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Oliver Darcy / Status:

Cooper's Final Minutes … On Monday evening, as the media class wrapped up its three-day Presidents' Day weekend, a bombshell development sent shockwaves across the industry. Anderson Cooper, Lachlan Cartwright reported, had declined to sign a new agreement with CBS News …

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Andrew Solender / Axios:

Push for Congress to block Trump pardons draws GOP backing — A proposed Constitutional amendment that would give Congress the power to block presidential pardons gained its first House Republican co-sponsor on Monday. … - The president began his second term by pardoning thousands of Jan. 6 defendants …

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David Strom / HotAir:
You Won't Believe The New York Times' Take on Rubio's Munich Speech

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Carmel Dagan / Variety:

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Steven Nelson / New York Post:

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Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:

The Case for Keeping ICE and CBP Defunded — Senate Democrats, somewhat to my surprise, have held the line and refused to support funding the Department of Homeland Security in budget negotiations, and so funding ran out on Friday. As my colleague Robert Kuttner reports …

In Pursuit:

George Washington by George W. Bush — As America begins to celebrate our 250th anniversary, I'm pleased to have been asked to write about George Washington's leadership. As president, I found great comfort and inspiration in reading about my predecessors and the qualities they embodied.

Charles Creitz / Fox News:

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Taylor Carik / Liberal Currents:

Minnesota's False Spring — It's false spring here in Minnesota. — The sun is shining, the temps are rising above freezing, most of the snow is melting, and it feels like winter could one day—some day!—transition into warmer days ahead. — But as Minnesotans enjoy the moment …

Dan Diamond / Washington Post:

Aliens are ‘real,’ Obama says, as Washington shrugs — The former president appeared to confirm decades-old conspiracy theories, but then he walked back his podcast comments. — Former president Barack Obama this weekend appeared to drop an otherworldly bombshell: extraterrestrials exist.

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Axios:

Exclusive: Pentagon threatens Anthropic punishment — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is “close” to cutting business ties with Anthropic and designating the AI company a “supply chain risk” — meaning anyone who wants to do business with the U.S. military has to cut ties with the company, a senior Pentagon official told Axios.

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