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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Media creates Biden “fitness” crisis  —  Robert Hur, the Republican special prosecutor assigned to investigate President Biden, is a lawyer, not a doctor.  On Thursday, Hur issued a lengthy report that came to the legal conclusion that charges against Biden for mishandling classified materials were not warranted.
Discussion: New York Times and CBS News
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Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
The Only Mental Acuity I'm Questioning These Days Is the Mainstream Media's  —  Well, of course both The New York Times and The Washington Post led with stories Saturday morning about Joe Biden's age and mental acuity.  The story of special counsel Robert Hur's report and its petty rhetoric …
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
‘But His Memory’ and the slow train wreck of American democracy  —  Some night around the year 2064, when the ragtag children of the last historians huddle around a cave fire and mix up some berries and the blood of their groundhog dinner to paint crude images of what the heck ever happened …
Bloomberg:
In Trump-Biden Rematch, the Only Sure Loser Is China
Discussion: National Review and Political Wire
Kelby Vera / HuffPost:
Donald Trump: Taylor Swift Is ‘Disloyal’ If She Endorses President Biden
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Trump says 'there's no way' Taylor Swift will endorse Biden
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Jack Smith's Subtle Shot at Trump Mar-a-Lago Judge Aileen Cannon  —  Federal prosecutors working on the Donald Trump Mar-a-Lago documents case are trying to convince Judge Aileen Cannon by pointing to cases she worked on at the DOJ.  —  Faced with a federal judge in the Donald Trump Mar …
Discussion: Raw Story and Business Insider
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New York Times:
Trump Faces Fraud Trial Ruling and Criminal Trial Hearing in NY Next Week  —  Donald Trump faces a ruling in a civil fraud case that could drain his cash coffers.  He may also receive a court date for what would be the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president.
Discussion: The Guardian and Reason
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump attends Florida hearing in special counsel classified documents case  — Former President Donald Trump arrived at a federal court in Florida for a sealed hearing.  — The Republican is charged in a criminal case there with retaining classified government documents are leaving the White House.
Axios:
Exclusive: How Biden botched the border  —  Aboard Air Force One en route to tour the southern border in January 2023, President Biden sat at the head of his conference table and exploded with fury.  — The president lit into his team, which included then-Deputy Chief of Staff Jen O'Malley Dillon …
Discussion: Fox News, The Daily Caller and Mediaite
J.D. Vance / The American Conservative:
The Republican Plot Against Donald Trump  —  The Republican Plot Against Donald Trump  —  The inside story of how Congress is pursuing endless war in Ukraine—and trying to stop a Trump election.  —  This weekend, Senate Democrats (joined by a few Republicans, including most Republican leadership) …
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
‘We have to get this done’: A top House Republican pushes for Ukraine aid, stat
Politico:
GOP senators defy Trump by advancing foreign aid bill
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Former RNC Chair Comes Up With Damning New Way To Describe Trump Supporters  —  Michael Steele asked why some voters don't just get what the former president is about.  —  LOADING  —  Michael Steele, a former chair of the Republican National Committee, on Sunday, ripped Donald Trump supporters as …
Ivana Saric / Axios:
“lol hey guys”: Biden campaign joins TikTok to reach young voters  —  President Biden's re-election campaign officially launched its TikTok account on Sunday with a Super Bowl-themed video. … - By Monday morning, the video had 3.9 million views.  — “In a media ecosystem that is more fragmented …
Sam Meredith / CNBC:
Trump's NATO comments stir up a political storm as Russia keeps quiet  —  @WWW.LINKEDIN.COM/IN/SAMUELMEREDITH @SMEREDITH19  — The Kremlin on Monday declined to comment on Donald Trump's remarks about not wanting to protect a NATO country from a future attack by Moscow, if they were behind on their payments.
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Adam Durbin / BBC:
Nato chief says Donald Trump comments ‘undermine all of our security’
NPR:
Violent crime is dropping fast in the U.S. — even if Americans don't believe it  —  In 2020, the United States experienced one of its most dangerous years in decades.  —  The number of murders across the country surged by nearly 30% between 2019 and 2020, according to FBI statistics.
Tarini Parti / Wall Street Journal:
Kamala Harris Says She Is Ready to Serve as Biden Faces Age Scrutiny  —  In a recent interview, the vice president cites her ‘capacity to lead’ after stops on her abortion-rights tour  —  Vice President Kamala Harris was detailing her priorities for the campaign during a flight on Air Force …
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
‘Anti-CPAC’ summit planned with prominent GOP Trump critics  —  A summit aimed at rivaling the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) and featuring prominent Republican critics of former President Trump will take place in Washington later this month.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Tara Copp / Associated Press:
Defense Secretary Austin is hospitalized with bladder issue, transfers powers to his deputy  —  Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalized again Sunday to address a bladder issue as he continues to recover from prostate cancer and has transferred authorities to his deputy, the Pentagon said.
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U.S. Department of Defense:
Statement From Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder on Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Health Status
 
 
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