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3:30 PM ET, January 26, 2024

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Heather Digby Parton / Salon:
Trump's border power play is a push for civil war  —  Donald Trump wants Congress to refuse to do any deal until he can win and create the “PERFECT” border  —  Donald Trump is having a rolling hissy fit that's escalating by the day.  From courtrooms to rallies to incoherent interviews …
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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 …
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 …
Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
Trump's stubborn defiance of normal political gravity  —  Trump's Haley/Pelosi gaffe would've ended most campaigns.  For him it was just another Friday. … One week ago tonight in New Hampshire, Donald Trump confused Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi …
Associated Press:
Republican National Committee plans to soon consider declaring Trump the ‘presumptive 2024 nominee’
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump allies jockey to be VP: 'There's outright auditions happening'
Discussion: Washington Examiner and USA Today
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 …
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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.
Ja'han Jones / MSNBC:
GOP lawmakers back Texas' defiance of Supreme Court's ruling on the border
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 …
ABC News:
E. Jean Carroll defamation case live updates: ‘He is not the victim,’ Carroll's attorney says of Trump  —  The trial will determine if Trump owes any more for defaming E. Jean Carroll.  —  Former President Donald Trump is on trial this week in New York City to determine whether …
Corinne Ramey / Wall Street Journal:
Jury Set to Decide Whether Trump Must Pay E. Jean Carroll Again for Defamation
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.
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 …
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.
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
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
Washington Post:
The Pentagon planned to train troops from coup states.  It backed off under scrutiny.  —  The U.S. military has reversed course on some — but not all — of its plans to train with those involved in coups d'etat or accused of human rights abuses  —  The Pentagon has abruptly abandoned plans …
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Caller
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.
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 …
Ben Rumsby / Telegraph:
Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas in secret legal challenge against ban  —  Exclusive: Thomas has enlisted Canadian law firm Tyr to represent her after going to the Court of Arbitration for Sport  —  Lia Thomas, the swimmer at the centre of one sport's biggest transgender storms …
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.
 
 
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Biden's Third-Year Job Approval Average of 39.8% Second Worst
Discussion: Breitbart, GB News and The Hill
Washington Post:
House members tell Biden he must seek authorization for Yemen strikes
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Marisa Taylor / Reuters:
Exclusive: Musk brain implant company violated US hazardous material transport rules -documents
Discussion: The Messenger and Benzinga
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Gavin Newsom went to South Carolina to stump for Biden. Voters eyed him for 2028.
Discussion: The Messenger
Phil Prazan / NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth:
Texas senator who voted to acquit Paxton calls to reopen impeachment trial
Associated Press:
The court's decision has heavy symbolic meaning, even if it may have little practical impact.
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
Andrew Kerr / Washington Free Beacon:
Meet the Texas Billionaire Quietly Becoming the New George Soros
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon Admits Bank Account May Have Evidence of Fraud
Discussion: Raw Story and The Status Kuo
 

 
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Financial Times:
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