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NBC News reports: Senators released the long-awaited text of a bipartisan agreement to impose tougher immigration and asylum laws Sunday, as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer eyes votes on the package this week. The $118 billion package includes a series of provisions aimed at reducing record high crossings at the southern border and tightening an asylum system that has been …

The Washington Post reports: President Biden won the Democratic primary in South Carolina on Saturday, notching a decisive victory in his party’s first official nominating contest. The Associated Press called the race shortly after polls closed Saturday night. Biden entered the day as a massive favorite over two long-shot rivals, Rep. Dean Phillips (Minn.) and self-help author Marianne Williamson, in …

Axios reports: President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg will be among the speakers at House Democrats’ annual retreat next week. Democratic lawmakers will use the event, known formally as an “issues conference,” to craft their case for retaking the House majority ahead of the 2024 election season. Harris will open the retreat on Wednesday …

The New York Daily News reports: Early voting started Saturday in the heated congressional special election to pick a successor to disgraced ex-Rep. George Santos for a Long Island swing seat that could further reduce the already razor-thin GOP majority in the House of Representatives. Democratic ex-Rep. Tom Suozzi is battling upstart Republican Mazi Melesa Pilip in an unusual mid-winter …

Politico reports: The president has described Trump to longtime friends and close aides as a “sick fuck” who delights in others’ misfortunes, according to three people who have heard the president use the profane description. According to one of the people who has spoken with the president, Biden recently said of Trump: “What a fucking asshole the guy is.” Biden …

The City reports: Three contributors to Mayor Eric Adams’ 2025 re-election campaign recounted in interviews in the past month how they — and in two cases their spouses — were reimbursed for a total of more than $10,000 in donations by hotel and construction executives in violation of state law. The interviews came during a joint investigation by THE CITY, …

“After consulting with federal and local prosecutors, as well as doing a comprehensive investigation and review of possible charges, it was determined that — despite a likely violation of Congressional policy — there is currently no evidence that a crime was committed. “Although the hearing room was not open to the public at the time, the Congressional staffer involved had …

Politico reports: New Jersey first lady Tammy Murphy raised $3.2 million for her Senate campaign to replace indicted Sen. Bob Menendez, nearly doubling the amount her chief rival for the Democratic nomination, Rep. Andy Kim, in the last quarter of 2023. In fourth quarter filings with the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday, Kim’s campaign had raised a total of $2.77 …

Quinnipiac Polling reports: As signs point to the 2024 presidential election being a repeat of the 2020 race between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, Biden holds a lead over Trump 50 – 44 percent among registered voters in a hypothetical general election matchup, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll of registered voters released today. In Quinnipiac …

Axios reports: Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) said Tuesday she is facing investigations by the Justice Department, Federal Election Commission and House Ethics Committee into the alleged misuse of campaign funds for personal security. Bush denied that she has used official congressional funds to pay for security, saying she has “used campaign funds as permissible to retain security services.” She also …

NBC News reports: Senate Democrats are putting new pressure on the Biden administration to ease federal restrictions on marijuana in a new letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration on Tuesday as it considers rescheduling cannabis after it was federally classified more than five decades ago. The letter, from 12 senators led by Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and John Fetterman, D-Pa., and …

NBC News reports: President Joe Biden’s campaign is trying to organize a first-of-its-kind fundraiser that officials hope would be lucrative and headline-grabbing, but also energizing for Democratic voters who so far have not shown enthusiasm for the party’s 2024 ticket, according to four people familiar with the planning. The idea is for three Democratic presidents — Biden, Bill Clinton and …

The Washington Post reports: The U.S. economy grew by a bustling 3.1 percent in 2023, shaking off recession fears and offering an upbeat picture of consumers and businesses ahead of a pivotal election year. Growth slowed slightly in the last three months of 2023 — to an annual rate of 3.3 percent, down from a sweltering 4.9 percent in the …

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 …

Axios reports: President Biden will announce $5 billion in funding for major transportation projects during a visit Thursday to Superior, Wisconsin — part of an effort to tout his administration’s investments in long-overdue infrastructure projects. With an all-but-certain rematch between Biden and former President Trump in the November election, the president is eager to demonstrate his commitment to fixing America’s …

“What I’m saying is this: I don’t know what my name recognition is. It was zero just ten weeks ago. I would imagine in this country right now, it is probably 5 or 10 percent, tops. I was a brand-builder before this in the private sector. It takes recognition of a name or a brand in order to actually test …

NBC News reports: President Joe Biden won New Hampshire’s unusual Democratic presidential primary as write-in Tuesday, NBC News projects, brushing past two longshot challengers whose names were on the ballot. Biden’s name was not on the ballot and the primary will not award delegates because it was held in violation of the Democratic National Committee, which declared the contest “meaningless.” …

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 …

“Upon my return home, I was shocked to find my belongings and furniture in complete disarray. Among other things, I noticed that certain interior doors (including doors I generally keep unlocked) had been forcibly broken down; furniture had been haphazardly moved around; filing cabinets, desk drawers, dressers, wardrobes, and closets had all been rummaged through and their contents strewn about; …

Axios reports: Generation Z adults are less likely than older generations to join an established religion, far more likely to identify as LGBTQ and generally are less likely to be Republican, a new survey shows. Gen Z adults — who now make up about 1 in 6 of the Americans eligible to vote — are more politically left than older …