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3:00 PM ET, January 20, 2024

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Politico:
Playbook: N.H.'s frigid finish, Louisiana's big payback  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  NEW HAMPSHIRE SNOOZER?  — If Tuesday's New Hampshire primary is the final stand for the anti-DONALD TRUMP wing of the Republican Party …
Discussion: NOLA.com and Washington Examiner
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Biden advisers brainstorm best policy pitch to halt Trump's rise  —  Prescription drug caps, taxing the wealthy and reining in corporate price-gouging eyed as potent advantages in president's reelection bid  —  In private conversations over the past several weeks, aides to President Biden …
David Corn / Mother Jones:
The Absurdity of No Labels  —  A dangerous date for politics in the United States is approaching: March 5.  Not only is that when Super Tuesday will occur, with a slew of Republican primaries likely to anoint Donald Trump as the presumptive GOP presidential nominee.
Stephen Groves / Associated Press:
Election-year politics threaten Senate border deal as Trump and his allies rally opposition  —  A politically treacherous dynamic is taking hold as negotiators in Congress work to strike a bipartisan deal on the border and immigration, with vocal opposition from the hard right …
Wall Street Journal:
Stefanik's Fierce Support for Trump Puts Her in the VP Conversation  —  New York lawmaker has drawn criticism for Jan. 6 remarks, political shift  —  WASHINGTON—The political evolution of Rep. Elise Stefanik from a moderate into a strong defender of Donald Trump helped catapult her into House GOP leadership.
Michael Gold / New York Times:
Trump Confuses Haley and Pelosi, Accusing Rival of Jan. 6 Lapse  —  Donald Trump has often accused former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of failing to provide adequate security for the Capitol.  On Friday, he inexplicably substituted Nikki Haley's name for Ms. Pelosi's.
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Reuters:
Iranian and Hezbollah commanders help direct Houthi attacks in Yemen  —  Commanders from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and Lebanon's Hezbollah group are on the ground in Yemen helping to direct and oversee Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping, four regional and two Iranian sources told Reuters.
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Al Jazeera:
Iran's IRGC says 4 members killed in Israeli attack on Syria's Damascus  —  Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says four of its “military advisers” have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a residential building in Syria's capital, Damascus.
Olena Goncharova / The Kyiv Independent:
Zelensky invites Trump to Ukraine  —  President Volodymyr Zelensky has extended an invitation to Donald Trump to visit Kyiv, with a specific condition attached.  —  Speaking with U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 News, Zelensky said that Trump would be warmly received in the capital under one stipulation …
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Congress keeps punting on the hard work, then leaving town for recess  —  The latest stopgap funding bill gave lawmakers an early-March deadline, but now their schedules call for a light workload in February  —  Congressional bureau chief  —  Once the House on Thursday finished kicking …
Discussion: Raw Story and KRDO
Geoff Mulvihill / HuffPost:
Ohio Poised To Become 2nd State To Restrict Gender-Affirming Care For Adults  —  The changes would add bureaucratic hurdles to receiving care, trans advocates say.  —  LOADING  —  Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced proposals this month that transgender advocates say could block access …
Discussion: HotAir, KRDO and LGBTQ Nation
Jason Wilson / The Guardian:
Revealed: far-right figures try to create Christian nationalist ‘haven’ in Kentucky  —  Venture fund and real estate startup linked to far-right groups promote residential development as community for rightwingers  —  A venture fund and a real estate startup - both with links to far-right organizations …
Microsoft Security Response Center:
Microsoft Actions Following Attack by Nation State Actor Midnight Blizzard  —  The Microsoft security team detected a nation-state attack on our corporate systems on January 12, 2024, and immediately activated our response process to investigate, disrupt malicious activity, mitigate the attack, and deny the threat actor further access.
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
DC Bar Association files disciplinary charges against lawyers over 2020 election fraud claims  —  The Bar association in Washington, D.C., filed disciplinary charges against three lawyers associated with former President Trump's alleged attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.
Discussion: The Messenger, Raw Story and Politico
 
 
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Sports Illustrated's Publisher Guts Staff. Future Unclear
Matt Dixon / NBC News:
Police won't charge ex-Florida GOP chair with sexual battery, forward voyeurism allegations to prosecutors
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
January 18, 2024  —  This afternoon, Congress passed a new continuing resolution necessary …
Discussion: The Messenger and New York Times
Politico:
Louisiana Legislature spurns Johnson, enacts new House map he opposed
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