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David Lawder / Reuters:
US to stop collecting tariffs deemed illegal by Supreme Court on Tuesday  —  The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency said it will halt collections of tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act at 12:01 a.m. EST (0501 GMT) on Tuesday, more than three days …
Discussion: Reason
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Bloomberg:
Trump Reverts to First-Term Tumult as Republican Fears Mount
TMZ.com:
Armed Man Shot Dead at Mar-a-Lago Was Fixated on Epstein Files, Text Shows  —  The armed man shot and killed by Secret Service agents outside President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago property Sunday had grown increasingly obsessed with the Epstein files and was also a vocal supporter of Trump ... TMZ has learned.
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Sonia A. Rao / New York Times:
Armed Man Shot Dead at Mar-a-Lago by Trump's Secret Service Was a 21-Year-Old From N.C.
Daysia Tolentino / The Daily Beast:
Keystone Kash Busted Celebrating in Olympic Locker Room on ‘Work Trip’  —  TAXPAYER'S GOLD  —  His assistant public affairs director insisted the FBI director was not in Italy for the Winter Olympics.  —  Kash Patel's taxpayer-funded work trip to Italy included a well-documented raucous …
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Ben Blanchet / HuffPost:
Kash Patel Faces Backlash For Flying To Winter Olympics, Partying It Up With Team USA
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
FBI's “Stand Down” Directive to NYPD on Jeffrey Epstein Investigations, and More  —  Just five days after Jeffrey Epstein's arrest in the summer of 2019, federal authorities “directed” the New York Police Department to “stand down” its investigations related to Epstein, new documents released by the Department of Justice show.
Tad Friend / New Yorker:
James Talarico Puts His Faith in Texas Voters  —  The Senate candidate believes that Democrats can win by appealing to higher values.  Can he succeed in the age of Trump?  —  After the 8:30 a.m. service at the First Presbyterian Church of Dallas, Senior Pastor Amos Disasa brought two worshippers to his office for a prearranged chat.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Politico:
The biggest decision Trump will make
Discussion: MS NOW
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New York Times:
Trump Considers Targeted Strike Against Iran, Followed by Larger Attack  —  The top negotiators plan to meet in Geneva on Thursday for last-ditch talks, debating a new proposal that could create an off-ramp as two carrier groups massed within striking distance of Iran.
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Gideon Rachman / Financial Times:
Trump's new interest in war will end badly  —  The US president has developed an appetite for the wars of choice that he once denounced  —  “We will measure our success not only by the battles we win, but also by the wars that we end — and perhaps most importantly, the wars we never get into.”
Discussion: MS NOW
New York Times:
Mayhem Rocks Mexico After Most-Wanted Cartel Boss Is Killed  —  “El Mencho” was the longtime head of one of the nation's most powerful cartels.  Armed groups set fire to cars and buildings across Mexico in the wake of his death.  —  The Mexican government said it killed the nation's …
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Fabiola Sánchez / Associated Press:
Mexican army kills leader of powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel during operation to capture him
Hana Kiros / The Atlantic:
The Trump Administration Is Ending Aid That It Says Saves Lives  —  The State Department will let lifesaving projects expire because “there is no strong nexus between the humanitarian response and U.S. national interests,” according to an internal email.  —  A year after the Trump administration began …
Associated Press:
BBC and host apologize after racial slur shouted during BAFTA awards by guest with Tourette's  —  Britain's film academy and the BBC apologized to viewers after an audience member with Tourette syndrome shouted a racial slur during the British Academy Film Awards.
Carla Samon Ros / Bloomberg:
Peru's New President Taps Prominent Economist as Prime Minister  —  Peru's new president has named prominent pro-market economist Hernando de Soto as prime minister, tapping the former central banker to head an interim government that will lead the Andean nation through April general elections.
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
February 22, 2026  —  On February 6, four direct descendants of President Theodore Roosevelt wrote to United States senators to ask them to vote against a measure that opens up the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) in Minnesota to the Chilean mining giant Antofagasta Plc and its subsidiary Twin Metals Minnesota.
Holly Otterbein / Axios:
Scoop: Dems working on secret report found Gaza cost Harris votes  —  Top Democratic officials who worked on the party's still-secret autopsy of the 2024 election concluded that Kamala Harris lost significant support because of the Biden administration's approach to the war in Gaza, Axios has learned.
Jacob Rosen / CBS News:
Judge permanently blocks release of Jack Smith's report on Trump classified documents case  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Washington — A federal judge on Monday permanently blocked the Justice Department from releasing the portion of former special counsel Jack Smith's report that details …
New York Times:
Judges Grow Angry Over Trump Administration Violating Their Orders  —  At least 35 times since August, federal judges have ordered the administration to explain why it should not be punished for violating their orders in immigration cases.  —  The judge was angry.
Erin Cox / Washington Post:
Gov. Wes Moore's redistricting plan is poised to die.  He's still fighting.  —  Tuesday's candidate filing deadline marks the unofficial end of the window to redistrict Maryland ahead of the 2026 midterms.  Moore, a potential 2028 White House contender, refuses to concede defeat.
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
The tariffs ruling is the right result from a terrible process  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🏛️ Subscribe to PN 🏛️  —  If you're trying to make sense of the Supreme Court's decision last Friday in Learning Resources v. Trump, well, good luck.
Discussion: Reason
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Days after $5M donation, Trump administration backs Crypto.com in lawsuit  —  In a document quietly filed with the Federal Election Commission on Friday night, MAGA Inc., the primary Super PAC supporting President Trump, revealed that it received a $5 million donation from Crypto.com on January 23, 2026.
Daniel Richman / New York Times:
The Epstein Files Should Never Have Been Released  —  Every day seems to bring new reports of financiers, academics, politicians and royalty (among others) who cozied up to Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender whose predation took a horrendous toll on innocent lives.
Telegraph:
Exclusive: Epstein hid secret files in storage units across US  —  Paedophile paid private detectives to remove equipment from his home in apparent attempt to thwart investigators, Telegraph can reveal  —  Poppy Wood.  Neil Johnston , Senior News Reporter.  Hayley Dixon , Special Correspondent, in Florida
Discussion: New York Post and NewsMax.com
Amanda Chu / Politico:
New education loan limits favor RFK Jr.'s enemies … The affected schools argue students won't be able to attend under the proposed loan caps.  “Naturopathic medicine, at a time when we should be shining, is potentially fighting for our existence,” said JoAnn Yánez …
Discussion: Raw Story
Yasmeen Abutaleb / Washington Post:
Biden, aides project optimism in cancer fight, but some close friends worry  —  The former president announced last year he has an aggressive form of prostate cancer.  He and his aides say he's doing well and has upcoming public appearances.  —  Longtime friends and allies of Joe Biden …
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
The UK and Other Democracies Hold the Epstein Elite Accountable  —  Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, was arrested last week for his conduct in connection with child rapist Jeffrey Epstein.  ("Documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice as part …
Pamela Herd / Can We Still Govern?:
The SAVE Act is Christian Nationalism in Action  —  Gendered Burdens and the Right to Vote  —  The SAVE ACT, the latest Republican attempt to make it harder to vote, just passed the House on a party-line vote.  The bill requires that Americans, for the first time, be required to prove their citizenship in order to vote.
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin's replacement is even worse  —  Kristi Noem isn't shaking up DHS, she's doubling down on violence and propaganda  —  Even in an administration of shameless liars, Tricia McLaughlin is a standout.  The Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman …
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The Republican Party Has a Nazi Problem  —  The Republican Party has become a haven for Nazi sympathizers.  —  over the past few months, during his agency's chaotic crackdowns in Chicago and Minneapolis, the U.S. Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino has worn an unusual uniform …
 
