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CNN:
Exclusive: Georgia prosecutors have messages showing Trump's team is behind voting system breach — Atlanta-area prosecutors investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia are in possession of text messages and emails directly connecting members of Donald Trump's legal team …
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: Fulton grand jury to hear Trump case early next week — X — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis will begin presenting her 2020 elections interference case against former President Donald Trump and others to a grand jury early next week.
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CNN:
First on CNN: Fulton County DA to present Trump election subversion case to grand jury early next week — An Atlanta-area prosecutor has notified at least one witness to appear before a grand jury early next week, the most significant indication of her intention to seek indictments …
Richard Fausset / New York Times:
Trump Election Interference Case to Go to Grand Jury in Georgia Early Next Week
Trump Election Interference Case to Go to Grand Jury in Georgia Early Next Week
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New York Times:
How Trump Benefits From an Indictment Effect — In polling, fund-raising and conservative media, the former president has turned criminal charges into political assets. — Early on March 18, former President Donald J. Trump hit send on a social media post saying he would be “arrested on Tuesday of next week.”
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Washington Post:
Trump swoops into Iowa fair, defying customs and clashing with DeSantis — Pork chops, protesters of the Florida governor and a swift visit by the former president were at the center of a high-drama day — DES MOINES — The crowd that had craned to watch Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) …
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Nicholas Nehamas / New York Times:
DeSantis Gets Heckled and Trolled on His Big Day With Trump in Iowa — The Florida governor was hoping to have the stage to himself, but Donald Trump and his supporters have made that hard to achieve. — It's been said that a bad day at the fair is always better than a good day at work.
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Politico:
'There's something missing': DeSantis can't escape Trump's shadow in Iowa
'There's something missing': DeSantis can't escape Trump's shadow in Iowa
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Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
Trump blames left for legal costs
Trump blames left for legal costs
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court is taking a wrecking ball to the wall between church and state — The Court's Republican majority has ground the Constitution's establishment clause down to a nub. — Last June, a previously obscure Oklahoma state board voted to allow two Roman Catholic dioceses to operate a charter school in that state.
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David Cohen / Politico:
Christie says no one has given him a loyalty pledge to sign — The RNC's loyalty pledge is a hot issue in advance of the first GOP debate. — Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie said Sunday he has yet to sign the party's loyalty pledge because no one has given it to him.
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Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Trump creates spectacle with debate guessing game — Former President Trump is seeking to keep the spotlight on him by drawing out his decision on whether or not to join his fellow candidates in the first GOP presidential primary debate later this month. — Trump has been threatening …
Nicolás Misculin / Reuters:
Argentina set for primary vote with ruling Peronists fighting for survival — Argentines head to the polls on Sunday in primary elections, with voters set to punish the ruling center-left Peronist coalition, angry at inflation scraping 116% and a cost of living crisis that has left four in 10 people in poverty.
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Clay Wirestone / Kansas Reflector:
In Marion County newspaper raid, a grim threat to Kansans' First Amendment rights — Marion County Record papers for sale in the newspaper's office beside a collection of Kansas Press Association awards on Aug. 11, 2023, the day the office was raided by local law enforcement. (Sam Bailey/Kansas Reflector)
Lisa Hagen / NPR:
Violent threats against public officials are rising. Here's why — For extremism researchers, the shooting death this week of a Utah man who was alleged to have made violent threats against President Joe Biden and other public officials highlights a concerning trend.
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Associated Press:
Death toll from Maui wildfire reaches 89, making it the deadliest in the US in more than 100 years — A fire that swept through a picturesque town in Maui this week has killed at least 89 people, authorities said Saturday, making it the deadliest U.S. wildfire of the past century.
Molly Beck / Journal Sentinel:
Vos says lawmakers may consider impeachment if Protasiewicz doesn't recuse from redistricting cases — MADISON - If Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz does not recuse from lawsuits challenging the state's legislative boundaries, Republicans who control the state Legislature …
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