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Cate Brown / The Guardian:
NSA detected foreign intelligence phone call about a person close to Trump  —  Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff  —  Last spring, the National Security Agency (NSA) flagged an unusual phone call between …
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Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
Whistle-Blower Report Involved Intelligence About a Trump Contact  —  Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, moved to lock down an intelligence intercept that referred to someone close to President Trump, the report said.  —  Members of Congress were briefed this week …
Discussion: The Independent and The Guardian
Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Foreign Call About Person Close to Trump  —  Call intercepted by U.S. formed a key part of a complaint filed last year against the director of national intelligence  —  A whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard …
Discussion: NewsNation
NBC News:
Tulsi Gabbard responds to senator's criticism over handling of whistleblower complaint  —  Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., condemned the director of national intelligence for not providing the May 2025 complaint to lawmakers until this month.  —  Listen to this article with a free account
New York Times:
Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure  —  Mr. Lewis will be replaced in the interim by Jeff D'Onofrio, formerly the chief financial officer, the company said.  —  Will Lewis, the embattled chief executive and publisher of The Washington Post, has stepped down, the company announced Saturday.
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Financial Times:
Will Lewis steps down as Washington Post publisher and CEO after job cuts  —  British journalist's tenure was controversial after Jeff Bezos appointed him to turn around the newspaper  —  Christopher Grimes in Los Angeles, Daniel Thomas in London and Anna Nicolaou in New York
Jon Passantino / Status:
Conflict of Disinterest … Last month, just ahead of the devastating layoffs at The Washington Post, a group of wealthy D.C. locals approached Post publisher and chief executive Will Lewis with a proposal: Would the Jeff Bezos-owned paper consider spinning off its local and sports sections and selling to them?
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
This Is Just Who Trump Is  —  What motivates President Trump?  —  Not what motivates Trumpism, whatever that is.  Not what motivates his MAGA supporters.  Not what motivates the infrequent and marginal voters who delivered him his victories in 2016 and 2024.  —  No. What specifically motivates Donald J. Trump?
Joseph Ramos / The Bulwark:
Trump 2.0's Most Racist Moments, Ranked
Discussion: CNN, MS NOW and NPR
David Nir / The Downballot:
Democrats resoundingly defend red district in Louisiana, denying GOP its first pickup  —  Democrats successfully defended a conservative seat in rural Louisiana on Saturday night, as Chasity Martinez defeated Republican Brad Daigle by a dominant 62-38 margin—a massive 37-point overperformance compared to the 2024 presidential result.
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Quinn Coffman / The Advocate:
Democrat Chasity Verret Martinez wins District 60 seat, replacing Chad Brown  —  Democrat Chasity Verret Martinez won Saturday's special election for State House District 60, defeating Republican Brad Daigle.  —  Martinez, a member of the Iberville Parish Council, earned 62% of the vote against Daigle …
Miami Herald:
Who were the other men in the Epstein files?  This is the FBI's own list  —  After the Justice Department shut the door on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files in July 2025, FBI agents worked on drafts of a 21-page presentation of all the evidence the FBI had gathered in the case, including a summary of allegations against 11 men.
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Julie K. Brown / The Epstein Files:
Here is the FBI's Epstein List
Discussion: Raw Story and NewsMax.com
Amelia Gentleman / The Guardian:
Sex and snacks, but no seat at the table: the role of women in Epstein's sordid men's club
Discussion: Plain Dealer
Mike Hixenbaugh / NBC News:
Toddler hospitalized with respiratory failure was returned to ICE detention and denied prescribed medication, lawsuit says  —  The 18-month-old was sent back to a South Texas facility after days in intensive care with severe respiratory distress, according to a federal lawsuit.
Discussion: The Japan Times
Washington Post:
The enthusiasm — and scorn — surrounding Bad Bunny's star turn at the Super Bowl  —  The halftime show will illustrate the nation's immigration divide whether or not the reggaeton star makes an explicit message about Trump's deportation drive.  —  Puerto Rican native Ray Sanchez generally …
Washington Post:
Zelensky says Russia is proposing huge economic deals with U.S.  —  The Ukrainian president said the Trump administration was pushing for a June deadline to end Russia's war.  —  KYIV — Days after negotiations to halt Russia's war in Ukraine ended inconclusively in Abu Dhabi …
Rylee Kirk / New York Times:
Ohio Man Is Charged With Threatening to Kill JD Vance  —  During the investigation, the man was found to have child sex abuse materials on his phone, federal prosecutors said.  —  An Ohio man was charged with threatening to shoot and kill Vice President JD Vance, federal prosecutors said on Friday.
