memeorandum: Public sees Biden cooperating with documents investigation; job approval remains unchanged

11:35 AM ET, January 29, 2023

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Public sees Biden cooperating with documents investigation; job approval remains unchanged — CBS News poll — Slightly more Americans think the Biden administration is handling the classified documents investigation well than badly, with most saying President Biden has tried to cooperate with it.

Jonathan Allen / NBC News:

Trump kicks off his 2024 campaign: ‘We are at the brink of World War III’ — Donald Trump took aim at President Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, U.S. foreign policy and undocumented immigrants Saturday as he kicked off his bid for a return to the White House with campaign stops in New Hampshire and South Carolina.

Discussion: TIME, CBS News, Courthouse News Service, UPI, Fox News, Wall Street Journal, TASS, Washington Post, Washington Times, Associated Press and Just The News

Meridith McGraw / Politico:

Trump hits DeSantis: He's a Covid skeptic phony — COLUMBIA, S.C. — Since announcing in November, Donald Trump had an unconventional start to his third presidential campaign: He did not campaign at all. — That's now changing, and part of the reason the former president is holding …

Discussion: Insider, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Post, Associated Press, The Hill, One America News Network and New York Post

Kristen Holmes / CNN:

Trump takes aim at DeSantis in first major campaign swing, says he's trying to ‘rewrite history’ on his Covid-19 record — Former President Donald Trump took aim at Ron DeSantis Saturday, claiming the Florida governor and his team are “trying to rewrite history” regarding their Covid-19 pandemic response …

Discussion: RedState, Reuters, Insider, TheBlaze, HotAir, Bloomberg and Florida Politics

David Smith / The Guardian:

Trump says he is ‘more angry’ than ever as he tries to revive White House bid — Speech to Republicans in New Hampshire as ex-president becomes first to hit the 2024 campaign trail — Donald Trump, the former US president, tried to get his spluttering White House bid off the launchpad on Saturday …

Discussion: Raw Story, Axios, USA Today, Outside the Beltway, Washington Examiner, The Post Millennial, CNN and Florida Politics

Dan Balz / Washington Post:

Trump's path to GOP nomination is strewn with obstacles — Still, a wide field could so divide the race that Trump could take the nomination, as he did in 2016, by winning a plurality of primary voters — The past few months have been rough on former president Donald Trump, and the road ahead for him looks similarly rutted.

Discussion: Florida Politics, New York Post, ABC News and Insider

Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Former CIA spy and GOP Congressman Will Hurd addresses rumors of 2024 presidential run

Discussion: ABC News, Raw Story and Washington Examiner

Wall Street Journal:

Israel Strikes Iran Amid New International Push to Contain Tehran — Israeli, American officials discuss new ways to combat Iranian operations — Israel carried out a drone strike targeting a defense compound in Iran, as the U.S. and Israel look for new ways to contain Tehran's nuclear …

Discussion: The Times of Israel, Fox News and Marginal REVOLUTION

Sahil Kapur / NBC News:

Never again: How a ‘lesson of 2011’ shaped Biden's no-negotiation stance on debt limit — The Obama-Biden White House agreed to negotiate with Republicans on the debt ceiling. It brought the U.S. economy to the brink of disaster — and the president and vice president vowed to change their posture.

Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Message Box

David Suissa / Jewish Journal:

No, President Biden, the Synagogue Attack Was Not Against the “Civilized World” … We attach ourselves to narratives because they comfort us. It's comforting to think that the terrorist who murdered seven Jews coming out of a Jerusalem synagogue was striking a blow against “the civilized world,” as President Joe Biden asserted.

David Cohen / Politico:

Time for ‘national conversation’ on policing, Durbin says — Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin said Sunday that the brutal footage of Memphis police beating Tyre Nichols demonstrated the need for “a national conversation” on law enforcement. — Speaking on ABC's “This Week,” …

Discussion: ABC News and Washington Times

Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:

Trump's lasting legacy on the judiciary is not just at the Supreme Court — NEW ORLEANS — Months before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the federal appeals court based in this Southern city cleared the way to ban most abortions in Texas. The same court appeared to jump the line …

Discussion: Raw Story, Reason and Breitbart

Wall Street Journal:

The Covert Polish Repair Shop Patching Up Ukrainian Arms — Poland has set up a major repair operation aimed at returning damaged Ukrainian artillery and armor to the battlefield — WARSAW—In a sprawling factory complex surrounded by derelict buildings, hundreds of technicians …

Eduardo Medina / New York Times:

Paul Pelosi Attack Suspect Tells TV Station He Has No Remorse — The man accused of assaulting the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a disturbing surprise phone call to the station on Friday, the same day footage of the attack was made public.

Discussion: Washington Times, CBS News, The Gateway Pundit and Vox

Amber Lee / KTVU-TV:
DePape in bizarre phone call to KTVU says he should have been ‘more prepared’

Discussion: CNN, The Western Journal, The Hill, The Wrap, NewsNation, Raw Story, Washington Examiner, New York Post, Fox News, TheBlaze, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, National Review and New York Times

New York Times:

To Fix Its Problems in Ukraine, Russia Turns to the Architect of the War — President Vladimir V. Putin is on his third overall commander in Ukraine. But his military's fundamental issues have not been addressed, Western officials say. — WASHINGTON — Gen. Valery V. Gerasimov …

Discussion: Political Wire