memeorandum: New Hampshire ad spending tops $77 million as Haley and Trump fight to the finish (CNN)

12:40 AM ET, January 24, 2024

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William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:

Trump Says He Lost 15 Pounds ‘The Hard Way’ — “You look like you're in fighting shape!” Fox host Brian Kilmeade gushed while aboard the indicted former president's plane. — Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade spoke with former President Donald Trump ahead of his final rally …

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Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:

Trump Wins NH Primary, But Not Quite the Victory He Wanted — Trump secured a win in the New Hampshire primary, but it was hardly what he was looking for. — CONCORD, New Hampshire—If Donald Trump ever had a chance of having his march to the Republican presidential nomination sidetracked …

Greg Sargent / New Republic:

Elise Stefanik's Deranged Defense of Trump Offers Democrats a Lesson — When it comes to Donald Trump's legal travails, there are two general schools of thought among Democrats. In one, a jury's finding that Trump is liable for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll—and his pending trials …

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NBC News:

New Hampshire primary live updates: Biden and Trump win, NBC News projects … Donald Trump wins New Hampshire Republican primary — NBC News projects that Donald Trump has won the New Hampshire Republican primary, securing at least 11 of the state's 22 delegates.

CBS News:

New Hampshire primary exit polls for 2024 elections — Exit poll percentages may change as CBS News collects more data — In the 2024 New Hampshire primary Tuesday, an unhappy electorate, economy and immigration are the top issues. One in five voters made up their minds in the last few days.

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Ariel Edwards-Levy / CNN:

New Hampshire exit poll: Majority of GOP primary voters aren't MAGA, but most would be satisfied with Trump nomination — The voters who turned out for New Hampshire's GOP presidential primary on Tuesday were less staunchly conservative and less closely tied to the Republican Party …

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New York Times:
New Hampshire Primary: Voting Is Brisk as Trump and Haley Push to the Finish in a Key Early Test

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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's increasing flubs risk blunting big polling edge on mental sharpness

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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Trump looks to move to the general election with a commanding win in New Hampshire

Marc Fortier / NBC Boston:
With DeSantis out, Trump widens lead over Haley in NH, new tracking poll shows

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CNN:
New Hampshire ad spending tops $77 million as Haley and Trump fight to the finish

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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump ‘honored’ by New Hampshire win, says Republican Party is ‘very united’

Ben Feuerherd / The Messenger:
Trump Defamation Trial Postponed Until at Least Thursday After COVID Scare: Court Docs

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Politico:
Donald Trump has a big problem ahead

Josephine Harvey / HuffPost:
Former Trump Aide Says Ex-President's Recent Fumbles Are ‘Concerning’

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Steve Reilly / The Messenger:
Trump DC Trial Should Be Audio Live Streamed at Minimum, Media Coalition Argues

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Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Farah Griffin says Trump victory in NH would be ‘bad for America’

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The Hill:
Low energy in New Hampshire may point to depressed turnout

Discussion: The Messenger, USA Today, WWLP-TV, NPR and Political Wire

NPR:

Biden wins the New Hampshire primary after Democrats write him on the ballot — MANCHESTER, N.H. — President Biden won the New Hampshire Democratic primary on Tuesday, an unusual race that he skipped after the party changed its rules in favor of seeing South Carolina hold the first nominating contest of the year.

Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Two Top Biden Aides Are Taking the Reins of His Re-election Campaign

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Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Top Biden White House aides head to the campaign

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Oliver Darcy / CNN:

The Los Angeles Times plunges into ‘chaos’ as brutal layoffs loom and senior editors call it quits — Editor's Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. — New York CNN —

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Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
The LA Times lays off 115 people, with the De Los and Washington, D.C. teams especially hard-hit

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Associated Press:
Los Angeles Times to lay off one-fourth of newsroom staff starting this week, union head says

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NBC News:

Alaska Airlines CEO: We found ‘many’ loose bolts on our Max 9s following near-disaster — “I'm angry,” said Alaska CEO Ben Minicucci. “This happened to Alaska Airlines. It happened to our guests and happened to our our people.” — The CEO of Alaska Airlines said new …

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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:

No Labels Sued by Durst Family Members Claiming Breach of Contract — Two members of the Durst real estate family are suing the centrist political group No Labels, saying its pursuit of a possible third-party presidential bid is a breach of contract. — Two members of the powerful Durst …

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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Donors sue No Labels for ‘bait and switch’ 3rd party threat

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Rob Crilly / Daily Mail:

Audio recording reveals the moment that senior Republican figure tried to bribe Kari Lake not to run for Senate — An audio recording obtained by DailyMail.com reveals the extraordinary moment when what appears to be Arizona's top Republican official tried to bribe populist firebrand Kari Lake not to run in the state's Senate race.

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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:

Delta Boeing plane loses wheel while taxiing for takeoff — A Delta Air Lines Boeing plane lost a nose wheel before it took off Saturday from the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. — A spokesperson for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement …

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Jonathan M. Gitlin / Ars Technica:

Higher vehicle hoods significantly increase pedestrian deaths, study finds — Single-vehicle, single-pedestrian crash data for 2016-2021 finds hoods a problem. — It's hard to escape the fact that American trucks and SUVs have been on a steroid-infused diet for the last few years.

Will Steakin / ABC News:

House ethics probe into Rep. Matt Gaetz picks up steam with new witnesses contacted: Sources — The DOJ last year declined to bring charges against Gaetz following its probe. — Rep. Matt Gaetz greets supporters at the New Hampshire campaign headquarters of former President Donald Trump in Manchester, NH, Jan. 21, 2024.

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Suzan Fraser / Associated Press:

Turkey's parliament approves Sweden's NATO membership, lifting a key hurdle — Turkish legislators on Tuesday endorsed Sweden's membership in NATO, lifting a major hurdle on the previously nonaligned country's entry into the military alliance. Lawmakers ratified Sweden's accession protocol 287 to 55 …

Tori Otten / New Republic:

New Transcript Blows Up James Comer's Entire Hunter Biden Argument — The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday released the transcript of the testimony of Kevin Morris, a friend of and attorney for Hunter Biden, and his statements undercut everything Republicans have said about the embattled first son.

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ProPublica:

FTC Orders Maker of TurboTax to Cease “Deceptive” Advertising — The federal agency, after an investigation prompted by ProPublica's reporting, blasted Intuit for misleading customers about its “free” tax-filing program and directed the company to take specific steps to fix its ads.

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Jessica Valenti / Abortion, Every Day:

Breaking: Travel bans proposed in Tennessee & Oklahoma — We knew it was never going to stop with Idaho. — Tennessee Republican Rep. Jason Zachary introduced a travel ban yesterday—legislation that would make it a Class C felony to take a minor out-of-state for abortion care.

Discussion: The Hill