Discussion: Townhall
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US Department of Justice:
Ohio Man Charged for Threatening to Kill the Vice President of the United States
Rachel Wolf / Fox News:
Virginia Democrat gives profanity-laced response to Cruz's criticism of the state's redistricting push  —  ‘You all started it and we f—ing finished it,’ Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore L Louise Lucas said  —  Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore Louise Lucas delivered …
New York Times:
Top ICE Lawyer in Minnesota Departs as Immigration Lawsuits Overwhelm Courts  —  Jim Stolley, the chief counsel for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota, has left as government prosecutors grapple with a crush of cases.  —  The top lawyer for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement …
Discussion: twitchy.com and MS NOW
Colleen DeGuzman / The Texas Tribune:
Two cases of tuberculosis detected at El Paso ICE facility  —  Eighteen cases of COVID-19 were also identified.  U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar on Friday visited the 5,000-bed tent facility on the Fort Bliss Army base and said she saw many “chronic issues.”  —  TAKE OUR CONTENT — PLEASE!
Discussion: El Paso Times
Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
Anne Applebaum on Trump's betrayal of Europe  —  “They're bewildered we've allowed this to happen.”  —  ∙ Paid  —  Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🧠 Subscribe to PN 🧠  —  Last month's Davos World Economic Forum …
Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
Green Day frontman calls out ICE ahead of Super Bowl: ‘Quit that s-tty job you have’  —  Green Day's lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong on Friday called on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to “quit that s-tty job you have” during a pre-Super Bowl LX party in San Francisco ahead of their performance before Sunday's game.
Sam McKeith / Reuters:
Australia's opposition coalition reunites after split over hate laws  —  Australia's conservative opposition coalition reunited on Sunday after the junior partner National Party severed ties last month with the Liberal Party over its decision to back government hate speech laws drafted in the wake of the Bondi massacre.
Discussion: Bloomberg
Spencer Kimball / CNBC:
Trump administration equity stakes pose risks to U.S. companies and markets … The Trump administration's portfolio of equity stakes in U.S. companies has reached a scale that is unprecedented outside economic crisis or wartime.  —  The administration has taken stakes or has agreements …
Geraldine McKelvie / The Guardian:
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters  —  Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism  —  The global publishing platform Substack is generating revenue from newsletters …
Philip Bump / How To Read This Chart:
Let's consider some disasters.  —  It has been quite a week in quite a month in quite a year in quite a decade, has it not?  A lot of things have gone sideways, often driven into ditches by distracted drivers.  Happily for us, some interesting data visualizations have emerged as a result.
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Netanyahu to hold urgent meeting with Trump Wednesday amid Iran negotiations  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has moved up his visit to Washington and is expected to meet with President Trump on Wednesday to discuss the negotiations with Iran, the prime minister's office said in a statement.
Delano Massey / Axios:
As America turns 250, the fight over Black history intensifies  —  America's 250th anniversary is colliding with a renewed battle over Black history, just as the White House moves to both smooth over and narrow how race and equity are discussed nationwide with rollbacks of diversity initiatives.
 
 
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Sean Keeley / Awful Announcing:
Pat McAfee blown away to learn San Francisco is not what conservative media makes it out to be
Discussion: New York Times
Samuel Benson / Politico:
A MAGA push to erase a Dem House seat is triggering accusations of fraud and violence in Utah
Discussion: Salt Lake Tribune
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
New version of GOP suppression bill would impose nationwide proof of citizenship, photo ID requirements
Discussion: NewsMax.com, NewsNation and CNBC
Adam Wren / Politico:
Exclusive: Democrats reckon with ICE contractor donations
Discussion: IJR
Politico:
ICE surveillance concerns shift Democrats' demands for body cameras
Dina Doll / Legal AF's Substack:
Ghislaine Maxwell's Bombshell Filing Raises Questions About Epstein's Hidden Network
emptywheel:
Marco Rubio Will Let 2.5 Million Children Die so Sarah Rogers Can Fund Far Right Extremists in Europe
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Associated Press:
Immigrant whose skull was broken in eight places during ICE arrest says beating was unprovoked
Discussion: Scripps News
Joe Charpentier / The Portland Press Herald:
ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say
 

 
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