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Ezra Klein / New York Times:
Fine, Call It a Comeback — If the Joe Biden who showed up to deliver the State of the Union address last week is the Joe Biden who shows up for the rest of the campaign, you're not going to have any more of those weak-kneed pundits suggesting he's not up to running for re-election. Here's hoping he does.
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Frontpage Mag, Washington Examiner, The Guardian and Bloomberg
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
NYT columnist calls Biden SOTU speech a ‘comeback’ after saying he should not run — New York Times columnist Ezra Klein walked back his previous demands for President Biden not to run for reelection, calling his State of the Union speech a “comeback” for his electoral hopes on Sunday.
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The Guardian and Political Wire
New York Times:
Election Updates: Trump mocks and attacks Biden as the two ended their frenzied week in Georgia, kicking off the general election campaign.
Election Updates: Trump mocks and attacks Biden as the two ended their frenzied week in Georgia, kicking off the general election campaign.
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NBC News, Digby's Hullabaloo, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, RTÉ, Breitbart, MeidasTouch, The Hill, Bloomberg, Raw Story, CNN, ABC News, CBS News, Wall Street Journal, NewsNation and NPR
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Biden breaks with Netanyahu but sticks with Israel
Biden breaks with Netanyahu but sticks with Israel
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MSNBC, Frontpage Mag, HotAir, Fox News, Washington Post, Middle East Monitor, New York Post, Power Line, MeidasTouch, Breitbart, Business Insider and Israpundit
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Byron Donalds finds it ‘disgusting’ that Biden scolded Supreme Court during SOTU
Byron Donalds finds it ‘disgusting’ that Biden scolded Supreme Court during SOTU
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Axios
Fox News:
House Speaker Johnson chastises Biden for apology to Laken Riley murder suspect: ‘What an embarrassment’
House Speaker Johnson chastises Biden for apology to Laken Riley murder suspect: ‘What an embarrassment’
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The Gateway Pundit, RedState and New York Post
NBC News:
Biden team brings in $10 million in the 24 hours after the State of the Union
Biden team brings in $10 million in the 24 hours after the State of the Union
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Washington Examiner, Florida Politics, DNyuz, National Review, Mother Jones, Bloomberg, The Hill and Blue Virginia
Ivana Saric / Axios:
Sanders: U.S. putting conditions on aid for Israel would be “the right thing to do”
Sanders: U.S. putting conditions on aid for Israel would be “the right thing to do”
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Johnson, Scott hit Biden for walking back ‘illegal’ remark: ‘The president is cowering to his base’
Johnson, Scott hit Biden for walking back ‘illegal’ remark: ‘The president is cowering to his base’
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Washington Examiner, Washington Times, Trending Politics Conservative, Power Line, Twitchy, DNyuz, HuffPost, Breitbart and NBC News
George Chidi / The Guardian:
Biden hits out at Trump in Georgia rally: 'He's been sucking up to dictators all over the world'
Biden hits out at Trump in Georgia rally: 'He's been sucking up to dictators all over the world'
Meredith Deliso / ABC News:
Americans split on who they trust to do a better job as president: POLL
Americans split on who they trust to do a better job as president: POLL
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The Hill and Political Wire
Maria Bustillos / Flaming Hydra:
There should be newspapers that we work at where we do this — Katie Britt, the Republican junior United States senator from Alabama, became a national punchline Thursday night by delivering a deeply bizarre and disastrous State of the Union rebuttal. Social media was already going nuts …
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Washington Examiner
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Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Confronts Katie Britt on Falsely Connecting Biden to Sex-Trafficking Story — Sen. Britt dodged the question and tried to defend her false linkage of President Biden to a horrible, decades-old sex-trafficking story. — Even when confronted by Fox News on Sunday morning …
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Rolling Stone, DNyuz and The Guardian
Jay Kuo / The Status Kuo:
Status Report: The Katie Britt Lie
Status Report: The Katie Britt Lie
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New York Times, PoliticusUSA, HuffPost, New York Post, TMZ.com, Raw Story, NBC Bay Area, Breitbart, The Hill, MeidasTouch, al.com, DNyuz, Washington Post, CNBC and The Hollywood Reporter
Emily Wagster Pettus / Associated Press:
Katie Britt used decades-old example of rapes in Mexico as Republican attack on Biden border policy
Katie Britt used decades-old example of rapes in Mexico as Republican attack on Biden border policy
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Politico:
Netanyahu vows to defy Biden's ‘red line’ and invade Rafah — Israel PM insists his priority is to prevent another terror attack like the Oct. 7 Hamas raid. — Paul Ronzheimer is the deputy editor-in-chief of BILD and a senior journalist reporting for Axel Springer, the parent company of POLITICO.
