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RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel announces her resignation — Former President Donald Trump has already endorsed a new slate of leaders at the Republican National Committee ahead of the general election. — WASHINGTON — Ronna McDaniel said Monday that she will step down next month as chairwoman …
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Politico:
The prospect of a second Trump presidency has the intelligence community on edge — Trump sought major changes at the intel agencies in his first term; former officials say he could be more radical in a second. — Former top officials from Donald Trump's administration are warning …
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Raw Story, The Dispatch and Political Wire
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Ronna McDaniel, the R.N.C.'s Top Official, Plans to Step Down on March 8 — The chairwoman of the Republican National Committee said on Monday that she would step down in just over a week, as former President Donald J. Trump seeks to install a new handpicked leader for the national party ahead of the general election this fall.
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Politico:
Playbook: Spending talks go off the rails
Playbook: Spending talks go off the rails
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Washington Examiner and The Daily Caller
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Three Theories for Why Trump's Primary Results Are Not Matching Expectations — He has underperformed the polls in each of the first three contests. — It's still early in the primary season, but a whiff of a possible polling error is already in the air.
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The Moderate Voice, Fox News, New York Magazine and CBS News
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Jay Kuo / The Status Kuo:
Status Report: Warning Signs for Trump
Status Report: Warning Signs for Trump
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Michigan 2024 Poll: Trump 46%, Biden 44%
Michigan 2024 Poll: Trump 46%, Biden 44%
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Washington Examiner, The Hill, CNN and Political Wire
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Koch network stops spending on Nikki Haley's presidential campaign — Americans for Prosperity Action said it had to “take stock” after Haley's loss in South Carolina. — Americans For Prosperity Action, the powerful conservative group supporting Nikki Haley in the Republican presidential primary …
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New York Times:
Months After Backing Haley, Koch Network Suspends Support for Her Campaign
Months After Backing Haley, Koch Network Suspends Support for Her Campaign
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NPR, The Hill, CBS News, Talking Points Memo and HuffPost
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Haley isn't dropping out. But the end may be near.
Haley isn't dropping out. But the end may be near.
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Breitbart, RedState, Vanity Fair, Fox News, NewsNation, Washington Post and Talking Points Memo
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Smoke and mirrors: What Republicans are really saying about IVF — On February 16, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are “children,” and fertility clinics that destroy frozen embryos could be sued under Alabama's Wrongful Death of a Minor Act.
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Business Insider, The Daily Beast, Axios, Plain Dealer, Politico, The Hill and New York Daily News
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Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Republicans Struggle to Respond as Democrats Emphasize the Alabama I.V.F. Ruling
Republicans Struggle to Respond as Democrats Emphasize the Alabama I.V.F. Ruling
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The Hill, ABC13, CNN and Rolling Stone
Ibrahim Dahman / CNN:
Palestinian Authority prime minister and government resign — Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh and his government have submitted their resignations, he announced Monday. — “I would like to inform the honorable council and our great people that I placed …
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Ali Sawafta / Reuters:
Palestinian Prime Minister Shtayyeh resigns
Palestinian Prime Minister Shtayyeh resigns
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The Guardian, The Times of Israel, Bloomberg, The Japan Times and Al Jazeera
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
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emptywheel and Washington Post
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Zelensky: JD Vance must understand ‘millions will be killed’ without US aid to Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that “millions will be killed” in his country's war with Russia without additional funding from the United States. — CNN's Kaitlan Collins asked Zelensky …
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CNN, The Kyiv Independent and Breitbart
Seung Min Kim / Associated Press:
Biden is summoning congressional leaders to the White House to talk Ukraine and government funding — President Joe Biden will convene the top four congressional leaders at the White House on Tuesday to press lawmakers on passing an emergency aid package for Ukraine and Israel …
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HotAir, Wall Street Journal, Punchbowl News, CBS News, NBC News, Balloon Juice, Axios, The Hill, Bloomberg, New York Post, Political Wire, Plain Dealer, ABC News and Politico
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Aris Folley / The Hill:
Lawmakers fail to reach deal with partial shutdown looming
Lawmakers fail to reach deal with partial shutdown looming
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CNN, CBS News, Politico, Senate Democratic Leadership, Washington Post and Bloomberg
Aris Folley / The Hill:
Lawmakers fail to reach deal with partial shutdown looming
Lawmakers fail to reach deal with partial shutdown looming
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Washington Examiner, Roll Call, New York Times and Plain Dealer
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Exclusive: Hunter Biden sees his sobriety as key to keeping Trump from winning … - “Most importantly, you have to believe that you're worth the work, or you'll never be able to get sober. … “I have always been in awe of people who have stayed clean and sober through tragedies and obstacles few people ever face.
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Washington Examiner, The Hill, Fox News, RedState, Mediaite and JONATHAN TURLEY
Riley Rogerson / The Daily Beast:
GOP Sen. Rick Scott Is Uniquely Unpopular in Florida. Can Dems Capitalize? — In an exclusive interview, former Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL) lays out her case for why she can beat Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) this year. … It's no secret that Florida Democrats hate Sen. Rick Scott.
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Raw Story
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Republican Opposition to Birth Control Bill Could Alienate Voters, Poll Finds — A survey conducted by Americans for Contraception shows the overwhelming popularity of birth control, and suggests voters are primed to punish Republicans for opposing a measure to protect access to it.
Kavitha Surana / ProPublica:
Inside the Internal Debates of a Hospital Abortion Committee — Post-Roe America: Abortion Access Divides the Nation — After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending nearly 50 years of federal protection for abortion, some states began enforcing strict abortion bans while others became new havens for the procedure.
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The Hill and New Yorker
NBC News:
Russia's 2024 election interference has already begun — Moscow is spreading disinformation about Joe Biden and other Democrats to lessen U.S. military aid to Ukraine and U.S. support for NATO, former U.S. officials and cyber experts say. — Russia is already spreading disinformation …
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BizPac Review, Mediaite and Washington Examiner