 
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Juliegrace Brufke / 24sight News:
Texts From Late Staffer's Phone Show Rep. Gonzales Made Explicit Sexual Requests
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Wall Street Journal:
Why Tariffs Aren't Shrinking the U.S. Trade Deficit
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Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:
Supreme Court Considers Fate of Docks and Other Assets Seized by Cuba in 1960
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Reuters
Daniel Desrochers / Politico:
‘Just a couple of guys’: How a little-known company could score big from a Trump trade deal
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court will decide if marijuana users may be barred from owning guns
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Anna Griffin / New York Times:
In Washington State, Democrats Consider Breaking a Taboo: Taxing the Rich
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Jeneen Interlandi / New York Times:
The Human Cost of Trump's War on Science
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Democrats look deep into Trump country for 2026 House pickups
Discussion: Washington Post, The Hill and Roll Call
NBC News:
Epstein files fallout: Tracking the resignations, firings and investigations
Discussion: Fox News
Reuters:
New Dutch PM Jetten faces uphill task as minority government installed
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Axios:
Dems eyeing 2028 are retreating from AI data centers
 

 
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Anissa Gardizy / The Information:
How OpenAI scrambled for compute as Stargate stalled amid clashes with SoftBank; sources say OpenAI building its own data centers is not its near-term priority

Axios:
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David Streitfeld / New York Times:
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