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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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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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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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David Frum / The Atlantic:
Is Ron DeSantis Flaming Out Already? — The Florida governor has a plan to win the Fox News primary—and lose everything else. — Florida governor Ron DeSantis has long sought to avoid taking a position on Russia's war in Ukraine. On the eve of the Russian invasion …
Washington Post:
On the trail, freewheeling Donald Trump counters scripted Ron DeSantis — As the former president starts campaigning in earnest, he's placing a strategic bet on more spontaneous, up-close-and-personal moments — DAVENPORT, Iowa — “Take that picture!” — Donald Trump and a phalanx …
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Washington Post:
A Republican ‘civil war’ on Ukraine erupts as Reagan's example fades
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Putin holds a trump card in the 2024 US election
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
This is ‘serious damage Ron DeSantis did to the United States’: Retired general
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David Badash / Raw Story:
Donald Trump just called for another coup and hardly anyone even noticed
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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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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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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.”
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
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Washington Post:
The 72-hour scramble to save the United States from a banking crisis — It seemed like a simple question: Did the treasury secretary have any concerns about the economic risks posed by Silicon Valley Bank? — It was Friday morning, and a wave of public panic had started to spread …
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White House eyes accountability for Silicon Valley Bank collapse
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Holman W. Jenkins, Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Silicon Valley Bank and Joe Biden's $19 Trillion Monday
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Justice News:
Ho Wan Kwok, A/K/A “Miles Guo,” Arrested For Orchestrating Over $1 Billion Dollar Fraud Conspiracy — Over $630 Million of Alleged Fraud Proceeds Seized by U.S. Government — Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll …
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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He Helps Trump Navigate Legal Peril While Under Scrutiny Himself
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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 …
The Economist:
Russia's allies are a motley—and shrinking—crew — “The West's plans to isolate Russia by surrounding us with a sanitary cordon have been a fiasco,” Sergei Lavrov, Russia's foreign minister, gloated recently. “We are strengthening good neighbourly relations...with the international majority.”
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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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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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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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Bloomberg:
Signature Bank Faced Criminal Probe Ahead of Firm's Collapse — US prosecutors were investigating Signature Bank's work with crypto clients before regulators suddenly seized the lender this past weekend, according to people familiar with the matter. — Justice Department investigators …
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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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Arden Farhi / CBS News:
White House calls on Republicans in Congress to reverse course on gun policy — The White House released a memo Wednesday morning calling on congressional Republicans to release a budget and “decide what their values are” when it comes to gun policy. — “Republicans in Congress refuse …
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Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Biden takes executive action on background checks for guns
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Todd Phillips / Roosevelt Institute:
How 2018 Regulatory Rollbacks Set the Stage for the Silicon Valley Bank Collapse, and How to Change Course — This weekend saw two of the largest bank failures in US history, including the second biggest ever. Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the 16th largest bank in the US …
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Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Feds launch manhunt for former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's ex-chief of staff — Federal authorities initiated a manhunt Tuesday for former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's onetime chief of staff after he failed to appear in court in connection with a series of fraud and other charges.
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Rebecca Camber Crime / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: American spy on secondment to GCHQ was stabbed by alleged terrorist just three miles from its Cheltenham headquarters — American spy working at GCHQ stabbed near the Cheltenham headquarters — An American spy on secondment to GCHQ was stabbed by an alleged terrorist …
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