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New York Times:
For CNN, a Change in Ownership Means a Suddenly Uncertain Future — Paramount's apparent victory over Netflix in securing Warner Bros. Discovery has led to concerns within the CNN newsroom. — Once again, CNN is facing an uncertain fate. — Netflix's stunning surrender on Thursday …
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
CNN Braces for Ellison's Control … On Thursday afternoon, shortly after Netflix boss Ted Sarandos departed the White House following meetings with Donald Trump's chief of staff and the Justice Department, the streamer issued a statement stunning the entertainment industry.
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Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
With Paramount set to take over WBD, Trump just steered a major news outlet into the hands of a crony
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Paramount Wins Bidding War for Warner Discovery After Netflix Drops Out
Paramount Wins Bidding War for Warner Discovery After Netflix Drops Out
New York Times:
Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover
Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover
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U.S. Embassy Jerusalem:
Travel Advisory Update: Authorized Departure of Non-Emergency U.S. Government Personnel and Family Members of Personnel from U.S. Mission Israel. — Updated to reflect the authorized departure of non-emergency U.S. government personnel and family members of U.S. government personnel to leave Israel.
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New York Times:
U.S. Says Staff Can Leave Israel, Urging Speed, as Possible Iran Strike Looms — In an email to embassy workers Friday morning, Ambassador Mike Huckabee warned them that if they wanted to leave Israel, they “should do so TODAY.” — With the threat of a U.S. strike on Iran looming …
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Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
Vance: ‘No chance’ U.S. will be in drawn-out war in Middle East — In an interview with The Washington Post, Vance says he remains a “skeptic of foreign military interventions.” — ABOARD AIR FORCE TWO — Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that while military strikes …
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Joshua Keating / Vox:
A new poll shows just how quickly Israel has lost America's sympathy — For the first time, a Gallup survey found more Americans sympathize with Palestinians than Israelis in the long-running Middle East conflict, a watershed moment in relations between the US and one of its closest — but most controversial — allies.
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Linley Sanders / Associated Press:
Americans' sympathies in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have shifted dramatically, new poll shows — American sympathies in the Middle East have shifted dramatically toward the Palestinians, according to new Gallup polling, after decades of overwhelming support for the Israelis.
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
America's slipping sympathy for Israel
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
New poll: Democrats' real problem isn't being too liberal — it's being seen as too weak — This article is the last in a four-part series presenting findings from the latest Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll, conducted February 18-20 among 1,566 U.S. adults. The margin of error is +/- 2.5 percentage points.
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Associated Press:
Lawmakers say US military used laser to take down Border Protection drone — The U.S. military used a laser Thursday to shoot down a Customs and Border Protection drone, according to members of Congress, and the Federal Aviation Administration responded by closing more airspace near El Paso, Texas.
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Politico:
FAA shuts down airspace in Texas near previous abrupt closure … Details about the reported incident weren't immediately clear, including when it occurred and whether the Fort Hancock airspace closure was related. — In a statement, the FAA said that the flight restriction was already in place …
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New York Times, The Verge and KVIA-TV
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Same Brutal ICE. Now Stealthier. — What approach should Donald Trump take to rigging this year's midterms? A coalition of hardcore MAGA activists has a few ideas. The Washington Post reports that activists “who say they are in coordination with the White House” are circulating …
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Anthropic:
Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War
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New York Times:
In Trump's Case for War, a Series of False or Unproven Claims — Key elements of the Trump administration's arguments this week for another military campaign against Iran do not hold up. — As they made their public case this week for another American military campaign against Iran …
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Reuters:
Trump Iranian missile claim unsupported by U.S. intelligence, say sources — U.S. President Donald Trump's claim that Iran will soon have a missile that can hit the United States is not backed by U.S. intelligence reports, and appears to be exaggerated, according to three sources familiar with the reports …
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Sarah Davis / The Hill:
Moore demands Trump tariff reimbursements for Maryland consumers, businesses — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) is demanding reimbursements for his state's consumers and businesses after the Supreme Court shot down a majority of the Trump administration's tariffs last week.
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Punchbowl News:
Crenshaw has Texas primary problems … House GOP leaders are growing increasingly concerned about Crenshaw's fate next Tuesday as he faces a strong challenge from state Rep. Steve Toth. … That's a clear sign that the incumbent's allies see the challenger as a serious threat, even though Toth has spent very little money himself.
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Mike Hixenbaugh / NBC News:
911 calls capture kids burning with fever, struggling to breathe at ICE detention center — EMS crews were called to the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas at least 11 times since September for children in medical distress, records show. — ADD NBC NEWS TO GOOGLE
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ACLU:
New ACLU Report Reveals How the Trump Administration is Using Local Police to Build a National Deportation-Policing Force Through the 287(g) Program — Report Finds At Least 77.2 Million People Live in Counties Where Local Law Enforcement Participates in the Program
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Josh Halliday / The Guardian:
Green party wins Gorton and Denton byelection, pushing Labour to third place — Hannah Spencer elected as party's first MP in northern England as vote share for Keir Starmer's party plummets — The Green party has pulled off a landmark victory in the Gorton and Denton byelection …
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Geoff Kelly / Investigative Post:
Timeline: Burmese refugee's arrest to death — Police body camera footage of confrontation between police and Nurul Amin Shah Alam in February of last year. — Buffalo police last year Tasered, beat and arrested the Burmese refugee who was found dead Tuesday in downtown …
The Guardian:
Epstein files contain explicit but unsubstantiated claim that Trump abused minor — Department of Justice did not release FBI memos when it uploaded millions of pages of files beginning in December — Three memos that describe four interviews conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation …
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E.J. Dionne Jr / New York Times:
Trump's ‘Two Minutes Hate’ Won't Pay the Bills — President Trump did the nation a big favor in his State of the Union message: He brought home the dark secret behind his success. His one and true genius is hating on other people — Democrats always, immigrants and racial minorities …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
‘ICE will comply’: Top Minnesota judge threatens criminal contempt for continued defiance … “The Court is not aware of another occasion in the history of the United States in which a federal court has had to threaten contempt — again and again and again — to force the United States government …
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Gillian Brockell:
Noem's luxury ‘deportation’ jet is the tip of the ICE-berg — NBC News reported last week what avgeeks and ICE watchers have been talking about for months: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has been flying around on a recently acquired luxury Boeing 737.
New York Times:
Elon Musk's Secret Web of Companies in Texas — The megabillionaire was tied to about 90 companies in the state, which he uses for everything from paying nannies to buying land to supporting Donald Trump's re-election, according to a Times examination. — In 2020, Elon Musk announced …
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
Trump-MAHA split complicates midterm agenda — The Trump administration's 2026 health care agenda is shaping up to look pretty different from last year's — and that's not going over very well with some of the “Make America Healthy Again” faithful. … - But there's still plenty …
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CNBC, Bloomberg, The Independent and Washington Post
Sara Braun / The Guardian:
Kansas revokes driver's licenses from trans residents in latest assault on rights — Law demanding IDs match ‘sex at birth’ also includes bathroom ban provision for trans people in public buildings — Transgender Kansas residents have begun receiving letters from the state's department …


