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Michelle Cottle / New York Times:
Spare Us Lara Trump — Well, that was fast! Donald Trump is not yet the Republican nominee for president, but already we're witnessing a resurgence of the in-your-face nepotism that brought us last decade's cringe-worthy reality show: Javanka in the West Wing.
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Judge Rules Full Speed Ahead on Trump's Manhattan Criminal Trial — Donald Trump tried to avoid trial in Manhattan for covering up his hush money payment to Stormy Daniels, but a judge on Thursday said it's going forward in March as planned. — Donald Trump will face trial next month …
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
The Truth About Trump's RNC Shakeup—and Why the GOP Will Suffer — A shakeup at the RNC may mean less money for anyone not named Donald Trump. And that's terrible news for state parties desperate for cash. … Donald Trump doesn't want his snowballing legal troubles to just be his problem …
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Politico:
Senior Republicans fear Trump will tap the RNC to cover legal bills again
Senior Republicans fear Trump will tap the RNC to cover legal bills again
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Raw Story, Bloomberg, Washington Examiner and Patterico's Pontifications
Washington Post:
Trump hearings in N.Y., Georgia on Thursday as trial schedule comes into focus
Trump hearings in N.Y., Georgia on Thursday as trial schedule comes into focus
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The Hill, The Guardian and Press Herald
Associated Press:
Special counsel asks Supreme Court to let Trump's 2020 election case proceed to trial without delay
Special counsel asks Supreme Court to let Trump's 2020 election case proceed to trial without delay
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
The Trauma of the Trump Years Is Being Rewritten
The Trauma of the Trump Years Is Being Rewritten
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Constitutional … and Daily Kos
Maureen Groppe / USA Today:
Special Counsel asks Supreme Court not to delay Trump's election interference trial
Special Counsel asks Supreme Court not to delay Trump's election interference trial
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Roll Call and The Mahablog
Joe Stanley-Smith / Politico:
Putin says Biden would be better for Russia as president than Trump — Russian president also dismissed criticism of Joe Biden's mental fitness. — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday Joe Biden would be better for Russia as president than Donald Trump, ahead of a potential rematch between …
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Michael Gold / New York Times:
After Fighting Ukraine Aid, Trump Says Biden Will ‘Give’ Ukraine to Putin — Donald Trump suggested he would do more to protect the country from Russia, seeking to flip the script on the president, who has been calling for more military aid for months. — For many months …
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Marianne LeVine / Washington Post:
Trump ramps up calls to Congress to impeach Biden
Trump ramps up calls to Congress to impeach Biden
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Pjotr Sauer / The Guardian:
Putin says he prefers Biden to Trump and mocks Tucker Carlson's questions
Putin says he prefers Biden to Trump and mocks Tucker Carlson's questions
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Punchbowl News:
2/15/24 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM … Just this week, Speaker Mike Johnson has: … This is the most chaotic, inefficient and ineffective majority we've seen in decades covering Congress. It started this way under former Speaker Kevin McCarthy and has gotten worse under Johnson.
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ABC News:
White House to brief lawmakers as House chairman warns of ‘serious national security threat’
White House to brief lawmakers as House chairman warns of ‘serious national security threat’
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Reuters:
US warned allies about Russian space, nuclear capabilities, source says
US warned allies about Russian space, nuclear capabilities, source says
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Politico:
The ‘disturbing’ intel roiling the Hill is about Russian nukes in space
The ‘disturbing’ intel roiling the Hill is about Russian nukes in space
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Reuters, Pravda EN, DNyuz and MeidasTouch
CNN:
House Intel Chairman announces ‘serious national security threat,’ sources say it is related to Russia
House Intel Chairman announces ‘serious national security threat,’ sources say it is related to Russia
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Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Biden attacked Hur for asking him when Beau died. That didn't happen, sources say. — The president raised his son's death after being asked about his workflow at a Virginia rental home, where he said he found classified materials, two sources said. — President Joe Biden lashed …
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: Hur making plans to testify to GOP panel about Biden … - Biden, his White House and his personal lawyer have been bashing Hur over his report, which cleared Biden of criminal wrongdoing but painted the president, 81, as having “diminished faculties” and a “poor memory.”
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Arizona GOP introduces resolution to declare Trump 2024 winner regardless of the vote — Republicans in the Arizona House of Representatives have introduced a resolution that would seek to declare former President Donald Trump the winner of the 2024 presidential election …
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Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
Republicans Are Acting Like 2024 Is Their Last Campaign
Republicans Are Acting Like 2024 Is Their Last Campaign
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HuffPost, Benzinga, The Daily Beast and NBC News
Arizona Daily Star:
Tucson school district drops instructor after OnlyFans exposure — The woman who resigned as head of an NAACP chapter in 2015 after mispresenting herself as Black, Rachel Dolezal, was working for the Catalina Foothills Unified School District until its officials learned Tuesday of social media content under her current name.
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Russ Bynum / Associated Press:
Conservative group tells judge it has no evidence to back its claims of Georgia ballot stuffing — A conservative group has told a Georgia judge that it doesn't have evidence to support its claims of illegal ballot stuffing during the the 2020 general election and a runoff two months later.
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National Archives:
Updated: Incident at National Archives Rotunda Closes Galleries to Public — Press Release — The National Archives Rotunda and galleries in Washington, DC, closed to the public today after two individuals dumped red powder on the encasement protecting the U.S. Constitution at approximately 2:30 pm.
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Will Oremus / Washington Post:
The biggest online threat to 2024 elections isn't AI — Happy Valentine's Day. Remember when asking AI to generate candy hearts resulted in delightfully incoherent messages like “U hack” and “Sweat poo?” Those were simpler times. Send news tips and ersatz love letters to: will.oremus@washpost.com.
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Edith Olmsted / The Daily Beast:
Huma Abedin Reveals Relationship with George Soros' Son Alex — Hilary Clinton's longtime aide reshared a photo showing the two cuddled-up in a booth at a restaurant in Paris. — Hilary Clinton's longtime aide Huma Abedin has apparently moved on from her scandal-scarred ex-husband Anthony Weiner …
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Democrats look to Nebraska to shore up Biden's blue wall — Population shifts since 2020 have decreased the power of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania to guarantee Democratic victory — The Democratic Party's blue wall around the Great Lakes has sprung a leak since the 2020 Census.
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Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
Powerful House GOP chair retiring after Mayorkas impeachment … - Green's decision to retire comes on the same week as the House voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. — Green joins House Appropriations Committee Chair Kay Granger (R-Texas) …
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Courtenay Brown / Axios:
America's poorer counties are new investment boomtowns: study — There's an unprecedented building boom underway in America. With it has come a less-noticed phenomenon: a surge of investment into communities left behind in the last economic expansion.
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
How Senate Democrats Flipped the Border Issue on Republicans — Senator Chuck Schumer was wary of tying immigration policy to emergency aid for Ukraine, but he saw an opening to address border turmoil that was becoming a political liability — and to call Republicans' bluff.
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
In New York Win, Democrats Sense a Pivot on Immigration and Border Politics
In New York Win, Democrats Sense a Pivot on Immigration and Border Politics
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Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn:
ASSISTANT DEMOCRATIC LEADER CLYBURN STATEMENT ON HOUSE LEADERSHIP ROLE — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. House Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn released the following statement on his decision to step down from House Democratic leadership: — “I have informed Leader Hakeem Jeffries …
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Jim Clyburn steps down from House Democratic leadership role
Jim Clyburn steps down from House Democratic leadership role
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