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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Forget No Labels.  Biden's Third-Party Peril is on the Left.  —  LOS ANGELES — Memo to Democrats: It's not Nancy Jacobson who's disrupting President Joe Biden's speeches most every time he appears in public and it's also not Nancy Jacobson floating Robert F. Kennedy Jr. $15 million to help him get on general election ballots.
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New York Times:
South Carolina Democratic Primary Results  —  Joseph R. Biden Jr. wins the South Carolina Democratic primary.  —  Race called by The Associated Press.  —  Latest results from 16m ago  —  >95% of votes in  —  Democratic Primary  —  Candidate Votes Pct.  % Delegates Del.  —  126,321
Mark Murray / NBC News:
How a Trump conviction changes the 2024 race in our latest poll  —  A slice of Trump supporters say they wouldn't stick with the former president if he's convicted of a felony this year.  —  The newest national NBC News poll shows former President Donald Trump leading current President Joe Biden …
Amanda Yen / The Daily Beast:
Biden Says This Is the ‘Weirdest Campaign Ever’ as Trump Suggests He's an Elvis Lookalike  —  He's also compared himself to the Mona Lisa for his ability to draw large, fawning crowds.  —  President Joe Biden on Saturday said the 2024 presidential race was “the weirdest campaign I've ever been engaged in” …
Discussion: Business Insider
Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
Biden brings home first official win in South Carolina primary
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Biden easily wins first official Democratic primary in South Carolina
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
When Joe Biden lost his purpose  —  Between his son's death and his presidential run, Biden cast about for meaning  —  Several months before Joe Biden left the vice presidency, Louis Freeh, the former FBI director, began messaging Hunter Biden in hopes of enticing his father into a business partnership.
U.S. Department of Defense:
Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on Coalition Strikes in Houthi-Controlled Areas of Yemen  —  Today, the militaries of the United States and the UK, with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, and New Zealand, conducted additional strikes …
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Associated Press:
US, Britain launch new strikes on Houthi sites in Yemen
Lara Seligman / Politico:
US and UK launch new attacks on Houthis in Yemen
The Guardian:
The Observer view: the list of Brexit wins is in.  It's short and feeble  —  Department for Business and Trade has cherry-picked statistics to suggest the project has been a success  —  In the run-up to the 2016 referendum, Conservative campaigners sold Brexit as the answer to all of the country's problems.
Trisha Ahmed / Associated Press:
South Dakota tribe bans governor from reservation over US-Mexico border remarks  —  A South Dakota tribe has banned Republican Gov. Kristi Noem from the Pine Ridge Reservation after she spoke this week about wanting to send razor wire and security personnel to Texas to help deter immigration …
Discussion: RedState and New York Post
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Trump's team worries about a hollow victory in Nevada  —  Donald Trump is virtually assured of winning all 26 of the delegates available in Nevada's GOP caucuses Thursday, but his team is worried that the state's plan to hold a primary two days before the caucuses could wind up embarrassing the former president.
Elizabeth Weise / USA Today:
They hoped solar panels would secure the future of their farm.  Then their neighbors found out  —  GARDNER, Kansas − Donna Knoche made her way up to the podium at the Johnson County Commission hearing on June 6, 2022, her new yellow shirt crisp and her voice steady.
Dov Lieber / Wall Street Journal:
The Israeli Firebrand Driving Netanyahu Further to the Right  —  Itamar Ben-Gvir spells out his plan for resettling Gaza during a rare interview and says Trump would be better for Israel than President Biden  —  BNEI BRAK, Israel—As Israel and the U.S. wrestle over a deal to free …
Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Wisconsin Democrats inch closer to overturning Republican-drawn legislative maps  —  Wisconsin Democrats are inching closer to overturning Republican-drawn legislative maps that the GOP has used over the past 13 years to grow their majorities and advance their agenda.
John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
Nikki Haley Tries to Keep South Carolina From Ending Her Campaign  —  Former governor faces high expectations in her home state and the need to cut into deep-rooted support for Donald Trump  —  COLUMBIA, S.C.—When Nikki Haley announced her presidential bid almost a year ago …
John L. Dorman / Business Insider:
Kinzinger blasts Republican efforts to link border security with Ukraine funding: ‘The whole party has become a joke’  — Former GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger blasted the GOP for its attempt to tie Ukraine aid to border security.  — “It's not a serious party,” the former congressman told CNN's Christiane Amanpour.
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Shomari Stone / WTTG-TV:
Mike Gill, former Trump official, dies days after being shot in DMV carjacking spree  —  WASHINGTON - Mike Gill, a married father of three who was also a member of former President Donald Trump's administration, has died.  He was shot during a deadly carjacking rampage in Washington, D.C. last Monday night.
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court may look to the Civil War to resolve whether Trump can be on the ballot  —  Chief Justice Salmon Chase's handling of cases involving Confederate President Jefferson Davis and a Black man in Virginia help inform the Supreme Court ahead of Feb. 8 hearing.
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