The US has approved the sale of new F-16 fighter jets to Turkey, valued at $23B, and upgrades to their existing fleet.

A high school tennis coach resigns due to the Biden administration's rule allowing boys to compete in girls' school sports, citing Title IX policy as a risk to girls' opportunities.

Chicago has been named the worst bed bug city in the US for the fourth year in a row, followed by New York and Philadelphia, according to pest control company Orkin. The ranking is based on treatment data from December 2022 to November 2023.

A late Gustav Klimt painting, the Portrait of Miss Lieser, was discovered in a private collection and is set to be auctioned in Vienna. Commissioned by a Jewish family in 1917, the painting was last seen in 1925 with no evidence of Nazi looting found.

Economists discuss the de-globalization of trade between democracies and authoritarian countries, which may lead to sacrifices in economic efficiency and consumer purchasing power in exchange for economic sovereignty and secure supply chains. Global trade barriers have significantly increased, resulting in a decline in world trade in goods, while trade in services is growing faster, indicating a shift from goods to services.

The Digest, 1/26/2024 @830PM, CDT

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