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Isabella Kwai / New York Times:
Trump Posts Video Portraying the Obamas as Apes  —  The video, shared by the president's Truth Social account, contains a brief clip of the faces of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, on the bodies of apes.  —  President Trump late Thursday night shared a video that contained …
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Trump shares racist video depicting the Obamas as monkeys  —  The White House defended Trump's post, saying it was “from an internet meme video depicting President Trump as the King of the Jungle.”  —  Listen to this article with a free account  —  President Donald Trump shared a video clip …
Associated Press:
Trump shares a racist video that depicts the Obamas as primates  —  President Donald Trump used his social media account to share a video about election conspiracy theories that includes a racist depiction of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle.
Cameron Adams / The Daily Beast:
Trump Posts Vile Video of Obamas in Manic Late-Night Rampage  —  FEED FRENZY  —  The 79-year-old president spent the night spewing out conspiracy theories.  —  President Donald Trump shared a racist video of Barack and Michelle Obama as part of a manic late-night Truth Social posting spree.
Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Posts Video Online Depicting Obamas as Apes  —  Sen. Tim Scott calls it 'the most racist thing I've seen out of this White House'  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump posted a video online that included imagery depicting former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama as apes, prompting swift backlash from Democrats and Republicans.
Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Trump Posts Wildly Racist Video of the Obamas
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
'Most racist thing I've seen out of this White House': Tim Scott slams Trump for post depicting Obamas as monkeys
Lucy Campbell / The Guardian:
White House takes down Trump's racist video about Obamas after outrage over ‘vile, unhinged’ post - live
CNN:
Trump promises Schumer funding for NY tunnel project — if Penn Station and Dulles Airport are renamed after him  —  Donald Trump Senate leadership Aviation news  —  President Donald Trump told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer last month that he was finally prepared to drop his freeze …
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NBC News:
Trump wanted Dulles Airport, Penn Station named after him — in exchange for releasing federal funds  —  Trump has named several landmarks and initiatives after himself since he returned to office.  —  Listen to this article with a free account  —  The Trump administration asked Senate …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Democrats erupt over Trump push to rename Dulles, Penn Station
Discussion: The Independent and Raw Story
Politico:
Trump wanted Dulles Airport and Penn Station named after him as condition of releasing rail tunnel funds
NBC News:
Trump administration takes big step toward making it easier to fire 50,000 federal workers  —  A new Office of Personnel Management rule would strip career government employees of long-standing job protections.  —  Listen to this article with a free account
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Erich Wagner / GovExec.com:
Trump admin moves to finalize return of Schedule F
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Key participant in 2012 Benghazi, Libya, attack that killed 4 Americans is in custody, Bondi says  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A key participant in the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans has been taken into custody and will be prosecuted in their deaths …
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Regina Medina / MPR News:
DHS seeks deportation for Liam Conejo Ramos' family  —  The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.  The 5-year-old returned home this week after he was detained with his father …
Politico:
Elections overhaul takes center stage in House as hard-right pressure mounts … The issue almost tanked a massive government funding package this week and threatened to extend a four-day partial government shutdown — until Trump intervened and ordered House Republicans to pass the bill without attaching the elections legislation.
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New York Times:
Iran Is at Work on Missile and Nuclear Sites, Satellite Images Show  —  Repairs at key missile sites began soon after they were hit by Israeli and U.S. strikes last year, but work at Iran's nuclear facilities has been slower.  —  Iran appears to have rapidly repaired several ballistic missile …
Washington Post:
Epstein built ties to Russians and sought to meet Putin, files show  —  Justice Department files show that Jeffrey Epstein sought help from a Russian official after claiming a woman from Moscow was blackmailing “powerful businessmen” in New York.  —  Senior Russian officials and business figures …
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Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
Epstein's network included Russian tech investors with past Kremlin ties
Discussion: Reuters and The Hill
Brian Niemietz / Las Vegas Sun:
Border Patrol boss Gregory Bovino tossed from Las Vegas bar  —  Former U.S. Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino was reportedly asked to leave a Las Vegas bar out of safety concerns for the venue's customers.  —  Days after being removed from his post in Minneapolis …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Raw Story
Lindsay Kornick / Fox News:
JD Vance should have been sold by his mother for drugs, NYT columnist says  —  The vice president celebrated his mother's 10th year of sobriety in April  —  New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie suggested Vice President JD Vance's mother was right to have attempted to sell him for drugs in a Bluesky post on Wednesday.
Discussion: KTSA, IJR and Althouse
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
GOP's new fear: Losing the Senate in November … But a Democratic takeover of the Senate would be a political earthquake — and neuter his last two years in office. … - Operatives say they've reviewed polling that shows the GOP facing competitive Senate races not just in traditional battlegrounds …
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
‘Ignore It.’ How the Elite Consoled Jeffrey Epstein Over His Crimes.  —  Newly released emails show Noam Chomsky, Richard Branson and Steve Bannon commiserated with Epstein about his legal troubles and bad press  —  Since Jeffrey Epstein's death, a parade of powerful people who associated …
