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5:00 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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CNN:
Biden needles Trump in hopes of pushing him off message  —  Three words from Joe Biden's somber speech about Donald Trump had one man in the back of Charleston's Mother Emanuel AME Church the most excited: “He's a loser.”  —  The man, cracking up, poked the woman next to him with a “Can you believe it?” expression on his face.
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Haley calls Trump ‘totally unhinged’ after donor ban, RNC move  —  Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley called former President Trump “totally unhinged” during an interview Friday on Fox News Friday, referencing the recent threat he made to blacklist donors who give to Haley.
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 …
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Sununu: Trump ‘nervous’ because ‘money is coming’ to Haley
Discussion: Breitbart
Associated Press:
Republican National Committee plans to soon consider declaring Trump the ‘presumptive 2024 nominee’
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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The Hill:
Judge threatens to send Trump attorney Alina Habba to jail over interruptions  —  U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan, the federal judge overseeing former President Trump's defamation trial brought by columnist E. Jean Carroll, threatened to send Trump attorney Alina Habba to jail after she interrupted him during Friday's proceedings.
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 …
Aimee Picchi / CBS News:
E. Jean Carroll book mentioned in Trump trial soars to $2,100 a copy
Discussion: Raw Story
ABC News:
E. Jean Carroll defamation case live updates: ‘He is not the victim,’ Carroll's attorney says of Trump
Corinne Ramey / Wall Street Journal:
Jury Set to Decide Whether Trump Must Pay E. Jean Carroll Again for Defamation
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.
Tess Owen / VICE:
Trump Calls on ‘All Willing States’ to Send National Guard Soldiers to Texas  —  Sorry, were you expecting the former president to tell everyone to chill out?  —  Like pouring water on a grease fire, former President Donald Trump has weighed in on the escalating standoff between the federal government and Texas.
The Daily Beast:
Joe Biden Can—and Should—Take Over the Texas National Guard
Discussion: modernity and Washington Examiner
Nick Reisman / Politico:
DOJ accuses Andrew Cuomo of sexually harassing 13 women  —  The former governor's lawyer says he was never interviewed.  —  ALBANY, New York — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed 13 women who worked for the state over the course of an eight-year period …
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Thomas Catenacci / Fox News:
White House halts enormous natural gas projects in victory for environmentalists
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United States Department of State:
Statement on UNRWA Allegations
Adam Klasfeld / The Messenger:
Trump's Court-Appointed Monitor Tells Judge Company Gave ‘Incomplete’ and ‘Inconsistent’ Disclosures with ‘Errors’  —  Court monitor Barbara Jones sent her letter to Justice Engoron, who will determine whether to ban Trump from New York real estate for life  —  JWPlayer
Discussion: MeidasTouch
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.
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 and WBOY.com
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
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Scott hammers Democratic opponent as ‘liar’ over abortion attack  —  Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), who is up for reelection this fall, says his Democratic challenger is a “liar” after she accused the first-term senator of supporting a national abortion ban, a charge that Democratic candidates …
Discussion: The Messenger
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 …
 
 
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John Frank / Axios:
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Meet the Texas Billionaire Quietly Becoming the New George Soros
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Decision to Pause Pending Approvals of Liquefied Natural Gas Exports
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon Admits Bank Account May Have Evidence of Fraud
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