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Politico:
Trump indictment could land soon, sending law enforcement scrambling  —  NEW YORK — Law enforcement officials are meeting at NYPD headquarters in lower Manhattan on Monday afternoon to plan for a possible indictment of former President Donald Trump on charges stemming from payments to a porn star …
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Stop Overthinking It: An Indictment Would Be Bad For Trump  —  The widely expected indictment of Donald Trump in Manhattan has all the makings of a political disaster for him.  It should be the climactic event in a yearslong saga involving marital infidelity, sleazy financial dealings …
New York Times:
N.Y. Authorities Prepare for Unprecedented Arrest of an Ex-President  —  Ahead of a likely indictment, law enforcement officials are making security plans as some of Donald J. Trump's supporters signal that they intend to protest.  —  He would be fingerprinted.  He would be photographed.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Kevin McCarthy's desperate plea to MAGA reveals a glaring GOP failure  —  Donald Trump has long possessed a singular talent for humiliating “my Kevin,” as Trump calls House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, and now he has done it again.  Late Sunday, McCarthy told reporters that Trump supporters should not …
Gary Fineout / Politico:
DeSantis says he won't get involved with Trump's potential indictment ‘in any way’  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday told reporters he won't get involved in Donald Trump's potential extradition if the former president is indicted by the Manhattan district attorney.
CNN:
Georgia prosecutors considering racketeering and conspiracy charges in probe of effort to overturn Trump's 2020 loss, source says  —  Atlanta-area prosecutors are considering bringing racketeering and conspiracy charges in connection with Donald Trump's effort to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia …
ABC News:
Fulton County prosecutors now seek to question Trump attorney, sources say  —  Prosecutors are looking to question Trump attorney Christina Bobb, per sources.  —  Donald Trump attends the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at Gaylord National Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, March 4, 2023.
Kimberly Leonard / Insider:
DeSantis breaks his silence on the ‘manufactured circus’ around expected Trump indictment: 'I don't know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star'
Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
The Worst is Yet to Come
Discussion: Raw Story and Bloomberg
Mark Niquette / Bloomberg:
DeSantis Jabs Trump Over Potential NY Hush-Money Indictment
Brad Plumer / New York Times:
Earth to Hit Critical Global Warming Threshold by Early 2030s  —  A new report says it is still possible to hold global warming to relatively safe levels, but doing so will require global cooperation, billions of dollars and big changes.  —  Earth is likely to cross a critical threshold …
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Fiona Harvey / The Guardian:
Scientists deliver ‘final warning’ on climate crisis: act now or it's too late
Sarah Kaplan / Washington Post:
World is on brink of catastrophic warming, U.N. climate change report says
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Biden tells Bibi he's never seen such anxiety over Israel's political situation  —  President Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in their call on Sunday that he was concerned about the Israeli government's judicial overhaul plan because in all the years he has followed Israel …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden issues first veto, rejecting bill to reverse ESG rule
CNN:
Six Oath Keepers convicted in connection with January 6 US Capitol riot  —  Six people affiliated with the Oath Keepers, a far-right militia, were convicted Monday of various charges related to the January 6, 2021, US Capitol insurrection.  —  Four of the defendants were found guilty on all of the charges they faced.
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Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Rupert Murdoch engaged to Ann Lesley Smith  —  Rupert Murdoch.  Professionally, the parent of Earth's media.  Personally, the creator of new news himself.  Celebrating March, his Nativity month, a new scoop is Mr. Murdoch's getting married — again.  —  But first, before anything, we discuss the important stuff.
Zach Despart / The Texas Tribune:
“He has a battle rifle”: Police feared Uvalde gunman's AR-15  —  In previously unreleased interviews, police who responded to the Robb Elementary shooting told investigators they were cowed by the shooter's military-style rifle.  This drove their decision to wait for a Border Patrol SWAT team to engage him …
Discussion: New Republic and Twitchy
Charles Trepany / USA Today:
Joe Biden to honor Bruce Springsteen, Mindy Kaling, more with 2021 National Medals of Arts  —  President Joe Biden is gearing up to present the 2021 National Humanities Medals and National Medals of Arts.  —  A ceremony for the occasion will be held Tuesday in an East Room ceremony at the White House …
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
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Anna Nemtsova / The Daily Beast:
Ben & Jerry's Founder Is ‘Top Donor’ of Group Campaigning Against U.S. Military Support for Ukraine  —  Ben Cohen has donated more than $1 million to a group campaigning to turn the U.S. public against President Biden's military support for Ukraine. … A group funded by Ben & Jerry's founder Ben Cohen …
The Daily Beast:
Fox News Tries to Silence a Top Producer Threatening to Reveal Internal Convos … This reporting is featured in this week's edition of Confider, the newsletter pulling back the curtain on the media.  Subscribe here and send your questions, tips, and complaints here.
Te-Ping Chen / Wall Street Journal:
Job Listings Abound, but Many Are Fake  —  In an uncertain economy, companies post ads for jobs they might not really be trying to fill  —  A mystery permeates the job market: You apply for a job and hear nothing, but the ad stays online for months.  If you inquire, the company tells you it isn't really hiring.
Discussion: Associated Press
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Gadfly Reporter Throws White House Presser Into Chaos With Over-the-Top Tantrum  —  Ateba, who has gained notoriety during the Biden administration for his outbursts, was back at it on Monday.  —  Simon Ateba once again made the White House press briefing all about his perceived grievances on Monday.
Sophia Cai / Axios:
White House sounds alarm on Freedom Caucus' budget plan … - Today: Biden administration officials will say that cuts to police funding and train safety would endanger public safety.  — Tuesday: They aim to show how health care and energy cuts required by the Freedom Caucus plan would raise costs for families.
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Emily Goodin / Daily Mail:
Chris Rock says arresting Trump will ‘make him more popular’ and says it's ‘romantic’ the ex-president 'paid off Stormy Daniels so Melania wouldn't find out' - and jokes Biden came back from dead to be in White House  — Chris Rock tore into Donald Trump at ceremony honoring Adam Sandler
Alexander Tin / CBS News:
CDC warns of “alarming” rise of potentially deadly fungal threat in hospitals  —  Cases of the drug-resistant fungus Candida auris are now climbing at an “alarming” rate in health care facilities around the country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Monday, after reports of infected patients nearly doubled in 2021.
Discussion: NBC News and UPI
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
“Complicit enablers”: 20 years later, the press corps has learned nothing  —  In a nation that considers itself peaceful and civilized, the case for military action should be overwhelmingly stronger than the case against.  It must face, and survive, aggressive questioning.
Matina Stevis-Gridneff / New York Times:
Meta Manager Was Hacked With Spyware and Wiretapped in Greece  —  Artemis Seaford, a dual U.S.-Greek national, was targeted with a cyberespionage tool while also under a wiretap by the Greek spy agency in a case that shows the spread of illicit snooping in Europe.
Bloomberg:
Signature Bank Threw a Fundraiser for the Congressman Now Probing How It Failed  —  Ten days before Signature Bank collapsed, the House Republican overseeing an inquiry into the bank's failure was inside its boardroom on New York's Fifth Avenue.  —  Patrick McHenry was there to raise thousands of dollars from bank executives.
Bolts:
“An Attack on Direct Democracy in Arkansas”  —  A new law ratchets up signature requirements that Arkansas voters rejected in 2020, escalating the GOP war on popular ballot initiatives.  —  Republican Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed HB 1419 into law on March 7, avoiding another failed referendum …
 
 
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