U.S.

• Southern California sees wind reprieve, but extreme fire weather expected to return Wednesday - Los Angeles Times

  1. Southern California sees wind reprieve, but extreme fire weather expected to return Wednesday  Los Angeles Times
  2. Live updates: L.A. fire officials didn’t put engines in Palisades before the fire started  Los Angeles Times
  3. KTLA team coverage of devastating SoCal wildfire  Yahoo! Voices
  4. Live updates: Los Angeles wildfires, Palisades and Eaton fires, Auto fire in Ventura continue to burn  CNN
  5. What caused the Palisades Fire? Residents point to New Year's Day blaze  ABC7 Los Angeles

• What we learned from the Trump Jan. 6 report by special counsel Jack Smith - The Washington Post

  1. What we learned from the Trump Jan. 6 report by special counsel Jack Smith  The Washington Post
  2. Takeaways From Jack Smith’s Report on the Trump Election Case  The New York Times
  3. Jack Smith Gives Up  The Atlantic
  4. Analysis | Jack Smith’s subtle indictment of the Supreme Court  The Washington Post
  5. Special counsel report says Trump would've been convicted for Jan. 6 'unprecedented criminal effort'  The Associated Press

• Joni Ernst Says She Will Vote to Confirm Pete Hegseth - The New York Times

  1. Joni Ernst Says She Will Vote to Confirm Pete Hegseth  The New York Times
  2. Pete Hegseth Confirmation: Key Sen. Joni Ernst Will Back Trump’s Pentagon Pick—After Senate Hearing  Forbes
  3. Question on ASEAN stumped Hegseth at Senate hearing. What is it and why is it important?  The Hill
  4. The GOP Is No Longer the Party of National Security  The Atlantic
  5. GOP senator flips script on Dems for 'hypocritical' grilling of Hegseth: 'So ridiculous'  Fox News

• Trump says he will create new agency to collect revenue from foreign sources - Reuters

  1. Trump says he will create new agency to collect revenue from foreign sources  Reuters
  2. Trump announces new External Revenue Service to collect foreign money  Fox Business
  3. Trump Makes Government More Efficient by Inventing Stupid New Agency  The New Republic
  4. Trump announces new ‘External Revenue Service’ to collect tariff funds  The Washington Post
  5. Trump vows to create ‘External Revenue Service’ to gather tariff income  POLITICO

• Michelle Obama won't attend Trump's second inauguration - Axios

  1. Michelle Obama won't attend Trump's second inauguration  Axios
  2. Michelle Obama to skip Trump inauguration  CNN
  3. Michelle Obama to skip Trump inauguration, 11 days after missing Carter funeral  Fox News
  4. Michelle Obama to skip Trump’s inauguration, breaking with tradition  The Washington Post
  5. Are the former presidents attending Trump's inauguration? See their plans  USA TODAY

• Texans only Democrats in Congress to vote for bill restricting trans athletes - The Texas Tribune

  1. Texans only Democrats in Congress to vote for bill restricting trans athletes  The Texas Tribune
  2. Two House Dems join GOP to ban biological males from girls' school sports  Fox News
  3. GOP-led House votes to ban transgender athletes from women’s sports  CNN
  4. U.S. House of Representatives  C-SPAN
  5. House Passes Bill to Bar Trans Athletes From Female School Sports Teams  The New York Times

• Minnesota House Democrats to file lawsuit to Supreme Court arguing GOP speaker election unlawful - Minnesota Reformer

  1. Minnesota House Democrats to file lawsuit to Supreme Court arguing GOP speaker election unlawful  Minnesota Reformer
  2. Minnesota Democrats stage boycott over ‘abuse of power’ by Republicans  The Guardian US
  3. Minnesota state House Democrats walk out in effort to block GOP speaker vote  NBC News
  4. ‘Attempted coup’: Chaos reigns in half-empty Minnesota House  FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul
  5. Constitutional crisis: House Republicans elect speaker after Simon adjourns session  Minnesota Reformer

• Rep. Dustin Burrows voted Texas House speaker in blow to insurgent GOP movement - The Texas Tribune

  1. Rep. Dustin Burrows voted Texas House speaker in blow to insurgent GOP movement  The Texas Tribune
  2. Texas Legislature: Dustin Burrows elected House Speaker  FOX 7 Austin
  3. Old-Guard Republican Picked to Lead Texas House in Setback for Hard Right  The New York Times
  4. Texas House elects new Speaker in blow to far-right wing  The Hill
  5. Meet new Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows, known to San Antonio for his ‘Death Star’ bill  San Antonio Report

• Senators Markey, Wyden, and Booker, and Rep. Khanna Announce Legislation to Extend TikTok Ban Deadline - Ed Markey

  1. Senators Markey, Wyden, and Booker, and Rep. Khanna Announce Legislation to Extend TikTok Ban Deadline  Ed Markey
  2. Why China may be OK with TikTok selling to Elon Musk  CNN
  3. TikTok users in US flock to ‘China’s Instagram’ ahead of ban  Al Jazeera English
  4. A possible TikTok ban is just days away. A list of other apps available  The Associated Press
  5. What would happen to TikTok on my phone if the app is banned?  Yahoo! Voices

• Speaker Johnson orders US Capitol flags raised to full height for Trump’s inauguration - The Associated Press

  1. Speaker Johnson orders US Capitol flags raised to full height for Trump’s inauguration  The Associated Press
  2. Trump flies Mar-a-Lago flag at full height before end of mourning period for Carter  PBS NewsHour
  3. DeSantis orders flags at full-staff in Florida for Trump's inauguration day  Tallahassee Democrat
  4. Gov. Reynolds orders flags at state buildings to full staff on inauguration day  KCCI Des Moines
  5. Mike Johnson orders flags at the Capitol to be at full staff for Trump inauguration  The Washington Post