Iran’s Top Envoy Says Peace Deal With US Dependent on Israel’s Withdrawal From Lebanon Patrick Wintour, Guardian UK
January 6 Defendants Pursue Millions in Claims Through Obscure Federal Process Sam Levine, Guardian UK
Death Rate in ICE Immigrant Detention Centers More Than Doubles Under Trump Ted Hesson, Kristina Cooke and Maria Tsvetkova, Reuters
Records Reveal $600M Estimate for Trump’s Ballroom Project, With Half From Taxpayers Sarah Blaskey and Jonathan O'Connell, The Washington Post
Bernie Sanders Backs Justin J. Pearson, House Candidate at the Heart of Tennessee Voting Rights Fight Akela Lacy, The Intercept
Israel Police Arrest Six Suspects in Settler Arson Attack on Mosques Near Ramallah Matan Golan, Haaretz
The US Is Using an Iranian Smuggling Tactic to Sneak Oil Out of the Gulf Feras Dalatey, Jonathan Saul, Dmitry Zhdannikov and Edward Carron, Reuters
‘One of the Holiest Places’ — Why Kyiv’s Ancient Pechersk Monastery Is So Important for Ukraine Kate Tsurkan, The Kyiv Independent
Most Countries to Lose a Decade of Development Progress says United Nations as Global COVID Crisis Continues Jubilee USA Network, RSN Godot
Astronaut’s Journey To The Moon Yields New Perspective For Dealing With Enemies Of Democracy George Monroe, RSN Godot
Treasury Secretary Yellen Encourages Tax and Aid Deals to Confront Pandemic Olivia Engling, RSN Godot
Investigating the 1-6-21 Insurrection: What are the Republicans Afraid of? Dr. Steven Jonas , Steven Jonas
The US Had No Choice but Diplomacy—Yet Again Nancy A. Youssef, Russell Berman and Vivian Salama, The Atlantic
The Untold Story of Jeffrey Epstein’s Death Charles Homans, Steve Eder, Jan Ransom and Michael Rothfeld, The New York Times
Russia Is Losing the War in Ukraine, and Putin Is Desperate. But That’s When He’s at His Most Dangerous Simon Tisdall, Guardian UK
Humiliated by Trump on the Iran Front, Netanyahu May Set the Middle East Ablaze Esther Solomon, Haaretz