Jan. 16: Trump takes Iowa as DeSantis edges out second place finish. Dangerous cold continues to threaten lives, travel.

Scott Fagerstrom

Updated: Jan 16, 2024 / 06:43 AM CST

Former President Donald Trump reacts to supporters during a commit to caucus rally, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023, in Waterloo, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Good morning! It’s Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. Here’s a look at your news across the nation:

1️. Trump wins 2024 Iowa Republican caucus, DeSantis second

From L-R: Former President Donald Trump, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. All four will battle it out for the 2024 Republican nomination for president, starting with the Jan. 15 Iowa caucus.

2. Vivek Ramaswamy drops out of 2024 race, endorses Donald Trump

Republican presidential candidate businessman Vivek Ramaswamy speaks during a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NewsNation on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, at the Moody Music Hall at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

3. Investigators to announce major Gilgo Beach case development

Riverhead, N.Y.: Accused Gilgo Beach killer Rex Heuermann appears before Judge Timothy P. Mazzei in Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, New York on Aug. 1, 2023. (Photo by James Carbone/Newsday RM via Getty Images)

4. Arctic freeze continues to blast huge swaths of the US with sub-zero temperatures

FILE – Icicles form on a citrus tree from a sprinkler system used to protect the trees from the freezing temperatures in Edinburg, Texas. (Delcia Lopez/The Monitor via AP)

📱 [Trending] this morning

JEFFREY EPSTEIN’S INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT SAGA REVEALED

Over 50 pages from Epstein’s passport files were secured spanning from the early 1980s to 2019.

Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein (Southern District of New York Court)

📅 What we’re watching

🔴 Journalist E. Jean Carroll’s second defamation trial against former President Donald Trump begins in New York.

🔴 The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting gets underway in Davos, Switzerland.

🔴 Paris Men’s Fashion Week launches with designs by Louis Vuitton, Burc Akyol, Auralee and Kidill.

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