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DeSantis, Backing Away From Ukraine, Angers G.O.P. Hawks — The Florida governor, who joined Donald Trump in declaring that defending Ukraine from Russia was not a vital interest, drew swift condemnations from establishment Republicans. — Declaring this week that defending Ukraine …
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A Republican ‘civil war’ on Ukraine erupts as Reagan's example fades — GOP leaders and voters are increasingly skeptical of an extended commitment, part of a broader shift away from conservative support for foreign interventions — When Ronald Reagan addressed a brand new organization …
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Julia Ioffe / Puck:
Putin's Boy from Tallahassee — In the zero-sum world of rightward Republicanism, politicians are using a yearning to confront China as a veil to abandon Ukraine. … The Fox News host, who had solicited answers from anyone considering tossing their hat in the ring, was clearly impressed.
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Matthew Kassel / Jewish Insider:
DeSantis' Ukraine flip alarms pro-Israel Republicans … In declaring his belief that protecting Ukraine from Russian aggression is a “territorial dispute” and not a vital interest to the United States, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, who is widely expected to run for president in 2024 …
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Former NATO Chief: Trump Could Sabotage the War — Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the former secretary-general of NATO, packs his prognosis for Donald Trump's 2024 campaign into one loaded word. — “I think President Trump will be a loser,” he tells me. — It is a notoriously triggering term …
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Josh Kraushaar / Axios:
The GOP's stunning realignment on foreign policy — Ron DeSantis' claim that protecting Ukraine isn't in the “vital” interest of the U.S. highlights a remarkable divide in the GOP over foreign policy — pitting its top two presidential candidates against the party's more hawkish establishment.
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William Saletan / The Bulwark:
The Ukraine Untruths of Disingenuous DeSantis
The Ukraine Untruths of Disingenuous DeSantis
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Putin holds a trump card in the 2024 US election
Putin holds a trump card in the 2024 US election
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Federal investigators examined Trump Media for possible money laundering, sources say — Exclusive: New York prosecutors expanded criminal inquiry of company last year and examined acceptance of $8m with suspected Russian ties — Federal prosecutors in New York involved in the criminal investigation …
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Julia Love / Bloomberg:
Donald Trump's Truth Social Cuts Staff as SPAC Languishes
Donald Trump's Truth Social Cuts Staff as SPAC Languishes
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Holman W. Jenkins, Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Silicon Valley Bank and Joe Biden's $19 Trillion Monday — His latest bailout is a solution for him now and a problem for us later. — WSJ Opinion: The President Drops a Totally Political Budget — Your bank deposits are safe from bank failures. They aren't safe from inflation.
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White House eyes accountability for Silicon Valley Bank collapse
White House eyes accountability for Silicon Valley Bank collapse
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Bloomberg:
Signature Bank Faced Criminal Probe Ahead of Firm's Collapse
Signature Bank Faced Criminal Probe Ahead of Firm's Collapse
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Matt Dixon / NBC News:
Ron DeSantis hit with an ethics complaint from Trump super PAC — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Donald Trump's allies are stepping up their battle with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, formally accusing him of violating state ethics and election laws with his “shadow presidential campaign.”
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump prepares an extensive opposition file on ‘Ron DeSanctimonious’ — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has not yet officially entered the 2024 presidential arena but former President Donald Trump's campaign is preparing a grenade to launch his way. — Trump's team and his allied PAC are preparing …
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Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Exiled Chinese Billionaire Charged in New York With Financial Conspiracy — Guo Wengui, a fugitive financier and associate of Steve Bannon, is accused by federal prosecutors of engaging in a complex scheme to bilk thousands of online followers. — Guo Wengui, a fugitive Chinese billionaire …
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New York Times:
George Santos's Role in Sale of $19 Million Yacht Attracts F.B.I. Interest — Just before his House election, Mr. Santos helped two of his largest donors reach a private deal on a $19 million boat, mixing his political and personal interests. — A $19 million luxury yacht deal brokered …
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Michael Gold / New York Times:
George Santos Signals Intention to Seek Re-election in 2024
George Santos Signals Intention to Seek Re-election in 2024
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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
BuzzFeed Encourages Reporters to Write More Stories in Attempt to Turn Profit — ‘What we can control is how many stories we publish each day,’ BuzzFeed News editor in chief tells newsroom — BuzzFeed Inc. BZFD -.65%decrease; red down pointing triangle is encouraging its newsroom to produce …
Charlotte Alter / TIME:
Exclusive: Effective Altruist Leaders Were Repeatedly Warned About Sam Bankman-Fried Years Before FTX Collapsed — Leaders of the Effective Altruism movement were repeatedly warned beginning in 2018 that Sam Bankman-Fried was unethical, duplicitous, and negligent in his role as CEO of Alameda Research …
Megan Rose Dickey / Axios:
San Francisco supervisors open to reparations proposal — A reparations plan in San Francisco that includes a one-time, $5 million lump sum payment to each eligible Black person had its first public hearing before city officials Tuesday, with dozens of members of the public calling for the proposal's adoption.
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The Princetonian:
Princeton senior arrested in connection with Jan. 6 Capitol riot — On March 14, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Larry Giberson '23 was arrested in relation to the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. — Giberson did not immediately respond to The Daily Princetonian's request for comment.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
DOJ: Trump cannot save Navarro from contempt of Congress prosecution — Donald Trump never asserted executive privilege to block Peter Navarro from testifying to the Jan. 6 select committee — and even if he did, it wouldn't have excused the former Trump trade adviser's decision to blow off …
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Nick Catoggio / The Dispatch:
The Schism Is Here … What would you get if you asked ChatGPT to craft a Ukraine policy optimized to pander to Tucker Carlson viewers rather than to maximize American interests? — This. You'd get this. … Even if we didn't know already that Ron DeSantis was moving toward …
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Dmytro Kuleba / The Hill:
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba: Russia must be removed from the United Nations Security Council — Russia's unprovoked, barbaric war on Ukraine has forced the world to confront many unsettling questions. One of the most important is: Where is multilateral diplomacy when you need it?
Russell Contreras / Axios:
First look: Young and unaffiliated Latino voters surge across U.S. — First-time Latino voters are outpacing first-time non-Latino voters in Arizona, California, Florida, Nevada, New York, and Texas, according to a report first obtained by Axios. … - The 2022 election showed …
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Paul Schwartzman / Washington Post:
Steps from the Capitol, Trump allies buy up properties to build MAGA campus — At first glance, the flurry of real estate sales two blocks east of the U.S. Capitol appeared unremarkable in a city where such sales are common. In the span of a year, a seemingly unrelated gaggle …
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
How an Offer to Testify Before a New York Grand Jury Signals Trouble for Trump — The Manhattan District Attorney offered to let Donald Trump speak to a grand jury—but only if he waived the immunity that would come with his testimony. That's bad news for Trump.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
A viral moment reinforces the hollowness of ‘woke’ as an attack — One of conservative writer Bethany Mandel's least disputable comments during her appearance on The Hill's streaming show “Rising” was a prediction she made as she fumbled a reply to host Briahna Joy Gray: “This is going to be one of those moments that goes viral.”
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