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Jacob Wendler / Politico:
HHS freezes all child care funding for Minnesota … Deputy HHS Secretary Jim O'Neill alleged in a video posted to the department's YouTube channel Tuesday afternoon that “the state of Minnesota has allowed scammers and fake day cares to siphon millions of taxpayer dollars over the last decade.”
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Sabrina Siddiqui / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Freezes Child Care Funding to Minnesota Amid Fraud Probes  —  HHS division sends Minnesota about $185 million a year in child-care funding  —  The Trump administration said Tuesday it is freezing federal child-care funding to Minnesota following allegations …
New York Post:
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was warned of rampant day care fraud last year but ‘turned a blind eye’: GOP state lawmaker
Wall Street Journal:
The Incident That Prompted Trump to Ban Epstein From Mar-a-Lago's Spa  —  Mar-a-Lago sent an 18-year-old spa worker on a house call to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003.  She complained to her bosses that Epstein pressured her for sex.  —  Jeffrey Epstein wasn't just a frequent visitor to Donald Trump's Mar …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Associated Press:
Tatiana Schlossberg, a granddaughter of the late President John F. Kennedy, has died at 35  —  Environmental journalist Tatiana Schlossberg, one of three grandchildren of the late President John F. Kennedy, has died.  She was 35.  —  Schlossberg, daughter of Kennedy's daughter, Caroline Kennedy …
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Scott Nover / Washington Post:
Tatiana Schlossberg, journalist and granddaughter of JFK, dies at 35  —  She announced her terminal cancer diagnosis in a New Yorker essay that took aim at Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whom she called “an embarrassment.”  —  Tatiana Schlossberg, a journalist who told stories …
Carol Leonnig / MS NOW:
Border czar Tom Homan didn't receive normal background check during bribery probe  —  In early January, several days before Donald Trump's inauguration, a Justice Department lawyer passed an envelope across a wide desk to a top Trump transition official.  Enclosed was a bombshell …
Travis Loller / Associated Press:
DOJ pushed to prosecute Kilmar Abrego Garcia only after mistaken deportation, judge's order says  —  A newly unsealed order in the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia reveals that high-level Justice Department officials pushed for his indictment, calling it a “top priority,” …
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Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Unsealed court order suggests Trump officials pushed to prosecute Abrego Garcia after wrongful deportation
Discussion: New York Times and Bloomberg
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Dr. Oz calls flu vaccine ‘controversial of late’  —  Mehmet Oz, administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, on Tuesday called the seasonal flu vaccine “controversial of late” and advised various “MAHA initiatives” as ways to “overcome” the virus.
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Aiden Reiter / Politico:
Court orders Vought to keep CFPB funded while case is underway … The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday issued an order rebuking the Trump administration's efforts to defund and shutter the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.  —  Earlier in the month, the court agreed to hear …
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Emmett Lindner / New York Times:
Judge Rules That Consumer Bureau's Funding Cannot Lapse
Julianna Bragg / Axios:
U.S. measles cases reach highest level in over 30 years: CDC  —  The number of recorded measles cases in the U.S. during 2025 has exceeded 2,000 for the first time in more than 30 years, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Discussion: Mediaite and Los Angeles Times
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Joseph Choi / The Hill:   US measles cases surpass 2,000 this year
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Democrat wins Iowa state Senate race, blocking GOP from regaining supermajority  —  Democrat Renee Hardman won a special election for state Senate in Iowa on Tuesday, preventing Republicans from regaining a supermajority in the chamber, Decision Desk HQ projects.
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Isiah Whitlock Jr. Dies: ‘The Wire’ Actor & Frequent Spike Lee Collaborator Was 71 … Whitlock Jr. was 71.  —  Born in South Bend, Indiana, Whitlock Jr. started his acting career by joining San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater after graduating from college.
KUSA-TV:
Trump vetoes bill to fund Arkansas Valley Conduit in Colorado  —  President Trump vetoed a bill to fund a pipeline project to bring clean drinking water to communities on the Eastern Plains between Pueblo and Lamar. … DENVER — President Donald Trump is using his first veto of his current term …
Robert Mackey / The Guardian:
Tilting at windmills: Trump laments death of bald eagle in the US ... which was really a falcon in Israel  —  A pity that Trump, or one of the 18 intelligence agencies reporting to him, did not trace the image back to its source  —  Even while on holiday at his Florida resort …
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Spencer Ackerman / FOREVER WARS:
Watching Bari Weiss Murder Investigative Journalism at CBS  —  I'M NOTICING A PATTERN among certain people within my profession who've jumped to the defense of Bari Weiss, the oligarch functionary installed at CBS by new owner David Ellison to enforce ideological discipline upon its journalists.
