Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
7:45 PM ET, January 10, 2024

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Associated Press:
Judge rescinds permission for Trump to give his own closing argument at his civil fraud trial  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump won't make his own closing argument in his New York civil business fraud trial after his lawyers objected to the judge's insistence that the former president would stick to “relevant” matters.
RELATED:
Bloomberg:
Chris Christie to Exit 2024 Race Days Before Iowa Republican Caucus  — Christie was most stridently anti-Trump candidate in GOP race  — Exit could boost Haley in bid to be Trump's top challenger  —  Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is ending his long-shot 2024 campaign …
Eddy Wax / Politico:
Trump vowed he'd ‘never’ help Europe if it's attacked, top EU official says  —  ‘By the way NATO is dead,’ the former (and potential future) US president added in private meeting.  —  BRUSSELS — One of Europe's most senior politicians recounted how former U.S. President Donald Trump privately warned …
CNN:
Chris Christie ends 2024 presidential campaign  —  Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced Wednesday that he is ending his campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, marking the exit of the most outspoken critic of former President Donald Trump in the GOP primary.
ABC News:
Chris Christie expected to end his 2024 presidential campaign: Sources  —  He often said he was the only Republican running to beat Trump.  —  Chris Christie, former governor of New Jersey and 2024 Republican presidential candidate, speaks during a campaign event at Linda's Breakfast & Lunch Place, Dec. 29, 2023, in Seabrook, N.H.
NBC News:
Trump promotes ‘totally baseless’ birther conspiracy theory against Nikki Haley  —  The former U.N. ambassador was born in South Carolina and is a U.S. citizen.  —  DES MOINES, Iowa — Donald Trump, the chief propagator of false birther claims first against then-President Barack Obama …
Shayna Jacobs / Washington Post:
Trump won't be allowed to give his own closing argument in N.Y. fraud trial
Discussion: Raw Story
NBC News:
‘A spiritual battle’: Pastors embrace Trump's grievances in prayers at his rallies
Discussion: The Messenger and Raw Story
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
Trump's Bad Day in Court
Discussion: emptywheel
RELATED:
Washington Post:
Hunter Biden makes surprise appearance at House contempt hearing  —  President's son also made an unexpected appearance last December to blast House Republicans who have subpoenaed him  —  Hunter Biden made an unexpected appearance on Capitol Hill on Wednesday morning …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Democrat joins GOP calls for Biden's defense secretary to resign
NBC News:
House Republicans to vote on resolutions to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Hunter Biden makes surprise appearance at contempt of Congress hearing
Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
Mike Johnson urges fellow Republicans to leave him alone on social media … - Facing a Jan. 19 deadline, some hardliners have said they are not opposed to shutting down the government in an attempt to get more concessions.  — Democrats have noted that Republicans have very little leverage due …
RELATED:
RELATED:
Washington Post:
Biden holding private meetings at White House to reassure supporters  —  The sessions are designed in part to quell concerns about Biden's age and energy level  —  President Biden has been holding private lunches at the White House with top donors and other supporters as part of an effort …
Discussion: Axios
Politico:
Conservatives take revenge for Johnson's spending deal by halting action on House floor  —  They're looking for ways to punish GOP leadership, even if they're not yet willing to boot the speaker.
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Annie Gowen / Washington Post:
Republican governors in 15 states reject summer food money for kids  —  Moving beyond efforts to block expansion of health care for the poor and disabled, Republican governors in 15 states are now rejecting a new, federally funded summer program to give food assistance to hungry children.
Katherine Doyle / NBC News:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene files complaint about Georgia prosecutor who charged Trump  —  A co-defendant in Trump's case has alleged the prosecutor improperly benefited from the hiring of an outside attorney on the case.  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. …
RELATED:
Victor Nava / New York Post:
Trump prosecutor accused of ‘improper’ relationship with Georgia DA Fani Willis billed $4K for meetings with WH officials
The Hill:
Record 20M sign up for ACA coverage  —  ObamaCare breaks records  —  More than 20 million people have signed up for insurance plans on the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) health exchanges, blowing past last year's previous record of 16 million.  —  © Getty
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Florida school district removes dictionaries from libraries, citing law championed by DeSantis  —  The Escambia County School District, located in the Florida panhandle, has removed several dictionaries from its library shelves over concerns that making the dictionaries available to students would violate Florida law.
Jesse Pound / CNBC:
SEC approves rule changes that pave the way for bitcoin ETFs  — The approval could prove to be a landmark event in the adoption of cryptocurrency by mainstream finance.  — The decision will likely lead to the conversion of the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, which holds about $29 billion of the cryptocurrency, into an ETF.
New York Post:
Nearly 2,000 migrants evacuated from Floyd Bennett Field due to high winds  —  Students at a Brooklyn high school were kicked out of the classroom to make room for nearly 2,000 migrants who were evacuated from a controversial tent shelter due to a monster storm closing in on the Big Apple.
RELATED:
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 7:45 PM ET, January 10, 2024.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 Who's Hiring in Media? 
Senior Data Journalist, NY — WSJ
Manager - Publishing Editorial, Manila — Reuters
Oil Reporter, Singapore — Bloomberg
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — AP
Business Reporter, SC — Post & Courier
State Government Reporter, WA — Seattle Times
Climate Crisis Columnist — Prospect UK
Multimedia Journalist, CA — Paramount
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — Freedom Forum
Senior California Politics Reporter, CA — SFGATE
Staff Writer - Business, NY — WIRED
Team Editor - Opinion, ON — Toronto Star
Assistant Correspondent, DC — Kyodo News
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — Star Tribune
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — The Verge
Lead Business Reporter, TN — Daily Memphian
Managing Editor, WA — Everett Herald
Private Credit Reporter, NY — Debtwire
Trending News Reporter, TX — Houston Chronicle
City Correspondent, London — Financial News
Legislative Reporter, CA — Sacramento Bee
Reporter, PA — Tribune-Review
Visual Editor, Remote — Rest of World
Staff Writer, MI — Watershed Voice
Senior Political Reporter, DC — The Lever
California Playbook Writer, CA — Politico
National Investigative Reporter, NY — HuffPost
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — Las Vegas Sun
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — Island Packet
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — CT Mirror
Coordinating Editor, OR — OPB
Editor, Remote US — Daily Kos
Business Reporter, WA — Longview Daily News
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — Phoenix New Times
 
