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Julie K. Brown / Miami Herald:
Trump told Palm Beach police chief ‘everyone’ knew about Epstein, Maxwell was ‘evil’  —  President Donald Trump has repeatedly maintained that he had no knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes.  —  But in July 2006, just as Jeffrey Epstein's criminal sex charge became public …
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Politico:
Look who's in the Epstein files  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco, Irie Sentner and Makayla Gray  —  Good Tuesday morning.  This is Jack Blanchard.  Get in touch.  —  START YOUR DAY WITH THIS: “Samuel Alito Opens Up About Antonin Scalia and the Path from Roe to Dobbs,” by James Rosen in POLITICO Magazine.
Leila Abboud / Financial Times:
EU-US tensions over Greenland and tech are far from over, says Macron  —  French president calls on bloc to take the necessary steps to become a true global economic power  —  The EU should not be lulled into a false sense of security that tensions with the US over Greenland …
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Politico:
After Greenland, it's the micro-agressions
Discussion: Politico and Reuters
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Julianne McShane / MS NOW:
Even inside DOJ's secure room, some Epstein files still redacted
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Republicans are pushing to drastically change the way you cast ballots  —  Explaining the SAVE America Act, which is getting a vote this week.  —  As President Donald Trump calls for sweeping changes to election law — including saying that Republicans should “take over the voting” …
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Eric Levitz / Vox:
Trump has a plan to steal the midterms. It will probably fail.
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Johnson moves to again block House from voting on Trump tariffs
Politico:
‘Complete nonstarter’: Administration allies say judicial warrants a red line for White House in DHS funding talks as shutdown looms … One of the people close to the administration described the judicial warrants proposal as a “complete nonstarter for the White House,” as well as for many congressional Republicans.
Discussion: The UnPopulist and NewsNation
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Washington Post:
Republicans can't afford more presidential distractions right now
New York Times:
Trump Threatens to Block Opening of New Bridge to Canada  —  The Gordie Howe International Bridge, expected to open early this year, was built by Canada to ease cargo transport between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.  —  President Trump threatened on Monday to block the opening of a new bridge between …
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Mike Crawley / CBC News:
Trump threatens to block opening of new bridge between Windsor and Detroit  —  Says he wants U.S. ‘fully compensated for everything we have given’ Canada  —  U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to block the opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge, poised to become the newest border crossing between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit.
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.
Reuters:
Trump set to repeal landmark climate finding in huge regulatory rollback this week  —  The Trump administration is set this week to overturn an Obama-era scientific finding that serves as the legal basis for federal greenhouse-gas regulation, the Environmental Protection Agency said on Monday.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Fox News
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New York Times:
A Campaign to Revoke the Endangerment Finding Appears Near ‘Total Victory’  —  A small group of conservative activists has worked for 16 years to stop all government efforts to fight climate change.  Their efforts seem poised to pay off.  —  In the summer of 2022, Democrats in Congress …
Discussion: Semafor
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: The Hill, Raw Story, dchealth.dc.gov and NPR
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, KSTP-TV and Newsweek
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!
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
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
Christian Paz / Vox:
Pope Leo is quietly reviving America's Catholic left  —  A quiet cold war is happening across America — one that many Americans might not be aware of if they're not tuned into the changes underway in America's Christian communities.  —  On one side is the religious right's use of scripture …
James Rosen / Politico:
Samuel Alito Opens Up About Antonin Scalia and the Path from Roe to Dobbs … On the unseasonably hot evening of Oct. 2, 1986, a rented bus pulled up to a party on Capitol Hill.  Inside, the fare was modest: cheese, crackers, canned Miller High Life.  “The style — informal and relaxed …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
In the New Jersey Primary, ‘Abolish ICE’ Looks Like a Winning Message  —  When Analilia Mejia, the former political director of Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign, held town halls during her recent congressional primary race in New Jersey, she'd invite people to stay afterward for a training on nonviolent resistance to ICE.
Discussion: Jewish Insider and NewsMax.com
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
The death of the CIA Factbook and Trump's war on usefulness  —  Wherever government does something helpful, the regime wants to kill it.  —  Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🌐 Subscribe to PN 🌐
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 …
Dan Witters / Gallup:
American Optimism Slumps to Record Low  —  Democrats, Hispanic adults report greatest drops since 2024  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — The percentage of U.S. adults who anticipate high-quality lives in five years declined to 59.2% in 2025, the lowest level since measurement began nearly two decades ago.
Discussion: Associated Press and Semafor
Michelle Cottle / New York Times:
Trump's Doomed Drive to Rename Penn Station and Dulles Airport  —  President Trump is not a renowned reader.  But it increasingly feels as though someone at the White House should leave a printout of “Ozymandias” next to his TV remote.  —  In recent discussions, Trump administration officials …
Discussion: CNN and MS NOW
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 …
Bloomberg:
Trump Sees 15% Economic Growth Under Fed Pick Warsh  —  President Donald Trump said that Kevin Warsh, his pick to lead the Federal Reserve, can get the US economy to 15% growth and maybe even above that level during an interview with Fox Business.  Tyler Kendall reports on Bloomberg Television.
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Without a Border ‘Invasion,’ Texas G.O.P. Turns to an Old Enemy, Islam  —  Republican politicians and strategists in Texas are amping up anti-Muslim rhetoric as a way to energize Republican voters after several elections when the border was the animating force.
Discussion: Texas Monthly
Matt Tracy / Gay City News:
Trump administration removes Rainbow Flag from Stonewall National Monument  —  Miss Simone (left) watches Shirley McKinney and Steven Love Menendez lift the Rainbow Flag up into the air at Christopher Park in 2022 — back when the Biden administration allowed the flag to go up …
 
