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CNN:

Mike Pence must testify about conversations he had with Donald Trump leading up to January 6, judge rules — A federal judge has decided that former Vice President Mike Pence must testify to a grand jury about conversations he had with Donald Trump leading up to January 6, 2021 …

Discussion: Insider, USA Today, National Review and Mediaite

New York Times:

Pence Must Testify to Jan. 6 Grand Jury, Judge Rules — The ruling in Washington was the latest setback to efforts by former President Donald J. Trump's legal team to limit testimony to grand juries investigating him on various matters. — A federal judge has ordered former Vice President Mike Pence …

Discussion: Politico, Washington Post and The Hill

NBC News:

Federal judge orders Pence to testify in special counsel probe investigating Trump — A D.C. judge said that the former vice president must comply with a subpoena from a grand jury tied to the special counsel's investigation. — WASHINGTON — A federal judge has ordered former Vice President Mike Pence …

Discussion: New Republic

Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:

Pence ordered to testify in probe of Trump's efforts to overturn 2020 election — A federal judge ordered former Vice President Mike Pence to comply with a grand jury subpoena, NBC News reported. — Pence had previously vowed to challenge the subpoena in the special counsel probe …

ABC News:

Judge rejects Trump's privilege claims over Pence testimony in Jan. 6 probe — A federal judge rejected Trump's assertion of executive privilege. — 32:22 — The top federal judge for the D.C. district court has issued a swift rejection of former President Donald Trump's assertion of executive privilege to prevent former

Discussion: Bloomberg, Forbes, Raw Story, Just The News, Slate, Bernard Goldberg's Commentary and HuffPost

Trip Gabriel / New York Times:

Chris Christie, Putting Out Feelers for a 2024 Run, Takes Aim at Trump — A speech in New Hampshire looks back on 2016 and ahead to another potential campaign — one that would have to start from square one. — GOFFSTOWN, N.H. — Chris Christie wants a New Hampshire do-over.

Discussion: Politico, Semafor, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, The Triad, CBS News, Breitbart and Fox News

Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Christie sees a lane in the GOP primary: Trump destroyer

Discussion: USA Today, New York Post, Bloomberg, HotAir, Washington Examiner, Raw Story, Fox News, HuffPost, The Hill, Mediaite and The Daily Caller

Associated Press:
AP Sources: Judge rules Pence must testify before grand jury

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Chicago Tribune, CNN and Peoria | WMBD AM & FM

Garrett Epps / Washington Monthly:
The Dangerous Journey of John Eastman

Discussion: Political Wire

Washington Post:

Activist group led by Ginni Thomas received nearly $600,000 in anonymous donations — Funding for group that battled ‘cultural Marxism’ was channeled through right-wing think tank, Post investigation finds — A little-known conservative activist group led by Virginia “Ginni” Thomas …

Discussion: USA Today, Washington Press, Forbes and Raw Story

Sandra Stojanovic / Reuters:

Video shows police storming building, killing Nashville school shooter — Video released on Tuesday showed Nashville, Tennessee, police officers storming a private Christian grade school on Monday before confronting and fatally shooting an attacker who killed three 9-year-old students and three adult staff members.

Matt Young / The Daily Beast:
Photos Show Nashville School Shooter Personalized Weapons Used in School Massacre

Discussion: Fox News, NBC News, The Daily Beast, al.com, Vanity Fair, New York Post, Semafor, Breitbart and Raw Story

CNN:
Covenant school shooter was under care for emotional disorder and hid guns at home, police say

Discussion: NBC News, Insider, WAVY-TV, WKRN-TV, Associated Press, Twitchy, Mercury News, al.com, Fox News, The Post Millennial, Raw Story, KTVX-TV, Common Dreams and New York Post

Judd Legum / Popular Information:

The inside story of why a Florida school removed a movie about Ruby Bridges — Ruby Bridges is a civil rights hero. At just six years old, Bridges was the first Black child to desegregate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans, fulfilling the promise of the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education.