Discussion: New York Post
European Commission:
Commission preliminarily finds TikTok's addictive design in breach of the Digital Services Act  —  Today, the European Commission preliminarily found TikTok in breach of the Digital Services Act for its addictive design.  This includes features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications …
Josephine Walker / Axios:
DOJ omitted communication from Bondi, Patel in Epstein files, watchdog says  —  A watchdog group is asking the Justice Department to explain why it hasn't included communication from top Trump administration officials in its release of over 2 million pages tied to Jeffrey Epstein, according to a complaint filed Friday.
Discussion: The Hill
New York Times:
Trump's Online Drugstore Opens for Business  —  TrumpRx is aimed at helping patients use their own money to buy medicines.  But researchers who study drug pricing warned that many patients could pay too much if they use the site.  —  President Trump announced the debut of a website …
New York Times:
‘Gang Stuff’ and ‘Illicit Trysts’: How Epstein Sought Leverage With the Wealthy  —  Jeffrey Epstein drafted letters to men like the retail billionaire Leslie Wexner in which he hinted at shared secrets.  —  Jeffrey Epstein, the notorious sex offender, was drafting a letter to Leslie Wexner …
Discussion: The Bulwark
Michelle R Smith / The Guardian:
Newly revealed emails undermine RFK Jr testimony about 2019 Samoa trip ahead of measles outbreak  —  Kennedy later said the purpose of his trip had nothing to do with vaccines.  US embassy and UN staff at the time said otherwise, emails show  —  Over two days of questioning during …
Reese Gorman / NOTUS:
Inside Trump's Takeover of D.C.'s Golf Courses  —  In early spring, the founders of the National Links Trust met with a White House adviser to talk about the future of golf in Washington, D.C.  —  The White House adviser, William Doffermyre, who was set to become the solicitor general …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Julie K. Brown / The Epstein Files:
Understanding Epstein's Crimes  —  “I'm not a sexual predator, I'm an ‘offender’ ... It's the difference between a murderer and a person who steals a bagel,” Jeffrey Epstein told the New York Post in 2011.  —  Epstein compared raping a 13-year-old girl to stealing a bagel.  Let that sink in.
Kanishka Singh / Reuters:
Pardoned January 6 rioter pleads guilty to threatening US Democratic leader Jeffries  —  A January 6, 2021, rioter, who was pardoned by President Donald Trump, pleaded guilty to a harassment charge after being accused of threatening to kill U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, prosecutors said on Thursday.
Discussion: Associated Press
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
The past two days have seen a growing struggle between Democrats, who are demanding accountability from the Trump administration, and Republicans trying to hide what the administration is up to.  —  Last night, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) published a letter he sent to Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John Ratcliffe.
Paul Krugman:
American Decency Still Lives  —  If you want to accomplish anything in politics, you have to have realistic expectations about voters.  Ordinary people aren't deeply informed about policy or politics.  They have jobs to do, children to raise, lives to live.
Oren Cass / New York Times:
The Finance Industry Is a Grift.  Let's Start Treating It That Way.  —  It's bonus season on Wall Street, and a record-setting 2025 is yielding bigger paychecks than ever for America's investment bankers, thanks to their hard work doing, well, what exactly?
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
What Americans actually want done about ICE  —  In a letter sent on Feb. 4, 2026, Democratic congressional leaders Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer laid out their 10 key demands for the current fight in Washington over funding for the Department of Homeland Security, and thus Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Discussion: Navigator Research
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Why Delia Ramirez thinks DHS needs to be dismantled  —  In solidarity with Minnesota communities being hurt by DHS's ongoing occupation of the Twin Cities, we're donating all new revenue from today's edition of the newsletter to The Energy CENTS Coalition, a St. Paul-based nonprofit that helps struggling folks pay their utility bills.
Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival Gives Way to Trump's Patriotic Fair  —  The summer festival, held annually since 1967, will not take place as usual on the National Mall, which will instead host the president's Great American State Fair.  —  The Smithsonian Institution's Folklife Festival …
Discussion: The Independent
Adam Wren / Politico:
Faster, Higher, Stronger — Together?  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco, Irie Sentner and Makayla Gray  —  Happy Friday.  We made it.  This is Adam Wren.  Get in touch.  —  WAITING FOR A CALL: The race to determine who'll likely be the newest member of Congress is too close to call as of this morning.
 
 
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Michael Thwing / STAT:
I treated children for rotavirus in Denmark. The Danish vaccine schedule is no model for the U.S.
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
How Autocrats Meddle With Elections
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Salon
Alfred Ng / Politico:
Raskin probes DOJ after Apple, Google blocked ICE tracking app
Gerald Imray / Associated Press:
Facing high Trump tariffs, Africa's leading economy says it's close to a new trade deal with China
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Twitter is not real life
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Emma Whitford / Inside Higher Ed:
Tenure Eliminated at Oklahoma Colleges
Kathryn Palmer / Inside Higher Ed:
Can Embattled Women's and Gender Studies Programs Survive?
Discussion: MS NOW
Jia Lynn Yang / New York Times:
Trump's Immigration Policy Is 100 Years Old
Financial Times:
US government to fund Maga-aligned think-tanks and charities in Europe
Sarah N. Lynch / CBS News:
Maryland man facing attempted murder charges after showing up at OMB Director Russell Vought's home
 

 
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Financial Times:
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Filing: Amazon's spending on content, including music, sports rights, and licensed and produced TV and film, rose 10% YoY to $22.4B

The Guardian:
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