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11:00 PM ET, January 26, 2024

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NBC News:
Verdict reached in E. Jean Carroll's defamation damages trial against Trump  —  The verdict comes after a dramatic day in court that included the former president storming out of the courtroom during Carroll's closing argument.  —  The jury in E. Jean Carroll's defamation damages trial …
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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: Raw Story and MeidasTouch
NBC News:
Trump trial live updates: Closing arguments in E. Jean Carroll case begin  —  Former President Donald Trump attended today's closing arguments briefly before storming out of court.  The judge presiding over the trial also lashed out at his lawyer for being late.
New York Times:
Trump-Carroll Defamation Trial  —  Jury Orders Trump to Pay Carroll $83.3 Million for Years of Defamation  —  The jury found Donald J. Trump had acted maliciously in persistently attacking E. Jean Carroll.  He was found liable last year of sexually abusing her.  —  Jury orders Trump to pay Carroll damages for defamation.
Adam Klasfeld / The Messenger:
Trump Must Pay $83.3 Million to E. Jean Carroll for Defamation  —  The former president has denied the journalist's rape and sexual assault accusation, telling reporters in 2019, 'she's not my type' and sparking a federal defamation lawsuit  —  JWPlayer  —  Former President Donald Trump …
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
‘Oath-breaking insurrectionist’ Trump is ineligible for office, Colorado voters tell the Supreme Court  —  The justices hear arguments next month on whether Trump can be barred from office for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results that culminated in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
NBC News:
Trump storms out of courtroom during closing arguments in E. Jean Carroll's defamation damages trial  —  Carroll is seeking at least $10 million in damages from the former president for repeatedly defaming her after she accused him of sexually assaulting her in the 1990s.
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 …
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.
Victoria Bekiempis / The Guardian:
Donald Trump ordered to pay E Jean Carroll $83.3m in defamation trial
Discussion: Al Jazeera and TASS
Lucian K. Truscott IV / Lucian Truscott Newsletter:
Ka-ching: $18.3 M + $65 M = $83.3 million verdict against Trump
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and Fox News
Aimee Picchi / CBS News:
E. Jean Carroll book mentioned in Trump trial soars to $2,100 a copy
Discussion: Raw Story
Alex Woodward / The Independent:
Donald Trump storms out of closing arguments in E Jean Carroll trial
Corinne Ramey / Wall Street Journal:
Jury Set to Decide Whether Trump Must Pay E. Jean Carroll Again for Defamation
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.
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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 …
Manu Raju / CNN:
Key senators cut deal to give US new power to clamp down on border crossings  —  Senate negotiators have agreed to empower the US to significantly restrict illegal migrant crossings at the southern border, according to sources familiar with the matter, a move aimed at ending the migrant surge …
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Myah Ward / Politico:
Biden says he'll shut down the border if deal gives him authority  —  The White House statement comes after a week of frantic negotiations in the Senate.  —  President Joe Biden on Friday urged Congress to pass a bipartisan bill to address the immigration crisis at the nation's southern border …
New York Times:
UNRWA Is Investigating Charges of Workers' Involvement in Oct. 7 Attacks  —  The United States temporarily cut off funding to UNRWA, the agency that aids Palestinians, citing allegations that 12 of its workers were involved in the Hamas-led assault on southern Israel.
Discussion: National Review and Mediaite
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
U.S. pauses funding to UNRWA after 12 staffers accused of involvement in Oct. 7 attack
United States Department of State:
Statement on UNRWA Allegations
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 …
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John Raby / Associated Press:   Ex-coal CEO Don Blankenship couldn't win a Senate seat with the GOP. He's trying now as a Democrat
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Grace Ashford / New York Times:
Cuomo Created ‘Sexually Hostile’ Workplace, Says Justice Department
Edith Olmsted / The Daily Beast:
Giuliani Notes Trump's ‘Unpaid Legal Fees’ in Bankruptcy Filing  —  He says his monthly net income is just $2,308.  —  A beleaguered and broke Rudy Giuliani listed a “possible claim for unpaid legal fees against Donald J. Trump” in bankruptcy filings submitted to court Friday.
Discussion: Political Wire and The Messenger
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James Nani / Bloomberg:
Giuliani Lists Yankees Loot, Trump Claim as Assets in Bankruptcy
Discussion: Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
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.
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Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
Trader Joe's Follows SpaceX in Arguing US Labor Board Is Unconstitutional  — Grocery chain tries new argument to fight union-busting charge  — Decision on constitutionality is unlikely before an appeal … At a Jan. 16 National Labor Relations Board hearing in Connecticut …
Discussion: The Guardian and HuffPost
Politico:
Covid killed 170,000 in nursing homes.  Most residents still haven't gotten the latest shot.  —  The Biden administration says the facilities need to do more.  Home executives say vaccine hesitancy requires a new government message.  —  Fewer than 4 in 10 nursing home residents have received …
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.
 
 
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