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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Maggie Haberman on Donald Trump — We talk with a Trump reporter to prepare you for the week when he will likely be arrested. — Donald Trump is expected to fly to New York this week from his home in Florida to be arrested. For now, the specific charges are unknown because the indictment is under seal …
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New York Times:
2 Pro-Impeachment Senators Question Motives Behind Trump Indictment — Joe Manchin, a Democrat, and Bill Cassidy, a Republican, both voted to convict Donald Trump after Jan. 6. They expressed concern on Sunday that the criminal case against him is political.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump ceded the moral high ground on presidential indictments long ago
Trump ceded the moral high ground on presidential indictments long ago
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, New York Post, Yahoo News and New York Times
Alisa Wiersema / ABC News:
ABC News exclusive: Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson announces 2024 presidential run — He says that Trump should drop out of the race given his recent indictment. — Speaking to ABC News' Jonathan Karl, former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson announces his plan to run for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Kelly Garrity / Politico:
Asa Hutchinson announces presidential bid, says Trump should withdraw from race — “I am going to be running,” the former Arkansas governor said. — Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson is running for president in 2024, he said Sunday. — “I am going to be running.
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Rolling Stone:
Trump's Team Blasts His Lawyer as ‘Dumb’ ‘Loudmouth’ — Joe Tacopina “pisses off others with his antics, but he's a blunt object that Donald Trump wants, apparently,” one source says … But his lawyers are already fighting — with themselves. — Days after the former president's indictment …
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Trump legal team will look to challenge ‘every potential issue’ once indictment is unsealed
Trump legal team will look to challenge ‘every potential issue’ once indictment is unsealed
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BBC:
Cafe explosion in St Petersburg kills military blogger — An explosion in a St Petersburg cafe has killed prominent Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, Russia's Interior Ministry has confirmed. — At least 16 people were injured in the Street Bar Cafe explosion, police say.
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Washington Post:
Blinken presses for release of U.S. journalist in call with Russian counterpart — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for the “immediate release” of a U.S. journalist detained in Russia and another imprisoned American in a rare phone call Sunday with the country's foreign minister.
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Vivian Salama / Wall Street Journal:
Blinken Calls on Russian Counterpart to Release Evan Gershkovich
Blinken Calls on Russian Counterpart to Release Evan Gershkovich
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Pjotr Sauer / The Guardian:
My friend Evan Gershkovich is no spy. Just a brave reporter jailed in Moscow
My friend Evan Gershkovich is no spy. Just a brave reporter jailed in Moscow
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Journalist Detained by Russia Was Reporting Stories That ‘Needed to Be Told’
Journalist Detained by Russia Was Reporting Stories That ‘Needed to Be Told’
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Benjamin Wittes / Dog Shirt Daily:
My Twitter Account Has Been Suspended — Elon Musk protects the russian embassy against an April Fools joke — Good Evening. — I decided when I woke up this morning and saw PwnAllTheThings having fun impersonating the Russian foreign ministry on Twitter that my Twitter account might not survive this April Fools Day.
Jane Pauley / CBS News:
Sen. John Fetterman on depression, recovery, and “making up any lost time” — At six foot eight, Sen. John Fetterman is still a formidable man, despite two serious assaults on his health in less than a year: he suffered a stroke last May, and after a private struggle for years …
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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Twitter strikes New York Times' verified badge on Elon Musk's orders — The Times and other news organizations say they won't pay for the icon, which is designed to protect against impersonation — Twitter removed the “verified” badge from the New York Times' main account on Sunday …
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
No Labels group raises alarms with third-party presidential preparations — It has money, name-brand political backers and declines to describe either President Biden or Donald Trump as acceptable candidates — Former senator Joe Lieberman knows better than most the impact third-party bids can have on presidential elections.
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New York Times:
Venice Is Saved! Woe Is Venice. — In the middle of the night, as the tide rose, winds whipped and waves grew, an engineer in a command center on an artificial island on the rim of the Venice lagoon clicked an arrow on his screen reading, “Lift.” — Deep underwater, at the four mouths …
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Mikhail Shishkin / The Guardian:
‘My country has fallen out of time’: Russian author Mikhail Shishkin's letter to an unknown Ukrainian — A year after Putin's invasion, the award-winning novelist reflects on the silence of his compatriots, the betrayal of his mother tongue, and his hopes for the future — My dearest one,
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Los Angeles Times
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Democrats Run on Abortion, Even for Offices With Little Say on the Issue — Seizing on a powerful motivator for their party, Democratic candidates for municipal offices have put Republicans on their heels. “I'm running for mayor, I'm not debating abortion,” one said.
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Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Expensive court race will decide future of abortion in Wisconsin
Expensive court race will decide future of abortion in Wisconsin
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Institute for the Study of War:
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 1, 2023 — April 1, 9 pm ET — 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 …
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