memeorandum: Covid, flu, RSV declining in hospitals as ‘tripledemic’ threat fades (Fenit Nirappil/Washington Post)

12:05 PM ET, January 22, 2023

Top Items:

10 people killed, 10 injured in mass shooting at Monterey Park dance studio — Ten people were killed and at least 10 others were injured when a gunman opened fire at a ballroom dance studio in Monterey Park on Saturday night, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said.

NBC News:

9 people killed in mass shooting near Los Angeles after Lunar New Year celebrations — Nine people were killed in a mass shooting in Monterey Park, Calif. late Saturday, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said in a statement. — The incident took place at around 10:22 p.m. local time (1:22 a.m. ET), the statement said.

Discussion: Fox News, The Moderate Voice, The Gateway Pundit, NBC Chicago, New York Post and RedState

Brittany Shepherd / ABC News:

POLL: Most Americans think both Biden and Trump inappropriately handled classified documents — A plurality sees Trump's actions as more serious, an ABC News/Ipsos poll shows. — In this Nov. 13, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump is shown at the White House in Washington, D.C. |

Discussion: CNBC and PoliticusUSA

Caroline Downey / National Review:

FBI Discovers More Classified Documents at Biden's Delaware Home — The FBI on Friday uncovered more classified documents while searching President Biden's residence in Wilmington, Del. — Over the course of 13 hours, investigators found six items composed of records determined to be sensitive …

Discussion: HotAir, NBC News, Fox News, New York Daily News, RedState, USA Today, New York Post, The Gateway Pundit, NPR, ThinkCivics+ and Associated Press

New York Times:
Investigators Seize More Classified Documents From Biden's Home

Discussion: Insider, RedState, The Post Millennial, Breitbart, USA Today, Rolling Stone, Liberty Unyielding, 6abc, Japan Times, Politico and The Hill

BBC:
US files: Six more classified documents seized at Biden home

Discussion: Breitbart and The Moderate Voice

CNN:
FBI searches Biden's Wilmington home and finds more classified materials

Discussion: Fox News, NBC News, The Hill, Washington Post, Mock Paper Scissors, Political's Substack, Twitchy, RedState, Mediaite, Associated Press, Insider, KXAN-TV, Deadline, CNBC, NewsNation, Washington Examiner and Washington Times

Wall Street Journal:
More Classified Documents Found at President Biden's Delaware Home

Discussion: Fox News, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, Associated Press, UPI, Tennessee Star, Washington Times, Breitbart and NOQ Report

Katie J. M. Baker / New York Times:

When Students Change Gender Identity, and Parents Don't Know — Educators are facing wrenching new tensions over whether they should tell parents when students socially transition at school. — Jessica Bradshaw found out that her 15-year-old identified as transgender at school after she glimpsed …

Discussion: Althouse and The 74

WAGA-TV:

Downtown Atlanta protest turns into riot, six arrested, police say — “I saw people smashing out taillights of cop cars and windows,” witness says — ATLANTA - What started as a peaceful protest against the death of a Georgia-based activist took a violent turn in downtown Atlanta Saturday evening …

Discussion: Fox News, Reuters, Washington Post, The Hill, IJR, ABC News, UPI, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, New York Post and RedState

Emma Colton / Fox News:
Atlanta riots erupt downtown amid ‘Cop City’ backlash

Discussion: RedState, The Post Millennial, Georgia Bureau …, CBS News, The Gateway Pundit and IJR

Timothy Pratt / The Guardian:
‘Assassinated in cold blood’: activist killed protesting Georgia's ‘Cop City’

Discussion: HotAir

TMZ.com:

Rep. George Santos Admits to Dressing in Drag, Denies Being a ‘Queen’ — REP. GEORGE SANTOS OKAY, FINE, I DID DRESS IN DRAG ... But I'm No ‘Queen,’ Dammit — JUST HAVIN' SOME FUN — Rep. George Santos did, in fact, dress in women's clothing as a young man — but don't go calling …

Discussion: Fox News, New York Post, Insider and Political Wire

Chanteé Lans / abc7NY:
Rep. George Santos returns to NY, faces questions from Eyewitness News

Discussion: Raw Story

New York Times:

Russian Agents Suspected of Directing Far-Right Group to Mail Bombs in Spain — U.S. officials say the operation may be a signal by Russia that the country and its proxies could carry out more terrorist actions in Europe if nations continue supporting Ukraine.

Rolling Stone:

Anti-Abortion Voters Have Picked an Early 2024 Favorite. It's Not Trump — Students For Life conducted the first straw poll of the potential GOP field. The former president is nowhere close to the top spot — TWO THOUSAND ATTENDEES at the National Pro-Life Summit cast their votes …

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog and The Guardian

Politico:

RNC chair challenger looks to Never Trumpers for a boost — In a last-ditch effort to upend the Republican National Committee chair race, challenger Harmeet Dhillon has begun a full court press of various factions of a party in search of skeptics of current chair Ronna McDaniel.

Discussion: Raw Story

Fenit Nirappil / Washington Post:

Covid, flu, RSV declining in hospitals as ‘tripledemic’ threat fades … So many patients sick with RSV had inundated Connecticut Children's Medical Center that they had to be treated in hallways and playrooms. Facing their busiest season in memory last fall, hospital leaders floated a plan …

Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:

Protesting against Congress may get you a $50 fine. Disrupting the Supreme Court is a different story. — WASHINGTON — When Emily Paterson was arrested for protesting abortion law changes during a Supreme Court hearing in November, she spent the night in jail and now has a criminal conviction on her record.

David Cohen / Politico:

Send Ukraine tanks to get Germany to do so, McCaul urges — “Even saying we're going to put Abrams tanks in, I think would be enough for Germany to unleash,” Rep. Michael McCaul said. — The new chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said Sunday it is important the United States announce …

Discussion: Politico, CNN and Cyprus Mail

Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:

Fed Sets Course for Milder Interest-Rate Rise in February — Officials could begin weighing whether and when to pause rate increases this spring — Watch: Fed Chair Powell Announces Half Point Interest-Rate Increase — Created with sketchtool. … 1x

Lori Rozsa / Washington Post:

A Black professor defies DeSantis law restricting lessons on race — NEWBERRY, Fla. — The inscriptions on many of the tombstones at the Pleasant Plain Cemetery tucked in the north Florida woods are so worn by time and weather that they are unreadable. — But Marvin Dunn knows their stories.

New York Times:

Ron Klain Expected to Step Down as Biden's White House Chief of Staff — Mr. Klain's departure would mark a rare moment of high-level turnover in an administration that has been remarkably stable through two years of crises and political battles. — WASHINGTON — Ron Klain …