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11:35 AM ET, January 13, 2023

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Andrew C. McCarthy / New York Post:
Biden already admitted guilt — he's just betting Garland doesn't prosecute him, or Trump  —  There will be much to chew on as the criminal investigation of President Biden by the newly appointed special counsel, Robert Hur, unfolds.  For now, my question is: Have we already, in effect, witnessed a guilty plea?
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Ben Jacobs / Vox:
Biden worries the secret service may be loyal to Trump, according to a new book  —  The biggest revelations from Chris Whipple's new look at the Biden administration.  —  According to a new book offering an inside look at President Joe Biden's White House, Biden actively distrusts …
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
The Special Counsels and Merrick Garland's Election Department  —  He's named investigators for both Biden and Trump.  Didn't he learn anything from 2016?  —  WSJ Opinion: Special Counsels, Corvettes and Classified Documents  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE  —  Created with sketchtool.
Bradford Betz / Fox News:
Emails suggest Hunter Biden had access to garage where president kept classified docs, Corvette  —  President Biden acknowledged Thursday morning that classified documents were found in his garage  —  Karine Jean-Pierre denies White House is trying to hide anything about Biden's classified documents scandal
Washington Post:
Furor over documents creates unexpected political peril for Biden
Semafor:
Everything you need to know about Biden's new special counsel
Fox News:   Former Biden assistant questioned by law enforcement over classified docs repeatedly appeared in Hunter emails
New York Times:
Trump Organization Fined $1.6 Million for Evading Taxes  —  The Trump Organization must pay $1.6 million for giving executive off-the-books benefits and pay.  —  Former president Donald J. Trump's family real estate business was ordered on Friday to pay a $1.6 million criminal penalty …
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Shayna Jacobs / Washington Post:
Trump Organization sentenced to pay $1.6 million penalty in tax fraud case  —  NEW YORK — The Trump Organization was sentenced to pay $1.6 million in fines and penalties to the state on Friday — the maximum allowed by law — following its December conviction on tax crimes carried out by two of its longtime executives.
Discussion: CNN, Axios and New York Daily News
The Daily Beast:
George Santos Tries on a New Disguise: Conservative Renegade  —  George Santos has found his allies in Congress—the conservatives who are accustomed to controversy.  —  On his first day in Congress, Rep. George Santos (R-NY) sat in a back corner of the House chamber—alone and glum …
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Post
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Sam Levin / The Guardian:
Teacher and cousin of Black Lives Matter founder ‘Tased to death’ by LAPD  —  ‘He needed help and was killed,’ says Patrisse Cullors, as police are seen repeatedly using stun gun on him after traffic accident  —  A cousin of Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors was killed …
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Joseph Zeballos-Roig / Semafor:
Paul Ryan sounds off on the McCarthy drama and coming debt ceiling fight  —  Former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan thinks his old friend Kevin McCarthy may be better prepared for the role than any politician in modern history — but the job won't be easy with his five-seat majority.
Associated Press:
Lisa Marie Presley dies at 54 after hospitalization  —  Lisa Marie Presley — the only child of Elvis Presley — died Thursday after being hospitalized earlier that day, her mother said in a statement.  The singer was 54.  —  “It is with a heavy heart that I must share the devastating news …
Washington Examiner:
Please, put poor Pete out to pasture  —  During the 2020 presidential primary, candidate Joe Biden released a video savaging former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg for his lack of competence and relevant experience for the White House.  Over and over again, Biden's video highlighted …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Associated Press:
Study: Exxon Mobil accurately predicted warming since 1970s  —  Exxon Mobil's scientists were remarkably accurate in their predictions about global warming, even as the company made public statements that contradicted its own scientists' conclusions, a new study says.
New York Times:
Western Tanks Appear Headed to Ukraine, Breaking Another Taboo  —  The West has sent an array of weapons once seen as too provocative, and it looks like tanks will be next.  With a new Russian offensive expected, officials see an urgent need to shift the balance.
ABC News:
Some GOP McCarthy holdouts scoff at claims Trump swayed speaker vote outcome  —  “Trump had no influence,” one Republican congressman told ABC News.  —  Moments after clinching the House speakership, Kevin McCarthy headed to the cameras to “especially thank” one person he said helped him get the gig: Donald Trump.
Discussion: RedState and American Greatness
Charles R. Davis / Insider:
Republican candidate's wife arrested, charged with casting 23 fraudulent votes for her husband in the 2020 election  — Kim Phuong Taylor was arrested Thursday and accused of multiple counts of voter fraud.  — According to prosecutors, Taylor cast 23 fraudulent votes for her husband in the 2020 election.
Eugene Scalia / Wall Street Journal:
The FTC's Breathtaking Power Grab Over Noncompete Agreements  —  Its proposed prohibition would quash 47 state laws and 30 million contracts.  —  WSJ Opinion: Our Predictions for the New Year  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE  —  Created with sketchtool.  —  1x  —  The Federal Trade Commission's ban …
Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
Latest Pentagon UFO report records hundreds of new sightings  —  In the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Congress ordered the Pentagon to establish a new office to replace the UAP Task Force and investigate and “resolve” sightings of UFOs.  Of course, we're not supposed to call them UFOs anymore (too bad!
Politico:
Why Japan is the latest ally moving Biden's way  —  When President Joe Biden sits down with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday, it will mark a major tete-a-tete that could have profound implications for U.S. policy toward a critical part of the globe.
BBC:
US cancer death rate drops by 30% since 1991  —  Death rates from cancer in the US have fallen by 32% over the three decades from 1991 to 2019, according to the American Cancer Society.  —  The decline is thanks to prevention, screening, early diagnosis and treatment of common cancers, including lung and breast cancer.
Discussion: Slashdot, The Hill and New York Post
The Best of BBC News Russian:
LONG READ - Prison, war and revenge killing: the inside story of the Wagner ‘sledgehammer murder’ case  —  The story of the life and death of Yevgeny Nuzhin is a grim illustration of how Russia is increasingly using its prison population as a source of new blood on the deadly frontline in Ukraine.
Institute for the Study of War:
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 12, 2023  —  Click here to see ISW's interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.  This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report.  —  Russian forces' likely capture of Soledar on January 11 …
Dylan Matthews / Vox:
Congress's bipartisan deal to spend billions more fighting HIV and malaria abroad  —  At the surface, Congress is a total mess.  Below, it's actually getting some big stuff done.  —  On December 23, while many of us were doing last-minute holiday shopping, Congress passed …
Brooke Leigh Howard / The Daily Beast:
This TikToker Accused Local Cop of Racial Profiling.  Then He Pulled Her Over.  —  Charlotte Carter's extremely coincidental run in with an officer in Chesterfield, Virginia has since gone viral. … A racial justice advocate who compiled damning data on her local police ticketing people of color …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
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Michael S. Schmidt / PenguinRandomhouse.com:
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Tyler O'Neil / The Daily Signal:
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Discussion: Just The News
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
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Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Progressives eagerly await their chance to harass McCarthy
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Politico:
Justice Department reveals it has Jan. 6 select committee files that the panel opted not to release to the public.
Discussion: Raw Story
Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
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