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Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
Trump says he'll seek a new judge in election case  — Trump on Sunday called for recusal of the judge presiding over the federal case that alleges he illegally conspired to overturn his election loss in 2020.  — He claimed there is “NO WAY HE CAN GET A FAIR TRIAL,” in a post on his social media site.
New York Times:
Trump Calls for Recusal of Judge as His Lawyer Denies Pence's 2020 Claims  —  Former President Donald J. Trump spent the weekend on the attack on Truth Social while his lawyer, John F. Lauro, ran through a gantlet of interviews Sunday morning.  —  Appearing on five television networks Sunday morning …
Tim Reid / Reuters:
Mike Pence does not rule out being witness for Trump's prosecution  —  Former Republican Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday did not rule out being a prosecution witness if his ex-boss Donald Trump goes to trial on charges of orchestrating a criminal conspiracy to try to reverse his defeat in the 2020 presidential election.
Discussion: CNN, The Hill, The Mahablog and CBS News
Washington Post:
Awkwardness in Trump's circle: Top aides could be trial witnesses
CNN:
Judge denies Trump legal team's motion to extend deadline over protective order dispute in election subversion case
Toluse Olorunnipa / Washington Post:   Country lacks a unifying voice in aftermath of Trump charges
ABC News:
Russian and Chinese ships patrolled ‘near Alaska’ but were not ‘a threat’: US officials  —  Four destroyers and P-8 aircraft were deployed to shadow the formation.  —  A Russian and Chinese naval formation patrolled “near Alaska” last week but “was not considered a threat,” U.S. Northern Command said Sunday.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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Wall Street Journal:
Russia and China Sent Large Naval Patrol Near Alaska  —  Four U.S. destroyers were dispatched to monitor Russian and Chinese ships  —  A combined Russian and Chinese naval force patrolled near the coast of Alaska earlier this week in what U.S. experts said appeared to be the largest such flotilla to approach American shores.
CNN:
Black mayor of tiny Alabama town says he was ousted by his White predecessor  —  Patrick Braxton accomplished something no Black man in his Alabama town had done in its 166-year history: he became mayor.  —  He told CNN he ran for office in 2020 to serve the fewer than 300 residents of Newbern …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Republican Attacks on ‘Woke’ Ideology Falling Flat With G.O.P. Voters  —  New polling shows national Republicans and Iowa Republican caucusgoers were more interested in “law and order” than battling “woke” schools, media and corporations.  —  When it comes to the Republican primaries, attacks on “wokeness” may be losing their punch.
Discussion: CNN, Vanity Fair, Mother Jones and Insider
New York Times:
Putin's Forever War … Vladimir Putin wants to lead Russians into a civilizational conflict with the West far larger than Ukraine.  Will they follow him?  —  Roger Cohen and Nanna Heitmann traveled from Moscow to Siberia to Russia's border with Ukraine to report and photograph this article.
Discussion: Politico
Nancy Cook / Bloomberg:
DeSantis Camp Hit by Gloom as Aides Worry Race Is Slipping Away  — Aides frustrated and disappointed by campaign's inner workings  — DeSantis continues resetting bid as Trump holds primary lead  —  Ron DeSantis promised a reset of his presidential campaign.  Many of his campaign staffers are still waiting.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Campaign Anguishes His Storied Family  —  The presidential bid by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has tested the bonds of an iconic Democratic clan that does not want him to run and does not know what to do about it.  —  Peter Baker is the chief White House correspondent and has covered the past five presidents.
Discussion: UPROXX
New York Times:
Clarence Thomas's $267,230 R.V. and the Friend Who Financed It  —  The vehicle is a key part of the justice's just-folks persona.  It's also a luxury motor coach that was funded by someone else's money.  —  Justice Clarence Thomas met the recreational vehicle of his dreams in Phoenix, on a November Friday in 1999.
 
 
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