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2:35 PM ET, January 26, 2024

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PBS NewsHour:
Border standoff between Texas, feds intensifies as governor defies Supreme Court ruling  —  This week, the Supreme Court sided with federal agents to remove razor wire put in place by Texas along the Rio Grande.  The state is using wire and state agents to block Border Patrol from accessing a section of the border in Eagle Pass.
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Tess Owen / VICE:
Protest Convoy Headed to Southern Border Is Calling Itself an ‘Army of God’  —  Experts say that the Christian nationalist rhetoric adds a dangerous dimension to the standoff between Texas and the Federal Government.  —  A trucker convoy of “patriots” is heading to the U.S. border with Mexico next week …
Nicole Russell / Washington Examiner:
Biden is green-lighting border chaos
Ja'han Jones / MSNBC:
GOP lawmakers back Texas' defiance of Supreme Court's ruling on the border
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Nikki Haley touts $1.2 million in donations after Trump vows to blacklist her donors  — Nikki Haley's presidential campaign said it raised $1.2 million in one day after former President Donald Trump vowed to blacklist Haley's donors.  — Haley's campaign said it has taken a total …
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Associated Press:
Republican National Committee pulls resolution declaring Trump as the ‘presumptive 2024 nominee’  —  The Republican National Committee has pulled a resolution to consider declaring Donald Trump the party's “presumptive 2024 nominee” before he formally clinches the requisite number of delegates …
Adam Klasfeld / The Messenger:
Judge Threatens to Send Trump Lawyer Alina Habba ‘in the Lockup’ at E. Jean Carroll Trial  —  The blockbuster remark came moments before closing arguments in Trump's second trial in a case brought by E. Jean Carroll  —  A federal judge threatened Donald Trump's attorney Alina Habba with jail time on Friday …
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Alex Woodward / The Independent:
Donald Trump storms out of closing arguments in E Jean Carroll trial  —  The former president continued to attack the woman suing him for defamation after his testimony on Thursday  —  Why is Donald Trump back in court against E. Jean Carroll?  —  Roughly 20 minutes after walking into the courtroom …
Corinne Ramey / Wall Street Journal:
Jury Set to Decide Whether Trump Must Pay E. Jean Carroll Again for Defamation  —  Verdict could add to former president's financial obligations after earlier jury said he must pay columnist $5 million  —  A federal jury is expected to begin deliberating Friday on whether Donald Trump must …
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
Speaker Johnson: Senate border deal ‘dead on arrival’ in House  —  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said in a Friday letter to his colleagues that Senate legislation addressing the border and aid to Ukraine and other countries would have been “dead on arrival” in the House, if reports about its terms are true.
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Kayla Gallagher / The Messenger:
California Gov. Newsom Blasts ‘Weak’ GOP, Says They're ‘Rolling Over’ For Trump  —  The former president has called Republicans, urging them to kill the upcoming border security legislation  —  Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom branded the Republican Party as “pathetically weak” for …
Politico:
Playbook: Why Mark Penn thinks Trump needs Haley
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Decision to Pause Pending Approvals of Liquefied Natural Gas Exports  —  In every corner of the country and the world, people are suffering the devastating toll of climate change.  Historic hurricanes and floods wiping out homes, businesses, and houses of worship.
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Thomas Catenacci / Fox News:
White House halts enormous natural gas projects in victory for environmentalists
NBC News:
Biden hits pause on approvals of liquified natural gas exports
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Ex-coal CEO who called himself ‘Trumpier than Trump’ launches Democratic Senate bid in West Virginia  —  A former CEO of a coal company who once said he is “Trumpier than Trump” has launched a bid for Senate as a Democrat in West Virginia.  —  Don Blankenship, who previously ran …
Discussion: WV News
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Mainstream media bloodbath: News outlets slash jobs as business suffers  —  Nearly a dozen mainstream media companies are gutting staff and scrambling to rescue their struggling businesses. … But an ongoing bloodbath is decimating news outlets nationwide.
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Another longtime House Democrat announces retirement  —  Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.) on Friday became the latest veteran House member to announce plans to retire from Congress at the end of this year. … - “But it is time to pass the torch to a younger generation of leaders …
US Department of Justice:
Justice Department Announces Surge of Resources to Fight Violent Crime in Washington, D.C.  —  For Immediate Release  —  The Justice Department announced today that it will surge additional law enforcement tools and resources to target those most responsible for violent crime and carjackings in Washington, D.C.
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Sadie Gurman / Wall Street Journal:
Feds to Dispatch More Resources to Fight Washington's Violent-Crime Surge
Discussion: The Messenger and Fox News
Barak Ravid / Axios:
U.S. pauses funding to UNRWA after 12 staffers accused of involvement in Oct. 7 attack … - State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said the U.S. is “extremely troubled by the allegations” and the administration has “temporarily paused additional funding for UNRWA while we review …
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Missouri GOP Lawmaker Floats Rule Change to Bring Back Duels  —  A senator could challenge another to mortal combat if the first's “honor is impugned.”  —  Bitter divisions between Republicans in the Missouri Senate culminated in a proposed rule change that would allow senators to settle …
Discussion: Associated Press and The Guardian
Politico:
White House offers unredacted Jan. 6 transcripts to GOP — with conditions  —  House Republicans have pushed for the records for months as they've cast doubt on the Jan. 6 select committee's work.
John Frank / Axios:
Lauren Boebert blasted as carpetbagger in first debate in new congressional district race  —  U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert defended her mountains-to-plains shift in congressional districts, even as Republican rivals used the contest's first debate Thursday night to suggest she is a carpetbagger and hypocrite.
New York Times:
Leading Museums Remove Native Displays Amid New Federal Rules  —  The American Museum of Natural History is closing two major halls as museums around the nation respond to updated policies from the Biden administration.  —  The American Museum of Natural History will close …
Discussion: The Messenger and Axios
Phil Prazan / NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth:
Texas senator who voted to acquit Paxton calls to reopen impeachment trial  —  In a court filing last week, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office said they would not contest accusations he violated the Whistleblower Act  —  Texas Sen. Drew Springer (R-Muenster) wrote a letter …
 
 
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Washington Post:
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Gavin Newsom went to South Carolina to stump for Biden. Voters eyed him for 2028.
Discussion: The Messenger
Nicholas Wade / City Journal:
The Story of the Decade  —  New documents strengthen—perhaps conclusively—the lab-leak hypothesis of Covid-19's origins.
Discussion: Instapundit
CNBC:
Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani raises less than $1 million from 13 donors in legal defense fund
Discussion: Bloomberg and Political Wire
Andrew Kerr / Washington Free Beacon:
Meet the Texas Billionaire Quietly Becoming the New George Soros
Politico:
EU threatens to silence Hungary if it blocks Ukrainian funds
Discussion: GB News
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