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11:50 AM ET, February 11, 2023

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ABC News:
Trump team turns over item marked classified to DOJ, sources say  —  The item was discovered in mid-January, sources tell ABC News.  —  In this Aug. 31, 2022, file photo, former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club is shown in Palm Beach, Fla.  —  Former President  —  Donald Trump's
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CNN:
Trump team turns over additional classified records and laptop to federal prosecutors  —  Former President Donald Trump's legal team turned over a multi-page document with classified markings and a laptop belonging to an aide to federal prosecutors in recent months, multiple sources familiar with the investigation told CNN.
Bloomberg:
Trump Lawyer in Mar-a-Lago Search Appeared Before Grand Jury  —  Evan Corcoran, one of Donald Trump's lawyers, appeared before a federal grand jury last month as part of the special counsel investigation into whether classified information and other government records were mishandled …
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
How Two Biden Aides Played a Role in What Led to the Documents Case  —  Two aides played pivotal roles in how the classified documents appear to have gotten from the White House to a Biden think tank, where they were discovered years later.  —  In 2018, when the University of Pennsylvania opened …
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:   Trump legal team hands over additional classified folder to Justice Dept.
New York Times:
F.B.I. Found One Classified Document After Searching Pence's Home
Bryan Harris / Financial Times:
Lula's attacks on Brazil central bank alarm investors  —  President questions independent monetary policy and bank's continuing independence  —  Brazilian leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has reignited investors' concerns about his new leftwing administration after repeatedly criticising …
Louisa Loveluck / Washington Post:
In earthquake-battered Syria, a desperate wait for help that never came  —  JINDERIS, Syria — It took four days and nights after the earthquake for the rubble to fall silent here.  The strongest voices belonged to the women, residents said.  Parted from their children, or fighting to save them …
Discussion: NPR, The Hill and Los Angeles Times
Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
Wagner Founder Has Putin's Support, but the Kremlin's Side-Eye  —  Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the once secretive tycoon, is confounding Moscow's Kremlin-allied elite by starting to dabble in politics alongside waging war in Ukraine.  —  He challenged Ukraine's president to a duel from the cockpit of a bomber.
Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:
Sen. John Fetterman Leaves Hospital, Plans to Return to Work Monday  —  Pennsylvania Democrat's health has been in spotlight after stroke last year  —  WASHINGTON—Sen. John Fetterman (D., Pa.) was discharged from the hospital Friday and plans to return to work in the Senate on Monday, his spokesman said.
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J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Texas Attorney General Agrees to Give $3.3 Million and an Apology to His Former Aides  —  The multimillion-dollar settlement will come from state funds and be paid to top deputies who had accused the attorney general, Ken Paxton, of corruption.  —  HOUSTON — The Texas attorney general …
Bess Levin / Vanity Fair:
While Claiming Jewish Heritage, Anna Paulina Luna Forgot to Mention Her Nazi Grandfather  —  Is Anna Paulina Luna the new George Santos?  —  Since it first came out last December that newly elected lawmaker George Santos had lied about roughly 99% of his biography, fresh falsehoods …
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Jacob Kornbluh / The Forward:   A Michigan politician announced her baptism in Messianic Judaism. The rabbi of her synagogue says there's no such thing.
Diane Taylor / The Guardian:
Far-right protesters clash with police at Merseyside hotel housing asylum seekers  —  Three people arrested as witnesses say police van set on fire and counter-protesters surrounded  —  Disturbances have broken out in Knowsley near Liverpool after several hundred far-right demonstrators protested …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
This Gen Z Democrat is deftly skewering right-wing fantasies  —  Rep. Maxwell Frost, the first Gen Z member of Congress, had numerous breakthrough moments this week during hearings run by House Republicans.  The Florida Democrat's performance did more than unmask the folly of GOP investigations, though it certainly did that.
Russell Contreras / Axios:
Florida school district pulls children's book on Roberto Clemente  —  A school district in Florida has removed a children's book on Latino baseball Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente to see if it complies with a new state law limiting discussions about race, Axios has confirmed.
Reuters:
Iran exiled opposition figures in talks to unite against government  —  Eight Iranian exiled dissident figures discussed ways of uniting a fragmented opposition on Friday, amid pro-government events marking the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution inside the country.
Discussion: Al-Monitor
CNN:
Congressman who raised issue of antisemitism on Twitter says he was bombarded with antisemitic tweets  —  New York CNN —  A Jewish lawmaker who spoke about the problem of antisemitism on Twitter during a House Oversight hearing this week focused on the company was later bombarded …
TechCrunch:
MrBeast's blindness video puts systemic ableism on display  —  Recently, megastar creator MrBeast posted a video to his YouTube in which he spotlights numerous blind and visually impaired people who have undergone a surgical procedure that “cures” their blindness.
New York Times:
How Sports Betting Upended the Economies of Native American Tribes  —  Hard-fought deals for casinos gave many tribes a critical economic lifeline.  When the doors opened to widespread sports betting, others wanted in on the gambling business.  —  For decades, gambling has been the most important source …
Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
Rep. Angie Craig threw hot coffee at assailant who struck her in elevator  —  Rep. Angie Craig, Democrat of Minnesota, threw a cup of hot coffee at an assailant who was struck her with a closed fist inside an elevator Thursday, according to an affidavit by U.S. Capitol Police.
Tom Rogan / Washington Examiner:
What we can infer from the Alaska aerial object  —  The White House says that the U.S. military shot down an as yet unidentified flying object over northern Alaska on Thursday evening.  —  National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said that the object was “the size of a small car” …
Caleb Davis / Reuters:
Russia likely lost dozens of armoured vehicles near Ukraine's Vuhledar: UK  —  Russian forces likely lost dozens of armoured vehicles in a single, failed attack near the eastern Ukrainian city of Vuhledar, British intelligence said on Friday, as one pro-Russian blogger warned of a “crisis” in troop command.
Jaina Grey / Wired:
Review: There Is No Magic in Hogwarts Legacy  —  The game is mid at best, and its real-world harms are impossible to ignore. … Rating: … Yikes, y'all.  I don't even smoke and I feel like I need a cigarette before I get this thing started.  We're here to talk about Hogwarts Legacy …
Washington Post:
It's time to clear out the McPherson Square encampment  —  On a February morning, a 54-year-old resident of the McPherson Square homeless encampment shuffles around her tent, grabbing wrappers and dropping them in a nearby trash receptacle.  She doesn't feel comfortable coming out at night …
Discussion: E&E
Toronto Star:
Mayor John Tory steps down from office after admitting he had relationship with former staffer  —  Tory apologizes to people in city of Toronto and his family after ‘a serious error of judgment’  —  Mayor John Tory is stepping down from office, less than four months after winning re-election to a third term.
 
 
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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
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The Rise of the Millionaire Renters
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Kimberlee Kruesi / Associated Press:
Tennessee GOP introduces bills that would shake up Nashville
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