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11:35 AM ET, February 4, 2024

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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Forget No Labels.  Biden's Third-Party Peril is on the Left.  —  LOS ANGELES — Memo to Democrats: It's not Nancy Jacobson who's disrupting President Joe Biden's speeches most every time he appears in public and it's also not Nancy Jacobson floating Robert F. Kennedy Jr. $15 million to help him get on general election ballots.
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New York Times:
South Carolina Democratic Primary Results  —  Joseph R. Biden Jr. wins the South Carolina Democratic primary.  —  Race called by The Associated Press.  —  Latest results from 16m ago  —  >95% of votes in  —  Democratic Primary  —  Candidate Votes Pct.  % Delegates Del.  —  126,321
Amanda Yen / The Daily Beast:
Biden Says This Is the ‘Weirdest Campaign Ever’ as Trump Suggests He's an Elvis Lookalike  —  He's also compared himself to the Mona Lisa for his ability to draw large, fawning crowds.  —  President Joe Biden on Saturday said the 2024 presidential race was “the weirdest campaign I've ever been engaged in” …
Discussion: Business Insider
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Biden hits Trump during campaign HQ speech: He's ‘not for anything’ and ‘against everything’  —  President Biden hit former President Trump Saturday, claiming the GOP front-runner doesn't “stand for anything,” during a stop at his campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Del., near his family home.
Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
Biden brings home first official win in South Carolina primary
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Biden easily wins first official Democratic primary in South Carolina
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Biden will win South Carolina Democratic primary, earning his first delegates of 2024, CNN projects
Discussion: DNyuz and The Guardian
U.S. Department of Defense:
Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on Coalition Strikes in Houthi-Controlled Areas of Yemen  —  Today, the militaries of the United States and the UK, with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, and New Zealand, conducted additional strikes …
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Associated Press:
US, Britain launch new strikes on Houthi sites in Yemen
Lara Seligman / Politico:
US and UK launch new attacks on Houthis in Yemen
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
When Joe Biden lost his purpose  —  Between his son's death and his presidential run, Biden cast about for meaning  —  Several months before Joe Biden left the vice presidency, Louis Freeh, the former FBI director, began messaging Hunter Biden in hopes of enticing his father into a business partnership.
Dov Lieber / Wall Street Journal:
The Israeli Firebrand Driving Netanyahu Further to the Right  —  Itamar Ben-Gvir spells out his plan for resettling Gaza during a rare interview and says Trump would be better for Israel than President Biden  —  BNEI BRAK, Israel—As Israel and the U.S. wrestle over a deal to free …
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Trump's team worries about a hollow victory in Nevada  —  Donald Trump is virtually assured of winning all 26 of the delegates available in Nevada's GOP caucuses Thursday, but his team is worried that the state's plan to hold a primary two days before the caucuses could wind up embarrassing the former president.
Elizabeth Weise / USA Today:
They hoped solar panels would secure the future of their farm.  Then their neighbors found out  —  GARDNER, Kansas − Donna Knoche made her way up to the podium at the Johnson County Commission hearing on June 6, 2022, her new yellow shirt crisp and her voice steady.
Trisha Ahmed / Associated Press:
South Dakota tribe bans governor from reservation over US-Mexico border remarks  —  A South Dakota tribe has banned Republican Gov. Kristi Noem from the Pine Ridge Reservation after she spoke this week about wanting to send razor wire and security personnel to Texas to help deter immigration …
Discussion: New York Post and RedState
Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Wisconsin Democrats inch closer to overturning Republican-drawn legislative maps  —  Wisconsin Democrats are inching closer to overturning Republican-drawn legislative maps that the GOP has used over the past 13 years to grow their majorities and advance their agenda.
John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
Nikki Haley Tries to Keep South Carolina From Ending Her Campaign  —  Former governor faces high expectations in her home state and the need to cut into deep-rooted support for Donald Trump  —  COLUMBIA, S.C.—When Nikki Haley announced her presidential bid almost a year ago …
John L. Dorman / Business Insider:
Kinzinger blasts Republican efforts to link border security with Ukraine funding: ‘The whole party has become a joke’  — Former GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger blasted the GOP for its attempt to tie Ukraine aid to border security.  — “It's not a serious party,” the former congressman told CNN's Christiane Amanpour.
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Shomari Stone / WTTG-TV:
Mike Gill, former Trump official, dies days after being shot in DMV carjacking spree  —  WASHINGTON - Mike Gill, a married father of three who was also a member of former President Donald Trump's administration, has died.  He was shot during a deadly carjacking rampage in Washington, D.C. last Monday night.
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court may look to the Civil War to resolve whether Trump can be on the ballot  —  Chief Justice Salmon Chase's handling of cases involving Confederate President Jefferson Davis and a Black man in Virginia help inform the Supreme Court ahead of Feb. 8 hearing.
Discussion: Thinking about and Twitchy
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Can Trump be on the ballot? It's the Supreme Court's biggest election test since Bush v. Gore
Discussion: Fox News and The Colorado Sun
 
 
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