 
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New York Times:
Newly Unbound, Trump Weighs More Nuclear Arms and Underground Tests
Discussion: Semafor and Washington Examiner
Tyler Spence / NOTUS:
Marcy Kaptur Faces Her Toughest Race Yet After Ohio's Republican Redistricting
Bridget Bowman / NBC News:
Members of Congress are fleeing the job at a historically high rate
Discussion: The Hill
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
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Tina Sfondeles / Chicago Sun Times:
Illinois appeal for summer storm disaster relief denied by Trump administration
Discussion: Chicago Tribune
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Pete Hegseth's Attack on Harvard
Discussion: Federal News Network
 Earlier Items: 
Doug Bock Clark / ProPublica:
The Conservative Researcher Being Linked to the FBI's Seizure of Election Records in Georgia
Discussion: Democracy Docket and IJR
Jessica Valenti / Abortion, Every Day:
They're Coming for Our Daughters  —  The conservative plan to shrink girls' futures
Discussion: New York Post
Kate Plummer / Newsweek:
Video of Democrat Calling for Non-Whites To Take Over US Sparks Anger
Ryan Devereaux / The Intercept:
“Uptick in Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
Discussion: HotAir and The Independent
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Utah GOP push to repeal anti-gerrymander law falters amid fraud allegations tied to firm backed by Trump Jr.
Discussion: Raw Story and Utah Political Watch
The Athletic:
Chloe Kim, Eileen Gu speak out after President Trump calls Olympian ‘a loser’
Lautaro Grinspan / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
 

 
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Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Paramount sweetens its WBD bid with a “ticking fee” worth ~$650M/quarter if the deal isn't closed by year-end and offers to fund WBD's $2.8B Netflix breakup fee

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Spotify reports Q4 revenue up 13% YoY to €4.5B, Premium users up 10% YoY to 290M, MAUs up 11% YoY to 751M, and a €701M operating income, above €639.1M est.

Nat Rubio-Licht / The Deep View:
NYC-based AI video startup Runway raised a $315M Series E led by General Atlantic, a source says at a $5.3B valuation, and says it will pre-train world models
 
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