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Christine Hauser / New York Times:
Eli Lilly Says It Will Cut the Price of Insulin  —  The company said it would cap the out-of-pocket cost of the diabetes drug at $35.  —  Eli Lilly and Company said on Wednesday that it would reduce the price of its most commonly prescribed insulins and expand a program that caps monthly …
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Berkeley Lovelace Jr / NBC News:
Drugmaker Eli Lilly caps the cost of insulin at $35 a month, bringing relief for millions  —  Eli Lilly will cap the out-of-pocket cost of its insulin at $35 a month, the drugmaker said Wednesday.  The move, experts say, could prompt other insulin makers in the U.S. to follow suit.
Discussion: CBS News
Max Zahn / ABC News:
Eli Lilly cuts insulin prices up to 70% amid pressure to slash costs  —  The move follows criticism from federal lawmakers and advocacy groups.  —  Eli Lilly  —  will cut the price  —  of its most commonly prescribed insulin products by 70% and expand a program that caps patient costs at $35 per month …
Washington Post:
Showdown before the raid: FBI agents and prosecutors argued over Trump  —  An exclusive look at behind-the-scenes deliberations as both sides wrestled with a national security case that has potentially far-reaching political consequences  —  Months of disputes between Justice Department prosecutors …
Yaron Steinbuch / New York Post:
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot blames election loss on racism, gender  —  Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot blamed racism and her gender for her landslide defeat in her re-election bid, as Chicagoans wary of the rising crime of her watch celebrated her fall from “political rock star to rock bottom.”
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Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
Lori Lightfoot becomes the first Chicago mayor in 40 years to lose re-election  —  CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot lost her bid for re-election Tuesday, ending her historic run as the city's first Black woman and first openly gay person to serve in the position.
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Murdoch, exposed  —  It's not a secret that Fox News is a political operation seeking to bolster the prospects of Republicans.  Jeanne Pirro, co-host of Fox News' The Five, regularly appears at Republican fundraisers.  Mark Levin, who hosts a weekly Fox News program, appeared at a rally …
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Fox Leaders Wanted to Break From Trump but Struggled to Make It Happen  —  Executives and top hosts found themselves in a bind after Donald Trump began pushing unfounded claims about election fraud, court filings show.  —  Five days after a pro-Trump mob attacked the U.S. Capitol …
Adam Sabes / Fox News:
FBI director says COVID pandemic ‘most likely’ originated from Chinese lab … Christopher Wray: COVID-19 origins most likely caused by Chinese lab ‘incident’  —  FBI Director Christopher Wray said that the COVID-19 pandemic was likely caused by a lab leak in Wuhan, China.
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Hannah Rabinowitz / CNN:
FBI Director Wray acknowledges bureau assessment that Covid-19 likely resulted from lab incident
Josh Kraushaar / Axios:
Trump's February bump  —  Four new polls show former President Trump has received a boost in Republican support — with one survey showing him hitting 50% support in a crowded GOP field. … - His visit to the derailment site in East Palestine, Ohio — ahead of President Biden …
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Al Weaver / The Hill:
Vance pitches PPP for Ohio while other Republicans say to wait  —  Sen. J.D. Vance's (R-Ohio) call for a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)-style plan to help workers and businesses affected by the East Palestine train derailment is being greeted skeptically by Senate Republicans …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Fox News
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Politico:
GOP urges no ‘burdensome regulations’ on freight rail, after derailment
Discussion: CBS News, CNN and E&E
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
In an Epic Battle of Tanks, Russia Was Routed, Repeating Earlier Mistakes  —  A three-week fight in the town of Vuhledar in southern Ukraine produced what Ukrainian officials say was the biggest tank battle of the war so far, and a stinging setback for the Russians.
Discussion: StrategyPage
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CNN:
Girls high school basketball team forfeits tournament rather than play against transgender player  —  A Vermont girls high school basketball team forfeited an out of state tournament after refusing to play against a team that had a transgender player.  —  Mid Vermont Christian School (MVCS) …
Adam S. Hoffman / New York Times:
My Liberal Campus Is Pushing Freethinkers to the Right  —  In the not-so-distant past, the Typical College Republican idolized Ronald Reagan, fretted about the national debt and read Edmund Burke.  Political sophistication, to that person, implied belief in the status quo.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The story behind Gaetz citing Chinese propaganda at a hearing  —  In 2021, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) decried what he labeled “a fusion of the interest of the Chinese Communist Party and much of the apparatus of the United States government.”  —  At a hearing Tuesday, Gaetz cited …
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Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine:
Biden's Translator  —  Kate Bedingfield explains the press to the president (and keeps the White House from leaking).  —  Kate Bedingfield, the White House communications director, first tried to leave in July.  She had started working for Joe Biden in 2015 and was looking forward to spending …
Discussion: jihadwatch.org
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NBC News:
Biden and House Democrats head to Baltimore to plot 2024 strategy
Discussion: IJR, Political Wire and Baltimore Sun
Sally Jenkins / Washington Post:
The NFL deserves every bit of its raging Daniel Snyder headache  —  Dan Snyder is being unreasonable, is he?  Making irrational, insulting and perhaps even extortive demands?  Stifle for a moment your heavy, knowing sigh over the predictability of Snyder's conduct and the fact that he hasn't sold the Washington Commanders yet.
Eugene Scott / Axios:
Democrats go after Supreme Court on student debt forgiveness  —  Progressive lawmakers are accusing conservative Supreme Court judges of putting politics over legal analysis on President Biden's student debt forgiveness plan. … - The court has used the “major questions doctrine” …
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
You probably won't get any student loan relief, thanks to a GOP-controlled Supreme Court
Mithil Aggarwal / NBC News:
What could Chinese artillery and ammunition mean for Putin's war in Ukraine?  —  Western warnings about the possibility of China sending lethal military aid to Russia are well-placed, military analysts told NBC News, as help from Beijing could be a crucial boost for the Kremlin's hopes of battlefield success in the months to come.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Zack Budryk / The Hill:
EPA to award $250 million in IRA funds to reduce climate pollution  —  The Biden Administration will make $250 million in grants available to develop strategies to cut climate pollution, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday.  —  The funds are the first in $5 billion …
Reuters:
U.S. Labor Department axes Trump-era expansion of anti-bias exemptions  —  The U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday withdrew a rule adopted in the last days of the administration of former Republican President Donald Trump that had expanded a religious exemption from anti-discrimination laws for federal contractors.
Heidi Przybyla / Politico:
Dark money and special deals: How Leonard Leo and his friends benefited from his judicial activism  —  A network of political non-profits formed by judicial activist Leonard Leo moved at least $43 million to a new firm he is leading, raising questions about how his conservative legal movement is funded.
Discussion: Alternet.org
Axios:
Capitol Hill's great unifier  —  The legacy of the 118th Congress — even amid its high-profile divisions — is set to be defined by an unprecedented focus on the threat emanating from the Chinese government. … - It's a testament to just how far the bipartisan consensus on China has shifted …
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Farm state Republicans raise alarm over Trump's new China trade proposal  —  Donald Trump's latest salvo in his trade war with China is raising hackles among fellow Republicans from farm states, a crucial voting bloc in the 2024 GOP primary.  —  The former and would-be future president pitched …
Mike Wright / Florida Politics:
Blaise Ingoglia bill would ‘cancel’ Democratic Party … Mike Wright  —  Mike Wright is a former reporter with the Citrus County Chronicle, where he had covered county government and politics since 1987.  Mike's skills as an investigative reporter earned him first-place awards in investigative writing.
 
