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12:00 PM ET, January 23, 2023

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CNN:
Man found dead after police standoff in Torrance was the Monterey Park shooting suspect, sheriff says  —  The man found dead inside a white cargo van after a standoff with police in Torrance, California, has been confirmed as the person suspected of carrying out a mass shooting in Monterey Park Saturday night, according to police.
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Los Angeles Times:
Lunar New Year shooting: A grim moment in Monterey Park, America's first suburban Chinatown  —  Sometime between 1970 and 1990, Monterey Park became America's first suburban Chinatown, where swift demographic changes heralded conflicts over language, signs, a changing business scene and political voice.
Discussion: New York Times and New York Post
Victoria Kim / New York Times:
How the Monterey Park Gunman Was Disarmed in Alhambra  —  Brandon Tsay is being credited with preventing further violence by subduing the gunman before he could kill more people.  —  SAN MARINO, Calif. — Saturday night was winding down at the Lai Lai Ballroom & Studio, with less than a half-hour to go until closing.
Associated Press:
Sheriff: Suspect in dance club shooting killed self in van
Department of Justice:
Former Special Agent In Charge Of The New York FBI Counterintelligence Division Charged With Violating U.S. Sanctions On Russia  —  A Russian Court and Government Interpreter Is Also Charged with Violating U.S. Sanctions on Russia  —  Damian Williams, the United States Attorney …
Discussion: CNBC
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New York Times:
How Kevin McCarthy Forged an Ironclad Bond With Marjorie Taylor Greene  —  The close alliance that has developed between the speaker and the hard-right Georgia Republican explains his rise, how he might govern and the heavy influence of the extremes on the new House G.O.P. majority.
Discussion: Insider and Raw Story
Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
A 23-Year-Old Mayor Tried Trump's Stolen Election Playbook.  Only It Worked.  —  “I've... seldom seen a political takeover that was this sleazy, and yet this well-orchestrated,” one local columnist wrote.  —  A small Kansas town is reeling after a baby-faced 23-year-old manipulated procedural technicalities …
Discussion: Raw Story
Monika Scislowska / Associated Press:
Poland pushes for more tanks for Ukraine, asks for German OK  —  Poland will ask Germany for permission to send some of the Polish army's Leopard tanks to Ukraine, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said Monday, as he pushes Europe to send more military hardware to Kyiv amid complaints …
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NBC News:
Democrats name Schiff and Swalwell to Intelligence panel, picking fight with McCarthy  —  WASHINGTON — Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Monday tapped Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell to continue serving on the House Intelligence Committee, picking a long-anticipated fight …
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Biden Lawyers Initially Thought Official Files Went to Think Tank Only  —  The mistaken premise helps explain why nearly two months elapsed before Mr. Biden's lawyers searched the garage of his Delaware home for classified records.  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden's lawyers told …
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Bloomberg:
Even Democrats Are Now Critical of Biden Over Documents Fiasco
CNN:
George Santos' lies are casting a harsh spotlight on a powerful Republican who endorsed and raised money for him  —  Cascading revelations about New York Rep. George Santos' pattern of lies and deception are putting increased scrutiny on powerful New York Rep. Elise Stefanik …
Discussion: driftglass and Raw Story
Joseph Simonson / Washington Free Beacon:
Finally: A Bain Man Makes It To The White House … Zients will take over for Ron Klain in February.  The former head of the White House's COVID response, Zients amassed a vast fortune working for Bain & Company and other management consulting firms.  But at Bain, according to the Wall Street Journal …
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Washington Post:
Jeff Zients to be Biden's next chief of staff
Rolling Stone:
Trump Looks to Ditch His Own Social Media Site  —  The ex-president is planning his first tweets with a few months to go on his Truth Social contract  —  IN THE MONTHS ahead of what's likely to be a brutal Republican presidential primary, Donald Trump and his 2024 campaign are laying …
Politico:
Borrow the opposition playbook?  House GOP weighs the ultimate ‘tit for tat’  —  Republicans are confronting a strategic dilemma as they prepare to unleash their new investigative powers on the Biden White House: Should they take a page from the Democrat-run Jan. 6 select committee?
