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1. Deadly Los Angeles wildfires: Crews scramble to contain blazes ahead of high winds  CNN
2. Los Angeles fire official warns ‘wind event’ is fast approaching as crews try to corral blazes  Yahoo! Voices

1. Democrats warm to Laken Riley bill as Senate to take up measure  The Washington Post
2. House Passes Bill to Deport Unauthorized Immigrants Charged With Minor Crimes  The New York Times
3. Senate Republican News Conference on the Laken Riley Act  C-SPAN
4. This New Immigration Bill That’s About to Pass Is a Horrifying Trojan Horse  Slate

1. Oil Extends Gains After Sweeping US Sanctions on Russian Energy  Bloomberg
2. US Sanctions On Russia & Dimon Says Tariffs Can Be A ‘useful tool’ | Daybreak: Europe 01/13/2025  Bloomberg
3. Oil Prices Jump to 4-Month High on Fresh U.S. Sanctions  OilPrice.com
4. Oil Jumps on Tougher U.S. Sanctions Against Russia  Barron’s

1. Los Angeles Braces for Stronger Winds As Wildfires Continue to Spread  Business Insider
2. California fires live updates: Fires rage as week of “Particularly Dangerous Situation” weather begins  Yahoo! Voices
3. Video: Dangerous wind conditions return as firefighters in critical stage of containment  CNN
4. Critical Fire Weather Continues For SoCal  The Weather Channel

1. Newsom Suspends State Environmental Rules for Rebuilding After Fires  The New York Times
2. Gov. Newsom signs order suspending some environmental requirements to speed LA wildfires recovery  NBC Los Angeles
3. Newsom executive order pledges to help L.A. fire victims rebuild quickly  KTLA Los Angeles

1. Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers  BBC.com
2. Ukraine Says It Captured 2 North Korean Soldiers Fighting for Russia  The New York Times
3. Zelensky ‘Ready’ to Hand North Korean POWs to Pyongyang  The Moscow Times
4. Ukraine ready to return North Korean POWs to Kim Jong Un or find ‘other ways,’ Zelensky says  Kyiv Independent
5. Zelenskyy ready to exchange N Korean soldiers for Ukrainians held in Russia  Al Jazeera English

Barrasso predicts ‘strings attached to money’ for California fire aid  The Hill

1. L.A. Wildfires Live Updates: Winds Threaten to Spread Palisades, Eaton Fires  The New York Times
2. Video California officials give update on LA wildfires  ABC News

1. JD Vance says there’s “a deal to be made in Greenland”  Axios
2. Trump Wants to Buy Greenland, But How Much Would It Actually Cost?  The New York Times
3. The Intellectual Rationalization for Annexing Greenland  The Atlantic
4. Stavridis says Trump’s plan for Greenland ‘not a crazy idea’  The Hill
5. The real danger of Trump’s Greenland gambit  Vox.com

1. Trump prosecutor Jack Smith resigns from Justice Department  BBC.com
2. Special counsel Jack Smith has resigned  CNN
3. Jack Smith, Who Led Prosecutions of Trump, Resigns  The New York Times
4. Justice Department says it plans to release only part of special counsel’s Trump report for now  The Associated Press