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1:50 PM ET, January 15, 2024

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John McCormack / The Dispatch:
Courting the Kook Vote in Iowa, Vivek Draws the Ire of Trump  —  Ramaswamy is fourth in the polls, but top-of-mind for the former president.  —  ANKENY, Iowa—Vivek Ramaswamy was just going through his implausible plan for firing 75 percent of the federal workforce—"the first four agencies we're …
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Politico:
Playbook: Iowa enters the spin zone  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  HISTORY LESSON, PART 1 — “Martin Luther King Jr. Was a Radical,” by Sheryll Cashin for POLITICO Magazine: “The civil rights icon's image has been sanitized to Kumbaya, feel-good platitudes.
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Majority of Iowa caucusgoers say Trump conviction wouldn't affect their support  —  The Iowa poll shows 18% of likely caucusgoers would be less likely to back Trump in 2024 if he's convicted of a crime before the general election.  —  More than 6-in-10 likely Republican caucusgoers …
Politico:
Trump's ghost stalks Davos  —  Republican front-runner is not yet back in the White House, but he looms large in the minds of influential decision-makers gathered at the World Economic Forum.  —  DAVOS, Switzerland — World leaders gathered together in the Swiss Alps this week are nervous …
Katie Akin / Des Moines Register:
More Nikki Haley supporters would vote for Biden over Trump in November, Iowa Poll finds
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Might a silent GOP majority be ready to move beyond Trump?
NBC News:
Trump's embrace of far-right activist Laura Loomer worries his allies
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
NBC News:
Live updates: GOP presidential candidates get last endorsements on frigid eve of Iowa caucuses
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Key Trump Lawyer Withdraws as Manhattan Criminal Trial Nears  —  Joseph Tacopina brought extensive experience with high-profile cases to former president Donald J. Trump's legal team.  —  Joseph Tacopina, the trial lawyer on Donald J. Trump's legal team with the most successes defending high-profile clients …
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina withdraws from ex-president's cases  —  Joe Tacopina, one of former President Trump's New York trial lawyers who is known for representing high-profile clients, is withdrawing from Trump's cases.  —  Tacopina had represented Trump in both his criminal hush money case …
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Why The World Is Betting Against American Democracy  —  Ambassadors to Washington warn that the GOP-Democratic divide is endangering America's national security.  —  Foreign diplomats are aghast that so many U.S. leaders let their zeal for partisan politics prevent the basic functions of government.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
U.S. Department of Defense:
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Released From Hospital  —  Following consultation with medical staff, Secretary Austin was released from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center today.  —  The Secretary continues to recover well and, on the advice of doctors …
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Associated Press:
Austin is released from hospital after complications from prostate cancer surgery he kept secret  —  Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was released from the hospital Monday, after spending two weeks there to treat complications from surgery for prostate cancer he kept secret from senior Biden administration leaders and staff for weeks.
Meg Storm / Megyn Kelly:
Nikki Haley Refuses to Say a Man Cannot Become a Woman During Campaign Event  —  The Iowa Caucus is just hours away and social issues seem to be top of mind for at least some voters in the Hawkeye State.  —  Extreme weather conditions in Iowa limited the 2024 GOP hopefuls to mostly virtual events …
Discussion: National Review, RedState and IJR
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
RFK Jr. defends FBI, Kennedy-era wiretapping of MLK Jr.  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. offered a striking justification for the surveillance effort against Martin Luther King Jr. during an interview with Politico on Sunday.  —  Kennedy, who is seeking the 2024 presidency as an independent …
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NBC News:
A person called 911 falsely reporting a fire at the White House in apparent ‘swatting’ event  —  President Joe Biden was at Camp David when the call to 911 was made early Monday morning.  —  WASHINGTON — A person called 911 Monday morning falsely claiming that there was a fire at the White House and that someone was trapped inside.
NBC News:
Swastika spray-painted near Holocaust memorial in Philadelphia, police say  —  Authorities are investigating the vandalism, which comes amid a surge in antisemitic incidents nationwide.  —  A swastika was discovered on a wall near Philadelphia's Holocaust memorial on Sunday, police said.
Discussion: The Messenger, New York Post and CNN
 
 
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Elizabeth Spiers / New York Times:
The Miseducation of Nikki Haley
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Speaker Johnson reaches a crossroads in leading an unruly House GOP conference
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Wall Street Journal:
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