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6:45 PM ET, February 5, 2024

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Politico:
Detention and that border ‘shutdown’: What's really in Biden's bipartisan immigration deal  —  Breaking down 12 major points in the border deal, including the parameters of a border shutdown, increased visas and work permits for asylum seekers.  —  The bipartisan border security deal that's headed …
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Julie Tsirkin / NBC News:
As conservatives balk, U.S. Border Patrol union endorses Senate immigration deal  —  The National Border Patrol Council, which endorsed Donald Trump for president in 2020, said the new bipartisan bill “will drop illegal border crossings nationwide.”  —  WASHINGTON — As conservatives …
Discussion: Fox News, MeidasTouch and Mediaite
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Republicans confirm their unseriousness about the border
Associated Press:
Senators release a border and Ukraine deal but the House speaker declares it ‘dead on arrival’
Summer Concepcion / NBC News:
Schumer ‘hopeful’ Senate will pass bipartisan border bill despite opposition from GOP hard-liners
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Speaker Johnson: Border bill is ‘even worse than we expected’
Alexander Burns / Politico:   Why The Border Deal Happened: Republicans Held Europe For Ransom
John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
Nikki Haley Asks for Secret Service Protection After Increase in Threats  —  Former South Carolina governor is final hurdle between Trump and the Republican presidential nomination  —  AIKEN, S. C.—Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has applied for Secret Service protection …
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Kellyanne Conway / New York Times:
Who Should Be Trump's No. 2?  —  “Who should President Trump choose for V.P.?” is one of the most popular questions among the political cognoscenti right now.  It's understandable: Donald Trump won both Iowa and New Hampshire with more than 50 percent of the vote, after his closest competitors …
Kyle Morris / Fox News:
Kristi Noem shares vision for America in new book amid speculation about running as Trump's VP
Discussion: The Hill, Washington Examiner and DNyuz
Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump's Global Business Empire Is Growing Again
Discussion: New York Times and Fox News
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Chutkan contemplates Trump trial extending deep into 2024, as case remains in limbo  —  It was the judge's first acknowledgment that Trump's federal trial could could extend into the general election.  —  The judge presiding over Donald Trump's Washington, D.C. criminal case acknowledged Monday …
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Most Americans want verdict on Trump election subversion charges before 2024 vote  —  Most Americans want to see a verdict on the federal charges former President Donald Trump faces related to election subversion in 2020 before this year's presidential election, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.
Sean Coughlan / BBC:
King Charles III diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace says  —  King Charles has been diagnosed with a form of cancer, says Buckingham Palace.  —  The type of cancer has not been revealed - it is not prostate cancer, but was discovered during his recent treatment for an enlarged prostate.
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Matt Honeycombe-Foster / Politico:
King Charles III has cancer  —  Prince Harry due to fly in as British monarch steps back from “public-facing” aspects of his role.  —  LONDON — King Charles III has cancer, Buckingham Palace announced Monday evening, sending shockwaves through the British establishment.
Politico:
Supreme Court Shocker?  Here's What Happens if Trump Gets Kicked Off the Ballot  —  Legal scholars, national security experts and political analysts imagine the extraordinary fallout that would ensue.  —  “Increase its perceived public legitimacy”  —  “Rip the country apart”
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Garrett Epps / Washington Monthly:
It's Not Just the Border: The Trump-Abbott-Republican Nullification Crisis Is Here  —  Not since the meek accountant in the back of the courtroom leapt up and screamed, “Stop, Perry Mason!  I did it!  I killed him, and I'm GLAD!” has a suspect been quite so eager to confess his crimes as Donald J. Trump.
Discussion: HuffPost
Rick Reilly / Washington Post:
Look who moved in Nextdoor: another spying, suspicious, paranoid snoop  —  Are you bummed you weren't around when the Stasi ruled?  Do you wish you could've been one of Mao Zedong's millions of neighborhood snitches?  Maybe watch the Red Guards drag off your least favorite aunt?
Jordan Rubin / MSNBC:
Why Jack Smith wants to ‘clear the air’ in the classified documents case  —  Donald Trump “paints an inaccurate and distorted picture of events,” the special counsel tells Judge Aileen Cannon.  Will she care?  —  Though the classified documents case is playing out partly behind closed doors …
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Larry David Breaks Georgia's Voting Law in ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’  —  Comedy's crankiest star usually breaks social norms.  This time, he ran afoul of voting legislation passed in Georgia in 2021.  —  Television comedies like “Veep” and “Parks and Recreation” have long poked fun …
Abby Vesoulis / Mother Jones:
A GOP Senate Candidate Blames “Liberal” Judges for His Labor Violations.  Just One Problem With That.  —  The judges were largely appointed by Republicans.  —  Bernie Moreno, the Trump-endorsed Republican candidate for US Senate in Ohio, focuses his campaign on a central theme.
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Liz Cheney rips Vance after Jan. 6 remarks: Not ‘fit to serve’  —  Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) went after Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) on Monday, saying he is not “fit to serve” after he said he would have chosen not to certify the 2020 election results without pro-Trump electors.
Andrew Perez / Rolling Stone:
Republicans Are Planning to Totally Privatize Medicare — And Fast  —  The right-wing policy agenda written for a new Donald Trump presidency would “greatly accelerate” efforts to privatize Medicare  —  LAST YEAR, FOR the first time ever, a majority of Americans eligible for Medicare were on privatized Medicare Advantage plans.
Discussion: Democrats, Digby's Hullabaloo and STAT
Julia Shapero / The Hill:
US restricting visas in global spyware fight  —  Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced a new policy Monday that will allow the U.S. to impose visa restrictions on individuals involved in the misuse of commercial spyware.  —  The visa restrictions can be levied against those involved …
 
 
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Rasmussen Reports:
59% See Biden in Mental Decline
Discussion: Breitbart and Washington Examiner
Reuters:
Kremlin gives nothing away about why Tucker Carlson might be in Russia
Washington Post:
Luxury spending, internal strife leave NRA staggering into 2024 election
Discussion: Bearing Arms
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Dems invoke George Santos in last-minute ad buy for NY seat
Discussion: Roll Call and The Daily Caller
 Earlier Items: 
Samuel Robinson / Axios:
Rashida Tlaib outraises entire Michigan congressional field
Hayes Brown / MSNBC:
Donald Trump is the only reason Jim Jordan is subpoenaing Fani Willis
Discussion: Townhall and Florida Phoenix
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Biden condemns ‘anti-Arab hate’ after Wall Street Journal op-ed labels Michigan city 'America's jihad capital'
Jeremy B. White / Politico:
McCarthy wanted a successor. He got a fight.
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Publix versus the public
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