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7:55 PM ET, January 13, 2024

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Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
Ahead of Iowa Caucuses, Voters Fear the Prospect of Civil Unrest  —  As Monday's caucuses approach, voters casually throw around the prospect of World War III and civil unrest, anxious of divisions they fear are tearing the country apart.  —  Presidential elections traditionally speak to future aspirations …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Trump aims to break caucus records, but Iowa sometimes surprises  —  The former president is the heavy favorite, zapping some suspense ahead of Monday's Iowa caucuses, but Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis are angling for a surprise showing.  —  DES MOINES — Donald Trump's expected march …
Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
Record winter storm upends plans in final Iowa caucus stretch
Axios:
Scoop: John Kerry to leave Biden administration, help campaign  —  John Kerry, the U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, will leave the administration later this winter, and plans to help President Biden's campaign, Axios has learned. … - Kerry is working with White House Chief …
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Washington Post:
John Kerry to step down as top U.S. climate change negotiator  —  The U.S. special climate envoy, who turned 80 last year, is expected to depart from the Biden administration by the spring  —  John F. Kerry, who has served as the U.S. special climate envoy for nearly three years …
Amanda Yen / The Daily Beast:
Trump Uses Mobster-Turned-Rat as Character Witness  —  The former president suggested two presiding justices could learn ethics from ex-mobster Sammy the Bull.  —  Donald Trump would like to thank former mob boss Salvatore Gravano aka “Sammy the Bull” for his support.
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CNN:
Taiwan voters dismiss China warnings and hand ruling party a historic third consecutive presidential win  —  Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party pulled off a historic third consecutive presidential victory on Saturday as voters shrugged off warnings by China that their re-election would increase the risk of conflict.
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Reuters:
Polls open in Taiwan's critical elections watched closely by China
Cindy Wang / Bloomberg:
Taiwan Elects US-Friendly President, Defying China Warnings
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Ban on guns in post offices is unconstitutional, US judge rules  —  A federal judge in Florida on Friday ruled that a U.S. law that bars people from possessing firearms in post offices is unconstitutional, citing a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling from 2022 that expanded gun rights.
Discussion: The Hill
Mary Kekatos / ABC News:
Multiple earthquakes hit Oklahoma City metro area, including 2 of 4.4 magnitude  —  No damage or injuries have been reported so far.  —  This map from the USGS shows the epicenter of an earthquake near Oklahoma City on Jan 13, 2024.  —  A series of earthquakes struck Oklahoma Friday evening …
Discussion: KTLA and Deseret News
Washington Post:
Tom Shales, Pulitzer-winning TV critic of fine-tuned wit, dies at 79  —  He spent nearly 40 years writing for The Washington Post and was known for his incisive and barbed commentary  —  Tom Shales, a Pulitzer Prize-winning television critic for The Washington Post who brought incisive …
The White House:
Remarks by President Biden Before Marine One Departure  —  Q Mr. President, do you have a reaction to the Taiwan election?  —  THE PRESIDENT: We do not support independence.  (Inaudible.)  —  Q Mr. President, would you call the situation on the southern border a “crisis”?
Caitlin Emma / Politico:
Congress readies ‘laddered’ March funding patch as shutdown looms  —  House and Senate leadership are both backing the plan, despite Speaker Mike Johnson's earlier dismissal of the idea of clearing another short-term extension.  —  Congressional leaders will move next week to pass …
Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
Donald Trump ordered to pay The New York Times and its reporters nearly $400,000 in legal fees  —  Former President Donald Trump was ordered Friday to pay nearly $400,000 in legal fees to The New York Times and three investigative reporters after he sued them unsuccessfully …
U.S. Central Command:
Two U.S. Navy Sailors missing off the coast of Somalia  —  On the evening of January 11, two U.S. Navy Sailors were reported missing at sea while conducting operations off the coast of Somalia.  Search and rescue operations are currently ongoing to locate the two sailors.
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Kanishka Singh / Reuters:
Two US Navy sailors reported missing while conducting operations off coast of Somalia
Discussion: New York Times
Nnamdi Egwuonwu / NBC News:
Vivek Ramaswamy campaign still facing voter questions on race and religion days before Iowa  —  Apoorva Ramaswamy fielded several questions about her and her husband's race, ethnicity and beliefs during campaign stops across Iowa.  —  FORT MADISON, Iowa — Apoorva Ramaswamy had a simple ask …
Discussion: Mediaite and PoliticusUSA
United States House Committee on Oversight …:
Wenstrup Issues Key Takeaways from Interview with Dr. Francis Collins  —  WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) released key takeaways after the Select Subcommittee's seven-hour transcribed interview with Dr. Francis Collins …
 
 
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Pritzker urges Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to stop migrant drop-offs in winter storm: ‘I plead with you for mercy’
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Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
OpenAI announces a live stream at 10AM PT on May 13 to demo “some ChatGPT and GPT-4 updates”, which Sam Altman says are “not gpt-5, not a search engine”

New York Times:
Sources: Apple made generative AI a tent-pole project after Craig Federighi and John Giannandrea spent weeks testing ChatGPT and found Siri to be antiquated

Daysia Tolentino / NBC News:
At the Bloomberg Technology Summit, Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd said the future of dating could have digital, AI-powered personas setting each other up
 
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