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Stephen Fowler / NPR:
Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump  —  The Justice Department has withheld some Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor, an NPR investigation finds.  It also removed some documents from the public database …
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Ahead of State of the Union, Trump's approval falls to new low of 37%  —  The new Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll finds Democrats leading on the generic ballot by 10 points among registered voters, and Trump approval on immigration falling to -15 … Tonight, Donald Trump will deliver …
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Jason Lange / Reuters:
Most Americans say Trump is growing erratic with age, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds  —  Six in ten Americans including a significant slice of Republicans think President Donald Trump has become erratic as he ages, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.  —  The six-day poll concluded on Monday …
Discussion: The Hill
Reuters:
Exclusive: Iran nears deal to buy supersonic anti-ship missiles from China  —  Iran is close to a deal with China to purchase anti-ship cruise missiles, according to six people with knowledge of the negotiations, just as the United States deploys a vast naval force near the Iranian coast ahead …
Discussion: Modern Diplomacy
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Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
Trump Says Top General Predicts Easy Victory Over Iran; He Says Otherwise in Private
NBC News:   A new U.S. attack on Iran could risk large-scale retaliation
Meridith McGraw / Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Sell the Economy During State of the Union Address  —  The president is expected to argue that the country is ‘strong, prosperous and respected’ as it enters its 250th year  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump will use his State of the Union address to sell the public on the economy …
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Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
Words & Phrases  —  The Constitution does not specify that the State of the Union address (SOTU) must be verbally delivered.  We have President Woodrow Wilson to blame thank for that innovation.  The SOTU need not be given every year.  The Constitution merely states that the president …
Discussion: New York Post
Tyler Pager / New York Times:
'It's Going to Be a Long Speech': Trump Prepares for State of the Union
Jonathan Lemire / The Atlantic:
Trump's Suddenly High-Stakes State of the Union
Politico:
Dems refuse to make 2024 mistakes in the wake of tariff ruling … She said Democrats' message would have been the same, regardless of how the Supreme Court ruled.  —  It's a striking shift from the party's strategy in 2024, when candidates took every opportunity to warn voters …
Discussion: Raw Story and PoliticusUSA
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Eli Stokols / Politico:   ‘A defensive posture’: Trump speaks to Congress on shakier ground than last year
Punchbowl News:
2/24/26☀️ AM:  —  But now it's going to be nearly impossible.
Discussion: Baltimore Sun
Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
U.S. women's hockey team declines Trump's State of the Union invitation  —  The players “were honored to be included and are grateful for the acknowledgement,” according to a team statement that cited previously scheduled commitments.  —  The U.S. women's hockey team declined an invitation …
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NBC News:
U.S. Women's Hockey Team declines Trump's invitation to the State of the Union
Cate Martel / The Hill:
Kash Patel's Olympic outing sparks scrutiny
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Jeanine Pirro's office shelves pursuit of Democrats over social video, sources say  —  A federal grand jury in D.C. unanimously rejected the attempt to indict six lawmakers who told military and intelligence community members on social media not to obey unlawful orders.
Margaret Sullivan / American Crisis:
What a mission-driven press must do in this time of crisis  —  It keeps getting worse, doesn't it?  —  In the past week, the president of the United States has trashed the Supreme Court justices who ruled against his unilateral imposition of tariffs, calling them a “disgrace” to the nation.
Discussion: New York Times
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Marc Elias / Democracy Docket:
Susan Rice is right. Now Netflix must choose.
Discussion: New York Sun and Politico
Washington Post:
Ex-ICE instructor testifies that agency slashed officer training, lied to Congress  —  A former instructor for Immigration and Customs Enforcement told congressional Democrats the agency has cut “vital classes” from mandatory training for recruits.  —  A former instructor for U.S. Immigration …
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Raquel Coronell Uribe / NBC News:
U.S. strike on alleged drug boat in Caribbean kills 3  —  The attack by the military comes less than a week after the head of U.S. Southern Command visited Caracas, Venezuela.  —  The U.S. struck another alleged drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean, killing three people, the military announced Monday afternoon.
