Feb. 2023 News
Editor’s Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and February 2023 news and views
Note: Excerpts are from the authors’ words except for subheads and occasional “Editor’s notes” such as this.
Feb. 1
Top Headlines
- 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, Investigation: At the Supreme Court, Ethics Questions Over a Spouse’s Business Ties, Steve Eder
Washington Post, Rep. George Santos says he’s stepping down from committees amid fabrications about his biography- Washington Post, With a million people, an ecstatic Kinshasa hears Pope Francis’s Mass
- Washington Post, Six Colorado River states agreed on water cuts. California did not, Joshua Partlow
Washington Post, Justice Dept. searches Biden’s Rehoboth, Del., home as part of classified documents probe
Trump Probes
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
- 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
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-FranziaWashington Post, Analysis: Republican Party brings election fraud allegations back into the fold, Philip Bump
- 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
More On U.S. Courts, Crime, Regulation
- Washington Post, Man accused of kidnapping, torturing woman dies after standoff, official says
- New York Times, Visual Investigation: 71 Commands in 13 Minutes: Officers Gave Tyre Nichols Impossible Orders, Robin Stein, Alexander Cardia and Natalie Reneau
- New York Times, For Giffords, Progress on Gun Safety Is Like Her Recovery: ‘Inch by Inch’
Global News, Migration, Human Rights Issues
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
- Washington Post, Analysis: U.S. cautions Ukraine on aid as public support slips, Olivier Knox with research by Caroline Anders
Washington Post, Biden says no to F-16 jets for Kyiv; Russia likely eyeing Donetsk advance, U.K.
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