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Washington Post:
Trump workers moved Mar-a-Lago boxes a day before FBI came for documents — New details, including alleged ‘dress rehearsal’ for moving sensitive papers, show a focus on Donald Trump's instructions and intent — Two of Donald Trump's employees moved boxes of papers the day before FBI agents …
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New York Times:
Mar-a-Lago Worker Provided Prosecutors New Details in Trump Documents Case — A maintenance worker for the former president recounted helping to move boxes into a storage room a day before a Justice Department official came seeking the return of classified material.
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Rolling Stone:
Trump's Lawyers Warn Him: Get Ready to Be Indicted by the Feds — The former president has angrily complained in response to predictions that if the Justice Department is going to charge him, then “what about Joe Biden?” … The feds have also been probing whether or not Trump tried …
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
DeSantis's Launch Was Not the Only Thing That Crashed — It was bad when the Twitter Spaces sound was off for the Florida governor. It was worse when the sound came on. — It would have been better for Governor Ron DeSantis if his Twitter Spaces announcement had crashed altogether.
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Ron DeSantis vs. the ‘Woke Mind Virus’ — Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida could have made his presidential campaign announcement in some idyllic seaside park, surrounded by the wholesome families he's trying to defend from subversive books and the Walt Disney Company.
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
DeSantis Campaign Says It Raised $8.2 Million in First 24 Hours
DeSantis Campaign Says It Raised $8.2 Million in First 24 Hours
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Marc Caputo / The Messenger:
Inside the Secret DeSantis Donor Briefing (Exclusive)
Inside the Secret DeSantis Donor Briefing (Exclusive)
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Margaret Sullivan / The Guardian:
Now's the time to think about just how bad a DeSantis presidency would be
Now's the time to think about just how bad a DeSantis presidency would be
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
It Was More Than a #DeSaster — Ron DeSantis's botched campaign launch suggests that he's no Trump killer.
It Was More Than a #DeSaster — Ron DeSantis's botched campaign launch suggests that he's no Trump killer.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Here's what top DeSantis lieutenants said in their private huddle with donors
Here's what top DeSantis lieutenants said in their private huddle with donors
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J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Texas Panel Recommends Impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton — The Republican-led House committee said Mr. Paxton's abuses of office rose to the level of possible crimes that warranted an impeachment vote. — Reporting from Austin — A Republican-led committee of the Texas House …
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The Texas Tribune:
Aide to Ken Paxton calls investigation into attorney general “illegal,” says Paxton can't be impeached for current allegations — Chris Hilton, head of litigation in the attorney general's office, told reporters that lawmakers can't oust Paxton. His comments came as a House committee met behind closed doors …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Limits E.P.A.'s Power to Address Water Pollution — The justices ruled that discharges into some wetlands are not covered by the Clean Water Act. — Reporting from Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday curtailed the Environmental Protection Agency's authority …
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Matt Ford / New Republic:
Samuel Alito's Colleagues Catch Him in a Judicial Contradiction — Three years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that a federal law banning workplace discrimination on the basis of sex also applies to gay and transgender workers. Justice Neil Gorsuch crafted a narrow ruling that drew upon …
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court delivers blow to wetlands protections in win for Idaho landowners — Idaho couple Mike and Chantell Sackett have fought for years with the federal government over whether land they own includes a federally protected wetland. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court …
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Samuel Alito's Assault on Wetlands Is So Indefensible That He Lost Brett Kavanaugh
Samuel Alito's Assault on Wetlands Is So Indefensible That He Lost Brett Kavanaugh
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
A new Supreme Court opinion is terrible news if you care about clean water
A new Supreme Court opinion is terrible news if you care about clean water
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Washington Post:
How Supreme Court's EPA ruling will affect U.S. wetlands, clean water
How Supreme Court's EPA ruling will affect U.S. wetlands, clean water
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Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
DeSantis says, if elected president, he'd consider pardons for Jan. 6 offenders — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday that, if elected president, he would consider pardoning some of those convicted on charges related to the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
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Oath Keepers founder sentenced to 18 years in Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy case — Stewart Rhodes, who said after the Capitol attack that the rioters “should have brought rifles,” received the longest sentence of any Jan. 6 defendant to date. — WASHINGTON — The founder of the far-right Oath Keepers …
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Oath Keepers Leader Is Sentenced to 18 Years in Jan. 6 Sedition Case
Oath Keepers Leader Is Sentenced to 18 Years in Jan. 6 Sedition Case
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Ron DeSantis says he would consider pardoning Trump for Jan. 6
Ron DeSantis says he would consider pardoning Trump for Jan. 6
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Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Republicans Report Progress in Debt Limit Talks as Negotiations Continue — Negotiators reconvened on Thursday after working through the night to strike a deal, as hard-right Republicans and some Democrats expressed concerns about the shape of an emerging compromise. — Reporting from Washington
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Politico:
House conservatives blanch at leaked details of McCarthy-Biden debt talks — The group was already unlikely to support a final bipartisan deal, but lingering anger with Kevin McCarthy could have lasting implications on his speakership. — As details leak about an emerging bipartisan debt deal …
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Washington Post:
Biden aides offer IRS cuts to GOP, hoping to spare other programs
Biden aides offer IRS cuts to GOP, hoping to spare other programs
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Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
Republicans are hellbent on default because why not
Republicans are hellbent on default because why not
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NBC News:
Investigation launched after 11-year-old who called 911 for help is shot by officer in Mississippi — Aderrien Murry called for help for his mom during a domestic disturbance and was shot in the chest by an Indianola officer, a lawyer for his family said. — Calls are growing for an officer …
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Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
A Black 11-year-old called 911. Police arrived and shot him, his mom says.
