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New York Times:
Trump Puts His Legal Peril at Center of First Big Rally for 2024 — Facing a potential indictment, the former president devoted much of his speech in Waco, Texas, to criticizing the justice system, though his attacks were less personal and caustic than in recent days.
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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 …
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Mike Copeland / Waco Tribune-Herald:
Trump draws thousands to Waco rally, sticks with familiar themes — Thousands on Saturday attended former President Donald Trump's campaign rally at Waco Regional Airport, an event that saw Trump resume themes centered on claims of a leaky southern border, a stolen 2020 presidential election …
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David Smith / The Guardian:
Trump describes 2024 election as ‘the final battle’ from podium in Waco — Former president honours January 6 rioters and delivers violent rhetoric in rally at Texas city during anniversary of Branch Davidian massacre — Donald Trump, the former US president, continued to invoke retribution …
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Politico:
Trump's first '24 rally has a familiar feel: Anger and attacks on his tormentors
Trump's first '24 rally has a familiar feel: Anger and attacks on his tormentors
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The Texas Tribune:
Trump rallying in Waco on Saturday as anticipation mounts over potential indictment
Trump rallying in Waco on Saturday as anticipation mounts over potential indictment
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘The emperor has no clothes’: N.Y. Post sticks a knife in Trump's re-election hopes
‘The emperor has no clothes’: N.Y. Post sticks a knife in Trump's re-election hopes
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Dean Obeidallah / MSNBC:
Trump's rhetoric is already dangerous. Taking it to Waco is an escalation.
Trump's rhetoric is already dangerous. Taking it to Waco is an escalation.
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Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Trump Lawyer Says Ron DeSantis Will Emerge a ‘Bloodied Pulp’ Against Trump
Trump Lawyer Says Ron DeSantis Will Emerge a ‘Bloodied Pulp’ Against Trump
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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 …
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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
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Andrew Cuomo slams NY, Georgia investigations into Trump as feeding ‘cancer in our body politic’
Andrew Cuomo slams NY, Georgia investigations into Trump as feeding ‘cancer in our body politic’
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Indictment or no, Trump's strategy is the same: Attack and threaten
Indictment or no, Trump's strategy is the same: Attack and threaten
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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 …
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Institute for the Study of War:
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 25, 2023 — Click here to see ISW's interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report. — Click here to access ISW's archive of interactive time-lapse maps of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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 …
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Steve Hendrix / Washington Post:
Netanyahu's political touch eludes him as Israel spirals into chaos — JERUSALEM — Few figures have stood astride the Israeli public arena like Benjamin Netanyahu, the longest-serving prime minister in the country's history. — Over a record six terms, the leader known as “Bibi” …
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April Rubin / New York Times:
George Washington University Is Moving on From ‘Colonials’ — The move comes amid a reckoning of the fraught history of team names across American sports. Potential new names include: “Ambassadors,” “Blue Fog,” “Revolutionaries” and “Sentinels.” — George Washington University …
NBC News:
How did a police chase in Mississippi end with an innocent woman shot in her bedroom? — NBC News analyzed more than 25 hours of surveillance video appearing to show a Mississippi Capitol Police officer opening fire in an apartment complex in Jackson. — JACKSON, Miss. …
CNN:
Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna announces he won't seek California Senate seat, endorses Rep. Barbara Lee — Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California announced Sunday that he won't enter the competitive Democratic primary to fill retiring Sen. Dianne Feinstein's senate seat in the Golden State …
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John Blake / CNN:
What's ‘digital blackface?’ And why is it wrong when White people use it? — Maybe you shared that viral video of Kimberly “Sweet Brown” Wilkins telling a reporter after narrowly escaping an apartment fire, “Ain't nobody got time for that!” — Perhaps you posted that meme …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Comer's ‘oversight’ is focused on phony scandals — The worst-kept secret in Washington is that Democrats could not be more delighted with the inept, unhinged and entirely unproductive hearings that House Republicans insist on conducting in search of pay dirt on Democrats.
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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
McConnell Finishes Treatment for Fall and Is Working From Home
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