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7:15 AM ET, February 23, 2023

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New York Times:
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump Subpoenaed in Jan. 6 Investigation  —  The special counsel overseeing the inquiry into Donald Trump's efforts to retain power after the 2020 election wants the former president's daughter and son-in-law to testify to a grand jury.
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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Rep. Scott Perry fights to keep phone from team probing Jan. 6 attack  —  Six months after federal agents seized his phone as part of their investigation into false election fraud claims, Rep. Scott Perry will argue Thursday in front of a panel of three judges that the device cannot be searched.
Discussion: CNN and The Guardian
Liz Sly / Washington Post:
A global divide on the Ukraine war is deepening  —  Russia capitalizes on disillusionment with the United States to win sympathy in the Global South.
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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Biden's Hope vs. Putin's Lies  —  The U.S. president's optimism about Ukraine creates the expectation that everything is possible—and commits him to a Ukrainian victory.  —  It's not that often that the president of Russia and the president of the United States give major speeches on the same day …
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Ukraine appears to attack deep into Russian-occupied territory.
Timothy Snyder / Washington Post:
You can't understand the war in Ukraine without knowing history
Discussion: The Free Press
Paul Kirby / BBC:
Russian Wagner chief Prigozhin blames ammunition shortage for high deaths
Erin Snodgrass / Insider:
Donald Trump, who rolled back rail safety regulations and slashed environmental protections, donates Trump-branded water to East Palestine residents  — Donald Trump visited East Palestine, Ohio, on Wednesday, following a disastrous train derailment.  — The 2024 Republican candidate donated pallets …
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Prem Thakker / New Republic:
Trump, Who Deregulated the Railroad Industry, Lies to the People of Ohio in His Visit  —  Almost three weeks after the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous materials in Ohio, twice-impeached former President Donald Trump visited and lied to the people of East Palestine, all to score a few photo ops.
The Guardian:
Trump's environmental rollbacks in focus on visit to Ohio toxic train site
Discussion: Associated Press and The Hill
Joey Garrison / USA Today:
White House blames Trump administration and Republicans over East Palestine, Ohio spill
Eric Garcia / The Independent:
‘Pure political theater’: Lincoln Project overshadow Trump's Ohio visit with video highlighting rail safety hypocrisy
ProPublica:
A Norfolk Southern Policy Lets Officials Order Crews to Ignore Safety Alerts  —  In October, months before the East Palestine derailment, the company also directed a train to keep moving with an overheated wheel that caused it to derail miles later in Sandusky, Ohio.
Discussion: ABC News and Fox 8 Cleveland WJW
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Chris Isidore / CNN:
Norfolk Southern is paying $6.5 million to derailment victims.  Meanwhile, it's shelling out $7.5 billion for shareholders  —  New York CNN —  Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw pledged Tuesday the freight railroad will spend $6.5 million to help those affected by the release of toxic chemicals …
New York Times:
Giving Jan. 6 Tapes to Carlson, McCarthy Keeps a Promise to the Hard Right  —  In granting exclusive access to Jan. 6 Capitol surveillance footage to a cable news host bent on rewriting the history of the attack, the speaker effectively outsourced a politically toxic re-litigation of the riot.
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Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Jan. 6 rioter who threatened Rep. Ocasio-Cortez sentenced to 38 months in prison
Claudia Grisales / NPR:
Democrats are warning against the release of Jan. 6 tapes to a Fox News host
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Considers Release of Intelligence on China's Potential Arms Transfer to Russia  —  Western nations have intelligence that Beijing might end its self-imposed restraint on weapons supplies to Moscow  —  The Biden administration is considering releasing intelligence it believes shows …
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Luis Martinez / ABC News:
Close-up photo of Chinese spy balloon in flight released by US military  —  The mid-air photo was taken by a U-2 pilot.  —  A close-up photo of the Chinese spy balloon, taken mid-air from a U-2 spy plane, has been released by the U.S. military  —  The photo was taken on Friday …
Discussion: Washington Post and NewsNation
Spectrum News 13:
Spectrum News 13 crew member, 9-year-old girl killed in Pine Hills shootings  —  According to Orange County Sheriff John Mina, two members of a Spectrum News 13 crew at the scene of a homicide investigation were shot Wednesday afternoon.  —  One of the two has died, he said.  —  What You Need To Know
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Former Arizona attorney general failed to release report disproving election fraud claims  —  Former Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich did not release to the public findings from his office that showed a series of 2020 election fraud claims were not backed up by evidence, according to documents released Wednesday by his successor.
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Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Washington Post:
