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Julianne McShane / MS NOW:
Even inside DOJ's secure room, some Epstein files still redacted
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Lawmakers don't rule out exposing redacted names of powerful men in Epstein files
Discussion: NOTUS and Raw Story
Politico:
House vote on Canada tariffs coming as soon as Wednesday  —  House Democrats are aiming to force a vote on President Donald Trump's Canada tariffs as early as Wednesday.  House Democrats still need to meet and decide when to offer the resolution, but it is likely to come Wednesday …
Discussion: The Hill, Bloomberg and Raw Story
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Johnson moves to again block House from voting on Trump tariffs
Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Hill
NBC News:
White House keeps pressure on House Republicans ahead of crucial vote on mail-in-voting
Discussion: Democracy Docket and Raw Story
Regina Medina / MPR News:
'He's not the same': Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer  —  {"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"parag raph", “content”:[{"text":"The Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday featured a little boy accepting a Grammy award from Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny.
Karlin Lillington / The Irish Times:
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September  —  Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record  —  An Irishman living in the United States for more than 20 years has been held by US Immigration …
Discussion: Raw Story and New Republic
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Rory Carroll / The Guardian:
Irish man with valid US work permit held in ICE detention for five months
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
March for Life Attendees Are Getting Measles … Anti-abortion demonstrators at the March for Life may have helped spread a potentially fatal disease.  —  The march and concert, held on January 23 in Washington, D.C., draw thousands to the National Mall each year.
Discussion: dchealth.dc.gov, NPR, Raw Story and The Hill
Grant Schwab / The Detroit News:
UAW: Ford worker who heckled Trump kept job, ‘no discipline’ on record … “TJ, we got your back,” United Auto Workers Vice President Laura Dickerson said during a Washington, D.C., speech Monday morning.  She was referencing TJ Sabula, a 40-year-old UAW Local 600 line worker at the factory who called Trump a “pedophile protector.”
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Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Ford Defies Trump After Worker Heckled President
Discussion: Reuters, Washington Times and The Hill
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE in Trump's 1st year back in office had violent criminal records, document shows  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Less than 14% of nearly 400,000 immigrants arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in President Trump's first year back in the White House …
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Howard Lutnick faces bipartisan calls to resign over latest Epstein revelations  —  Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is facing bipartisan calls to resign after he appeared in a recent batch of files linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.  Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) …
emptywheel:
Confirmed: Todd Blanche Locked Ghislaine Maxwell into a False Story, Then Rewarded Her  —  Back in August, I argued that Todd Blanche's interview of Ghislaine Maxwell was not intended to elicit useful information.  —  Rather, it was an effort to lock in transparently false testimony …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Eric Levitz / Vox:
Trump has a plan to steal the midterms.  It will probably fail.  —  The nightmare scenario for American democracy is no longer unthinkable. … Ever since the United States entrusted its presidency to a would-be insurrectionist in January 2025, many Americans have feared for the integrity of their nation's future elections.
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Trump Administration to Cut $600 Million in Health Funding From Four States  —  The states, all led by Democrats, used the grants to support a wide variety of functions, including H.I.V. prevention and surveillance.  —  The Trump administration plans to rescind $600 million in public health funds …
Discussion: Raw Story
Katherine Mangu-Ward / New York Times:
Libertarians Tried to Warn You About Trump  —  Libertarians can be annoying, with our constant bellyaching about privacy and taxes, our obsession with the First Amendment and our fearmongering about jackbooted thugs.  —  But in light of how the past year has unfolded, consider cutting your friendly neighborhood libertarian some slack.
Discussion: Reason
Jorge Bonilla / Fox News:
Why Bad Bunny's polarizing Super Bowl halftime show felt like a slap at America  —  Bad Bunny delivered a highly divisive Super Bowl halftime show that put identity politics front and center  —  Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show is officially behind us.  Mercifully.
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Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Trump Watched Bad Bunny Halftime Show at His Own Super Bowl Party
The Athletic:
Chloe Kim, Eileen Gu speak out after President Trump calls Olympian ‘a loser’  —  Share full article  —  LIVIGNO, Italy — A day after President Donald Trump called the Olympian Hunter Hess “a real loser” over the freestyle skier's comments about representing the United States …
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Utah GOP push to repeal anti-gerrymander law falters amid fraud allegations tied to firm backed by Trump Jr.  —  A Trump-backed, GOP effort to repeal a Utah law that could give Democrats one extra U.S. House seat appears to be unraveling after county officials flagged thousands of potentially invalid and fraudulent petition signatures.
