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As Trump Rallies in Waco, His Followers Shore Up His 2024 Bid  —  Despite a pattern of dangerous, erratic behavior, the former president remains a strong front-runner for his party's nomination.  His durability stems from his most loyal supporters.  —  WACO, Texas — In the last 28 months …
Politico:
Trump's first '24 rally has a familiar feel: Anger and attacks on his tormentors  —  WACO, Texas — It was Donald Trump's first formal rally of the 2024 campaign.  But the former president spent the evening sticking with the usual hits, emphasizing personal grievances and going after his nearest targets …
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
2024 Watch: Chris Christie ‘trying to figure out’ if there's a pathway to beating Trump, DeSantis  —  Your weekly look at the latest developments, buzz and speculation in the 2024 race for the White House  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. - Former Republican Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey said his trip …
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘The emperor has no clothes’: N.Y. Post sticks a knife in Trump's re-election hopes  —  Reflecting on Donald Trump's last seven days which have been filled with rage and threats of coming “death and destruction,” the editorial board of the normally Trump-friendly New York Post stated …
Discussion: Insider and Washington Examiner
Dean Obeidallah / MSNBC:
Trump's rhetoric is already dangerous. Taking it to Waco is an escalation.
The Texas Tribune:
Trump rallying in Waco on Saturday as anticipation mounts over potential indictment
New York Post:
Trump won't change, and that shows he can't win
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and The Wrap
Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
GOP weighs protecting Trump with law shielding ex-presidents from prosecution  —  Manhattan District Attorney's probe could result Mr Trump facing criminal charges over hush money payments he made to adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016  —  Trump supporter sells ‘Biden Sucks’ flag at Waco rally
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Jared Gans / The Hill:
Andrew Cuomo slams NY, Georgia investigations into Trump as feeding ‘cancer in our body politic’
Lee Moran / HuffPost:   ‘Unhinged’: Trump Ripped In Withering Editorial From Rupert Murdoch's New York Post
Patrick Kingsley / New York Times:
Israel's Defense Minister Says Government Should Halt Contentious Judicial Plan  —  Yoav Gallant, who oversees Israel's military, is the first minister in Benjamin Netanyahu's government to criticize a plan to weaken the judiciary.  His comments follow fears that weeks of unrest have undermined military capacity.
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Steve Hendrix / Washington Post:
Netanyahu's political touch eludes him as Israel spirals into chaos
Discussion: USA Today
Selena Simmons-Duffin / NPR:
‘Live free and die’?  The sad state of U.S. life expectancy  —  Loading...  Just before Christmas, federal health officials confirmed life expectancy in America had dropped for a nearly unprecedented second year in a row - down to 76 years.  While countries all over the world saw life …
Associated Press:
McConnell leaves rehab facility after therapy for concussion  —  Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said Saturday he has been released from the rehabilitation facility where he had physical therapy for a concussion caused by a fall earlier this month.  The 81-year-old Kentucky Republican …
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Laura Litvan / Bloomberg:
McConnell Finishes Treatment for Fall and Is Working From Home
ABC News:   McConnell released from inpatient therapy after concussion, fractured rib
Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
Indicted Chinese exile controls Gettr social media site, ex-employees say  —  Guo Wengui, arrested March 15 on fraud charges, was known to have invested, but the extent of his influence on the site has not been previously reported.  —  NEW YORK — An exiled Chinese tycoon indicted …
Discussion: Political Wire
Politico:
The Shows: Sunday listings for March 26, 2023  —  NBC “Meet the Press”: Joe Tacopina ... Preet Bharara ... Utah Gov. Spencer Cox.  Panel: Yamiche Alcindor, Cornell Belcher, Peggy Noonan and Jake Sherman.  —  CNN “State of the Union”: Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) ... Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) …
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Trump suggests DA “dropped” Stormy case … - “I think they've already dropped the case,” Trump told reporters aboard his plane after appearing at a campaign rally in Waco, Texas. … - Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg's office has declined to comment on the case, which appears …
David Shepardson / Reuters:
Exclusive: Biden nominee to head FAA withdraws after Republican attacks  —  U.S. President Joe Biden's nominee to head the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is withdrawing his nomination after Republican criticism that he was not qualified to serve as the top aviation regulator …
A.G. Gancarski / Florida Politics:
Lincoln Project ad exploits Ron DeSantis' 9/11 fumble … 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
Discussion: The Lincoln Project
Associated Press:
'There's nothing left': Deep South tornadoes kill 26  —  Rescuers raced Saturday to search for survivors and help hundreds of people left homeless after a powerful tornado cut a devastating path through Mississippi, killing at least 25 people, injuring dozens, flattening entire blocks …
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James Kynge / Financial Times:
China is tightening its embrace with Russia as it builds bulwarks against the west  —  Bilateral ties between Beijing and Moscow represent an intensifying axis of authoritarianism  —  His words were unscripted, but they spoke volumes.  When Xi Jinping bade farewell to Vladimir Putin …
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Rosalind Mathieson / Bloomberg:
Putin Says Russia Will Station Tactical Nuclear Arms in Belarus
 
 
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