Monday, January 13

🚨NATION

📌 Judge sentences President-elect Trump in hush-money case, but sentence carries no penalty (MO NEWS)

📌 Special counsel Jack Smith resigns from DOJ (CNN)

📌 JD Vance says violent Jan. 6 rioters shouldn't receive pardons (NBC)

📌 Biden admin to GOP: Immigration bill Laken Riley Act will cost more than $3 billion (POLITICO)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Netanyahu and Biden discuss progress in Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages deal talks (CNN) Trump envoy presses for Gaza ceasefire deal before Jan. 20 in Netanyahu meeting (AXIOS)

📌 Saudi Arabia presses top EU diplomats to lift sanctions on Syria after Assad’s fall (NBC)

📌 Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers (BBC)

📌 Populist incumbent sails to victory in Croatia presidential election (POLITICO)

 📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Claims about a billionaire couple hurting efforts to fight the LA fires via their ‘control’ of the water supply are false (YAHOO)

📌 SpaceX will launch two private lunar landers this week, kicking off busy year for moon missions (SPACE)

📌 Biden admin delays enforcement of order blocking Nippon Steel, U.S. Steel deal, companies say (REUTERS)

📌 USDA report finds Boar's Head listeria outbreak was due to poor sanitation practices (NPR)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Ohio State to face Notre Dame in College Football Playoff National Championship Game (NFL)

📌 UFC star Khabib Nurmagomedov escorted off airplane after dispute with crew about his seat (YAHOO)

📌 Meghan Markle delays Netflix debut of with “Love, Meghan” amid Los Angeles wildfires (PEOPLE)

📌 Rory Sykes, former child star, dead at 32 from California fires (FOX)