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Wall Street Journal:
Pandora's Donald Trump Prosecution — The first indictment of a former U.S. President is a sad day for America. — By The Editorial Board — The news late Thursday that a Manhattan grand jury has indicted former President Donald Trump is a sad day for the country …
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Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Adam Schiff: The GOP's Control of the House Adds ‘New Danger’ to Trump Case — Rep. Adam Schiff saw some ominous warning signs after Trump was indicted on Thursday. … When news broke on Thursday that former President Donald Trump was criminally indicted in Manhattan, congressional Republicans …
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David Gilbert / VICE:
The Far Right Is Calling For Bloody ‘Civil War’ After Trump's Indictment — “None of this will stop unless there is blood in the streets,” one Trump supporter wrote on a message board. — Minutes after former President Donald Trump was indicted by a grand jury in New York …
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Washington Post:
Trump and advisers caught off guard by New York indictment — Advisers had privately counseled Trump that an indictment by a Manhattan grand jury involving hush-money payments to an adult-film star would not come for some time — More than a week after Donald Trump had angrily predicted …
Matthew Cooper / Washington Monthly:
Trump Indictment: “The Blows Are Coming from Everywhere, and He Is up Against Many Better Boxers” — Jennifer Taub, a contributing writer for the Washington Monthly, knows a white-collar financial criminal when she sees one. A professor at the Western New England University School of Law …
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David Moye / HuffPost:
Lindsey Graham Suggests Trump ‘Punch A Cop’ On The Way To Tuesday's Arraignment
Lindsey Graham Suggests Trump ‘Punch A Cop’ On The Way To Tuesday's Arraignment
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Welcome Back to The Trump Show
Welcome Back to The Trump Show
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Washington Post:
The Trump indictment is a poor test case for prosecuting a former president
The Trump indictment is a poor test case for prosecuting a former president
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Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
Trump to be arraigned Tuesday to face New York indictment
Trump to be arraigned Tuesday to face New York indictment
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Washington Post:
Secret Service tours N.Y. courthouse to prepare for Trump arraignment
Secret Service tours N.Y. courthouse to prepare for Trump arraignment
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Steve Clemons / Semafor:
George Soros on Trump prosecutor Alvin Bragg: “I didn't fund him and I don't know him”
George Soros on Trump prosecutor Alvin Bragg: “I didn't fund him and I don't know him”
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
The data's clear: The indictment makes Republicans like Trump more
The data's clear: The indictment makes Republicans like Trump more
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Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
FACT CHECK: George Soros Insists He Didn't Contribute to DA Who Charged Trump
FACT CHECK: George Soros Insists He Didn't Contribute to DA Who Charged Trump
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Hush-Money Case Will Likely Hinge on Evidence of Coverup
Trump Hush-Money Case Will Likely Hinge on Evidence of Coverup
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Trump indictment is one night of ‘karma’ in a nation of injustice
Trump indictment is one night of ‘karma’ in a nation of injustice
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Jonathan Turley / Fox News:
The indictment of Donald Trump by Manhattan DA Bragg leaves America with this legal puzzle
The indictment of Donald Trump by Manhattan DA Bragg leaves America with this legal puzzle
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Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Trump attorney believes legal team will move to quickly dismiss New York case
Trump attorney believes legal team will move to quickly dismiss New York case
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New York Times:
Fox News Hosts Back Trump, After Months of Keeping Some Distance
Fox News Hosts Back Trump, After Months of Keeping Some Distance
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emptywheel:
Trump's People Have Attempted to Cover Up That He Cheated to Cover Up Cheating in 2016 at Least Six Times
Trump's People Have Attempted to Cover Up That He Cheated to Cover Up Cheating in 2016 at Least Six Times
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David Cay Johnston / The Daily Beast:
Here's What to Expect Next From Donald Trump, the First Indicted Ex-U.S. President
Here's What to Expect Next From Donald Trump, the First Indicted Ex-U.S. President
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New York Times:
Fox News Suffers Major Setback in Its Defamation Case — The judge said the case would still need to proceed to trial, for a jury to weigh whether Fox News spread false claims about Dominion Voting Systems, and to determine any damages. — Fox News suffered a significant setback on Friday …
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Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Judge refuses to dismiss the Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit against Fox News — The case will now head to trial in mid-April. — A judge denied granting summary judgment to Fox News in its attempt to get Dominion Voting System's $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit thrown out Friday, meaning the case will go to trial in mid-April.
