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Danny Hakim / New York Times:
Jury in Georgia Trump Inquiry Recommended Multiple Indictments, Forewoman Says — She would not discuss specific indictments in the special grand jury's report but noted that its recommendations are “not going to be some giant plot twist.” — A special grand jury that investigated election interference …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Spent $10 Million From His PAC on His Legal Bills Last Year — Now that the former president is a declared candidate again, there are questions about whether he can continue using donor funds to pay his lawyers. — Former President Donald J. Trump, who throughout his business career …
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NBC News:
Georgia grand jury recommended indictments for more than a dozen people in Trump probe, foreperson says — Emily Kohrs told NBC News the panel's recommendations include “some names you expect.” Asked if it included Trump, she said “potentially, it might.”
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Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Fulton grand juror: Multiple indictments recommended
Fulton grand juror: Multiple indictments recommended
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
'It's Not a Short List': Trump Probe Grand Jury to Recommend Slew of Indictments
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Polls close in Virginia's 4th Congressional District special election — Polls have closed in Virginia's 4th Congressional District for the special election to fill the seat left vacant by the late Rep. Donald McEachin. — Democratic state Sen. Jennifer McClellan could make history if she wins Tuesday …
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Max Gowins / Decision Desk HQ:
Election Results: Wisconsin Supreme Court Primary, Virginia 4th Congressional District Special Election, and more — There are seven races we are tracking across the nation today. Voters in Wisconsin are heading to the polls to select who will make the general election ballot in a number of races …
Chandelis Duster / CNN:
Jennifer McClellan will win special election and become Virginia's first Black congresswoman, CNN projects — Virginia state Sen. Jennifer McClellan will win the special election for Virginia's 4th Congressional District and will become the first Black woman to represent the commonwealth in Congress, CNN projected Tuesday.
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Raw Story and Just The News
Dan Shafer / The Recombobulation Area:
The Recombobulation Area's Wisconsin Spring Primary Election Live Blog
The Recombobulation Area's Wisconsin Spring Primary Election Live Blog
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Balloon Juice and Politico
Janet Protasiewicz / New York Times:
Wisconsin State Supreme Court Primary Election
Wisconsin State Supreme Court Primary Election
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New Republic, Washington Examiner and Wall Street Journal
Eric Bazail-Eimil / Wall Street Journal:
Virginia Holds Special Election to Fill Empty House Seat
Virginia Holds Special Election to Fill Empty House Seat
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Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
Dozens of ‘New York Times’ Journalists Hit Staff Union for Its Defense of Trans Coverage Criticism — Some of the paper's top reporters signed a letter objecting to the Guild's response to newsroom leaders. “We ask that our union work to advance, not erode, our journalistic independence,” they wrote.
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Why it matters that Kevin McCarthy gave Jan. 6 tapes to Fox News — Kevin McCarthy gave 41,000 hours of sensitive Jan. 6 footage to a controversial television personality. What could possibly go wrong? — Just a few days after getting his gavel, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told reporters …
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Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
McCarthy gives Tucker Carlson exclusive access to Jan. 6 riot video — By Meryl Kornfield and Jacqueline Alemany — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has provided exclusive access to a trove of U.S. Capitol surveillance footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection to Fox News host Tucker Carlson …
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David Badash / Raw Story:
‘Egregious security breach’: Top House Dem blasts McCarthy over Jan. 6 footage
‘Egregious security breach’: Top House Dem blasts McCarthy over Jan. 6 footage
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New York Post and The Gateway Pundit
CNN:
US believes Russia had failed intercontinental ballistic missile test while Biden was in Ukraine — " data-check-event-based-preview= "" data-network-id="" data-details=""> — Russia carried out a test of an intercontinental ballistic missile that appears to have failed while President Joe Biden …
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Pyotr Kozlov / The Moscow Times:
'Everyone's Tired': Acceptance and Exasperation in Russian Elite as Invasion Anniversary Looms — While most members of Russia's political and business elite have come to terms with the invasion of Ukraine one year in, some are frustrated by the Kremlin's apparent inability to act more forcefully …
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Rob Wile / NBC News:
Feds fine Mormon church for illicitly hiding $32 billion investment fund behind shell companies — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a nonprofit entity that it controlled have been fined $5 million by the Securities and Exchange Commission over accusations …
Maggie Astor / New York Times:
A Wealthy ‘Anti-Woke’ Activist Joins the 2024 Presidential Field — Vivek Ramaswamy, 37, has made a name for himself in right-wing circles by opposing corporate efforts to advance political, social and environmental causes. — Vivek Ramaswamy, a multimillionaire entrepreneur and author …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Jen Psaki, Once the Voice of Biden, Moves to an Anchor Chair — The former White House press secretary will start hosting a weekly MSNBC talk show on March 19. As for the president, “I am not going to gratuitously attack him.” — Rachel Maddow is teaching her to use a TelePrompTer, so far with mixed results.
