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12:40 PM ET, January 10, 2023

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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 …
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CNN:
Exclusive: US intel 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 …
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  — CBS News reported Monday that classified documents were found at an office used by President Biden.
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
DoJ seeks to question Trump team that found more classified documents
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
New York Times:
Biden Lawyers Found Classified Material at His Former Office
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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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
‘87,000 IRS agents’ is the zombie falsehood setting the House agenda
Discussion: UPI, ABC News and New York Post
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
House GOP votes to slash IRS funding, targeting pursuit of tax cheats
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 …
Discussion: Washington Post
Jack Nicas / New York Times:
What Drove a Mass Attack on Brazil's Capital?  Mass Delusion.  —  Sunday's riot laid bare a daunting threat to Brazilian democracy: Unlike past putsch attempts in Latin America, this one was driven by deeply rooted conspiracy theories.  —  Jack Nicas has closely covered the right-wing movement in Brazil since 2021.
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Washington Post:
Brazil's riot puts spotlight on close ties between Bolsonaro and Trump
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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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 …
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.
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Pentagon to train Ukraine on Patriot missile system in Oklahoma  —  The Pentagon is planning to bring Ukrainian troops to the United States for training on the Patriot missile defense system, a U.S. official with direct knowledge of the development said Tuesday.
Michael Gold / New York Times:
NY Lawmakers Request House Ethics Investigation of George Santos  —  Two Democrats filed an official complaint about Mr. Santos's financial disclosures with the House's bipartisan ethics committee.  —  Representatives Daniel Goldman and Ritchie Torres, both Democrats of New York …
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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
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.
Anya Zoledziowski / VICE:
Some Trans People Are Preparing to Flee the US and Seek Asylum Abroad  —  “All you need to do is look at the news and see how bad it's going to get.”  —  Anya Zoledziowski  —  Rynn Azerial Willgohs, a 50-year-old transgender woman, has been rapidly researching ways to flee the United States.
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
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.
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 …
Politico:
Mutually assured obstruction: House GOP aims ‘weaponization’ panel at DOJ  —  House Republicans are declaring what amounts to an investigative war on the Biden administration, pledging to probe “ongoing criminal investigations” at the Justice Department.  —  Veterans of some of Congress …
Karen Freifeld / Reuters:
Trump executive Weisselberg prepares for jail on Rikers Island  —  A longtime executive for Donald Trump is expected to be sent to New York's notorious Rikers Island jail after being sentenced on Tuesday for helping engineer a 15-year tax fraud scheme at the former president's real estate company.
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.
ED News:
New Proposed Regulations Would Transform Income-Driven Repayment by Cutting Undergraduate Loan Payments in Half and Preventing Unpaid Interest Accumulation  —  Draft regulations are bolstered by actions to increase institutional and programmatic accountability  —  Contact: Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov
CNN:
Giuliani subpoenaed amid special counsel investigation into Trump's fundraising  —  Special counsel Jack Smith's team has subpoenaed Donald Trump's former attorney Rudy Giuliani, asking him to turn over records to a federal grand jury as part of an investigation into the former president's …
Joseph Berger / New York Times:
Adolfo Kaminsky Dies at 97; His Forgeries Saved Thousands of Jews  —  His talent for creating realistic documents helped children, their parents and others escape deportation to concentration camps, and in many cases to flee Nazi-occupied territory.  —  Adolfo Kaminsky's talent was as banal as could be …
Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
Anti-abortion groups are pushing 2024 Republicans to back a national ban  —  What will it take to win endorsements from the country's biggest anti-abortion groups in 2024?  Backing federal legislation on the issue, no matter how much Republicans complain that the approach hurt them in the midterms.
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 …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
DeSantis Allies Plot the Hostile Takeover of a Liberal College  —  New College of Florida has a reputation for being the most progressive public college in the state.  X González — a survivor of the Parkland school shooting who, as Emma González, became a prominent gun control activist …
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.
 
 
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
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Stephanie Marken / Gallup:
U.S. Adults Split on Companies Taking Political, Social Stances
Discussion: Fox News and The Hill
Peter Kasperowicz / Fox News:
Biden wants you to walk, bike more to eliminate transportation emissions by 2050
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Post
Matthew Cunningham-Cook / The Lever:
As Nurses Strike, Hospital CEOs Pocket Millions
Gerard Baker / Wall Street Journal:
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Statement of Support for Art Professor Fired from Hamline University
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Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Spotify plans to pay incentives to video creators who hit certain viewing thresholds and, in January, to let Premium subscribers view podcast videos without ads

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Don Lemon, who sued Elon Musk and X after a deal fell apart, says he's leaving X on November 15, citing X's new ToS that moves legal disputes to Texas courts

Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
German royalty licensing group GEMA sues OpenAI and subsidiary OpenAI Ireland in Munich Regional Court, claiming ChatGPT violates copyrights of lyrics

 
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