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3:00 PM ET, January 21, 2023

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School downplayed warnings about 6-year-old before teacher's shooting, staffers say  —  The Virginia teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student repeatedly asked administrators for help with the boy but officials downplayed educators' warnings about his behavior, including dismissing his threat …
Washington Post:
How a Hunter Biden conspiracy theory grew, from lone tweet to a big megaphone  —  It started with a tweet on Jan. 12 by an anonymous account — a photo of a rental application by Hunter Biden, plucked from the hard drive of his laptop left behind for repair in a Delaware shop in April 2019.
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Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
Ron Klain, White House chief of staff, plans to step down  —  Top Biden aide has not set a date for departure, colleagues say  —  Ron Klain, President Biden's chief of staff, plans to step down in the coming weeks after playing a central role in steering the administration through its first two years …
Ron Lieber / New York Times:
JPMorgan Paid $175 Million for a Business It Now Says Was a Scam  —  Charlie Javice promised to simplify the college financial aid process.  It was a compelling pitch.  Especially, as now seems likely, to those with little firsthand knowledge of financial aid.
Washington Post:
Biden aides want to force GOP to abandon debt limit threats  —  White House officials see enormous downsides to either negotiating with Republicans on spending limit or trying to resolve impasse unilaterally  —  Shortly after last year's midterm elections, a senior congressional Democrat …
Amy Schoenfeld Walker / New York Times:
Most Abortion Bans Include Exceptions.  In Practice, Few Are Granted.  —  'We don't do that here.'  —  Last summer, a Mississippi woman sought an abortion after, she said, a friend had raped her.  Her state prohibits most abortions but allows them for rape victims.  Yet she could not find a doctor to provide one.
Discussion: Politico and CBS News
Wall Street Journal:
Abbott Under Federal Criminal Investigation Over Baby Formula  —  Michigan plant at center of probe was temporarily closed by the company last year after potentially deadly bacteria was found  —  The Justice Department is investigating conduct at the Abbott Laboratories infant-formula plant in Sturgis …
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Brad Lendon / CNN:
US pilot shot down four Soviet MiGs in 30 minutes - and kept it a secret for 50 years  —  Royce Williams was a real-life “Top Gun” 10 years before Tom Cruise was even born.  —  On a cold November day in 1952, Williams shot down four Soviet fighter jets - and became a legend no one would hear about for more than 50 years.
Shira Stein / San Francisco Chronicle:
The San Francisco Inquirer looks like local news.  Here's why politicians are furious with the site  —  WASHINGTON — A New York consultant who reportedly published false news articles about political figures has created a website called the San Francisco Inquirer, which is designed …
Ella Nilsen / CNN:
Faucets in McCarthy's district are running dry after years of drought.  Constituents want him to do more  —  Shortly after Benjamin Cuevas and his family moved into their new home three years ago in Tooleville, California, he realized something was horribly wrong.
Discussion: Raw Story
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Supreme Court Justices Were Interviewed in Investigation of Leaked Abortion Opinion  —  The clarification by the court's marshal, who oversaw the investigation, followed widespread speculation about the scope of the interviews.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's internal investigation …
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Irin Carmon / New York Magazine:
What the Supreme Court Left Out of Its Dobbs-Leak Report
Ken Bensinger / New York Times:
Witness Says Inside Information Helped Fox Win World Cup Rights  —  A marketing executive testified that a top FIFA official provided secret bidding information that allowed his company to acquire valuable television rights.  —  When the news broke a dozen years ago that Fox had been awarded …
Discussion: Awful Announcing and Deadspin
Mia Galuppo / The Hollywood Reporter:
How Doug Liman Directed a Brett Kavanaugh FBI Investigation Doc in Secret  —  The filmmaker kept his project under wraps with the help of NDAs and a commitment to self-financing, with investigative doc vet Amy Herdy and Story Syndicate's Dan Cogan and Liz Garbus helping bring his vision home.
 
 
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Biden tanked Jimmy Carter's nominee for CIA over mishandled classified docs
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A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

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