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New York Times:
Trump Investigations Test Justice Dept. and Divided Nation  —  Attorney General Merrick Garland and other prosecutors have sought to demonstrate that politics should not infect the justice system.  Those efforts face a steep challenge as the Trump investigations move ahead.
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New York Times:
Court Action Underscores Peril for Trump in Documents Investigation  —  Federal prosecutors continue to build a case that the former president obstructed efforts by the government to reclaim classified material and that he may have misled his own lawyer.  —  The behind-the-scenes legal fight …
Washington Post:
N.Y. grand jury paused on Trump case until at least Monday, people familiar with case say
Linda Qiu / New York Times:
Explaining the Ties Between Alvin Bragg and George Soros
Discussion: PolitiFact and Washington Examiner
Joe Perticone / Bulwark+:   Leave Trump Alone!
Dan Kois / Slate:
An Interview With the School Board Chair Who Forced Out a Principal After Michelangelo's David Was Shown in Class  —  On Thursday, the Tallahassee Democrat reported that the principal of a local charter school, the Tallahassee Classical School, was forced to resign after three parents complained …
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Jen Smith / Daily Mail:
Tallahassee principal is forced to resign after parents complained that Michelangelo's statue of David is ‘pornographic’ and shouldn't be shown to sixth grade art history class  — Hope Carrasquilla was pushed out of Tallahassee Classical School in Florida
CBS News:
U.S. airstrikes target Iran-backed groups in Syria after drone kills U.S. contractor, wounds 5 troops  —  A U.S. contractor was killed and five U.S. service members and one other U.S. contractor were wounded when a suspected Iranian drone struck a facility on a coalition base in northeast Syria on Thursday, the Pentagon said.
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CNN:
Suspected Iranian-affiliated drone kills US contractor and wounds 5 US service members in northeast Syria  —  A US contractor was killed Thursday after a suspected Iranian-affiliated drone struck a facility housing US personnel in northeast Syria, the Pentagon said in a statement.
Discussion: NBC News and Informed Comment
Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
American Contractor Killed in Drone Attack on Base in Syria  —  Five service members and another U.S. contractor were wounded.  The Pentagon said the drone was of “Iranian origin” and ordered airstrikes on facilities in Syria used by Iran-linked groups.  —  WASHINGTON — A U.S. contractor …
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Washington Post:
TikTok faces uncertain future after 5-hour congressional thrashing  —  Biden administration officials acknowledge they do not have the legal authority to ban the popular app without congressional action, according to one person with knowledge of discussions  —  TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew tried …
New York Times:
Attempts to Ban Books Doubled in 2022  —  A new report from the American Library Association showed a spike in censorship efforts, with 1,269 attempts.  —  Efforts to ban books nearly doubled in 2022 over the previous year, according to a report published Thursday by the American Library Association.
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Reuters:
Tethered together, Biden and Harris move toward 2024 re-election run  —  U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris may not have won over America in her first two years in office, but she is staying put at President Joe Biden's side.  —  The first woman vice president is gearing …
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NPR:
NPR cancels 4 podcasts amid major layoffs  —  NPR moved this week to cut 10 percent of its staff and stop production of a trio of acclaimed seasonal podcasts — Invisibilia, Louder Than a Riot and Rough Translation — as it seeks to close a yawning budget gap that stands in excess of $30 million.
Sally Goldenberg / Politico:
Ron DeSantis has one very big problem: Donald Trump  —  “You're not going to win in an insult slugfest with Donald Trump.  That's his strength.”  —  He hasn't declared his candidacy yet — but some Republicans fear that their non-Trump savior is showing signs of faltering.
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William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
‘Executive Guy’ DeSantis Says He Wouldn't Accept VP Offer from Trump
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Natasha Singer / New York Times:
Utah Law Could Curb Use of TikTok and Instagram by Children and Teens  —  The law, which prohibits social networks from allowing minors to have accounts without parental consent, may come as welcome news to many families even as it raises privacy concerns.  —  Natasha Singer, a technology reporter …
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Ben Goggin / NBC News:
Utah Gov. signs laws requiring parental consent for minors to use social media
ABC News:
Top Trump attorney appeared before grand jury last December in classified docs probe: Sources  —  Timothy Parlatore testified about documents found at Mar-a-Lago sources said.  —  A top attorney for former President Donald Trump gave previously undisclosed testimony before a grand jury late …
Discussion: CNN and Political Wire
Financial Times:
Russian accused of evading sanctions escapes house arrest in Italy  —  Artem Uss goes missing a day after an Italian court approved his extradition request to the US  —  A Russian businessman wanted in the US for alleged money-laundering and sanctions evasion has escaped from house arrest in Italy …
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Lorenzo Tondo / The Guardian:
Russian accused of smuggling military tech escapes house arrest in Italy
Discussion: Bloomberg and Cyprus Mail
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump to GOP firms: Stop using my image or your clients will suffer  —  A memo sent on Thursday makes clear, the Trump campaign wants the digital dollars going to them.  —  The Trump campaign has sent a warning shot to the Republican Party's House campaign arm and some of its most prominent …
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Matt Novak / Forbes:
Donald Trump Shares Fake AI-Created Image Of Himself On Truth Social
Discussion: Alternet.org and Quartz
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
House fails to override Biden's first veto  —  A new administration rule for retirement plans will be implemented as planned after the House failed to override President Joe Biden's first veto on Thursday.  —  In a 219-200 vote, the House fell short of the two-thirds majority needed in each chamber to undo a presidential veto.
Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
In Trump Rape Case, Jurors Will Be Kept Anonymous to Protect Them  —  A judge said that they could become victims of “harassment or worse” from supporters of the former president as he faces a lawsuit by the writer E. Jean Carroll.  —  A Manhattan judge ruled on Thursday that jurors hearing …
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
The Wrong Indictment Against Trump  —  Stormy Daniels wasn't an offense against America.  Focus on Georgia and the Jan. 6 riots instead.  —  WSJ Opinion: The Political Ramifications of a Donald Trump Indictment  —  Two topics, both having to do with presidencies.
Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate OK with Jan. 6 participant  —  The Republican-backed candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court said Thursday that he had no problem with someone who was on the U.S. Capitol grounds during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection campaigning for him across the state …
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and LifeNews.com
Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
The Death of Peter Thiel's “Kept” Romantic Partner Is Being Investigated as a Suicide  —  Jeff Thomas, a model and social media influencer who was recently in a long-term relationship with billionaire Peter Thiel, said he spent much of his time with the tech mogul working to persuade him away …
Discussion: Raw Story and Jezebel
New York Times:
Netanyahu Digs In on Court Overhaul, in the Face of Mass Protests  —  Amid a national crisis over a planned judicial overhaul, Israel's Parliament approved a bill making it much harder to remove a prime minister from office.  —  Reporting from Jerusalem  —  Hours after his coalition passed …
Ed Whelan / National Review:
Stanford DEI Dean Escalates Battle against Law-School Dean  —  In a remarkable op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Stanford law school DEI dean Tirien Steinbach escalates her battle with law school dean Jenny Martinez.  Steinbach had already given Martinez ample cause to fire her.
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Senate Ethics admonishes Graham for campaign solicitations  —  The Senate Ethics Committee is admonishing South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham for soliciting campaign contributions inside a federal building after a Nov. 2022 Fox News interview in which he asked viewers to donate to a GOP candidate.
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Biden moves to undo Trump's political play on the Space Command  —  The aftershocks from Donald Trump's presidency reach even to outer space, but the Biden administration is quietly moving to repair one piece of the damage that could affect national security.
David Rising / Associated Press:
China threatens consequences over US warship's actions  —  China threatened “serious consequences” Friday after the U.S. Navy sailed a destroyer around the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea for the second day in a row, in a move Beijing claimed was a violation of its sovereignty and security.
 
