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Axios

Pelosi's new campaign: Boost Newsom for 2028 [2d]
Moore wrestles with Md. lawmakers as national profile grows [2d]
Axios CTO is living your coming AI reality [3d]
Rubio outlines MAGA's foreign policy doctrine in Munich [3d]

Salon

Viral claims about Epstein files upend school picture days nationwide [2d]
Ty Cobb: Top Trump officials “should be impeached,” including Trump himself [3d]
James Van Der Beek kept us guessing [3d]
“Heated Rivalry” doesn’t need food to be sexual [3d]
“Clown Show”: Obama calls out MAGA over racist ape video of him and Michelle [3d]
Pam Bondi is leaving her Democratic successor a mess [3d]

The Drudge Report

CHINA WELCOMES YEAR OF FIRE HORSE WITH ROBOTS... [2d]
WARNER BROS. Weighs Reopening Sale Negotiations With PARAMOUNT... [2d]
After DOJ antitrust firing, DC is wide open for mergers... [2d]
Influencers Make Money Posting About Their Lives. The Taxes Can Get Messy.... [2d]
UK Wants Chatbots to Follow Online Safety Rules... [2d]
CONTROL OF CONGRESS THISCLOSE [2d]
TRUMP APPROVAL 34% [2d]
AOC Tests Foreign-Policy Waters at Munich Conference... [2d]
HEATED RIVALRY: Canada hockey star ejected from Olympics match after wild brawl... [3d]
Changes in ocean current could wreak havoc worldwide... [3d]
HOW DO WE COME BACK FROM THIS? [3d]
Rio To Kick Off Carnival Parade With Ode To Lula In Election Year... [3d]
'If the results are close, things could really turn dark'... [3d]
Stocks show fears of AI jobs apocalypse... [3d]
Female IDF soldiers escape Ultra-Orthodox riot... [3d]
UPDATES... [3d]
Hungarian Opposition Leader Vows To Defend Rights In Election Challenge To Orban... [3d]
RFK Jr's new chatbot advises public on 'best foods to insert into rectum'... [3d]
FLORIDA HAD MORE SNOW THAN UTAH? [3d]
Why using DNA lab 2,000 miles away? [3d]
Hillary boasts Obama deported more than Trump! [3d]
'Europe will never be irrelevant.' Rubio mends fences after Vance bombshell... [3d]
Researcher skeptical of 'Havana syndrome' tested secret weapon on himself... [3d]
Jeffries goes all in on gerrymandering -- with House control on line... [3d]
Shocking, rule-breaking new move in pro wrestling: Getting political... [3d]
Savannah Guthrie considering leaving 'TODAY' for good amid hellish search for missing mom... [3d]
Sheriff admits: Could take YEARS to find her... [3d]
Yes, It's a Cover-Up... [3d]
Ex-watchdogs warn: Giving power to local police in immigration crackdown risks 'threat to civil rights'... [3d]
Guthrie investigators leaning away from man whose home was searched overnight... [3d]
German right-wing violence rises... [3d]
Nancy Mace Goes Off: 'This Isn't Going Away!' [3d]
Sinatra's hidden desert hangout was 'all sex, all the time'... [3d]
This Is What Destroying Vaccine Market Looks Like... [3d]
Broken bones, burning eyes: How 'Homeland' deploys 'less lethal' weapons on protesters... [3d]
Orders tech giants to unmask anti-ICE accounts... [3d]
More Than Ever, Videos Expose the Truth. And Cloud It, Too... [3d]
UNLEASHES ON TRUMP [3d]
ICE LIKE 'DICTATORSHIP' [3d]
Americans at Olympics 'exercise caution' after Italian railways hit by suspected 'sabotage'... [3d]
Sewage spill in Potomac will take 9 months to fix! [3d]
OBAMA: ALIENS ARE REAL! [3d]
When Posting Becomes Own Style of Politics... [3d]
Facing meltdown? Over 75% of people suffer from burnout... [3d]
President's Relentless Self-Promotion Fosters American Cult of Personality... [3d]
PENTAGON PREPS FOR WEEKS-LONG IRAN OPERATIONS... [3d]
New photos show bloody crackdown on anti-govt protests... [3d]
Why Winter Is Crazy This Year -- in 5 Charts... [3d]
DOJ DONE RELEASING EPSTEIN FILES... [3d]
50% MAY NEVER SEE LIGHT OF DAY... [3d]
Home builders warn Republicans over immigration raids: 'South Texas will never be red again'... [3d]

The New Republic

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Talking Points Memo

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Politico

DHS watchdog warns shutdown could imperil immigration enforcement oversight [3d]
Democrats’ struggles could be partly because they’re just too old, says Obama [3d]
RFK Jr.’s allies are trying to free anti-vaccine doctors to speak their minds [3d]
A relationship on the rocks: Europe and America need each other but trust is gone [3d]
Munich Looks to the Future [3d]
A year of upheaval: RFK Jr. in Trump's Cabinet [3d]
Massie says he’s lost confidence in Pam Bondi after congressional hearing [3d]

The Hill

Mace slams DOJ over letter about completing Epstein files release: ‘They’re missing names’ [2d]
Mullin on Trump calling Oklahoma governor a ‘RINO’: ‘Sometimes, friends disagree’ [2d]
Crypto industry wades into midterms with hefty war chest [2d]
Tillis won’t support Fed nominee confirmation before DOJ investigation of Powell is done [2d]
Mullin on DHS shutdown: ‘All this is a political theater’ [2d]
Kelly rails against Trump as Munich Security Conference ends [2d]
Obama praises Minnesota protesters, calls ‘rogue behavior’ of federal agents ‘deeply concerning and dangerous’ [3d]
Christie: Trump admin putting up ‘a bunch of ham sandwiches’ and grand juries not indicting them [3d]
Trump announces Board of Peace members have pledged over $5B toward Gaza [3d]
Transportation policy is incomplete without housing [3d]
Beshear on tension between White House and governors: ‘It’s just a lot of drama’ [3d]
ICE raids can revive Democrats’ multiracial coalition [3d]
MAP: Which states have the most measles cases in 2026? [3d]
Grand juries take on growing importance amid Trump’s legal retribution campaign [3d]
Exiled crown prince says US intervention in Iran would be ‘humanitarian’ [3d]
Homan says he doesn’t ‘know’ meaning behind Noem ‘right leaders’ comments [3d]
Massie: Bondi was ‘afraid to’ look at Epstein survivors at hearing [3d]
Massie says Garland performed ‘much better’ than Bondi after fiery House hearing [3d]
There’s no such thing as a ‘good shoot’ — only credible investigations [3d]
Schumer on Dems’ DHS demands: ‘These are common sense’ [3d]
America can avoid a public health crisis by saving this one alert system [3d]
Musk’s lunar city plan supercharges America’s return to the moon [3d]
At least 11 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza [3d]
US catches case of New World screwworm. What can be done to stop its spread? [3d]
US intercepts another oil tanker in the Indian Ocean [3d]
Don’t underestimate the UN — Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ is no substitute [3d]
Retired Army general predicts ‘formidable’ US military action against Iran if Trump pulls trigger [3d]

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