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Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Dominion wins rare judgment against Fox News on every legal issue but actual malice before blockbuster trial — In a “rare” ruling, Dominion Voting Systems scored blockbuster victories against Fox News on multiple issues before their upcoming blockbuster trial next month.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Scoop: White House won't pay for Twitter verification — The White House will not pay to have its staff's official Twitter profiles continue to be verified, according to guidance issued to staffers via an email obtained by Axios. … Verification, combined with the designated Twitter profiles …
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US Department of Justice:
Social Media Influencer Douglass Mackey Convicted of Election Interference in 2016 Presidential Race — For Immediate Release — U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York — Defendant Attempted to Suppress Vote Through Social Media Disinformation Campaign
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Wall Street Journal:
Evan Gershkovich Loved Russia, the Country That Turned on Him — The Wall Street Journal correspondent, whose parents fled the Soviet Union, made Moscow a second home. He was detained by the FSB and charged with espionage, an allegation the Journal vehemently denies. — The cellphone was no longer pinging.
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Joshua Yaffa / New Yorker:
The Unimaginable Horror of a Friend's Arrest in Moscow — It's painful and surreal to write these words: Evan Gershkovich, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, is being held by Russian authorities on espionage charges. — On Wednesday, the Russian state security service, the F.S.B., arrested my friend Evan.
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Margaret Sullivan / The Guardian:
The arrest of an American journalist in Russia is awful. For me, it's also painfully personal — ‘Evan,’ I said out loud in my hotel room. In that moment, this news story moved out of the realm of professional dismay and into the intensely personal — His face stared out from news stories …
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Robert Plummer / BBC:
Andrew Tate and brother to be moved to house arrest — Controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan are to be moved from custody to house arrest with immediate effect, a Romanian judge has ruled. — The ruling by the Court of Appeal in Bucharest replaces …
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David Badash / Alternet.org:
Manhattan DA unleashes on Jim Jordan with stern warning: You may not ‘interfere’ with Trump prosecution — After a Manhattan grand jury indicted Donald Trump late Thursday afternoon on reportedly 34 felony charges, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg took one more step to preserve the rule of law …
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Khadeeja Safdar / Wall Street Journal:
Google Co-Founder, Other Billionaires Are Issued Subpoenas in Lawsuit Over JPMorgan's Ties to Jeffrey Epstein — Sergey Brin, Thomas Pritzker, Mortimer Zuckerman and Michael Ovitz are asked for information in U.S. Virgin Islands' civil suit against bank — The U.S. Virgin Islands issued subpoenas …
Tabia Lee / Compact:
A Black DEI Director Canceled by DEI — This month, I was fired from my position as faculty director for the Office of Equity, Social Justice, and Multicultural Education at De Anza Community College in Cupertino, Calif.—a position I had held for two years. This wasn't an unexpected development.
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Financial Times:
Why are Americans dying so young? — US life expectancy is in freefall as the young and the poor bear the brunt of struggles for shared prosperity — I'm not sure people on my side of the Atlantic fully appreciate quite how much better off the average American is than the average European.
New York Times:
Medicare Delays a Full Crackdown on Private Health Plans — After intense lobbying by insurers, U.S. health officials say curbs aimed at overbilling by Medicare Advantage will be eased in over 3 years. — The Biden administration on Friday finalized new rules meant to cut …
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