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NBC News:
Trump floats ‘cutting’ retirement spending, drawing quick pushback from Biden — The Republican nominee-in-waiting said that “there's a lot you can do in terms of cutting” when pressed on CNBC about the solvency of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. — Presumptive Republican nominee …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Trump's $91.6 million question — New York juries have found, by a preponderance of the evidence, that former President Donald Trump sexually assaulted writer E. Jean Carroll in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the mid-90s and then repeatedly defamed her, falsely accusing Carroll of lying about the incident.
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New Republic, Vanity Fair, Civil Discourse …, The Moderate Voice, New Jersey Online, Raw Story, Newsweek and New York Magazine
Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
The media is still selling a fantasy version of Trump
The media is still selling a fantasy version of Trump
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No More Mister Nice Blog
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Adding to an ugly record, Trump mocks Biden's stutter (again)
Adding to an ugly record, Trump mocks Biden's stutter (again)
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New York Times, The Hill, Washington Post, The Atlantic, New Jersey Online, Raw Story, Mediaite and HuffPost
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
E. Jean Carroll lawyer suggests third Trump defamation lawsuit possible after new comments
E. Jean Carroll lawyer suggests third Trump defamation lawsuit possible after new comments
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New York Times, Newsweek, The Independent, Slate, The Hill, Raw Story, NBC News, Law & Crime, HuffPost, The Post Millennial and The Daily Beast
Sean O'Driscoll / Newsweek:
Donald Trump May Be Closer To Bankruptcy Than It Seems
Donald Trump May Be Closer To Bankruptcy Than It Seems
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Raw Story
J.D. Wolf / MeidasTouch:
Trump Posted Manipulated Video of Democrats Applauding Him At Biden's State of the Union Speech
Trump Posted Manipulated Video of Democrats Applauding Him At Biden's State of the Union Speech
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PoliticusUSA, Wall Street Journal, Digby's Hullabaloo, The Hill and New York Times
Deepak Puri / The Democracy Labs:
Who posted the $91 million bond for Trump? Follow the Russian connections.
CNBC:
Former President Donald Trump on entitlements: There's tremendous numbers of things you can do
Former President Donald Trump on entitlements: There's tremendous numbers of things you can do
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Reuters, Mercury News, New York Times and Washington Times
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
‘Not on my watch’ — Biden blasts Trump over suggested cuts to Social Security, Medicare
‘Not on my watch’ — Biden blasts Trump over suggested cuts to Social Security, Medicare
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Raw Story, NBC News, Washington Examiner, Media Matters for America, Salon, The Hill, NBC 7 San Diego, USA Today, Democrats, HuffPost, Semafor, Rolling Stone, Political Wire and Daily Kos
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Biden returns to the key battleground state he snubbed in the presidential primaries
Biden returns to the key battleground state he snubbed in the presidential primaries
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Twitchy, New York Times, Washington Examiner, The Gateway Pundit, masslive.com, The Hill and Wonkette
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Biden takes aim at Trump following his embrace of Hungary's Orbán
Biden takes aim at Trump following his embrace of Hungary's Orbán
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The Hill, Wonkette, Washington Post and Raw Story
Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Youth activist groups jointly endorse Biden. They say his achievements matter more than his age
Youth activist groups jointly endorse Biden. They say his achievements matter more than his age
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The Hill
Mike Schneider / Associated Press:
Florida teachers can discuss sexual orientation and gender ID under 'Don't Say Gay' bill settlement — Students and teachers will be able to speak freely about sexual orientation and gender identity in Florida classrooms, provided it's not part of instruction, under a settlement reached …
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Fox News, Axios, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Orlando Sentinel, Advocate and Breakfast At Ralf's
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Florida 'Don't Say Gay' law upheld after settlement in federal court — The state of Florida settled a multi-year suit Monday against the so-called “Don't Say Gay” law, which limits how LGBTQ topics can be discussed and presented in schools. — The settlement agreement clarifies language …
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Tampa Bay Times, Sun-Sentinel and The Capitolist
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Biden effigy beaten at GOP event in Kansas; ex-official calls for resignations — Attendees at a Kansas county Republican Party event punched, kicked and took a baseball bat to an effigy of President Biden on Friday, sparking backlash from former party officials.
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Mike Kuckelman, UPI, KSNT-TV and Kansas Reflector
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Annie Gowen / Washington Post:
Biden effigy beaten, kicked at Kansas county GOP event, drawing outrage — A Republican fundraiser in the Kansas City suburbs on Friday night at which attendees beat and kicked an effigy of President Biden has sparked bipartisan outrage and calls for the GOP leaders responsible for the event to resign.
