10 things you need to know today: January 24, 2014

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1. Left-leaning PAC starts raising cash for Hillary Clinton

The biggest liberal political action committee in the U.S., Priorities USA Action, is reportedly raising money for Hillary Clinton, possibly the strongest indication yet that the former secretary of state is gearing up for a second run for the White House in 2016. Jennifer Granholm, a former Michigan governor, will co-chair the PAC along with President Obama's former campaign manager Jim Messina, whose presence suggests Obama and Clinton are putting their bitter 2008 primary battle behind them. [San Francisco Chronicle]

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.