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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Trump maintains funding freeze at NIH, defying court order  —  The Trump administration is still prohibiting National Institutes of Health (NIH) staff from issuing virtually all grant funding, an NIH official tells Popular Information.  The ongoing funding freeze is also reflected …
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Elon Musk built his wealth from taxpayer-funded research — now he's trying to destroy future science  —  The billionaire should be writing a thank you note to Al Gore, not wrecking burgeoning developments  —  Donald Trump, his shadow president Elon Musk, and the so-called Department …
Shayna Jacobs / Washington Post:
Justice officials tell prosecutors to drop charges against N.Y. Mayor Eric Adams  —  A top Justice official said New York Mayor Eric Adams should not have to face trial given his reelection campaign and the fight against crime and illegal immigration.  —  NEW YORK — The Justice Department …
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New York Times:
Justice Dept. Tells Prosecutors to Drop Federal Corruption Case Against Eric Adams
New York Times:
Push to Drop Adams Charges Reveals a Justice Dept. Under Trump's Sway
Eric Levitz / Vox:
Why Trump's new tariffs are such a strange idea  —  Donald Trump announced Monday that the US will impose a 25 percent tariff on all imports of steel and aluminum.  —  The president has a habit of declaring radical changes to trade policy, only to swiftly walk them back.
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Wall Street Journal:
The Truth About Trump's Steel Tariffs
Lydia DePillis / New York Times:
Steel and Aluminum Tariffs May Raise US Manufacturing Costs
Discussion: Bloomberg
ABC15 Arizona in Phoenix:
1 dead, 4 hospitalized after two planes crash on runway at Scottsdale Airport  —  The incident happened around 2:30 p.m. Monday  —  SCOTTSDALE, AZ — Officials confirm at least one person has died after an aircraft crash on the runway Monday at the Scottsdale Airport.
Nicole Winfield / Associated Press:
Pope rebukes Trump administration over migrant deportations, and appears to take direct aim at Vance  —  Pope Francis issued a major rebuke Tuesday to the Trump administration's mass deportation of migrants, warning that the forceful removal of people purely because of their illegal status deprives …
vatican.va:
LETTER OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS TO THE BISHOPS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  —  I am writing today to address a few words to you in these delicate moments that you are living as Pastors of the People of God who walk together in the United States of America.
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Senator Accuses F.B.I. Nominee of Covertly Directing Dismissals  —  A top Democrat demanded an investigation and suggested that the nominee, Kash Patel, may have lied under oath, citing what he described as multiple sources.  —  The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee …
Discussion: Fox News
Punchbowl News:
2/11/25 ☀️ AM:  —  Rough days for Democrats in GOP-run Washington  —  The Vault: A stress test for Powell's Capitol Hill ties  —  While spending cuts are in vogue, House chairs seek budget boosts  —  Johnson to brief Republicans on budget progress today
Discussion: New York Times, E&E News and RedState
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David Crary / Associated Press:
27 religious groups sue Trump administration to protect houses of worship from immigration arrests  —  More than two-dozen Christian and Jewish groups representing millions of Americans — ranging from the Episcopal Church and the Union for Reform Judaism to the Mennonites and Unitarian Universalists …
Discussion: The Independent
Steve Beynon / Military.com:
Military Drops Recruiting Efforts at Prestigious Black Engineering Awards Event  —  The Army and other service branches are abandoning recruiting efforts at a prestigious Black engineering event this week, turning down access to a key pool of highly qualified potential applicants amid President …
Discussion: Mediaite
The White House:
Pausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement to Further American Economic and National Security  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Purpose and Policy.
Raf Casert / Associated Press:
EU vows countermeasures to US tariffs; bourbon, jeans, peanut butter, motorcycles easy targets  —  U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum “will not go unanswered,” European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen vowed on Tuesday, adding that they will trigger tough countermeasures from the 27-nation bloc.
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Mace Takes to House Floor With Charges of Rape and Sexual Predation  —  The South Carolina Republican used her floor privileges to lodge shocking accusations against her former fiancé and three other men.  —  Representative Nancy Mace, the South Carolina Republican who in recent weeks …
Shaun Walker / The Guardian:
Zelenskyy: Europe cannot guarantee Ukraine's security without America  —  Exclusive: In extended interview with the Guardian, Ukraine's president says he will offer US firms lucrative reconstruction contracts to try to get Trump onside  —  If Donald Trump withdraws US support for Ukraine …
David R. Lurie / Public Notice:
Trump is assaulting his own legitimacy  —  ⚔️ 👑 🏰 With corporate outlets obeying in advance, supporting independent political media is more important than ever right now.  Public Notice is possible thanks to paid subscribers.  If you aren't one already …
U.S. Department of Defense:
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Renames Fort Liberty to Fort Roland L. Bragg  —  While flying aboard a C-17 from Joint Base Andrews to Stuttgart on February 10, 2025, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum renaming Fort Liberty in North Carolina to Fort Roland L. Bragg.
Courtney Kube / NBC News:
Defense Secretary Hegseth booed and heckled by military families protesting against DEI push  —  Last week, Hegseth wrote a memo in which he banned transgender people from joining the military and restricted the use of some learning materials in Defense Department schools.
Discussion: PinkNews
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Obama Best Liked Among Living Presidents; Biden, Least  —  Obama, Bush, Clinton are viewed more positively than negatively  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Of the five living men who have served as U.S. president, Barack Obama receives the highest favorable rating (59%) and Joe Biden the lowest (39%).