Arizona's top prosecutor concealed records debunking election fraud claims
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Georgia juror unsettles Trump investigation with revealing interviews  —  Emily Kohrs may have added to the challenge for Fulton County D.A. Fani Willis, whose investigation has come under scrutiny for what some have described legal and ethical missteps  —  The forewoman of a special grand jury …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Young people are more likely to accept gay couples — and to identify as gay  —  As it does regularly, Gallup asked Americans last year if they identified as straight, lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.  About 7 percent of Americans said they identified as one of the latter four categories …
Discussion: Breitbart
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The Daily Beast:
Ron DeSantis' Press Secretary Throws Hissy Fit at NBC, MSNBC  —  Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' office has announced it would be boycotting both NBC News and MSNBC after pushing back on a report by the network's Chief Washington Correspondent and Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell.
Brian Faler / Politico:
House GOP's top tax man throws K Street in a tizzy  —  Rep. Jason Smith hasn't been chair of the House Ways and Means Committee very long, but he's already done something rare for a Republican: He's struck fear into the heart of corporate tax lobbyists.  —  The Missouri lawmaker is making …
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
GOP group of 16 complicates McCarthy's debt ceiling leverage … - As it stands, Republicans are already divided over which government programs to cut — handing Democrats an opening to accuse them of wanting to axe Social Security and Medicare.  — The Biden administration, meanwhile …
Etan Smallman / Telegraph:
Evanna Lynch: ‘JK Rowling has always advocated for the most vulnerable members of society’  —  The Irish actress was mentored by Rowling, and went on to star as Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films - then cancel culture arrived  —  Evanna Lynch, the Irish actress best known …
Natalie Kitroeff / New York Times:
Mexico Hobbles Election Agency That Helped End One-Party Rule  —  The changes come ahead of a presidential election next year and are part of a pattern of challenges to democratic institutions across the Western Hemisphere.  —  Reporting from Mexico City  —  Mexican lawmakers passed …
Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Kyrsten Sinema's $300,000 Security Expert Is Tulsi Gabbard's Sister  —  The Arizona senator has a security arrangement that raises several ethical red flags, according to campaign law experts. … Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) spends more of her campaign funds on security than nearly every …
Discussion: Raw Story
Joanna Marsh / FreightWaves:
Norfolk Southern, maintenance-of-way workers reach deal on sick leave  —  NS joins CSX and Union Pacific in offering sick leave  —  Norfolk Southern has reached a sick leave agreement for members of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way - Employes Division, the railroad announced Wednesday.
Matt Dixon / Politico:
DeSantis administration requires events at the Capitol ‘align’ with its mission  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The DeSantis administration now requires events held at the Florida state Capitol to “align” with its mission, a recent change that is sparking concerns that the governor's office is trying to censor events it doesn't like.
David Folkenflik / NPR:
NPR says it's cutting jobs by 10% as ad revenue drops  —  NPR's chief executive announced the network would lay off roughly 10% of its current workforce - at least 100 people - and eliminate most vacant positions.  CEO John Lansing cited the erosion of advertising dollars, particularly for NPR podcasts …
Miles Johnson / Financial Times:
Russian warlord passed UK money laundering checks with mother's utility bill  —  Law firm relied on gas invoice when scrutinising Wagner group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin as prospective client  —  A sanctions-hit Russian warlord who has been accused of human rights abuses around the world was able …
Discussion: Russian Free Press
CNN:
Steve Bannon's ex-lawyers sue him over nearly $500,000 in unpaid legal bills  —  A law firm that represented former Donald Trump strategist Steve Bannon during his fight against a subpoena from the House January 6 committee and other cases is suing Bannon for nearly $500,000 in unpaid legal bills.
Brooke Leigh Howard / The Daily Beast:
Florida School District Bans a Book on... Penguins  —  The ban, which flew in the face of a wide-ranging committee's recommendations, was “clearly a screen for something else,” the book's author told The Daily Beast.  —  A Florida school district voted this week to ban a book on penguins …
Discussion: WUWF and Popular Information
 
 
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Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
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Republicans in the US ‘battery belt’ embrace Biden's climate spending
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Matt Barnum / Vox:
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Josh Sisco / Politico:
DOJ pushes ahead with Google Maps antitrust probe
Mark Moore / New York Post:
Pete Buttigieg lashes out at reporter asking about toxic Ohio train derailment
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Bloomberg:
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks
 
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