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Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Trump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergency  —  Activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a draft executive order that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting.  —  Pro-Trump activists who say they are in coordination …
Sharon Otterman / New York Times:
ICE Agents Arrest Student Inside Columbia Building, School Says  —  Federal officials had misrepresented themselves to gain access, according to the university.  Mayor Zohran Mamdani said President Trump had told him the student would “be released imminently.”
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New York Times:
Mamdani and Trump Discuss Housing at ‘Productive’ Meeting in Washington  —  After the unannounced meeting at the White House, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said President Trump had also promised to release a Columbia student detained by ICE.  —  Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York City made an unannounced trip …
Jesse Zanger / CBS News:
Columbia student detained by DHS agents who made “misrepresentations” to enter building, university president says  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Columbia University's president says a student was detained by federal agents Thursday morning at one of its residential buildings.
Prem Thakker / Zeteo:
BREAKING: Columbia Student Arrested by DHS Released After Trump-Mamdani Meeting
The Guardian:
Detained Columbia student released after Mamdani talks with TrumpNEW!
Discussion: CBS News and HotAir
Kate Santaliz / Axios:
Leaked photo briefly derails Hillary Clinton deposition … - Johnson posted the image of the closed-door proceeding on X, writing that Boebert shared the photo with him.  — Hillary Clinton is testifying before the panel as part of the committee's investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
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Associated Press:
Live updates: Hillary Clinton testifies as part of House investigation into Epstein  —  EDITED BY BRIDGET BROWN, BERNARD MCGHEE AND LUENA RODRIGUEZ-FEO VILEIRA  —  Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is currently testifying before U.S. House lawmakers in New York as part …
Politico:
Hillary Clinton deposition briefly derailed  —  Hillary Clinton's closed-door testimony before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee was briefly halted in its first hour, after right-wing political commentator and provocateur Benny Johnson posted a photograph of the proceedings on social media.
Sophie Brams / NewsNation:
Former Trump surgeon general: Considering Casey Means is ‘incomprehensible’  —  Former Surgeon General Jerome Adams is again raising doubts about President Trump's surgeon general nominee Casey Means, arguing she lacks the qualifications needed for the role.
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Simon J. Levien / Politico:
Trump's surgeon general pick, Casey Means, still lacks votes for confirmation … The Republican-controlled Senate has turned back few of Trump's nominees.  But one of the first was Trump's pick to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which like the surgeon general serves within the health department.
Punchbowl News:
2/26/26☀️ AM: … Senate Majority Leader John Thune is facing relentless pressure from all directions as he navigates a politically perilous — and MAGA-driven — fight over legislation requiring ID and proof of citizenship to vote. … It all centers around a push to use the …
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Matthew Kelly / Kansas City Star:
Kansas informs trans residents their driver's licenses become invalid on Thursday … Transgender Kansans are being informed on the eve of a new state law going into effect that their driver's licenses will be considered invalid as of Thursday.  —  “Please note that the Legislature …
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Erin Reed / Erin In The Morning:
Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses
ProPublica:
Seized Art, Eavesdropping Guards: Parents Describe a Clampdown at Dilley Detention Center as Kids Shared Their Stories  —  Detainees told ProPublica that art supplies have been removed in room searches, immigrants have lost access to Gmail and staff hover within earshot during video calls.
Discussion: ICE and Department of Homeland …
Politico:
Republicans are freaking out over Texas Senate race  —  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is the man to beat ahead of Tuesday's primary — and could put Senate Republicans' majority at risk … If Cornyn loses the primary, Senate Republicans worry they could be forced to spend hundreds …
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David Nir / The Downballot:
Morning Digest: Texas Republicans try to meddle in Democrats' Senate primary
Discussion: New York Times
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
DOJ reviewing if Epstein files with Trump allegations were wrongly withheld  —  Three summaries of interviews the FBI conducted in 2019 with a woman who had accused Trump of sexual assault are missing from the files, it has been reported.  —  The Justice Department said Thursday …
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Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Republicans not ruling out a subpoena for Lutnick in Epstein investigation
Alan Elrod / Liberal Currents:
Trump's State of the Union Reminds Us the Republican Party Is Truly Lost  —  Donald Trump's State of the Union speech offered little in the way of new talking points.  He railed against illegal immigrants, falsely touted a booming economy, praised his precious tariffs, and repeatedly castigated his Democratic opponents.
