NYTIMES (Emmanuel Morgan) - Super Bowl Halftime Is the World’s Biggest Stage. He Designs It.
From Prince’s giant symbol to Kendrick Lamar’s streetlamps, the set production designer Bruce Rodgers “makes the impossible possible.”
NYTIMES (Bill Pennington) - Lindsey Vonn Aims to Become the Oldest Alpine Olympic Medalist, Despite Ruptured A.C.L.
The 41-year-old American aims to complete her comeback by racing in the women’s Olympic downhill on Sunday despite rupturing her left A.C.L. a week ago.
NYTIMES (Ben Dooley, Isabella Cota and Emiliano Rodríguez Mega) - Mexican Cartels Overwhelm Police With Ammunition Made for the U.S. Military
Drug syndicates have used .50-caliber ammunition, produced at a plant owned by the U.S. Army and then smuggled across the border, in attacks on Mexican civilians and police.
NYTIMES (Nick Corasaniti) - Why Trump’s Calls to ‘Nationalize’ Voting Have Raised Midterm Fears
The president has escalated his language as his administration takes steps to involve itself more in election matters.
NYTIMES (Glenn Thrush, Alan Feuer, Mimi Dwyer, Ernesto Londoño and Michael S. Schmidt) - Demanding Support for Trump, Justice Dept. Struggles to Recruit Prosecutors
Some offices are so decimated that the Justice Department has sent in military lawyers. More recently, officials asked for volunteers from other offices who can quickly deploy to places in desperate need.
NYTIMES (Ernesto Londoño) - Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Ms. Good’s vehicle, but Trump administration leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have departed, leaving the Minnesota U.S. attorney’s office in turmoil.
AMERICANGREATNESS (Thaddeus G. McCotter) - The Democrats’ Conditional Loyalty
Roughly a decade and a half ago, I authored a Republican House policy paper identifying “sanctuary cities” as being ideologically premised upon the discredited and […] Source
AMERICANGREATNESS (J. Peder Zane) - The Gordian Knot of Modern Politics
Politics is the great leveler: It makes even the most inspired and insightful voices sound banal. In his hurriedly cobbled-together new song railing against “King […] Source
WASHINGTONPOST (David Nakamura, Arelis R. Hernández, Mariana Alfaro) - ICE isn’t at the Super Bowl, but Bad Bunny will bring immigration to the fore
The halftime show will illustrate the nation’s immigration divide whether or not the reggaeton star makes an explicit message about Trump’s deportation drive.
NPR (Rafael Nam) - Trump promised a crypto revolution. So why is bitcoin crashing?
Trump got elected promising to usher in a crypto revolution. More than a year later, bitcoin's price has come tumbling down. What happened?