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Editorial: Why does Gov. DeSantis need the power of executive privilege?

Gov. Ron DeSantis doesn’t want you to know the names of the people helping him vet high-level judicial candidates. It might, his lawyers said, subject those consultations to unwanted scrutiny. The governor doesn’t trust regular Floridians with that kind of information. He doesn’t think it’s any of your business, even…

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Jackie Calmes: Biden has the best legislation record of any president since LBJ. Why can't voters see it?

Political polls come and go, the results often unsurprising in a polarized, tribal America. Yet early this week, one poll's finding brought political nerds from the White House to Washington's watering holes up short.

Los Angeles Times

Infighting intensifes with Kansas GOP set to pick new leader

Republicans are fighting over who will lead the Kansas GOP for the next two years

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Schools become flashpoint for Republicans eyeing White House

Former President Donald Trump has called for parents to elect and fire school principals

The Independent UK

Pence subpoena could set up fight over executive privilege

The subpoena to former Vice President Mike Pence is a milestone moment in a Justice Department special counsel investigation

The Independent UK

Trump lawyer in Mar-a-Lago search appeared before grand jury

WASHINGTON — Evan Corcoran, one of Donald Trump’s lawyers, appeared before a federal grand jury last month as part of the special counsel investigation into whether classified information and other government records were mishandled at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago estate, according to people familiar with the matter.

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DeSantis preps 2024 bid behind scenes while waiting to declare

WASHINGTON — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is actively preparing a run for president in 2024, even as he delays a formal announcement to keep Republican voters’ attention on his aggressively conservative record in Florida, according to people familiar with the plans.

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Trump says he’ll provide DNA sample in E. Jean Carroll’s rape and defamation case

NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump has agreed to provide a DNA sample in the sex assault case brought against him by E. Jean Carroll, his lawyers said Friday.

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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker OKs measure relaxing restrictions on felons changing their names

CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday signed into a law a measure that loosens restrictions for people with past felony convictions who want to legally change their names.

Chicago Tribune

AP source: Trump team turns over items marked as classified

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have in recent months turned over to federal investigators additional documents with classified markings as well as a laptop belonging to a Trump aide

The Independent UK

Sen. John Fetterman is discharged from the hospital and will return to work Monday

Tests ruled out a stroke and found no evidence of a seizure. Fetterman went to the hospital after feeling lightheaded at a Senate Democratic retreat.

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Ex-Navy law enforcement specialist arrested in Colorado in connection with Jan. 6 insurrection

DENVER — A former Navy law enforcement specialist living in Colorado was arrested Tuesday for allegedly entering the U.S. Capitol illegally during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection that disrupted the verification of the 2020 presidential election.

The Denver Post

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Homeland Security hires outside lawyers for potential impeachment

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House Republicans call for removal of Architect of the US Capitol Brett Blanton over alleged misdeeds

WASHINGTON — Calls for Architect of the Capitol J. Brett Blanton’s ouster or resignation are getting louder in the wake of a fiery House Administration hearing earlier this week.

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Elk Grove man sentenced to 3 years of probation, fined $1,000 for breaching U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6

Marcos Gleffe said it was “the biggest mistake going through the door” and that he “would not do it again” if he could go back.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Sen. John Fetterman was released from the hospital. He’ll return to the Senate Monday.

PHILADELPHIA — Sen. John Fetterman was released from the hospital late Friday afternoon after checking himself in on Wednesday with lightheadedness. Fetterman’s office said that doctors ruled out another stroke and that he was expected to return to the Senate when the chamber is back in session on Monday.

The Independent UK

Archives wanted Boston Biden docs, not believed classified

As the National Archives became aware of classified documents in President Joe Biden’s old office at a Washington think tank, Archives officials were also interested in papers that had been shipped to a law office in Boston by the president’s personal attorney

Chicago Sun-Times

Aldermanic candidate Wendi Taylor Nations crusades against crime, and in her case it’s personal

Nations, who is running in 43rd Ward, was once molested on a CTA staircase.

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The Independent UK

Tests negative, Sen. John Fetterman leaves hospital

Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman is out of a hospital in Washington after a two-day stay following a spell of lightheadedness that prompted the visit as he recovers from a stroke he suffered last year on the campaign trail

Tribune News Service

Feud between McConnell and Scott boils as Biden applies heat

WASHINGTON — The feud between Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Florida Sen. Rick Scott isn’t exactly new, but it boiled hotter this week as President Joe Biden amplified his use of Scott as a campaign-style foil.

Los Angeles Times

Biden greets Brazil's Lula at the White House

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden welcomed the new leader of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, to the White House Friday, with each man hoping for a boost from the other as they try to put their countries’ previous administrations behind them.

The Independent UK

John Fetterman discharged from hospital as tests rule out stroke and seizure

Senator had stroke on campaign trail last year

The Independent UK

How the ‘boneless wing’ became a tasty culinary lie

Americans are set to consume 1.45 billion chicken wings this Super Bowl weekend

The Independent UK

The new George Santos? GOP Rep Anna Paulina Luna accused of exaggerating biography

Republican rep may have exaggerated or changed details about her ethnic heritage, family life, and personal experiences with safety and firearms, report claims

The Independent UK

Missouri officials investigate transgender youth clinic

Missouri officials are investigating whistleblower complaints that a transgender health center rushed children through gender-affirming care

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