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HuffPost, Kansas City Star, KAKE-TV, Kansas Reflector, The Guardian and Raw Story
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Trump Stumbles Through Word Salad On Banning Or Not Banning TikTok In CNBC Hit — Former President Donald Trump stumbled and rambled his way through a meandering answer when CNBC host Andrew Ross Sorkin asked him about banning TikTok. — Trump recently came out against banning TikTok …
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The Hill, CBS News, New Republic, NBC News, Associated Press, Washington Examiner, Business Insider, NewsNation and Breitbart
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CNBC:
CNBC Transcript: Former President of the United States Donald Trump Speaks with CNBC's “Squawk Box” Today
CNBC Transcript: Former President of the United States Donald Trump Speaks with CNBC's “Squawk Box” Today
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New York Post, NBC 7 San Diego, CNN, ABC News, Gizmodo and Fox Business
Dan Primack / Axios:
Shotgun divorce: How ByteDance could save TikTok from a U.S. ban
Shotgun divorce: How ByteDance could save TikTok from a U.S. ban
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Business Insider and Mediaite
Jim Sciutto / CNN:
Former advisers sound the alarm that Trump praises despots in private and on the campaign trail — To Donald Trump, Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán is “fantastic,” Chinese leader Xi Jinping is “brilliant,” North Korea's Kim Jong Un is “an OK guy,” and, most alarmingly …
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New Republic, The Guardian, The Hill, Salon, Raw Story, New York Post, Metro.co.uk, New Jersey Online, Mediaite and The Bulwark
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Josephine Harvey / HuffPost:
John Kelly Shares His ‘Theory’ On Why Trump Likes Dictators So Much: New Book
John Kelly Shares His ‘Theory’ On Why Trump Likes Dictators So Much: New Book
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Raw Story and The Guardian
CNN:
Exclusive: ‘Trump Employee 5,’ who unknowingly helped move classified documents, speaks out — Watch the full interview with Kaitlan Collins at 9 p.m. ET Monday on “The Source.” — CNN — A longtime Mar-a-Lago employee who is a central witness in the investigation …
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The Daily Beast, The Hill, Raw Story and Political Wire
Chris Lehmann / The Nation:
The MAGA Aesthetic Is Beginning to Rot — The stable of imagery associated with the far-right insurgency no longer seems as fresh as it did when Trump first donned his red cap. — Pocket — For headline writers and Beltway pundits, the takeaway from last week's State of the Union address was clear …
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Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
The GOP can't leave MAGA — “Americans must electorally mercy-kill the Republican Party”
The GOP can't leave MAGA — “Americans must electorally mercy-kill the Republican Party”
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Raw Story
NBC News:
House Republicans release report seeking to undermine Jan. 6 Committee and star witness — The report takes aim at key Jan. 6 witness Cassidy Hutchinson, citing unnamed Trump White House staffers who did not corroborate her testimony. — WASHINGTON — A House committee investigating …
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Testimony Fleshes Out Account of Trump's Demand to Go to Capitol on Jan. 6
Testimony Fleshes Out Account of Trump's Demand to Go to Capitol on Jan. 6
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The Hill, The Daily Caller and The National Pulse
The Hill:
Trump seeks to derail New York hush money trial over immunity claims — Former President Trump is seeking to derail the start of his first criminal trial just two weeks out from when it is scheduled to begin, asserting a presidential immunity defense in the case for the first time.
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Erin Doherty / Axios:
Trump seeks New York criminal trial delay until SCOTUS weighs in on immunity
Trump seeks New York criminal trial delay until SCOTUS weighs in on immunity
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Reuters, PoliticusUSA and NBC News
Mark Jacob / Stop the Presses:
Some journalists seem bored by the biggest story of our lifetimes — At the New York Times, the journalists count on politics for amusement. It's a sporting event, a cage match. Republicans vs. Democrats, Sharks vs. Jets, gladiators vs. lions. — The folks at the Times have settled …
Tom Jones / Poynter:
How a tenacious reporter revealed Sen. Katie Britt's SOTU response to be ‘beyond misleading’ — Britt tied an anecdote about a woman who survived sex trafficking to Biden's border policies. But it happened during the George W. Bush admin. — Last Thursday was President Joe Biden's big State of the Union address.
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American Greatness, Associated Press, Off Message, Raw Story, Rolling Stone, HuffPost and The Daily Beast, more at Mediagazer »
Kashmir Hill / New York Times:
Automakers Are Sharing Consumers' Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies — LexisNexis, which generates consumer risk profiles for the insurers, knew about every trip G.M. drivers had taken in their cars, including when they sped, braked too hard or accelerated rapidly.
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CNN:
Sex trafficking victim says Sen. Katie Britt telling her story during SOTU rebuttal is ‘not fair’ — The woman whose story Alabama Sen. Katie Britt appeared to have shared in the Republican response to the State of the Union as an example of President Joe Biden's failed immigration policies told CNN …
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Deborah Barfield Berry / USA Today:
HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge to resign, says affordable housing is ‘an American issue’ — WASHINGTON ‒ Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge will step down from her top post in the Biden administration this month, she announced Monday, saying that after decades of public service, she's retiring and returning to Ohio.
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