NYTIMES (David Wallace-Wells) - ICE’s Surveillance State Isn’t Tracking Only Immigrants
The nationwide nativist dragnet has a long list of targets.
NYTIMES (Tripp Mickle) - Google Profit Jumps 30 Percent on A.I. Gains
Profits rose to $34.5 billion last quarter, as the tech giant gained ground with its Gemini system, bolstering its search business and YouTube.
NYTIMES (Benjamin Mullin) - The Washington Post Eliminates Its Sports Department
The Post is laying off or reassigning all the reporters and editors in its sports section, days before the Super Bowl and the Winter Olympics in Italy.
NYTIMES (Richard Goldstein) - Mickey Lolich, Hero of the 1968 World Series, Dies at 85
A Detroit Tigers pitcher, he was famous for his ample waistline — and for his three complete-game wins in defeating the Cardinals, making him the Series’ M.V.P.
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NYTIMES (Sally Goldenberg and Eliza Shapiro) - Mamdani Chooses a Liberal Jewish Leader to Run Antisemitism Office
Phylisa Wisdom, the executive director of the New York Jewish Agenda, shares Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s criticism of Israel’s treatment of Gaza, but supports its right to exist as a Jewish state.
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NYTIMES (Patrick McGeehan) - New York and New Jersey Governors Resolve Fight Over Appointees
The board of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will vote this week to confirm Kathryn Garcia as the executive director and Jean Roehrenbeck as the deputy executive director of the agency.
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NYTIMES (Annie Karni) - In Forcing the Clintons to Testify on Epstein, Comer Sets a New Precedent
The Republican chairman’s successful targeting of a former president who faces no charge of wrongdoing was the sort of tactic typical in an autocracy where leaders fear being jailed when they are out of power.
NYTIMES (Brad Plumer and Rebecca F. Elliott) - Trump Administration Is Delaying Hundreds of Wind and Solar Projects
Federal agencies are delaying approvals for renewable energy projects on both federal land and private property at a time when electricity demand is going up.
NPR (John Ruwitch) - Moltbook is the newest social media platform — but it's just for AI bots
A new message board for artificial intelligence agents has prompted some strange conversations, and existential questions about the inner lives of bots.
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NYTIMES (Nicholas Fandos) - Mamdani Will Endorse Hochul for Re-election This Week
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s support could lend a needed jolt of progressive energy to the governor’s re-election campaign and further cement the once-unlikely partnership between them.
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