| No Images? Click here  Monday, February 4WHITE HOUSE FUMES OVER LEAKED TRUMP SCHEDULE President Donald Trump has spent around 60 percent of his working hours since last year’s midterm elections languishing in “executive time” at the White House, according to leaked copies of his personal schedule. Trump’s personal secretary, Madeleine Westerhout, called the disclosure a “disgraceful breach of trust,” while press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the huge amount of downtime allows “for a more creative environment.” [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share on Facebook]PATRIOTS WIN SIXTH SUPER BOWL The Patriots won their sixth Super Bowl, a 13-3 victory over the Los Angeles Rams. New England’s Rob Gronkowski came up big when it mattered, the tight end sparking a stalled offense during a critical fourth-quarter drive, catching two passes for 47 yards leading to a 2-yard touchdown run by Sony Michel. [Yahoo]TRUMP OPEN TO ANOTHER SHUTDOWN Trump gave a pre-game interview to CBS, touching on his plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria and whether he would let his 12-year-old son play football. Here are the most noteworthy moments. [HuffPost]NORTHAM STILL HASN’T QUIT Virginia Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam is clinging to office amid almost unanimous calls from his own party to resign over a racist photo in his 1984 medical school yearbook. [AP]AOC SLAMS VIRGINIA GOVERNOR Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) added to the criticism of Northam, tweeting: “If you can’t understand how painful + eroding this is to American society, let alone the state of Virginia, take some time to read up this weekend.” [HuffPost]LIBERALS LEARN TO LOVE ORIGINALISM Progressives have found themselves locked out of the Supreme Court for the foreseeable future. So some are turning to a new strategy to keep the court from damaging their policy priorities: presenting arguments to its conservative justices in the language of originalism. [HuffPost] THOUSANDS MORE U.S. TROOPS HEADING TO MEXICAN BORDER The Pentagon is sending 3,750 U.S. forces to the southwest border with Mexico for three months to provide additional support to border agents. [Reuters]RONNY JACKSON BACK AT WHITE HOUSE Trump has appointed his former doctor Ronny Jackson to be his assistant and chief medical adviser, despite allegations of professional misconduct, which the Pentagon continues to investigate. [HuffPost]BACKLASH HITS WASHINGTON POST OVER SUPER BOWL AD Defending the news industry, The Washington Post aired its first Super Bowl ad. However, many people, including journalists, were troubled by the fact that the ad reportedly cost about $5.2 million. Donald Trump Jr. also lashed out at the spot, blasting the media’s “leftist BS” and suggesting journalists could save money by reporting the news “for a change.” [HuffPost]TRUMP’S ORANGE HUE ‘GENETIC’ Trump’s famous orange tan is the result of “good genes,” a senior administration official told The New York Times. As a counterpoint, ousted White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman wrote in her 2018 memoir “Unhinged” that Trump uses a tanning bed daily. [HuffPost]CUOMO WANTS PROBE INTO FREEZING INMATES New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has called for a Justice Department investigation into the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where frigid conditions reportedly have left inmates begging for help. [HuffPost]EUROPEANS BACK GUAIDO The U.K., Spain, France and other European countries have officially recognized opposition leader Juan Guaidó as interim president of Venezuela. Meanwhile, President Nicolás Maduro has said he cannot rule out the possibility of civil war as pressure mounts on him to step down. [BBC]TSA OFFICER JUMPS TO HIS DEATH AT AIRPORT An officer from the Transportation Security Administration jumped to his death from a balcony inside Florida’s busiest airport, creating panic that brought some security checkpoints to a halt for hours. [AP]
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