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Liv McMahon / BBC:
Paris prosecutors raid France offices of Elon Musk's X  —  The French offices of Elon Musk's X have been raided by the Paris prosecutor's cyber-crime unit, as part of an investigation into suspected offences including unlawful data extraction and complicity in the possession of child pornography.
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Despite new curbs, Elon Musk's Grok at times produces sexualized images - even when told subjects didn't consent  —  Elon Musk's flagship artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, continues to generate sexualized images of people even when users explicitly warn that the subjects do not consent, Reuters has found.
New York Times:
Police Search X's Premises in France as Prosecutors Summon Elon Musk  —  The move followed a yearlong investigation into X and escalated a wider standoff between European officials and American tech companies over the regulation of social media.  —  The French police searched the premises …
Discussion: The Guardian, The Register and Politico
France 24:
Paris prosecutor's cybercrime unit raids X's French office over ‘algorithm manipulation’
Discussion: Reuters and JURISTnews
Sylvie Corbet / Associated Press:
X offices raided in France as prosecutors investigate child abuse images and deepfakes
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Tulsi Gabbard running solo 2020 election inquiry separate from FBI investigation  —  Exclusive: Trump sent national intelligence director to Georgia raid last week in approval of Gabbard's sweeping review  —  Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, is running her own review …
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Joey Garrison / USA Today:
Trump says Republicans should ‘nationalize’ elections, take control from states  —  WASHINGTON ‒ President Donald Trump said Republicans should “nationalize” the voting process as he continues to level unfounded claims of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election, more than five years after losing to Joe Biden.
Jordain Carney / Politico:
No filibuster deal with House conservatives, Thune says  —  Senate Majority Leader John Thune said in an interview Tuesday he has made no decisions about bypassing Senate filibuster rules to skirt the normal 60-vote margin required to advance legislation in the chamber.
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
House clears key hurdle to reopening the government later Tuesday
Ryan King / New York Post:
House narrowly approves $1.2T funding deal to end government shutdown
Caitlin Dewey / Vox:
Three issues that could sink Trump  —  This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day.  Subscribe here.  —  Over the weekend, the Justice Department released yet another tranche of files from its investigation …
Discussion: Wired, CNN and Krassencast
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Julia Ornedo / The Daily Beast:
Epstein Assistant Told Feds He Introduced Melania to Trump, Files Reveal
Discussion: Deadline and Variety
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Reuters:
Exclusive: US shoots down Iranian drone approaching aircraft carrier, official says  —  The U.S. military shot down on Tuesday an Iranian drone that approached the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea, a U.S. official told Reuters on Tuesday.  —  The Iranian Shahed-139 drone …
John Woodrow Cox / Washington Post:
Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon  —  In October, a retiree emailed a DHS attorney to urge mercy for an asylum seeker.  Then DHS subpoenaed his Google account and sent investigators to his home.  —  PHILADELPHIA SUBURBS —
NBC News:
Jill Biden's ex-husband arrested and charged with killing his current wife  —  William Stevenson, 77, is facing a charge of first-degree murder more than a month after police responded to a domestic dispute at a home in Delaware.  — Add NBC News to Google  —  Listen to this article with a free account
United States House Committee on Oversight …:
Chairman Comer Announces the Clintons Caved, Will Appear for Depositions  —  WASHINGTON— House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today announced that former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have agreed to appear for transcribed …
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Amelia Benavides-Colón / NOTUS:
Bill and Hillary Clinton Agree to Testify as Part of the House's Epstein Probe
Washington Post:
Pentagon warns Scouts to restore ‘core values’ or lose military support  —  The relationship dates back decades, but Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has criticized the organization for allowing girls to join and changing its name from Boy Scouts.  —  The Pentagon issued a warning late Monday …
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation and Raw Story
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Sarah Jeong / The Verge:
How to tear gas children … Photo illustration: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images … The day after the second general strike in Minneapolis, the labor unions of Portland, Oregon, marched in solidarity.  It was the warmest day that Portland had seen in a while, with sun peeking out from the clouds here and there.
Donald Moynihan / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump Has Built a Clicktatorship  —  Even the administration's budget proposals read like Truth Social posts.  —  Gregory Bovino, the man who became the face of Donald Trump's Minneapolis crackdown, lost his job as the Border Patrol's “commander at large” after agents he oversaw shot and killed Alex Pretti.
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Leigh Kimmins / The Daily Beast:
Leaked Email Reveals Border Patrol Goon's Jaw-Dropping Complaint About Tactics
Discussion: The Independent and NBC News
TMZ.com:
Alleged Ransom Note for Nancy Guthrie Kidnapping Demands Millions in Bitcoin  —  NANCY GUTHRIE'S KIDNAPPING TMZ GETS ALLEGED RANSOM NOTE ... DEMANDING BIG $$$ IN BITCOIN … Another scary twist in the disappearance of “TODAY” host Savannah Guthrie's kidnapped mother …
Laura Romero / Associated Press:
Judge blocks administration from ending TPS protections for more than 350,000 Haitian immigrants  —  Temporary Protected Status offers work authorization and deportation protection.  —  A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status for more than 350,000 Haitian immigrants.
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
'They Couldn't Break Me': A Protester, the White House and a Doctored Photo  —  President Trump and the White House regularly circulate imagery that has been manipulated by A.I. But the photo of Nekima Levy Armstrong was different.  —  When Nekima Levy Armstrong was transported …
Discussion: HotAir, The Independent and GV Wire
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Trump escalates feud with Ilhan Omar, appears to suggest she is linked to ISIS … The progressive legislator has drawn the president's ire for years.  —  Trump has repeatedly accused Omar of profiting off of a widespread fraud investigation in her home state without providing any evidence …
Ben Penn / Bloomberg Law:
DOJ Orders Emergency Surge Prosecutors From All US Attorneys  —  The Justice Department is requiring all US attorneys to rapidly assign prosecutors for “emergency jump teams” supporting districts handling alleged assaults or obstruction of law enforcement, according to an internal memo obtained by Bloomberg Law.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Raw Story
Ruth Graham / New York Times:
The Influencer Who Spurred the Federal Crackdown on Minneapolis … A few years ago, Nick Shirley's career seemed to have plateaued.  Still a teenager, he had created some videos that had become popular on YouTube, including one that showed him sneaking into the influencer Jake Paul's wedding in Las Vegas …
Discussion: The Argument and Wired
Chicago Sun Times:
Marimar Martinez, shot by Border Patrol in Chicago, speaks out after Good, Pretti deaths: ‘I am their voice’  —  In a wide-ranging interview with the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ, Martinez discusses her shooting, the federal government's failed attempt to prosecute her and the role she now sees for herself in a fight for accountability.
Bloomberg:
Trump Says He Wants $1 Billion From Harvard in New Attack  —  President Donald Trump said he's seeking $1 billion in “damages” from Harvard University, renewing his long fight with the Ivy League school after a report that his administration was backing off its financial demands.
Chadwick Moore / New York Post:
‘Grassroots’ anti-ICE campaigns funded by left-wing billionaire donors: sources  —  Its the same dark money, with new signs.  —  Anti-ICE protests in Minnesota may appear to be “grassroots” campaigns organized by concerned citizens, but they're really funded with megadonor money — some coming from China.
Discussion: Breitbart
Wall Street Journal:
Three-Quarters of Greenlanders Don't Want to Be Part of the U.S., New Poll Shows  —  Citizens are concerned about exchanging Denmark's welfare system for U.S.-provided healthcare and education  —  WASHINGTON—A new poll shows 76% of Greenlanders say they wouldn't benefit from becoming part of the U.S. …
Jonathan Lemire / The Atlantic:
Trump Is Doubling Down on All the Wrong Things  —  Republicans are worried about the midterm election, but the president doesn't seem to be.  —  Republicans have had a tough stretch.  They were defeated in elections in the fall and find themselves at risk of losing control of one or maybe both chambers of Congress later this year.
Harold Hutchison / The Daily Caller:
Jerry Nadler Says People Feel Justified Shooting ICE Agents Because They're ‘Masked Hoodlums’  —  Democratic New York Rep. Jerry Nadler claimed Tuesday that United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were “goons” that people were “justified” to shoot during a rant at a hearing.
Discussion: Mediaite, IJR and Raw Story
 
