Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
10:00 AM ET, January 13, 2024

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Cindy Wang / Bloomberg:
Taiwan Elects US-Friendly President Defying China's Warnings  — The ruling party's Lai Ching-te secured comfortable victory  — Result is setback for Beijing's aim to forge closer ties  —  Taiwan elected Lai Ching-te as president of the global chip hub at the center of US-China tensions …
RELATED:
CNN:
Taiwan voters dismiss China warnings and hand ruling party a historic third consecutive presidential win  —  Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party pulled off a historic third consecutive presidential victory on Saturday as voters shrugged off warnings by China that their re-election would increase the risk of conflict.
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump ordered to pay New York Times, three reporters nearly $400,000 in legal costs over dismissed lawsuit  — A New York judge former President Donald Trump to pay The New York Times and three of its reporters nearly $400,000 to cover their legal costs for a lawsuit by him that was dismissed last year.
RELATED:
Luis Martinez / ABC News:
US launches another retaliatory airstrike against Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen  —  The strikes are aimed at degrading their capability to attack Red Sea shipping.  —  On Jan. 11, 2024, at 2:30 a.m. (Sanaa time), U.S. Central Command forces, in coordination with the United Kingdom …
RELATED:
Associated Press:
US warns ships to stay out of parts of Red Sea as Houthi rebels vow retaliation for US, UK strikes
Bloomberg:
How the US and UK Came to Attack the Houthis
CNN:
US and UK carry out strikes against Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
Ahead of Iowa Caucuses, Voters Fear the Prospect of Civil Unrest  —  As Monday's caucuses approach, voters casually throw around the prospect of World War III and civil unrest, anxious of divisions they fear are tearing the country apart.  —  Presidential elections traditionally speak to future aspirations …
Discussion: Althouse
RELATED:
Kanishka Singh / Reuters:
Two US Navy sailors reported missing while conducting operations off coast of Somalia  —  Two U.S. Navy sailors were reported missing at sea while conducting operations off the coast of Somalia on Thursday evening, the U.S. military said in a statement on Friday, adding that search and rescue operations were ongoing to locate them.
Fatima Hussein / Associated Press:
IRS says it collected $360 million more from rich tax cheats as its funding is threatened yet again  —  The IRS says it has collected an additional $360 million in overdue taxes from delinquent millionaires as the agency's leadership tries to promote the latest work it has done to modernize …
RELATED:
Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
DeSantis plans to go from Iowa to South Carolina, instead of New Hampshire, as he targets Haley  —  Ron DeSantis is taking his battle with Nikki Haley directly to her home state, planning to head straight to South Carolina — which holds the first GOP votes in the South — after Monday's Iowa caucuses.
The Messenger:
Hunter Biden's Offer to Testify Won't Protect Him From Contempt, GOP Says  —  If Republicans 'want to play chicken with this, fine, that's their choice,' a source close to Hunter Biden told The Messenger  —  House Republicans said Friday they will continue to pursue contempt of Congress charges …
RELATED:
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Hunter Biden agrees to deposition, GOP chairs say contempt resolution on track until a date is set
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Kicks Mike Lindell and His MyPillow Ads to the Curb  —  The pillow magnate claims Fox News “canceled” him for hiring Lou Dobbs, but a Fox News source with knowledge told The Daily Beast that Lindell simply hasn't paid his bills.  —  MAGA pillow magnate Mike Lindell alleges that Fox News …
Sam Biddle / The Intercept:
OpenAI Quietly Deletes Ban on Using ChatGPT for “Military and Warfare”  —  The Pentagon has its eye on the leading AI company, which this week softened its ban on military use.  —  OPENAI THIS WEEK quietly deleted language expressly prohibiting the use of its technology for military purposes …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Ron DeSantis Admits Fox News Isn't Real News … Meeting with reporters Friday, Ron DeSantis blurted out something every Republican politician knows, but never says: Conservative media does not hold Republicans accountable.  “He's got basically a Praetorian Guard of the conservative media …
Carolyn Thompson / Associated Press:
Prosecutors to seek death penalty for white supremacist who killed 10 at Buffalo supermarket  —  Federal prosecutors said Friday that they will seek the death penalty against a white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket.  Payton Gendron, 20, is already serving …
Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Supreme Court to review restrictions on homeless encampments  —  The Supreme Court said Friday it will consider whether state and local officials can punish homeless individuals for camping and sleeping in public spaces when shelter beds are unavailable.  —  The justices will review …
Tessa Stuart / Rolling Stone:
The Supreme Court Will Decide if States Can Force Hospitals to Let Women Die  —  Here are the types of patients who will die if Supreme Court justices say states can block doctors from providing emergency abortion care  —  The Supreme Court will decide this term whether states can force doctors …
Maxine Joselow / Washington Post:
Oil companies will soon pay fees for emitting a climate ‘super-pollutant’  —  The action is one of the Biden administration's strongest against the fossil fuel industry under provisions of a 2022 climate law  —  The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday proposed steep new fees …
RELATED:
David Introcaso / The Hill:   The social costs of greenhouse gas emissions in health care are astounding — and we've been ignoring them completely
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 10:00 AM ET, January 13, 2024.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 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: 
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Sununu reacts to ‘Never Nikki’ site: ‘Nobody cares what Rand Paul thinks’
Scott Wong / NBC News:
Moderate Democrats say they'd help Mike Johnson keep his job as speaker
Seung Min Kim / Associated Press:
Biden says Austin still has his confidence, but not revealing hospitalization was lapse in judgment
NBC News:
Swing state Republican parties are engulfed in turmoil ahead of key 2024 races
 Earlier Items: 
Sophie Gardner / Politico:
Republican women aren't feeling Nikki Haley
Discussion: ABC News, New York Post and RedState
Diana Falzone / Mediaite:
EXCLUSIVE: Here's The Tape of Roger Stone Discussing Assassination of Democrats — Which He Denied Ever Doing
Discussion: Raw Story, SpyTalk and Right Wing Watch
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Americans divided on how SCOTUS should handle Trump ballot access: POLL
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Memo: WaPo CEO Will Lewis tells staff they'll be expected to work from the office five days a week, instead of three, by June 2, and by February 3 for managers

Sean Burch / The Wrap:
News Corp reports Q1 revenue up 3% YoY to $2.58B, net income up 148% YoY to $144M, Dow Jones revenue up 3% YoY to $552M, and WSJ subscriptions up 7% YoY to 4.3M

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
TikTok launches Share to TikTok, which lets users directly share music from Apple Music and Spotify in a post to their TikTok Feed or in DMs via TikTok Messages
 
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