 
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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
On Ukraine, Biden Outshines Macron, Scholz — and DeSantis
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
‘Make it a spectacle’: Proud Boys leader Tarrio key to Jan. 6, U.S. says
Bloomberg:
Deadly Collision of Passenger, Freight Trains Kills Dozens in Greece
Selena Simmons-Duffin / NPR:
To safeguard healthy twin in utero, she had to ‘escape’ Texas for abortion procedure
Ruth Maclean / New York Times:
Nigeria Declares Bola Tinubu Winner of Presidential Election: Live Updates
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
Abbe Lowell Built Ties to Trump World. Now He's One of Hunter Biden's Lawyers.
Discussion: Fox News
Dana Rubinstein / New York Times:
Adams, Discussing Faith, Dismisses Idea of Separating Church and State
David Morgan / Reuters:
US House Speaker McCarthy says he will provide Jan. 6 defendants with security footage
Matt Lavietes / NBC News:
Iowa lawmakers propose a ban on same-sex marriage
Discussion: PinkNews and WTOP News
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
House Oversight Chair Laments That Joe Biden's Dead Son Was Never Prosecuted
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Georgia Republicans want to make it easier to challenge voters' eligibility
Discussion: WTOP News
Jo Yurcaba / NBC News:
Mississippi governor signs bill banning transgender health care for minors
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Ron DeSantis shows how not to run an education system
Discussion: The Florida Standard
 

 
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Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn't sell very well

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational version of Siri, dubbed “LLM Siri”, with plans to release it in spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16

Kent Walker / The Keyword:
Google says the DOJ's “wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Court's decision”, would hurt US consumers, and jeopardize the US' global tech leadership

 
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