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'She's just nuts': Morning Joe mocks MTG for whining about 'sneaky' move that sank vote

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough mocked Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) for whining about a "sneaky" ploy Democrats used to sink the impeachment of Homeland Security secretary Alejandra Mayorkas.

Four Republicans joined all Democrats – including Rep. Al Green (D-TX), who dramatically rolled up to the the U.S. Capitol in a wheelchair and wearing hospital scrubs after a recent surgery – and voted against the measure, which ultimately failed by 216-214, and the Georgia Republican cried foul afterward.

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Biden sails to victory in ‘first in the West’ Nevada primary

Democratic President Joe Biden won his second official Presidential Preference Primary of 2024, the “first in the West” Nevada primary Tuesday. The Associated Press called the race Tuesday with 61% of votes counted, and Biden winning 90% of them.

While Democrats expected Biden to win the state, he appeared beside 12 other candidates, including author Marianne Williamson, who ran for president in 2020 but ended her campaign ahead of the first Iowa caucus.

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Biden calls for fee-free family seating on airplanes

President Joe Biden released a tweet from his official X account (formerly known as Twitter) calling on all airlines to offer "fee-free family seating.” “You ought to be able to fly with your child – and sit next to them – without paying an additional fee,” he wrote Feb. 5 on X. This isn’t the first time he’s told airlines in the U.S. to stop charging travelers more to book seats together with their children. Last March, he announced a new family seating dashboard available on the U.S. Department of Transportation website that shows consumers which airlines offer fee-free family seating, and w...

Appeals court hinted Trump may be disqualified under 14th Amendment: conservative ex-judge

Retired former Judge Michael Luttig, a conservative, has advocated that Donald Trump is ineligible to serve as president based on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. But now he thinks he has the encouragement of the Washington, D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals behind him.

Speaking to MSNBC's Ali Velshi on Tuesday, the two referred to the recent decision to strike down Trump's argument for "presidential immunity" from criminal prosecution. In that decision, Luttig said, is a hint that refers back to the 14th Amendment case.

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Criminal charges not expected in Biden classified documents probe: report

President Joe Biden is not expected to face criminal charges linked to classified documents found in his Delaware home and private office, according to a new NBC report.

Special counsel Robert Hur will issue the report on his year-long Justice department probe in the coming days, but charges are not expected, a senior law enforcement official told NBC.

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New Hampshire AG 'confident' he's found source of fake AI Biden robocalls

New Hampshire's attorney general has identified a Texas telecommunications company as the culprit behind phony calls impersonating President Joe Biden urging Democrats not to vote in the state's primary election.

Republican attorney general John Formella held a press conference Tuesday announcing the opening of a criminal investigation after working with the Federal Communications Commission and a private industry group to determine the source of the calls, which apparently used AI technology to impersonate the president, reported NBC News.

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'Shame on you!' Marjorie Taylor Greene melts down about being called 'insurrectionist'

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) became angry and shouted at reporters on Tuesday over suggestions that Donald Trump and other Republicans were insurrectionists.

Greene spoke at a press conference where Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) introduced a resolution declaring that Trump was not an insurrectionist. The former president has faced ballot challenges based on a 14th Amendment prohibition on insurrectionists serving in the federal government.

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U.S. House Republicans hold vote to impeach homeland security chief

US lawmakers will vote Tuesday on impeaching Joe Biden's immigration chief over the border crisis, a hugely unusual maneuver seen by Democrats as a political provocation ahead of November's presidential election.

The move has been led by hardline Republicans in the House of Representatives who have been targeting Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for months over a surge in illegal entries across the southern border.

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'I have no immunity!' Trump begs fans for cash after court rules he can be prosecuted

Former President Donald Trump blasted his MAGA base with a cash demand just moments after a D.C. appellate court slapped down his presidential immunity claim.

Trump’s all-caps message hurls accusations against the Justice Department, the Biden administration and the federal court system, all of which he claims have united in a massive witch hunt to undermine his 2024 presidential campaign.

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'They'll JFK him': MAGA fans say there's 'no way' Trump's enemies 'let him win'

Some of Donald Trump's supporters don't think they'll have a chance to vote for the former president in the upcoming November election because they believe his enemies will prevent him from appearing on the ballot – one way or another.

Brian Pannebecker, founder of Autoworkers for Trump, actually switched his backing to GOP primary challenger Vivek Ramaswamy and briefly changed his group's name accordingly, believing the ex-president had taken on too much damage from four indictments on 91 felony counts, but now the Michigan man is back on board, reported the Financial Times.

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GOP impeachment of Mayorkas in doubt as skeptical GOP lawmakers pump the brakes

The effort by House Republicans to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas appears to be going off the rails.

Republicans have for months moved for the impeachment, arguing that he has been derelict in his duties in controlling the border, even though they seem fuzzy on what laws they are actually accusing him of violating or of not properly enforcing. According to multiple reporters on Capitol Hill, however, they may be rapidly losing the votes necessary to impeach him with their bare majority.

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‘A new low’: Democrats blast Speaker Mike Johnson’s mockery of border agents

Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is under fire after mocking U.S. Border Patrol agents by baselessly suggesting the reason they support the Senate border bill is personal financial gain.

One day after the Senate released its massive border bill, which experts say includes many items House Republicans demanded, Johnson and much of his House GOP conference immediately rejected it, largely in response to Donald Trump's direction. The ex-president has made clear he wants to keep Congress from improving the situation at the border so he will have an issue to use against President Joe Biden in the November election.

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Donald Trump loses appeal of his 'presidential immunity' from criminal prosecution for J6

The Washington, D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals published its decision in Donald Trump's appeal of his "presidential immunity" claim on Tuesday.

“We cannot accept former President Trump’s claim that a President has unbounded authority to commit crimes…Nor can we sanction his apparent contention that the Executive has carte blanche to violate the rights of individual citizens to vote and to have their votes count," the ruling says in the 3-0 decision.

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