January 5, 2023 top stories: McConnell leadership record, Sri Lanka elections and pharmacy abortion pills

Facts & Spin for January 5, 2023 top stories: Mitch McConnell becomes the longest-serving Senate party leader, Russia revises the Makiivka death toll to 89, Florida Gov. DeSantis is sworn in for a second term, Sri Lanka announces its first election amid recent unrest, the suspect in the killing of 4 Idaho undergrads agrees to be extradited, Jerusalem's Anglican Archbishop denounces the desecration of a cemetery, Colombia’s ELN rebel group denies agreeing to a ceasefire, FTX-founder Sam Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty, Twitter says it will allow political advertising, and the US’s FDA approves the sale of abortion pills at retail pharmacies.

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