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2:50 PM ET, January 28, 2024

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Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Trump brags about efforts to stymie border talks: ‘Please blame it on me’  —  The Republican front-runner slams bipartisan talks in the Senate for a deal as Biden calls for emergency authority to address surging crossings  —  Republican front-runner Donald Trump said he wants to be held responsible …
Associated Press:
Biden offers fresh assurances he would shut down border ‘right now’ if Congress sends him a deal  —  Bidding to salvage a border deal in Congress that also would unlock money for Ukraine, President Joe Biden offered fresh assurances Saturday night that he would be willing to close …
Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Carroll Promises to Do ‘Something Good’ With a Fortune Won From Trump
New York Times:
Key Network of G.O.P. Megadonors to Meet With Trump and Haley Camps
Discussion: Political Wire
CNN:
First on CNN: Three US troops killed in drone attack in Jordan, at least two dozen injured  —  Three US Army soldiers were killed and at least two dozen service members were injured in a drone attack overnight on a small US outpost in Jordan, US officials told CNN, marking the first time US troops …
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The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Attack on U.S. Service Members in Northeastern Jordan Near the Syria Border  —  Today, America's heart is heavy.  Last night, three U.S. service members were killed—and many wounded—during an unmanned aerial drone attack on our forces stationed in northeast Jordan near the Syria border.
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Three Americans killed, ‘many’ wounded in drone attack by Iran-backed militia in Jordan, Biden says  —  Three American service members were killed and “many” were wounded in a drone strike in Jordan, President Joe Biden said in a statement Sunday.  He attributed the attack to Iran-backed militia groups.
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
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
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,
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 …
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.
Summer Concepcion / NBC News:
Nikki Haley says the RNC is ‘clearly not’ an honest broker after calls to unify around Trump in primary  —  She acknowledged that she must do better in the South Carolina primary than in New Hampshire in order to continue her campaign.  —  Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley blasted …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Nikki Haley taunts Trump and he takes the bait. Will she keep it up?
Discussion: The Guardian
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 …
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Ocasio-Cortez says genocide accusations demonstrate ‘mass inhumanity that Gazans are facing’  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said Sunday that accusations that President Biden is enabling genocide in Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war demonstrate the “mass inhumanity that Gazans are facing.”
Discussion: NBC News and Los Angeles Times
 
 
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