Discussion: Mediaite, Raw Story and Political Wire
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Fox News' defense in defamation suit invokes debunked election-fraud claims  —  Fox News' attorneys have set out the starkest defense yet against the accusation the network defamed an election-technology company when it broadcast false claims that the company had cheated then-President Donald Trump of victory in the 2020 election.
Discussion: Raw Story
Chris Brennan / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Former President Donald Trump posed for picture with former Philly mob boss Joey Merlino at South Florida golf club  —  They share an affinity for golf and an aversion to cooperating witnesses who “flip” to help federal investigators.But former president Donald Trump and former Philly mob boss Joseph …
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Early rift over immigration exposes House GOP's tough path to consensus  —  Republicans won't bring an immigration bill to the floor this week after members raised concerns about its scope and the process  —  House Republicans' attempt to bring a border security bill to the floor as early …
Ursula Perano / The Daily Beast:
Pennsylvania Republicans Quietly Plot Their Revenge After 2022 Wipeout  —  Bad candidates cost Pennsylvania Republicans big in 2022.  They're already working to lock down better ones for 2024.  —  The last election couldn't have gone any worse for Pennsylvania Republicans: the top of their ticket …
Discussion: OpenSecrets.org and Raw Story
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Florida teachers told to remove books from classroom libraries or risk felony prosecution  —  Teachers in Manatee County, Florida, are being told to make their classroom libraries — and any other “unvetted” book — inaccessible to students, or risk felony prosecution.
Punchbowl News:
1/23/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM  —  Punchbowl News AM Pentagon prepares for McCarthy to go to Taiwan January 23, 2023 BY PUNCHBOWL NEWS STAFF THE TOP Happy Monday morning.  News: The Pentagon is in the early stages of planning for Speaker Kevin McCarthy to travel abroad …
Washington Post:
Ruben Gallego announces run for Arizona Senate seat held by Kyrsten Sinema  —  Gallego's entry could make a three-way race in the battleground state in 2024; it's unclear currently if Sinema plans to run for reelection  —  Rep. Ruben Gallego announced he will run for Senate in Arizona on Monday …
Ramsey Touchberry / Washington Times:
Rep. Katherine Clark's adult child arrested in assault on officer during protest in Boston  —  The adult child of House Minority Whip Katherine Clark, Massachusetts Democrat, was arrested during protests Saturday night in Boston and charged with assaulting a police officer and other crimes.
Antony J. Blinken / United States Department of State:
Designations in Connection with Human Rights Abuses in Iran  —  Concurrently with the United Kingdom and the European Union, the United States today is taking further action to press for accountability for the Iranian regime's human rights abuses by imposing sanctions on 10 additional Iranian individuals …
 
 
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Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Majority in U.S. Still Say Gov't Should Ensure Healthcare
Discussion: The Hill
Stanley Kurtz / National Review:
AP Teacher's Guide Proves DeSantis Right in African-American Studies Clash
Erin Cox / Washington Post:
Larry Hogan won over Democrats in Maryland. Could he do it nationwide?
The White House:
Remarks by Vice President Harris on the 50th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
Washington Post:
How Biden can meet his 100% clean electricity goal
Discussion: Associated Press
Susannah Luthi / Washington Free Beacon:
How Adam Schiff Rode The Resistance to Political Riches
Don Beyer / The Bulwark:
How the Freedom Caucus Hopes to Defund the Police
Discussion: Morning Shots and Raw Story
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‘Fox News in Spanish’: Inside an upstart media company's big plans to impact the 2024 election
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Heidi Cuda / Byline Supplement:
The Return of the ‘Jim Crow’ Backlash to Diverse America
CBS News:
Transcript: Mayors Francis Suarez, LaToya Cantrell, Andre Dickens and John Giles on “Face the Nation,” Jan. 22, 2023
Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
How the White House plans to target 18 House Republicans from districts Biden won
Discussion: NBC News and Bloomberg
Andrew Duehren / Wall Street Journal:
Janet Yellen Dismisses Minting $1 Trillion Coin to Avoid Default
Jake Lahut / The Daily Beast:
Inside N.Y. Gov. Kathy Hochul's ‘Catastrophic’ Meltdown Over One Judge
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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