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4:40 PM ET, February 25, 2024

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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
3 takeaways from the South Carolina GOP primary  —  Donald Trump has swept the traditional early states in the Republican presidential nominating contest after defeating Nikki Haley on Saturday in South Carolina.  —  News organizations called the race shortly after polls closed …
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David Smith / The Guardian:
‘My ultimate and absolute revenge’: Trump gives chilling CPAC speech on presidential agenda  —  Unbound and unhinged, ex-president vilifies immigrants before devolving into bizarre riffs, including calling himself ‘total genius’  —  Donald Trump styled himself as a “proud political dissident” …
Adam Wren / Politico:
Republicans Are Done With Mike Pence — Except Trump's VP Contenders  —  Intermediaries for Elise Stefanik, Kristi Noem and Tim Scott have been asking questions about how Pence handled the vetting gauntlet in 2016.  —  With the GOP presidential primary over in all but name …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Guardian
Politico:
Beyond shock and awe: Inside Trump's potential second-term agenda  —  From nationwide abortion bans to classroom culture wars, assaults on climate science and political weaponization of the military, his return to the White House could make Trump 1.0 seem tame.
Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
Exclusive: No. 2 Senate Republican leader John Thune endorses Trump in 2024 Republican primary  —  Thune spoke with Trump by phone after the South Carolina primary, a source told Fox News Digital  —  Join Fox News for access to this content  —  Plus get unlimited access to thousands of articles …
Jennifer M. Wood / The Daily Beast:
‘SNL’ Shames Terrified Republicans for Surrendering to Trump  —  The latest “SNL” cold open featured Jim Risch, Marco Rubio, Lindsey Graham, and Tim Scott saying out loud what everyone is already thinking.  —  Saturday Night Live put up its best cold open in quite a while this week …
Washington Post:
Trump and his allies scramble to close fundraising gap with Biden
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Prominent Republican Seeks to Shield the Party From Paying Trump's Legal Bills
NBC News:
Climate change is throwing the water cycle into chaos across the U.S.  —  As the planet continues to warm, this cycle is expected to be increasingly stretched, warped and broken.  —  The water cycle that shuttles Earth's most vital resource around in an unending, life-giving loop is in trouble.
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CNN:   One of the world's biggest cities may be just months away from running out of water
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Trump's request to suspend E. Jean Carroll's $83M verdict swiftly denied by judge  —  U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan declined a request to grant a stay after a jury ordered Donald Trump to pay writer E. Jean Carroll over $83 million for defamation.  —  “Twenty-five days …
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Fiona Hill: Trump comparison to Navalny ‘brazen’ and ‘shameful’  —  Former National Security Council adviser Fiona Hill went after former President Trump on Sunday after he compared himself to the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny as a political dissident.
Discussion: CBS News, Raw Story and Mediaite
Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Justice Thomas Hires Law Clerk Accused of Sending Racist Text Messages  —  Crystal Clanton, who is close with the Thomas family, has said she does not remember sending the messages, which emerged in 2017.  —  Justice Clarence Thomas recently hired a law clerk who was previously accused …
Helen Pidd / The Guardian:
Hobbycraft refused to sell paint to black man as ‘he may use it for graffiti’  —  Louis Gray says he was racially profiled after trying to buy spray paint to make over his son's bicycle helmet  —  A black man shopping for paint with his four-year-old son says he was racially profiled …
Discussion: Metro.co.uk
Kathryn Armstrong / BBC:
Ukraine war: Zelensky says 31,000 troops killed since Russia's full-scale invasion  —  Volodymyr Zelensky says 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed during Russia's full-scale invasion.  —  The Ukrainian president said he would not give the number of wounded as that would help Russian military planning.
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Rebecca Rommen / Business Insider:
Warren Buffett's son Howard has given $500M to Ukraine — he warns the US is making a historic mistake by pulling its support
Discussion: The Kyiv Independent
Sam Levine / The Guardian:
Newsom launches abortion ads in Republican states to fight ‘war on women’  —  Series of new advertisements target Republican efforts to criminalize abortions and a ‘war on travel’ for reproductive care  —  California's governor, Gavin Newsom, is launching a series of new advertisements …
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The Hill:
Biden's frustration with the media boils over  —  Months out from November's high-stakes election, the White House and the Biden campaign are going public with growing frustration over how the president is being portrayed in the media.  —  Biden's camp is taking swings over press coverage …
 
 
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
No Labels director says Nikki Haley 'somebody we'd definitely be interested in'
CNN:
How Johnson wooed Trump to back a GOP congressman targeted by Gaetz
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Trump exchanges a close hug with Argentine President Javier Milei at conservative summit
 

 
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
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