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Marco Rubio / United States Department of State:
Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Munich Security Conference — SECRETARY RUBIO: Thank you very much. We gather here today as members of a historic alliance, an alliance that saved and changed the world. When this conference began in 1963, it was in a nation - actually, it was on a continent - that was divided against itself.
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Associated Press:
Europeans push back at US over claim they face ‘civilizational erasure’
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Felicia Schwartz / Politico:
Rubio calls on Europe to join Trump's new world order
Rubio calls on Europe to join Trump's new world order
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Andrea Mitchell / NBC News:
Marco Rubio seeks to heal divides with Europe as he rejects ‘end of the transatlantic era’
Marco Rubio seeks to heal divides with Europe as he rejects ‘end of the transatlantic era’
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New York Times:
U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal Protections — Most had court orders protecting them from removal to their home countries, so they were sent to detention in Cameroon. — In a secret deportation arrangement, the Trump administration flew nine people …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump's Relentless Self-Promotion Fosters an American Cult of Personality — President Trump has engaged in a spree of self-aggrandizement unlike any of his predecessors, fostering a mythologized superhuman persona and making himself the inescapable force at home and around the world.
Washington Post:
Trump claims victory on affordability as public anxieties persist — Advisers had been encouraging the president to sound more empathetic toward struggling Americans. But as some bright spots emerge, the messaging has shifted. — The White House is declaring victory on turning around the economy …
GOV.UK:
UK confirms Russia poisoned Navalny in prison with rare toxin — UK and partners are today exposing the tragic circumstances surrounding Alexei Navalny's death and have confirmed there was poison found in samples from his body. — As Ministers meet at the Munich Security Conference …
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GOV.UK:
Joint Statement by the UK, Sweden, France, Germany and The Netherlands on Alexei Navalny's death
Joint Statement by the UK, Sweden, France, Germany and The Netherlands on Alexei Navalny's death
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
‘Stunning’: Jeanine Pirro's Failure to Indict Democrats Is a Big Deal … The administration's use of the Justice Department to intimidate President Donald Trump's political opponents and stifle dissent reached a remarkable new low last week, when federal prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney's Office …
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New York Times:
Republican State Legislators Rush to Limit Their Own Regulators — South Carolina's state legislature is one of 17, mainly in heavily Republican states, that is moving to handcuff state agencies at a moment of tectonic changes in energy, technology and finance.
Jonathan Cohn / The Bulwark:
This Is What Destroying the Vaccine Market Looks Like — A shocking move by RFK Jr.'s team has the industry spooked—for good reason. — THE VACCINE MAKER MODERNA decided this past week to tell the world about bad news it had received from the federal government.
Mark Walker / New York Times:
Ring Ends Deal to Link Neighborhood Cameras After Super Bowl Ad Backlash — A commercial about a lost dog being reunited with his family ignited concerns that a “Search Party” feature posed privacy risks. Ring parted ways with the tech company Flock Safety.
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Julie K. Brown / The Epstein Files:
Eight years of Jeffrey Epstein coverage — The Miami Herald's original series, videos, timeline and more — I'm seeing that a lot of people around the world are digging into the Epstein Files and finally seeing what I've been seeing over the past eight years.
Paul Krugman:
Who Is Paying the Trump Tariffs? — A wonkish guide for the confused — WARNING: TODAY'S POST WILL BE EVEN WONKIER THAN USUAL — Until recently the question of who pays tariffs wasn't controversial among economists. The overwhelming consensus was that under normal circumstances tariffs …
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The Rational League:
The SAVE Act and the Myth of a Voter Fraud Crisis — The Premise: A “Crisis” That Does Not Exist — The SAVE Act rests on a claim so frequently repeated that it has acquired the tone of common sense: that American elections are threatened by widespread voter impersonation and non-citizen voting …
Washington Post:
Six congressional primaries that explain where the country is headed — A handful of primaries show the tensions among Republicans and Democrats as both face major questions about their future. — In typical midterm election years, few party primaries garner much attention.
Fox News:
AG Pam Bondi announces ‘all’ Epstein files have been released, listing over 300 high-profile names — FIRST ON FOX - Attorney General Pam Bondi announced in a letter on Saturday that “all” Epstein files have been released consistent with Section 3 of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
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New York Post, Joe.My.God., RedState, MeidasTouch News and Mediaite
