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7:25 AM ET, February 21, 2024

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Associated Press:
Ex-FBI informant charged with lying about Bidens had Russian intelligence contacts, prosecutors say  —  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former FBI informant charged with making up a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden, his son Hunter and a Ukrainian energy company had contacts …
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Sareen Habeshian / Axios:
DOJ: FBI informant said Russian intelligence involved in Hunter Biden story … - Smirnov was indicted by a federal grand jury in the Central District of California after being arrested at the Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada.  — Prosecutors alleged Smirnov falsely told FBI agents …
Discussion: Political Wire
Robert Legare / CBS News:
Man accused of lying to FBI about Hunter Biden claimed he got fake information from Russian intelligence
Discussion: Raw Story
Dan Morrison / USA Today:   Indicted Biden accuser had ‘extensive’ contacts with Russian intel, prosecutors say
Hannah Rabinowitz / CNN:
Indicted ex-FBI informant told investigators he got Hunter Biden dirt from Russian intelligence officials
Edith Olmsted / The Daily Beast:
GOP's Biden Impeachment Witness Told Feds He Got Stories From Russian Officials
Discussion: Raw Story
Jake Traylor / NBC News:
Donald Trump says he doesn't know if he could work with Mitch McConnell if re-elected  —  The Senate GOP leader and the former president, once allies, split after the Jan. 6 attack.  —  GREENVILLE, S.C. — Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he was uncertain if he could work …
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Politico:
Haley vows not to drop out, calls Trump ‘meaner and more offensive by the day’
ABC News:
Letitia James says she's prepared to seize Trump's buildings if he can't pay his $354M civil fraud fine  —  The New York attorney general made the remarks in an interview with ABC News.  —  Attorney General Letitia James arrives for a press conference following a verdict …
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Alito renews criticism of Supreme Court's same-sex marriage ruling in rejecting Missouri jury case  —  Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito renewed his criticism Tuesday of the high court's landmark same-sex marriage ruling, addressing it in a five-page statement as part of an order explaining …
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Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Justice Alito Renews Criticism of Landmark Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage
Discussion: Raw Story and Los Angeles Blade
Maureen Groppe / USA Today:
Alito says he was right to fear that opponents of gay marriage would be treated as bigots
Discussion: New Republic, Slate and NBC News
Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
Scoop: GOP privately expects government shutdown … - “People are predicting a shutdown even if it's just for a few days,” a GOP lawmaker recently told Axios.  — They're either “close to reaching a deal or it's about to blow up,” one subcommittee chair recently told a fellow House Republican.
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Times
Bevan Hurley / The Independent:
Oklahoma banned trans students from bathrooms.  Now a bullied student is dead after a fight  —  Nex Benedict died one day after a fight in a school bathroom.  Their mother Sue Benedict tells Bevan Hurley that the gender fluid teenager endured more than a year of abuse simply for being who they were
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Nex Benedict matters  —  Judd Legum, Tesnim Zekeria, and Rebecca Crosby  —  Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old Oklahoma sophomore, died on February 8.  Nex, who was non-binary, was attacked in an Owasso High School bathroom the previous day, sustaining serious head injuries.
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Trump's G.O.P. Is a Confederacy of Fakers  —  I've got a suggestion for the next Trump-G.O.P. fund-raising scheme.  You know how sports memorabilia stores sometimes sell basketballs autographed by an entire N.B.A. team?  Well, I was imagining that Donald Trump could sell white flags at $1,000 …
Discussion: Vanity Fair, DCCC and Washingtonian
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump's Cash Crunch Just Got Much, Much Worse  —  New federal campaign finance filings reveal that Trump is burning through donors' funds as he struggles to fund his legal defense and his 2024 campaign.  —  As Donald Trump's legal troubles consume more and more of his time …
Discussion: USA Today, Semafor, Politico and Raw Story
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Politico:
Trump leadership PAC spent nearly $3M on legal bills in January
Discussion: Reuters
Slate:
Aileen Cannon Might Actually Get Herself Kicked Off the Trump Classified Docs Case  —  The recent news about possible Russian space nukes reminds us that we live in a very insecure world.  That is why perhaps none of Donald Trump's four criminal cases is more troubling than the federal prosecution brought …
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Shock, anger, confusion grip Alabama after court ruling on embryos  —  Alabama doctors are puzzled over whether they will have to make changes to in vitro fertilization procedures.  Couples have crammed into online support groups wondering if they should transfer frozen embryos out of state.
Mark Jacob / Stop the Presses:
Is the New York Times neutral on the future of democracy?  —  Does the New York Times care if democracy survives?  —  I ask this question sincerely, because the Times' political coverage sometimes makes me wonder.  —  On most subjects, the Times' values are transparent.
Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
Biden Cancels $1.2 Billion of Federal Student Loans  — Relief benefits first 150,000 under plan announced last month  — Americans receiving debt relief will get email from Biden  —  President Joe Biden's administration announced that more than 150,000 borrowers will receive $1.2 billion …
Piper Hudspeth Blackburn / CNN:
Georgia Gov. Kemp reveals he was interviewed by special counsel in 2020 election interference case  —  Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, who resisted intense pressure from former President Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 election results in his state, revealed Tuesday that he has been interviewed …
Washington Post:
Trump and allies plotting militarized mass deportations, detention camps  —  As president, Trump sought to use military planes and bases for deportation.  Now, he and his allies are talking about a new effort that current and former officials warn could be impractical and dangerous.
Discussion: NBC News
Politico:
‘Exhibit A for term limits’: Some Democrats question Rep. David Scott's reelection bid  —  The decision by the top Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee to seek a 12th term sets up a clash over who will oversee farm and anti-hunger policy for the party next Congress.
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Iran accuses Israel of sabotage attack that saw explosions strike natural gas pipeline  —  An Israeli sabotage attack on an Iranian natural gas pipeline caused the multiple explosions that struck it a week ago, Iran's oil minister alleged Wednesday, further raising tensions between …
Alex Wolf / Bloomberg Law:
Alex Jones Estate Liquidation Gets Sandy Hook Families' Vote  —  Search by Law Firm Search by Topic  —  The families of Sandy Hook school shooting victims voted overwhelmingly in favor of a plan to wrap up Alex Jones' bankruptcy proceedings by liquidating the right wing talk show host's assets.
Justin Miller / The Texas Observer:
Abbott's Border Military Base Could Cost Texans $500 Million  —  Last Friday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott held a press conference in Eagle Pass, the border town he has turned into a militarized staging ground for his standoff with the feds.  It was his third such press conference in as many weeks.
Discussion: Fox News
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
White House: Johnson not serious about backing allies after he claimed Biden called for cease-fire  —  The White House called Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) not serious about backing the United States' allies after the speaker released a statement claiming the President Biden called for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war.
 
 
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Allison Hantschel / Dame Magazine:
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NBC News:
Hunter Biden asks judge to dismiss tax charges, arguing that prosecutors bowed to political pressure
Discussion: ABC News, Politico and Associated Press
Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Border Patrol's second-highest official opts to retire amid sexual misconduct allegations
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Discussion: Associated Press and KTAR.com
NBC News:
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María Luisa Paúl / Washington Post:
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
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