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The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden — I surprised a lot of people when I named Ambassador Susan Rice as my Domestic Policy Advisor. Susan was synonymous with foreign policy, having previously served as National Security Advisor and UN Ambassador. But what I knew then and what we all know now …
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Carol E. Lee / NBC News:
Susan Rice to step down as Biden's domestic policy chief — Rice's departure next month will bring to a close her prolific, wide-ranging and at times controversial tenure. — President Joe Biden's domestic policy adviser, Susan Rice, is stepping down from her post next month …
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New York Times, The Hill, Washington Post, CBS News, Wall Street Journal, Politico, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Times, Forbes, CNN, Twitchy and Eschaton
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Why Trump Is Beating DeSantis Among D.C. Republicans — A G.O.P. congressman discusses the Florida governor's “electability” problems. — Last year, Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida, who, in November, was reëlected in a landslide, emerged as the only viable challenger to Donald Trump …
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Karol Markowicz / New York Post:
Trump's insane lies on DeSantis trash successful conservative policies
Trump's insane lies on DeSantis trash successful conservative policies
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Instapundit, HotAir and Breitbart
Nicholas Grossman / Bulwark+:
Why the Anti-Anti-Trumpers Need Ron DeSantis
Why the Anti-Anti-Trumpers Need Ron DeSantis
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VICE, Washington Examiner, Raw Story, Digby's Hullabaloo and Florida Politics
Peter Landers / Wall Street Journal:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Begins World Tour in Japan, Plays Down 2024 Bid
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Begins World Tour in Japan, Plays Down 2024 Bid
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Some DeSantis allies feel growing urgency to launch 2024 bid
Some DeSantis allies feel growing urgency to launch 2024 bid
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Florida Politics, Politico, Rolling Stone, BizPac Review and Semafor
Washington Post:
Democrats reluctant about Biden 2024, but they see no other choice — They are lukewarm about picking Biden as their nominee, but many believe he may be the best hope of preventing a second Trump term and fighting extremism — The leftover pizza was divvied up, the Girl Scout cookies had been exchanged …
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
How Democrats Learned to Cast Aside Reservations and Embrace Biden 2024
How Democrats Learned to Cast Aside Reservations and Embrace Biden 2024
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Mediaite, Althouse, El País, Fox News, Summit News, NH Journal, NBC News, RedState and Politico, more at Mediagazer »
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Biden's 2024 campaign has been hiding in plain sight
Biden's 2024 campaign has been hiding in plain sight
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Washington Post, Politico, BizPac Review, Washington Times, Reuters, Just The News, Florida Politics, New Republic, USA Today and RedState
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Hunter Biden may be living at the White House to evade legal papers from his baby mama — Hunter Biden is believed to be hiding out at the White House while his baby mama goes on the warpath. — Lawyers for former stripper Lunden Roberts asked an Arkansas court Friday to jail the First Son …
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Politico:
'Nobody knows when it's going to happen': Wall Street wakes up to default threat. — The government has until the summer to strike a deal. — NEW YORK — For months, Wall Street has barely focused on the possibility that the government might default on its debt. It's paying attention now.
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Digby's Hullabaloo
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Hillary Clinton / New York Times:
Republicans' Debt-Ceiling Games Threaten National Security
Sarah Fitzpatrick / NBC News:
Hunter Biden legal team wants Treasury to investigate ex-Trump aide and wants Congress to take action against MTG — Letters sent Monday to the House Ethics Committee and the Treasury Department are among part of an increasingly public and aggressive strategy from Biden's team.
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Washington Examiner, CNN and Just The News
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Hunter Biden lawyer seeks ethics probe of Greene for ‘verbal abuses’
Hunter Biden lawyer seeks ethics probe of Greene for ‘verbal abuses’
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The Hill, Bloomberg, The Daily Caller, Twitchy and Raw Story
Laura Bassett / Jezebel:
Kyrsten Sinema Has a Net Favorability of -23, Per New Statewide Poll — A Public Policy Polling survey of Arizona voters finds that the party-switching senator is deeply unpopular and has virtually no chance of winning re-election. — A new poll out of Arizona by a well-trusted …
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Political Wire
Ben Smith / Semafor:
It's back to the future for a diminished digital news business — What year is it? Consider the following: — The Drudge Report is the biggest political website in the country. — Jonah Peretti, a digital media entrepreneur, is focused on building the homepage traffic of HuffPost.
Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Ray Epps, a Jan. 6 protester now at the center of a far-right conspiracy, says he relives the Capitol riot every day — For millions of consumers of conservative news... Ray Epps is a notorious villain ... a provocateur responsible for turning peaceful protests on January 6th into a violent assault on the U.S. Capitol.
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RedState, The Gateway Pundit, HuffPost, Human Events, Raw Story, Mediaite and PJ Media
Harvard University:
SPRING 2023 POLL — Cambridge, MA - A national poll released today by the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School indicates that among18-to-29-year-olds, President Biden's approval rating stands at 36%, a drop of three percentage points since last fall (39%) and five percentage points since last spring (41%.)
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The Hill, New York Post, The Daily Caller and Political Wire
Salim A. Essaid / Al-Monitor:
Saudi Arabia rises to world's 5th largest military spender: SIPRI — The kingdom has risen from eighth to fifth place since 2021, surpassing the United Kingdom, Germany and France. — DUBAI — Saudi Arabia was ranked the 5th biggest military spender in 2022, jumping from eighth to fifth place …
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Cyprus Mail, UPI, Associated Press, Fortune, Al Jazeera, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, TASS and Bloomberg
Washington Post:
At U.S. behest, Ukraine held off anniversary attacks on Russia — Kyiv's head of military intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov, planned bold strikes deep behind enemy lines that unnerved officials in Washington — In February, with the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine days away …
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Human Events and Fox News
Jordain Carney / Politico:
House GOP warns FBI to stay out of controversial surveillance talks — The bureau is at the heart of a fight over a controversial surveillance program. But its toxic relationship with the House GOP means it has to stay far away from reauthorization talks.
John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
Nikki Haley's Corporate-Board Slot Delivers Stock Windfall Amid 2024 GOP Bid — Decision to stay in post differs from past choices by Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush — Nikki Haley received stock options worth close to $300,000 roughly six weeks after jumping into the 2024 presidential race as part …
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Joe.My.God.
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Eleni Kounalakis first to launch campaign for California governor in 2026 — The state's lieutenant governor has assembled an A-team of political strategists and fundraisers for her run. — SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis on Monday launched her campaign to become …
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Raleigh News & Observer
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Israel offers to host warring Sudanese generals for talks — Israel in a proposal given to the warring generals in Sudan offered to host the two sides for Israeli-mediated talks aimed at reaching a cease-fire agreement, three Israeli Foreign Ministry officials told Axios.
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The Guardian and Washington Examiner
Alex Kirshner / Slate:
Elon Musk's Weekend-Long Masterclass in Business Failure — It's not that easy to get a hold of LeBron James' people. Few celebrities are accessible, but James occupies a rarefied strata of fame where even getting his representatives to acknowledge you on some matter or another isn't a given for most reporters.
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Jennifer O'mahony / Associated Press:
Spain exhumes fascist party founder from Madrid mausoleum — The body of José Antonio Primo de Rivera, the founder of Spain's fascist Falange movement, was exhumed from a Madrid mausoleum on Monday and transferred to a city cemetery. The fascist political leader was executed …
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NBC News, Reuters, The Spectator World, Raw Story, Al Jazeera and The Guardian
Punchbowl News:
4/24/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM — THE TOP … Both the House and Senate come back into session tomorrow. — This is the most important week for Speaker Kevin McCarthy since he won the grueling floor fight in January to get the gavel. — The House is set to vote this week …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Florida school district bans dozens of books based on proposed bill — Schools in Clay County, Florida, are withholding dozens of books from students, citing legislation that has been proposed but not approved by the state legislature or signed into law. — In a spreadsheet published …
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National Review
John Kruzel / Reuters:
U.S. Supreme Court to decide if public officials can block critics on social media — The U.S. Supreme Court, exploring free speech rights in the social media era, on Monday agreed to consider whether the Constitution's First Amendment bars government officials from blocking their critics on platforms like Facebook and Twitter.
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
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