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Axios

What to know about Trump's reciprocal tariff threat [9d]
Scoop: Zelensky told Trump Putin's pretending to want peace because he's "afraid of you" [9d]
Trump carves out remote work exemption for military spouses [9d]
Polar vortex-tied Arctic outbreak to bring frigid weather next week [9d]
Trump administration falls short of federal workforce buyout goal [9d]
Musk, State Dept. push back on reports of plan to buy $400M of armored Teslas [9d]
How Trump might lower long-term rates [9d]
Linda McMahon auditions to lead Education Department Trump wants to eliminate [9d]
Hegseth's Ukraine bombshell and Trump's Putin call leave NATO reeling [9d]
Behind the Curtain: Trump and Musk's masculine maximalism reshapes government [10d]
Trump's mass deportation plan hits its own wall [10d]
Powerful California storm brings flood threat to new burn scars, sparks evacuations in LA area [10d]
Trump's federal worker "buyout" program can proceed, judge rules [10d]
Hidden Picasso portrait beneath 124-year-old painting revealed by new technology [10d]
Top Democrats reopen 2017 playbook on Trump tax cuts [10d]
Trump nominations loom over Senate's cherished Munich trip [10d]

Salon

DOJ officials resign after Trump admin demands they kill NYC Mayor Eric Adams' corruption case [9d]
This Valentine's Day, celebrate with a culinary unsung hero and true "taste of home": Gravy [9d]
"Prices could go up": Trump approves country-by-country reciprocal tariff scheme [9d]
R. Kelly’s 30-year sentence stands as federal appeals court rejects challenge [9d]
"Ribbons of Rust" revisits The Beatles’ roots and the sounds that shaped them [9d]
Consumer debt delinquency is rising [9d]
Sean "Diddy" Combs sues NBC for $100M over claims made in "Bad Boy" documentary [9d]
"Cobra Kai" may never die, but at long last, the show is over and bows out a champion [9d]
In "Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy," the screen icon takes on a brand new bedfellow—grief [9d]
"Without essential support": Congressional cuts could leave nearly 360,000 kids hungry [9d]
RFK Jr. is now America's top health official after winning Senate confirmation to lead HHS [9d]
Infant deaths continue to rise as more abortion bans are put in place, studies find [9d]
Trump dictates. Musk desiccates [9d]
Elon Musk is using the whistleblower playbook [9d]
Rare footage of lost anglerfish awes internet, raising questions about ocean conservation [9d]
Musk took all their power, so Republicans remake Congress into a ministry of disinformation [10d]
Is telework really fostering laziness? Here’s why the opposite may be true [10d]
Inflation soars in January, hampering plans for rate cuts [10d]
"This is crushing me": Egg prices hit record high in January [10d]