Discussion: Cartoons Hate Her and CBS News
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Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
The Rip-roaring Response to Trump's Lies
Discussion: Fox News
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Judge: IRS broke law ‘approximately 42,695 times’ in giving DHS data  —  A court on Thursday issued an opinion on a data-sharing agreement between the taxpayer agency and federal immigration authorities.  —  A federal judge has found that the Internal Revenue Service violated federal law …
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Breaking: Trans inmate's lawyers claim “egregious retaliation” in violation of court order  —  An alarming emergency motion filed on Wednesday night alleged “flagrant violations” by the Trump administration of a federal court order that it not retaliate against witnesses who are providing information …
New York Times:
Patel Ousts F.B.I. Personnel Tied to Inquiry Into Trump's Retained Classified Records  —  The firings are part of a rolling barrage of retribution aimed at those who worked on the two federal prosecutions of President Trump.  —  About 10 F.B.I. employees, some veteran agents …
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Axios:
Wiles “in shock” over FBI phone-record subpoena
Wall Street Journal:
Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers  —  More citizens are replanting overseas, drawn by a quality of life made easily affordable by the U.S.'s enviable salaries.  “I wasn't expecting to be surrounded by this many Americans.”  —  In its 250th year, is America, land of immigration, becoming a country of emigration?
Reuters:
Exclusive: US aims to bring in 4,500 white South Africans per month as refugees, document says  —  The U.S. aims to process 4,500 refugee applications from white South Africans per month, far above President Donald Trump's stated refugee program cap, and is installing trailers on embassy property …
Dmitri Bolt / Townhall:
This CA City Might Elect the First of Its Kind, a Registered Sex Offender  —  In a new low for the state of California, a registered child sex offender, Rene Campos, has announced his candidacy for the Fresno City Council.  If elected, he would become the first convicted sex offender elected to office in the Golden State.
Jacob Shamsian / Business Insider:
4Chan knew about Jeffrey Epstein's death 38 minutes before the rest of the world.  The FBI tried to figure out how.  —  Follow Jacob Shamsian … - A 4Chan user posted about Jeffrey Epstein's death before anyone else.  — The Epstein Files show how the FBI tried to identify who the person was.
Discussion: The Japan Times and Raw Story
Reed Abelson / New York Times:
New A.C.A. Plans Could Increase Family Deductibles to $31,000  —  The Trump administration is proposing Obamacare plans that it says will lower health insurance premiums.  But critics warn they would make care unaffordable.  — 1.2k  —  The Trump administration's proposed new rules …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Miami Herald:
How Jeffrey Epstein sought to infiltrate the justice system  —  Jeffrey Epstein didn't beat the justice system by accident.  —  For decades, the New York financier curated a network of influential people — politicians, business titans, media figures and academics — whom he leveraged …
Discussion: New Republic
Chris Stein / The Guardian:
Democrats in four states seek to bar ICE employees from future civil service jobs  —  Bills aim to make ICE employees ineligible for jobs in law enforcement, public education and state civil service  —  Supercharged by billions in dollars from Congress, Immigration and Customs Enforcement …
Anthony L. Fisher / MS NOW:
What FCC Chair Brendan Carr's call for ‘pro-America’ content is really about  —  Here's why the MAGA regulatory bully's call for broadcasters to “voluntarily” produce “patriotic, pro-America content” has an air of menace to it.  —  Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr apparently …
Discussion: Techdirt
Politico:
Trump's next tariff fight: Keeping the money … Supreme Court justices left the question of how the refunds for the rest of companies should be handled to a lower court, something even Trump himself appeared baffled over during a press conference with reporters on Friday.
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Two-thirds of Americans want term limits for Supreme Court justices  —  Our new poll finds majority support for structural reforms to the Supreme Court, Puerto Rico statehood, and limits on the pardon power … Many Americans support structural reforms that would limit presidential power …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge again refuses to block Trump's White House ballroom project … “Based on the claims presently before the Court, I agree with Defendants ... and conclude that I lack authority to reach the merits of the National Trust's claims,” wrote Leon, who also denied a temporary restraining order against the project in December.
 
 
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Kris Maher / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Power-Plant Pollution Rose Sharply in 2025
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Nude photos and passports: Justice Department posted dozens of problematic images to Epstein files site, CNN analysis finds
Discussion: Raw Story
Maia Coleman / New York Times:
Man Arrested in N.Y.C. Snowball Fight That Police Said Injured Officers
Reuters:
Near-blind refugee found dead in Buffalo after release by US Border Patrol
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
How America Chose Not to Hold the Powerful to Account
 Earlier Items: 
Aaron Blake / CNN:
Polls show increasing concerns about Trump's mental acuity
Discussion: Raw Story and HuffPost
Reuters:
Exclusive: ICE struggles to vet recruits amid US immigration enforcement push, internal email shows
Andrew Johnson / CTV News:
Canadian man in ICE custody says he thought agents were only focusing on ‘criminals and murderers’
Financial Times:
World Economic Forum chief Børge Brende quits over Epstein links
Politico:
America prepares for war
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Axios
Alex Roarty / NOTUS:
A Fresh Warning for Democrats About Young Black Voters
Discussion: RedState and Raw Story