A Black 11-year-old called 911. Police arrived and shot him, his mom says.
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Mark Scott / Politico:
Twitter to pull back from Europe's disinformation crusade — EU commissioner Thierry Breton has said he would personally hold site owner Elon Musk to account for complying with the bloc's content rules. — Twitter is on the verge of withdrawing from one of the Europe Union's efforts to stamp out disinformation.
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Haven Orecchio-Egresitz / Insider:
Lauren Boebert's son called 911 in tears to report his father was ‘throwing’ him around the house. Then she took the phone. — In December, Lauren Boebert's teen son called 911 to report his dad was “throwing me” in the house. — The teen sobbed throughout the two-minute call, saying he didn't understand why his dad was mad.
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Ben Jacobs / New York Magazine:
CPAC Is Rocked by a Resignation — A top leader in the organization that puts on CPAC, the highly influential conference of conservative leaders, resigned on Tuesday night citing financial mysteries surrounding the organization's leader. — Bob Beauprez, the longtime treasurer …
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NBC News:
How major brands were forced into the conservative plan to target LGBTQ people — Target, Bud Light, the Dodgers and Disney have all been backed into a corner over their support of the LGBTQ community. The strategy has conservative activists celebrating. — Bud Light and Target were not always political punching bags.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Target's surrender to MAGA rage shows how anti-wokeness really works
Target's surrender to MAGA rage shows how anti-wokeness really works
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Jennifer Agiesta / CNN:
CNN Poll: Biden has a lead over Democratic primary challengers, but faces headwinds overall — President Joe Biden's bid for a second term begins with a wide advantage over his declared opponents for the Democratic nomination, but he faces headwinds among the overall public from declining favorability …
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Brooke Leigh Howard / The Daily Beast:
School That Allegedly Had ‘Black’ Classrooms Now in More Trouble — An expanded federal probe is underway after a parent blew the whistle on apparent segregation at an Atlanta elementary school. — A federal department has expanded its probe into an Atlanta school district after a parent …
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Billy Binion / Reason:
The County Sold Her Home Over Unpaid Taxes and Kept the Profit. SCOTUS Wasn't Having It. — When local bureaucrats in Hennepin County, Minnesota, seized an elderly woman's home over a small tax debt, sold it, and kept the profit, they likely had no idea they would set in motion a series …
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Navy SEALS training plagued by massive problems, according to investigation after death of sailor — The training program for Navy SEALs is plagued by widespread failures in medical care, poor oversight and the use of performance-enhancing drugs that have increased the risk of injury and death …
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Doug Mastriano won't run for Senate in Pennsylvania ‘at this time’ — The failed gubernatorial candidate has openly flirted with a run for Senate - but decided against it. — MAGA firebrand Doug Mastriano said on Thursday that he is not running for Senate in Pennsylvania in 2024.
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Slimmed-down US debt ceiling deal takes shape — U.S. President Joe Biden and top Republican lawmaker Kevin McCarthy are edging close to a deal on the U.S. debt ceiling, with the parties just $70 billion apart on discretionary spending, according to a person familiar with the talks.
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NBC News:
Feds investigating if Menendez and wife got gifts including D.C. apartment, Mercedes and jewelry — Investigators want to know if Menendez got gifts from the owners or associates of a New Jersey company that won a controversial contract with the Egyptian government.
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