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Sarah Fitzpatrick / NBC News:
EPA orders Norfolk Southern to clean up Ohio train derailment site and pay all costs — The Environmental Protection Agency announced a sweeping enforcement action against Norfolk Southern on Tuesday, compelling the rail company to conduct and pay for cleanup actions associated …
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Nikki Haley defended right to secession, Confederate History Month and the Confederate flag in 2010 talk — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley defended states' rights to secede from the United States, South Carolina's Confederate History Month and the Confederate flag in a 2010 interview …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The right fans a repulsive campaign to racialize the Ohio train disaster — The fiery derailment of a freight train carrying hazardous chemicals in eastern Ohio is coming to represent bigger societal failures. It's a story about profit-driven rail companies underinvesting in safety …
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New York Post, Mother Jones, HERSAY and PJ Media
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Alex Henderson / Raw Story:
How ‘vile’ MAGA Republicans are painting Ohio's environmental nightmare as a ‘war on white people’
How ‘vile’ MAGA Republicans are painting Ohio's environmental nightmare as a ‘war on white people’
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CBS News, The Western Journal and CNN
Department of Transportation:
U.S. Department of Transportation Fact Sheet: Steps Forward on Freight Rail Industry Safety & Accountability — For well over a century, railroads have been an indispensable part of America's economy, society, and way of life. Our rail system must be kept safe—safe for the workers who operate it …
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S.V. Date / HuffPost:
DeSantis About To Defuse $1.2 Billion Tax Bomb He Activated A Year Ago To Punish Disney — The Republican governor's 2022 law would have increased tax bills on Central Florida property owners by thousands of dollars each for a decade and a half. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is one signature away …
Alec Karam / The Daily Beast:
Southern Baptist Convention Ousts Second-Largest Church Over Women Pastors — WWJD? — The Southern Baptist Convention has ousted its second-largest congregation. The convention voted Tuesday to oust Saddleback Church, the California high-profile megachurch started by celebrity pastor Rick Warren, because it has women pastors.
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Lucy Williamson / BBC:
Andrew Tate has detention extended for third time — Controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have had their custody in Romania extended for a third time, and will remain in detention until at least the end of March. — The pair were arrested in December on suspicion …
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Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
Mississippi Racial Gerrymandering Case Dismissed in U.S. Supreme Court — The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to hear Buck v. Reeves, a case alleging that the state's congressional maps are racially gerrymandered. The decision affirms that Mississippi is no longer required to get federal preclearance for its congressional maps.
James Pogue / Vanity Fair:
Inside the New Right's Next Frontier: The American West — Preppers, techies, hippies, and yuppies are converging on the American West, the safest place to “exit” a society gone haywire. — The buffalo were grazing by the highway on the outskirts of the richest county in the richest country in the history of the world.
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: 'If Don doesn't go, we will!': Angry female staffers at CNN issue ultimatum over Lemon's sexist Nikki Haley comments and threaten to quit if he stays on-air — CNN staffers have threatened to quit if Don Lemon is not fired from the network — It comes days after he said women older …
David Siders / Politico:
What It Looks Like When the Far Right Takes Control of Local Government — WEST OLIVE, Mich. — The agenda for the Ottawa County governing board's most recent meeting here last week listed, among other issues, a roof repair and resurfacing contract, a budget calendar that needed setting and …
Isaac Schorr / Mediaite:
‘I Was So F*cking Freaked Out’: Ex-NYT Staffer Describes ‘Crying’ and ‘Bloodthirsty’ Colleagues Seeking Vengeance for Cotton Op-Ed — Embarrassing details about the extent of the 2020 staff revolt at the New York Times have been revealed in a new book featuring an interview with former Times staffer Shawn McCreesh.
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Avery Schmitz / bellingcat:
Borderless Vigilantism: The Nativist US Militias Entering Mexico — Run all the way back!" shouts Jeremiah ‘Jay’ Shivers to a terrified, unarmed man whom he threatens at gunpoint. Shivers is an affiliate of a nationalist militia, and “back” means Mexico. But a geolocation indicates that …
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Eric Trump is touring with another antisemite who shares pro-Hitler propaganda — Ward also pushed conspiracy theory that President Joe Biden and Justice Amy Coney Barrett are “reptilian humanoid hybrids” — Eric Trump is touring with far-right commentator Charlie Ward …