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12:20 PM ET, April 4, 2023

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Michael Isikoff / Yahoo News:
Exclusive: Trump to be charged Tuesday with 34 felony counts, but spared handcuffs and mug shot  —  Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg will charge Trump with falsification of business records, a source told Yahoo News.  Donald Trump will be placed under arrest on Tuesday and informed …
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Washington Post:
Live updates: Trump to be arraigned in N.Y. court following indictment  —  Live updates: Trump to be arraigned Tuesday in N.Y. after indictment by grand jury  —  Former president Donald Trump will be arraigned in New York after his indictment by a grand jury last week.  Follow along for live updates.
TIME:
How Trump Is Negotiating the Details of His Indictment to Maximize the Drama  —  Donald Trump didn't choose to be indicted.  He didn't pick the date he'd have to show up in court.  But once the Manhattan District Attorney filed charges against him, he began to choreograph the spectacle that would follow.
James Barron / New York Times:
Trump Will Be Indicted Today.  Clinton Will Be Honored.  —  Hours after Donald Trump appears in court, his former opponent, Hillary Clinton, will be the honoree at a dinner 10 blocks from Trump Tower. … Today New York will be focused on the arraignment of a former president, the first proceeding of its kind in American history.
Dan McLaughlin / National Review:   When a Democratic President Was above the Law
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Who's Really Undermining the Rule of Law?
Discussion: Alternet.org
Julia Azari / Politico:   The Trump Indictment Reveals More About Our Politics Than It Does About the Ex-President
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP warns Trump charges will lead to more political prosecutions
Discussion: Inside Elections
Jana Winter / Rolling Stone:
Inside Trump's Demands for a High-Profile Surrender: 'It's Kind of a Jesus Christ Thing'
Josephine Harvey / HuffPost:
‘Petrified’: Michael Cohen Discusses Trump's Headspace On Eve Of Arraignment
Discussion: Hell Gate, Mediaite and El País
Caolán Magee / CNN:
Around the world, criminal charges are no barrier to high office
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Fox News
Gerard Baker / Wall Street Journal:   Trump Indictment Keeps New York Safe for Accountants
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Inside the Other Trump Hush Money Case
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
'We've seen this story before': Dems grow anxious of a Trump '16 redux  —  They rooted for a scandal-plagued, overly brash Republican nominee before.  They're starting to do it again.  —  As Hillary Clinton's campaign geared up for the November 2016 race, many were rooting for Donald Trump …
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Popular Information:
The opaque $70 million scheme that could make Trump the next president  —  No Labels, the purportedly non-partisan organization that supports Republicans and conservative Democrats, is making preparations to promote a third-party presidential ticket in 2024.
Discussion: Jacobin and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Richard Cowan / Reuters:
Trump widens lead in 2024 Republican presidential primary: Reuters/Ipsos poll
The Tennessean:
Tennessee GOP begins expulsion process for 3 Democrats, House session devolves into chaos  —  Monday night's House session turned chaotic amid action over resolutions to expel three Democratic members.  —  Melissa Brown Vivian JonesNashville Tennessean  —  Yells rang out through …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
How Marjorie Taylor Greene's ‘pedophile’ slur made it to ‘60 Minutes’  —  CBS anchor Lesley Stahl was shocked to hear that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene stands firmly behind her frequent claim that Democrats are “pedophiles.”  On “60 Minutes,” Stahl pressed Greene on her use of the slur …
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Caleb Ecarma / Vanity Fair:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Hijacked Every Minute on 60 Minutes
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Marjorie Taylor Greene's ‘60 Minutes’ Segment Was a Lesson in How Legacy Media Fails
Washington Post:
Finland joins NATO, doubling alliance's land border with Russia  —  BRUSSELS — Finland formally joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on Tuesday, a historic shift for a country that once insisted it was safer outside the military alliance and a sign of how Russian President Vladimir Putin's gamble …
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Dems dump 500 pages of DeSantis opposition research … - American Bridge launched the Trump Research Book in 2020 — a similarly comprehensive account of former President Trump's record and controversies. … - The website is broken down into sections that highlight DeSantis' record on various issues …
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Jake Lahut / The Daily Beast:
Florida Dems Try to Use Ron DeSantis' Book Ban on His Own Book
Emily Davies / Washington Post:
Suspect in killing at D.C. hotel had been released in other pending cases  —  Authorities say George Sydnor Jr. was wanted for missing court dates in the other cases, including one in which he had pleaded guilty  —  A woman cried “help” from Room 116 at the Ivy City Hotel.
Washington Post:
Former Hogan chief of staff Roy McGrath dies after confrontation with FBI  —  Roy C. McGrath, a fugitive who had been a top aide to Larry Hogan when he was Maryland's governor, died Monday as the result of a confrontation with the FBI in the area of Knoxville, Tenn., his lawyer said.
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The Baltimore Banner:
Roy McGrath killed by gunfire in confrontation with FBI in Tennessee
TMZ.com:
Kid Rock Shoots Up Cans of Bud Light in Response to Partnership with Trans Activist  —  KID ROCK SHOOTS UP CANS OF BUD LIGHT ... Reacting to Transgender Team Up  —  BEER CAN CARNAGE  —  Kid Rock is all fired up amid Bud Light's decision to partner up with a transgender activist …
JPMorgan Chase & Co.:
Dear Fellow Shareholders,  —  Across the globe, 2022 was another year of significant challenges: from a terrible war in Ukraine and growing geopolitical tensions — particularly with China — to a politically divided America.  Almost all nations felt the effects of global economic uncertainty …
CNBC:
Disney CEO Bob Iger rips Ron DeSantis over ‘anti-Florida’ retaliation  — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has asked the state's inspector general to investigate whether an agreement signed by the previous Disney-backed board of the Reedy Creek district is legal.
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CNN:
Bob Iger calls Florida actions against Disney World ‘anti-business’
Jordain Carney / Politico:
House GOP's Biden investigations sputter out of the gate  —  Much-touted Republican oversight work is moving more slowly than the party had hoped, thanks to high expectations and divergent focuses.  —  House Republicans charged into the majority vowing an investigative onslaught against President Joe Biden and Democrats.
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Wisconsin's High-Stakes Supreme Court Race: What to Watch  —  The election for a swing seat on the court is likely to determine whether abortion remains illegal in Wisconsin, as well as the future of the state's heavily gerrymandered political maps.  —  WAUKESHA, Wis. — American political …
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
The GOP has no idea what it wants on the budget, but it's definitely not that  —  How do you negotiate with someone who has no idea what they want?  —  That's the challenge for President Biden as Republicans say he must (A) satisfy their fiscal demands before they'll raise the debt limit …
Jeffrey Schweers / Orlando Sentinel:
Nikki Fried, Senate leader Book arrested by police during abortion protest  —  TALLAHASSEE — Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried and Senate Minority Leader Lauren Book were arrested and taken away in handcuffs Monday night during a demonstration over an abortion bill outside Tallahassee City Hall near the Capitol.
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Tallahassee Democrat:
Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried, senator among 11 arrested at abortion protest
 
 
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Irin Carmon / New York Magazine:
The Shared Anti-Trans and Anti-Abortion Playbook
Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
Group steers Swiss billionaire's money to liberal causes
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Scientologists to rule on abuse claims against their church, judge says
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