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Editor's Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and February 2023 news and viewsNote: Excerpts are from the authors' words except for subheads and occasional "Editor's notes" such as this.
Feb. 2
Top Headlines
- New York Times, The Death of Tyre Nichols: ‘We Mourn With You,’ Kamala Harris Says as Tyre Nichols Is Laid to Rest
- Washington Post, With a million people, an ecstatic Kinshasa hears Pope Francis’s Mass
- Associated Press, Investigation: Psychedelic churches in US pushing boundaries of religion, Michael Casey
Washington Post- Las Vegas Review-Journal, Investigative Report: Alleged $500 million Ponzi scheme preyed on Mormons. It ended with FBI gunfire, Lizzie Johnson- New York Times, Russian Troop Buildup May Signal New Assault, Ukraine Says
- New York Times, Ukraine Live Updates: As Russia Struggles in Ukraine, Putin Tries to Cast Fight in Historic Terms
Trump Probes
- New York Times, Former Trump Executive, Already Jailed, Could Face More Fraud Charges
- New York Times, Bias and Human Error Played Parts in F.B.I.’s Jan. 6 Failure, Documents Suggest
New York Times, Trump’s Well-Worn Legal Playbook Starts to Look Frayed- Washington Post, Opinion: Trump has yet another legal threat to worry about, Jennifer Rubin
- New York Times, Manhattan Prosecutors Will Begin Presenting Trump Case to Grand Jury
U.S. Politics, Elections, Economy, Governance
- Washington Post, Hunter Biden’s lawyers, in newly aggressive strategy, target his critics
- Washington Post, Fact Checker Analysis: Laptop email suggests Hunter Biden read newspapers, not classified documents, Glenn Kessler
- New York Times, President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy met to discuss the debt limit, but didn’t appear to reach a breakthrough
- Washington Post, Pelosi to back Schiff for California Senate seat if Feinstein doesn’t run
- Politico, Trump big money machine prepares for battle with DeSantis, other rivals
- Washington Post, House GOP moves to oust Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee
- Washington Post, U.S. military poised to secure new access to key Philippine bases
- Politico, Sam Bankman Fried’s co-founder gave GOP govs group $500,000 right before bankruptcy
- Politico, The Cold Calculus Behind the Shrinking GOP Presidential Field, Jonathan Martin
- New York Times, House Ousts Ilhan Omar From Foreign Affairs Panel as G.O.P. Exacts Revenge
- New York Times, Pentagon Says a Chinese Spy Balloon Is Floating Over Montana
- New York Times, A Gay U.S. Ambassador Finds a Hostile Reception in Hungary
More On U.S. Economy, Inflation, Jobs
- New York Times, The Fed Raises Rates a Quarter Point and Signals More Ahead
- New York Times, Opinion: Republicans and Debt: Blackmailers Without a Cause, Paul Krugman
- New York Times, Falling Mortgage Rates Bring Some Home Buyers Back to Market
- New York Times, Nebraskans Are Sitting on Strategic Metals. Is Mining a Patriotic Duty?
- New York Times, Could minting a $1 trillion platinum coin make the debt-ceiling crisis disappear?
Pro-Trump Election Deniers, Domestic Terrorists
- Washington Post, Michael Luttig: He never ascended to the Supreme Court, but some think he has played a far more consequential role, Manuel Roig-Franzia
- Washington Post, Analysis: Republican Party brings election fraud allegations back into the fold, Philip Bump
- Politico, Jan. 6 defendant who sprayed line of police sentenced after tearful apology
- New York Times, Opinion: Bill Barr’s Image Rehab Is Kaput, David Firestone
- Politico, Secret hold restricts DOJ's bid to access phone of Trump ally Rep. Scott Perry
Biden Document Probe
Washington Post, Justice Dept. searches Biden’s Rehoboth, Del., home as part of classified documents probe- Palmer Report, Analysis and Advocacy: President Joe Biden scored a huge victory today while most of you were busy complaining about Donald Trump, Bill Palmer
U.S. Courts, Crime, Regulation
- The Intercept, Memphis Police Chief Trained With Israel Security Forces
Washington Post, Man accused of kidnapping, torturing woman dies after standoff, official says- New York Times, More Semiautomatic Pistols Are Being Used in Gun Crimes, Report Says
New York Times, Investigation: At the Supreme Court, Ethics Questions Over a Spouse’s Business Ties, Steve Eder- New York Times, Visual Investigation: 71 Commands in 13 Minutes: Officers Gave Tyre Nichols Impossible Orders, Robin Stein, Alexander Cardia and Natalie Reneau
- Washington Post, Editorial: Congress can honor Tyre Nichols with bipartisan police reform
- Washington Post, Family pleads for answers after Calif. police fatally shoot double amputee
- Washington Post, A gunman started shooting at D.C. commuters. A Metro mechanic was killed as he tried to intervene
