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Jason Linkins / New Republic:
The Beltway Media Is Spreading Debt Limit Misinformation — Having watched Capitol Hill fall into chaotic convulsions over the debt ceiling a million times before, I've come to the conclusion that the only way to properly negotiate your way through a debt ceiling crisis is to not negotiate at all.
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Kaanita Iyer / CNN:
Former key Trump attorney says he left because of legal team infighting — Former Donald Trump attorney Timothy Parlatore, who departed the former president's legal team earlier this week, said Saturday he left because of infighting among the group. — “It had nothing to do with the case itself …
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New York Times:
Former Trump Lawyer Describes Conflict Inside Legal Team — Timothy Parlatore, who withdrew this past week from representing the former president in the special counsel investigations, said he stepped aside over differences with a Trump adviser, Boris Epshteyn.
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Dwight Garner / New York Times:
Martin Amis, Acclaimed Author of Bleakly Comic Novels, Dies at 73 — In books like “Money” and “The Information,” he created “a high style to describe low things,” as he put it. He found more renown as a critic, and a measure of unease as his famous father's son.
Rachel Roubein / Washington Post:
Republicans deploy new playbook for abortion bans, citing political backlash — GOP lawmakers in North Carolina and Nebraska are casting new 12-week bans as “mainstream,” while Democrats say they are “cruel and extreme” — Nebraska antiabortion groups and GOP lawmakers were stunned.
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Jenny Goldsberry / Washington Examiner:
Nebraska passes abortion and transgender treatment bill into law
Nebraska passes abortion and transgender treatment bill into law
Washington Post:
Man with AR-15-style rifle by bus stop says he wasn't out to terrify kids — The man stood in a red Make America Great Again baseball cap pointing his AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle toward the sidewalk. — An elementary school student ran home crying. Parents were terrified. Neighbors called the police.
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Nicole Carr / ProPublica:
He Became Convinced the School Board Was Pushing “Transgender Bullshit.” He Ended Up Arrested — and Emboldened. — An image of a shooting target — with two bullet holes to the head and five scattered around the chest — serves as a warning to visitors who climb the brick steps and pass …
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Gillian McGoldrick / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Doug Mastriano says he'll announce next week if he'll run for U.S. Senate, teasing ‘crazy good news’ — State Sen. Doug Mastriano plans to make an announcement next week about the decision he has made on whether he will run for U.S. Senate, in what he teased as “crazy good news.”
Aaron Kliegman / Fox News:
Dems championed Chicago-area man now charged with attempted murder after Obama commuted his sentence — Sens. Warren, Durbin praised Alton Mills, who's accused in connection with a freeway shooting — A Chicago-area man whose life sentence in prison was commuted by then-President Barack Obama in 2015 …
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Katherine Donlevy / New York Post:
Illinois crack dealer granted clemency by Obama charged with attempted murder
Illinois crack dealer granted clemency by Obama charged with attempted murder
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Politico:
Prosecutor connected to Jan. 6 probe takes on lawyer for tech companies in mystery appeals court fight — Lawyers for prominent firm WilmerHale were spotted leaving the courthouse Friday after sealed oral arguments in the special counsel-connected matter. — A Justice Department attorney …
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Washington Post:
GOP rejects White House compromise to limit spending as talks stall — Talks broke down on Friday but resumed later that night. A deadline to raise the borrowing cap is fast approaching. — Republican negotiators rejected a White House offer to limit spending next year on both the military …
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Jason Easley / PoliticusUSA:
Trump Is Up In The Middle Of The Night Obsessing Over Jack Smith — Trump was posting in the middle of the night on Friday/early Saturday about Special Counsel Jack Smith. — Trump wrote on Truth Social: … The poll that Trump referred to didn't show him way up on Biden.
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Tensions Flare Inside The Messenger, a Fledgling News Site — The company's high-volume approach to digital publishing has led to duplicated stories and alienated some of its journalists. At least one editor has already resigned. — Executives at The Messenger, a news start-up …
Susie Blann / Associated Press:
Russia says Wagner private army, with help from Russian troops, seized Bakhmut — Russia's defense ministry said early Sunday that forces of the Wagner private army, with the support of Russian troops, seized the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. The ministry statement on the Telegram channel came …
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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Colorado GOP fears it's ceding ground to Democrats — Republican worries are growing that Colorado is slipping further into the hands of Democrats after recent defeats and close calls in the most conservative parts of the state. — The latest blow to the GOP in the Centennial State came …
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Insider and Political Wire
David Sims / The Atlantic:
Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon Is a Triumph — The highly anticipated adaptation of David Grann's book is extraordinary filmmaking—and a big win for Apple TV+. — David Grann's nonfiction book Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI …
Jason Burke / The Guardian:
Russian mercenaries behind slaughter of 500 in Mali village, UN report finds — Report implicates Wagner group fighters in Moura atrocity, including the torture and rape of civilians — First came a single helicopter, flying low over the marshes around the river outside the village …
New York Times:
Air DeSantis: The Private Jets and Secret Donors Flying Him Around — As the Florida governor hopscotched the country preparing to run for president, a Michigan nonprofit paid the bills. It won't say where it got the money. — For Ron DeSantis, Sunday, Feb. 19, was the start …
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Associated Press:
A look inside the playbook on transgender health bills — Aaron and Lacey Jennen's roots in Arkansas run deep. They've spent their entire lives there, attended the flagship state university, and are raising a family. So they're heartbroken at the prospect of perhaps having to move …
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Mark Walker launches North Carolina gubernatorial bid — He's beginning a longshot bid against Republican favorite Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson. — Former Republican Rep. Mark Walker launched a campaign for North Carolina governor Saturday, pitching himself as the best chance Republicans …
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New York Times:
After a Show-Stopping Entrance at the G7, Zelensky Pleads for More Aid — He urged his supporters to stay the course and tried to convince fence sitters like India and Brazil that there is no middle ground. — President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine landed in Japan on Saturday determined …
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Ian Ward / Politico:
The Supreme Court Is Hiding Important Decisions From You — A new book argues the court is undermining its credibility by rendering so many unsigned and unexplained decisions on its so-called ‘shadow docket.’ — As the Supreme Court begins to release its written opinions from its most recent term …
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PBS NewsHour and Raw Story
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Hunter Biden cried poverty but still flew to his child-support hearing on a private jet for at least $55K — Fly me a river. — Hunter Biden cried poverty at his Arkansas child-support hearing earlier this month — despite flying to and from the courthouse aboard a luxury private jet owned by his close friend Kevin Morris.
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