatives.
Kenneth Roth / The Guardian:
I once ran Human Rights Watch.  Harvard blocked my fellowship over Israel  —  I was told that my fellowship at the Kennedy School was vetoed over my and Human Rights Watch's criticism of Israel  —  uring the three decades that I headed Human Rights Watch, I recognized that we would never attract donors …
Discussion: The Golden Globes …
 
 
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