Discussion: VICE, Balloon Juice and New Republic

Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
What the Republican Push for ‘Parents’ Rights' Is Really About

Discussion: The American Conservative, Blue Virginia and Digby's Hullabaloo

Jonathan Edwards / Washington Post:
Fla. parent files complaint about second-graders watching ‘Ruby Bridges’

Discussion: Progress Pond, Political Wire, The Daily Beast and Zandar Versus The Stupid

David E. Sanger / New York Times:

Inside the U.S. Pressure Campaign Over Israel's Judicial Overhaul — President Biden and his advisers bombarded the Israeli government with warnings that the country's image as the sole democracy in the Middle East was at stake. — WASHINGTON — In the 48 hours before Prime Minister …

Discussion: Haaretz, The Times of Israel, HuffPost, Cyprus Mail, Haaretz, USA Today, Al-Monitor, Politico and Political Wire

New York Times:
Netanyahu Delays Bid to Overhaul Israel's Judiciary as Protests Rage

Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Netanyahu Cannot Be Trusted

Discussion: Washington Examiner

Patrick Ruffini / The Intersection:

Why this extremely viral poll result might not be real — It's unlikely that Americans are half as patriotic as they were four years ago. Here's what's happening instead. — This chart from the March Wall Street Journal/NORC poll was destined to go viral.

Discussion: National Review, The Federalist, American Greatness, Boston Herald, Breitbart, Washington Post, The Daily Signal, Political Wire, Fox News and Wall Street Journal

Mike Allen / Axios:
Rot of nation's core values quantified by single poll

Discussion: Fox News, Not the Bee, Digby's Hullabaloo and NewsNation

Connor O'Brien / Politico:

'It's a powerful effect': Austin fires back at GOP senator's blockade of military promotions — Sen. Tommy Tuberville is holding up personnel moves over the Pentagon's new abortion policies. — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin went on offense Tuesday against one Republican senator's blockade …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Fox News, Raw Story, The American Independent, The Daily Caller and al.com

Punchbowl News:
3/28/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM

Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story, Washington Examiner and Board of Governors …

Alex Burness / Bolts:

“Back to 1902”: Virginia Governor Revives Lifetime Ban on Voting — Governor Glenn Youngkin just gave himself a lot more power to pick and choose Virginia voters. The Republican governor's administration told state lawmakers in a letter last week that he was rescinding his predecessors' policy …

Discussion: Political Wire

Maria Verza / Associated Press:

Official: 39 dead in fire at migrant facility in Mexico — More than three dozen migrants have died in a fire at an immigration detention center in northern Mexico near the U.S. border, an official said Tuesday. Images from the scene showed rows of bodies lying under shimmery silver sheets outside …

CNN:

Dominion wants Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and other Fox hosts and executives to take the stand at trial — Dominion Voting Systems said in a court filing Monday that it wants to put some of Fox News' top executives and most well-known hosts on the witness stand when its $1.6 billion defamation case …

Discussion: The Hill, Deadline, The Daily Beast and Washington Post

Aaron Blake / Washington Post:

Sean Hannity's attempt to coach Trump backfires — again — Despite the Fox host's prompts, Trump declined to give him the answers he sought. And they pertain to some central questions in a key legal fight. — Donald Trump's long-awaited return to Fox News's airwaves on Monday night …

Discussion: Sean Hannity, Talking Points Memo, Fox News, Washington Press, Boing Boing, BizPac Review, CITIZEN FREE PRESS, The Hill, The Daily Caller, Political Wire and The Last Refuge

Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:

'We're Going Away': A State's Choice to Forgo Medicaid Funds Is Killing Hospitals — Mississippi is one of 10 states, all with Republican-led legislatures, that continue to reject federal funding to expand health insurance for the poor, intensifying financial pressure on hospitals.