Max Rego / The Hill:
ICE accuses Politico reporter of ‘inciting violence against federal agents’  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) claimed Tuesday that Politico reporter Josh Gerstein was “inciting violence against federal agents.”  —  Gerstein, a senior legal affairs reporter at the outlet …
Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Now Said to Be Reviewing 5.2 Million Pages of Epstein Files  —  The number represents a more precise, and potentially much larger, figure than earlier estimates.  The department is seeking to enlist about 400 lawyers to help in the review.  —  The Justice Department is seeking …
Luke Harding / The Guardian:
Russia claims to have moved nuclear-capable missile system into Belarus  —  Assertion comes after the Kremlin accused Ukraine of attacking Vladimir Putin's palace in Novgorod  —  Russia said its latest nuclear-capable missile system has been deployed in Belarus, a day after Moscow claimed …
Wiktoria Gucia / The Daily Beast:
Shamans Deliver Ominous 2026 Health Prediction for Trump  —  CONCERNING OMEN  —  “The United States should prepare itself,” the shamans warned.  —  Peruvian shamans gather annually to predict the fate of world leaders—and this year, they're warning the U.S. to brace for President Donald Trump's illness.
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Katherine Maher of NPR Has Come Out on Top Despite Battles With Trump and the CPB … Katherine Maher knew that running NPR was going to be difficult.  But since taking over as chief executive last year, she has confronted one crisis after another.  —  Right-wing activists dredged …
Brent Lang / Variety:
George Clooney: ‘Bari Weiss Is Dismantling CBS News as We Speak’  —  When George Clooney was preparing to make his Broadway debut appearing as CBS news correspondent Edward R. Murrow in “Good Night, and Good Luck,” he invited “60 Minutes” to sit in on rehearsals.
Politico:
The turbulent trajectory of Trump's ‘Nazi streak’ acolyte … A conservative activist who had caught Donald Trump's attention with flattery via Substack ahead of the 2024 presidential election imagined a prominent role for himself in a future administration.
Associated Press:
Israel says it will halt operations of several humanitarian organizations in Gaza starting in 2026  —  Israel on Tuesday said it will suspend more than two dozen humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders, for failing to meet its new rules to vet international organizations working in the Gaza Strip.
New York Post:
Quality ‘Learing’ daycare targeted in Minneapolis ‘fraud’ video blames designer for typo — as worker snaps at Post reporter: ‘Get the f-k out of here’  —  MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The Quality “Learing” Center Minneapolis, a purported day care flagged in a viral video designed to expose fraud …
MPR News:
Demuth: GOP caucus directed YouTuber to Minnesota.  A professor explains why it went viral  —  {"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"parag raph", “content”:[{"text":"In a viral video over the weekend, a YouTuber travels to Minnesota, knocking on doors and accusing Somali-owned day care centers of fraud. …
Discussion: The Independent and NewsNation
Sejal Govindarao / Associated Press:
Former Republican Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona announces dementia diagnosis  —  Former Republican U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona on Tuesday announced his withdrawal from public life following a dementia diagnosis.  Kyl, 83, represented Arizona in both chambers of Congress for nearly three decades.
Discussion: NBC News
Slate:
Brett Kavanaugh Is Trying to Walk Back “Kavanaugh Stops.”  Too Late.  —  Justice Brett Kavanaugh does not seem happy that his name has become synonymous with racist immigration enforcement.  In September, the justice wrote that Hispanic residents' “apparent ethnicity” could be a “relevant factor” …
Discussion: Raw Story
Craig McCarthy / New York Post:
Eric Adams wants NYC commission to reshape primaries, sanctuary status — and Mamdani may not be able to stop it: sources  —  Mayor Eric Adams is setting up a commission that could rescind the city's sanctuary status - and Zohran Mamdani may not be able to stop him, The Post has learned.
Associated Press:
Judge temporarily halts Trump's move to end protected status for South Sudanese immigrants  —  Hundreds of people from South Sudan may be able to live and work in the United States legally, while a federal judge on Tuesday weighs whether President Donald Trump's move to revoke temporary protected status …
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Court allows Trump-backed cuts to Planned Parenthood's Medicaid funding in 22 states  —  A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday allowed President Donald Trump's administration to enforce in 22 states a provision of his signature tax and domestic policy bill that deprives Planned Parenthood health centers …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Washington Post:
How Social Security has gotten worse under Trump  —  Customer service has deteriorated by key measures as the agency enacted sweeping cuts in Trump's second term, internal data and interviews show.  —  Just now  —  The Social Security Administration — the sprawling federal agency …
 
 
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Josh Christenson / New York Post:
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
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Ian Smith / Financial Times:
Dollar on track for steepest annual drop for almost a decade
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Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Federal judge allows HHS to share Medicaid data with ICE
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Trump Upended the Federal Government. The Full Scope of the Impact Is Still Unclear.
Discussion: Raw Story
Olga Ivshina / BBC:
Russia's losses in Ukraine rise faster than ever as US pushes for peace deal
Jennifer Scholtes / Politico:
The federal government's top watchdog has retired. Now Congress has to pick a replacement.
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