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11:25 AM ET, January 28, 2024

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Biden offers fresh assurances he would shut down border ‘right now’ if Congress sends him a deal — COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — Bidding to salvage a border deal in Congress that also would unlock money for Ukraine, President Joe Biden offered fresh assurances Saturday night …

Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:

House GOP unveils Mayorkas impeachment articles despite lack of evidence — House Republicans held two hearings on the inquiry and have struggled to detail clear evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors — House Republicans announced two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security …

Tara Suter / The Hill:
House Majority Whip: Biden only interested in border because it's a ‘political liability’

Discussion: Newsbusters, New York Post, The Messenger, Washington Times, Fox News, Political Wire, Politico, The White House and TASS

Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:

E. Jean Carroll Vows to ‘Do Something Good’ With Trump's $83.3 Million — ‘WOMEN WON THIS ONE’ — E. Jean Carroll says the historic $83.3 million defamation verdict against Donald Trump earlier this week “bodes well for the future” and gives women a win when it's needed most.

Discussion: Mediaite, HuffPost, MeidasTouch, The Messenger and New York Times

Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:

Carroll Promises to Do ‘Something Good’ With a Fortune Won From Trump — The writer was awarded $83.3 million for his defamation. Now, she will have to figure out how to use it. — As soon as E. Jean Carroll heard the verdict on Friday — $83.3 million in defamation damages against Donald J. Trump …

NBC News:

Biden administration discussing slowing some weaponry deliveries to Israel to pressure Netanyahu — U.S. officials are considering pausing or slowing some U.S. arms shipments to Israel to convince the government to heed U.S. calls to scale back its military assault in Gaza,

Discussion: USA Today, Bloomberg, The Messenger and Political Wire

David J. Lynch / Washington Post:

Falling inflation, rising growth give U.S. the world's best recovery — The European economy, hobbled by unfamiliar weakness in Germany, is barely growing. China is struggling to recapture its sizzle. And Japan continues to disappoint. — But in the United States, it's a different story.

Discussion: Bloomberg and Digby's Hullabaloo

Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:

Trump's $50 Million Mystery Debt Looks Like ‘Tax Evasion’ — Donald Trump has long claimed he personally owed tens of millions to an obscure entity related to his Chicago tower. But court docs claim Trump Org. now says it never existed. — Always read the footnotes.

Discussion: Business Insider and Raw Story

Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:

US historians sign brief to support Colorado's removal of Trump from ballot — Twenty-five civil war and Reconstruction scholars support invoking 14th amendment to bar Trump from ballot over January 6 — Twenty-five historians of the civil war and Reconstruction filed a US supreme court brief …

Discussion: Raw Story

NBC News:

First-of-its-kind campaign fundraiser in the works with Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Biden — The Biden campaign is planning a spring fundraiser for the president to appear with his two Democratic predecessors. — WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden's campaign is trying to organize …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, The Messenger, Breitbart, GB News and Power Line

New York Times:

Key Network of G.O.P. Megadonors to Meet With Trump and Haley Camps — Assessing the presidential race, the American Opportunity Alliance has invited representatives from both the Trump and Haley campaigns to make their pitches at a meeting next week. — A network of Republican megadonors …

Discussion: Political Wire

Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Nikki Haley taunts Trump and he takes the bait. Will she keep it up?

Discussion: The Guardian

Reuters:
Nikki Haley targeted in ‘swatting’ incident at her South Carolina home

Discussion: The Hill, HuffPost, Mother Jones, New York Times, RedState, The Guardian, The Daily Caller, USA Today, Fox News, The Messenger, New York Post, Political Wire, Washington Examiner, Politico and The Sun

Erin Reed / Erin In The Morning:

Ohio, Michigan Republicans In Released Audio: “Endgame” Is To Ban Trans Care “For Everyone” — In audio released Friday evening, senators and representatives from Ohio and Michigan revealed the “endgame” is to ban transgender care “for everyone.” … Audio from a small Twitter Space featuring legislators …

Discussion: Law Dork, Michigan Advance and Immensely Affectionate Undead

Corbin Hiar / Politico:

The world's biggest meat processor — a major polluter — is coming to Wall Street — JBS wants to join the New York Stock Exchange. The move could lead to rapid deforestation, critics say. — An unusual collection of Senate leaders, British lords, environmentalists and a secretive lobbying group …

Rotimi Adeoye / The Daily Beast:

Texas' Border Stunt Is Based on the Same Legal Theory Confederate States Used to Secede — Gov. Greg Abbott says the federal government has “broken the compact between the United States and the States” with its immigration policies. … A clash between Texas and the Biden administration …

Discussion: Associated Press, Vox and Mediaite

Filip Timotija / The Hill:

Former senator says new film shows ‘how close’ we came to losing democracy on Jan. 6 — Former Alabama Sen. Doug Jones (D) said that the new film “War Game” shows “how close” the U.S. came to losing democracy on Jan. 6, 2021. — During his appearance on CNN Saturday …