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1:35 PM ET, January 15, 2023

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Eugene Daniels / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Three storylines to watch in Biden's document drama  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  HAPPENING NOW — “Biden speech at Ebenezer to bring focus to King's legacy, likely to president's as well,"by The Atlanta Journal …
Discussion: CNN, CBS News, Reuters and New York Times
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Tia Mitchell / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Biden speech at Ebenezer to bring focus to King's legacy, likely to president's as well
Discussion: USA Today
United States House Committee on Oversight …:
Comer Calls on White House to Release Biden's Wilmington Residence Visitor Log, Questions Why Biden Aides Continue to Search Properties in Wake of Special Counsel  —  WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today is calling on White House Chief …
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Daniella Cheslow / Wall Street Journal:
House GOP Seeks Biden Residence Visitor Logs as Classified-Document Saga Continues  —  White House said Saturday further documents were discovered in Wilmington  —  House Republicans are seeking two years of visitor logs from President Biden's Delaware home as part of a push for more details …
Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
What College Admissions Could Look Like Without Affirmative Action  —  Schools may need to rethink everything, including recruitment, scholarships, standardized testing and alumni preferences.  —  MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — In 1964, hoping to erase its image as a privileged cloister for white rich families …
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Saudi prosecutors seek death penalty for academic over social media use  —  Court documents reveal reasons for Awad Al-Qarni's arrest - even though rulers are major investors in social media platforms  —  A prominent pro-reform law professor in Saudi Arabia is facing the death penalty …
Washington Post:
Harbor City called George Santos a ‘perfect fit.’ The SEC called the company a fraud.  —  The inside story of the New York congressman and the now-shuttered Florida firm that employed him for more than a year  —  In July 2020, a small Florida-based investment firm announced …
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
A GOP postmortem: What went so wrong in Pennsylvania?  —  PHILADELPHIA — The Pennsylvania GOP is trying to figure out what went so horribly wrong in 2022.  —  After the party's disastrous midterm races, Republicans in the critical battleground state are conducting a postmortem …
Newsday:
Records show George Santos made questionable payments to vendors, experts say  —  Campaign committees tied to Rep. George Santos paid tens of thousands of dollars to newly formed companies with opaque histories and meager track records of working for other candidates, a Newsday review of state and federal filings shows.
Discussion: New York Magazine
Jacob Geanous / New York Post:
Hunter Biden asks court to stop love child from taking his sullied surname  —  He doesn't want to give her his bad name.  —  Hunter Biden asked a judge to deny his 4-year-old daughter from taking his surname — claiming it's a lightning rod for criticism and would rob the child of a “peaceful existence.”
Jon Levine / New York Post:
George Santos wore stolen scarf to ‘Stop the Steal’ rally, ex-roommate says  —  Embattled GOP Rep. George Santos wore stolen clothing to an election rally which accused President Biden of stealing the 2020 presidential election, according to a former roommate.
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Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
The racial reckoning led to lots of talk but little real change  —  A decade of intense Black-led activism, particularly the massive protests after the murder of George Floyd, have led to a society-wide rethinking of America's policies toward Black Americans.
Annie Martin / Orlando Sentinel:
‘Dismay and anxiety’ on college campuses as DeSantis ramps up anti-CRT campaign  —  Yovanna Pineda, hired more than a decade ago to teach Latin American history at the University of Central Florida, rebranded one of her signature courses last fall.  —  Striking references to “dictatorships” …
Discussion: Florida's Voice and WFLA-TV
Tal Axelrod / ABC News:
Biden classified documents could have national security implications, Schiff says  —  “I'd like to know what these documents were,” Rep. Schiff said on “This Week”  —  Rep. Adam Schiff, a former chair of the House Intelligence Committee, said Sunday that classified documents recently discovered …
 
 
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