Dolly Busby / Daily Mail:
Liberals at war with each other (and BBC) over the Tourette's sufferer who yelled N-word at black stars  —  The evening was just beginning, the atmosphere was warming up, the guests had all been seated without any major hiccups - and everyone was looking forward to a night celebrating the stars of British film and the wider industry.
Tripp Mickle / New York Times:
The Looming Taiwan Chip Disaster That Silicon Valley Has Long Ignored … Federal officials have for years tried to wean Silicon Valley from its dependence on Taiwan, an island democracy roughly the size of Maryland that makes 90 percent of the world's high-end computer chips.
France 24:
France curtails US Ambassador Kushner's government access after he fails to obey summons  —  US Ambassador Charles Kushner “did not appear” after being formally summoned over comments the Trump administration made about the killing of a far-right activist in France, the foreign ministry said on Monday.
NBC News:
Texts show Rep. Tony Gonzales sent sexually explicit messages to staffer  —  Ahead of his March 3 primary, the Texas Republican faced an Office of Congressional Conduct investigation into an alleged affair with a staff member, who died by suicide in September.
Holly Ellyatt / CNBC:
U.S. has breached trade deal and Europe is ready to retaliate, top trade lawmaker tells CNBC … The U.S. has breached the terms of its trade deal with the European Union and the bloc is ready to retaliate if necessary, a top EU trade lawmaker told CNBC.  —  “We wanted to have really stability and predictability.
Jill Lawless / Associated Press:
Former UK ambassador Mandelson released on bail after arrest in Epstein probe  —  Police in Britain said Peter Mandelson, the former U.K. ambassador to the United States, has been released on bail after he was arrested in a misconduct probe stemming from his ties to the late Jeffrey Epstein.
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Senators tell CFTC to make clear ban on prediction market contracts involving deaths … Six Democratic senators told the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in a previously unreported letter that they have strong concerns about prediction market contracts “that incentivize physical injury or death …
Bruce Gil / Gizmodo:
AI Added ‘Basically Zero’ to US Economic Growth Last Year, Goldman Sachs Says  —  Imported chips and hardware mean the AI investments are translating into US GDP growth.  —  Meta, Amazon, Google, OpenAI, and other tech companies spent billions last year investing in AI.
Discussion: Washington Post and Fortune
Wall Street Journal:
Anthropic Accuses Chinese Companies of Siphoning Data From Claude  —  The allegations mirror those of OpenAI, which told House lawmakers that DeepSeek used ‘distillation’ to improve models  —  U.S. artificial-intelligence startup Anthropic said three Chinese AI companies set …
Jane Winik Sartwell / Raleigh News & Observer:
NC House candidate fired from community college after calling Charlie Kirk racist  —  A Coastal Carolina Community College psychology instructor, who is also running to represent Onslow County in the NC House, was fired from his job after the conservative advocacy organization Turning Point USA posted …
Discussion: BizPac Review
Axios:
Musk's xAI and Pentagon reach deal to use Grok in classified systems … But the Pentagon is threatening Anthropic in a dispute over safeguards and may soon need a replacement.  — Anthropic has refused the Pentagon's demand that they make Claude available for “all lawful purposes,” …
Dana Bash / CNN:
Newsom's message to the Democratic Party: Be more ‘culturally normal’  —  California Governor Gavin Newsom sits down with CNN's Dana Bash to talk about the future of the Democratic Party.  He says the party should be “less prone to spending disproportionate amount of time on pronouns, identity politics.
Discussion: IJR and The Daily Caller
 
 
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Ewan Palmer / The Daily Beast:
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Trump team on damage control after Huckabee comments on Israel
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Ana Swanson / New York Times:
Trump Administration Scrambles to Pick Up the Pieces of Broken Tariffs
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