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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
In stunner, House GOP bid to impeach Mayorkas fails  —  A House GOP effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas failed in embarrassing fashion Tuesday as three Republicans joined Democrats in voting against what would have been the second-ever impeachment of a Cabinet official.
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Chip Roy knocks Trump over border claim: 'That didn't happen'  —  Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) took a dig at former President Trump in a House floor speech on Tuesday, denying the former president's claim that any executive could unilaterally close the southern border.
Discussion: Mediaite
Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:
Mayorkas Impeachment Vote  —  House to Vote on Impeaching Mayorkas Over Border Crisis  —  Republicans in the slim majority say the homeland security secretary has willfully refused to enforce border laws and breached the public trust.  —  Here's the latest on the impeachment vote.
Kayla Guo / New York Times:
Al Green, in Hospital Garb, Delivers Vote to Kill Mayorkas Impeachment  —  The Democrat from Texas had undergone abdominal surgery but rushed to the Capitol because he said the vote was “personal.”  —  With the final minutes for the vote dwindling, the House watched intently on Tuesday night …
CNN:
GOP-led standalone Israel aid bill fails in the House
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
House Republicans Fail To Impeach DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
New York Times:
Ronna McDaniel, R.N.C. Chairwoman, Plans to Step Down  —  Donald Trump is likely to back a supporter of his false claims of election fraud, Michael Whatley, the head of the North Carolina G.O.P., to replace her.  —  The chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, Ronna McDaniel …
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Politico:   Ronna McDaniel set to leave RNC in the spring
NBC News:
Trump campaign plans for its takeover of the Republican National Committee
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Gaetz, Stefanik offer resolution declaring Trump ‘did not engage in insurrection’  —  Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) unveiled a resolution Tuesday that declares former President Trump “did not engage in insurrection or rebellion against the United States.”
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Igor Bobic / HuffPost:   ‘They Are A Disaster’: Democrats ‘Disgusted’ By GOP Reversal On Securing Border
Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
Biden vows to make collapse of border bill a major campaign issue
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
D.C. Circuit panel unanimously rejects Trump's criminal immunity claim  —  On Tuesday morning, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit unanimously rejected Donald Trump's claims that he is immune from criminal prosecution for life for acts he took while president.
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:   Inside Donald Trump's Incredible Cash Crunch
Associated Press:
Trump is not immune from prosecution in his 2020 election interference case, US appeals court says
Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
In Trump's Colorado case, Supreme Court will make and face history
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Behind the border mess: Open GOP rebellion against McConnell  —  The Republican leader told POLITICO that his critics “had their shot” already.  But conservatives are not done whacking him over the immigration-for-Ukraine aid implosion.  —  Conservative hardliners once celebrated Mitch McConnell …
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Playbook: Two leaders in trouble
Mike Catalini / ABC News:
Not wearing a mask during COVID-19 health emergency isn't a free speech right, appeals court says  —  A federal appeals court has shot down claims that there's a First Amendment right not to wear face masks during the COVID-19 outbreak  —  TRENTON, N.J. — A federal appeals court shot …
Discussion: DNyuz
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:   Not wearing mask during COVID-19 outbreak isn't protected by free speech, court rules
Fatima Hussein / Associated Press:
IRS expects to collect hundreds of billions more in overdue and unpaid taxes thanks to new funding  —  The IRS is poised to take in hundreds of billions of dollars more in overdue and unpaid taxes than previously anticipated, according to new analysis released Tuesday by the Treasury Department and the IRS.
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Julie Zauzmer Weil / Washington Post:
IRS: Fund us, and we'll collect hundreds of billions from tax cheaters
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
David Zipper / Slate:
A 7,000-Pound Car Smashed Through a Guardrail.  That's Bad News for All of Us.  —  It's a nightmare situation on a highway: Your car hits a patch of ice and starts to skid.  Unable to regain control, you panic as you veer toward the roadway's edge.  —  In emergencies like this, guardrails provide a failsafe.
Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
Nikki Haley loses to ‘none of these candidates’ in the Nevada GOP primary  —  NBC News projects that more voters chose not to pick a candidate at all than back Haley.  Trump wasn't on the ballot, since he's participating in Thursday's caucus, instead.  —  Nikki Haley faced no major challenger Tuesday in Nevada's presidential primary.
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Adam Wren / Politico:
‘Literally off his rocker’: Why Trump is fixated on Indiana
Discussion: Raw Story
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory:
JPL Workforce Update  —  Workforce statement and memo to employees. … - I am directing most employees to work from home tomorrow, Wednesday, February 7, so everyone can be in a safe, comfortable environment on a stressful day. … - Tomorrow, leadership (mostly at the Division and Directorate level) …
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Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Shocking Fox News Moment Sees Guardian Angels Give Man ‘Pain Compliance’ On Live TV  —  “His mother back in Venezuela felt the vibrations,” the group's founder Curtis Sliwa boasted to Sean Hannity, adding the man is now “sucking concrete.”  —  LOADING  —  Fox News host Sean Hannity's interview …
Tesnim Zekeria / Popular Information:
Getting serious about wage theft  —  Over $203 million in wages were stolen by employers from nearly 127,000 workers in New York between 2017 and 2021, according to a report last year by Documented and ProPublica.  Of that amount, more than $52 million was stolen from people working in restaurants - the most in any industry.
Discussion: Documented
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Kremlin: We Reject All Western Media but Tucker Carlson Is Different  —  He's just not like those other Western journalists in one very important way, the Russian president's spokesman said.  —  The Kremlin confirmed Wednesday that an interview between Tucker Carlson and Vladimir Putin …
Alexander Tin / CBS News:
FDA says hands tied after suspect named in applesauce lead poisonings  —  Authorities in Ecuador have named a suspect in their investigation of now-recalled lead-tainted applesauce, which has been linked to poisonings of more than 400 Americans across 43 states, the Food and Drug Administration …
Discussion: WTOP News
William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
Jeanine Pirro Stuns Fox News Co-Hosts by Calling Black Colleague an ‘Oreo’  —  During a Fox News segment on how New York Mayor Eric Adams applauded his “chocolate” administration, things got a bit awkward.  —  Fox News host Jeanine Pirro called her Black colleague an “Oreo” …
Discussion: BizPac Review
 
 
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