1.  Trump Rehearsed His Fraud Trial Speech for Weeks: Report

 PERFECTIONIST 

The former president was reportedly planning to play all of the classics.

POLITICS

2.  Elections Official Resigns After Arrest on Jan. 6 Charges

  RIOTER RESIGNS 

Federal investigators allege that Carlos Ayala scaled a police barricade and encouraged officers to join the rioters.

POLITICS

Toast to Dry January With Apothékary’s Alcohol-Free Spirits

  FREE SPIRIT 

Level up your mocktails with these adaptogenic herbal tinctures.

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3.  OpenAI Founder Sam Altman Gets Hitched

 AI-DO 

He was briefly ousted from his company late last year.

U.S. NEWS

4.  Jury Declines to Indict Woman Who Miscarried Into Toilet

 ‘DEMONIZED’ 

Brittany Watts, a 34-year-old Black woman, was arrested and accused of abuse of a corpse last year.

U.S. NEWS

Need a Post-Holiday Reset? These Juice Cleanses Can Help

 NEW YEAR, FRESH START 

Raw Generation’s straightforward juice cleanses will help you kick off 2024 right.

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5.  ‘Parasite’ Director Calls for Probe Into Actor’s Death

 QUESTIONS REMAIN 

In December, after a strenuous weeks-long police investigation into claims that Lee Sun-kyun was using illegal drugs, he was found dead in his car in Seoul.

ENTERTAINMENT

6.  Iowa Guv Has a Secret Pro-DeSantis Twitter Account

 BIG FAN 

@Kimberl26890376 shared a post comparing a picture of DeSantis and his family to one of Trump surrounded by models.

POLITICS

7.  Lisa Marie Presley’s Memoir Set for Posthumous Publication

 IN HER OWN WORDS 

Her actress daughter, Riley Keough, helped complete the book.

ARTS AND CULTURE

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8.  FAA Investigates Boeing 737 Max 9 After Nightmare Flight

 OOPSIE 

Alaska and United Airlines both found loose hardware on the grounded jets during preliminary checks.

U.S. NEWS

9.  MTG Wants Georgia DA Criminally Investigated: Report

  ‘SERIOUS LAWLESSNESS’ 

The Georgia congresswoman has filed a formal complaint against Fani Willis, accusing her of an “illegal conflict of interest” in carrying on an allegedly illicit affair.

POLITICS

10.  Hunter Didn’t Tell His Dad About Surprise Capitol Visit: NYT

 HUSH HUSH 

The president’s advisers were reportedly out of the loop on the unexpected appearance.

POLITICS

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11.  Officials Failed to Track More Than $1B in Ukraine Aid

 DELINQUENT DRONES 

A new Pentagon report found that U.S. officials didn’t fully monitor the nearly 40,000 weapons.

WORLD

12.  Selena Gomez Will Play Linda Ronstadt in Biopic

 GOOD FOR HER 

The two stars have already met to discuss the project.

ENTERTAINMENT

13.  Liberty University Denies Viral Lil Nas X Enrollment Rumor

 WE DON’T KNOW HER 

“Not everything is a troll!” the rapper wrote above an apparently fake acceptance letter signed by Jerry Falwell, who is not the current president of Liberty University.

ENTERTAINMENT

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