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4:30 PM ET, March 28, 2023

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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 …

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 …

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

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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.

CNN:

Covenant school shooter was under care for emotional disorder and hid guns at home, police say — Editor's Note: This story contains graphic descriptions of violence. — CNN — The 28-year-old who killed three children and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville …

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

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CNN:
Young children, the head of their school and its custodian. These are the victims of the Nashville school shooting

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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 …

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Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:

Trump makes a big move in the Granite State — The hiring gives the former president a staff foothold in New Hampshire, a state that propelled him to the nomination in 2016. — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Donald Trump has tapped an operative to lead his 2024 efforts in New Hampshire.

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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Chris Christie, Putting Out Feelers for a 2024 Run, Takes Aim at Trump

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CNN: Inside the backchannel communications keeping Donald Trump in the loop on Republican investigations

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

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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.

Baltimore Sun:
Maryland appellate court reinstates Adnan Syed's convictions, orders new hearing

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Luke Barr / ABC News:
Adnan Syed murder conviction reinstated by Maryland appeals court

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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:

What the Republican Push for ‘Parents’ Rights' Is Really About — You may have heard the phrase “parents' rights.” — It sounds unobjectionable — of course parents should have rights — which is probably why it's become the term of choice for the conservative effort to ban books …

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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The inside story of why a Florida school removed a movie about Ruby Bridges

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

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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 …

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

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

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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 …

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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.

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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 …

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 …

Paul McLeary / Politico:

U.S. suspends sharing nuke information with Russia — The announcement comes after Moscow said it would put a key nuclear pact on ice. — The U.S. has stopped sharing information about its strategic nuclear stockpile with Russia in response to Moscow's decision last month to suspend …

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Michael R. Gordon / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Stops Sharing Data on Nuclear Forces With Russia

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Billy Ball / The Atlantic:

My 6-Year-Old Son Died. Then the Anti-vaxxers Found Out. — Opponents of COVID vaccines terrorize grieving families on social media. — My 6-year-old boy died in January. We lost him after a household accident, one likely brought on by a rare cerebral-swelling condition.

WJBK-TV:

Wayne State professor suspended after advocating for killing ‘right wing’ speakers on campuses — DETROIT (FOX 2) - A social media post by an English professor at Wayne State University has left him off the job, at least for now. — On Steven Shaviro's personal Facebook page this month …

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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 …

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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 …

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Igor Bobic / HuffPost:

The Man Who Leads Senate Prayer Is Fed Up With ‘Thoughts And Prayers’ — “When babies die at a church school, it is time for us to move beyond thoughts and prayers,” Senate Chaplain Barry Black said in his opening prayer. — After another mass shooting took the lives of six people …

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The Guardian:

Putin prepares Russia for ‘forever war’ with west as Ukraine invasion stalls — The Russian president has managed to rally people around the flag with talk of a fight for national survival — ne evening in late December, as Muscovites strolled along their city's brightly lit streets …

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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 …

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Journal Sentinel:

Billionaires George Soros, J.B. Pritzker and the Uihleins pour millions into Wisconsin's Supreme Court race in final weeks — Molly Beck Daniel BiceMilwaukee Journal Sentinel — MADISON - With a week before the election for the state Supreme Court, liberal candidate Janet Protasiewicz continues …

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Alanna Vagianos / HuffPost:

Idaho Is About To Become The First State To Restrict Interstate Travel For Abortion — A bill would create a whole new crime — dubbed “abortion trafficking” — which aims to limit minors' ability to travel for abortion care without parental consent. — Idaho already has some of the most …

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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

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Daniel Strauss / New Republic:

No Labels' Pitch to Donors Pretends Joe Biden Doesn't Exist — A three-minute No Labels video offered a stark warning. With Elton John's “Funeral for a Friend” playing throughout, the video pits Donald Trump against Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to argue …