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5:25 PM ET, March 12, 2023

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Washington Post:
U.S. officials weigh protecting all deposits at Silicon Valley Bank  —  Extraordinary step eyed if plan to sell SVB to another institution fails  —  Federal authorities are seriously considering safeguarding all uninsured deposits at Silicon Valley Bank, weighing an extraordinary intervention …
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CBS News:
Transcript: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on “Face the Nation,” March 12, 2023  —  The following is a transcript of an interview with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen that aired on “Face the Nation” on Sunday, March 12, 2023.  —  MARGARET BRENNAN: Mark Strassmann, thank you.
Politico:
'There's going to be more': How Washington is bracing for bank fallout  —  The sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has sent shockwaves across Washington, sparking fears that its failure could threaten the financial system and rattle the economy.  —  Lawmakers are scrambling to get information …
Ken Sweet / Associated Press:
Can the chaos from Silicon Valley Bank's fall be contained?  —  Can Washington come to the rescue of the depositors of failed Silicon Valley Bank?  Is it even politically possible?  —  That was one of the growing questions in Washington Sunday as policymakers tried to figure out whether …
A.G. Gancarski / Florida Politics:
Ron DeSantis blames Silicon Valley Bank's collapse on DEI … A.G. Gancarski  —  A.G. Gancarski has written for FloridaPolitics.com since 2014.  He is based in Northeast Florida.  He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter: @AGGancarski
Ken Tran / USA Today:
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen: No bailout for Silicon Valley Bank, focus is on helping depositors
Hannah Levintova / Mother Jones:
Long Before Silicon Valley Bank's Collapse, Its CEO Helped Kill Tougher Oversight of Banks Like His
Associated Press:
Pence says Trump ‘endangered my family’ on Jan. 6  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday harshly criticized former President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, widening the rift between the two men as they prepare to battle over the Republican nomination in next year's election.
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Politico:
Playbook: Pence goes where no 2024 contender has gone before  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  Former VP MIKE PENCE seized the spotlight at the Gridiron yesterday evening — but not for the reason speakers at the annual high-brow journalism dinner typically do.
Stephen Neukam / The Hill:
McCaul says Pence right in condemning Trump for Jan. 6  —  Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) on Sunday said former Vice President Mike Pence was right to criticize former President Trump for Trump's role in the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection, saying “history will judge everyone” for their decisions on that day.
Ben Terris / Washington Post:
Pence says ‘history will hold Donald Trump accountable’ for Jan. 6th
Isobel van Hagen / Insider:
Former Vice President Mike Pence openly mocked Donald Trump with a series of pointed jokes ridiculing his former boss
Discussion: CNN
CNN:
Pence says ‘history will hold Donald Trump accountable’ for January 6
Anshel Pfeffer / Haaretz:
Netanyahu's Response to Iran-Saudi Deal Shows a Growing Detachment From Reality  —  Benjamin Netanyahu's insistence that he is the one leading the Western world's fight against Iran and that peace with the Saudis is within reach shows how disconnected he is both at home and abroad
Discussion: Associated Press
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Vivian Nereim / New York Times:
From ‘Hitler’ to ‘Sharing One Fate’: Saudi-Iran Pact Could Transform the Middle East
Discussion: HotAir
Washington Post:
A Trump veteran at Fox struggled to balance election lies with the network's interests  —  Documents show Fox VP Raj Shah privately derided the White House's narrative of a stolen election.  But he also pushed back on efforts to dispute the claims.  —  As Rudy Giuliani railed about voter fraud …
Discussion: Raw Story
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
‘Ratings were dropping’: Fox News reverses course and allows host to report on Dominion lawsuit  —  Fox News management had a change of heart and allowed host Howard Kurtz to report on Dominion Voting Systems' lawsuit against the network.  —  On a broadcast weeks earlier …
Discussion: The Hill, The Guardian and Al Jazeera
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:   Fox's P.R. Woes May Not Directly Translate to Legal Ones
George Wright / BBC:
Israel sees one of its biggest-ever protests  —  Hundreds of thousands of Israelis rallied against the government's judicial plans on Saturday night, in what organisers said were the biggest street protests in Israel's history.  —  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the changes …
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CNN:
Half a million Israelis join latest protest against Netanyahu's judicial overhaul, organizers say
Discussion: Haaretz and Raw Story
Bethany Barnes / Tampa Bay Times:
A Tampa teen was racially harassed by her teacher.  He's bullied students for years.  —  Hillsborough records show allegations ranged from performing a Nazi salute to calling a transgender student a slur. … TAMPA — Until her teacher brought up her race, it had been an otherwise unremarkable …
Ben Blanchet / HuffPost:
Ex-Trump White House Press Secretary Makes Revealing Claim On Work With Fox News  —  Stephanie Grisham said she “would get a talking to” for not speaking with Fox News stars ahead of Trump.  —  Grisham, during an interview with CNN's Jim Acosta, weighed in on the news outlet following startling revelations …
Discussion: Mediaite
CNN:
Democratic leaders want the party to stop its Kamala Harris pile-on ahead of 2024  —  Elizabeth Warren has called twice to apologize.  Over a month later, Kamala Harris hasn't called back.  —  In a local Boston radio interview in late January, Warren was enthusiastic about President Joe Biden running …
Ellen Knickmeyer / Associated Press:
Saudi Arabia's golf case threatens to spill kingdom secrets  —  Officials who oversee Saudi Arabia's tens of billions of dollars in U.S. investments haven't been shy about flaunting their ties with top American business and political figures, down to wearing MAGA caps as they swing golf clubs alongside former President Donald Trump.
Alayna Treene / CNN:
As Trump embarks on 2024 journey, some longtime allies go their own way  —  As Donald Trump's onetime campaign manager and a New Hampshire resident, Corey Lewandowski has been by the former president's side for many of his trips to the Granite State.  But when Trump traveled to the state in late January …
 
 
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Washington Post:
McCarthy and Jeffries want the House to work. So they started with each other.
Lou Paskalis / Lou Paskalis on LinkedIn:
Recent revelations emanating from the Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit against Fox Corporation are very troubling and present a moral hazzard for advertisers. …
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