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Complaints Seek To Unmask No Labels’ Dark Money

The Associated Press reports: Two Democratic-aligned groups this week filed campaign finance complaints, hoping to crimp No Labels’ pipeline of campaign cash and force the group to follow the same rules as formal political parties. The complaints, filed by the groups End Citizens United and Accountable.US, are part of a broader Democratic effort to ramp up legal scrutiny. No Labels …

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SCOTUS Allows Alabama To Use Nitrogen Execution

Courthouse News reports: The Supreme Court refused to pause an experimental execution in Alabama on Wednesday, allowing the state to move forward with the U.S.’s first oxygen deprivation execution. Kenneth Eugene Smith asked the Supreme Court to block Alabama’s second shot at carrying out his death sentence. In 2022, Alabama spent nearly two hours poking and prodding Smith while he …

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Buffalo Bills Kicker Deletes Social Media After Threats, Fans Donate $100,000 To His Favorite Cat Rescue Group

NBC News reports: Buffalo Bills kicker Tyler Bass has deleted his social media accounts after he apparently received online threats following his missed game-tying field goal in Sunday’s divisional playoff loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. The bullying has prompted a nonprofit cat adoption group, Ten Lives Club, to raise money on behalf of Bass. In a statement on Facebook, …

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LIVE VIDEO: New Hampshire 2024 Primary Results

CBS News reports: Most polling sites in New Hampshire close at 7 p.m. ET, but some are open until 8 p.m. ET. New Hampshire primary results start trickling in once polls have closed. Historically, New Hampshire has counted a substantial portion of votes within a few hours of polls closing. Polling places that close earlier can announce their results once …

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Donors Sue No Labels For Alleged Breach Of Contract

The New York Times reports: Two members of the powerful Durst real estate family in New York have sued the centrist group No Labels, accusing it of pulling a “bait and switch” by seeking donations for a bipartisan governing group and then moving to fund a third-party presidential candidacy. The breach of contract and “unjust enrichment” suit was filed in …

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Turkish Parliament Approves Sweden Joining NATO

The Washington Post reports: After 20 months of demands, obstruction and delay, the Turkish parliament on Tuesday night voted in favor of Sweden joining NATO, clearing one of the final hurdles for a major expansion of the military alliance set in motion by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan still needs to sign the ratification document. Assuming …

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NYC Subway Tests Long-Awaited Platform Barriers

Gothamist reports: Commuters will notice something a little different the next time they’re at the 191st Street subway station in Manhattan. The Washington Heights stop now has platform barriers. It’s the first of four to get the new technology as part of a platform safety pilot program that could spread to the rest of the city. “It’s still in an …

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Axios: Israel Proposes Two-Month Ceasefire In Return For Hamas Releasing All Remaining Hostages In Gaza

Axios reports: Israel has given Hamas a proposal through Qatari and Egyptian mediators that includes up to two months of a pause in the fighting as part of a multi-phase deal that would include the release of all remaining hostages held in Gaza, two Israeli officials said. While the proposal doesn’t include an agreement to end the war, it is …

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Families Of Hostages Storm Israeli Parliament Meeting

Reuters reports: A group of relatives of Israelis held hostage by Palestinian gunmen in Gaza stormed a parliamentary committee session in Jerusalem on Monday, demanding that the lawmakers do more to try to free their loved ones. The action by about 20 people signaled growing domestic dissent in the fourth month of the Gaza war against Hamas. One woman held …

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NOAA: Some States May See Northern Lights Tonight

Nexstar reports: A geomagnetic storm watch has been issued for Monday and Tuesday this week after an eruption of solar material was detected early Sunday morning. NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) warned about the eruption, known as a coronal mass ejection (CME) in a post to X. The northern lights, otherwise known as the aurora, are often associated with …

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Pentagon: Two Missing Navy SEALs Are Presumed Dead

Via press release from US Central Command: We regret to announce that after a 10-day exhaustive search, our two missing U.S. Navy SEALs have not been located and their status has been changed to deceased. The search and rescue operation for the two Navy SEALs reported missing during the boarding of an illicit dhow carrying Iranian advanced conventional weapons Jan. …

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New Owners To Drop Name Of Kum & Go Chain

The Drive reports: Gas station and convenience store chain Kum & Go will reportedly rebrand after being bought out in 2023. The new owners are reportedly worried the double entendre in Kum & Go’s name could hurt its business prospects. Established in Iowa in 1959, Kum & Go was acquired by FJ Management’s Maverik chain in April 2023. After blowing …

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NYC Subway To Upgrade Train Locks After Joyrides

The City reports: The MTA plans to explore “biometric” technology to prevent break-ins to off-limits areas of subway trains, the head of New York City Transit told THE CITY — but in the meantime, will tweak existing locks. Richard Davey said security devices that recognize unique physical characteristics are among the potential long-term defenses being considered to keep vandals from …

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House Votes 314-108 For Funding To Avert Shutdown

The Hill reports: The House on Thursday approved a short-term spending bill to keep the government funded through March, sending the stopgap to President Biden’s desk for his signature one day before a partial shutdown deadline. The chamber cleared the two-step continuing resolution (CR) in a 314-108 vote hours after the Senate approved the measure, punting government funding deadlines to …

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LIVE VIDEO: House Votes On Bill To Avert Shutdown

NPR reports: House Speaker Mike Johnson has been under pressure from his right flank to scrap the budget agreement with Schumer, and the bill to keep the government running will need Democratic support to pass the Republican-majority House. Johnson has insisted he will stick with the deal as moderates in the party have urged him not to back out. It …

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Fani Willis To Face Hearing Over Misconduct Allegations

The Washington Post reports: A state judge overseeing the election-interference case against former president Donald Trump in Georgia has scheduled a hearing for Feb. 15 to hear evidence regarding accusations that Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis (D) and her lead prosecutor engaged in an improper relationship and mishandled public money. Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee also wrote in …

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No Labels Files DOJ Complaint Over “Ballot Conspiracy”

The Hill reports: No Labels filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice over what leaders contend are organizations engaging in a “conspiracy” to interfere with its ballot access effort. During a press briefing on Thursday, group leaders alleged a “brazen” attempt among mostly Democratic aligned outside groups to curb its work to build popular support for a unity …

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Missouri Sees Push For Abortion Rights Ballot Measure

St. Louis’s NBC affiliate reports: After months of private deliberations, the abortion-rights campaign Missourians for Constitutional Freedom has launched a new website asking abortion advocates to circulate petitions on a ballot question that would restore some legal abortions in Missouri. The website, which appears to have gone public Thursday night, promotes a plan that would “end the government’s cruel ban …

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Carville Suggests Trump Has “Secondary Syphilis”

“If you go to the Drudge Report, and I think it will still be up, there is a story that talks about Trump having hand cuts and you can link to it. They don’t look like cuts to me. They look like sores. And I’ve asked a number of MDs what medical condition manifests itself through hand sores and the …

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Ex-Rep. Dennis Kucinich Files Ohio Bid For US House

Cleveland.com reports: He’s baaack. Former Democratic Cleveland mayor, congressman and longshot presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich filed paperwork at the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday that indicates he’s running as an independent for the congressional seat held by Rocky River Republican Rep. Max Miller. Kucinich has previously run for office as a Democrat. He missed the December deadline to run in …

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