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Politico:
Netanyahu denies Palestinians are starving — Numerous world leaders and humanitarian charities have criticized Israel for not letting enough food aid into Gaza. — Paul Ronzheimer is the deputy editor-in-chief of BILD and a senior journalist reporting for Axel Springer, the parent company of POLITICO.
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New York Times, Task & Purpose, DNyuz, Breitbart and The Guardian
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Trump campaign insider recounts failed hunt for 2020 fraud in new book — Ken Block, an expert hired by the campaign, writes that he shot down false claim after false claim in an election that was not stolen — The December 2020 claim of voter fraud was explosive, if true …
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Raw Story
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Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert / Business Insider:
The Trump campaign paid an expert $750,000 to find fraud in the 2020 election, only for him to dismiss their complaints in minutes — A new book sheds light on the lengths Trump's campaign went to find fraud in the 2020 election. — Ken Block, a software engineer, revealed he was paid about $750,000 to help conduct the search.
New York Times:
Elon Musk Has a Giant Charity. Its Money Stays Close to Home. — After making billions in tax-deductible donations to his philanthropy, the owner of Tesla and SpaceX gave away far less than required in some years — and what he did give often supported his own interests.
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The Daily Beast and Wall Street Journal
Associated Press:
Trump supporters hoping to oust Wisconsin leader say they have enough signatures to force recall — Backers of an effort to oust Wisconsin Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos from office over his opposition to former President Donald Trump announced Sunday that they've collected enough signatures to force a recall vote.
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The Gateway Pundit, Political Wire and Breitbart
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Nancy Mace explodes at ABC host for rape ‘shaming’ her for supporting rapist Donald Trump — Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) exploded at ABC host George Stephanopoulos on Sunday after he asked why she supported Donald Trump after he was found liable for sexual assault.
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Kimmel knocks Britt for SOTU rebuttal at Oscars: She's an ‘adult woman with the brain of a child’ — Jimmy Kimmel is taking a knock at Sen. Katie Britt at the Academy Awards for the Alabama Republican's much-mocked State of the Union rebuttal. — The late-night TV host took to the stage …
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al.com, Breitbart and The Atlantic
Steve Janoski / New York Post:
Republican politico accused of ‘sexual torture’ and murder of pal in Alabama — A well-known GOP politico in Alabama has been charged with the “sexual torture” and murder of a man he knew. — Kyle Hayden Lewter, 36, allegedly killed Derek Franklin Walls, 54, of Harvest, Alabama …
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DNyuz, Law & Crime, WAFF-TV and al.com
Reuters:
Ukraine minister, responding to Pope Francis, says Kyiv will never raise white flag — Ukraine's foreign minister, responding to Pope Francis's call to show “the courage of the white flag” and negotiate an end to the war with Russia, said on Sunday that Kyiv would never capitulate and told …
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Axios, Associated Press, Fox News, New York Post, RedState, UPI, Al Jazeera, DNyuz, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, vaticannews.va and Reuters
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Forget ‘polarization.’ It's the GOP's radicalization. — The notion that the United States is “polarized” into two conflicting, equally stubborn and extreme camps infects much of the mainstream news coverage and everyday chatter about politics. Washington is “broken.” “Gridlock” is a problem.
Axios:
Democrats attack Senate GOP's wealthy “carpetbagger” candidates … - It's not unusual to see candidates move to the state they want to run in, but “carpetbagger” attacks can be potent. … - Democrats also hope to use the wealth of Republican candidates to convey the message that the GOP …