The Drudge Report

WSJ Slams: 'Does He Understand Money?' [9d]
Banks close 100 branches as bloodbath continues... [9d]
Could file suit against GOOGLE for Gulf name change... [9d]
Teenage girl arrested for plotting Valentine's Day mass shooting on Indiana school... [9d]
How AIRBUS A321XLR is changing air map of the world... [9d]
Free speech dispute over town's pastry shop painting heads to trial... [9d]
Whale spits out kayaker in incident captured on camera... [9d]
HOLLYWOOD RATTLED BY ASSAULT ON DEI [9d]
Ellen Degeneres clashes with new British neighbors over $18M farmhouse... [9d]
Planned to bring new bombshell indictment charging NYC mayor... [9d]
SNEAKY? Govt Removes TESLA Name From $400 MILLION Contract... [9d]
President Musk Meets Modi... [9d]
Worcester, MA becomes trans sanctuary city... [9d]
Not cool anymore? President sees massive drop in young people support... [9d]
Trump call with Putin alarms Europe and Ukraine... [9d]
Kremlin Insiders Given Greenlight to Expand War... [9d]
Fading Zelensky Pushed Toward Risky Election... [9d]
DENNY'S closing dozens more restaurants... [9d]
Afghan asylum-seeker drives into Munich crowd; Injures 28... [9d]
Ultra-lux sub can host undersea parties... [9d]
Laid-off META employees blast Zuckerberg for running 'cruelest tech company'... [9d]
Odd 'coercion' post... [9d]
PRESIDENT ADMITS: 'PRICES COULD GO UP'... [9d]
Jr invests in 'steroid Olympics'... [9d]
Vance snubs Scholz in Munich... [9d]
Hamas says it will release more hostages as planned... [9d]
NKorea Tourism Comes One Step Closer... [9d]
Yosemite in chaos: 'Honestly terrifying'... [9d]
Top federal prosecutor in NY resigns after being told to drop Adams charges... [9d]
Video shows woman give birth on NYC subway -- with help from fellow passengers... [9d]
Kanye West splits with wife... [9d]
HE'S IN: RFK JR CONFIRMED AS HEALTH SEC! [9d]
Hegseth Roasted Over 'Huge F*ck Up'... [9d]
Americans finding it harder and harder to pay off debt... [9d]
He was genetically destined for Alzheimer's -- but isn't showing any symptoms... [9d]
CPAC Schlapp Accused of Sexually Assaulting Man... [9d]
VIP Gamblers With Betting Problems Now Suing DRAFTKINGS... [9d]
Hollywood Mogul Sister Struggle to Contain Fallout... [9d]
SCHWARZENEGGER TALKS SON'S 'WHITE LOTUS' NUDE SCENE... [9d]
Ultra-lux sub can host undersea parties... [9d]
CUT... [9d]
Kid X Keeps Saying Weird Stuff About Trump... [9d]
VIDEO: 'SHUSH YOUR MOUTH'... [9d]
HE'S IN: RFK JR CONFIRMED AS HEALTH SEC! [9d]
MAG: What Senators Voting for Kash Patel Ignored... [9d]
It's Open Season on Non-FOX Media for FCC Chair... [9d]
SPRING SUMMIT IN SAUDI... [9d]
World underestimating risk of recession? [9d]
It's Open Season on Media for FCC Chair... [9d]
The Cleanup From SPACEX's Last Launch Looms Over Its Next One... [9d]
Could file suit against GOOGLE for Gulf name change... [9d]
Missouri AG sues STARBUCKS, says workforce 'more female and less white'... [9d]
Free speech dispute over town's pastry shop painting heads to trial... [9d]
MAG: The Anointment of Barron... [9d]
WSJ Slams: 'Does He Understand Money?' [9d]
Banks close 100 branches as bloodbath continues... [9d]
Migrant drama opens Berlin film festival... [9d]
HOLLYWOOD RATTLED BY ASSAULT ON DEI [9d]
DISSENT AT DISNEY [9d]
Laughing Kremlin Insiders Given Greenlight to Expand War... [9d]
Trump Demands REUTERS Return $9 Million -- That He Gave Them -- After Elon Claim... [9d]
Children among victims... [9d]
SURVEY: 'Best' Time To Take Nap -- 1:42 PM... [9d]
Trump call with Putin alarms Europe and Ukraine... [9d]
Fading Zelensky Pushed Toward Risky Election... [9d]
SNEAKY: Govt Removes TESLA Name From $400M Contract... [9d]
For Donald and FOX, New Policies Are Simply 'Common Sense'... [9d]
Record Stock 'Fragility' Sends Warning to Broader Market... [9d]
How Mexico's president became the Trump whisperer... [9d]
Attacker is 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker... [9d]
Scholz rejects 'dictated peace'... [9d]
DOGE raises major security concerns... [9d]
'I was being groomed to rape': The men lured into incel culture... [9d]
Trump call with Putin alarms Europe and Ukraine... [9d]
Does Elon have your SSN? [9d]
Worcester, MA becomes trans sanctuary city... [9d]
Quakes rumbling under Alaska volcano, officials say. Is it about to erupt? [9d]
At least 28 injured after driver rams into Munich crowd... Developing... [9d]
Men may be more romantic than women, experts say... [9d]
Diddy files $100 million defamation suit against NBC over doc... [9d]
Controversial director Lars von Trier admitted to care facility for Parkinson's... [9d]
At least 20 injured after driver rams into Munich crowd... [9d]
Hamas says it will release more hostages as planned... [9d]
THE PURGE [9d]
MUSK HITS DELETE [9d]
Musk Will Face Consequences for Meddling in German Politics, Warns Likely Leader... [9d]
Senate Expected to Confirm RFK as Health Secretary... [9d]
As Buyers Fail to Show Up, More Homes Being Pulled From Sale... [9d]
Inflation Helped Trump Get Elected. Now It's His Problem... [9d]
Dealers Flying Gold Bars From London to NY... [9d]

The New Republic

Trump Saved Eric Adams’s Butt More Than We Even Realized [9d]
Trump’s Eric Adams Decision Sparks Stunning Chain of Resignations [9d]
Mexico’s President Threatens to Sue Google for Bowing to Trump [9d]
Trump Wants This Amazon Exec to Head a Key Worker Protection Group [9d]
WTF Was Elon Musk Doing Meeting With India’s Modi? [9d]
Trump Kicks Off Global Trade War With New Tariffs [9d]
Trump Shockingly Purges U.S. Attorneys With Unprecedented Move [9d]
Trump Appoints Weirdest Board Ever to the Kennedy Center [9d]
Pete Hegseth Crumbles When Asked What Russia Is Conceding to Ukraine [9d]
Elon Musk’s DOGE Minions Are Now Headed to NASA [9d]
Trump’s Education Pick Refuses to Answer One Very Easy Question [9d]
Russia Asks Elon Musk to Sell Out Opposition Figures [9d]
RFK Jr. Confirmed in Dark Sign for America’s Public Health [9d]
Elon Musk Escalates Threat to “Delete” Entire Federal Agencies [9d]
Tesla Name Quietly Removed From Federal Contract After Uproar [9d]
Ex-Trump Ally Destroys Him for Completely Caving to Vladimir Putin [9d]
Trump Admits He Caved to Putin in Phone Call on Ukraine [9d]
Trump Complains About Magnets in Unintelligible Rant [9d]
Trump’s Phone Call With Putin Leaves Europe Reeling [9d]
Trump’s Dark New Guantánamo Plan Is Confusing His Entire Staff [9d]
Transcript: Trump Press Sec’s Tirade over New Legal Losses Is Ominous [9d]
Federal Workers’ Unions Are Waging the Fight of Their Lives [10d]
Beyond the Dunes [10d]
Three Big Lessons for the Democrats in 2025 [10d]
Permission [10d]
What the Hell Happened to Democrats in Detroit? [10d]
If Democrats Don’t Champion the Civil Service, Who Will? [10d]
Trump Aide Karoline Leavitt’s Tirade Over New Legal Losses Is Ominous [10d]
Here’s What Alarms National Security Experts About Trump’s Next Steps [10d]

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