Republicans find creative new ways to humiliate themselves for Donald Trump. The Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Colorado’s 14th amendment case against Trump, and Special Counsel Robert Hur won’t charge Biden for mishandling classified documents. Then, Jon and Dan put their dignity on the line and place bets on the Super Bowl in our new game: All Bets Are (Shaken) Off.

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LATEST IN CONGRESS

• NYT: With the aid bill in limbo, the Senate plods along.
• Inside Congress: The Senate is stuck in a border paradox
• Blueprint 2024: 58% of voters, including 64% of independents, support Congress’s border-foreign aid deal
• Axios: Congress’ epic implosion
• NYT: Dysfunction Reigns in Congress as G.O.P. Defeats Multiply
• NYT Analysis: The United States Has Been a Bulwark for Ukraine. What Happens if Support Collapses?
• NYT Analysis: Trump’s Border Intervention Gives Biden a Chance to Shift from Defense to Offense
• NYT: Dozens of House Republicans Declare Trump’s Jan. 6 Actions Were Not Insurrection
• WaPo: Why the border is such an impossible political issue
• WaPo: Biden vows to make Trump attack on conservative border bill a campaign issue
• WaPo: Border bill failure shows how Congress may get even less done in 2024
• WaPo: Why the border is such an impossible political issue
• NBC: Republicans kill border bill in a sign of Trump’s strength and McConnell’s waning influence
• Politico: Senate Republicans officially block foreign aid bill with border changes
• Politico: Trump throws cold water on border bill — again (02/05/24)
• AP: Nikki Haley is trounced by the ‘none of these candidates’ option in Nevada’s Republican primary
• Politico: Gaetz ousted McCarthy. Now he’s moving on to another House GOP target.

TRUMP LEGAL 

• Politico: Meet the lawyers arguing the Trump ballot case at the Supreme Court
• BBC: Donald Trump does not have presidential immunity, US court rules
• CNN: Trump plans to press immunity defense in classified documents case despite defeat in appeals court