 
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Justin Sherman / Lawfare:
Another Misstep in U.S.-China Tech Security Policy
Lisa Schencker / Chicago Tribune:
Illinois joins World Health Organization network, after Trump administration withdraws from group
Discussion: New Republic and The Hill
Ronald Blum / Associated Press:
'Monster's Paradise,' lampooning US President Donald Trump, has world premiere at Hamburg Opera
Tressie McMillan Cottom / New York Times:
ICE Is Watching You  —  In the latest stop in Donald Trump's war on liberal democracy …
Katherine Hapgood / Politico:
SBA cuts off non-US citizens from primary loan program
Discussion: CBS News and Associated Press
Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
Northern Command Tells N.C., Alaska Troops to Stand Down on Possible Minnesota Deployment
New York Times:
Chaos in Minneapolis Exposes an Internet at War With Truth
 Earlier Items: 
Robert Jimison / New York Times:
Pirro Threatens Jail Time for Lawful Gun Owners Who Travel to D.C. With Firearms
Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
Colleges See Major Racial Shifts in Student Enrollment
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Tony Romm / New York Times:
In Trump's Fraud Crackdown, Political Foes Face Harshest Scrutiny
Paul Krugman:
American Democracy Will Not Die in Darkness
Discussion: Raw Story and Unfogged
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Variety:
Disney names Josh D'Amaro, head of its theme parks and consumer products division, as CEO, replacing Bob Iger, effective March 18; D'Amaro joined Disney in 1998

Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
CBS pulls a 60 Minutes segment with contributor Peter Attia that was set to re-air after the Super Bowl, as Attia's name appears ~1,700 times in Epstein docs

Adrià Calatayud / Wall Street Journal:
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