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
The big question looming over Trump's executive orders  —  Donald Trump and Elon Musk's efforts to transform federal spending and the federal workforce are crashing up against judges who've temporarily blocked several of their policies.  —  Judges have frozen Trump's “spending freeze” …
Jon Henley / The Guardian:
Far-right populists much more likely than the left to spread fake news - study  —  Amplifying misinformation is now part of radical right strategy, says Dutch study of tweets by MPs in 26 countries  —  Far-right populists are significantly more likely to spread fake news on social media …
Mehdi Hasan / The Guardian:
What Republicans really mean when they blame ‘DEI’  —  Referencing DEI is the new rightwing abstraction deployed by Republicans to conceal their anti-Black racism  —  In 1981, Lee Atwater, the most influential Republican party strategist of the late 20th century, sat down for an off …
Axios:
Tracking Trump's executive actions by category … - Trump's executive actions — many of which have direct links to Project 2025 — have already had far-reaching impacts, triggering a rapid shakeup of the federal bureaucracy.  — Last week, his administration froze humanitarian programs across …
Myah Ward / Politico:
Ossoff calls on Trump admin to ‘publicly refuse’ El Salvador's offer to jail Americans  —  “Federal law does not allow the deportation of U.S. citizens, and El Salvador's prisons are internationally notorious for life-threatening and abusive conditions,” the Georgia Democrat wrote.
Discussion: El País
CBS News:
Court formally dismisses case against Trump's co-defendants in Mar-a-Lago documents probe  —  Washington — A federal appeals court formally granted the Justice Department's request to drop the case against two of President Trump's co-defendants in the prosecution over his handling of classified documents …
Discussion: Fox News and New York Post
Ken White / The UnPopulist:
America Desperately Needs a National Anti-SLAPP Law to Stop Censorship by Bad Political Actors  —  It'll help prevent the weaponization of frivolous lawsuits against critics and opponents … In modern America, defamation cases—like war—are the continuation of politics by other means.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Sam Stein / The Bulwark:
The GOP Says They Love Elon.  Privately, They're Expressing Concerns.  —  REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS HAVE WIDELY praised Elon Musk as he's gone about restructuring and in certain cases eliminating entire parts of the government.  —  But in private, they've expressed quite a different perspective …
Christina A. Cassidy / Associated Press:
US cyber agency puts election security staffers who worked with the states on leave  —  Staffers at the nation's cybersecurity agency whose job is to ensure the security of U.S. elections have been placed on administrative leave, jeopardizing critical support provided to state and local election offices across the country.
Ivana Saric / Axios:
Deb Haaland announces run for New Mexico governor … - Haaland, who served in the Biden administration, was the first Native American to lead a Cabinet agency.  — She has been taking steps for some time to consolidate support in the state and assemble a team of political operatives …
Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Pentagon changes Fort Liberty's name back to Fort Bragg  —  The Pentagon will change the name of the North Carolina military base Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg, fulfilling a campaign pledge by President Trump while honoring a different namesake.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth …
Discussion: UPI, New York Post and Axios
MSNBC:
‘Everything is more expensive’: Trump promised to lower grocery prices on Day One.  What happened?  —  Grocery prices continue to rise under Donald Trump, as egg prices skyrocket.  Trump promised to lower grocery prices on Day One.  What happened?
Alexander Tin / CBS News:
U.S. records most whooping cough deaths since 2017  —  The U.S. confirmed at least a dozen deaths from whooping cough last year, according to preliminary figures released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  That marks the most fatalities from the bacterial infection since …
Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition “Atrophied and Unprepared”  —  Researchers find that the more people use AI at their job, the less critical thinking they use.  —  A new paper from researchers at Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University finds that as humans increasingly rely …
Discussion: The Register and Gizmodo
Politico:
As USAID retreats, China pounces  —  With help from Connor O'Brien, Nahal Toosi and Daniel Lippman  —  If USAID is packing up and moving out, China seems all too happy to move in.  —  That's the trend that longtime U.S. China watchers and aid workers are already noticing …
Discussion: Reuters
ProPublica:
Elon Musk's Team Decimates Education Department Arm That Tracks National School Performance  —  The Trump administration canceled $900 million in contracts overseen by the Institute of Education Sciences, which partners with scientists and education companies to compile and make public data about schools each year.
Guy Chazan / Financial Times:
'We'll all have to go vegan': Wisconsin dairy farmers fret over immigration crackdown  —  Business groups warn agriculture sector will collapse without foreign labour  —  John Rosenow, a Wisconsin dairy farmer, says that if Donald Trump deports all undocumented aliens, Americans will have to get used to a whole new diet.
Discussion: WPR, Semafor and Wisconsin Watch
New York Times:
Trump Issues Cease-Fire Ultimatum After Hamas Postpones Release of Israeli Hostages  —  Stalling the next release of hostages from the Gaza Strip, scheduled for the coming weekend, raises new challenges for the already tenuous six-week truce and chances for a lasting end to the war.
 
 
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Haaland jumps into New Mexico governor's race
Matthew Schmitz / New York Times:
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Politico:
Trump is slashing agencies long hated by the GOP. The next cuts might be harder.
Discussion: Alternet.org and Raw Story
Amy Mackinnon / Politico:
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Associated Press:
With firings and lax enforcement, Trump moving to dismantle government's public integrity guardrails
Ellen Knickmeyer / The Republic News:
USAID watchdog warns of lack of oversight of $8.2 billion in unspent aid after Trump moves
Fox News:
Trump reveals whether he sees JD Vance as his successor
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