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1:10 PM ET, January 16, 2023

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Washington Post:
New details link George Santos to cousin of sanctioned Russian oligarch  —  The New York congressman once claimed Andrew Intrater's company was his “client,” while another Intrater company allegedly made a deposit with a firm where Santos worked  —  George Santos, the freshman Republican congressman …
Jake Lahut / The Daily Beast:
Inside the One-Way Feud Between Ron DeSantis and Kristi Noem  —  Kristi Noem's aides came out of nowhere to attack Ron DeSantis.  There's more going on here than meets the eye.  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hasn't even declared whether he'll run for president in 2024 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Caleb Newton / Bipartisan Report:
Legal Action Against Ron DeSantis For Migrant Trafficking Upheld By Judge
Discussion: The Guardian
Tim Reid / Reuters:
New York Mayor says “no room” in his city for migrants  —  The mayor of New York traveled to the Mexican border city of El Paso on Sunday and declared that “there is no room in New York” for busloads of migrants being sent to America's most populous city.  —  Eric Adams, a Democrat …
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Bradford Betz / Fox News:
NYC Mayor Eric Adams calls migrant surge at border a ‘national crisis’ during El Paso visit
Financial Times:
Wagner fighter seeks asylum after dramatic escape to Norway … A former Russian paramilitary fighting in Ukraine has promised to give evidence against the notorious Wagner group after making a dramatic escape and seeking asylum in Norway.  —  Andrei Medvedev says he is a former commander …
Discussion: Meduza.io
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Fox News:
No visitor logs exist for Biden's Wilmington home, site of classified doc discovery, WH counsel's office says
Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Air Traffic Control Audio Captures Panic as Passenger Jets Nearly Collide at JFK  —  ‘CANCEL TAKEOFF PLANS!’  —  The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Travel Safety Board are investigating after two commercial airplanes nearly collided at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport on Friday.
Jesse O'Neill / New York Post:
‘Woke’ $10M MLK ‘penis’ statue insults black community: Coretta Scott King kin  —  Even some kin of Coretta Scott King hate the new $10 million sculpture just dedicated to her and her iconic civil rights leader husband in Boston — with a cousin claiming it “looks like a penis.”
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
U.S. begins expanded training of Ukrainian forces for large-scale combat  —  “We want the Ukrainians to have a capability to successfully defend their country,” Gen. Mark A. Milley said in an interview  —  ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT OVER EUROPE — The U.S. military has launched an expanded …
Punchbowl News:
1/16/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM … Biden spoke at a memorial service for the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.  The high-profile speech came at the invitation of Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), the senior pastor there.
Discussion: The Hill
NBC News:
Ukraine prepares for new offensive as Russia and Belarus begin joint drills  —  DNIPROVS'KE, Ukraine — The smell of sawdust hangs in the air around a network of neatly dug trenches in a quiet and densely forested area on Ukraine's border with Belarus.  —  Freshly cut planks reinforce …
BBC:
UK government to block Scottish gender bill  —  The UK government has decided to block a controversial Scottish bill designed to make it easier for people to change their legally recognised gender.  —  Ministers in Westminster are concerned the bill affects UK-wide equality laws.
Discussion: Fox News and Associated Press
Financial Times:
What the end of the US shale revolution would mean for the world … When the Decathlon, a 274-metre-long tanker, powered into the German port town of Wilhelmshaven last month it was tangible evidence of American geopolitical power.  —  Days earlier, an EU embargo on Russian seaborne crude …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown draws his first GOP challenger in key 2024 race  —  CLEVELAND — Matt Dolan, who lost a raucous Republican Senate primary in Ohio last year, will run again in 2024, this time seeking to unseat longtime Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown.
Discussion: WCMH-TV
CNN:
American held in Iran launches hunger strike and writes to Biden asking him to do more for detainees  —  An American wrongfully detained in Iran is calling on President Joe Biden to take notice of US detainees there, launching a hunger strike Monday to mark seven years since he was left behind …
Discussion: NPR, CBS News and Al Jazeera
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Mailchimp:
AMERICAN HOSTAGE IN IRAN SIAMAK NAMAZI LAUNCHES SEVEN-DAY HUNGER STRIKE TO MARK SEVEN YEARS SINCE HE WAS LEFT BEHIND
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Wendell Husebø / Breitbart:
Document: Hunter Listed $49,910 Monthly Rent Payments While Living at Joe Biden's Residence  —  Hunter Biden recorded monthly rent payments of $49,910 while living at President Joe Biden's residence, according to a document unearthed by New York Post's Miranda Devine.
Fatima Hussein / Associated Press:
Yellen to meet with Chinese finance minister in Switzerland  —  Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will meet with her Chinese counterpart, Vice Premier Liu He, in Switzerland on Wednesday to discuss economic developments between the two nations.  The Zurich talks will be a follow …
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Andrew Duehren / Wall Street Journal:
Yellen, Top Chinese Official to Meet, Try to Smooth Economic Ties
Discussion: Associated Press
 
 
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Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist:
NYC stalls bike lane near Manhattan courts after pushback from judges
Melody Schreiber / The Guardian:
'People aren't taking this seriously': experts say US Covid surge is big risk
Washington Post:
D.C.'s crime bill could make the city more dangerous
Discussion: Conservative Home
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Ex-Trump aide Sanders defends critical race theory ban as Arkansas governor
Benjamin Wallace-Wells / New Yorker:
Kevin McCarthy and the Republicans' Rocky Road Ahead
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The House GOP's retread tactics have blown up in Republicans' faces before
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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OpenAI:
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Bloomberg:
Montenegro says Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon will be extradited to the US, potentially ending a standoff over competing demands by the US and South Korea
 
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