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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

‘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.”

No visitor logs exist for Biden's Wilmington home, site of classified doc discovery, WH counsel's office says  —  Biden is under a special counsel investigation for keeping classified documents in the home  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for January 16  —  There are no visitor logs …

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.

As elites arrive in Davos, conspiracy theories thrive online  —  When some of the world's wealthiest and most influential figures gathered at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting last year, sessions on climate change drew high-level discussions on topics such as carbon financing and sustainable food systems.

CNN is serious about getting into comedy  —  CNN is considering hiring a comedian to host one of its prime time shows.  —  The “news entertainment” personality could fill the primetime 9 to 11 p.m. hours with a nontraditional version of the news, five people familiar with the planning said.

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.

Italy's most-wanted mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro arrested  —  Cosa Nostra ‘godfather’ arrested at a private clinic in Palermo after going on run for 30 years  —  Matteo Messina Denaro, the last “godfather” of the Sicilian mafia and one of the world's most-wanted criminals, has been arrested in Palermo after 30 years on the run.

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 …

Covid-19 Drugmakers Pressured Twitter to Censor Activists Pushing for Generic Vaccine … In mid-December 2020, Nina Morschhaeuser, a lobbyist for Twitter in Europe, emailed colleagues with a dire warning.  The drugmaker BioNTech, along with the German government, had contacted her with news of an imminent …

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 …

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 …