Add your company here
 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
ABC News:
Ohio House votes to override veto of HB 68, bill banning trans youth care, sports participation
Associated Press:
The economy tops US priorities for government across racial groups, AP-NORC and AAPI Data polls show
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Rodrigo Orihuela / Bloomberg:
Spanish Premier Sanchez Scrapes Through First Major Policy Vote
Discussion: Politico
 Earlier Items: 
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
RFK Jr.'s presidential campaign questioned by FEC over payments to daughter-in-law
Discussion: The Messenger and USA Today
United States House Committee on Oversight …:
Wenstrup Releases Statement Following Dr. Fauci's Two-Day Testimony
Julia Frankel / Associated Press:
Video appears to show the Israeli army shot 3 Palestinians, killing 1, without provocation
Discussion: The Guardian
Matt Holt / The Messenger:
New Arizona Poll Finds Sinema Trails Gallego, Lake in Three-Way Matchup (Exclusive)
Jon Henley / The Guardian:
Adopting rightwing policies ‘does not help centre-left win votes’
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / Washington Monthly:
Psst: Joe Biden Has Solved the Student Debt Crisis
Discussion: Forbes
 

 
From Techmeme:

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Thoughts on Apple TV's history and future; sources: Apple postponed a larger-than-usual number of iOS 19 features to spring 2026, when iOS 19.4 is set to debut

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: in the past year, Cantor Fitzgerald agreed to invest as much as $600M in Tether for about a 5% stake; Cantor holds most of Tether's $134B in assets

Robert Triggs / Android Authority:
A look at the shortcomings of Google's Tensor SoC for Pixel devices, with four generations failing to impress in key performance and power efficiency metrics
 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page