HUFFPOST - CNN Legal Analyst Slams Trump DOJ Over 'Embarrassing' Lack Of Epstein Investigations
Elie Honig excoriated the Department of Justice in an editorial Friday, ultimately acknowledging that its lack of action is "perhaps purposeful."
HUFFPOST - Los Angeles School Superintendent Placed On Paid Leave Amid Federal Probe
Carvalho became superintendent in 2022.
AXIOS (Zachary Basu) - Israel targets Khamenei, top leaders in bid to bring down Iran's regime
The Israeli Air Force conducted numerous strikes across Iran Saturday morning in an attempt to assassinate Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other senior political and military leaders, Israeli and U.S. officials told Axios. Why it matters: The U.S. and Iran have launched a massive joint military operation in an effort to destabilize the Iranian regime, which has been in power since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. - "The goal is to create all the conditions for the downfall of the Iranian regime, but developments will also depend on the extent to which the Iranian people rise up," an Israeli official said. Zoom in: Israeli officials said Israel is targeting the entire Iranian leadership — political and military, past, present, and future…
ABCNEWS - 'Serious moment': Reactions pour in from Congress after Trump strikes Iran
In the wake of the "massive" strikes on Iran by the U.S. and Israel Saturday, members of Congress have begun weighing in on the situation.
REDSTATE (Brad Essex) - THE ESSEX FILES: Melania Trump's Historic UN Role - Education As the Path to Peace
REDSTATE (Bob Hoge) - The Anti-Obama: Trump Urges Iranians to Take Back Their Country — 'The Hour of Your Freedom Is at Hand'
AXIOS (Josephine Walker) - Trump says he "ended DEI." Courts disagree
President Trump touted to raucous Republican applause during his State of the Union address this week that "We ended DEI in America." - A year into Trump's crusade to eradicate "anti-white racism ," some of the administration's most ambitious diversity, equity and inclusion rollbacks are stalled in court. Why it matters: With Congress aligned with the White House, the judiciary has become the primary check for civil rights advocates who argue the administration is distorting long-standing equity laws. - DEI policies are "being used as a sword, not a shield," Leah Watson, an ACLU racial justice program attorney, tells Axios. The intrigue: DEI policies are intentionally broad to repair decades of discrimination, but the administration…
NYTIMES (Nicole Sperling) - Netflix Lost Warner. Maybe That’s a Good Thing.
It is entirely possible, analysts say, that Netflix will be better off by bailing from its $83 billion deal with Warner Bros. Discovery.
NYTIMES (Brooks Barnes and John Koblin) - Abrupt Change for Warner Bros. Prompts Many Grim Faces
Employees at the company had started to warm to the idea of Netflix as its corporate owner. Now they face the prospect of major cuts under Paramount.
NYTIMES (Megan DiTrolio, Paulina Villegas, Jack Nicas, Maria Abi-Habib and Lauren Katzenberg) - How The Times Covers Cartels and Other Criminal Enterprises
Cultivating sources. Verifying claims. Staying safe. After the death of El Mencho, four journalists share their approach to this difficult, dangerous work.