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Abdallah Fayyad / Vox:
Trump is suddenly in need of a lot of cash. That's everyone's problem. — The former president was just ordered to pay $355 million in his New York fraud case, bringing the tally this year to nearly half a billion dollars in civil damages. — Two recent verdicts have now left Donald Trump …
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New York Times:
Trump Ordered to Pay $355 Million and Barred From New York Business — The ruling in Donald J. Trump's civil fraud case could cost him all his available cash. The judge said that the former president's “complete lack of contrition” bordered on pathological.
Volodymyr Verbianyi / Bloomberg:
Zelenskiy Invites Trump to Experience ‘Real War’ at Frontlines — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy invited Donald Trump to travel with him to the frontlines of Russia's full-scale invasion of his country so that the former US leader can experience “real war.”
Slate:
Trump and His Family Are Fined $355 Million for Fraud—and a Lack of Remorse That “Borders on Pathological” — The ruling, if upheld, marks the end of the Trump Organization as we know it. — New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron ordered Donald Trump to pay $355 million in fines …
Jake Offenhartz / Associated Press:
Trump's legal debts top a half-billion dollars. Will he have to pay? — A New York judge has ordered Donald Trump and his companies to pay $355 million. The judge found they engaged in a years-long scheme to dupe banks and others with financial statements that inflated his wealth. (Feb. 16)
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Molly Beck / Journal Sentinel:
Wisconsin fake elector tells ‘60 Minutes’ he was afraid of Trump supporters — MADISON - The former chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party in a new interview claims he sent Congress paperwork he signed posing as an elector for Donald Trump following the former president's 2020 election loss …
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Lauren Aratani / The Guardian:
Donald Trump ordered to pay over $350m in New York financial fraud case — Trump also banned from running any New York corporation or entity for three years in devastating blow for ex-president — Donald Trump, his eldest sons and associates have been ordered to pay over $350m by a New York judge …
Associated Press:
Verdict in Donald Trump's civil fraud trial expected Friday, capping busy week of court action
Verdict in Donald Trump's civil fraud trial expected Friday, capping busy week of court action
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Judge: Trump Org defendants' ‘complete’ lack of contrition ‘borders on pathological’
Judge: Trump Org defendants' ‘complete’ lack of contrition ‘borders on pathological’
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Fox News:
Trump barred from operating business, ordered to pay over $350 million in NY civil fraud case
Trump barred from operating business, ordered to pay over $350 million in NY civil fraud case
Reuters:
Trump hit with $354.9 million penalty, 3-year ban in NY civil fraud case
Trump hit with $354.9 million penalty, 3-year ban in NY civil fraud case
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NBC News:
Judge fines Donald Trump more than $360 million, bars him from running businesses in N.Y. for three years
Judge fines Donald Trump more than $360 million, bars him from running businesses in N.Y. for three years
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NBC News:
Trump campaign scrambles over abortion ban report as Democrats seize the moment
Trump campaign scrambles over abortion ban report as Democrats seize the moment
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Romney rules out voting for Trump, citing court's sexual abuse finding in Carroll case
Romney rules out voting for Trump, citing court's sexual abuse finding in Carroll case
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New York Times:
Trump Privately Expresses Support for a 16-Week Abortion Ban
Trump Privately Expresses Support for a 16-Week Abortion Ban
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NBC News:
Judge fines Donald Trump more than $350 million, bars him from running businesses in N.Y. for three years
Judge fines Donald Trump more than $350 million, bars him from running businesses in N.Y. for three years
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Biden campaign accuses Trump of trying to hide his abortion views
Biden campaign accuses Trump of trying to hide his abortion views
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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Democrat says Trump would ‘hand the keys over to Putin’ if reelected
Democrat says Trump would ‘hand the keys over to Putin’ if reelected
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Maura Reynolds / Politico:
One of Navalny's Closest Friends Mourns His Death, and Russia's Future — “For Putin, I think he got obsessed with this desire to break Navalny.” — Alexei Navalny didn't want to be a martyr. What he wanted, according to Yevgenia Albats, one of his closest friends, was to lead his country.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
No, Donald Trump is not America's Navalny — President Biden had been in office for less than a week before he first addressed Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who died in a penal colony on Friday. — A reporter from Reuters asked whether the new president would approve sanctions …
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Politico:
U.S. outrage at Navalny's death turns into a rallying cry
U.S. outrage at Navalny's death turns into a rallying cry
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Politico:
Biden, lawmakers hammer Ukraine aid holdouts after Navalny death
Biden, lawmakers hammer Ukraine aid holdouts after Navalny death
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Steve Holland / Reuters:
Biden to speak at noon on Navalny's death, White House says
Biden to speak at noon on Navalny's death, White House says
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Reuters:
Jailed Russian opposition leader Navalny is dead -prison service
Jailed Russian opposition leader Navalny is dead -prison service
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Matt Binder / Mashable:
The majority of traffic from Elon Musk's X may have been fake during the Super Bowl, report suggests — These numbers are legitimately shocking. … Also riding high from the big game? Elon Musk's X. The company formerly known as Twitter published its own press release …
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
GOP suffers ‘most spectacular embarrassment imaginable’ in anti-Biden case — The GOP's impeachment crusade against Joe Biden will continue, even after their star witness was charged with lying to the FBI, but it really shouldn't. — It's not exactly a secret that the impeachment crusade …
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Elie Honig / New York Magazine:
The Real Biden Documents Scandal (It's Not the Old-Man Stuff)
The Real Biden Documents Scandal (It's Not the Old-Man Stuff)
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Darragh Roche / Newsweek:
James Comer Faces Potential Investigation Over Lying FBI Source
James Comer Faces Potential Investigation Over Lying FBI Source
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Laura Kelly / The Hill:
GOP House chair: Johnson has no way out of Ukraine floor vote — The GOP chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee was bullish Friday on the chamber delivering U.S. military assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, despite the “brainwashing” of some within his caucus who oppose foreign spending …
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Lawrence K. Altman / STAT:
I've reported on the health of every president since Reagan. Here's what I think about Trump and Biden — When I interviewed Ronald Reagan about his health in 1980, he was 69 and poised to become the oldest person to be elected president. During our conversation, Reagan was mentally sharp.
US Department of Justice:
Retired FBI Special Agent in Charge Sentenced for Concealing Information from the FBI — For Immediate Release — Charles F. McGonigal Admitted to Receiving $225,000 Cash Payment — Charles F. McGonigal, 55, a former FBI Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office …
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Plans to Send Weapons to Israel Amid Biden Push for Cease-Fire Deal — Delivery would include bombs, precision-guidance kits and bomb fuses — ISTANBUL—The Biden administration is preparing to send bombs and other weapons to Israel that would add to its military arsenal …
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The Conversation:
Students lose out as cities and states give billions in property tax breaks to businesses − draining school budgets and especially hurting the poorest students — Built in 1910, James Elementary is a three-story brick school in Kansas City, Missouri's historic Northeast neighborhood …