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11:50 AM ET, February 12, 2023

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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump was issued subpoena for folder marked ‘Classified Evening Briefing’ discovered at Mar-a-Lago  —  Exclusive: Subpoena was issued last month after the folder was observed in Trump's private quarters at the property  —  Donald Trump's lawyers turned over an empty manilla folder marked …
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CNN:
Washington Post: Trump campaign commissioned research that failed to prove 2020 election fraud claims
Discussion: New York Post
NBC News:
Trump lawyers expected to fight Pence subpoena on executive privilege grounds
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Lawyers Appeared Before Grand Jury as Part of Classified-Documents Probe
Discussion: Washington Examiner, CNN and Raw Story
Phillips P. OBrien / Phillips's Newsletter:
Weekend Update #15  —  Russia's Massive Offensive and Signs of Military Learning  —  Russia's Massive Offensive … This week has been a fascinating contrast in reporting, and once again highlights the ease with which a particular narrative about the war can quickly spread and even start influencing debates and possibly policy.
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Susie Blann / Associated Press:
Russia continues to shell Ukraine amid grinding push in east  —  1 of 2  —  Russian forces over the weekend continued to shell Ukrainian cities amid a grinding push to seize more land in the east of the country, with Ukrainian officials saying that Moscow is having trouble launching its much-anticipated large-scale offensive there.
Michael Schwirtz / New York Times:   They Are Russians Fighting Against Their Homeland. Here's Why.
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
U.S. Jet Shoots Down Flying Object Over Canada  —  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he and President Biden had ordered the object violating Canadian airspace to be taken down, a day after another object was shot out of the sky near Alaska.  —  WASHINGTON — An American fighter jet …
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
New unidentified ‘cylindrical’ object shot down over Canada  —  NORAD and military aircraft spotted and tracked the latest object, as search continues off Alaska for aircraft downed Friday  —  A new “high-altitude airborne object” was shot down over Canada's Yukon territory …
globalnews.ca:
NORAD shoots down ‘unidentified object’ over Yukon, Trudeau says
CNN:
US jet shoots down ‘unidentified object’ over northern Canada
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
After helping prince's rise, Trump and Kushner benefit from Saudi funds  —  An investment fund overseen by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is backing ventures that profit the former president and his senior adviser, raising questions of conflict  —  In early 2021, as Donald Trump exited the White House …
Discussion: Raw Story
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
In 46 Words, Biden Sends a Clear Message to Israel  —  I woke up on Saturday morning, read the news from Israel that at least 50,000 Israelis had just demonstrated once more against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plans to strip the Israeli Supreme Court of its independence and put …
Discussion: Reuters and Associated Press
The Guardian:
Iran smuggled drones into Russia using boats and state airline, sources reveal  —  Exclusive: at least 18 long-range armed drones were delivered to Putin's navy after Russians visit Tehran in November  —  Martin Chulov in Beirut, Dan Sabbagh in Kyiv and Nechirvan Mando
New York Times:
Childbirth Is Deadlier for Black Families Even When They're Rich, Expansive Study Finds … Produced by Larry Buchanan and Shannon Lin  —  In the United States, the richest mothers and their newborns are the most likely to survive the year after childbirth — except when the family is Black …
Harm Venhuizen / Associated Press:
GOP election tactics no surprise to Wisconsin's Black voters  —  1 of 10  —  Recent revelations about Republican election strategies targeting minority communities in Wisconsin's biggest city came as no surprise to many Black voters.  A Wisconsin election commissioner bragged about low turnout …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Chinese spy balloon has GOP saying no cuts to defense  —  A growing number of Senate Republicans are saying that President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) should take defense spending cuts off the table in their negotiation over the debt ceiling.
CNN:
After a train derailment, Ohio residents are living the plot of a movie they helped make  —  When Ben Ratner's family signed up in 2021 to be extras in the movie “White Noise,” they thought it would be a fun distraction from their day-to-day life in blue-collar East Palestine, Ohio.
New York Times:
A Yale Professor Suggested Mass Suicide for Old People in Japan.  What Did He Mean?  —  Yusuke Narita says he is mainly addressing a growing effort to revamp Japan's age-based hierarchies.  Still, he has pushed the country's hottest button.  —  Reporting from Tokyo  —  His pronouncements could hardly sound more drastic.
Discussion: Althouse
Patrick Whittle / Associated Press:
New Hampshire students protest urinal ban in gender debate  —  Dozens of students walked out of their New Hampshire school after the district banned urinals in a compromise to a proposal that would have blocked children from using facilities based on their gender identity.
Discussion: HotAir, Twitchy and New York Post
 
 
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Paula Span / New York Times:
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Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
In a tight labor market, some states look to another type of worker: Children
Discussion: The Hill
Karlstack:
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