- Washington Post, Expedited clearing of McPherson Square leaves D.C., homeless scrambling
- New York Times, New Jersey Councilwoman Is Fatally Shot, Officials Say
- Washington Post, Veterans sue Biden Justice Dept. over pistol brace restrictions
- New York Times, For Giffords, Progress on Gun Safety Is Like Her Recovery: ‘Inch by Inch’
Global News, Migration, Human Rights Issues
- Washington Post, American man charged in killing of DJ girlfriend in Colombia
- Washington Post, Opinion: Iran’s legal proceedings against protesters are worse than show trials, Jason Rezaian
- New York Times, Tortured Guantánamo Detainee Is Freed in Belize, Carol Rosenberg
- New York Times, China and the U.S. Are Wooing Indonesia, and Beijing Has the Edge
- New York Times, European Central Bank Raises Rates Again as Eurozone Inflation Persists
- New York Times, Shell reported profits of $42 billion for 2022, more than double its 2021 total
Washington Post, Israelis, Palestinians see U.S. gesture as feeble, even farcical, amid rise in violence- New York Times, Analysis: Israel’s Far-Right Government Raises Risk of Escalation
Ukraine War
- New York Times, Soaring Death Toll Gives Grim Insight Into Russian Tactics
- New York Times, President Volodymyr Zelensky highlighted his crackdown on corruption with high-profile raids ahead of E.U. accession talks
- Washington Post, In unusual wartime summit, E.U. and Ukraine prepare path forward
- New York Times, How Shells Are Forged for Ukraine’s Artillery
- Washington Post, Ukraine live briefing: Ukraine widens corruption crackdown; France to give Kyiv air defense radar
- Washington Post, Analysis: U.S. cautions Ukraine on aid as public support slips, Olivier Knox with research by Caroline Anders
New York Times, Alcohol and Bad Finances: How a U.S. Veterans Group Imploded in Ukraine,- Washington Post, Biden says no to F-16 jets for Kyiv; Russia likely eyeing Donetsk advance, U.K. says
- New York Times, Russia Freed Prisoners to Fight Its War. Here’s How Some Fared
- Washington Post, War in Ukraine: Along front-line river, this deadly road shows toll of Russia’s war
Energy, Climate, Environment, Disasters
Washington Post, Biden administration set to endorse major Alaskan oil drilling project- New York Times, The Northeast Braces for the Worst Wind Chill in Decades
- Washington Post, Six Colorado River states agreed on water cuts. California did not, Joshua Partlow
- Washington Post, The environmental cost of beef vs. chicken? Tuna vs. salmon? Compare dozens of foods here
- Washington Post, These everyday items endanger the environment. Here’s how to handle them
- Washington Post, EPA may have dealt ‘final nail in the coffin’ for Alaska’s Pebble Mine
More On Pandemics, Public Health, Privacy
New York Times, Vaccine Makers Kept $1.4 Billion in Prepayments for Canceled Covid Shots for the World’s Poor- New York Times, China’s Covid Tsunami Recedes, Bringing Relief, Grief and Anxiety
- New York Times, U.S. Plans to End Public Health Emergency for Covid in May
U.S. House GOP Probes, Election Deniers, Scandals
Washington Post, Rep. George Santos says he’s stepping down from committees amid fabrications about his biography- Rolling Stone, FBI Probes Allegations George Santos Took $3,000 From Dying Dog’s GoFundMe
New York Times, George Santos Says He Has a New Treasurer. The Treasurer Does Not Agree
U.S. Abortion, Rape Laws, Politics
- Washington Post, GW students add ‘morning-after’ pill vending machine to campus
U.S. Media, Religion, Education
- Washington Post, Tom Brady says he is retiring from the NFL ‘for good’
- New York Times, Inside the College Board’s Revised African American Studies Curriculum
- New York Times, Big Tech Discovers Austerity, to the Relief of Investors
- New York Times, Meta recorded its biggest daily market gain in nearly a decade, adding nearly $100 billion in value
- New York Times, Education Firms That Serve Hasidic Schools Are Barred Amid Fraud Inquiry
Washington Post, Former ABC News journalist charged in child porn case- Rolling Stone, Feds Charge Former ABC News Producer With Transportation of Child Pornography
- Washington Post, Amid attacks from DeSantis, AP African American studies course is updated
National Press Club Press Release, Club Urges India’s Government to Rescind Ban on BBC Documentary, Bill McCarren
Top Stories
Vice President Kamala Harris, right, spoke on Feb. 1 at the memorial service in Memphis for Tyre Nichols, top left, who was killed by Memphis police during an allegedly routine traffic stop last month. Peaceful protesters are shown below left in the collage.
New York Times, The Death of Tyre Nichols: ‘We Mourn With You,’ Kamala Harris Says as Tyre Nichols Is Laid to Rest, Rick Rojas, Feb. 2, 2023 (print ed.). The vice president ...
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