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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Biden aides see major risks in circumventing Congress on debt ceiling — White House officials have discussed invoking the 14th Amendment to dodge the limit, but they see it as highly risky — Senior White House officials see enormous risks in trying to resolve the debt ceiling impasse without Congress …
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Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Mitch McConnell Warns He Has No ‘Secret Plan’ to Solve US Debt Impasse
Mitch McConnell Warns He Has No ‘Secret Plan’ to Solve US Debt Impasse
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USA Today and Washington Post
Politico:
Why McConnell and McCarthy locked arms on the debt crisis
Why McConnell and McCarthy locked arms on the debt crisis
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Jordan Weissmann / Semafor:
Don't expect a breakthrough when Biden and McCarthy meet on the debt ceiling this week
Don't expect a breakthrough when Biden and McCarthy meet on the debt ceiling this week
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NBC News:
Biden prepares to take debt ceiling battle to vulnerable GOP lawmakers
Biden prepares to take debt ceiling battle to vulnerable GOP lawmakers
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Laurence H. Tribe / New York Times:
Why I Changed My Mind on the Debt Limit
Why I Changed My Mind on the Debt Limit
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
'It's a Republican issue': The View conservatives blame GOP lawmakers for mass shootings — Two conservative co-hosts on “The View” assigned blame for the wave of mass shootings on Republican elected officials. — A gunman killed eight people and wounded seven others Saturday in Allen …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Marge Greene, Worst of the Worst, Mass Shooting Edition — THE BACKCHANNEL — A small detail in the context of the latest mass shooting, this time in Allen, Texas. Eight people dead, including children. (The gunman was also shot to death a police office who happened to be at the mall for reasons unrelated to the shooting.)
New York Times:
After Mass Killings in Texas, Frustration but No Action on Guns
After Mass Killings in Texas, Frustration but No Action on Guns
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Jana Winter / Rolling Stone:
Texas Mass Shooter Posted Neo-Nazi Content, FBI Document Reveals
Texas Mass Shooter Posted Neo-Nazi Content, FBI Document Reveals
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Manu Raju / CNN:
Exclusive: McConnell details GOP efforts to not ‘screw this up’ in 2024 Senate battle — Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell should be brimming with confidence. — Republicans are in the driver's seat to take the Senate majority: with 23 seats held by Democrats, compared to just 11 for Republicans.
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CNBC:
Disney expands lawsuit against DeSantis after governor signs bill to void land deals — Walt Disney Co. expanded its federal lawsuit accusing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis of orchestrating a political retribution campaign against the company. — DeSantis signed legislation voiding Disney's development deals in Orlando.
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Politico:
‘Really weak option’: Wall Street sours on DeSantis as Trump challenger — Ron DeSantis' gubernatorial reelection campaign is still loaded with cash, giving him big advantages over possible competitors. But many now say he no longer seems so formidable — at least on Wall Street.
Stephen Neukam / The Hill:
Robert Kennedy Jr. sees ‘overwhelming evidence’ CIA involved in JFK assassination — Robert Kennedy, Jr., the long-shot Democratic candidate for president, has backed a conspiracy theory that the CIA was involved in the killing of his uncle President John F. Kennedy, arguing evidence for such a claim is “overwhelming.”
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
REVEALED: These ten books are considered pornography in Ron DeSantis' Florida — On March 8, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) conducted a press conference in which he purported to debunk the “book ban hoax.” During the event, DeSantis claimed that Florida schools, under his leadership, were not banning educational materials.
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Mike Schneider / Associated Press:
Simulation suggests 2020 census missed fifth of noncitizens — New results from a U.S. Census Bureau simulation suggests a significant number of noncitizens were missed in the 2020 census, a national head count during which the Trump administration tried but failed to prevent people in the country illegally from being tallied.
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Political Wire
Katie Lobosco / CNN:
Exclusive: Nearly 610,000 public sector workers got student loan forgiveness after Biden loosened the rules — Nearly 610,000 student loan borrowers have received debt relief from the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program since October 2021, when the Biden administration temporarily expanded eligibility.
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Trenton Daniel / Associated Press:
Tanked Biden FCC pick shows influence of dark money on US politics — When President Joe Biden nominated Gigi Sohn to serve on the Federal Communications Commission, the longtime consumer advocate expected to face criticism over her desire to expand free internet access and improve competition among broadband providers.
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Chicago Sun Times
Politico:
Republicans want Manchin to bow out, fearful that he may have one more trick up his sleeve — Democrats are on the verge of extinction in West Virginia, but the West Virginia senator hasn't lost a race since the 1990s. — WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Republicans' best option for unseating …
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Insider and Washington Examiner
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Why non-White people might advocate white supremacy — Police have identified the man who shot and killed at least eight people at an outlet mall in Allen, Tex., over the weekend as 33-year-old Mauricio Garcia. — Garcia was killed at the scene, meaning that efforts to determine the motivation for his actions are slower to emerge.
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Department of Transportation:
Airline Customer Service Dashboard — Secretary Buttigieg has called upon airlines to improve their customer service commitments to passengers, which all have done to varying degrees. The dashboards below provide information for air travelers on airlines' commitments to families flying …
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
The food fight in the White House: Biden's diet — There's a delicious (surf and) turf battle inside the Biden White House — over the president's plate. — The food fight has pitted Joe Biden — who prefers carbs over greens — against First Lady Jill Biden, who has been pushing …
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Twitchy, Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Caller, Newsbusters and The Hill
Sophia Cai / Axios:
The GOP-Hungary connection shaping the '24 campaign — The far-right populism of Hungary's prime minister is helping to inspire U.S. Republicans' agenda for 2024, a game plan that targets immigration, LGBTQ rights and — at least for some — the war in Ukraine.
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Balloon Juice
Associated Press:
SUV driver hits crowd at Texas bus stop near border; 8 dead — Police are preparing to arrest the hospitalized driver of an SUV that slammed into a crowd, killing eight people waiting for a bus Sunday outside a migrant shelter in the border city of Brownsville, Texas. At least 10 others were injured, authorities said.
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Quinn Owen / ABC News:
Former Navy reservist sentenced to additional 4 years for Jan. 6 riot — Prosecutors described Hatchet Speed as an avowed antisemite, — A former Navy reservist who the government said expressed admiration for Hitler, among other antisemitic views, was sentenced to four years in prison …
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Washington Post and Raw Story
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Biden embraces a nationally visible reminder of gun violence — President Biden announced on Sunday that flags at federal buildings would be lowered to half-staff until sunset on Thursday in honor of those killed in the mass shooting in Allen, Tex. — It is not the first time Biden has ordered a similar response.
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