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New York Times:
Minnesota Officer Shoots Driver, and Protesters Clash With Police — A young Black man died after an officer shot him during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, near where Derek Chauvin is on trial in the death of George Floyd — BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. — A 20-year-old Black man died …
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Star Tribune:
Violence flares after Brooklyn Center police fatally shoot man, 20, inflaming tensions during the Derek Chauvin trial — Man, 20, killed after being pulled over for traffic violation in Brooklyn Center — A Brooklyn Center police officer fatally shot a man during a traffic stop Sunday afternoon …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Scoop: Cindy McCain set to land Biden ambassadorship — DRIVING THE DAY — President JOE BIDEN is preparing to name Republican CINDY MCCAIN to a coveted ambassador post in Western Europe in what would be his administration's first Republican appointee to a Senate-confirmed position.
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Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Biden Republicans? Some in GOP open to president's agenda
Biden Republicans? Some in GOP open to president's agenda
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Bloomberg, The Daily Caller and Newsbusters
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Facing GOP opposition, Biden seeks to redefine bipartisanship
Facing GOP opposition, Biden seeks to redefine bipartisanship
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Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Senate Republicans label Biden infrastructure plan a ‘slush fund’
Senate Republicans label Biden infrastructure plan a ‘slush fund’
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Washington Times, Political Wire and New York Times
Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
Will Smith's production pulls out of Georgia, citing the state's voting law. — Will Smith and the director Antoine Fuqua said on Monday that they were pulling their upcoming film production “Emancipation” out of Georgia because of the state's new voting law, which has been denounced …
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Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Officer Who Pepper-Sprayed a Black Army Medic Is Fired — Joe Gutierrez, who is accused of using excessive force during a traffic stop in Windsor, Va., has been dismissed, the town said. — A police officer in Virginia who confronted a uniformed Black Army medic at gunpoint and doused …
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NBC4 Washington:
Officer Accused of Force in Stop of Black Army Officer Fired
Officer Accused of Force in Stop of Black Army Officer Fired
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Matthew S. Schwartz / NPR:
Officer Who Handcuffed And Pepper-Sprayed Black Army Lieutenant Is Fired
Officer Who Handcuffed And Pepper-Sprayed Black Army Lieutenant Is Fired
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Kate Bennett / CNN:
Major Biden to get training after two biting incidents — First dog Major Biden bites second person in White House — (CNN)President Joe Biden's German shepherd, Major, will receive training after two biting incidents involving workers at the White House, according to first lady Jill Biden's spokesman.
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Eugene Daniels / Politico:
The Biden White House media doctrine: Less can be more
The Biden White House media doctrine: Less can be more
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CNN:
Embattled Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz is denied a meeting with Trump — (CNN)Rep. Matt Gaetz, who's facing a federal investigation into sex trafficking allegations, was recently denied a meeting with Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate as the ex-President and his allies continue to distance themselves from the Florida congressman.
Mike Allen / Yahoo News:
“You're not a one-person show”: Pelosi unloads on “The Squad” in new biography — Susan Page, USA Today's Washington bureau chief, conducted 10 interviews with Speaker Pelosi for a biography, “ — Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power,” that's out April 20.
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Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Mitch McConnell tends his legacy 8,000 miles away
Mitch McConnell tends his legacy 8,000 miles away
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Washington Post:
The rise of domestic extremism in America — Data shows a surge in homegrown attacks not seen in a quarter-century — Domestic terror incidents by year — Domestic terrorism incidents have soared to new highs in the United States, driven chiefly by white-supremacist …
Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian:
Revealed: the Facebook loophole that lets world leaders deceive and harass their citizens — A Guardian investigation exposes the breadth of state-backed manipulation of the platform — Facebook has repeatedly allowed world leaders and politicians to use its platform to deceive the public …
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Why We're Freaking Out About Substack — A company that makes it easy to charge for newsletters has captivated an anxious industry because it embodies larger forces and contradictions. — Danny Lavery had just agreed to a two-year, $430,000 contract with the newsletter platform Substack …
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Adam Jentleson / The Atlantic:
How to Stop the Minority-Rule Doom Loop — President Joe Biden came into office facing four “converging crises”: COVID-19, climate change, racial justice, and the economy. But after a few weeks of fast action on a pandemic relief plan, a fifth crisis will determine the fate of the rest …
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Washington Examiner, CBS News, The Hill, Alternet.org, Salon and The Federalist
Jaclyn Peiser / Washington Post:
ADL demands Fox News fire Tucker Carlson over anti-Semitic trope: ‘This has deadly significance’ — Last week on Fox News, Tucker Carlson argued that immigration to the United States would “dilute the political power” of Americans in a segment that also referenced “white replacement theory” …
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Washington Post:
How the corporate backlash to Georgia's new voting law is shaping other fights around the country over access to the polls — Behind closed doors, aides to Georgia's top Republicans and its leading business interests spent the final days of March hashing out new voting legislation in an effort …
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Fox News, Raw Story, The Daily Beast, Townhall and Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Hawley hauls in $3M after attempt to block election results — Sen. Josh Hawley raised more than $3 million during the first three months of the year, underscoring how the Missouri Republican converted his high-profile opposition to the certification of the 2020 election into big fundraising support.
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Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Biden nominates a critic of Trump's immigration policies to lead Customs and Border Protection. — President Biden will nominate Chris Magnus, the police chief of Tucson, Ariz., and a critic of the Trump administration's anti-immigration policies, to lead Customs and Border Protection …
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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
How Hunter Biden's Memoir Played in the White House — Hunter Biden was careering above Highway 10 in the Sonoran desert. Eastbound behind the wheel of a rented Lincoln Town Car, exhausted and speeding 80 mph, he'd closed his eyes just long enough to zag off the road and into the air, twirling to land in the opposite lanes.
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Biden faces pressure from Pelosi, Sanders over whether to double down on Obamacare or expand Medicare — House Democratic leadership and Sen. Bernie Sanders split as Biden administration sculpts next package — The White House is facing diverging pressure from two powerful allies …
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NBC News
Laura Barrón-López / Politico:
Biden White House puts its police oversight commission on ice — The president promised one during his campaign. But civil rights groups and police union reps both said it wasn't necessary. — The White House “is working with Congress to swiftly enact meaningful police reform that brings profound …
James Arkin / Politico:
Former N.C. governor expected to launch Senate bid this week — Pat McCrory, the former Republican governor of North Carolina, is planning to launch his campaign for the state's open Senate seat this week, according to people familiar with his plans. — The former governor …
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Political Wire
CNN:
Driver arrested in hit-and-run death of Sandra Feuerstein, New York federal judge — (CNN)A woman has been arrested in connection to a hit-and-run accident that killed federal judge Sandra Feuerstein and injured a 6-year-old in Boca Raton, Florida, on Friday.
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The Hill
Matthew Chance / CNN:
Ukraine's President heads to the trenches as Russia masses its troops — On the front lines in eastern Ukraine (CNN)Ankle-deep in thick black sludge, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky moves stealthily with his troops in single file through the warren of trenches and tunnels that form …
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Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
‘White Lives Matter’ rallies flop as hardly anyone shows up — In semi-private, encrypted chats, neo-Nazis and other far-right extremists planned rallies in dozens of cities on Sunday to promote their racist movements and spread their ideologies to larger audiences.