Discussion: Raw Story and Utah Political Watch
Lautaro Grinspan / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April  —  Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
Elizabeth Schulze / Associated Press:
Trump's tariffs cost American households $1,000 last year: Research group  —  The Tax Foundation said the cost may be even higher in 2026.  —  President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn upon his arrival to the White House, Feb. 9, 2026, in Washington.  —  President Donald Trump's tariffs cost …
Discussion: Scripps News and Newsweek
Zach Everson / Forbes:
Binance—Whose Founder Was Pardoned—Now Holds 87% Of Trump's Stablecoin  —  Topline  —  Binance holds about 87% of USD1, the stablecoin issued by a Trump family crypto venture—a greater concentration than any other major stablecoin has at a single exchange—underscoring the depth …
John Sakellariadis / Politico:
Trump's ‘Stop the Steal’ lawyer probing 2020 election fraud has access to sensitive US intel … “Every time he hits a roadblock, he just calls POTUS,” said the first person familiar with Olsen's work.  —  The decision to provide some of the government's most sensitive spy material to Olsen is unusual …
Kate Plummer / Newsweek:
Video of Democrat Calling for Non-Whites To Take Over US Sparks Anger  —  Texas House Democrat Gene Wu has sparked backlash over comments he made about minority groups taking over America.  —  Speaking on the Define American podcast with journalist Jose Antonio Vargas in December 2024, Wu …
Jessica Valenti / Abortion, Every Day:
They're Coming for Our Daughters  —  The conservative plan to shrink girls' futures  —  My daughter has had a difficult few months in school.  By some administrative fluke, she ended up in a class where she was the only girl—it was just Layla, surrounded by a dozen or so 15-year-old boys.
Discussion: New York Post
Ryan Devereaux / The Intercept:
“Uptick in Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers  —  MINNEAPOLIS — On Friday, legal observers on an encrypted group call in Minneapolis received a desperate plea.  A fellow observer was following federal agents who'd just loaded her friend into an unmarked vehicle.
Discussion: HotAir and The Independent
Gwynne Hogan / The City:
ICE Moved Detainees to Previously Undisclosed Floor of 26 Federal Plaza  —  A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reduce overcrowding and squalid conditions at a Manhattan holding room.  Months later, he finds ICE merely shifted floors.  —  Support local news today!
Vic Verbalaitis / The Daily Beast:
ICE Arrests Transplant Patient and Cuts Off Life-Saving Meds  —  DIABOLICAL  —  The 38-year-old hasn't had his kidney transplant medication since he was detained on Thursday.  —  A kidney transplant recipient in Minnesota who was arrested by ICE has been denied access to life-saving medication …
Discussion: MPR News
Doug Bock Clark / ProPublica:
The Conservative Researcher Being Linked to the FBI's Seizure of Election Records in Georgia  —  A conservative researcher whose theories have often been rejected by Georgia election overseers and who once pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of voyeurism is emerging as a central figure …
Discussion: IJR and Democracy Docket
Washington Post:
Legality of Trump's $400M in private funding for White House ballroom at issue  —  A federal judge weighing whether the project may proceed has focused on whether the administration can use private donations to bypass congressional approval.  —  A federal judge is expected to soon rule …
Discussion: E&E News
 
 
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Ken Sweet / Associated Press:
Trump administration's changes to the CFPB cost Americans $19B, a new report says
Financial Times:
China steps up dangerous air encounters near Taiwan
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Tina Sfondeles / Chicago Sun Times:
Illinois appeal for summer storm disaster relief denied by Trump administration
Discussion: Chicago Tribune
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Trump DOJ's ‘weaponization’ group under pressure to deliver results, source says
Dan De Luce / NBC News:
Details reveal more on whistleblower complaint against Tulsi Gabbard
Politico:
Judge blocks enforcement of California's law banning masks for ICE agents
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Berny Belvedere / The UnPopulist:
Trump's Vile Obama Video Follows the White House's Official White Nationalist Line
Discussion: The Hill
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Pete Hegseth's Attack on Harvard
Discussion: Federal News Network
Pew Research Center:
White evangelicals remain among Trump's strongest supporters, but they're less supportive than a year ago
Discussion: The Independent
Moira Donegan / The Guardian:
Epstein was not ostracised for his crimes. To some powerful men, he became even more appealing
Associated Press:
Live updates: Ghislaine Maxwell avoids answering questions in House deposition