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8:00 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.
New York Times:
F.B.I. Found One Classified Document After Searching Pence's Home  —  Aides to former Vice President Mike Pence agreed to the search after discussions with the Justice Department.  —  The F.B.I. found one classified document after searching the Indiana home of former Vice President Mike Pence …
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
AP source: Trump team turns over items marked as classified  —  Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have in recent months turned over to federal investigators additional documents with classified markings as well as a laptop belonging to a Trump aide, a person familiar with the situation said Friday night.
Discussion: Bloomberg, The Hill, CBS News and Al Jazeera
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Trump legal team hands over additional classified folder to Justice Dept.  —  Former president Donald Trump's legal team recently gave the Justice Department an additional folder with classified markings that the team said was found at Mar-a-Lago, according to two people familiar with the matter …
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 …
NBC News:
Another classified document was found at Mike Pence's Indiana home during FBI search
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” …
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New York Times:
Pentagon Downed Object Over Alaska, Official Says  —  The incident comes less than a week after U.S. fighter jet shot down a Chinese spy balloon over the Atlantic.  —  WASHINGTON — The Pentagon downed an unidentified object over Alaska on Friday at the order of President Biden, according to U.S. officials.
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Shoots Down High-Altitude Object Over U.S. Airspace
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 …
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.
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Caroline Orr / Byline Times:
Trump — Not Biden — Tried to Censor Tweets
Discussion: HuffPost and The Hill
Beth Reinhard / Washington Post:
DeSantis wanted to ban guns at event, but not to be blamed, emails show  —  As Gov. Ron DeSantis prepared for an election night party in downtown Tampa last year, city officials received a surprising — and politically sensitive — request.  —  The Republican governor's campaign wanted weapons banned …
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
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Jason Garcia / Seeking Rents:   Ron DeSantis is weaponizing partisan media — and weakening independent sources of news
Nancy Cook / Bloomberg:
DeSantis Preps 2024 Bid Behind Scenes While Waiting to Declare
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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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 …
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.
Jacob Kornbluh / The Forward:
A Michigan politician announced her baptism in Messianic Judaism.  The rabbi of her synagogue says there's no such thing.  —  Controversy over the Jewish identity of a candidate running to head Michigan's Republican Party intensified Friday after the rabbi at her Reform synagogue took …
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump calls Pence a ‘very honorable man’ after Special Counsel Jack Smith subpoena  —  Pence was subpoenaed by Special Counsel Jack Smith after months of negotiations  —  Special Counsel Hur has begun his job as the FBI plans a search of Mike Pence's home and office
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 …
U.S. Customs and Border Protection:
CBP Releases January 2023 Monthly Operational Update  —  WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection released operational statistics today for January 2023, which can be viewed online here.  —  “The January monthly operational update clearly illustrates that new border
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.
Chris Geidner / Law Dork with Chris Geidner:
Breaking: Twenty-two Republican AGs support lawsuit to end access to mifepristone abortion drug  —  [Update: Hours later, 22 Democratic AGs opposed the lawsuit in their own filing.]  The filings come in a closely watched case brought in Texas by a conservative group.
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.
Kriston Capps / Bloomberg:
The Rise of the Millionaire Renters  —  Of the millionaires living in Jersey City back in 2015, none of them were renters.  And why would they be?  —  The average price for a single-family house in a Jersey City neighborhood like Bergen-Lafayette, where 19th-century Victorians intermingle …
Discussion: Tatum scores 41 …
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
 
 
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