Discussion: Washington Post, Raw Story, Pluribus News and Washington Times

Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
North Carolina Expands Medicaid After Republicans Abandon Their Opposition

Discussion: Raleigh News & Observer, governor.nc.gov, Fox News and The Pulse

NBC4 Washington:

Suspect Accused of Stabbing Senate Staffer in DC Got Out of Prison Day Before, Records Show — A man accused of stabbing a U.S. Senate staffer in Northeast D.C. on Saturday was released from federal prison 24 hours earlier, court records show. — Glynn Neal, 42, was arrested and charged …

Michael R. Gordon / Wall Street Journal:

U.S. Stops Sharing Data on Nuclear Forces With Russia — Biden administration seeks to encourage Moscow to return to compliance with New START treaty — Why Russia Is Suspending a Nuclear-Arms Treaty With the U.S. … The U.S. has informed Russia that it will no longer exchange detailed data …

Discussion: The Hill, Washington Examiner, Financial Times and TASS

Paul McLeary / Politico: U.S. suspends sharing nuke information with Russia

Max Parrott / The Lever:

To Crush Unions, Starbucks Targets Employee Communications — In a federal court case over Starbucks' alleged anti-union retaliation, the coffee giant is deploying a maneuver that labor experts say could have a chilling effect on workers' organizing efforts and potentially set a disastrous precedent …

Discussion: The Hill, Bloomberg, More Perfect Union, New York Times, NPR, MLive.com and Truthout

Aleks Phillips / Newsweek:

Tucker Carlson Has the American People on His Side, Poll Shows — A majority of American voters agree with Tucker Carlson that the events of the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol were less violent than have been portrayed by the media. — According to exclusive polling for Newsweek …

Lee O. Sanderlin / Baltimore Sun:

FBI offers $10K reward for info on Roy McGrath, now an ‘international flight risk’ — The FBI has determined Roy McGrath is an “international flight risk” and is offering a $10,000 reward for information about his whereabouts. — McGrath, 53, was former Gov. Larry Hogan's chief of staff …

Discussion: Political Wire

CNN:

Inside the backchannel communications keeping Donald Trump in the loop on Republican investigations — Donald Trump continues to wield enormous power on Capitol Hill as House Republicans seek to curry favor with the former president, pursuing his fixations through their investigations …

Aamna Mohdin / The Guardian:

Guardian owner apologises for founders' links to transatlantic slavery — Scott Trust to invest in decade-long programme of restorative justice after academic research into newspaper's origins — The owner of the Guardian has issued an apology for the role the newspaper's founders …

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Omari Daniels / Washington Post:

Adnan Syed conviction reinstated by Maryland appellate court panel — A Maryland appellate court panel on Tuesday reinstated the murder conviction of “Serial” podcast subject Adnan Syed, deciding a lower court had violated the right of the victim's family to attend a critical hearing in the case.

Discussion: WMAR 2 News Baltimore and Semafor

Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:

“I'll Walk Away From Anything”: Kara Swisher Calls the Shots — The ultimate media insider is juggling podcasts, writing a memoir, and texting with “half the planet.” ("She has a coffee before bed," says Ben Smith.) Swisher opens up to Vanity Fair about her career, including leaving The New York Times …

Wall Street Journal:

Disney Eliminates Its Metaverse Division as Part of Company's Layoffs Plan — The unit, once seen as developing a new form of storytelling, had about 50 employees — White-Collar Recession: Why Job Cuts Are Hitting Professional Workers — White-Collar Recession: Why Job Cuts Are Hitting Professional Workers

Discussion: New York Post, CNBC, Fortune, Deadline, Quartz, The Hollywood Reporter, The Verge, Breitbart, Variety, CoinDesk, The Wrap, Forbes and TechCrunch, more at Mediagazer »

Wall Street Journal:

The IRS Makes a Strange House Call on Matt Taibbi — An agent shows up at the home of the Twitter files journalist who testified before Congress. Democrats are denouncing the House GOP investigation into the weaponization of government, but maybe that's because Republicans are getting somewhere.

Reuters:

FTX's Bankman-Fried charged with bribing Chinese officials in new indictment — U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled a new indictment against Sam Bankman-Fried, accusing the founder of now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange of conspiring to bribe Chinese government officials with $40 million worth of payments.