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Dozens served in Trump's Cabinet. Four say he should be re-elected. — Several of Trump's former Cabinet members are coy about whether they support his bid to return to the White House. Others outright oppose it. — WASHINGTON — Donald Trump may have put them in the most powerful …
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GOP Rep. John James, one of the party's highest-profile Black lawmakers, blasts Ron DeSantis over Florida's new slavery curriculum: 'You've gone too far. Stop.' — GOP Rep. John James called out Gov. Ron DeSantis over the new slavery curriculum in Florida.
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Trump and DeSantis Collide for First Time in Iowa, as Fortunes Diverge
Trump and DeSantis Collide for First Time in Iowa, as Fortunes Diverge
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Brandon Gillespie / Fox News:
WATCH: GOP presidential candidate, Trump critic Will Hurd booed off stage at Iowa event
WATCH: GOP presidential candidate, Trump critic Will Hurd booed off stage at Iowa event
Steven Shepard / Politico:
A DeSantis come-from-behind win is looking vanishingly unlikely
A DeSantis come-from-behind win is looking vanishingly unlikely
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Joseph Contreras / The Guardian:
'I'm not wanted': Florida universities hit by brain drain as academics flee — Ron DeSantis's slew of laws attacking teaching of race and gender issues sees state's colleges struggle to fill faculty posts — ith the start of the 2023-24 academic year only six weeks away …
Maureen Tkacik / American Prospect:
Shock Treatment in the Emergency Room — The Lehman-like collapse of a(nother) private equity-owned ER operator has physicians calling louder than ever for a strike. — One of the nation's biggest employers of emergency physicians is liquidating, in one of the more unruly sagas American medicine …
Washington Post:
Trump PAC has spent more than $40 million on legal costs this year for himself, others — Donald Trump's political group is financing legal work that has prompted questions from prosecutors about potential conflicts of interest — Former president Donald Trump's political group spent …
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Juliana Kim / NPR:
Rep. Van Orden gets bipartisan scolding after he cursed at teen Senate pages — Rep. Derrick Van Orden, a freshman Republican from Wisconsin, said he was enraged after witnessing a group of high school-age Senate pages “defiling” the Capitol and treating the building like a “frat house common room.”
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Julia Shapero / The Hill:
Pentagon investigating Air Force engineer's ‘critical compromise’ of communications across military branch: Forbes — The Pentagon is investigating a “critical compromise” of communications within the Air Force, after an engineer at Arnold Air Force Base in Tennessee allegedly gained unauthorized access …
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Thomas Brewster / Forbes:
Exclusive: Pentagon Investigates ‘Critical Compromise’ Of Air Force Communications Systems — FBI communications may also have been compromised by an engineer working on Tennessee Air Force base, a search warrant reveals. — The Pentagon is investigating what it has called a “critical compromise” …
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Michael Corkery / New York Times:
Fighting for Anthony: The Struggle to Save Portland, Oregon — The city has long grappled with street homelessness and a shortage of housing. Now fentanyl has turned a perennial problem into a deadly crisis and a challenge to the city's progressive identity. — Come to Portland, his sister said.
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Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Trump calls for conditioning Ukraine aid on congressional Biden probes — The demand echoed Trump's withholding Ukraine aid to seek an investigation into Biden, leading to his first impeachment — Former president Donald Trump called on congressional Republicans to withhold military support …
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
4 dead, others injured in Wisconsin after two separate aircraft crashes — Four people were killed and two others injured in separate aircraft incidents on Saturday in Oshkosh, Wis., according to officials. — The Winnebago County Sheriff's Office announced it received several calls Saturday morning …
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Reuters:
Colombian President Petro's son arrested in money laundering probe — Nicolas Petro, son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, has been arrested as part of an investigation into money laundering and illicit enrichment, the attorney general's office said early on Saturday.
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New York Times:
Elon Musk's Unmatched Power in the Stars — The tech billionaire has become the dominant power in satellite internet technology. The ways he is wielding that influence are raising global alarms. — On March 17, Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff …
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New York Times:
U.S. Hunts Chinese Malware That Could Disrupt American Military Operations — American intelligence officials believe the malware could give China the power to disrupt or slow American deployments or resupply operations, including during a Chinese move against Taiwan.
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