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7:20 AM ET, February 6, 2024

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Washington Post:
Border-for-Ukraine deal on life support as GOP opposition mounts  —  House speaker calls it ‘DEAD’ while GOP senators start to defect en masse ahead of Wednesday vote  —  A bipartisan package of border reforms and funding for Ukraine and Israel appeared close to collapse on Monday …
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Nicole Narea / Vox:
Democrats are trying to pass a right-wing border bill, but the GOP won't let them  —  Senate negotiations revealed what some Democrats are willing to give up on immigration in 2024.  —  A bipartisan group of Senate negotiators has reached a $118 billion deal that trades sweeping border security measures …
Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
In Huge Reversal, GOP Poised To Kill The Border-Ukraine Package It Demanded  —  Republican Sen. James Lankford, who spent months negotiating the border provisions the GOP demanded, said he may vote against his own bill this week.  —  LOADING  —  WASHINGTON ― Senate Republicans …
Politico:
Playbook: ‘Everything is dead’  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  JUST POSTED — “Is Antony Blinken Too Nice to be Secretary of State?” by Nahal Toosi: “The secretary of State has shown ... quiet fury in private these last few months …
Discussion: Bloomberg and Washington Examiner
William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
Trump Now Falsely Claims He Didn't Endorse Immigration Bill Co-Author  —  Oklahoma Senator James Lankford, who helped draw up the immigration bill that Trump hates, received Trump's “Complete and Total Endorsement” in 2022.  —  Donald Trump said during an interview Monday that he did not endorse …
Politico:
Our border deal whip count: It's halfway to getting blocked  —  Presented by With assists from POLITICO's Congress team  —  MAKE OR BREAK TIME FOR BORDER DEAL  —  Senate negotiators have two days to get to 60 votes on their $118 billion-plus proposal to pair major immigration policy changes with aid to Ukraine and Israel.
Discussion: Associated Press
NBC News:
Trump says he wants to debate Biden  —  The Republican National Committee decided in 2022 to withdraw from the quadrennial events set up by the Commission on Presidential Debates.  —  Former President Donald Trump said Monday that he wants to debate President Joe Biden ahead of November's general election.
Politico:
Detention and that border ‘shutdown’: What's really in Biden's bipartisan immigration deal
Politico:   Dems gear up for final stretch on judges — worrying they won't catch Trump
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Speaker Johnson: Border bill is ‘even worse than we expected’
John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
Nikki Haley Asks for Secret Service Protection After Increase in Threats  —  Former South Carolina governor is final hurdle between Trump and the Republican presidential nomination  —  AIKEN, S. C.—Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has applied for Secret Service protection …
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Sean Coughlan / BBC:
King Charles III diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace says  —  King Charles has been diagnosed with a form of cancer, says Buckingham Palace.  —  The type of cancer has not been revealed - it is not prostate cancer, but was discovered during his recent treatment for an enlarged prostate.
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Matt Honeycombe-Foster / Politico:
King Charles III has cancer
Sandra Fish / The Colorado Sun:
Lauren Boebert gets restraining order against her ex-husband  —  U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert asked for and received a temporary restraining order Friday against her ex-husband, Jayson Boebert.  —  The order also covers three of the former couple's four sons.  —  In requesting the order …
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Sheila Flynn / The Independent:
Lauren Boebert abandoned her district and voters are rejoicing
Discussion: Raw Story
Jennifer McRae / CBS News:
Lauren Boebert granted restraining order against ex-husband in Colorado
Discussion: DNyuz and Political Wire
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The White House:
Remarks by President Biden at a Campaign Event | Las Vegas, NV
Discussion: HuffPost and New York Post
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Jordan Rubin / MSNBC:
Why Jack Smith wants to ‘clear the air’ in the classified documents case  —  Donald Trump “paints an inaccurate and distorted picture of events,” the special counsel tells Judge Aileen Cannon.  Will she care?  —  Though the classified documents case is playing out partly behind closed doors …
Rick Reilly / Washington Post:
Look who moved in Nextdoor: another spying, suspicious, paranoid snoop  —  Are you bummed you weren't around when the Stasi ruled?  Do you wish you could've been one of Mao Zedong's millions of neighborhood snitches?  Maybe watch the Red Guards drag off your least favorite aunt?
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Larry David Breaks Georgia's Voting Law in ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’  —  Comedy's crankiest star usually breaks social norms.  This time, he ran afoul of voting legislation passed in Georgia in 2021.  —  Television comedies like “Veep” and “Parks and Recreation” have long poked fun …
Raymond Zhong / New York Times:
Scientists Use Sea Sponges to Study Global Warming Back to 1700  —  Research on a long-lived but rarely seen species in the Caribbean is helping scientists piece together a revised history of climate change.  —  Since the dawn of the industrial age, our species has warmed the planet …
Discussion: Grist, Associated Press, DNyuz and NBC News
Garrett Epps / Washington Monthly:
It's Not Just the Border: The Trump-Abbott-Republican Nullification Crisis Is Here  —  Not since the meek accountant in the back of the courtroom leapt up and screamed, “Stop, Perry Mason!  I did it!  I killed him, and I'm GLAD!” has a suspect been quite so eager to confess his crimes as Donald J. Trump.
Discussion: HuffPost
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Politico:
Supreme Court Shocker? Here's What Happens if Trump Gets Kicked Off the Ballot
 
 
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Daniel Villarreal / LGBTQ Nation:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders appoints man who had sex with a minor to top state post
Abby Vesoulis / Mother Jones:
A GOP Senate Candidate Blames “Liberal” Judges for His Labor Violations. Just One Problem With That.
Rasmussen Reports:
59% See Biden in Mental Decline
Discussion: Breitbart and Washington Examiner
 Earlier Items: 
Kyle Morris / Fox News:
Kristi Noem shares vision for America in new book amid speculation about running as Trump's VP
Reuters:
Kremlin gives nothing away about why Tucker Carlson might be in Russia
Washington Post:
Luxury spending, internal strife leave NRA staggering into 2024 election
Andrew Perez / Rolling Stone:
Republicans Are Planning to Totally Privatize Medicare — And Fast
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo, STAT and Democrats
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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