 
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Shabana Basij-Rasikh / Washington Post:
In Afghanistan, women and girls are being erased
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Brett Bachman / The Daily Beast:
George Santos Insists He's ‘Very Close to Cleaning My Name’
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
House GOP eyes a new demand in debt talks: Energy permitting
Discussion: MSNBC and Washington Times
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Everything I, an Italian, thought I knew about Italian food is wrong
NBC News:
Norway watches warily as Russian subs and aircraft step up Arctic patrols
Erica Garner / KTAB:
Abilene Christian University professor arrested, accused of sexually abusing adopted children
New York Times:
U.S. and Canada Reach an Agreement on Diverting Asylum Seekers
Ibram X. Kendi / The Atlantic:
The Crisis of the Intellectuals  —  Traditional notions of the intellectual were never meant …
Zach Montague / New York Times:
Woman Who Stormed Pelosi's Office on Jan. 6 Is Sentenced to Three Years
 

 
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Guardian and Scott Trust leaders faced staff fury over the Observer sale; the Scott Trust plans to invest £5M in the new Tortoise/Observer business

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Omnicom is in advanced talks to buy Interpublic; the deal could be announced this week and value Interpublic between $13B and $14B, excluding debt

Gene Maddaus / Variety:
CBS files to dismiss or at least transfer Trump's $10B lawsuit over 60 Minutes' editing of its Kamala Harris interview to the SDNY, citing 1A protections

 
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