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New York Times:
Make No Mistake, the Investigation of Donald Trump and the Stormy Daniels Scheme Is Serious — Though it may be tempting to do so, it is a mistake to assess the Manhattan district attorney's investigation of Donald Trump by comparing its relative severity with those of myriad other crimes possibly committed by him.
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Chris Pandolfo / Fox News:
Manhattan DA issues scathing response to GOP letter on possible Trump indictment: ‘We will not be intimidated’ … Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office has issued a statement after top House Republicans demanded that Bragg testifies to Congress on a possible indictment of former President Trump.
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Erica Orden / Politico:
By-the-book DA confronts unpredictable opponent in Trump — Progressive policies pushed by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg have made him a convenient target for Trump, who has a history of claiming bias by those investigating him. By ERICA ORDEN NEW YORK — As an indictment looms for Donald Trump …
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Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
Trump's Potential Indictment Could Alienate Some G.O.P. Voters in 2024 — The former president strengthened his political position in recent weeks, but an impetuous response to his potential indictment could alienate voters he will need to win back the White House.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
‘An indictment would help Trump!’ is wholly premature — With a decision looming from a New York grand jury and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) regarding an indictment of Donald Trump, possibly for keeping false business records, media coverage has repeated ad nauseam speculation …
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Nobody Likes Mike Pence — Mike Pence is making little secret of his presidential ambitions. He's written his book; he's assembling his team; he's mastered the art of the coy nondenial when somebody asks (in between trips to Iowa) if he's running. In early Republican-primary polls …
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Jason Easley / PoliticusUSA:
Rachel Maddow Obliterates The Right's Trump Indictment Hysteria
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Andrew McCarthy / Fox News:
Here's more evidence Alvin Bragg's crusade against Donald Trump is political
Washington Post:
McCarthy downplays N.Y. case against Trump, dismisses it as ‘personal money’
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CBS News:
“Significant increase” in threats online ahead of possible Trump indictment
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Jeffrey Blehar / National Review:
Just Shut It, Donny — Donald Trump's penchant for verbal intemperance is nothing new …
Annie Karni / New York Times:
At House Republican Retreat, the Focus, Once Again, Is on Trump
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
The FBI raided a notable journalist's home. Rolling Stone didn't tell readers why — Warning: This story contains references to disturbing accusations and incidents of child sex abuse. — Last Oct. 18, Rolling Stone served up a foreboding scoop: The FBI had raided the home …
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Inside the 3 Months That Could Cost Fox $1.6 Billion — The decision by Fox News executives in November 2020 to treat the more hard-right Newsmax as a mortal threat spawned a possibly more serious danger. — Since 2002, when Fox News first overtook CNN as the most-watched cable news channel …
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Is Sean Hannity a journalist? Role of hosts is key in Fox News lawsuit.
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NBC News:
Fox News producer alleges network coerced her into giving misleading testimony on Dominion
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
‘We Were Helpless’: Despair at the C.D.C. as the Pandemic Erupted — Current and former employees recall rising desperation as Trump administration officials squelched research into the new coronavirus. — In early March 2020, as the nation succumbed to a pandemic, a group of young scientists walked …
Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
From red bastion to blue bulwark: What political shift in Colorado and West means for U.S. — Kevin Priola was a Republican before he could even vote. — Inspired by Ronald Reagan, he preregistered with the GOP at age 17. He joined the College Republicans at the University of Colorado in Boulder …
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Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
The GOP gains among ‘voters of color’ are overhyped
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New York Times:
Comer, Republicans' Investigative Chief, Embraces Role of Biden Antagonist — The fourth-term Kentuckian and chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee has become an aggressive promoter of sinister-sounding claims about the president and his family.
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ProPublica:
DeSantis Privately Called for Google to Be “Broken Up” — In previously unreported videos from a closed-door Teneo Network conference, Florida's Republican governor takes his anti-big tech rhetoric beyond what he has said publicly. — Co-published with Documented
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Ian Mohr / Page Six:
Fan poops in aisle near Hillary and Chelsea Clinton at Broadway show — Some like it... steaming hot. — Page Six hears that a serial pooper has been stalking the halls of the legendary Schubert Theater — and the last time they struck, a turd appeared in the aisle near Hillary and Chelsea Clinton.
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Financial Times:
Xi Jinping backs Vladimir Putin on Ukraine but holds out on Russian gas pipeline — Leaders of China and Russia hold centrepiece talks in Moscow — Xi Jinping has backed Vladimir Putin's stance on his war in Ukraine but held back from confirming plans for a key pipeline to reroute Russia's gas exports from Europe to Asia.
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Associated Press:
Trump loses last bid to keep key evidence out of rape trial — NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump's effort to keep key evidence out of his civil rape trial next month was rejected by a federal judge Monday. — Judge Lewis A. Kaplan in Manhattan ruled that key witnesses will be allowed …
Michael S. Rosenwald / Washington Post:
A president has never been indicted. But one was arrested. — Donald Trump's claim that he will be arrested imminently has sparked political maneuvering and a debate about the implications of indicting an ex-president. — No president or former president has ever been indicted.
New York Times:
Video Shows Virginia Man's Death in Custody — Irvo Otieno's death was a devastating ending to a journey that began when his family immigrated from Kenya when he was a young boy, “compelled by the American dream.” — HENRICO, Va. — Surveillance video from a state psychiatric hospital …
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Anya Zoledziowski / VICE:
‘Under His Wings’: Leaked Emails Reveal an Anti-Trans ‘Holy War’ — Leaked emails from anti-trans lobbyists and state lawmakers read, at times, like scripts from The Handmaid's Tale. — Anya Zoledziowski — “Under His wings,” one lobbyist wrote in an email.
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Patricia Hurtado / Bloomberg:
Bomb Threat Called In to New York Court Where Trump Hearing Held — A bomb threat was called in just as a judge in lower Manhattan was about to start a hearing over a $250 million lawsuit by New York Attorney General Letitia James against Donald Trump. — Tuesday's 911 call was investigated …
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New York Times:
Tracking the Chinese Balloon From Space … Methodology — Finding the Chinese Balloon in Satellite Images — A satellite collects images of the Earth by taking pictures in different wavelengths of light and stitching them together. The satellite photographs the same location on the ground …
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Mattathias Schwartz / Insider:
George W. Bush misrepresented our work at CIA to sell the Iraq invasion. It's time to call him what he is: ‘A liar.’ — Two former CIA officials spoke to Insider before the 20th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. They gave a firsthand account of the George W. Bush administration's attempts …
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Karen Schwartz / Washington Post:
Sailboat crew rescued in Pacific after abandoning ship sunk by whale — Four people aboard the Raindancer were stranded in the Pacific Ocean for 10 hours — His circumstances sounded straight out of “Moby-Dick,” but Rick Rodriguez wasn't kidding. In his first text messages from the life raft, he said he was in serious trouble.
Wall Street Journal:
TikTok Trackers Embedded in U.S. State-Government Websites, Review Finds — State governments might be inadvertently helping Chinese-owned app in data collection — WASHINGTON—More than two dozen state government websites contain web-tracking code made by TikTok parent ByteDance Ltd. …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The war on drag shows — On February 3, the State of Florida filed an administrative complaint against the operators of the Plaza Live theater in Orlando for hosting a drag show. According to the complaint, the drag show performed on December 28, 2022, at Plaza Live included …
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