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Trish Bendix / New York Times:
Colbert Doesn't Give an FCC About Calling Out CBS — “And because my network clearly doesn't want us to talk about this, let's talk about this,” Stephen Colbert said after CBS canceled a Texas congressman's appearance on Monday's “Late Show.” … ‘FCC You’
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
South Jersey guy becomes the face of ICE resistance — I was cranking out the newsletter in Tuesday's pre-dawn darkness when we learned that the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., who'd been our greatest living bridge to the civil rights heroics of the 1960s and '70s, has died at age 84.
Matt Webb Mitovich / LateNighter:
Colbert Says CBS Pulled Guest Amid FCC Scrutiny, Posts Interview on YouTube Instead — FCC chair Brendan Carr's threatened revisiting of the Equal Time rule has come to fruition, forcing CBS' The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to not air an interview with Democratic politician James Talarico.
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Tom Tapp / Deadline:
Stephen Colbert Defies CBS, Says Network Banned Him From Interviewing James Talarico On ‘The Late Show’
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John Koblin / New York Times:
Colbert Slams Trump Administration After CBS Pulls Senate Candidate Interview
Colbert Slams Trump Administration After CBS Pulls Senate Candidate Interview
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
American Principles in the Age of MAGA Nihilism
Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
Stephen Colbert says network lawyers pulled James Talarico interview over FCC equal time fears
Stephen Colbert says network lawyers pulled James Talarico interview over FCC equal time fears
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Peter Applebome / New York Times:
Jesse Jackson, Charismatic Champion of Civil Rights, Dies at 84 — An impassioned orator, he was a moral and political force, forming a “rainbow coalition” of poor and working-class people and seeking the presidency. His mission, he said, was “to transform the mind of America.”
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Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon, dies at 84 — Jackson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2000. — Rev. Jesse Jackson poses in the Rainbow Push headquarters in Chicago, August 4, 2011. — The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader, Baptist minister …
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Christian Datoc / Washington Examiner:
Trump honors civil rights icon Jesse Jackson: ‘Good man’
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Char Adams / NBC News:
Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon, dies at 84
Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon, dies at 84
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Cameron McWhirter / Wall Street Journal:
Jesse Jackson, Civil-Rights Leader and Democratic Presidential Candidate, Dies at 84
Jesse Jackson, Civil-Rights Leader and Democratic Presidential Candidate, Dies at 84
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Politico:
DHS spokesperson to leave Trump administration … McLaughlin publicly supported the Trump administration's controversial tactics at some of the most tense moments amid its immigration enforcement operations in Chicago and Minneapolis, frequently sparring with social media detractors.
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Brittany Gibson / Axios:
DHS promoting McLaughlin's deputy as new spokesperson
DHS promoting McLaughlin's deputy as new spokesperson
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NBC News:
Noem's use of Coast Guard resources strains her relationship with the military branch, sources say — Some early decisions by the Homeland security secretary, including to divert Coast Guard resources from a search-and-rescue mission to the deportation of migrants, set the tone early.
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Major corporations bankroll political ad featuring white supremacist slogan — Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY), who is running to replace Mitch McConnell in the United States Senate, released his first television ad earlier this month. In the ad, Barr speaks directly to the camera and declares, “It's not a sin to be white.”
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Eric Bazail-Eimil / Politico:
ICE officials knew use of force was rising well before Minneapolis shootings … Days before, Vitello was informed that the use of force in the first two weeks of March alone had quadrupled compared with the same timeframe the year before, per another email.
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NBC News:
Armed man wearing tactical vest arrested outside the U.S. Capitol, police say — Police also discovered a Kevlar helmet and a gas mask inside the suspect's vehicle, which was parked near the building. — Listen to this article with a free account — WASHINGTON — An 18-year-old man …
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Police arrest suspect with apparent gun near U.S. Capitol
Police arrest suspect with apparent gun near U.S. Capitol
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Hegseth forces ouster of senior Army spokesman in latest internal clash — It marks the defense secretary's latest move to force out an officer who worked for retired Gen. Mark A. Milley, a target of President Donald Trump's. — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has forced the ouster …
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Trump somehow got worse on public health after covid — PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 🧠 Subscribe to PN 🧠 — In the Trump administration's latest assault on public health, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s crankified FDA refused …
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Trump picks his White House assistant for panel reviewing ballroom — Chamberlain Harris, a 26-year-old White House aide and the president's longtime executive assistant, is set to be sworn in Thursday. — When Congress created the Commission of Fine Arts more than a century ago …
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
Cooper's Final Minutes … On Monday evening, as the media class wrapped up its three-day Presidents' Day weekend, a bombshell development sent shockwaves across the industry. Anderson Cooper, Lachlan Cartwright reported, had declined to sign a new agreement with CBS News …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama Took On Recession, Health Care and Iraq. What He Didn't See Coming Was Trump. — A new set of oral history interviews documents how Barack Obama and his advisers missed the shifting mood of the country that would ultimately replace him with a successor they considered a “con man,” “clown” and “laughingstock.”
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Tony Romm / New York Times:
Trump Sought Vast Budget Cuts. Congress Granted Few. … Shortly after returning to office, President Trump embarked on an aggressive campaign to pare back the core functions of the federal government, unveiling a budget that proposed some of the steepest spending reductions in U.S. history.
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Jasmine Wright / NOTUS:
'It's Chaos': How Trump's Pardoning Process Keeps Changing — Alice Marie Johnson was set to bring her latest list of pardon recommendations to President Donald Trump in a meeting just before Christmas last year, an exclamation point at the end of a year marked by the reemergence of a muscular pardoning operation at the White House.
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Jessica Parker / BBC:
Hillary Clinton accuses Trump administration of Epstein files ‘cover-up’ in BBC interview — Hillary Clinton has accused President Donald Trump's administration of a “cover-up” over its handling of files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. — “Get the files out.
Associated Press:
Federal judge rules Kilmar Abrego Garcia can't be re-detained by immigration authorities — Immigration and Customs Enforcement cannot re-detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia because a 90-day detention period has expired and the government has no viable plan for deporting him, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.
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Sophia Tareen / Associated Press:
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King, has died at 84 — The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader's assassination, has died.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
How Trump saved TikTok: Backstory of a 2-year campaign — President Trump had just won reelection and was basking in the parade of congratulatory pilgrimages to Mar-a-Lago. On this day in November 2024, an old friend and a first-time visitor were meeting privately with Trump.
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Stephanie Koithan / San Antonio Current:
Two-month-old baby ‘choking on his own vomit’ while detained in Dilley — A 2-month-old baby detained at Dilley's South Texas Family Residential Center has fallen ill and has been described as “choking on his own vomit,” according to Univision reporter Lidia Terrazas.
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