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2:50 PM ET, January 15, 2023

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Eugene Daniels / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Three storylines to watch in Biden's document drama  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  HAPPENING NOW — “Biden speech at Ebenezer to bring focus to King's legacy, likely to president's as well,"by The Atlanta Journal …
Discussion: CNN, CBS News and New York Times
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Comer Calls on White House to Release Biden's Wilmington Residence Visitor Log, Questions Why Biden Aides Continue to Search Properties in Wake of Special Counsel  —  WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today is calling on White House Chief …
Jeff Mason / Reuters:
Biden documents bungle seen as political black eye before 2024 launch
Discussion: The Hill, The Truth Patrol and Fox News
Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
What College Admissions Could Look Like Without Affirmative Action  —  Schools may need to rethink everything, including recruitment, scholarships, standardized testing and alumni preferences.  —  MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — In 1964, hoping to erase its image as a privileged cloister for white rich families …
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Saudi prosecutors seek death penalty for academic over social media use  —  Court documents reveal reasons for Awad Al-Qarni's arrest - even though rulers are major investors in social media platforms  —  A prominent pro-reform law professor in Saudi Arabia is facing the death penalty …
Washington Post:
Harbor City called George Santos a ‘perfect fit.’ The SEC called the company a fraud.  —  The inside story of the New York congressman and the now-shuttered Florida firm that employed him for more than a year  —  In July 2020, a small Florida-based investment firm announced …
Bryan Pietsch / Washington Post:
Former Russian president says Japanese leader should disembowel himself  —  Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's former president and a senior security official in President Vladimir Putin's administration, said Saturday that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida should perform a ritualistic suicide …
Discussion: Reuters, UPI, The Guardian and TASS
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
A GOP postmortem: What went so wrong in Pennsylvania?  —  PHILADELPHIA — The Pennsylvania GOP is trying to figure out what went so horribly wrong in 2022.  —  After the party's disastrous midterm races, Republicans in the critical battleground state are conducting a postmortem …
Newsday:
Records show George Santos made questionable payments to vendors, experts say  —  Campaign committees tied to Rep. George Santos paid tens of thousands of dollars to newly formed companies with opaque histories and meager track records of working for other candidates, a Newsday review of state and federal filings shows.
Discussion: New York Magazine
Jacob Geanous / New York Post:
Hunter Biden asks court to stop love child from taking his sullied surname  —  He doesn't want to give her his bad name.  —  Hunter Biden asked a judge to deny his 4-year-old daughter from taking his surname — claiming it's a lightning rod for criticism and would rob the child of a “peaceful existence.”
Malu Cursino / BBC:
Ukraine war: Chances of more survivors from Dnipro strike minimal - mayor  —  The mayor of Dnipro has warned there may be no further survivors after Saturday's Russian missile strike on an apartment building in the eastern Ukrainian city.  —  The attack left 29 dead while a further 44 are missing, city officials said.
Miles Klee / Rolling Stone:
Far-Right Superstars Are Failing on Rumble.  Who's Winning?  —  The outsider streaming site that just partnered up with Donald Trump Jr. is growing — but not in the way most people think  —  TO RING IN 2023, the social video site Rumble announced an exclusive partnership with Donald Trump Jr. Beginning …
Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
The racial reckoning led to lots of talk but little real change  —  A decade of intense Black-led activism, particularly the massive protests after the murder of George Floyd, have led to a society-wide rethinking of America's policies toward Black Americans.
Jon Levine / New York Post:
George Santos wore stolen scarf to ‘Stop the Steal’ rally, ex-roommate says  —  Embattled GOP Rep. George Santos wore stolen clothing to an election rally which accused President Biden of stealing the 2020 presidential election, according to a former roommate.
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Tal Axelrod / ABC News:
Biden classified documents could have national security implications, Schiff says  —  “I'd like to know what these documents were,” Rep. Schiff said on “This Week”  —  Rep. Adam Schiff, a former chair of the House Intelligence Committee, said Sunday that classified documents recently discovered …
Annie Martin / Orlando Sentinel:
‘Dismay and anxiety’ on college campuses as DeSantis ramps up anti-CRT campaign  —  Yovanna Pineda, hired more than a decade ago to teach Latin American history at the University of Central Florida, rebranded one of her signature courses last fall.  —  Striking references to “dictatorships” …
 
 
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