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Axios:
Trump to announce “aggressive” Ukraine weapons plan  —  President Trump will announce a new plan to arm Ukraine on Monday that is expected to include offensive weapons, two sources with knowledge of the plans tell Axios. … - U.S., Ukrainian and European officials hope the weapons will shift …
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New York Times:
Trump's Willingness to Arm Ukraine Puts Him Closer to Biden Approach
Discussion: Associated Press
Francesca Chambers / USA Today:
Trump says US will send Patriot missiles to Ukraine: ‘They desperately need’ them
New York Times:
Biden Says He Made the Clemency Decisions That Were Recorded With Autopen … Toward the end of his term as president, Joseph R. Biden Jr. reduced the sentences of nearly 4,000 federal convicts and pre-emptively pardoned dozens of politically prominent people he saw as potential targets …
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NBC News:
Live updates: Trump to send Patriot missiles to Ukraine
Discussion: The Hill
Andrew Goudsward / Reuters:
Two-thirds of the DOJ unit defending Trump policies in court have quit  —  The U.S. Justice Department unit charged with defending against legal challenges to signature Trump administration policies - such as restricting birthright citizenship and slashing funding to Harvard University …
Lauren McGaughy / ProPublica:
Why Gov. Greg Abbott Won't Release His Emails With Elon Musk  —  We asked Abbott for his and his staff's emails with Elon Musk and Musk's companies.  The governor's office won't turn them over, saying some contain “intimate and embarrassing” information that is “not of legitimate concern to the public.”
Discussion: The Texas Tribune
The Hill:
Democrats find reasons for hope and fear six months into Trump 2.0  —  Nearing the six-month mark of President Trump's frenetic second term, Democrats are fighting to find their footing and claw themselves from the wilds of the minority in next year's midterm elections.
Discussion: Politico and American Greatness
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Adam Wren / Politico:
Playbook: Trump's Epstein headache isn't going away  —  With help from Eli Okun, Bethany Irvine and Ali Bianco  —  Good Monday morning.  It's Adam Wren in the seat on what is shaping up to be a newsy week.  Let's get to it.  Get in touch.  —  In today's Playbook ...
Discussion: Straight Arrow News and Newsweek
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
MAGA cares more about Jeffrey Epstein than dying without Medicaid, which explains everything
Marc Caputo / Axios:
3 ways Trump might try to defuse the Epstein mess  —  President Trump isn't ready to course-correct over how his administration has handled the Jeffrey Epstein evidence.  — But officials and advisers are considering at least three ways Trump could try to defuse an issue that …
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Emma Colton / Fox News:
MAGA world erupts over Trump's defense of Bondi amid Epstein files fallout
Ben Penn / Bloomberg Law:
Bondi Fires Her Personal Ethics Chief as DOJ Purge Continues  —  Attorney General Pam Bondi has fired her personal ethics adviser, removing the Justice Department's top official responsible for counseling the most senior political appointees, according to two people familiar with the move.
Discussion: UPI
Ana Swanson / New York Times:
It's No Bluff: The Tariff Rate Is Soaring Under Trump  —  The president has earned a reputation for bluffing on tariffs.  But he has steadily and dramatically raised U.S. tariffs, transforming global trade.  —  President Trump's on-again, off-again tariffs have prompted investors to bet that he will …
Discussion: New York Times
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Washington Post:
Texas just gutted free speech on college campuses.  Is your state next?  —  New laws in the Lone Star State will silence dissent and undermine faculty authority.  —  Laura Benitez is state policy manager and Jonathan Friedman is Sy Syms managing director for PEN America's U.S. free expression programs.
Discussion: Jewish Insider
The Bulwark:
Unfit to Serve: Jeanine Pirro Made Excuses for Jan. 6th  —  Senators weighing her nomination for U.S. attorney should revisit her remarks denigrating prosecutors and calling defendants “hostages.”  —  SEN. THOM TILLIS OF NORTH CAROLINA, a Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee …
Discussion: CBS News
Carlos Monarrez / Detroit Free Press:
Tigers players aren't worried about deportation but union suggests they carry documents  — The MLBPA advises players to carry documentation and offers support regarding immigration issues.  — Even high-profile athletes are not immune to immigration issues, as demonstrated by recent cases.
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
The Young GOPer Behind “Alligator Alcatraz” Is the Dark Future of MAGA … The other day, Stephen Miller went on Fox News and offered a plea that got surprisingly little attention given its highly toxic and unnerving implications.  Miller urged politicians in GOP-run states to build their own versions of …
Bianca Vázquez Toness / Associated Press:
Boys & Girls Club programs threatened by Trump grant freeze serve thousands of families  —  After driving through a downpour to take her son to day camp, Darleen Reyes told camp administrators the rain would have kept her away but her son insisted on going.  As she marked her son's name present …
Wall Street Journal:
How China's Military Is Flexing Its Power in the Pacific  —  The U.S. sounds the alarm and calls on allies to do more as Beijing's forces venture further from its shores  —  HONG KONG—China's military is extending its reach deeper into the Pacific, sending ships and aircraft into new territory …
Safid Deen / USA Today:
Chelsea put on show in Club World Cup final — only to have Trump steal their moment  —  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Chelsea star Cole Palmer was like much of the world wondering why President Donald Trump was obliviously standing in the middle of their trophy celebration after winning the FIFA Club World Cup.
Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Democrat floats radical solution to Congress' age problem  —  Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is proposing something unprecedented: Having Congress' ethics office effectively adjudicate whether lawmakers are too cognitively impaired to do their jobs.
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Public Broadcasters Brace for Vote on Sharp Funding Cut  —  At the urging of President Trump, Congress is expected to vote this week on whether to cut $500 million per year for public radio and TV stations.  —  Julie Overgaard, the executive director of South Dakota's biggest public broadcaster …
Washington Examiner:
Elmo's X account gets hacked, posts antisemitic messages on social media  —  The official X account of the Sesame Street character, Elmo, was allegedly hacked on Sunday.  —  Several hate-filled posts with slurs and antisemitic messages were posted by the X account of the beloved Sesame Street puppet.
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Disasters are for the greater glory of Trump  —  He cannot fail.  He can only be failed. … 👇  —  President Donald Trump presents himself as strong, indomitable, and always forceful.  But when disaster strikes — whether hurricane, flash flood, or pandemic — he's oddly helpless.
Discussion: The Guardian
 
 
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