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Shayna Jacobs / Washington Post:
Justice officials tell prosecutors to drop charges against N.Y. Mayor Eric Adams  —  A top Justice official said New York Mayor Eric Adams should not have to face trial given his reelection campaign and the fight against crime and illegal immigration.  —  NEW YORK — The Justice Department …
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New York Times:
Push to Drop Adams Charges Reveals a Justice Dept. Under Trump's Sway  —  Eric Adams cultivated a close relationship with President Trump.  Now, U.S. prosecutors in Manhattan have been told to drop the corruption case against the New York City mayor.  —  The Justice Department …
New York Times:
Justice Dept. Tells Prosecutors to Drop Federal Corruption Case Against Eric Adams  —  The request to dismiss the charges against Mayor Eric Adams of New York raised questions about the independence of federal prosecutors under President Trump.  —  Here's the latest.
Associated Press:
Top Justice Department official orders prosecutors to drop charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams
NBC News:   Justice Department orders charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams dismissed
New York Times:
Read the Justice Department Memo About Eric Adams's Corruption Case
Discussion: abc7NY
ABC15 Arizona in Phoenix:
1 dead, 4 hospitalized after two planes crash on runway at Scottsdale Airport  —  The incident happened around 2:30 p.m. Monday  —  SCOTTSDALE, AZ — Officials confirm at least one person has died after an aircraft crash on the runway Monday at the Scottsdale Airport.
CNBC:
Trump signs order pausing enforcement of foreign bribery ban … WATCH NOW  —  President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order directing the Department of Justice to pause enforcing a nearly half-century-old law that prohibits American companies and foreign firms from bribing officials …
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The White House:
Pausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement to Further American Economic and National Security  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Purpose and Policy.
Discussion: New York Times
Associated Press:   With firings and lax enforcement, Trump moving to dismantle government's public integrity guardrails
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New York Times:
Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Cuts to Medical Research Funding
Mattathias Schwartz / New York Times:
The federal judge in Rhode Island said the Trump administration had failed to comply with his order unfreezing billions of dollars in federal grants.  —  A federal judge on Monday said the White House has defied his order to release billions of dollars in federal grants …
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Steve Beynon / Military.com:
Military Drops Recruiting Efforts at Prestigious Black Engineering Awards Event  —  The Army and other service branches are abandoning recruiting efforts at a prestigious Black engineering event this week, turning down access to a key pool of highly qualified potential applicants amid President …
Discussion: Mediaite
Washington Post:
Trump announces fresh round of tariffs on steel and aluminum  —  Additional trade measures are expected as soon as tomorrow  —  President Donald Trump signed executive orders on Monday imposing 25-percent tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, the latest salvo in his ongoing effort to overhaul …
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Lydia DePillis / New York Times:
Steel and Aluminum Tariffs May Raise US Manufacturing Costs
Discussion: Bloomberg
Wall Street Journal:
The Truth About Trump's Steel Tariffs
New York Times:
Trump Issues Cease-Fire Ultimatum After Hamas Postpones Release of Israeli Hostages  —  Stalling the next release of hostages from the Gaza Strip, scheduled for the coming weekend, raises new challenges for the already tenuous six-week truce and chances for a lasting end to the war.
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Wall Street Journal:
Exclusive |  Elon Musk-Led Group Makes $97.4 Billion Bid for Control of OpenAI  —  The unsolicited offer complicates Sam Altman's plans to convert OpenAI to a for-profit company.
Robert Jimison / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Senate Advances Tulsi Gabbard, Signaling Quick Confirmation  — Gabbard advances: Senators voted on party lines to push forward the nomination of Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democratic member of the House, as President Trump's director of national intelligence …
Discussion: The Daily Wire and New York Post
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Robert Jimison / New York Times:
Senate Advances Gabbard, Signaling Quick Confirmation
Newsweek:
Donald Trump Declines to Endorse JD Vance as 2028 Republican ‘Successor’  —  said in a preview of his Super Bowl interview on Monday that it's “too early” to endorse Vice President  —  successor.  —  When  —  's Bret Baier asked if he views Vance as his “successor” and the Republican nominee in 2028 …
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Fox News:
Trump reveals whether he sees JD Vance as his successor
Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Trump ousts director of Office of Government Ethics  —  Washington — President Trump on Monday removed the director of the Office of Government Ethics, the independent agency responsible for overseeing ethics rules and financial disclosures for the executive branch.
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Myah Ward / Politico:
Trump removes Government Ethics Office director
Discussion: CNBC, Raw Story and E&E News
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Scoop: Trump planning to pardon Rod Blagojevich … - Blagojevich, who was a Democrat while in office, supported Trump in the 2024 election and attended the Republican National Convention.  — The former governor defended Trump after Trump was indicted in the New York hush money case and likened Trump's legal problems to his own.
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Julie Bosman / New York Times:
Trump Pardons Rod Blagojevich, the Former Illinois Governor
NBC News:
Judge extends freeze on Trump's unprecedented plan to get millions of federal workers to resign  —  U.S. District Judge George A. O'Toole Jr. said the pause would continue until he ruled on the legality of Trump's “deferred resignation” plan.  —  A federal judge in Boston on Monday continued …
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New York Times:
Trump Names Loyalist Interim Leader of Kennedy Center as He Strengthens His Grip  —  The president also purged 18 board members appointed by former President Joseph R. Biden Jr., who were scrubbed from an official roster on the center's website, along with the chairman, David M. Rubenstein.
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Seb Starcevic / Politico:
Trump names loyalist Ric Grenell interim boss of Kennedy Center
Discussion: CNN, UPI and Reuters
U.S. Department of Defense:
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Renames Fort Liberty to Fort Roland L. Bragg  —  While flying aboard a C-17 from Joint Base Andrews to Stuttgart on February 10, 2025, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum renaming Fort Liberty in North Carolina to Fort Roland L. Bragg.
Sam Stein / The Bulwark:
The GOP Says They Love Elon.  Privately, They're Expressing Concerns.  —  REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS HAVE WIDELY praised Elon Musk as he's gone about restructuring and in certain cases eliminating entire parts of the government.  —  But in private, they've expressed quite a different perspective …
Discussion: Raw Story
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Mace Takes to House Floor With Charges of Rape and Sexual Predation  —  The South Carolina Republican used her floor privileges to lodge shocking accusations against her former fiancé and three other men.  —  Representative Nancy Mace, the South Carolina Republican who in recent weeks …
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Scoop: FBI finds secret JFK assassination records after Trump order … - The existence of the new documents was disclosed Friday to the White House, when the Office of the Director of National Intelligence submitted its plan to disclose the assassination records under Trump's order.
 
 
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NBC News:
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